Apparently when Bush had the national debt limit raised to $9 trillion recently, that wasn’t enough: A $2.7 trillion budget plan pending before the House would raise the federal debt ceiling to nearly $10 trillion, less than two months after Congress last raised the federal government’s borrowing limit. The provision — buried on page 121 […]
Something our nation seems to forget is where it came from. While watching Good Night and Good Luck the other night I was interested in how Edward R. Murrow constantly held his Kent cigarette in his hand while doing his broadcast. Since that occurred 20 years before my time I missed it when it actually […]
This past Friday, General Wesley Clarke had a discussion about the current climate in D.C. and what we need to do to change it this November. He highlighted some very good points including the Democrats National Security plan, which was muted by the President changing a press conference time to coincide with the Democrats press […]
Can we say OUCH: President Bush’s approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections. The survey of 1,013 adults, taken Friday through Sunday, shows Bush’s standing down by 3 percentage points in a single week. His […]
Sill think they care about all Americans? Republican lawmakers, facing the prospect that their power to cut taxes may soon be curbed, plan to extend breaks that mostly benefit the wealthy and Wall Street at the expense of reductions for middle-income households. Six months before elections that may return a Democratic majority in at least […]
From TPM Muckraker Hayden, President Bush’s pick to replace Porter Goss as head of the CIA, contracted with MZM Inc. for the services of Lt. Gen. James C. King, then a senior vice president of the company, the sources say. MZM was owned and operated by Mitchell Wade, who has admitted to bribing former Rep. […]
While we keep waiting to see what happens next with Fitzgerald’s investigation we also get more exciting news from the Abramoff investigation: A former congressional aide and business associate of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff has agreed to plead guilty to charges in connection with the investigation of influence-peddling and public corruption, a federal law enforcement […]
Well Bush can say he isn’t worried about the mid-term elections but behind the scenes it looks different. When memos like this come out you got to wonder what they are thinking: Career appointees at the Department of Agriculture were stunned last week to receive e-mailed instructions that include Bush administration “talking points” — saying […]
Background Ever since 1959, when the Cuban Revolution overthrew the gambling and drug barons of the U.S.-supported Batista regime, the island Republic has been the target of terrorist attacks committed by Miami-based anti-Castro groups. After the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, there have been hundreds of bombings directed against Cuban hotels, gunfire directed […]
This is really interesting. Two different stories, two different countries, two different outcomes. Both have surfaced in the last week: First this news from South Carolina: The South Carolina bill, proposed by Republican Rep. Ralph Davenport, would make it a felony to sell devices used primarily for sexual stimulation and allow law enforcement to seize […]