Thursday night Obama brought up this story: “You know, I’ve heard from an Army captain who was the head of a rifle platoon — supposed to have 39 men in a rifle platoon,” he said. “Ended up being sent to Afghanistan with 24 because 15 of those soldiers had been sent to Iraq. And as […]
The Malkinites of the world hate when the government tries to help people out, but that is exactly what they are doing: Prodded in part by some of the nation’s biggest banks, the Bush administration and Congress are considering costly new proposals for the government to rescue hundreds of thousands of homeowners whose mortgages are […]
He is the defacto nominee of the Republican party, yet voters aren’t buying it. They voted for Huckabee yesterday – the third place candidate prior to Romney dropping out. Even the neo-cons at CPAC aren’t buying into McCain. In their straw poll this weekend, they voted for the guy who dropped out – Mitt Romney. […]
Robert Novak has a column today questioning McCain’s conservative credentials. Nothing shocking there – all the neo-cons are doing the same, but something did catch my eye: McCain as the Republican nominee would need those “very conservative” voters. He will encounter some of them at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington Feb. 7-9. His […]
This story is beyond the pale. To think that a corporation the size of Wal-Mart can do this to a former employee, and a federal judge agree with them: A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found […]
Today’s Washington Post has an article by right wing hit man John Solomon. Today Solomon goes after John Edwards and his infamous $400 haircut. They are coining it as “the stylist speaks out”, even though I got a feeling Solomon worked hard to get him to “speak out”. Instead of quoting this piece of crap, […]
Laure Bush told Anne Curry on the Today show that when it comes to Iraq “no one suffers more than than the President or I do”. Excuse me? No one? How about the family of the 3,333 soldiers who have died in this lie? How about the tens of thousands of soldiers who are permanently […]
CBS’ Thalia Assuras had an interview with William F. Buckley, the father of modern conservatism, last night and he had some sharp words about Bush: Buckley finds himself parting ways with President Bush, whom he praises as a decisive leader but admonishes for having strayed from true conservative principles in his foreign policy. In particular, […]
This is a very scary scenario and could result in the neo-cons getting their dream of World War 3: Turkish officials signaled Tuesday they are prepared to send the army into northern Iraq if U.S. and Iraqi forces do not take steps to combat Turkish Kurdish guerrillas there – a move that could put Turkey […]
Well the funeral of Ken Lay visitors that could comprise the whose who of neo-cons: More than 1,000 mourners gathered at First United Methodist Church, where Lay had been a member. They included friends, former Enron employees and erstwhile dignitaries, including former President George H.W. Bush, former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and […]