I remember when I was in the Air Force, I had to fill out performance reviews on the corpsmen in our clinic. They were wonderful guys, and I gave them the highest of ratings. So, when the hospital commander called me in and said, "Are you trying to destroy their careers?" I didn’t know what […]
Homosexuality Isn’t Natural or Healthy President Bush’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr., wrote a paper in 1991 that purported to make the medical argument that homosexuality is unnatural and unhealthy. Doctors who reviewed the paper derided it as prioritizing political ideology over science, and Democratic aides on Capitol Hill say the […]
The DoJ email dump was on my mind when I woke up this morning [I guess someone put a pea under my matress]. In the emails in the last post, Monica Goodling is setting up the order for she and Kyle Sampson to take over hiring and firing – make it un-numbered [secret], use positions […]
I saw two nuggets on a quick perusal. In the second set, there are emails suggesting that Monica Goodling was intimately involved in drafting the secret order that she and Kyle Sampson would take over hiring and firing at the DoJ – including deciding that it would be secret: There are also emails suggesting […]
Obviously, my attempts to put Bradley Schlozman out of my mind are failing. So here’s the part that lingers. In the ACORN case, he was repeatedly confronted about bringing this suit four days before a contested election. The facts are simple: The guidelines for the U.S. Attorneys [written by Craig Donsanto] say that you don’t […]
This morning, I went to CSPAN-3 and watched yesterday’s Senate Hearing with Bradley Schlozman and Todd Graves. I’d watched some of Schlozman [in horror]. I think the reason the Senators were so hard on him was that he was a contemptuous person. He reminded me of Douglas Feith. I’m not big on character assassination – […]
Sixty-three years ago, June 6th, 1944, the Allied Invasion Force landed on the beaches of Normandy France and began the process of ending the occupation of Europe by Nazi Germany. It is a glorious and glorified piece of American history – a piece we can all be proud of. The man who led that invasion […]
Iraqi Lawmakers Pass Resolution That May Force End of Occupation This Year While most observers are focused on the U.S. Congress as it continues to issue new rubber stamps to legitimize Bush’s permanent designs on Iraq, nationalists in the Iraqi parliament –now representing a majority of the body — continue to make progress toward bringing […]
Bush Feels ‘Terrible’ for Libby President Bush feels "terrible" for the family of I. Lewis Libby but does not intend to intervene now in the case of the former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney who was sentenced to prison Tuesday, the White House said. Bush was informed by aides of Libby’s sentencing in […]
Libby Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison, Fined $250K I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison and fined $250,000 for lying to investigators about his role in leaking the identity of an undercover CIA officer. The federal judge who presided over the […]