Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media.
Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2003
Interesting little afterthought near the end of this New York Times piece today:
For now, Mr. Bush’s political aides are largely dismissive of the Democratic presidential candidates, although some Republicans say the White House is more worried than it lets on about the ability of Howard Dean to energize the Democrats. Mr. Bush, in an interview [...]
Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2003
YES, A RERUN
Because the Republicons are trashing Ted Kennedy on C-SPAN this morning, call his office and tell him you appreciate his standing up to the lies of this administration. Tell him to keep up the good work, we’re behind him.
You can call Sen. Kennedy’s office in Washington at (202) 224 - 4543, and [...]
Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2003
I read an enlightening piece by famous Harvard economist John Kenneth Gailbraith [UPDATE: Sorry for the brain fart - it's James K. Gailbraith, his son, who's also an economist] in the latest Progressive (not on website yet) on the deficit.
Basically, he spells out the master plan. As per their intent, Bushco has so thoroughly trashed [...]
Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2003
This might be funny if they weren’t so blatantly ruthless.
Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2003
RUNNING GOVERNMENT LIKE A BUSINESS - AGAIN
Ah yes, he’s the bullet-point president, living in the land of PowerPoint.
The more obscure a proposal is, the more points it seems to have. Bush’s Iraq policy has only three points, but the energy proposal he unveiled during the 2000 campaign had 23 points. And seemingly unrelated policies can [...]
Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2003
More of that cognitive dissonance that worries me. I think we need a Jungian for these guys.
AUSTRALIAN investigative journalist John Pilger says he has evidence the war against Iraq was based on a lie that could cost George W. Bush and Tony Blair their jobs and bring Prime Minister John Howard down with them.
A television [...]
Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2003
THE IMPORTANT THING IS, IT WASN’T A BLOWJOB - IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING, THAT IS
I can’t even keep track anymore. How many felons or people guilty of ethics violations does this administration have? Apparently it’s perfectly okay for Bush administration officials to publicly fellate corporate interests.
Federal investigators have concluded President Bush’s former telecommunications policy [...]
Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2003
Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.
Posted in General on Sep 22nd, 2003
Alterman has a great post on the beatification of Ronald Reagan.
Posted in General on Sep 22nd, 2003
REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE
Here’s what you need to do: call Teddy Kennedy and tell him you appreciate his standing up to the lies of this administration. Tell him to keep up the good work, we’re behind him.
You can call Sen. Kennedy’s office in Washington at (202) 224 - 4543, and in Boston at (617) [...]
Posted in General on Sep 22nd, 2003
Disgusted Dixie Chicks say goodbye to country music and say they now consider themselves a rock act.
I don’t care what they call themselves, as long as they keep putting out great albums.
Posted in General on Sep 22nd, 2003
Point and counterpoint on Clark.
Posted in General on Sep 22nd, 2003
Interesting (and long) piece in which a shrink speculates on Bush’s moral development.
George’s egocentric judgment is also given credibility under the auspices of his religious conviction. I do believe George is a religious man. But, he has in many ways prostituted his religion to serve his true dogma–the advancement of the corporation.
So, for all his [...]
Posted in General on Sep 22nd, 2003
The “education” president is outdone by his brother Jeb.
The financial indifference to community colleges is made all the more confounding by the governor’s stated fondness for their role. Bush’s Board of Education has pushed vigorously for lower-cost alternatives to full-service research universities, and no one disputes the successful track record of community colleges. Two-thirds of [...]
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2003
IS THIS REPUBLICAN MATH?
The link is bloggered, but it’s at the top of News from Underground:
A remarkable exchange concerning Diebold’s voting machines in Volusia County, Florida. On January 17, 2001, Lana Hines, a county elections official sends out an inquiry as to how Al Gore ended up with a vote-count of -16,022. That’s NEGATIVE 16,022—which [...]
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2003
I mean, really. Bush calling Ted Kennedy “uncivil” is just plain silly - and besides the point. Ever notice the way these guys operate? Anyone who points out what shenanigans they’re up to is picking on them. The old meanies!
In an exclusive Oval Office interview with Fox News’ Brit Hume (search), Bush said that while [...]
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2003
And I repeat: What has Wesley Clark ever done for the Democratic Party?
WORD WAS THAT Karl Rove, the president’s political mastermind, had blocked the idea. Clark was furious. Last January, at a conference in Switzerland, he happened to chat with two prominent Republicans, Colorado Gov. Bill Owens and Marc Holtzman, now president of the University [...]
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2003
Sometimes I wonder if Joe Biden’s brain tumor is back.
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2003
Kos explains it all to the New York Times.
The disputes in this case are first, whether properly cast ballots in the gubernatorial recall election will have an equal chance of being counted, regardless of who cast them or where; and second, whether discrepancies that might exist in the percentage of mechanically destroyed ballots constitute unfair [...]
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2003
“Not I,” he said to the little red hen.
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2003
Oh, Jesus.
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2003
Assuming this is both accurate and in context (a lot to ask, considering it’s the New York Times), this article from Kit Seelye and Eric Schmitt about Wesley Clark raises some interesting points about his character.
With that comes a reputation for arrogance, end-running his bosses and what some perceive to be lapses in judgment, some [...]
Posted in General on Sep 20th, 2003
Greg Palast on Tom Friedman’s recent excretion about the French:
Here’s why we can’t have an election (and why the General got the boot): Bush’s oil patch buddies can’t complete the sell-off of Iraq’s oil fields under an elected Iraqi government - no elected Iraqi government would let it happen. Rather than take on the issue [...]
Posted in General on Sep 20th, 2003
Via the Horse, Editor and Publisher raises an interesting point: Why did newspapers bury the stories in which Bush admitted he lied about Iraq?
For months leading up this year’s war on Iraq, the Bush administration implied that Saddam Hussein had a hand in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The argument was well-received by Americans, and [...]
Posted in General on Sep 20th, 2003
Another great Paul Krugman interview - this one, from the Guardian:
Still, there’s an important sense in which his views remain essentially moderate: unlike the growing numbers of America-bashers in Europe, Krugman doesn’t make the nebulous argument that there is something inherently objectionable about the US and its role in the world. He claims only that [...]
Posted in General on Sep 20th, 2003
Eric Alterman in The Nation: On 9/11, where was George?
The panic motif runs through the rest of the President’s actions that day. While the presidential motorcade did finally head for the airport, Bush is alleged to have spoken on the phone to Cheney and ordered all flights nationwide grounded. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta has also [...]
Posted in General on Sep 20th, 2003
Why is it they thought Chalabi could be trusted? Morons.
Posted in General on Sep 20th, 2003
So which is it? From the Liquid List, via Atrios. Ashcroft says the library portion of the Patriot Act has never been used. His assistant testified otherwise to Congress.
Posted in General on Sep 19th, 2003
Oh, Digby. You da man.
Ed Gillespie was on CNN the other day practically having to call for the smelling salts he was so upset by the shocking phrase “miserable failure” being applied to the President. He could barely look at the camera he was so embarrassed to have to say such a thing in public. [...]
Posted in General on Sep 19th, 2003
The trouble with Bob Somerby is, I can’t just pick out a few graphs. Go read the whole thing.
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