Here are some interesting tidbits from this New York Times article: All but one of the 44 Senate Democrats — Ben Nelson of Nebraska — have voiced opposition to the measure, as have some moderate Republicans, a result that would kill the measure for the year. Remember this vote requires 2/3rds of the Senate to […]
Reuters has a nice article up about the challenge Joe Lieberman is facing this year: After years of ardent support for the Iraq war, Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman could become that conflict’s first big political casualty in a Democratic primary race fueled by rising anti-war anger. Lieberman, the party’s vice presidential nominee in 2000, faces […]
ABC News has published this disturbing report: New evidence may suggest cover-ups in two separate incidents at the center of a simmering scandal over Iraqi civilian deaths at the hands of American forces. Iraqi anger is percolating over the incidents, and over an investigation that cleared U.S. forces in a third case. A brother of […]
Well here are the standards that our Commander in Chief and his little idiot Secretary of Defense decide to impose upon our soldiers: The Pentagon has decided to omit from new detainee policies a key tenet of the Geneva Convention that explicitly bans “humiliating and degrading treatment,” according to knowledgeable military officials, a step that […]
John Aravosis over at AmericaBLOG has an action alert up and needs everyone’s help so please take a minute and check it out and help out by all means.
John Aravosis over at AmericaBLOG has an action alert up and needs everyone’s help so please take a minute and check it out and help out by all means.
Earlier while watching CNN I was shocked when I heard the same old line being used. Tori Clark, the former Pentagon spokeswoman turned CNN contributor was complaining about the reports of Haditha and how they are overshadowing the good that is being done in Iraq. She is still spewing out the same old rhetoric that […]
The General has really out done himself in his current letter to Michelle Malkin: I know you’ve already given a lot for this country. Your courageous defense of everything from toddlercide to concentration camps has inspired us all. However, there is one more thing you must do for your country, and unfortunately, it calls for […]
What amazes me is that the Republicans are so worried about politicking that they are willing to back-burner the entire country to take up the issue of gay marriage this week. When I think of the problems surrounding our country; Iraq, healthcare, FEMA, energy crisis, immigration, record level deficits – just to name a few, […]
The Boston Globe has an interesting article today that talks about the American Bar Association’s recent decision to investigate Bush’s signing power: The board of governors of the American Bar Association voted unanimously yesterday to investigate whether President Bush has exceeded his constitutional authority in reserving the right to ignore more than 750 laws that […]