This is the part of the story you don’t here the politicians talking about, or the press corp asking the White House, but it is truly another bad effect of what is happening in the housing market: In the foreclosure crisis of 2007, thousands of American families are losing their homes without ever missing a […]
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A break from politics is in order to give my respects to a legend in my town – Joe Nuxhall. He was the youngest person to ever play Major League Baseball. He was also a familiar face around this town. No matter who you were, you were a neighbor to Joe. He will be greatly […]
And now we have an Attorney General who is in lockstep with the White House: In his second day on the job, Attorney General Michael Mukasey leaped into the political fray, telling a key Democratic senator he opposes his electronic surveillance plan and would recommend the president veto it if it is passed. In a […]
In 2000 most of us saw right through the political ambitions of Fox when they pronounced George Bush as the winner of the election. Of course those of us who saw that were labeled as conspiracy theorists by the far right, but since then it has been proven time and time again. Now the really […]
E.J. Dionne has a great piece up today about the Democrats problem in Congress. Democrats in Congress are discovering what it’s like to live in the worst of all possible worlds. They are condemned for selling out to President Bush and condemned for failing to make compromises aimed at getting things done. Democrats complain that […]
When our Congress lets someone act like a king long enough, then they start thinking they are one: The Bush administration is losing patience with Gordon Brown over Iran, with senior American diplomats frustrated by his reluctance to declare bluntly that the Islamic state must never be allowed nuclear weapons. Hey Bush – perhaps they […]
From the administration that HATES everything America stands for: A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy. Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, a deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people’s private communications […]
With all the talk of Mukasey, Pakistan and O.J., it seems like there is a much larger story missing from the MSM. Here is a chart of our stock market this week: Our economy is looking at some serious trouble. Lots of news has fueled this, like retailers reporting very sluggish sales in October, forcing […]
Glenn Greenwald highlights this little part of Schumer’s speech last night during the confirmation of Mukasey: [The most amazing quote was from chief Mukasey supporter Chuck Schumer, who, before voting for him, said that Mukasey is “wrong on torture — dead wrong.” Marvel at that phrase: “wrong on torture.” Six years ago, there wasn’t even […]