And so it begins: Lawmakers and cabinet ministers loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have suspended participation in parliament and the government to protest Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki’s summit with U.S. President George W. Bush. A statement issued Wednesday by the 30 lawmakers and five Cabinet ministers said their action was necessary because the meeting […]
Earlier today our commander idiot in chief had this to say: President Bush said on Tuesday the hand of al Qaeda lay behind the sectarian violence racking Iraq, and deflected talk of “civil war.” So that means our number one enemy is behind all our troubles then. Great – that means our military should be […]
Remember when Christmas was about “peace on earth and goodwill towards men”? This would be a perfect way to symbolize that sentiment. Well it is unless you live in one of those corporate run communities that have a home owners association: A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a […]
Remember the Republican controlled Congress spent 1/10th the time investigating Abu Gharib as they did investigating Bill Clinton’s Christmas Card list. Here is why that is such a crime: Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the prison’s former U.S. commander said in an interview on […]
The New York Times: The insurgency in Iraq is now self-sustaining financially, raising tens of millions of dollars a year from oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, connivance by corrupt Islamic charities and other crimes that the Iraqi government and its American patrons have been largely unable to prevent, a classified United States government report has concluded. […]
A post-election e-mail to executives at the drug company GlaxoSmithKline details just how tough. “We now have fewer allies in the Senate,” says the internal memo, obtained by The Washington Post. “Thus, there is greater risk over the next two years that bad amendments will be offered to pending legislation.” The company’s primary concerns are […]
Bush always equates Iraq to the war on terror, even when experts disagree with him. What is sad is how he has done this so much that he seems to have mentally drawn a disconnect from the real war on terror, which is suffering now: More troops and sophisticated equipment are needed to bolster Afghanistan’s […]
Just now breaking – the man behind coin-gate here in Ohio, and former Bush fundraiser, has been sentenced to at least 18 years in prison for cheating Ohio tax-payers out of millions. Of course Bush will most likely pardon him before he leaves office. The crime family must stick together!
Looks like FOX is trying to do whatever they can to get their ratings back: Fox News Channel might air two episodes of a “Daily Show”-like program with a decidedly nonliberal bent on Saturday nights in late January, with the possibility that it could become a weekly show for the channel. The half-hour show is […]
Considering all the media has been able to talk about is the fact that there was a choice to be made for the House Majority Leader, it is apparent the Democrats are doing a great job. Even today on This Week, the talk with new Majority Leader Steny Hoyer was about the vote. It is […]