First I will start in the west where another recall has occurred: SPOKANE, Wash. – Mayor James E. West was recalled from office Tuesday in a special election over allegations he offered jobs and perks to young men he met in a gay Internet chat room. West, 54, must leave his position when the election […]
A Deibold insider who gave an exclusive report toBrad Friedman of BradBlog earlier this year has now spoken to Raw Story. The following is some excerpts from the article but I encourage you to visit Raw Story and read the article in full. The Diebold insider, who took on the appellation “Dieb-Throat†in an interview […]
As Condi goes on her European tour of spreading lies, we are finding out more of wrong doings by our government in the treatment of suspects through their “extraordinary rendition”. Today the Mirror in London reported about one such case: FATHER of four said yesterday he was held for nearly five months because he had […]
The brilliant Ted Rall brings up an option to deal with our President that I have thought of in the past. Follow the lead of California and start a national recall. One solution is to establish a California-style recall system on the national level. If a significant percentage of Americans loses confidence in the president […]
As Raw Story is reporting today, Sen. John Kerry has called for the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld. “The President owes it to our troops serving in Iraq to remove Secretary Rumsfeld and replace him at the Pentagon with a Defense Secretary who understands the situation on the ground in Iraq and who will advance, not […]
The Washington Post has an interesting article today about the House ethics committee and its state of hibernation during what should be a very busy time. The House ethics committee, the panel responsible for upholding the chamber’s ethics code, has been virtually moribund for the past year, handling only routine business despite a wave of […]
Yesterday the heads of the 9/11 commission were on Meet the Press and told Tim Russert that we were not prepared for another attack. This has sparked a great deal of attention from the media: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is still unprepared for another inevitable terrorist attack after not doing enough to improve […]
The following are the final results of the November poll. Do you feel the leak investigation is ________ as Watergate TOTAL VOTES: 65 More Important 39.2% 51 As Important 4.6% 6 Not as important 3.8% 5 No Comparing the Two 2.3% 3 Thanks to all who participated and please check out the newest poll in […]
On a rather slow and quiet Tuesday about a month ago a hell broke loose on Capital Hill when Harry Reid shut down Senate to demand answers on the stalling of the next phase of the pre-war intelligence report. It lead to outbursts before the cameras and a new political fight. It also resulted in […]
The FBI is reopening their case into the forged documents that made the claim Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger. These are the very same documents that lead to the disclosure of Valerie Plame’s identity as a CIA operative. WASHINGTON  The FBI has reopened an inquiry into one of the most intriguing aspects of […]