Give Bush Nothing. The Iraq Supplemental Was The Compromise.

While delivering his second-ever veto to the Iraq supplemental appropriation to fund his war, the American Pretender asserted in many speech-crafted sentences that the war in Iraq is now the war on terrorism and where we engage Al Qaida:
In Washington last week, General Petraeus explained it this way: Iraq is, in fact, the central front […]

Did Someone Whisper Impeachment?

George Bush for so long has refused to acknowledge his weakened political position overall, and especially regarding the war. Today, while vetoing the spending bill he requested because it contains some minimal Congressional oversight, on the fourth anniversary of his “Mission Accomplished” declaration that “major combat operations were over,” he is likely to signal some […]

Pacifist, Humanist, Pragmatist — Trying To Make Sense In Aftermath Of Sensless Virginia Tech Shootings

There are plenty of wonderful tributes to the victims, survivors, and their families on the web, both in the MSM as well as Facebook and Myspace. It’s important to understand the human losses this week. Personal stories of the victims make clear the depth of losses in the tragic shootings on the Virginia Tech […]

Impeachment: Bring It On!

It’s a taunt, isn’t it — when the president says to Congressional leaders, summoning them to the White House, after a 4-year war based on lies in which 3,292 U.S. soldiers have died, after Congress has given him everything he wants in a spending bill but included provisions aimed at limiting death and mayhem without […]

King George Issues Summons On War Funding

Arrogance or delusion? From what place in the shrub’s mind comes the audacity to summon congressional leaders to the White House to “discuss” his supplemental war spending bill? His words sound like those of the petulant child demanding ice cream from an indulgent mother. Whatever mother brings, no matter her greater wisdom, will not be […]

The Secret Government, Redux

In this 1987 PBS video, Bill Moyers begins, “The secret government is an interlocking network of official functionaries, spies, mercenaries, ex-generals, profiteers, and “super-patriots” who, for a variety of motives, operate outside the legitimate institutions of government. Presidents have turned to them when they can’t win the support of the Congress or the people, […]

A Timeline For Withdrawal from Iraq

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

A Hero among columnists, E.J. Dionne Jr., of the Washington Post set it up this morning, in his piece “An Antiwar Tide on The Rise.” And then, it happened. Jaded folks like me turned up the radio in a hurry on the drive home when we heard that the Senate had […]

Privateers: Outsourcing U.S. Sovereignty

Jeremy Scahill exposes in his video for The Nation the alarming and little-known outsourcing of security and military operations supported by the Bush administration. In government rhetoric and that of the individual contractors, they are referred to as “private security.” In a militarized area in the midst of conflict, protecting clients by means of […]

Sen. Chris Dodd Calls For Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

This appears to be a campaign message, but I don’t doubt Dodd’s sincerity. Because of perceived hawkishness, I’ve never thought of him as being liberal in the broadest sense. It’s fitting that he makes a credible hawkish argument for ending discrimination against gays in the military.
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, by the way, was a bad […]

Gay Pornstar Rod Majors aka Republican Darling Matt Sanchez Exposed on Olbermann

The interview on the video with Max Blumenthal was not the first mention of Sanchez’s past, which seems to substantially have come out in the blogosphere. Sanchez acknowledges working as “Rod Majors” on the blog, Joe. My. God. He now claims to be straight, or in his words “bad at being gay.”
I don’t fault […]

Sad For Scooter Libby, Sort Of

The airwaves have been filled with the ubiquitous juror Denis Colins describing the feelings amongst fellow jurors as sympathetic to Libby and how they did not relish the job they had to do. I’m not ragging on Collins: it’s our news culture. He seems bright, careful and sincere. Interviewers and commentators were happy to jump […]

McCain and Obama Apologize Needlessly for Saying Lives Wasted in Iraq

Why do good men fall all over themselves to apologize for telling the truth?
On Letterman Wednesday night John McCain while announcing his run for the presidency said:

Americans are very frustrated, and they have every right to be,” McCain said about the Iraq War. “We’ve wasted a lot of our most precious treasure, which is American […]

Congress Must Exercise Power of the Purse

The old saw “Power of the Purse” takes on new meaning as a woman controls the gavel in the house. Now that she’s busted up that nasty “marble ceiling” maybe Mrs. Pelosi can take her gavel or her purse an bust up some Republican war-mongering while she’s still swinging.
This week Sen. Byrd’s Appropriations Committee takes […]

Ten Ways To Keep Your Political Puppet Happy

As we head into the next presidential election season, we’re profoundly aware that our current “I’m the President” is term-limited. While Mr. Bush can never be replaced, we do need to find someone to fill the office. Those who fear change need not panic, however, if we can make use of what we’ve learned in […]

NYT’s David Brooks: Hillary Doesn’t Need to Apologize

John in DC of American blog writes
[quoting David Brooks]
…I mean, have the people calling for her apology actually read the speeches she delivered before the war? Have they read her remarks during the war resolution debate, when she specifically rejected a pre-emptive, unilateral attack on Saddam?
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