With the recent fireworks surrounding Scooter Libby’s indictment, many are hoping that it will lead to the public taking a closer look at the false and exaggerated evidence used in America’s run up to war—not just the yellowcake uranium that set this whole Plame/Libby circus in motion, but the WMDs that were never found, the […]
You’ve just taken on the credibility of Fox News with a successful low-budget documentary. What do you do for an encore? Well, if you are Outfoxed director Robert Greenwald, you set your sights on everyone’s favorite retailer, Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price premiers this week with over 6,800 coordinated screenings at […]
As the Harrient Miers nomination drama played out over the past month, it was hard to figure out quite how to react to the spectacle of the right wing tearing one of the president’s nominees to shreds. On one hand, she wasn’t the obvious hardcore fringe candidate that conservatives wanted to parade in the Democrats’ […]
It was eerie to see Tom DeLay’s mug shot from last week, smiling brightly and looking about as harmless as the neighbor who lends you his lawnmower and invites you over for barbecue. And considering how many people out there don’t know or don’t care about his various strong-arm tactics and numerous trips to the […]
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1115.org (10/13/05):
The right wanted a fight on this one, and they didn’t get it, but at the same time it would be unreasonable for them to think that Bush wasn’t 100% sure where Miers stood on all the issues important to them. With resistance from Senate staffers and some heavyweight pundits, it’s becoming more likely […]
We Americans tend to focus exclusively on ourselves. And critics of the Iraq war, both in the traditional media and in blogs, play to that sentiment. So we are reminded constantly of the number of American soldiers killed. Or the billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money that have been poured down the […]
In a press appearance with Canadian leaders, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice found herself in front of a Canadian press corps eager for answers on the brewing trade war between the two countries:
“I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and in its agreements,” […]
If only a Bush brother had been Governor of Louisiana, the President’s approval ratings might not have tanked quite so much after Hurricane Katrina. Luckily for his numbers, Wilma managed to navigate her way to sunny Florida where Jeb Bush has decided to dent the First Amendment, protect his big brother, and slight Louisiana […]
Laugh all you want at Neal Boortz, but someone’s taking him seriously. I understand this is in fact Scott McClellan’s future employment strategy.
Once his White House gig is over, in order to put his years of White House experience to use in his next job, he plans to take up prostitution. […]
Ever since Iraq’s “mission accomplished” transformed from a statement of accomplishment to the punchline of a hundred unfunny jokes, war supporters in the government and pundit class alike have tried to shift the focus toward the media. The argument, which is still used today, goes a little something like this: The news media is biased, […]
