Forget the emails that basically prove nothing, except to give the science and common sense deniers something to go crazy over. That wasn’t enough to give the current climate change controversy the famous “gate” suffix. But now we have something new happening; something that takes us back to the origins of the “gate” suffix: Attempts […]
Bloomberg is reporting that the investigation into the phone jamming scandal is now widening: To Republicans, the New Hampshire phone-jamming incident is an isolated case of political dirty tricks that took place more than three years ago. To Democrats, it’s a scandal with echoes of Watergate that may reach all the way to the White […]
Eugene Robinson is an op-ed columnist for the Washington Post. I have always liked reading his articles. He seems to take a rational approach to the problems facing this country, and today’s article is no exception. Since the holiday season is a time of generosity and goodwill toward all — even those who torture the […]
Leave it to the awesome reporting of the Nation to remind us of historical facts we may have forgotten about: For the generations who came of age after the mid-1970s, it is worth recalling why warrantless domestic surveillance so shocks the political system. It needs to be repeated that the same arguments cited by Bush–inherent […]
During his press conference on Monday, President Bush said the leaking of the classified eavesdropping program was a serious matter and that the Justice Department has protocols for leaks and should be investigating it. For those of us who follow politics this sounds very familiar. When asked about investigation of the leak, President Bush responded […]
The following are the final results of the November poll. Do you feel the leak investigation is ________ as Watergate TOTAL VOTES: 65 More Important 39.2% 51 As Important 4.6% 6 Not as important 3.8% 5 No Comparing the Two 2.3% 3 Thanks to all who participated and please check out the newest poll in […]
The noose seems to be tightening around NSA Stephen Hadley. Earlier this week, Raw Story reported that they had learned through lawyers and sources close to the leak investigation that Hadley was Bob Woodward’s source. Since then there has been limited denial from Hadley and his office. As matter of fact it is so limited […]
October’s poll dealt with your town’s evacuation plan and if you felt it was up to date. The results are as follows: Definitely – 8% (2) Possibly – 8% (2) Not Sure – 44% (11) No Way – 40% (10) This was based on a total of 25 respondents. It is shocking yet in a […]
Its the first of the month and we will start getting glimpses into how the public thinks of our President. The first look is not so good for him. CBS has released their latest poll that goes into the leak investigation and the approval of the President. His approval has dropped even more and more […]
Yesterday’s lock down of Senate by Democrats has resparked an old, but not forgotten controversy – the Downing Street Memos. Republican’s have repeatedly tried to dismiss the DSM as false information saying that it was addressed in phase one of the intelligence report. Now that Democrats have forced phase two to be complete, which will […]