Now this is the most disturbing information we have learned in awhile: A group of national security experts formed by Democratic leadership has reported to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) that, “there is not a single non-deployed Army Brigade Combat Team in the United States that is ready to deploy,” RAW […]
Last week we heard how Bush was pandering to the richest Americans even more by eliminating jobs at the I.R.S. that are charged with looking into the tax returns of these people: The federal government is moving to eliminate the jobs of nearly half of the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service who audit tax […]
I got the video and transcript up over at Crooks and Liars. Head on over and check it out. Ned did a great job tonight.
Kos has a post up about Sen. Burns attacking firefighters: “See that guy over there? He hasn’t done a God-damned thing. They sit around. I saw it up on the Wedge fire and in northwestern Montana some years ago. It’s wasteful. You probably paid that guy $10,000 to sit around. It’s gotta change.” [SNIP] “Bullshit!” […]
Well now that Condi has been back to the Middle East, things sure do seem better – don’t they? Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the Syrian military on Monday to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for Lebanese resistance against Israel. “We are facing international circumstances and regional challenges that require caution, alert, […]
You know you are one screwed candidate when you can’t even get your own state party to back you: The state Republican Party bluntly told Rep. Katherine Harris that she couldn’t win this fall’s Senate election and that the party wouldn’t support her campaign, a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press shows. Party Chairman […]
One issue that will weigh in on Ohio voter’s minds this election season is jobs. Ohio has lost an enormous amount of jobs to outsourcing and the two Senate candidates, Mike DeWine and Sherrod Brown have very differing views of free trade: Akron businessman John Johnston might have had enough. Six years ago, the registered […]
Hezbollah enters Israel and kidnaps two of their soldiers and that justifies their reaction of bombing Lebanon to hell. So, does that mean Italy could attack us and it would be “justified”? Shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, the CIA targeted for abduction and rendition nearly a dozen Muslims living in Italy whom it suspected of […]
The U.N. Security Council finally has passed a resolution on Iran’s nuclear ambitions: The U.N. Security Council passed a weakened resolution Monday giving Iran until Aug. 31 to suspend uranium enrichment or face the threat of economic and diplomatic sanctions. Because of Russian and Chinese demands, the text is weaker than earlier drafts, which would […]