Today we find out that the firings of the United States Attorneys went all the way to the oval office: The White House was deeply involved in the decision late last year to dismiss federal prosecutors, including some who had been criticized by Republican lawmakers, administration officials said Monday. Last October, President Bush spoke with […]
Jack Cafferty asked the question today if Alberto Gonzales should be fired. When he read the emails he noted that out of the 900 emails they received none said Gonzales should stay. Flip this question over to the right wing blogs, where Michelle Malkin has asked the same question and you get this: If you […]
Just now breaking – General Kevin Kiley, the man who oversaw Walter Reed for two of the years it had it’s problems is now resigning. UPDATED – A “senior Pentagon official” has told CNN that Kiley was actually fired.
This is a really interesting story that is thankfully gaining attention. Halliburton announced this weekend that they will be moving their corporate headquarters from Houston, Texas to Dubai. There are a lot of questions surrounding this move – the biggest on their taxes. Halliburton generates a large portion of their income from U.S. contracts and […]
It appears the military has fixed the Walter Reed problem. They will just send the soldiers back to Iraq, complete with injuries. OK it really isn’t that, but this is just as troubling as the Walter Reed fiasco and another prime example of the lack of support our troops get from their command in chief: […]
Think Progress has the video up of Chuck Schumer calling for Gonzales to step down as AG. I am going to take this a step further. I think Chuck Schumer should request a prosecutor to look at Gonzales and if he perjured himself before the committee in January. The Attorney General of the United States […]
Think back to the surge debate last month. The Republicans took to the floor of the House and stood tight with talking points in hand. They had their little “war” room set-up to counter any Democratic argument and acted like they knew all the inside mumblings of the execution of the surge. One of those […]
Looks like the White House was pretty hands on with the firing of U.S. attorneys: Presidential advisor Karl Rove and at least one other member of the White House political team were urged by the New Mexico Republican party chairman to fire the state’s U.S. attorney because of dissatisfaction with his job performance including his […]
I meant to post this earlier this week, but I forgot about it. On Family Guy last Sunday night they relived the “heroic” response Bush had to 9/11. True in the name of time, Adam West only sat there a few seconds, as compared to the 7 minutes Bush sat there.
David Rhodes claim that the Nevada Democratic Caucus caved to pressure from MoveOn and the netroots is just plain wrong. Harry Reid and Tom Collins have released the letter they sent to FOX regarding the decision. TPMCafe has the full letter, but here is the money quote: To say the least, this was not a […]