That is an article in Today’s Washington Post, which describes sheets our troops are given to describe lawmakers visiting: The sheets of paper seemed to be everywhere the lawmakers went in the Green Zone, distributed to Iraqi officials, U.S. officials and uniformed military of no particular rank. So when Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) […]
Last night al-Maliki told Lara Logan on CBS news that he fears a coup in his country: Al-Maliki said that some of the officer corps have been creating problems and even violating the security of military operations. He stated, “I’m not afraid, but I have to watch the army, because those still loyal to the […]
When a company continues to fail miserably the answer is not to fire all the employees, but rather the CEO. If a team goes on a multi-season losing streak, the players aren’t all replaced, but rather the coach. So why doesn’t the same apply to the White House? In the past we have seen great […]
From the White House that is. They are spinning as hard as they can on the Walter Reed fiasco. Tony Snow showed this spin during the first part of today’s presser: The problem is that this spin isn’t going to work. Basically Snow is saying they don’t want to talk about it. They are trying […]
Bush and Ed Henry from CNN just had an interesting exchange regarding the roadside bombs. Henry was simply looking for more concrete evidence to the claim Iran is supplying the bombs in Iraq. Bush responds with: It is preposterous to think that we would be manufacturing intelligence! Isn’t that what got us into Iraq in […]
This should really be a non-story, but the right could not resist. They swift boat anyone they can and their latest victim has done the honarable thing. From Matt: Amanda Marcotte resigned from the Edwards campaign. It was her decision. Amanda feels encumbered by the campaign and unable to effectively defend herself from the right-wing. […]
The culture of corruption expands: Federal officials are probing scathing allegations that the Romney administration falsely claimed to conduct safety inspections in the Big Dig tunnel that collapsed and killed a woman in July. The Securities and Exchange Commission is zeroing in on state financial documents from 2005 – cited in a new report by […]
Since Bob Ney pleaded guilty Friday, we now have a felon sitting on the United States House of Representatives. Now he has said he will resign in the future and the Republicans have vowed to vote him out, but that will not happen until after their recess, which means Ney will continue to draw a […]
Historically voter turn out has decreased every year in our country. Mid-term elections have taken even a harder hit on participation then presidential elections. So why should this year be any different? Well first off, the last time there was a spike in a mid-term election turn out was in 1994, when the Republicans had […]
Right after the first of the year I reported on the new prescription drug program offered by Medicare. This program is essentially pushing low income seniors and people with disabilities into HMOs. The new program, which took effect January 1, has had a shaky start to say the least. With numerous states issuing public health […]