I really hate that the Bush administration’s political schemes and manipulative rhetoric have created an environment of constant mistrust. It shouldn’t be this way. When I see reports like this one, my first thought shouldn’t be to question the White House’s motives. But it is. Federal officials have information suggesting that al Qaeda has people […]
The only half-way newsworthy comment from Bush’s War College speech was his stated commitment to tear down the Abu Ghraib prison. Frankly, I don’t have a strong feeling about this either way. For what it’s worth, I think Bush made a relatively compelling argument. “A new Iraq will also need a humane, well-supervised prison system. […]
Is it really possible that even Richard Perle, infamous neo-con and Rumsfeld confidant, is condemning the administration’s policies in Iraq? Apparently so (via Salon). One of the ideological architects of the Iraq war has criticized the U.S.-led occupation of the country as “a grave error.” Richard Perle, until recently a powerful adviser to U.S. Defence […]
Bush and his campaign team have probably known for a while that they can’t ask for a second term based on domestic policy. The president’s only pillars of strength have been his perceived abilities in dealing with foreign policy, terrorism, and national security threats. Of course, with his foreign policy agenda having been thoroughly discredited, […]
If you have no idea what that headline means, then you probably haven’t seen one of my favorite comedies of recent years, Office Space. But if you do know the movie, and enjoyed it like I did, you should certainly check out this terrific spoof/adaptation of the movie, applied to the Bush administration (via Sean […]
Al Gore’s transformation from the most conservative Dem presidential candidate since Truman to the nation’s most high-profile liberal has been astonishing. I, for one, am thrilled to see it happen. There are different schools of thought to explain Gore’s shift, but it seems to me that this is the Gore the presidential candidate was hiding, […]
It was only a matter of time. As the line between Bush administration policies and political satire blurs, it’s only natural that Bush sycophants, desperate for a second term, would grasp for the most ridiculous straws imaginable to paint their man as better qualified than John Kerry. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you “Election of […]
I appreciate the imagery the White House is trying to emphasize, but there’s something about Bush’s hospital visit today that strikes me as discomforting. Bush visited with a group of Iraqis whose hands were viciously amputated by Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime. Each of the victims lost their hands while they were prisoners in the Abu […]
A number of you expressed outrage over Texas’ decision to deny tax-exempt status to Unitarian Universalists. There was certainly plenty to be upset about. In an outrageous stunt, state Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn ruled that the church, despite centuries of history in the United States, isn’t a real faith tradition and therefore doesn’t deserve an […]
Initially, I wasn’t planning to say too much about the idea that Iran was a driving force behind the INC and that Ahmed Chalabi was coordinating his efforts (and intelligence) with the Iranians. Frankly, I didn’t really believe it. That said, if this report in the Guardian, brought to my attention my friend Poppy, is […]