Aww we got Bush watching us for us dumb Americans: President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he is “concerned” about high gasoline prices, and pledged that the government will keep a close watch out for profiteering. “I’m concerned about higher gasoline prices,” Bush said. “The government has the responsibility to make sure that we […]
After their silence on the issue of Bush authorizing Libby to leak the identity of Plame yesterday, the press corp finally woke up today and started hounding McClellan: According to the White House, when the President authorized Scooter Libby to leak the classified National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) to reporters – sometime before July 8, 2003 […]
McCain is doing what he can to whore himself to the Christian right in order to gain votes in 2008: Potential presidential candidate John McCain says he longer considers evangelist Jerry Falwell to be one of the “agents of intolerance” that he criticized during a previous White House run. The Republican senator from Arizona will […]
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 […]
This is priceless: Republican pollster Jan van Lohuizen, in a memo written for RNC chairman Ken Mehlman, warns that if members of Congress try to drive a wedge between themselves and Pres. Bush, it’d be akin to adding weight to an anchor. GOpers are “W Brand Republicans” whether they like it or not. And van […]
The Planet of Unreality Bush Sees Progress in Iraq, Challenge in Iran Bush: US will not abandon Iraq This is not good. The people running this country sound convinced that reality is whatever they say it is. And if they’ve actually strayed into the realm of genuine self-delusion — if they actually believe the fantasies […]
Well ABC News is reporting on an interesting development in the Dubai ports deal: The White House asked Dubai Ports World, a company owned by the United Arab Emirates, to give up its management stake in U.S. ports, to save President Bush from the politically difficult position of vetoing a key piece of legislation to […]
You have to watch this: http://www.channel4.com/guantanamo I’ve been sitting here for the past two hours watching a documentry/film about the 3 british Guys who were detained at Guantanamo for months. It tells the story of their capture, why they were there, how they were captured and above all the relentless abuse and torture they suffered […]
The plan by Senate Republicans to step up oversight of the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program would also give legislative sanction for the first time to long-term eavesdropping on Americans without a court warrant, legal experts said on Wednesday. Civil liberties advocates called the proposed oversight inadequate and the licensing of eavesdropping without warrants […]
With the Associated Press picking up on the Vanity Fair article about Abramoff and Bush is a real good thing: Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff says President Bush knew him well enough to joke with him about weightlifting. “What are you benching, buff guy?” Abramoff said Bush asked him. The president has said he doesn’t know […]