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Tag Archives: Administration
A Final Goodbye…
On the eve of the final day of the Bush administration, I just wanted to send a final message to George W. Bush – something that I remember my father saying to me many, many times as a teenager. And … Continue reading
Colbert on the so-called “Protect America Act”
Hilarious. Also excellent use of things I hate about text-messaging, and fun with robo-calls!
The case against invading Iraq – by Dick Cheney (?!?!!?)
I saw this a couple of days ago via an e-mail, and it was parodied last night on the Daily Show. If it weren’t so disgusting, it’d be hilarious. Ok, so it’s morbidly hilarious too. May I present to you… … Continue reading
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Tagged Administration, Cheney, humor, idiots, Iraq, Middle East, responsible journalism, scary stuff
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It only gets worse…
First, please have a look at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6931776.stm. Apparently, we don’t even have the secret FISA courts to protect us now. And let us not forget that the FISA court itself was considered a draconian breach of civil liberties. Even if … Continue reading
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Tagged Administration, Alberto Gonzales, Bush, Congress, Democrats, Justice Department, Politics, scary stuff
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President Cheney???
Um… this scares the crap out of me. Wonder what damage you can do in 150 minutes or so?
Justice Department attorney op-ed on the Bush Justice Department
There’s a great op-ed in last week’s Denver Post from long-time Justice Department attorney John Koppel about the disgraces of the Bush Justice Department. The guy is risking his job to express his dismay, so do him the favor of … Continue reading
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Tagged Administration, Alberto Gonzales, Bush, Gonzalesgate, Justice Department
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A hilarious political fact…
(Fact courtesy of Keith Olbermann this evening…) So the right-wingers are all busy invoking Clinton’s last-minute pardon of Marc Rich as a way of obscuring the truth about Scooter Libby’s “pardon”. I’ve already mentioned that and am not going to … Continue reading
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Tagged Administration, humor, Keith Olbermann, Scooter Libby
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Misdirection and Crack-Smoking Fiends
All right, I’ve had it. *turns on megaphone* People of the American Empire: Bush’s pardon commutation of Scooter Libby’s sentence has nothing to do with Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton isn’t even the issue here. Bill Clinton has nothing to do … Continue reading
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Tagged Administration, Bill Clinton, Bush, idiots, Scooter Libby
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Oh, FANTASTIC…
Yes, our friendly neighborhood fascist dictator president has decided to pardon Scooter Libby. (Call it a commutation if you like, Mr. Shrub, sir, but a pardon it is.) Heckuva job, Bushie. Let’s not even pretend not to be hypocritical and … Continue reading
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Wow, they really ARE stupid.
So I think it’s no surprise that the U.S. administration, in their current Iran warmongering, would consider fabricating evidence so that they’d have an excuse to do the same horrible things they did in bringing war to Iraq. But this, … Continue reading
