You know things are really bad in Iraq when Rumsfeld goes there and can’t even find anything good to say about the situation: “We’re at a point now when the security situation depends as much on the reconciliation process and on the strengthening of (government) ministries,” Rumsfeld told reporters. “Success in those areas will determine […]

Now this really adds a new level of curiosity to the details surrounding Ken Lay’s sudden death: A British banker who was questioned by U.S. authorities in connection with the Enron scandal has been found dead, British media said Wednesday. The man’s body was found Tuesday in a park in east London, but police declined […]

This is very, very bad: Israeli tanks and troops today invaded southern Lebanon after Hizbullah captured two soldiers and killed several others. The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, described the capture of the soldiers an “act of war” by Lebanon, with today’s developments compounding the ongoing political crisis over an abducted Israeli soldier being held […]

This is amazing. During an exchange on Capital Hill today between Senator Patrick Leahy and Steven Bradbury, legal council for the Department of Justice, Bradbury said that “the President is always right”. Here is the transcript compliments of Raw Story: MR. BRADBURY: Well, Senator, I think — as I said in my testimony, obviously the […]

Think Progress has an interesting post up about the White House staffers getting a raise while at the same time opposing an increase on the minimum wage: This year the highest paid staffers in the White House – including Karl Rove, Dan Bartlett and Steven Hadley – got a cost-of-living adjustment of $4,200, boosting their […]

I first started this blog almost 14 months ago. I was not one of the political bloggers that came from a site like Daily Kos or MyDD, instead I just went out and did it. I have always had a deep passion for politics, and that was one of my motivations to jump into the […]

While watching CNN it was interesting when they covered the age of the girl who was gang raped then murdered. Reports say the F.B.I. has listed the girl as 25 years old, while the military is listing her as 20. As I posted earlier today, Reuters obtained the passport of this girl and it has […]

I got to say that this is by far one of the best political ads I have seen in years. Of course Joe Liebermanbaby will consider it to be an attack against him like he does everything else.

This is the mess in Iraq that the Democrats, especially Jack Murtha, have been warning about: Iraq will ask the United Nations to end immunity from local law for U.S. troops, the government said on Monday, as the U.S. military named five soldiers charged in a rape-murder case that has outraged Iraqis. In an interview […]

This is really big and a justifiable law suit This afternoon, a federal lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky entitled Mark Nickolas v. Governor Ernie Fletcher, Secretary John Farris and Secretary Robbie Rudolph over the recent targeting and censorship of BluegrassReport.org. (click here to see verified complaint). The suit alleges that the […]