Category Archives: Iraq
BP Oil Rig Similar to 9/11: The Question Is Why It Wasn’t Prevented
“How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?” – Rep. Bart Stupak on the catastrophic failure of spill prevention equipment The oil industry, Republican Party and other radical right-wingers openly express their hatred for environmentalists, calling … Continue reading
Sen. Bennett Thrown Overboard by Utah Tea Party: Keep on Tossing!
The Republican Party may have finally found something they can do correctly: destroy themselves. The developments at Saturday’s Utah state Republican Party convention were more exciting than the Jazz-Lakers game- and it was a good game. With three-term U.S. Senator … Continue reading
New Orleans Saints Win the Super Bowl: America Cheers Again
For the first time since the Bears were in the Super Bowl, and the third time ever (the first time being the first time the Bears were in it), I watched the game for the game, not the commercials. Obviously, … Continue reading
NBC’s Loss is NBC’s Gain: Tonight Show Ratings “War” as Phony as Bush’s Iraq
Conan’s O’Brien’s ratings are way up since NBC threatened to blow him up. Which is just what NBC needed. If there was a way to draw much-needed attention to the flailing late-night hosts’ mostly goofy and occasionally funny, it’s the … Continue reading
The Big Lie: Obama Avoids Fox News for the Same Reason Bush Pandered To It
His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy … Continue reading
Republicans Heckle Obama: Health Care Reform Now More Terrible Than 9/11, Iraq, Recession, Housing Collapse, Hurricane Katrina, Bush Corruption, Climate Change and BCS
Through all of the Bush-Republican-created crises of the past eight years, no one ever heckled Bush or even challenged the Republican autocracy. But this South Carolina (there’s that state again) congressman is apparently so outraged that his unfounded fears of … Continue reading
Obama vs. Bush: 9/11, Iraq, Katrina, Economic Collapse, Corruption- Ah, the Good, Old Days
Personally, life for me is better than ever. I’m beginning to believe that it’s actually been just as great for several years but that what happened to our country from 2001-2009 was creating the illusion that my life was suffering. … Continue reading
Cheney Confirms Democrats’ Claims that Limbaugh Leads Republicans; Shooting More Friends Would Be More Constructive
Former vice-emperor Dick Cheney continues to appear and speak more now since being run out of Washington than he did in his last four years in office. On the chat shows, he’s spending more time defending his stupid, costly and destructive decisions than … Continue reading
Obama vs. Bush: First 100 Days’ Trajectory of Hope Replaces Deception, Arrogance, Insanity and Violence
I’ve lost interest in the “Obama’s First 100 Days” story. As Frank Rich wrote in the NYT this weekend, “Enough already.” While the beginning of the tenure of a new CEO, baseball manager and Hollywood film is important, it’s being overemphasized … Continue reading
David Barstow’s Pulitzer Sheds Little Light on TV Networks’ Coverup of Iraq, Pentagon Propaganda Scandal
“It is not legal for the U.S. government to direct psychological operations or propaganda against the American people. But the lines between ordinary public affairs and propaganda are sometimes blurry…” – David Barstow, New York Times reporter who won the … Continue reading
