The Green Zone has been hit yet again: Shiite militants are hammering the U.S.-protected Green Zone with rockets and mortars for the fourth day this week. Thick, black smoke is billowing from inside the heavily fortified home to the U.S. Embassy and Iraqi government. And Shiites are protesting in huge numbers: Tens of thousands of […]
But that’s only when he really wants to. Apparently he didn’t when it came to the trailers sent to New Orleans, following Hurricane Katrina: Federal officials issued trailers to Hurricane Katrina victims even though some workplace safety tests detected high levels of formaldehyde at government staging areas for the structures just weeks after the storm, […]
Looks like Turkey is now involved, and not by our invitation: Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials told The Associated Press. Two senior security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the […]
Of today’s news regarding the indictment of William Jefferson: House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio said Jefferson should be expelled from Congress if he is found guilty and refuses to resign. “The American people rightfully expect the highest ethical standards from their elected leaders,” Boehner said. Oh how 8 1/2 months changes things. What […]
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 […]
Now why doesn’t this surprise me? Bernard B. Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, pleaded guilty today to two misdemeanor charges as the result of accepting tens of thousands of dollars of gifts and a loan while he was a city official in the late 1990’s. He entered the pleas, one to a […]
Historically voter turn out has decreased every year in our country. Mid-term elections have taken even a harder hit on participation then presidential elections. So why should this year be any different? Well first off, the last time there was a spike in a mid-term election turn out was in 1994, when the Republicans had […]