I haven’t posted yet on the decision by ABC News to use Andrew Breitbart as some sort of analysis for their election night coverage. I didn’t think I really need to say how bad of a decision I thought this was, but now it’s getting beyond what I thought it would. When ABC decided to […]
For months David Frum has been outspoken when it comes to denouncing the craziness on the right. Here is part of an article in today’s L.A. Times: They are “wild accusations and the paranoid delusions coming from the fever swamps,” said David Frum, a conservative author and speechwriter for President George W. Bush who is […]
Lou Dobbs has been foaming at the mouth nonstop over former border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, who shot a Mexican drug smuggler in the buttocks and were convicted and imprisoned for it. Well Bush fed the base a little bit of out-going meat today: On his last full day in office, President […]
Did we read that headline or hear that argument back when Lieberman endorsed McCain? No. But now we got all these right wingers out there claiming that Powell endorsed Obama simply because of race. I find it really insulting to Powell to claim he would put the color of his skin ahead of the country, […]
It’s not shock that she is willing to go against the rules: With at least 50 percent of the Democratic Party’s 30-member Rules and Bylaws Committee committed to Clinton, her backers could — when the committee meets at the end of this month — try to ram through a decision to seat the disputed 210-member […]
The collapse got a temporary reprieve: Bear Stearns Cos., teetering on the brink of collapse from a lack of cash, got emergency funding from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the largest government bailout of a U.S. securities firm. After denying earlier this week that access to capital was at risk, Bear […]
51 current and past state attorney generals, of both parties, are now calling for Congress to investigate the Don Siegelman conviction. Dan Abrams even highlighted some of the very questionable things that have occurred in this case: Hopefully Congress will hear the growing calls to take action on this.
Now before I start I know this story might touch a raw nerve for some people. When the picture was first published in the Morning Star newspaper on September 10th there was an outcry of disgust and complaints. I do not wish to offend people, so anyone who might be, please do not read on. […]
You have to watch this: http://www.channel4.com/guantanamo I’ve been sitting here for the past two hours watching a documentry/film about the 3 british Guys who were detained at Guantanamo for months. It tells the story of their capture, why they were there, how they were captured and above all the relentless abuse and torture they suffered […]
It looks like Bush’s Dubai deal is starting to pay off – for the Democrats: Just 17% of Americans believe Dubai Ports World should be allowed to purchase operating rights to several U.S. ports. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 64% disagree and believe the sale should not be allowed (see crosstabs). Just 39% of […]