It was just a couple months ago that we learned the Bush White House was illegally paying someone to write and publish “puff pieces” promoting the administrations’ education agenda. Today we learn that the military has taken the same course of action in Iraq. WASHINGTON  As part of an information offensive in Iraq, the […]
What a day. We have heard that the President is going to deliver this major speech today about progress in Iraq and lay out a plan for ending this war. Instead we got the same old rhetoric of “more of the same”. The White House has released a new guide entitled “National Strategy for Victory […]
Bush publicly scolded Duke Cunningham today over his crimes of taking bribes in exchange for government contracts. Of course Bush speak is nothing more than hypocrisy in action: “Any member of Congress, Republican or Democrat, must take their office seriously and the ethics seriously,” Bush said to reporters during a trip to Texas. Full article […]
Diebold would rather loose business than disclose their software code as required by North Carolina state law. RALEIGH, N.C. Nov 28, 2005  One of the nation’s leading suppliers of electronic voting machines may decide against selling new equipment in North Carolina after a judge declined Monday to protect it from criminal prosecution should it […]
The Associated Press has published a nice list of gifts that Duke Cunningham pleaded guilty to receiving Some of the payments accepted by Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham as detailed in his plea agreement: • $200,000 toward the purchase of his Arlington, Va., condominium. • $140,000 to a third party for the “Duke-Stir” yacht, which was […]
According to Raw Story, testimony given by Karl Rove’s aide could further his chances of getting indicted in the outing of Valerie Plame. The attorneys say that Rove’s former personal assistant, Susan B. Ralston — who was also a special assistant to President Bush — testified in August about why Cooper’s call to Rove was […]
Republican Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham has pleaded guilty in federal court to income tax violations. This from the AP: Rep. Cunningham Pleads Guilty Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham pleaded guilty to conspiracy and tax violations after an investigation of the California Republican’s home sale. Cunningham has been under investigation since his sale of his home to […]
John Bolton is met with even more opposition in the U.N. now. This time he has lost support for the U.N. reform he has been pushing and the loss this time is a big one – Great Britain. This from today’s Telegraph: Britain has angered John Bolton, America’s combative ambassador to the United Nations, by […]
YesterdayI reported on Deborah Davis who is facing federal charges for not showing her ID to a police officer on a bus during a random check. Today we learn about the Pentagon wanting to expand it’s powers to operate domestically and investigate citizens of this country: This from the Washington Post: The Defense Department has […]
For more proof that the iron curtain never fell and now surrounds America, you have to look no further than Deborah Davis. She is a 50 year old mother of a son serving in Iraq. She lives in Denver and leads an ordinary middle class life or at least she did. On December 9th, she […]