Time for that Sunday Morning Line-up. I am compiling these myself now since the WaPo is slow to get them up: Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer: Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie: Iraqi national security adviser Sen. Jack Reed: D-Rhode Island, Armed Services Committee member Sen. Arlen Specter: R-Pennsylvania, Judiciary Committee chairman Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt: Deputy director, […]
Here is something that is a silent buzz on the internet right now. I think in part because many people do not know how to really react to it: Rep. John P. Murtha (Pa.), one of the Democrats’ leading antiwar voices, startled his political colleagues yesterday by announcing he would seek a senior leadership position […]
This should send a real message to the people whose lives were changed last year by Katrina. Instead of worrying about the fact that 1000s of U.S. citizens were losing their lives while hundreds of thousands had lost their homes, the White House instead worried about who was taking the blame for the failures the […]
The New York Times has a great write up about YearlyKos today: If any more proof were needed of the rising influence of bloggers — at least for the Democratic Party — it could be found here on Friday on the Las Vegas Strip, where the old and new worlds of American politics engaged in […]
Now think to yourself about why Osama became our enemy instead of our asset in the early 90’s as you read this: Congressional Republicans killed a provision in an Iraq war funding bill that would have put the United States on record against the permanent basing of U.S. military facilities in that country, a lawmaker […]
This week the House passed a bill to authorize another $90 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as rebuilding the Gulf Coast. While we hear about more and more money going towards the military, we really need to know exactly what it is being spent on once there. This article tells […]
When is this crap going to stop?: A hacker stole a file containing the names and Social Security numbers of 1,500 people working for the Energy Department’s nuclear weapons agency. But in the incident last September, somewhat similar to recent problems at the Veterans Affairs Department, senior department officials were told only two days ago, […]
I need to take a few minutes and talk about a smaller issue that is dear and near to me. In Bush’s budget for next year, he wants to cut funding to the Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA). This program is of vital importance to help protect our already endangered wild life. The […]
I just finally got around reading the latest AP-IPSOS poll and the numbers are very interesting: Bush Approval: 35% Disapproval: 60% Country Heading In Right Direction: 26% Wrong Track: 70% Handling of Iraq: 33% approve 64% disapprove Congress Job Rating: 24% approval 73% disapproval And the kicker of the entire poll: And if the election […]
Looks like the Abramoff stuff is really starting to piss off Bob Ney: Rep. Bob Ney, under enormous political and legal pressure for more than a year, has lashed out against press coverage of his plight, voicing great displeasure over stories focusing on the controversial golfing trip to Scotland that threatens his grip on the […]