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George W. Bush : Feeding the Beast
In order to weaken federal agencies, the Bush administration has expanded them to the point of collapse By Christopher Moraff When President Bush exits the White House in January, he will leave behind a federal government in shambles. Since his … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Presidency, Executive Branch, Federal Bureaucracy, George W. Bush, U.S. Government
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Jack Cafferty : Is McCain Another George W. Bush?
Jack Cafferty says John McCain shows virtually no intellectual curiosity, emulating President Bush. ‘It occurs to me that John McCain is as intellectually shallow as our current president’ By Jack Cafferty / August 19, 2008 NEW YORK — Russia invades … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Elections, George W. Bush, Jack Cafferty, John McCain, Presidency, Presidential Campaigns
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Pat Buchanan : Blowback From Bear-Baiting
Raging Bear: Vladimir Putin. ‘Saakashvili’s blunder probably means permanent loss of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.’ By Pat Buchanan / August 15, 2008 Mikheil Saakashvili’s decision to use the opening of the Olympic Games to cover Georgia’s invasion of its breakaway … Continue reading
Old Glory, Oh Lordy! American Flag Flip-Flopped by Our President
Whoops! Photo by Ezra Shaw / Getty Images. ‘Is Dubya using the flag to make a political statement?’ By Christine / August 12, 2008 George W. Bush seems happy as ever as America’s cheerleader-in-chief at the Beijing Olympics. Too bad … Continue reading
Larry Piltz : The NeoContry Fair
‘George W. Bush and the Iraq’ by Werner HorvathThe NeoContry Fair Come on up now everybody to The NeoContry Fair drag your spouse out of your cave and all your terror-free lairs be sure to bring your bulletproof armor-piercing underwear … Continue reading
Tape : Order to Forge Iraq-9/11 Letter on White House Stationery
In damning transcript, ex-CIA official says Cheney likely ordered letter linking Hussein to 9/11 attacks By John Byrne / August 8, 2008 A forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was ordered on White House stationery … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Bush Administration, Cheney, CIA, Criminal Justice, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq War, Political Corruption
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Jim Hightower : Bush’s Empty Promise to Wounded Vets
Portrait of Marine Staff Stg. John Jones by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. ‘Where is George when thousands severely wounded in his misguided Iraq war need him to act?’ By Jim Hightower / August 6, 2008 When Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac, and Fannie … Continue reading
How Washington’s Right-Wing Wrecking Crew Robbed Us Blind
Conservatives have turned a vast government built for our protection into a device for exploiting us By Thomas Frank / August 6, 2008 Washington is the city where the scandals happen. Every American knows this, but we also believe, if … Continue reading
Drawn and Quartered
R.J. Matson / The New York Observer and Roll Call. Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
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Tagged Cartoon, George W. Bush, Humor, John McCain, Political Cartoon
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BOOKS : White House Ordered Forgery
‘Designed to portray a false link between Hussein’s regime and al Qaeda’ By Mike Allen / August 4, 2008 A new book by the author Ron Suskind claims that the White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Books, Bush Lies, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Ron Suskind, Saddam Hussein, Terrorism, The Way of the World
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The Surge Has Worked? Right.
In Vietnam they called it ‘escalation’ By James Abourezk / July 27, 2008 Back in the good old days of the Vietnam War General Westmoreland, Lyndon Johnson and Bob McNamara kept sending more troops into battle, calling it “escalation.” It … Continue reading
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How Cindy Sheehan is Putting Impeachment on the Table
Pushing issue in Congressional campaign By John Nichols / July 23, 2008 Does anyone seriously doubt that one of the reasons why a House Judiciary Committee hearing will at least discuss the “I” word on Friday is Cindy Sheehan’s independent … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Impeachment, Cindy Sheehan, Congress, George W. Bush, Impeachment, John Nichols, Nancy Pelosi
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