After all the debate, arguments, investigations by foreign countries and other crap caused by the report of secret CIA prisons, it turns out that we do in fact have them and Bush admits it: President George W. Bush acknowledged on Wednesday the CIA has run a secret detention program for terrorism suspects overseas and said […]
Of course Bush would take his weekly radio address to try and prop up his image on Katrina: Nearly one year after Hurricane Katrina created a humanitarian and political crisis, President George W. Bush said on Saturday the storm showed the government was unprepared to respond to a disaster of that magnitude and revealed “deep-seated […]
Sure we are in an energy crisis and need to conserve. Well that is unless Bush is coming to town: Talk about political gridlock. Secret Service officials confirm to The Washington Post they tried to get the Virginia Department of Transportation to close down the carpool lanes on a highway leading out of Washington Wednesday […]
I just read the following headline and rolled my eyes: Bush wants UN resolution on Lebanon conflict fast We are almost a month into this conflict and now Bush wants a resolution “fast”. What about our veto at the U.N. last month or our constant screwing around with the resolution so it says what the […]
So now we are turning up the heat on Iran: The United States has imposed sanctions against seven companies from Russia, North Korea, India and Cuba for arms deals with Iran, State Department officials said Friday. The sanctions, which took effect on July 28 and were listed Friday in the Federal Register, fall under the […]
This is very interesting and it will be more interesting to see how it is quickly spun. A group of Democrats in the House of Representatives on Wednesday called for at least $10 billion in additional funds to help the U.S. Army rebuild resources depleted by the Iraq war, now in its fourth year. In […]
Wow – here is another great pick by the Bush White House: BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Gen. Bantz Craddock, the chief of U.S. Southern Command who oversees the controversial Guantanamo prison, is to succeed Gen. James Jones as NATO’s top commander of operations, the alliance said on Friday. Craddock will replace Jones as Supreme Allied Commander […]
While the Republicans continue to stall on the Voting Rights Act, we are starting to see a new era of demand for equality. This time it is coming from the Latinos: Two Latino radio hosts credited for mobilizing hundreds of thousands this year in pro-immigrant protests said on Friday they would join the drive to […]
Ouch this has to hurt: A local Marine who service in Iraq earned several medals for serving his country, but he’s giving back one of the medals to the White House as a form of protest. Sgt. Matthew Bee is a decorated Akron Marine who spent seven months in Hadeetha, serving with the 3rd Battalion […]
Tell me he is kidding – Conservative activist Grover Norquist says a Senate report connecting him with convicted felon Jack Abramoff is a personal attack from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that could hurt the senator’s recent efforts to woo the right for a presidential bid. Norquist says a Senate Indian Affairs Committee report last month […]