One of the continual problems we seem to have in this country’s leadership is its ability to be honest and forthcoming with our allies. Another prime example of this can be seen in today’s Independent The US ambassador in London has been forced into an embarrassing retreat after his embassy clarified comments he made denying […]
Well Christmas has come and gone and on the day after, we find out that Bush also tried to kill another big item news story. President Bush has been summoning newspaper editors lately in an effort to prevent publication of stories he considers damaging to national security. The efforts have failed, but the rare White […]
I guess Bush had a feeling of guilt over the White House cards saying “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” so he decided to make it up today in his radio address: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. On this Christmas Eve, Laura and I send our best wishes to families across America as you gather in […]
With news like this coming out it makes you wonder how much longer the few Iraqi’s that like is will keep doing so: U.S. Airstrikes Take Toll on Civilians Eyewitnesses Cite Scores Killed in Marine Offensive in Western Iraq By Ellen Knickmeyer Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, December 24, 2005; Page A01 RAMADI, Iraq — […]
Back in the spring of this year, I was remember reading an article in my local newspaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer. The article was a sick story involving a child rape on the internet. Here is the article: RAPE CHARGES Sex with child, 3, alleged A Hamilton County grand jury indicted a 31-year-old Winton Hills man […]
When Democrats successfully got the ANWR provision stripped from the defense budget on Wednesday, Republicans decided to punish the poor people in the country by hurting their federal assistance with rising heating prices. This is brought up by a newpress release issued by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorites, a non-partisan research group: WASHINGTON, […]
After a rash of apparently “good news” it looks as though the economic-monster has hit. There is now speculation that the housing bubble has finally burst: WASHINGTON – Sales of new homes plunged in November by the largest amount in nearly 12 years, providing the most dramatic evidence yet that the red hot housing market […]
Turns out Alito also defended the Regan administration in warantless wiretaps. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito defended the right of government officials to order domestic wiretaps when he worked for the Reagan Justice Department, documents released Friday show. He advocated a step by step approach to strengthening the hand of officials in a 1984 memo […]
It turns out that Supreme Court nominee Alito wrote in 1985 that he wanted Roe v. Wade to be overturned as being reported by the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito wrote in a June 1985 memo that the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion should be overturned. In a recommendation […]
It turns out in the days following September 11 that Bush tried to get extraordinary powers granted to him through Congress but those attempts failed. This new information comes from an article appearing in today’s Washington Post: The Bush administration requested, and Congress rejected, war-making authority “in the United States” in negotiations over the joint […]