Archive for the 'Bush' Category

Herein is a fascinating video of the world’s regard for our fearless leader.

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Please find story and video of G20 brush-off here.
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Constitutional law professor says W’s last minute regulatory signing madness is “akin to befouling the well.”

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

 Professor Jonathan Turley feels that W is tromping on the will of the American people. 
What’s new?  The worst president in the Republic’s history is like a fungus blown by the winds in order to savage the people for years to come.
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Please find the MSNBC Countdown video […]

I wonder if all of those papers are published in Non-Real American Areas?

Friday, October 24th, 2008

The New York Times
October 24, 2008
Editorial
Barack Obama for President
Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation’s future truly hangs in the balance.
The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush’s failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a government […]

Lest we forget…

Monday, October 20th, 2008

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…this is how we attained our present status.

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When Holier-Than-Thou Christians Do The Slimiest Things…

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Sam Stein
HuffPost Reporting From DC
McCain Using Same Robocall Firm That Helped Smear Him In 2000
October 17, 2008 04:29 PM

In his efforts to attack Barack Obama, John McCain appears to have turned to the same political consulting firm that was responsible for spreading vicious smears about the Senator during the 2000 South Carolina GOP primary.
In recent […]

Who woulda thunk it? W and Hank are going to help out their socialist pals.

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Wall Street banks in $70bn staff payout
Pay and bonus deals equivalent to 10% of US government bail-out package

* Simon Bowers
* The Guardian,
* Saturday October 18 2008

Financial workers at Wall Street’s top banks are to receive pay deals worth more than $70bn (£40bn), a substantial proportion of which is expected to be paid in discretionary bonuses, […]

This may be one of the reasons Bushies say, “Thank God for James Buchanan.”

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

CIA Tactics Endorsed In Secret Memos
Waterboarding Got White House Nod
By Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 15, 2008; Page A01
The Bush administration issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency’s use of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects — documents prompted by worries […]

Begala isn’t leaving anything for the bloggers.

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

‘Substantive’ Press Is Taken for a Spin
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 29, 2008; C01
Not Too Bright
The rhetoric gets heated this time of year, but Paul Begala, the CNN commentator, went way over the line in calling President Bush a “high-functioning moron.”

The former Bill Clinton aide can be a witty partisan, but there are […]

This rush to judgment will give the voracious executive branch even more life-sucking power without any concomitant thought of the future.

Monday, September 29th, 2008

This piece is from the Hill.com.

Kucinich says not enough votes for bailout
By Kevin Bogardus
Posted: 09/28/08 03:31 PM [ET]

A prominent liberal Democratic lawmaker said Sunday there are not enough votes to pass the bailout package as it stands now.
“I will tell you right now I don’t know if they have votes,” said Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). […]

So, Rodney Dangerfield, is that a secret report on Afghanistan? “I wanna tell ya…it’s really hush-hush!!”

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

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ABCNews
Grim’ Afghanistan Report To Be Kept Secret by US
“No Plans to Declassify” New National Intelligence Estimate for White House
By BRIAN ROSS
September 23, 2008
US intelligence analysts are putting the final touches on a secret National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Afghanistan that reportedly describes the situation as “grim”, but there are “no plans to declassify” any of […]

A bomb turns the Islamabad Ramada Inn to the Al-Qaeda Arms and the Pakistanis attack us.

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

 Could it be that W’s perennial best-seller translates poorly into Urdu?
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Pakistani troops fire on intruding U.S. choppers
By Augustine Anthony Mon Sep 22, 5:07 AM ET
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani troops fired on two U.S. helicopters that intruded into Pakistani airspace on Sunday night, forcing them to turn back to Afghanistan, a senior Pakistani security official said […]