Throughout his first six years in office, Bush had a habit of signing congressional legislation into law, but using “signing statements” to explain which parts of the law he didn’t feel like following. Fortunately, the president curtailed the practice this year, sticking with the more traditional sign-or-veto approach embraced by his predecessors. That is, until […]
Last week, in one of his more breathtaking lies, Karl Rove told a national television audience that it was Congress, not the Bush White House, that pushed for an Iraq war resolution in advance of the 2002 midterm elections. Rove said the administration was “opposed” to moving “too fast,” and that the president and his […]
It’s one thing for Republican presidential candidates to believe nonsense about tax policy, but to brag about it in a TV ad is just embarrassing. “I know that reducing taxes produces more revenues,” Republican presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani declares in a new television ad launched Thursday. “Democrats don’t know that. They don’t believe it.” There’s […]
The White House has struggled for quite a while when it comes to dispersing federal funds to municipalities for counter-terrorism. In 2006, for example, the Bush administration, slashed money for Washington, D.C., and New York City using a bizarre grant process that no one could explain. At the same time, the administration released a risk […]
With the presidential campaign in full swing, we’re in a heightened political environment. Everything is perceived as having political implications. Political observers are viewing every event through political lenses. I get that. But it’s hopefully not unreasonable to wonder if there are still any limits. At 6:38pm eastern, just minutes after Leeland “Lee” Eisenberg was […]
So, after a very tough week, are things getting better or worse for everyone’s least-favorite scandal-plagued presidential candidate? Take a wild guess. In the fall of 2001, city cops chauffeured Rudy Giuliani’s then-mistress, Judith Nathan, to her parents’ Pennsylvania home 130 miles away on the taxpayers’ dime. Records show that city cops refueled at an […]
First up from the God Machine this week is an unfortunate fundamentalist Christian twist to a conspiracy theory touted by anti-immigration forces. There’s a major highway, Interstate 35, that stretches from Texas to Minnesota, which , the John Birch Society, Lou Dobbs, Ron Paul, and Tom Tancredo believe is some kind of “NAFTA Superhighway” that […]
Guest Post by Morbo Like noxious bugs swarming over a crumbling tenement, followers of Ron Paul have invaded the blogosphere. Their target is anyone who dares to criticize their hero. Bloggers have dealt with them in various ways. Some have tried banning them outright. Others allow readers to engage them in back-and-forth debates that can […]
Guest Post by Morbo Here’s how much officials at the Texas Education Agency (TEA) hate evolution: They hate it so much that TEA staff members can now be forced out of their jobs merely for telling people about a speech by a noted opponent of “intelligent design” (ID). Chris Comer, for example, the state director […]
Guest Post by Morbo When the Supreme Court decides not to hear a case, it’s not usually considered big news. It might get a few lines the newspaper. But often the high court’s refusal of a case is good news and should not be overlooked. That happened on Monday when the court said it would […]