Bush’s final gamble: giving Iraq a dictator? Andrew Sullivan The news was buried in a New York Times story last week but it confirmed what others in the Washington chattering classes have been observing lately. The context is that the White House has been inviting outsiders in to the Oval Office to discuss strategy in […]
The majority of the people have voted no on the current poll asking if the cease fire will hold between Lebanon and Israel. It looks like the IntoxiNation readers are very smart indeed. First we look into yesterday’s news: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is “deeply concerned” about Israel’s commando raid Saturday in eastern Lebanon, which […]
WTF? The Marine officer who commanded the battalion involved in the Haditha killings last November did not consider the deaths of 24 Iraqis, many of them women and children, unusual and did not initiate an inquiry, according to a sworn statement he gave to military investigators in March. “I thought it was very sad, very […]
He went on his little rampage about over-paid, lazy firefighters a couple of weeks ago, but check out Burns in action in the U.S. Senate. So let me get this straight. A firefighter who makes an average of $30,000 – $40,000 a year goes out and risks life and limb fighting a fire in intense […]
He sure doesn’t like being told what is legal and illegal: President Bush on Friday criticized a federal court ruling that said his warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional, declaring that opponents “do not understand the nature of the world in which we live.” “I strongly disagree with that decision, strongly disagree,” Bush said, striking his […]
Apparently the last upgrade on WordPress did not work with the script to prevent spam bots from commenting. It was causing people to get an error to enter the security code, but was not actually producing the code. I have deactivated that plugin, so comments are working normal again. Thanks to Jim from Jim’s Op/Ed […]
Looks like the Democrats are really working for a new strategy in 2008: Democrats are laying aside the debate over issues and philosophy and turning to something more prosaic — rejiggering the political calendar — as a way to boost the party’s White House prospects in 2008. Barring a last-minute shift, Democratic leaders meeting here […]
When Biden made his Indian comment a couple of months ago, you could here the pundits around the country gasp. Of course that has been overshadowed by George Allen’s comment and now we get even another layer to throw on From RedState.com: Tramm Hudson is the current front runner in the GOP primary in FL-13, […]
It is in full swing now: A source at the National Republican Senatorial Committee confirmed in an interview with The Politicker that the Republican party will not help Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate Alan Schlesinger (R) “or any other potential Republican candidate in Connecticut, and it now favors a Lieberman victory in November.” Said the source: […]
Sincerely, the Judicial branch: A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government’s warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency’s program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy […]