Big Wes Clark brings the smackdown
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/28/opinion/28CLAR.html ------------------------ When John Kerry released his military records to the public last week, Americans learned a lot about Mr. Kerry's...
View ArticleAmnesty Intl. says torture problem more widespread
Is this an isolated incident, or only the tip of the iceberg?"They say that what you mock will surely overtake you and you become the monster so the monster will not break you" U2, "Peace on...
View ArticleSinclair CEO was a naughty boy
I guess soliciting prostitution is "in the public interest":http://atrios.blogspot.com/ ---------------------- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania) August 17, 1996, Saturday, SOONER EDITION David D....
View ArticleHersh reports Iraq prisoner abuse widespread
Very disturbing interview with Seymour Hersh. General Myers says that mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq is not widespread as far as he knows, maybe he should talk to Mr. Hersh or read the report that...
View ArticleSo you think you're not draftable!
So you think you aren't draftable because you're a woman or over the age of 25? Guess again:http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&a...
View ArticlePowell's chief of staff slams neocons
This doesn't sound like a guy who's boss plans on sticking around for much longer. Do I smell smoke? Oh yeah, it's coming from that burning bridge over...
View ArticleBig Frank Lautenburg does it again
Note to wingnuts: beware old men who don't care about getting re-elected. http://lautenberg.senate.gov/~lautenberg/press/2003/01/2004505B39.html ---------------------- In light of the most recent...
View ArticleBush hits new approval low in Gallup poll
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/polls/2004-05-10-bush-poll_x.htm ---------------------- WASHINGTON -- President Bush's approval rating dropped to the lowest of his presidency in a...
View ArticleJust a few (more) bad apples
I realize that diaries like this may be getting repetitive for some people, but I am so pissed off by this that I just can't help myself: Looks like the 320th MP battalion isn't the only unit with a...
View ArticleNewsweek says Rumsfeld knew of Gitmo interrogation techniques
Newsweek bodyslams Rumsfeld this week. There may not be a smoking gun in here but there's a bullet missing from the clip.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4934213/ ---------------- Donald Rumsfeld likes to...
View ArticleRush looks at gay porn!
http://www.nypress.com/print.cfm?content_id=10180 --------------------- Another conservative finger-pointer seemed to get Rush Limbaugh all hot and sweaty during his week-long quest to downplay the...
View ArticleThis will cheer you up
As you can guess from my username, I have the misfortune to reside in one of the most conservative cities in the country. On the way home from work I usually listen to "the Hardline", a very popular...
View ArticleDavid Kay says sarin shell "doesn't strike me as a big deal"
I never thought I would say this nine months ago, but thank you David Kay!:http://www.boston.com/dailynews/138/wash/U_S_concerned_that_more_unmark:.shtm ------------------ Meanwhile, the former top...
View ArticleHackworth says plenty of torture blame to go around
As usual, Hackworth has a very interesting take. I'm sure we don't have much in common politically but his B.S. detector is finely tuned, that's for...
View ArticleRumsfeld knew torture was taking place
So you never ordered anyone to violate the Geneva Conventions in Iraq, eh, Rummy? Sounds like someone committed purgery to me. Bye bye Rummy:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5024068/ ---------------------...
View ArticleOne more Bush supporter bails
I like to play in the sandbox that is the Motley Fool Political Asylum board. We have the Bushies outnumbered there, but they are still quite fiesty. I was quite pleased to see this post today from one...
View ArticleDid Iran play Bush for a fool?
Very explosive article in the Guardian today. As usual for the best coverage on U.S. politics go to a British newspaper:http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1224075,00.html -------------- An...
View ArticleLet the Chalabi-Bush backpedalling begin!
Sorry Boy George, but this one doesn't even pass the laugh test. Everyone and their grandmother knows that Chalabi is (was) your boy.http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N01373876.htm...
View ArticleSo much for separation of church and state
First amendment? What first amendment?http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26244-2004Jun8?language=printer --------------------- House Republican leaders have tacked on to a major jobs bill a...
View ArticleWhy does Chuck Hagel hate America?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/06/30/MNGTS7E5RK1.DTL&type=printable -------------- Sen. Chuck Hagel, an influential moderate Republican from Nebraska, sharply criticized the...
View ArticleSwift boat flip-flopper #2
(From the diaries -- kos) In the Kerry attack ad, this swiftie says:Adds retired Adm. Roy Hoffman: "John Kerry has not been honest," before another veteran, Adrian Lonsdale, finishes the thought,...
View ArticleKerry the lifesaver, part 2
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x609629 ---------- The incident dates back to 1988, when then-Sen. Jacob "Chic" Hecht (R-Nev.) rushed out of a GOP...
View ArticleThe Note admits that Republicans fight dirty
What the heck is going on here? Did aliens abduct Halperin et al and replace them with imposters? http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/TheNote/TheNote.html ---------- Does anyone watching the...
View ArticleDocuments linking Swifties to Bush Campaign
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=657 176&mesg_id=657176This weekend a flyer a 'PRO USA Rally' by the Swift Boat Vets for Truth was...
View ArticleGore says Bush guilty of "moral cowardice"
As Atrios likes to say: shrill. It must feel very liberating for Al to be able to say whatever the hell he wants, knowing that he'll never run for office again. Works for me, I like red meat...
View ArticleSy Hersh: Rumsfeld knew about Gitmo abuse, did nothing
An explosive article in the Guardian today, plus excerpts from Hersh's upcoming book:http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1303294,00.html"He came back convinced that we were committing...
