Category: U.S. Politics
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White House Should Have Been Smearing Fitzgerald Months Ago
Too little, too late: White House Should Have Been Smearing Fitzgerald Months Ago
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US Debt at $8 trillion
United States Debt hits $8 trillion
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Dobson Likely To Testify in Miers Hearings
Dobson Likely To Testify in Miers Hearings
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Al Gore: Late Again
Quoth Gore: I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger. It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse . I know that I am not the only one who feels that something has gone basically and badly wrong in the way America’s fabled "marketplace […]
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Cynthia McKinney's Impeachment Remarks Stricken from Congressional Record
This sounds dangerous- Cynthia McKinney mentioned impeachment on the House Floor: I mentioned the word impeachment on the House Floor Thursday late afternoon, but I don’t see it in the official Congressional Record transcript. I was chided by the Speaker that it was out of order to question the President’s motives… This transcript directly from […]
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Nixon's Speech if Buzz and Neil Didn't Make it Off the Moon
Another glimpse of an alt-future… Nixon’s speech if Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin didn’t make it off the moon: Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is […]
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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Pass Pay Raise In Dead of Night
(thnx, Tara!) Not only did legislators increase their salaries 16 percent to 34 percent to at least $81,050 — more than any state except California — they crafted the package in secret without debate or public scrutiny, then left town.
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Nixon's ‘Refuse to Resign' Speech
Ray Price was President Nixon’s speechwriter. In an article in the New York Times on December 22, 1996, Price provided a copy of the draft of a speech he prepared for Nixon in which he vowed not to resign. The speech was never shown to Nixon.
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Rick Santorum is One Scary Asshole
I just got done listening to Brian Lehrer’s interview of Rick Santorum. Sometimes I think people can’t really be serious about this stuff. That there’ll be some kind of ‘Just Kidding! Love Ya Like a Sis!’ banner fall from the ceiling and everybody kiss and makeup.
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Homocon on Fred Phelps and Democrats
Homocon chimes in on Fred "God Hates Fags" Phelps and his party affiliation in ‘Democrats Hate Fags (Like Me)’: You know Fred Phelps, he of "God Hates Fags" fame, protester at Matthew Shepard’s funeral and poster-boy of the gay left’s attempts to portray Conservatives as right-wing homophobes? Turns out that Phelps is a full-fledged, registered […]