Archive for the 'administration' Category

Here’s proof of the perfectability of Humankind. In the vernacular, it’s called a ’second chance.’

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

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Images: (Broken) via holdensmith.com; (Watergate) via thefunkstore.com; (Conservatives) via image.barnesandnoble.com

Fallen U.S. troops cremated at ‘Friends Forever Pet Cremation Service.’

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Wake up, Folks! This administration is beneath all contempt.

Think Progress
May 10, 2008
Since 2001, the U.S. military has cremated the remains of approximately 200 service members at Friends Forever Pet Cremation Service, a Delaware facility that primarily cremates pets. The practice was stopped yesterday, as the Washington Post reports:
The revelation came to light when an Army […]

Leadership We Deserve!

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

I realize this article is two- months- old, but I felt Vincenzo Kolchak had a good point in sending it. After all the Bush regime has lately been squawking about its openess regarding policy matters.

Pentagon cancels release of controversial Iraq report
By Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers
* Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
WASHINGTON — The […]

We’ll never be able to look at documentaries about Nazi Germany in the same way.

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Huffington Post
Andrew Sullivan: Bush Administration Officials Will Be ‘Indicted For War Crimes’
April 6, 2008 02:14 PM
Jason Linkins
Media coverage of the disclosure of the “torture memo” authored by Bush Justice Department official John C. Yoo has been mostly a deafening silence. But on this morning’s Chris Matthews’ show, someone finally fired a shot. As we mentioned […]

This moron has been blaming everyone else for a long time. Cannot he begrudgingly admit he’s a jackass?

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Insider: Iraq Attack Was Preemptive
April 6, 2008(CBS) The first Pentagon insider to give his account of the run-up to war says the attack on Iraq was more a defensive move against possible future threats from Saddam Hussein than a retaliation for the 9/11 attacks. Douglas Feith, the former undersecretary of defense for policy, also tells […]

Rich and Poor and Rich and Poor and Rich and Poor

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The Times
March 31, 2008
US credit crunch hits education as banks abandon student loans
Suzy Jagger in New York
One of America’s leading banking associations has given warning that the United States faces a growing educational apartheid as some lenders withdraw from student loans amid new evidence that the credit crisis has spread across all types of borrowing.
In […]

“Sam put his life on the line with, and for, Coalition Forces on a daily basis.”

Monday, March 24th, 2008

W ‘n Friends reward the man with disdain while having praised
vermin in the guise of Chalabi. But, why wouldn’t W’s regime
appreciate someone accused of embezzling $300,000,00
from a Jordanian bank?
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Stalwart Service for U.S. in Iraq Is Not Enough to Gain Green Card
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 23, 2008; A01
During his nearly four years as […]

I did not find this article in THE DAILY WORKER.

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Two Democratic Senators Say
HUD Secretary Should Resign
By DAMIAN PALETTA
March 21, 2008 2:21 p.m.
WASHINGTON – Two top Democrats on Friday called for the resignation of U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson, citing questions about his leadership and his agency’s operations during the national housing crisis.
Mr. Jackson, through a spokeswoman, said he planned to remain […]

“I want to thank you, Mr. Secretary, for working over the weekend,” Mr. Bush said.

Monday, March 17th, 2008

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…which is a lot more than he did during the Katrina fiasco.
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The New York Times
March 17, 2008
Bush, Praising Fed’s Intervention, Faces Criticism
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
WASHINGTON — As President Bush welcomed the Federal Reserve’s sweeping intervention in the financial markets, his administration faced accusations Monday that it supported the bailout of a prestigious investment bank while […]

And now…the Penny Stock Report…with Jay Gould…

Monday, March 17th, 2008

The New York Times

March 17, 2008
JP Morgan Pays $2 a Share for Bear Stearns
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN

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In a shocking deal reached on Sunday to save Bear Stearns, JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay a mere $2 a share to buy all of Bear — less than one-tenth the firm’s market price on Friday.As part of the […]

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY! WAR IS PEACE! IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH! AMERICAN IDOL IS REAL!

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Friday, Mar. 14, 2008
Do Americans Care About Big Brother?
By Massimo Calabresi/Washington
Pity America’s poor civil libertarians. In recent weeks, the papers have been full of stories about the warehousing of information on Americans by the National Security Agency, the interception of financial information by the CIA, the stripping of authority from a civilian intelligence oversight board […]

Dick ‘n W work to keep drug prices low in their inimitable way…

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

and their method will save oil by substituting
a trip to the sink for a drive to the doctor.
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AP water probe prompts Senate hearings
By MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National Writer
March 10, 2008
Two veteran U.S. senators said Monday they plan to hold hearings in response to an Associated Press investigation into the presence of trace amounts of […]

I shall simply join readers and shake my head in disbelief.

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Unchecked aliens cram flight schools
by Bill Hutchinson
Daily News staff writer
Thursday, February 28th 2008, 4:00 AM
Despite tough post-9/11 laws, thousands of foreign students are training at U.S. flight schools without proper visas or security background checks, government documents show.
“TSA’s enforcement is basically nonexistent,” Bill McNease, a former Federal Aviation Administration inspector, said in an interview aired […]