View ArticleSharon Bush repeated coke story to Random House exec.
Looks like Sharon Bush got caught trying to cover her butt. Im personally much more interested in Hersh's book but if the tabloid crowd wants to eat up the coke story then a little turnabout is fair...
View ArticlePossible Kerry attack: Bringing honor and dignity to the White House
I think this line of attack has some potential: Four years ago, George Bush promised that he would bring honor and dignity back to the White House. Members of his administration have outed a covert CIA...
View ArticleBush wanted/wants to rig Iraqi elections!
I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell you!http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101041004-702122,00.htmlPresident Bush and interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi insisted last week that Iraq would...
View ArticleJames Baker lines his own pockets with Iraqi debt
There was a previous diarly on this by someone else but it was apparently deleted because it was a one-liner: Well, well, what a surprise, NOT. The Bush family's "fixer" is trying to line his own...
View ArticlePapers endorsing Bush in '00 switching to Kerry in '04
I headed over to Editor and Publisher to see how the newspaper endorsements were going. I was curious how many that went for Bush in '00 are going with Kerry and how many that went for Gore are now...
View ArticleGreat new AP article debunks all GOP Al-Qaa Qaa talking points
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=5&u=/ap/20041028/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ir aq_weapons_iaeaThe U.N. nuclear agency said Thursday it warned the United States about the...
View ArticleAl Qaa Qaa: CIA warned Pentagon, but they listened to Chalabi
Score another one for Knight-Ridder:http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/politics/10040891.htmText In a new disclosure, the senior U.S. military officer and another U.S. official, who also spoke...
View ArticleAmerican official confirms that Allawi is a murderer
Move over a little, Mr. Hersch, and make a little room for your New Yorker co-worker, Mr. Jon Lee Anderson. He's been doing some checking up on our good friend Mr. Allawi and it's pretty damn scary. I...
View ArticleBush tells Social Security employees to spread his propaganda
I guess the "bribe pundits to spread Bushie propaganda" bit is starting to get a little old, so it's time to move on to plan B. I'm encouraged by the Dem. response on SS so far, looks like we're...
View ArticleMy Repub. Congressman says that we should nuke Syria
It's good to know that I'm so well represented in Congress. Whether he was kidding or not, what a nutjob:http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_02_27_atrios_archive.html#110960552746244232Rep. Sam Johnson has...
View ArticleFeingold to Bush: How about an actual plan for Iraq
Russ Feingold has introduced a resolution asking President Bush to establish a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq and for training of Iraqi security forces. I like it: it emphasizes the fact...
View ArticleDelay compares Iraq to Houston
Living in Dallas and all, I am required to think Houston is a total craphole but even I didn't think it was THIS bad. I guess I've missed all the stories about suicide bombers in Houston killing scores...
View ArticleDid Delay Cheney himself, say too much to prosecutor?
I think it's a shame that old Tom has been a bit neglected lately amid all the other GOP scandals, but the Washington Post seeks to rectify that. According to this article in today's WaPo, Tom Delay...
View ArticleUAE royal family met with Bin Laden, saved him from CIA hit! Updated
Our good pal Atrios just found this little nugget:http://in.rediff.com/...The Central Intelligence Agency did not target Al Qaeda chief Osama bin laden once as he had the royal family of the United...
View ArticleRep. Jane Harman: Bush the "leaker-in-chief"
Note to Nancy Pelosi: THIS is what is called taking the gloves off. Every Dem on Capitol Hill should be demanding to get on TV today and driving this phrase home: "Leaker-in-Chief. Leaker-in-Chief....
View ArticleThe Dukestir is still being a naughty boy
Better watch out Randy, you don't want to get that plea agreement revoked. If he doesn't fess up maybe we can put him in a Supermax cell for a while:
View ArticleAmazing Time article on life in Baghdad
The following TIME article was definitely NOT approved by the Ministry of Truth. This is the most pessimistic article about Iraq that I have ever seen from the MSM. Perhaps Rummy or Tony Snow would...
View ArticleSo, you want to end the war?
Ok, it's obvious that all of us are mighty pissed about what's gone down the last couple of days, and with good reason. However, I humbly submit that we should have seen this coming. With the...
View ArticleIt's Groundhog Day!
Stop me if you've heard this one before:http://www.cnn.com/...A U.S. military commander Friday reported the death of a senior al Qaeda in Iraq leader, a Tunisian who was considered the "emir of foreign...
View ArticleHey Mitt, pander much?
So I see this little item from everyone's favorite little snake oil salesman, Mitt Romney:http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...Count Republican Mitt Romney among those who aren't happy with Time...
View ArticleLet me hand you a shovel, Geraldine...
So you can make faster progress on that hole you're so intent on digging:http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com..."I do think this was a mistake on part of the Obama campaign," she said. "They didn't...
View ArticlePoblano unmasked
Many of you, no doubt, have been enjoying Poblano's work this primary season as much as I have. Both in his diaries here and on his excellent website, www.fivethirtyeight.com, he has given us the kind...
View ArticleA solution to the AP problem
So, the genuises over at the AP no longer want dirty little hippie bloggers quoting their stories word for word. Instead, our new corporate overlords would prefer that we link to the article and then...
View ArticleBarack Obama is going to piss you off
Well, that didn't take long. I already see in the Emmanuel - Chief of Staff diary that some people are complaining that Obama has reportedly chosen a DLC centrist-type to be his COS. Undoubtedly in the...
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