Now that President Bush has agreed to back John McCain’s torture ban, house rep. Duncan Hunter has some problems with it, leading to another hurdle. Hunter apparently wants some sort of assurances put into the bill that will protect soldiers from criminal and civil penalties if they do engage in torture. This sounds like an […]
The White House took issue on Thursday with a claim by syndicated columnist Robert Novak that President George W. Bush knows who the source is who leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. “I don’t know what he’s basing it on,” said White House spokesman Scott McClellan, declining to comment further. Novak said Tuesday […]
The more I read this story and think about it, the more pissed off I get. Last week the House passed the tax cuts to extend them to 2010. The tax cuts pertain mainly to capital gains and dividends, meaning that they affect the upper-middle and upper classes of this country. Yesterday the House took […]
Raw Story reported this morning that Fitzgerald was meeting with the grand jury again today and MSNBC later confirmed the story. Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will present additional evidence to a grand jury Wednesday morning in the CIA leak case that could result in an indictment being handed up against White House Deputy Chief of […]
Brad Friedman ofBrad Blog is staying on top of Diebold and this time it comes with an exclusive detailing a federal class-action lawsuit filed against the maker of voting machines today in Ohio. Eight Current and Former Executives Named as Co-Defendants, Including former CEO O’Dell and New CEO Swidarski Class Action Suit Alleges Fraud, Insider […]
While we hear reports of our economy doing good, we are presented with a harsh reminder of what outsourcing has done to our nation. This from theAssociated Press: General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it plans to nearly triple the number of cars it produces in India to meet growing demand in the South Asian country. […]
The CEO of Diebold has immediately resigned from the company according to Raw Story: The chief executive officer of voting rights company Diebold who once famously declared that he would “deliver” Ohio for President Bush has resigned effective immediately, RAW STORY has learned. “The board of directors and Wally mutually agreed that his decision to […]
If you missed yesterday’s Meet the Press, you missed out on one of the most civilized debates between a Democrat and Republican to be aired on television in years. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and former ambassador Madeline Albright discussed Iraq and it was refreshing to hear both sides make the case rationally. Even more comforting […]
Remember back to the summer of 2003? We could not find those WMDs the administration swore Saddam had stockpiles of. Slowly the reasoning of our invasion turned from WMD to freeing the people from the rule of an evil tyrant. We heard stories of rape rooms and people being tortured by different means that made […]
Arm Chair Generalist has a very interesting read on Bush possible breaking military rules by making his partisan attacks at military bases. He highlights an article discussing this possible ethical violation which was reported by (of all places) FOX news: [Bush’s] attacks against critics at military settings may have put troops in the awkward position […]