Archive for July, 2006
Connecticut
If you live there, or have friends / family there, please help Ned Lamont. Here’s why. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
Depends on the Definition of Enforce
President George W. Bush signs Voting Rights Act Extension (7/27/06): My administration will vigorously enforce the provisions of this law, and we will defend it in court. Congressional Black Caucus meeting (1/26/05): At the conclusion of yesterday’s 40-minute meeting, Bush – who attended along with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice – was asked by Rep. [...]
Lemonade Was a Popular Drink…
…and it still is. Bush gets more props and stunts than Bruce Willis: The President’s motorcade came to a halt when Bush stopped to buy some lemonade from a South Hills girl on his way out of town. Charleston attorney John Miesner’s 8-year-old daughter, Mary Melinda, set up a lemonade stand at their home on [...]
The Blackboard Eraser Approach To Justice
When the twits who comprise the Bush administration decided that TWOT (The War On Terror) required us to ride roughshod over the Geneva conventions, and then proceeded to do just that with the aid of Justice Department briefs and memos and signed pieces of presidential paper, they forgot one little thing. That we have a [...]
Media Transparency
CBS News correspondent Richard Roth explains how he put together a recent piece on Hezbollah: Writing the piece was simply a matter of deciding how to squeeze a bit of history into a bit of television without violating the truth, upsetting the conventions of the medium, boring or mystifying the audience, irritating my editors, or [...]
Just us Lefties Pt 12
Via Think Progress, today’s honorary lefty is former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage: Armitage:…if I thought that this air campaign would work, and would eliminate Nasrullah and the leadership of Hezbollah, I think it would all be fine. But I fear that you can’t do this from the sky, and that you’re going to [...]
With Our Blessings, Yours And Mine
Those Israelis, they just slay me. They’ll say anything for a cheap laugh. Here’s the latest gem in their unique tradition of stand-up black comedy: “We received yesterday at the Rome conference permission from the world… to continue the operation,” Justice Minister Haim Ramon said. While most of the civilized world (with the exception, of [...]
Salahaddin Murders Accused Claim They Followed ROEs
The four U.S. soldiers who were charged with murdering three Iraqi civilians in Salahaddin province during a raid on May 9 are trying the same ploy the Haditha accused had tried. They are claiming that they are not guilty of any crime, because they were simply following the rules of engagement (ROEs): Four U.S. soldiers [...]
What’s the Next Step Down From Terrorism?
Irish officer warned Israel on U.N. staff safety (Reuters) An Irish army officer in south Lebanon warned Israel six times that air strikes threatened the lives of U.N. observers there before four staff were killed in a direct hit, Ireland’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. “On six separate occasions he was in contact with the [...]
Librul Treasury Department
Tax Cuts May Come At a Price, Study Says (WaPo): The federal government will need to either cut spending or raise taxes down the road to pay for extending President Bush’s recent tax cuts, the Treasury Department said in a report released yesterday, dismissing the idea popular with many Republicans that such sacrifices can be [...]