from Donald Rumsfield: Question: Is the country [Iraq] closer to a civil war? SEC. RUMSFELD:Oh, I don’t know. You know, I thought about that last night, and just musing over the words, the phrase, and what constitutes it. If you think of our Civil War, this is really very different. If you think of civil […]
Today, Condi Rice held out in the face of the sentiment of the whole sane world. The United States will not vote to call for a Cease Fire between Israel and Hezbollah. Her reasons? Our reasons? You can read them in the news or see them on T.V. Something about lasting peace, blah blah blah. […]
In a recent spate of pronouncements, suddenly we’re hearing from Newt Gingrich. Last weekend it was World War III, today he’s saying Rice is incompetent. My question is why is a censored former Congressman, multiple wife deserting, blowhard being quoted at all. He’s a very dangerous guy – sort of a sociopathic Bush with brains. […]
Judge dismisses lawsuit over phone records Citing national security, a federal judge Tuesday threw out a lawsuit aimed at blocking AT&T Inc. from giving telephone records to the government for use in the war on terror. "The court is persuaded that requiring AT&T to confirm or deny whether it has disclosed large quantities of telephone […]
Okay. I’m still mad at Specter about the N.S.A. bill, but this one I like [I hope]: Specter Prepping Bill to Sue Bush A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President Bush’s signing statements said Monday he would have a bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to […]
I live in Georgia. My Senators are Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isaakson. They’re 100% Bush clones. I can’t call them about Specter’s terrible bill, National Security Surveillance Act of 2006 (Introduced in Senate), because I know they’ll vote for it. That’s what they do. My only hope is to be real quiet and hope they […]
Rice Calls For Force Along Border In LebanonPlan Greeted Skeptically By Officials in Beirut On an unannounced trip to ravaged Beirut, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice outlined a plan Monday to deploy an international force, possibly led by NATO, in a buffer zone just inside Lebanon for 60 to 90 days, after which it […]
Steve Clemmons of the Washington Note has a post about Bush’s appeal for money for the RNC. The appeal starts out: Republicans have a record of dealing with some serious economic times during my presidency. We have had a recession, a stock market collapse, terrorist attacks, corporate scandals and major natural disasters. Because Republicans acted […]
I think a careful reading of Senator Arlen Specter’s Bill shows it to be a capitulation to President Bush’s Unwarranted Domestic N.S.A. Spying – saying it was okay to do what they did and what they want to do. He writes an oped in the Washington Post today, Surveillance We Can Live With, that ends […]