So now people in the Bush administration find it “strange” that laws apply to them? The topic was the largest defense procurement scandal in recent decades, and the two investigators for the Pentagon’s inspector general in Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld’s office on April 1, 2005, asked the secretary to raise his hand and swear […]
This is horrible news, but in reality it is not surprising: Two US soldiers who went missing after an attack on their checkpoint have been found dead and were tortured before being killed, an Iraqi defence official says. Iraqi Defence Ministry official Major General Abdul Aziz Mohammed told Reuters the bodies of Privates Thomas Lowell […]
Now that the Abramoff probe has yielded a conviction that touches the White House, I wonder how they will spin it: David H. Safavian, a former Bush administration official with close ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was found guilty today in federal court of four of five felony charges against him in connection with […]
They are just determined to keep this story going: Police labor officials, angry over a federal grand jury’s refusal to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney for assaulting a police officer, said Monday said they want the House ethics committee to review her conduct. And they said the grand jury’s decision last week sent the message that […]
Newsday gives us this nice little bit of information: Now that top White House aide Karl Rove is off the hook in the CIA leak probe, President George W. Bush must weigh whether to pardon former vice presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the only one indicted in the three-year investigation. Speculation about a pardon […]
Think Progress highlighted this great little sound bite from Tony Snow on CNN yesterday: BLITZER: Let’s move on and talk about some other issues. I know your time is limited. Afghanistan. Is the Taliban making a serious comeback right now? SNOW: I think what the Taliban is doing – and it’s predictable – is that […]
So why do illegal immigrants come here? Simple – because they can get jobs and numerous companies won’t worry about checking their legal status. So for people who really think illegal immigration is a bad thing, consider these employers as drug dealers supplying to their junkies. What is interesting is how the situation has gained […]
This morning on Meet the Press, Tim Russert interviewed Shell Oil’s President John Hofmeister; ConocoPhillips Chrmn. & CEO James Mulva; & Chevron’s Chrmn. & CEO David O’Reilly. Throughout the interview I could not help but feel these three stooges had the impression America is full of a bunch of dumb shits. The first is when […]
I noticed this morning that only a couple posts were showing up on the front page. It has taken me most of the day to figure out a fix for this. I finally got it working and the most recent 10 posts will be displayed on the front page again.
After all – why should he? President Bush understands there is growing U.S. concern over his handling of the Iraq war but will not rely on polls to determine when to withdraw troops, his spokesman said Sunday. “The president understands how a war can wear on a nation,” White House press secretary Tony Snow said. […]