355 days and counting – illegal wiretapping in 30 seconds

The illegal wiretapping story in 30 seconds, as told by Senator Russ Feingold.

No one should give Bush a pass for using the telecoms for domestic and international spying. As the ACLU points out:
…the ability to intrude on the private realm is a tremendous power that can be used to monitor, embarrass, [...]

356 days and counting – the internets, the google, and sotu

No John Paul, this isn’t 2005. And yes, you’re still dead. But we all know the feeling.

Listening to Bush’s State of the Union was like being trapped in a time warp. Not only was he again slap-your-forehead stupid, but he repeated many of the same themes he raised several years ago. Stay the course. Make [...]

357 days and counting – bush country

I thought I’d do something different today and lead with the Daily Dumbass™. That’s Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell above, truly a Grand Poobah of dumbasses. He and his wife, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, are among the “power couple” elite in our nation’s capital, which tells you why this country is in such trouble. [...]

358 days and counting – reagan, great american hypocrite

Barack Obama got drilled last week for mentioning Ronald Reagan in a positive light. Hillary Clinton seized hold of the comments and tried painting Obama as a closet Republican. On the one hand, it was simply more of the same slash and burn machinations we’ve come to expect from the Clintons. People listening carefully [...]

359 days and counting – media mea culpas

For another take on the 935 lies about Iraq and why we shouldn’t expect to hear too much more about them, read Scott Horton in Harper’s:
…the media was fully complicit in the dissemination of the Bush lies. It transmitted them uncritically, repeatedly, with dramatic amplification, over a period of years. Therefore, in the minds of [...]

360 days and counting – war without end, dr. strangelove

“We cannot simultaneously salute the flag of a Republic and behave as an empire.”

Had enough? Impeach now.

361 days and counting – 935 reasons to impeach

Proof that paying attention isn’t the same as thinking clearly:
“I’ve been paying attention to … the Democrat debate the last couple of days,” John McCain said. “And I’ve got to tell you, I am absolutely astonished that Sen. Clinton, a leading candidate on the Democrat side, says she wants to surrender in Iraq, she wants [...]