At the end of the day, the Bush gang only knows how to run one play: shun responsibility and blame someone else. It’s about the only thing the administration seems to do well. Initially, the blame for the crisis in New Orleans was placed on the local citizens who didn’t have the resources to leave. […]
Kevin Drum, citing Laura Rozen, pointed yesterday to a potentially stunning observation. There was a striking discrepancy between the CNN International report on the Bush visit to the New Orleans disaster zone, yesterday, and reports of the same event by German TV. ZDF News reported that the president’s visit was a completely staged event. Their […]
Chief Justice William Rehnquist died last night. William Hubbs Rehnquist, the 16th chief justice of the United States, died last night at his home in Arlington. He was 80. Rehnquist, who had been suffering from thyroid cancer since last October, had managed to lead the court through its last term, which ended in June. But […]
Guest Post by Morbo It took me three days to track down my nephew and his family, residents of suburban New Orleans who had fled the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. They left with $200 and a few overnight bags, figuring they would be back in two or three days — then the levee broke. I […]
Guest Post by Morbo I’ve often suspected that one of the reasons the right wing opposes national health care is that people might use it. Americans might like it and get accustomed to the idea that government programs can be pretty cool. In other words, people might start treating national health care like Social Security. […]
Guest Post by Morbo Of all the arguments creationists and backers of “intelligent design” dredge up, the one that annoys me most is the argument from personal ignorance. A scientist’s job is to look for answers. When something doesn’t make sense, you keep digging. If pieces of the puzzle are missing, you look for them. […]
Guest Post by Morbo It’s a shame I wasn’t around last week and thus missed all of the fun surrounding one of my favorite right-wing nutcases, Pat Robertson. No one has ever managed to combine religious fundamentalism, kook-right politics and sheer insanity like Robertson. Far from being a burden to him, this potent cocktail has […]
Guest Post by Morbo Arizona Sen. John McCain has done it again. McCain has come out publicly with yet another bold idea that shows him to be the true political maverick that he is. Heedless of the political consequences, McCain recently aligned himself with President George W. Bush and Senator Majority Leader Bill Frist and […]
Fortunately, I haven’t seen too much of it, but there are still a few voices suggesting any criticism of the president and/or the federal government’s response to Katrina’s devastation is inappropriate. I think a reasonable case could be made that holding off on Tuesday made some sense — the storm, at that point, was just […]
The administration is facing intense criticism for not using the materials and resources necessary to address the crises in New Orleans and elsewhere. To address these concerns, the president had a photo-op this morning in an airplane hangar in which rescue workers and helicopters served as a backdrop instead of … I don’t know … […]