WP Op-ed: The Bush Betrayal
link An abomination by his own standards? In Bush's first three years, nondefense discretionary spending — which fell by 13.5 percent under Ronald Reagan — has soared by 20.8 percent. His more...
View ArticleKurt Vonnegut on Bush
link Those now in charge of the federal government are upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography, plus not-so-closeted white supremacists, aka 'Christians', and plus, most frighteningly,...
View ArticleMolly Ivins: The Uncompassionate Conservative
link Bush just doesn't get it with regular people! Okay, we cut taxes for the rich and so we have to cut services for the poor. Presumably there is some right-wing justification along the lines that...
View ArticleBBC NEWS: US budget deficit reaches $500bn
link In his annual State of the Union address, Mr Bush called on Congress to exercise spending restraint and promised to freeze increases in non-defence spending and limit the overall budget increase...
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Buy Bush a PlayStation 2
link As I sat pondering the President's motives one day, it suddenly dawned on me that it is entirely likely our Commander in Chief has never played a single video game in his life. "Of course!" I...
View ArticleSalon: The new Pentagon papers
link A high-ranking military officer reveals how Defense Department extremists suppressed information and twisted the truth to drive the country to war. I've only skimmed the beginning, but this seems...
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Thursday Recap
I really should be going to bed, but I'll do a quick recap of this fun Thursday evening before I forget entirely. The usual Thursday blog meeting was colocated today with a talk by Shorenstein Center...
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