Yup – we replaced Saddam with George Bush. One brutal dictator for another: The US security firm Blackwater has resumed limited operations in the Iraqi capital Baghdad four days after a deadly shootout involving the company. The company provides security to all US state department employees in Iraq. It had been ordered by the Iraqi […]
And how is this supposed to work in a “compromise”? President Bush will not support a war spending bill that punishes the Iraqi government for failing to meet benchmarks for progress, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday. Rice’s comments cast fresh doubt on a potential compromise between the Democratic-led Congress and the White House […]
This is the absolute proof of the hypocrisy the Republican party exhibits: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist signaled yesterday that he and other White House allies will filibuster a bill dealing with the interrogation and prosecution of detainees if they cannot persuade a rival group of Republicans to rewrite key provisions opposed by President Bush. […]
Sincerely, the Judicial branch: A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government’s warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency’s program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy […]
This right here should be enough to spark an investigation into every single election since Bush was appointed President in 2000: Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone records introduced […]
According to a new article inTime Magazine, members of Senate on both sides of the aisle are considering a constitutional amendment that will limit the powers of the President at wartime. A source familiar with the nascent constitutional amendment says one version would make clear that any actions by the President as Commander in Chief […]
If you missed yesterday’s Meet the Press, you missed out on one of the most civilized debates between a Democrat and Republican to be aired on television in years. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and former ambassador Madeline Albright discussed Iraq and it was refreshing to hear both sides make the case rationally. Even more comforting […]
Why should we be pissed? They are trying to take away our freedoms and put us under a dictatorship. If you believe Bush legitimately won the 2000 and the 2004 election is neither here nor there. No matter what, you must admit that they were “suspicious†to say the least. Now I have found during […]