Archive for January, 2008
How Dumb Does Harry Reid Think You and I Are?
I think we are about to find out. And I very much fear that (once again) we are not going to like what we learn. Bush is in the middle of pulling another of his patented if-you-don’t-do-exactly-as-I-dictate-I’ll-tar-you-as-soft- on-terrorism stunts. In the past, the Democratic leadership (if that isn’t an oxymoron by now) has always folded. [...]
More Classified Stupidity From The Government
How’s this for the-most-inspired-interpretation-seen-in-a-long-time of classified information, and the proper etiquette for disclosing it to the press and the public: A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and could hit the Earth in late February or early March, government officials said Saturday. The satellite, which no longer can be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, [...]
Too Ill To Speak On The Record
Former Bush adviser Meghan O’Sullivan has come down with the most interesting illness. The smart money says it is that rare disease called pre-traumatic stress disorder. Since O’Sullivan played a key role in implementing what the White House insists on calling their “Iraq policies”, it is likely that she anticipated a lively discussion on the [...]
Zombie Math Can Never Die?
It’s really depressing to see that even at this point — after the issue has been aired pretty thoroughly in all kinds of forums — certain members of the media still routinely refer to Huckabee’s so called Fair Tax as a 23% tax rather than the 30% tax it really is: The former Arkansas governor [...]
Senator Clinton And President Clinton
John Edwards made an interesting choice of words in last night’s concession speech in South Carolina: I want to join Sen. Clinton and President Clinton in congratulating Sen. Obama. Now the three of us move on to February 5th where millions of Americans will cast their vote and help shape the future of this party [...]
Helping Huckabee
Mike Huckabee on Saddam‘s WMDs, round 1: RUSSERT: Governor Huckabee, was the war a good idea, and is it worth the cost in blood and treasure? HUCKABEE: I supported the president when he led us into this, as did the Democrats. And I think we owe him not a lot of scorn; we owe him [...]
Shafting Retirees
I think all this talk of a stimulus package “that would help stimulate the economy by spurring consumer demand and creating new jobs” tends to obscure the fact that we are also talking about a big government handout. And it is, unfortunately, a selective handout. Which doesn’t sound very equitable to me. As The Washington [...]
It’s Really Very Simple
(1) The Senate, in its profound deliberative wisdom, has seen fit to kill the Judiciary Committee’s version of the surveillance bill (by a 60-36 vote; obviously, many Democrats voted “Kill! Kill! Kill!). That is to say, the Senate has put to sleep the version of the bill that would have withheld retroactive immunity for telecoms [...]
Parsing Bush On Finding Osama
Our brave and intrepid leader, George W. Bush himself, obviously decided it was time to level with the American people. And so he did what U.S. presidents have always done in that situation. He tapped the White House’s extremely professional propaganda staff to reach the people. Yes, that’s right; he granted an interview to Fox [...]
The Why-Bother-Any-More Presidency?
You may or may not be surprised by this revelation about Bush‘s upcoming State of the Union speech: In a bow to political reality, President Bush’s final State of the Union speech will skip bold proposals in favor of ones the country has heard before, a modest approach for a White House that prides itself [...]