There are some Senators who drive me nuts, but nobody more so than Joe Lieberman. Some years ago, I used to have a modicum of respect for the guy as a moderate. Now he’s a snake. At least my more-red-than-red Senators here in Georgia, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, are predicable in their unthinking Bush loyalist stance. They can always be relied upon to vote exactly the way I don’t want them to vote. Oh sure, Joe, let’s go into…
Mitch has created a great extended list of Republican corruption and criminal behavior at Basket of Puppies. Again… note the themes. Take a look. Thanks for commenting and letting me know about your list, Mitch!
Halliburton and KBR have broken up – and breaking up is hard to do. But no sad faces, y’hear? Everything’s A-OK for the billionaire war and oil profit set. They are diggin’ the new headquarters in Dubai – way better than Houston. Texas is so over. Everything’s bigger in the United Arab Emirates. Halliburton’s second quarter profits more than doubled. Halliburton Co.’s profit more than doubled in the second quarter, getting a $933-million lift from the separation of former subsidiary…
Rove has set up fake-Democrat robocalls, according to Democrats.com. It seems to have been going on for at least two weeks. Report this if it happens to to you! More details and ongoing coverage at: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com http://dailykos.com (mostly November 5th) Karl Rove has been bragging for weeks about his “72-hour program” to swing the elections, which predict a Democratic takeover of Congress. Now we know what it is: a dirty trick campaign using robocalls. The calls are made to Democrats…
When I first saw the headline “Midnight Rider Terminates Iraq Reconstruction Watchdog,” I had no idea what it meant. Sheesh. The things that make you click. Midnight Rider? On a horse, a motorcycle? Does he have wings? A cape? Terminates? Kills, you mean? Or is this something to do with robots? Iraq Reconstruction Watchdog? What breed is that? Is it allowed in the green zone? See what I mean? I had to click just to see what it was. (Did…
“Not that I have anything against lawyers. Looking around the room, I’d guess that a year ago, about half of you were down in Florida.†Dick Cheney, Nov 2001, to The Federalist Society “You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.” George W. Bush, speech at a Washington dinner, 3/2001 “I am the federal government. I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job…