Archive for December, 2004
Helping is a Liberal Value
Now that the scope of the the devastation caused by last week’s tsunami is coming in to focus, it is clear that there is a critical need for immediate help. Because the affected areas are on the other side of the world, nothing will get there as quickly as cash. With the end of the [...]
Ethics are For Suckers
Sometimes I think that the House Republicans should stop messing around and pass a rule that goes something like this: “Tom DeLay and other Republican party leaders are exempt from all ethical inquiries, prosecutions, censure and anything else that might be considered embarrassing to the Party image”. In an honorable political system, the above statement [...]
RNC > DNC
This Washington Post story illustrates how important it is to have the right people with the right ideas in charge of political parties. Republicans have it together, Democrats don’t. Next week we’ll take a look at the Democratic party as the race for a new party chairman heats up. Until then, read about how much [...]
Time to Take His Security Clearance Away
Or at least get him to stop talking in public. It’s unclear if Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is senile or suffering from a case of loose lips: …in his remarks, Rumsfeld referred to the “the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania.” It’s long been suspected that [...]
Is This Enough Money, Tom?
At least his poor children will be able to go to college now. After he leaves the cabinet, Tom Ridge is set to rake it in: If he postpones full-time employment for a turn on the lecture circuit, he could easily command $50,000 per appearance, topping his annual cabinet salary [$175,000] in a single week [...]
If There Is a Hell…
…whoever was the source of this quote will fucking burn. Josh Marshall got there first, but I just couldn’t let this pass. Early Tuesday, substitute White House liar Trent Duffy answered for the President’s lack of public comment on the tsunami disaster: “The president wanted to be fully briefed on our efforts. He didn’t want [...]
Bin Laden Behind the Curve
With only about a month to go until the Iraq elections, Osama Bin Laden has finally weighed in with a new audio message aimed toward possible voters. And, as you can imagine, he’s not a big fan of the electoral process: TERROR chief Osama Bin Laden has made a blatant bid to destroy Iraq’s elections. [...]
Word Games
President Bush on Iraq 10/7/02 “Knowing these realities, America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof – the smoking gun – that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.” President Bush on Social Security 12/20/04 “The crisis is here.” We’ll [...]
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
President George W. Bush – Weekly radio address 12/25/04: “Many of our fellow Americans still suffer from the effects of illness or poverty…Christmastime reminds each of us that we have a duty to our fellow citizens, that we are called to love our neighbor just as we would like to be loved ourselves.” (Unless your [...]
Holiday Break
Holiday mode around here, don’t expect much volume until after the weekend. Some things to note: Trial lawyers, (according to the President the scourge of our nation) gave $12 Million in PAC donations to Republicans in the last election cycle. Self-haters. Big shocker: The Bush Administration is relaxing environmental regulations covering some national forests. You’ll [...]