Month: March 2006

  • United States National Security Strategy Updated and Released

    The fourth through seventh words are, I kid you not: America is at war. Summary: America will continue to pre-emptively attack its enemies and Iran is now the greatest danger facing the United States, George Bush announced today in a new version of his “National Security Strategy”. ThinkProgress does a little fact checking. They also […]

  • John Kerry: You Don't Get Another Chance

    AmericaBlog says what I think: The man couldn’t even beat the totally lame George Bush, and now he’s hinting at running again? No. Good God, imagine if Kerry had to go up against John McCain next time? He’d be obliterated. I hate to be so brutal about it, but how do you spend 20 years […]

  • A Man's Right to Choose

    A guy sues to divorce himself from child support because his girlfriend allegedly lied to him. Matt Dubay, was assured by his girlfriend that a medical condition made her infertile. Then she got pregnant, and now he has to pay child support. “There’s such a spectrum of choice that women have — it’s her body, […]

  • Democrats Mum on Feingold Censure

    Russ Feingold’s censure of Bush for the FISA/wiretapping controversy is failing to find support among Feingold’s colleagues: Appearing on Fox News, Feingold said: “I’m amazed at Democrats, cowering with this president’s numbers so low. The administration just has to raise the specter of the war and the Democrats run and hide. … Too many Democrats […]

  • Could the United States Go Bankrupt

    I’m sorta on a gloom and doom kick tonight. I had a massage so I’m all relaxed and then had a 3 1/2 hour nap so I’m really flowin’. Summaries and snippets from ‘Oh yes, it can happen here.’ The optimistic view: 1) The US can always print more money. 2) The US needs China […]

  • iTulip Comes Roaring Back to Skewer the Housing Bubble

    Back in the dot-com era, iTulip.com found parallels between the Netherlands 1600s tulip craze and the late-90s/pre-9/11 internet bubble. They’ve relaunched to comment on the housing bubble: In the past the Fed has been very quick to stop speculation in real estate, much more quickly than stock market speculation. Why? Real estate involves the banking […]

  • Salon Publishes More Abu Ghraib Photos and Videos

    It keeps getting worse. Your tax dollars at work.

  • Bush Approval Ratings Descend to 33 Percent

    I love listening to the news try and still give some sort of positive spin to the plummeting ratings. And to think we haven’t even had a draft yet.

  • Properly Sedated

  • Speak Clearly