The efforts of the Bush Adminstration to keep everyone "on message" (no matter how absurd that message is) are Stalineqsue: Internal memorandums circulated in the Alaskan division of the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service appear to require government biologists or other employees traveling in countries around the Arctic not to discuss climate change, polar bears or sea ice if they … Read More
Let Me See If I Get This Straight
Let’s get a timeline: In 1995, Clinton cuts off all trade and investment with Iran. U.S. companies were no longer able to do business with Iran. After that announcement, Halliburton decided that business with Iran, then conducted through at least five companies, would all be done through a subsidiary incorporated in the Cayman Islands. This way, Halliburton could skirt around … Read More
One Of Those Days
Carpetbagger Report: I’m trying to imagine what the mood is like in the West Wing right now. Scooter Libby, the first high-ranking White House official to face criminal charges in over a century, has been convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice, stemming from a smear campaign he and the Vice President worked on together. Nine Americans were killed in … Read More
Bush Words
There’s a lot of things interesting about this poll question, but one of the first things I noticed is how "Christian" no longer comes up as a response. NOTE: You make have to click on this graphic to see it in full.
Sticking Up For Bush
The latest taped statement from al Qaeda has a rather personal attack against President Bush, calling him: "an alcoholic, liar and gambler with an addictive personality." This is just plain poppycock — Bush isn’t a gambler.
Bush Administration Strongarms Scientists
This is, well, orwellian. A new report presented to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Government Accountability Project shows 435 instances in which the Bush administration interfered into the global warming work of government scientists over the past five years. Some other findings of the survey: – 46 percent of government … Read More
The White House Gets A New Pastry Chef
The New York Times reports that the White House has hired a new pastry chef named William Yosses. He’s well-suited for the job, having co-authored this: [H/T: Nico]
And A Rose Is A Rose….
Bush is no longer “The Decider”; now he’s “The Decision-Maker.” (TP has the video clip)
Google Bomb Defused
For the past couple of years, if you searched the phrase "miserable failure" on Google, the top result would be the White House biography of George Bush. This was the result of mass prank, known as Google bombing. It took advantage of Google’s algorithm. You see, a couple of years ago, there was a campaign to Google bomb the President. … Read More
Novak: Democrats Are “Rude”
Novak is very cantankerous and grumpy today. More so than usual, that is. When President Bush called for a bipartisan "special advisory council" of congressional leaders on the war against terrorism in his State of the Union address, he had in his pocket a rude rejection from Democratic leaders. Thank you very much, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate … Read More
SOTU Roundup
I have little to say on this. I saw a recording of the Bush speech, and heard the Democratic response by Senator Webb (the latter of which impressed me). I’ve also read/heard a number of commentaries on Bush’s speech, and — at least in the blogosphere — they are entirely predictable. Those few still in Bush’s corner thought it was … Read More
Bush State Of The Union
A sneak peek:
Whatever, Dick
"And since I left Halliburton to become George Bush’s vice president, I’ve severed all my ties with the company, gotten rid of all my financial interests. I have no financial interest in Halliburton of any kind and haven’t had now for over three years." – Vice President Dick Cheney, Meet The Press, September 14, 2003 – graph released today by … Read More
SOTU 2007
I stopped writing about Bush’s low poll numbers a while ago, simply because it became redundent to do so, and it only serves to reinforce what everybody knows: Bush is a gloriously unpopular president. But going into his State Of The Union speech tonight, it is worth noting that he has reached all-time lows — even for him. The new … Read More
Even Alanis Morissette Couldn’t Envision This
The President who unilaterally started a war and refuses to end it despite all the death, destruction, and misery caused to U.S. soldiers, their surviving families, not to mention thousands of innocent Iraqi women and children… …has declared this Sunday to be "National Sanctity Of Human Life Day, 2007".