The domestic spying debate is no stranger to Washington. As matter of fact, the same argument took place thirty years ago: An intense debate erupted during the Ford administration over the president’s powers to eavesdrop without warrants to gather foreign intelligence, according to newly disclosed government documents. George H.W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney […]
Well this goes kind of hand in hand with the Joint Chiefs of Staff writing their letter to the editor’s of the Washington Post: US sides with Muslims in cartoon dispute Washington on Friday condemned caricatures in European newspapers of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad, siding with Muslims who are outraged that the publications put press freedom […]
This is another story that is growing and could possibly gain some real momentum in the near future: A judge attacked former Environmental Protection Agency chief Christine Todd Whitman for reassuring Manhattan residents soon after the 2001 terrorist attacks that the environment was safe to return to homes and offices while toxic dust was polluting […]
According to Rumsfeld the war on terror will be a long war that could stretch a generation, akin to the cold war. The article, which appears in today’s Washington Post, says what we have been saying all along – the war on terror will be very long. Of course Rumsfeld doesn’t admit to the simple […]
Our latest scandal comes from NASA. An FBI-led watchdog agency has opened an investigation into multiple complaints accusing NASA Inspector General Robert W. Cobb of failing to investigate safety violations and retaliating against whistle-blowers. Most of the complaints were filed by current and former employees of his own office. Written complaints and supporting documents from […]
I know that isn’t a shocker, but Think Progress has the details on this lie about Joe Wilson and the Niger claim. Things are looking even worse for the administration. Fitzgerald sure has his hands full now.
In my poll last month I asked what issue people thought would be the greatest grounds for impeachment. The warrantless spying came in first but a lot of people thought the Downing Street Memos were of greater importance. If that poll were run now, the outcome might be different. Today another document has surfaced in […]
Boehner beat out blunt for the job. It is kind of an interesting shake up to the Republican leadership in Congress but I don’t trust Boehner nor like him. This guy’s office very nastily refused to send someone to a meeting last week of seniors with questions regarding the new Medicare-D debacle. Shows how much […]
I’m working hard today on getting the WordPress system set up for my future move to a dedicated server. For your time being here is some afternoon reads: John at AMERICABlog has been getting some nasty e-mails over the JCS letter. Glenn notices something I had also noticed. The right wing blogs were quick to […]
Remember this when you go to the polls this November: Just two weeks after House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) pledged to pass far-reaching changes to the rules of lobbying on Capitol Hill, House Republican members pushed back hard against those proposals yesterday, charging that their leaders are overreacting to a growing corruption scandal. In […]