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08/31/05 :: By S.M. Dixon Bush By The NumbersCategories :: Anti-War :: Bush Administration :: Iraq
The latest numbres show the Bush Regime is still in the toilet of public opinion.
08/30/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter The MSM as the president’s enablerCategories :: Iraq
So now we’ve read the altogether expected news of the bleak prospects facing Iraq’s “founding fathers” in coming together over a workable constitution. Nevertheless the news continues to be framed in Bush’s surrealism - a mindset that has defined this...
08/29/05 :: By Bonnie Yarbrough Stealth GovernanceCategories :: Bush Administration :: Congress :: Social Security
With Katrina barreling up through the Mississippi Delta, there’s another “big blow” taking shape on radar screens focused toward Capital Hill. And yet another example of governance by stealth: when you can’t win, steal what you really want and proclaim it a victory.
08/26/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Caricature assassinationCategories ::
The right loves to make fun of those on the left it regards as goofy. You know the roll call: Michael Moore, Al Franken, Jane Fonda and assorted others who occasionally say things even they regret. But not to worry,...
08/25/05 :: By S.M. Dixon U.S. Troop Withdrawals Announced -- AgainCategories :: Iraq
The Bushites either can't make up their mind, or can't control the U.S. military.
08/24/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Sometimes I sits and thinksCategories :: George W. Bush
As I recall it was Henry David Thoreau who protested the reading of newspapers not only because of their sensationalism, but because when it comes to actually understanding events, the exercise is ultimately futile. A deep appreciation of any news...
08/22/05 :: By Bonnie Yarbrough Dueling Frames: Views on IraqCategories :: Framing - Foreign Policy :: George W. Bush :: Iraq :: Propaganda/Spin
Two different views of Iraq keep emerging: is it more like World War II or like Vietnam?
08/22/05 :: By Drew Johnston Thesis: Liberals Kick AssCategories :: Satire
We kick so much ass.
08/22/05 :: By Tom Ball Come Join Us at Political Cortex!Categories :: Misc
The time is fast approaching when 'evolution' and 'intelligent design' join forces to create the newest incarnation of progressive political community blogging.
In September, those who brought you PoliticalStrategy.org will be teaming up with some of your favorite writers from the pages of DailyKos to bring you PoliticalCortex.com!
Joining the members of PS.org will be DKos Diarists: Al Rogers, Georgia10, SusanG, mcjoan, Pounder, Hermod, Frederick Clarkson, ColdFusion04, and NYBri.
08/22/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Fear of loathingCategories :: Democrats
Last Friday the Washington Post’s David Ignatius wrote this increasingly familiar refrain: This should be the Democrats' moment: The Bush administration is caught in an increasingly unpopular war; its plan to revamp Social Security is fading into oblivion; its deputy...
08/19/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Olympic doublespeak: A perfect 10 in trainingCategories ::
“Iraqis are taking control of their country, building a free nation that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself. And we’re helping Iraqis succeed,” said our president in a carefree radio speech last Saturday delivered between carefree bike rides....
08/18/05 :: By Bob Kendall Anti-Bush Campaign GrowingCategories :: Bush Administration
While U.S. service personnel are fighting and dying in Iraq, just as they did in Vietnam. Anti-war activists seek to confront White House resident George Bush to ask a simple question, “Why did the United States go to war in Iraq, and why are they still there?”
08/18/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter All the wrong movesCategories ::
Once again Democrats are agonizing over tactics. The spectacle is even more agonizing to watch, because it’s so unnecessary. The National Abortion Rights Action League launched the Democratic Party’s latest introspection with televised distortions about a Supreme Court nominee that...
08/16/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Gingrich on any given SundayCategories ::
Last week at a Capitol Hill gathering of GOP staffers, Newt Gingrich lectured that liberals have the advantage in “speed, cleverness and shallowness.” He also noted in casual contradiction - that being a chief advantage of conservatives - that liberals...
08/12/05 :: By Drew Johnston On Conservative HumorCategories :: Blogging on Blogging :: Humor :: Theories
Conservatives who aren't funny and the liberals who enable them.
08/12/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Republican PorkersCategories ::
The recently passed, fiscal joke of a transportation bill crafted by our “conservative” government brought to mind some interesting reading of a few years back. Liberals can say what they like about David Frum, the erstwhile axis-of-evil speechwriter, but before...
