Remember when Charlie Rangle said something about bringing the draft back and got ridiculed for it by the right? Well it looks like that is now an option being considered: Frequent tours for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have stressed the all-volunteer force and made it worth considering a return to a military draft, […]
As much as he pisses me off at times, I still like Chuck Schumer. This morning on Face the Nation, Orin Hatch kept invoking the old “Clinton did it” excuse when talking about the Libby commutation. Schumer responded; “two wrongs don’t make a right”. For as “bad” as Clinton was for this country (according to […]
That is exactly what this Republican disgusting excuse for an American said in the halls of our Congress. At one point, Rohrabacher argued that imprisoning and torturing one innocent person was a fair price to pay for locking up 50 terrorists who would “go out and plant a bomb…and kill 20,000 people.†When members of […]
Everyone has been blasting Pelosi for going to Syria, but there has been no critisism of Republicans doing the same. Today, Rep Darrell Issa (R-CA) is in Syria meeting with Damascus. Now Boehner is giving the Republican excuse of why Democrats can’t go to Syria: Boehner declined to criticize [fellow Republican Rep. David Hobson] for […]
The Democrats want to give the citizens of Washington D.C. the basic democratic right the rest of the country enjoys – representation in Congress, but Bush is ready to put a stop to that: The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto legislation giving the District of Columbia a vote in the House, possibly prolonging […]
(image courtesy of Democracy Lost) Once again we have a scandal surrounding the current White House and once again we have the right-wing talking heads out there with towing their typical defense of “well Clinton did it”. This time the excuse is being applied to the U.S.A. purge. A lot of Bush apologists are out […]
During the House debate on the Iraq Resolution, Heather Wilson (R-NM) started following the old GOP meme that the Democrats are cutting funding to the troops. She even said that the resolution will prevent the troops from getting the necessary body armor. Steny Hoyer has had enough. Following Wilson’s remarks he came to the floor […]
It appears that way. On Tuesday I blogged about the Pelosi plane controversy started by the Washington Times. Josh Marshal was all over this story and said that it was not Pelosi wanting this plane, but rather the military. You can read that full posting here. Well Pelosi just held a press conference and said […]
Not really, but I am sure old Bill will use it anyway for some bullshit excuse of “how MSNBC is destroying our airwaves with their profanity”. To normal people like you and me, well this is kind of funny. (h/t Duncan)
A post-election e-mail to executives at the drug company GlaxoSmithKline details just how tough. “We now have fewer allies in the Senate,” says the internal memo, obtained by The Washington Post. “Thus, there is greater risk over the next two years that bad amendments will be offered to pending legislation.” The company’s primary concerns are […]