Sorry for the lack of posts today. I have been without internet for most of the day because of high winds. Luckily the tornado’s didn’t come through here but my heart goes out to all those suffering in neighboring Indiana. I have witnessed and lived through some deadly twisters in my life and they can […]
Wal-Mart has launched a full blown damage control strategy to counter bad press. In a New York Times article today, they describe a “war” room which is staffed by past political strategist. BENTONVILLE, Ark., Oct. 26 – Inside a stuffy, windowless room here, veterans of the 2004 Bush and Kerry presidential campaigns sit, stand and […]
President Bush is still trying damage control from last weeks hit of indictments. Today he outlined his $7.1 billion strategy for dealing with a possible bird flu pandemic. In his plan, he wants to stock pile enough vaccine for 20 million people and offer liability protection from the manufacturers. Currently the only manufacturer of a […]
Fitzgerald gave one of the longest press conferences I think I have ever witnessed. Saying that, it was also very interesting. He could not get into many details of the case and left many of us wondering what is still to come but he did let us in on what is known. He started off […]
Another smoking gun has arisen today, this time in for form of a scathing new report in Italy. The subject at hand – the origin of those forged documents that lead to the now infamous 16 words spoken by the President when he said Iraq was trying to obtain uranium yellow cake from Niger. The […]
Via Reuters: Baltimore Harbor Tunnel closed in security threat The Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, which carries traffic on the main East Coast highway, was closed on Tuesday as a “security precaution,” authorities said. The 1.4 mile, four-lane tunnel was closed down shortly before noon, said an officer at the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Command Center. “It’s […]
Sunday, on CNN’s Late Edition, they made the mistake of giving Pat Robertson a larger audience again. This time he used his time in the spotlight to further taunt Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez. Robertson made two claims, which are being Venezuela’s vice-President as irrational. In the first claim, Robertson said that Chavez paid Osama Bin […]
According to CNN, the three New Orleans police officers charged with beating a 64 year old man have all pleaded not-guilty to the charges. They are due back in court on January 11, when the trial is set to begin. Until then all the officers are getting a mandatory vacation without pay from their jobs.
More on Delay fromReuters Indicted DeLay leaves House leadership post The second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Tom DeLay, said on Wednesday he would step aside temporarily from his leadership post following an indictment on a campaign-finance charge. A grand jury in Travis County, Texas, indicted DeLay on a single felony conspiracy charge […]
America is talking but Bush won’t listen. Today he sounded like the usual stuck record while repeating his now infamous catch phrase “We must stay the course in Iraq”. Unfortunately his plan continually calls for more of the same when we are seeing no signs of improvement. A new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll just released show […]