Just in from Raw Story Bush Management and Budget Procurement chief arrested after quitting John Byrne David Safavian, who oversees $300 billion of annual federal purchasing as director of the Office of Procurement Policy, has been arrested for three criminal charges relating to obstruction of a federal investigation. He resigned quietly last Friday. RAW STORY […]
Survey USA is reporting a dynamic “can’t win” situation unfolding for Bush. The Hurrieder President Bush Goes, The Behinder He Gets: 3 polling days after George W. Bush’s prime-time speech to the nation from Jackson Square in New Orleans, a “can’t win” dynamic is unfolding for the President, according to exclusive SurveyUSA data gathered Friday […]
In a big OOPS, Raw Story as acquired a confidential memo on immigration from Rep. Lamar Smith’s office. The letter was intended to be faxed to Karl Rove but instead got faxed to Democratic Congressman. Go over to Raw Story and check out the actual memo.
An agreement has been reached in the six party talks with North Korea. It still is lying short of a non-proliferation agreement but is considered a major stepping stone in progress. North Korea says they will abandon their weapons program but maintains the right to nuclear energy. The part that is not leaving me wondering […]
Last week Newsweek ran a poll asking if Congressional races were hold right now would they vote for the Republican or the Democrat candidate. 50% said they would go Democrat while only 38% would go Republican. Hopefully this will send a message of hope and vision to the Democratic leadership. Democrats have not held control […]
It seems the Bush family just can not catch a break (a short pause for a moment of awww). The following was reported by the Associated Press today: Jeb Bush’s son arrested for public intoxication, resisting arrest AUSTIN John Ellis Bush, the youngest son of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, was arrested early Friday and charged […]
It appears in these photographs from last nights speech that the President may have missed a button hole. Its kind of hard to tell but it sure appears that way. Maybe Laura didn’t dress him this time.
President Bush’s speech last night appears to be nothing more than that, just a speech. He talked about a plan to rebuild the Gulf Coast and restore normalcy to the lives of those affected. He gave a speech that some have compared to a “FDR speechâ€ÂÂ. A real question lies now in the sincerity of […]
UPDATE Governor Blanco did actually say this. CNN ran a segment about it on Daybreak. The Political Teen has the video clip. The argument now lies back in the bureaucracy that surrounds this whole nightmare. Under the National Response Plan, the Director of Homeland Security or his designee has the power to also call for […]
From NPR FEMA Official Says Agency Heads Ignored Warnings 2005 · In the days before Hurricane Katrina hit land, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, FEMA Director Michael Brown and other top Homeland Security officials received e-mails on their blackberries warning that Katrina posed a dire threat to New Orleans and other areas. Yet one FEMA […]