Category: U.S. Politics

  • Pat Buchanan on Immigration

    Nice: Who should decide who comes and what are the criteria? I do believe we should favor folks from cultures and civilization that have been assimilated before.

  • American Coup D'etat? Nope. But Erosion…?

    Harper’s got together a quartet of military experts to examine the eternal question: Could it happen here? UTTWAK: What about a situation in which the military was ordered to start a war that it did not believe could be won?… BACEVICH: The military would leak it to the Washington Post, and the war would never […]

  • Andymatic 017 Gay Podcast

    Andymatic 017 Gay Podcast Dr. Eric from drericsblog.com and I work out the world’s problems.

  • Bush Approval Ratings Hit All Time Low

    Remember, friends, Nixon was at 27% during Watergate: Gallup: Bush Approval at 39%  CBS: Bush Approval at 34% Zogby: Bush Approval at 40% No more mandate. The Project for the New American Centruy is derailing. What will they do? Can John McCain be the new charisma for 2008 – after Rove destroyed him in 2004? […]

  • Proposed 2007 Budget Increases Defense Spending by 24%

    I think it’s great that when I’m too busy to read all my favorite blogs that political rantage practically writes itself: Defense increased by 24% Cuts in education, healthcare, environment $354 billion added to deficit Bush started with surplus and a then 10-year forecast of 5.6 trillion Bush has added 45% to the national debt […]

  • Oil Execs Lied to Congress About Meeting Cheney

    Thank goodness we didn’t have them under oath: A White House document shows that executives from big oil companies met with Vice President Cheney’s energy task force in 2001 — something long suspected by environmentalists but denied as recently as last week by industry officials testifying before Congress. They weren’t sworn in but you can […]

  • Former Texas State Judge Catherine Crier Speaks Out

     Catherine Crier, former Texas state judge speaks out: The Far Right wants to control our federal judiciary in order to enact this reactionary agenda. At first blush, the focus seems to center on social issues—abortion, gay rights, affirmative action, and religion in schools. There is another insidious aspect to their designs. Economic and political issues […]

  • Bush Administration Breaks Spending Record

    President George W. Bush and the current administration have now borrowed more money from foreign governments and banks than the previous 42 U.S. presidents combined.

  • Public Relations Industry Influences to Alter Anti-Propaganda Bill

    "Myself and others felt violated by the first bill," said Doug Simon, the founder, president and CEO of D S Simon Productions, a major producer of the faux television news reports known as video news releases (VNRs). Simon was referring to the Truth in Broadcasting Act (S 967). In its original incarnation, this bill would […]

  • Al Franken: Rove and Libby Will Be Executed

    Heh heh. Al Franken was just on CNN talking about his new book and said that Rove and Libby will be found guilty of treason and should be executed.