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Tag Archives: Politics
“Pretty well discredited”, my ass.
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, according to BBC News, estimates that 655,000 Iraqis have been killed since the invasion. That’s more than half-a-million Iraqis that would still be alive – men, women and children – if this president … Continue reading
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Tagged Administration, Bush, Middle East, Politics, research, scary stuff
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Half of Metro Denver ballots could be absentee this November
Holy cow… I saw the headline on the front of Rocky Mountain News this afternoon and had to come home and check it out; apparently, officials are saying that half of the vote this November in the Denver metropolitan area … Continue reading
Foley’s Revolting Hypocrisy
I hope this is all I ever have to say about this one, but I thought it was important to share. Via raincoaster: Foley’s disgusting hypocrisy on tape: Listen for the last sentence, as he tells John Walsh how he’d … Continue reading
Take your right to vote seriously. Take your vote seriously.
We watched Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election this evening, a documentary about election irregularities and how the 2000 election progressed. I hate watching these things, in that they depress me about the state of this country so severely, but they … Continue reading
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Tagged Administration, Bush, Denver, hardware, Politics, security, software
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News from the future…
Link taken from Bruce Schneier’s blog: Future history: 19-year-old Diebold Technician Wins U.S. Presidency (If only the truth behind it were that funny!)
Ack! My eyes! My eyes!
Mister Rogers must be rolling in his grave. (clicky) Is nothing sacred? *shiver*
Want to protest? Watch out – the Air Force may want you to be its new guinea pig…
So according to CNN, the Secretary of the Air Force, Michael Wynne, thinks unruly U.S. mobs should become test subjects for new non-lethal weapons. From the article: “If we’re not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then … Continue reading
Olbermann makes me wish we had cable…
His special comment tonight has really outdone the one he gave on Rumsfeld a few days ago. I can’t say much more than that I wish we could rely on the rest of our media to confront the administration about … Continue reading
Administration invokes sovereign immunity to nix EPA whistleblower protection for federal employees
Apparently sometime last year, the Bush administration, in an unpublished legal opinion (which is definitely worth a read), decided that federal employees are no longer entitled to federal whistleblower protection under the Clean Water Act. According to an article by … Continue reading
It’s amazing what an uncanned audience won’t do for you…
As I watch Bush’s speech this morning given to a veteran’s group, even I am surprised by the underwhelming applause at all of the staged pause points. What’s more entertaining is watching Bush wait for the applause to end well … Continue reading