08/11/05 :: By S.M. Dixon A 9/11 Cover-Up Exposed?Categories :: Bush Administration
New evidence suggests that 9/11 was more preventable than previously known.
08/11/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Heaps of “unhelpfulness”Categories ::
As promised by the Bush administration, democracy is popping up all over in Iraq - or popping in, in some cases, and rather rudely. This week a band of roughly 100 armed, Shiite militia thugs escorted Baghdad’s new mayor into...
08/10/05 :: By Bob Kendall Why Does George Bush Insist upon Calling the Iraq War the War on Terror?Categories :: Bush Administration
A Miami Herald columnist suggests that George Bush is “delusional.” I would suggest that George Bush is simply recognizing that by calling the unnecessary Iraq War at this point the war on terror, he smoothly makes the transition. Bush demands the power of a president using the world war to give him the ultimate war powers in every aspect of our lives.
08/10/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter If you can fake sincerity....Categories ::
New York’s U.S. Senate race is shaping up as a classic Republican challenge. Which is to say it’s starting dirty, will get dirtier and, of course, will thrust onto the back burner any actual issues. As I said, it’s vintage...
08/09/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter NYT slips into FOXismCategories ::
Sometimes you run across a newspaper “analysis” whose resemblance to a FOX news story leaves you slackjawed - a story whose omissions define it more than the content. One expects this level of print journalism in the administration’s unofficial outlets...
08/08/05 :: By William Hare Robin Cook, RIPCategories :: Obituaries
The cause of world peace and international justice sustained a tragic blow Saturday afternoon when former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook died while hill walking with his wife in his native Scotland. He was 59.
08/08/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Kill ‘em with kindnessCategories ::
It was the brilliant attorney and early 20th-century American statesman Elihu Root who once suggested the way of proper counsel: “About half the practice of a decent lawyer consists in telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should...
08/05/05 :: By Bob Kendall A Poem Dedicated to the Republican RobotsCategories :: Poetry
Tagged “Ditto Heads” by an Ex-Drug Addict (We Hope He’s Ex!) Patty-cake, Patty-cake Republican man Voting with Bush as fast as you can Now Congress claims their morals are so high Catching a baseball star in a “steroid” lie Fantasizing...
08/05/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter The Emperor Strikes BackCategories ::
“They won’t take my blankie. They won’t, they won’t, they won’t,” sputtered Master George with pouty lips. “Now, now, dear. Everything’s okay,” soothed his nanny, Ms. Hughes. “We’ll put ‘war’ back into your little talks right away. Then how ‘bout...
08/04/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Any means to an end(run)Categories ::
If ever there was bipedal disproof of “intelligent design,” George W. Bush is it. So it was only fitting that this poster boy for the monumentally simplistic would become the nation’s leading spokesman for the reintroduction of medieval theo-biology into...
08/04/05 :: By Bob Kendall Have Politicians Exploited the Ten Commandments?Categories :: Bush Administration
When Bill Clinton was President, the Republican eyes focused on the commandment, “Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery.”
08/03/05 :: By S.M. Dixon Those Last Throes Are a DoozyCategories :: Anti-War :: Bush Administration
The Quagmire is STILL going badly... hence the term "quagmire."
08/03/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter “Never mind”Categories ::
The Bush administration’s scamming of Congress and the American public, not to mention the world, just keeps on rollin’. Nothing seems to make a dent in it - not shame, not exposure, not reality. And what immediately followed the Bolton...
08/02/05 :: By S.M. Dixon Another Bush Lie ExposedCategories :: Bush Administration
Another attempt to lie us into a war... but this one looks to be a miserable failure.
08/02/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter The joy of being RepublicanCategories ::
Presidential memo: “Because of partisan delaying tactics by a handful of senators, John was unfairly denied the up-or-down vote that he deserves.” So poof, John is now Ambassador Bolton. Naturally the Republican Senate will defend the recess appointment as an...
08/01/05 :: By P. M. Carpenter Satan’s liberalsCategories ::
I now know that it is indeed possible to die laughing, because last week I damn near lost control of the car as I doubled up with laughter at hearing Tom DeLay on NPR bemoan the terrible, terrible strong-arm tactics...
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