You may have wondered why President Bush picked Admiral William Fallon to succeed Gen. Abizaid as the top US commander in the Middle East, or you may have been busy with other things.
I think it was to make the Commander-in-Chief look good. Fallon’s English is even more fractured than the President’s. Here are […]
AP has a story today which manages to put into sharp focus exactly why we are in such a badly messed up situation in Iraq. In a nutshell, it’s because the people we have had running the show and making the basic decisions (from the very beginning right up till now) have suffered from […]
There are, of course, many advantages of not being a lawyer (including, for example, being able to laugh at lawyer jokes, or being able to sleep at night). Another advantage is being able to put on a little girl voice, and ask amazingly naïve questions about basic legal issues.
What I have on my mind, […]
First they said there would be “plenty of opportunities for people to talk and to share their opinions” about Bush’s escalation plan before it was even announced, let alone implemented. (Okay, that was only Tony Snow, and who in her right mind would believe a word he said?)
Then they said there would be ample opportunity […]
In a charming reversal of the pot calling the kettle black, the pot-in-chief has certified the vice-kettle to be as pristine white as himself. Specifically, the chief who doesn’t live in a bubble has proclaimed that the veep is not out of touch with reality either (even if one’s “slow failure” and “unacceptable situation” […]
There are, of course, many reporters, correspondents, anchors, you-name-its in the mainstream media who we have nothing but contempt for. But the all-time winner in that category, the one who always walks away with the title of All-Time Media Whore without question, is Judy Miller.
And today the Plamegate gods give us the gift of […]
Photos from the San Francisco version are here and here
If you don’t go look at the photos, then this guy (and the terrorists) win.
Sidney Blumenthal in The Guardian on the John McCain we don’t know (yet):
The titles of his books reflect the image: Character Is Destiny, Why Courage Matters, and Faith of My Fathers. Defeat at the hands of George Bush in the battle for the Republican nomination in 2000, in which he was subjected to dirty […]
Funny choice of words (talking about his own choice of words) coming from a man who for six years has acted as if he doesn’t know the meaning of the word oversight:
President Bush says the missing “-ic” in the State of the Union address was nothing more than an oversight.
Near the beginning of the speech […]
(1) Enduring Myths
That it offers “tax breaks to people to encourage them to buy health insurance on their own”. Yes, it offers tax breaks to people, but it does nothing to actually encourage people to buy health insurance. It offers larger tax breaks to people without employer-provided plans than people with employer-provided plans. […]
