The Pentagon has admitted the use of white phosphorus as a weapon against insurgents in Falluja. This adds more credibility to the documentary ran on Italian television last week about the use of such weapons. The use of white phosphorus is not necessarily a violation of any treaties, however the legal wording and the use […]
More proof of Bush’s dwindling “political capital” was evident yesterday as the Senate Finance Committee struck down the Bush tax cuts. The measure could be voted on by Senate today. The tax cuts removed were part of Bush’s first term tax cut program which he has campaigned Congress to make permanent. During his re-election campaign, […]
A new sign of turmoil over the neo-con ran House is emerging. This time the moderate Republicans are showing concern over the leadership of the House and feel that the agenda being pushed by Tom Delay, Dennis Hassert and Roy Blunt does not fulfill the agenda of the entire Republican party. Five-term Republican Rep. Charles […]
The Senate Appropriations Committee has removed the earmark for the two “bridges to nowhere” in Alaska. This of course still keeps the money available to Alaska, where their Governor is now to decide how it is best spent. The following is from aSierra Club press release: The Senate Appropriations Committee removed earmarks for two controversial […]
Chuck Hagel (R-Ne) spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations today and delivered a very compelling speech regarding Iraq. Following are some highlights of this speech. The full transcript can be read here. The Iraq war should not be debated in the United States on a partisan political platform. This debases our country, trivializes the […]
When you hear “support our troops”, you think of sending items like reading material, clothing, food, etc. There’s a new way to show your support though. Rush Limbaugh now has a “Adopt – A – Soldier” program in which you can sign up to send a soldier a year subscription to Rush 24/7 and the […]
The Democrats have launched a website hosted on the House’s server.Iraq on the Record is there as a reference for all who believe what the President has said lately. Here is a brief intro to the site: The Iraq on the Record database contains statements from the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public […]
It looks like Tomlinson got out of the CPB just in time. This from today’s LA Times WASHINGTON — The former chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting repeatedly violated the organization’s contracting rules and code of ethics in his efforts to promote conservatives in the system, according to an internal investigation released today. The […]
The New York Times has an interesting article today pointing out other disaster prone areas this country has. It seems that Katrina has awaken most of the country to look into their deteriorating infrastructures and high risk areas and are now more worried than they were this past summer. Some of those possible disasters waiting […]
I guess the elections last week is starting to bother the Republicans in Senate. Now they want to pass a resolution forcing Bush to set a clear plan to withdrawal from Iraq and also supply them with quarterly updates. The plan stops short of requiring an actual timeline. From today’s New York Times WASHINGTON, Nov. […]