It looks like Murtha is wanting the shooting of Iraqis dealt with right: “Who covered it up, why did they cover it up, why did they wait so long?” Murtha said on “This Week” on ABC. “We don’t know how far it goes. It goes right up the chain of command.” This echoes of Abu […]
From Raw Story: Former Enron chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling have been found guilty on dozens of charges of conspiracy and fraud. Lay was found guilty on all charges, which could net him 45 years in jail. Skilling was found guilty of the first 35 counts brought against him. He was acquitted, however, of […]
SURVEY USA has their new 50-state tracking poll out for Bush’s approval rating. The overall weighted approval is at 33% (the lowest I have seen on SUSA). Even more interesting is the fact that Bush rates 50% or above in only 3 state (Idaho – 52%, Utah – 51% and Wyoming – 50%). In Bush’s home […]
We hear that the administration “wants to be more upfront with the American people” yet Tony Snow is proving that false: QUESTION: In his news conference with John Howard, was the president giving kind of a backhanded confirmation of the stories that the NSA is compiling telephone lists? SNOW: No, he wasn’t. If you go […]
So after six plus years in office and Bush now wants to increase border security and train more border officers. Five years after 9.11 Bush is just now giving a shit if people can get into this country or not. The outline of his plan tonight was another “band aide” and all he is doing […]
There is talk of investigations, legislations and lawsuits into the NSA wiretapping program. We are in a war on terror and we must support those who are defending our freedoms by infringing upon them. Considering we could be looking at a loss of jobs over this I believe it is time for Americans to step […]
This is the first YouTube video file I have added to the blog. This is a great one. ABC News ran this and it is a full length shot of Bush during Colbert’s “Audition Tape” he showed Saturday night at the Correspondents’ Dinner. The expressions on Bush’s face are priceless. Click the link below or […]
From Think Progress: This morning, ThinkProgress revealed that, according to Kevin Phillip’s book American Dynasty, Bush himself sang the national anthem in Spanish. Looks like Bush’s conviction that “the national anthem ought to be sung in English” was something he acquired very recently. Check out their entire entry here and see how Bush has flip […]
Think Progress has done an outstanding job putting some numbers together comparing the statistics in Iraq three years ago today, when Bush gave his infamous “mission accomplished” speech, to the same figures today: May 1, 2003 Today U.S. Troops Wounded 542 17,469 U.S. Troops Killed 139 2,400 Size of U.S. Forces 150,000 132,000 […]
Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 2nd) there will be primaries in Indiana, North Carolina and my own state of Ohio. I will be keeping the blog up to date on the returns here in Ohio. We have a couple hot races that are gaining some national attention. First we have Jean “Full Of” Schmidt running against former […]