Father defends Bush on Iraq war Former president George H.W. Bush forcefully defended his son’s handling of the Iraq war Thursday, saying critics of the current president have forgotten the "extraordinary brutality" of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. "Do they want to bring back Saddam Hussein, these critics?" the elder Bush told USA TODAY in […]
Sidebar on Why the I-35W Bridge Collapsed Now wouldn’t you know it — everyone is busy busy looking through the remains of the old bridge, now fished out of the river, to try and find out why it collapsed, and what do you think they found? Well a perhaps minor league Republican Sex Scandal. This […]
Several of you who aren’t used to the blog format have had trouble finding the Africa trip posts. I’ve suspended the other posts for a bit and put this table of contents in place. Just click the title and the post will ‘pop up.’ Day 1 Africa This is Africa The Great Rift Valley Masai […]
Georgia’s ‘unorthodox’ response to a drought Georgia is in the midst of an awful drought, so Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) has decided to, well, just take a look. What to do when the rain won’t come? If you’re Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, you pray. The governor will host a prayer service next week to ask […]
If Ever You Needed Proof that Pseudonymity Anonymity Hysteria Is Bunk DBJ at DKos, relating Karl Rove’s speech about "Citizen 2.0" in DC yesterday, makes a good point. When a man who has used the cover of being an anonymous source to leak a CIA operative’s identity–not to mention untold other smears–complains that commenters online […]
Giuliani Gets America’s Stupidest Endorsement How much is American’s stupidest endorsement worth to a Republican candidate? On Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani not only received but celebrated the endorsement of Pat Robertson, a foolish religious nut case whom most Americans who don’t worship religious nut cases recognize as one of the stupidest and most embarrassing public figures […]
Pakistan: Bhutto Under House Detention Pakistani police backed by armored vehicles detained opposition leader Benazir Bhutto at her Islamabad residence Friday and reportedly rounded up 5,000 of her supporters to block a mass protest against emergency rule. Authorities said a ban on public gatherings would be enforced and the rally Bhutto planned later Friday in […]
Mukasey Wins Vote in Senate, Despite Doubts Six Democrats joined 46 Republicans and one independent in approving the judge, with his backers praising him as a strong choice to restore morale at the Justice Department and independently oversee federal prosecutions in the final months of the Bush administration. Thirty-nine Democrats and one independent opposed him. […]
So I avoided politics after we got back for a few days, but now I can’t seem to stop "catching up." The issue of granting immunity to telecoms that participated in the NSA Domestic Spying program strikes me as absolutely ludicrous. Their position is that they participated in an illegal program at the government’s request, […]
Cheney Tried to Stifle Dissent in Iran NIE A National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran has been held up for more than a year in an effort to force the intelligence community to remove dissenting judgments on the Iranian nuclear programme, and thus make the document more supportive of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney’s militarily […]