John Cole points out the ending of the CBS article: The trip Columbus probably cost taxpayers between $500,000 and $1 million. Air Force One alone bills out at $100,000 per hour, and the round trip is nearly two hours. Adding to the cost are military aircraft to carry limos and secret service vehicles, Marine One […]
These stories are becoming all too common: Asheville Regional Airport police arrested a 23-year-old Ohio man who was carrying a handgun and listening to police radio scanners near the runway around the time President Barack Obama’s flight was leaving Asheville, according to investigators. Joseph Sean McVey, of Coshocton, in southeastern Ohio, pulled his vehicle in […]
So he is doing something about it: Reporters covering President Bush ‘s Middle East trip, which ended last week, were in for a bit of a surprise when they showed up at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem for Bush’s statement on peace negotiations. There they found an unexpected colleague — NBC News correspondent David […]
It looks like Bush’s surprise visit to Iraq is not yielding the results he would have hoped for. One interesting article shows how the administration is receiving the news that U.K. forces have pulled out of Basara: The American response to the pull out has so far been muted, despite its crucial timing. Bush administration […]
Today’s Washington Post has an article by right wing hit man John Solomon. Today Solomon goes after John Edwards and his infamous $400 haircut. They are coining it as “the stylist speaks out”, even though I got a feeling Solomon worked hard to get him to “speak out”. Instead of quoting this piece of crap, […]
CNN has a very amusing story up. It seems that WaPo’s Jim VandeHei finally called the White House on the fact that the TVs are always on FOX News: During a briefing led by White House spokesman Scott McClellan as President Bush was traveling to New Orleans, Louisiana, the Washington Post’s Jim VandeHei asked why […]
After reading through the 29 page response filed by Scooter Libby’s attorneys this week, I uncovered something I found of interest. The response gives us a look into who may be called to the witness stand and what role their testimony could play. Firs up is Marc Grossman, former Under Secretary of Political Affairs. Grossman’s […]
Remember early in the Clinton years when there was so much being said about his $200 haircut that took place on a runway at LAX. Joe Klein even rehashed it in his smear book “The Truth About Hillary”. There was an FAA investigation into it because of the rumored flight delays, which eventually turned out […]
Brown resignation update view theReuters FEMA chief Brown resigns in wake of Katrina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, under fire and recalled to Washington in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, resigned on Monday, senior administration officials said on Monday. Under fire for a slow response to Hurricane Katrina, Brown was […]