Joe the Dumber Plumber, flushed with excitement over his reprieve from obscurity, formulates a response to the question, “Why the fuck are you HERE?” (Click) Just when you thought that the 2008 national election had exhausted itself of farce, Joe the Magic Plumber re-emerged today, announcing that he has become— just like that!— a combat reporter, hired by right-wing leaning …
Jeb Bush stuck like glue to his brother’s catastrophic legacy TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 1/6/09 [C.U. NEWS] In a tacit admission of the sulphurous stench that accompanies the name “Bush” in the political realm, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush filed a petition today with the state of Florida for a name change. Apparently Jeb was taking a hint from a television interview …
TPM reports that: With Recount Complete And More Ballots Counted, Franken’s Lead Appears To Be Insurmountable By Eric Kleefeld – January 3, 2009, 6:54PM Today’s events in Minnesota make it appear that a Norm Coleman victory is now pretty much impossible — and it just so happens to have occurred on the day his Senate term officially expired. A nice …
Americans tax dollars hard at work Something I wish I had written. From Information Clearinghouse: January 01, 2009 — The government of Israel today launched a massive air assault on suspected terrorist targets along major coastal cities in the United States of America. In an operation termed “Friendly Enemy,” hundreds of Israeli F-16 fighter jets streaked across the Atlantic in …
Glenzilla reminds me today why I am not a member of the Democratic Party in his lookback at 2008 and Congress’ execrable record on civil liberties (including then Senator Obama‘s flip flop vote to support telecom immunity after pledging to oppose it). In his post titled “Another brutal year for liberty”, Glenn documents the assaults on the Constitution that the …
Arundhati Roy I’ve always enjoyed hearing Indian activist Arundhati Roy‘s critique of the Bush Administration‘s so-called war on terror in particular, and her analysis of US imperialism and globalization in general. Now that the blowback from predatory corporatist feudalism is shifting to South Asia, she is particularly well-positioned to comment and make sense of it all. Case in point: her …
Would Cheetah have made a better president? CNN has a new poll further documenting the disdain the American public feels towards George W. Bush. 12/26/08 A new national poll suggests that three out of four Americans feel President Bush’s departure from office is coming not a moment too soon. Twenty-eight percent of those polled say President Bush is the worst …
