Why did Karl Rove make this extremely clear statement of our objectives in Iraq this week, when we’ve heard nothing but Iraqi Freedom this and War on Terror that for five years? "… the creation of the democracy in the historic center of the Middle East with the third-largest oil reserves in the world. If […]
They had an dream. Karl Rove reiterated it for us this week on O’Reilly’s T.V. Show on Fox News: ROVE: "Well, remember, we removed, as you said, Saddam Hussein in 22 days. But then the enemy, the Al Qaeda extremists, decided to make the central battlefield in the global war on terror. This will be […]
Can anyone do Spin? Sure. First, take anything that your opponent says. Careful picking isn’t required, but it does help. On a piece of paper, write down the most outlandish misinterpretation of what they said. Then think of other things they might have said in the past that seem to contradict what they just said. […]
The Effort to Drive the Other Person Crazy by Harold F. Searles Although it is a common belief that one person can drive another crazy, no one has systematically studied either the modes and motives for doing so or how this idea appears in the relation of patient and therapist. Searles describes a number of […]
White House: Computer hard drives tossed White House computer hard drives have been destroyed, the White House disclosed to a federal court Friday in a controversy over millions of possibly missing e-mails from 2003 to 2005. The White House revealed new information about how it handles its computers in an effort to persuade a federal […]
Misreading Bush … Yes, the incompetence and arrogance were beyond anything I imagined. In 2000, my support for Bush was not deep. I thought he was an okay, unifying, moderate Republican who would be fine for a time of peace and prosperity. I was concerned – ha! – that Gore would spend too much. I […]
I said I was going to leave Rush Limbaugh for a while, but before I go, I have to mention his Operation Chaos: Yes, Operation Chaos is exceeding all objectives, ladies and gentlemen. This is just amazing. I just got today’s audio sound bite roster. Let me just give you the headlines here: Drive-Bys discuss […]
Fox News is having a red letter day today bashing each other and Obama. It doesn’t much matter what they do with and to themselves, but it is interesting to watch. One wonders if they’re going to be able to bring off being the T.V. wing of the WSJ/O’Reilly/Limbaugh/Coulter/Weekly Standard Spin Machine as effectively as […]
America is a Christian Nation? There’s a lot that’s right about that. Watching John Adams, one can’t miss the "our maker" or the "endowed by their creator" or the flags with "heaven." The dominant morality is, indeed, adapted from the christian gospels:"judge not that ye be not judged," "turn the other cheek," do unto others," […]
Watergate 2008? 2 fired over Obama passport file breach Third employee at State disciplined over accessing candidate’s records Two contract employees of the State Department were fired and a third person was disciplined for inappropriately looking at Democratic Sen. Barack Obama’s passport file. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the department itself detected the instances […]