Well this is really nice. How do you like this for the “fiscally responsible” Republicans?: Sen. Tom Harkin (Iowa), the ranking Democrat on Specter’s subcommittee, noted that funding for Bush’s No Child Left Behind education initiative falls about $15 billion short of the level that was promised when Congress approved it. “That says why so […]
This Week with George Stephanopoulos is not on this week due to coverage of the British Open. Here is the rest of the Sunday Lineup: Meet the Press White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten Washington Post Senior Pentagon Reporter Tom Ricks Face the Nation Daniel Ayalon Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Imad Moustapha […]
Now that Israel is going into Lebanon and the fighting intensifies, will the U.S. be able to provide military assistance should it be needed? Well let’s look at the other places our military is tied up in and see. First to Afghanistan: The most senior British military commander in Afghanistan today described the situation in […]
Perhaps there is some other good for Bush with the current crisis between Lebanon and Israel. That good could be the media taking some focus off of Iraq. Perhaps that is why this story hasn’t had much play today: Bombs killed two worshippers at mosques in Iraq during Friday prayers and the authorities extended a […]
Jerry Springer is a household name. From his hit television show to his great show on Air America, Jerry is out there and very popular. I have known of Jerry my entire life. Growing up in Cincinnati, Jerry was a household name. From his days as mayor until the time he was anchoring the local […]
Leave it to Cheney to find a way to exploit the devastation in the Middle East: Vice President Dick Cheney on Friday pointed to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah as fresh evidence of the ongoing battle against terrorism that underscores the need to keep President Bush’s Republican allies in control of Congress. “This conflict […]
Our first Freaky Friday stop this week comes compliments of The Smoking Gun, where we learn a California man is suing a sperm bank for a hidden camera he found in one of their donor rooms: Claiming that he found a video camera hidden in the ceiling of a sperm bank’s “donation room,” a Los […]
That is Israeli children signing a missile before it is fired off to Lebanon. It is the first picture seen on a new site fromisrael2lebanon.com. Following that is a series of grotesque pictures showing children and civilians in Lebanon that have been killed from the recent bombings. The site at first appears to be taking […]
Just received this from the Ohio Democratic Party: “For a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mike DeWine, did an awful dumb thing by not noticing the use of doctored photos of the 911 tragedy in his campaign ad. How can we trust his judgment?” “Ohioans and Americans should be outraged that they put their […]
AWWW how sad: The fundraising organization that helped vault former Rep. Tom DeLay to Republican leadership ranks in the House and distributed election money to numerous Republicans has been fined for campaign finance violations and is shutting down. Under an agreement with the Federal Election Commission, Americans for a Republican Majority’s political action committee agreed […]