WTF? The Marine officer who commanded the battalion involved in the Haditha killings last November did not consider the deaths of 24 Iraqis, many of them women and children, unusual and did not initiate an inquiry, according to a sworn statement he gave to military investigators in March. “I thought it was very sad, very […]
Now this is something that is very interesting. An article in Today’s Washington Post talks about Little Green Footballs and the altered Reuters’ photo. When you get towards the end of the article, a side of LGF that many of us knew, but was never really talked about in the mainstream media, is talked about: […]
E.J. Dionne has a great piece in today’s Washington Post raising the question of “is conservatism dead“? What might have seemed an absurd question less than two years ago is now one of the most important issues in American politics. The question is being asked — mostly quietly but occasionally publicly — by conservatives themselves […]
There are so many 9/11 conspiracies out there that it is impossible to keep track of them all. I have read everything from the administration hired the hijackers to there was C4 planted inside of the World Trade Towers. I am not one that prescribes to these theories. I do believe that the administration had […]
Yesterday, I posted in Blue Ohio about an ad U.S. Chamber of Commerce ran for Steve Chabot, congressional candidate from Cincinnati. The ad credited Chabot with voting for the Medicare changes that took effect the first of the year. The ad was pulled off because Chabot actually voted against the bill. The same ad is […]
More like Homeland Waste: The multibillion-dollar surge in federal contracting to bolster the nation’s domestic defenses in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has been marred by extensive waste and misspent funds, according to a new bipartisan congressional report. Lawmakers say that since the Homeland Security Department’s formation in 2003, an explosion of […]
So how bad are things on the international front? The Washington Post gives us a great view: From deteriorating security in Afghanistan and Somalia to mayhem in the Middle East, confrontation with Iran and eroding relations with Russia, the White House suddenly sees crisis in every direction. North Korea’s long-range missile test Tuesday, although unsuccessful, […]
This is so appropriate considering the times we are in and the holiday we are getting ready to celebrate. Via today’s Washington Post:
How much longer can Bush claim he knew nothing about this? An Interior Department official who has acknowledged receiving meals and tickets to sporting events from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been charged with filing a false financial disclosure report. Roger G. Stillwell, an employee of the department’s Insular Affairs Office, was charged with a […]
Yesterday, Richard Morin of the Washington Post had this little piece entitled “Jon Stewart, Enemy of Democracy?”. The article was a pretty negative attack towards the impact of The Daily Show: This is not funny: Jon Stewart and his hit Comedy Central cable show may be poisoning democracy. Two political scientists found that young people […]