The islamophobic fundamentalists in America are at it again: In protest of what it calls a religion “of the devil,” a nondenominational church in Gainesville, Florida, plans to host an “International Burn a Quran Day” on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks. The Dove World Outreach Center says it is hosting the […]
It isn’t no secret that Republicans care not about the thousands that perished on that September morning in 2001, but it does deserve a little reminder from time to time: A Republican candidate for Governor of New York this morning reached new heights of rhetorical condemnation of health care legislation, comparing its passage to the […]
We look down under to Australia where it’s Tuesday morning: The All Ordinaries index dropped 192 points, or 3.4 per cent, in response to big falls on European exchanges overnight. Yup tomorrow in America is going to be very interesting. UPDATE Here is how the BBC is reporting the news: Global stock indexes, including the […]
Who says there isn’t war profiteering going on? The estimated costs for the development of major weapons systems for the US military have doubled since September 11, 2001, with a trillion-dollar price tag for new planes, ships, and missiles that would have little direct role in the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq. The […]
Bush acknowledges secret order for domestic spying President George W. Bush on Saturday acknowledged he signed a secret order after the September 11, 2001, attacks to allow the surveillance of people in the United States. In a rare live radio address, Bush defended the practice as a “vital tool” in defending the United States against […]
From the National Journal: Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein to the attacks and that there was scant credible evidence […]
Crooks and Liars has the video up of vice-President Cheney’s comments to the AEI today. He supported opposing views while still slamming Senators who feel the country was mislead into war. Mr. Cheney should realize that those Senators are in the company of a majority of this country. He continued to say that Saddam would […]
For those that still don’t believe the Republicans are perfect examples of hypocrites then perhaps this article from Reuters will change your thinking. Congress may probe leaks in CIA prisons story Top Republicans in Congress are considering a investigation into leaks of information used by The Washington Post in an article on a covert global […]
Apparently the President feels his only obligation in office is to foreign policy as he shrugged off domestic issues such as the leak investigation and Katrina recovery as “background noise”. President Bush vowed Thursday to avoid the “background noise” of criminal investigations and other Republican political problems to focus on the nation’s needs. “The American […]
President Bush’s speech last night appears to be nothing more than that, just a speech. He talked about a plan to rebuild the Gulf Coast and restore normalcy to the lives of those affected. He gave a speech that some have compared to a “FDR speechâ€ÂÂ. A real question lies now in the sincerity of […]