I’m sure the White House will spin this as being progress: Fourteen US soldiers have been killed in two days of fighting, the military announced on Thursday, as US-led troops continued to press simultaneous offensives in and around Baghdad. The news came hours after a suicide bomber exploded an oil tanker south of Iraq’s oil-rich […]
Following McCain’s photo-op in Iraq this weekend, which required more than 100 soldiers in armored humvees, attack helicopters and the full attention of the top commander in Iraq, I was wondering what would happen if all the Presidential candidates wanted a tour. Military rules clearly state that the military is not to be used for […]
TPM Brings us this gem: “A ‘surge’ or ‘targeted increase in U.S. troop strength’ or whatever the politicians want to call dispatching more combat troops to Iraq isn’t the answer. Adding more trainers and helping the Iraqis to help themselves, is. Sending more U.S. combat troops is simply sending more targets.” That is a quote […]
I just got back from voting and we suffered from a “glitch”. As I was voting, my ballot started off with governor and then worked down through the list. After voting for all the politicians, up next were the issues. My first issue was State issue 1, an issue dealing with Ohio’s Worker Compensation. I […]
The key focus group of voters that politicians try to target is moving to the blue side of things: Independent voters overwhelmingly favor Democrats to take over the U.S. House of Representatives in the November 7 election and back them on major issues, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll said on Monday. The independents surveyed […]
Apparently it is a good thing when used by the Reverend Jerry Falwell. He called Hillary Clinton “Lucifer” in a sermon, and is defending that as being a “joke”. So when a religious leader calls one of our senators (and a former first lady) Lucifer, it is ok, yet when Chavez calls Bush the devil, […]
After all – why should he? President Bush understands there is growing U.S. concern over his handling of the Iraq war but will not rely on polls to determine when to withdraw troops, his spokesman said Sunday. “The president understands how a war can wear on a nation,” White House press secretary Tony Snow said. […]
What is ironic is how Republicans talk about backing Bush 100% until it comes to their re-election chances (From today’s Wall Street Journal): President Bush goes to Pennsylvania tomorrow to campaign for embattled Republican House members in the Philadelphia suburbs. But one of the candidates isn’t expected to be there. Mr. Bush “is really doing […]
An Inconvenient Truth is already being coined as “alarming” and “frightning”. Perhaps that is why the big oil companies are running scared and getting ready to spend their money (or should I say our money) to launch counter ads, as Think Progress points out: Today, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) will unveil two 60-second TV […]
Well it looks like the White House is trying everything to get out of the slump including this little gem: BLACKBURN, England (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accepted on Friday the United States had probably made thousands of errors in Iraq but defended the overall strategy of removing Saddam Hussein. Local Muslims […]