Wonkette: Pro-gun Democrats did better in the midterms than probably any other class of politician, but the National Rifle Association is not in the business of reflecting moderate political reality. The NRA lives off memberships, and the standard card-carrying member has two enemies: Democrats and … deer, most likely. But even loyalists go soft, as […]
There has been all this talk about increasing the size of the U.S. military, but with recruitment levels so low, where is Bush going to get these new bodies? One thought is the “stop-loss” program the military has been using in Iraq. Of course that is very damaging to the moral of our troops and […]
Sure – we can fork out all this money: The U.S. government already has a courthouse at Guantanamo Bay, but the Pentagon isn’t satisfied, CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson reports. It plans to spend $100 million of your tax dollars to build a huge new facility just down the hill. “This is very expensive for […]
Again, Bush proves he just says anything to try and make the public happy. The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept over the unanimous disagreement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to U.S. officials familiar with the intense […]
Matt Damon told Chris Matthews yesterday that he would like to see Dick Cheney under oath, testifying about the intelligence leading up to Iraq: This is the first time I have seen Damon become political. Ben Affleck has been very outspoken against the administration, and there has even been rumors of him entering politics. It […]
This follows a typical line in Republican thinking – ignore the facts and they don’t exist: The Bush administration is clamping down on scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, the latest agency subjected to controls on research that might go against official policy. New rules require screening of all facts and interpretations by agency scientists […]
Today’s New York Times has a very interesting article that requires a thorough reading. It details how an American contractor was held in an American military prison in Iraq for more than 90 days without access to a lawyer. Furthermore, this person was wrongly jailed. He was an informant for the FBI into possible contractor […]
This past Friday, Dick Cheney said that “Donald Rumsfeld is the best Secretary of Defense we have ever had”. So if he is the “best” then why did Bush fire him? This is a serious question that must be asked. Either Dick Cheney lied to his audience, and the American people, OR George Bush has […]
Looks like it isn’t just the Democrats who have a problem with Bush’s Middle East approach: Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), a 26-year Senate Republican, said he will visit Syria despite loud objections by the Bush administration, contending the situation in Iraq is so dire that it is time Congress step up to […]