Yesterday’s lock down of Senate by Democrats has resparked an old, but not forgotten controversy – the Downing Street Memos. Republican’s have repeatedly tried to dismiss the DSM as false information saying that it was addressed in phase one of the intelligence report. Now that Democrats have forced phase two to be complete, which will […]
Rule 21 of the Senate mandates that any time an issue is to be brought up on the Senate floor that could reveal classified information that the cameras be shut off, no electronic recording devices in the room and no staffers in the room. It is done so to protect national security. That is the […]
Harry Reid and the Democrats have made a strong stand today in the halls of Senate and the Senate has now gone to closed door meetings to discuss the indictment of Scooter Libby and the failure of intelligence for the war in Iraq. Reid, speaking to Senate prior to this late afternoon development barked at […]
Wal-Mart has launched a full blown damage control strategy to counter bad press. In a New York Times article today, they describe a “war” room which is staffed by past political strategist. BENTONVILLE, Ark., Oct. 26 – Inside a stuffy, windowless room here, veterans of the 2004 Bush and Kerry presidential campaigns sit, stand and […]
President Bush is still trying damage control from last weeks hit of indictments. Today he outlined his $7.1 billion strategy for dealing with a possible bird flu pandemic. In his plan, he wants to stock pile enough vaccine for 20 million people and offer liability protection from the manufacturers. Currently the only manufacturer of a […]
In 2000, George Bush campaigned against the United States doing any nation building missions. Even during the Wake Forest debate in October of 2000, Bush spoke against any such actions by our country: Q: Why not Africa? Why the Middle East? Why the Balkans but not Africa? BUSH: Africa’s important. And we’ve got to do […]
For you repeat visitors, you may have noticed the drastic change in layout to IntoxiNation today. I have been working on these graphics and layout for sometime now. Over all, the content is still the same. I did remove the links section and everything is now incorporated into the Blogroll. Also all added side content […]
President Bush’s pick for the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, has so far pleased the extreme right. The question will now be in the approval by the centrists. This was a bold step for Bush. He would of had a better chance of getting this confirmation through if he made it from the beginning instead of […]
Six soldiers were killed in Iraq today bringing the total amount of U.S. casualties to 2024 according to icasualties.org. In the month of October, 91 soldiers have been lost which makes it the fourth deadliest month since the war started. The most troubling of this data is the fact that we suffered 46 deaths in […]
If you first read the cover story that appears on the November 14 issue of Forbes magazine you may think its just a typical article from a publication that caters to the business community. Further reading into it reveals something even more disturbing to people like me and other bloggers out there. The article attacks […]