Category: U.S. Politics
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Fake Reporter for the Fake News in Staged Press Conferences
So frigging stupid: White House-credentialed fake news reporter “Jeff Gannon” from fake news agency “Talon News” was cited by the Washington Post as having the only access to an internal CIA memo that named Joseph Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame, as a covert CIA agent. Gannon, in a question posed to Wilson in an October 2003 […]
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Laura Bush to Do Gang Outreach
Old Co-worker: This is fabulous – north korea has nuclear weapons Andy: oh shit on us Old Co-worker: and we are concerned about a country that can’t even generate power for its citizens Andy: exactly – we are so screwed – did I tell you I finally got around to reading 1984 last week. OMG […]
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Senator George Allen Cautions Criticism of Condi
Sen. George Allen (R-VA) said his Democratic colleagues should “be careful” when criticizing Rice for making false statements about the war in Iraq lest they “diminish Dr. Rice’s credibility in capitals around the world.” But she really is a lying sack of crap.
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Biggest Deficit Ever?
As the deficit grows, so does Republican morale. The White House will project that this year’s federal deficit will hit $427 billion, a senior administration official said Tuesday, a record amount partly driven by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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China Finances 1/3 of US Deficit
Despite a good start to the year, when the private sector was a large net purchaser of dollar assets, central banks came to the rescue again. The People’s Bank of China has let it be known that China increased dollar reserves by $207bn (€159bn) in 2004, financing nearly a third of the US current account […]
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Never Met a Bill He Didn't Like
(except for Clinton) As Bush enters his second term, keep in mind that out of the 876 legislative bills that have come across his desk, all 876 of them were signed into law. In addition, he’s written 173 of his own laws in the form of executive orders. Of course, when it comes to U.N. […]
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Dept of Ed Paid Commentator 1/4 Million to Promote ‘No Child Left Behind'
Armstrong Williams, a nationally syndicated radio, print and television personality, was paid $240,000 by the Education Department to promote the No Child Left Behind Act. He agreed to the contract because he believes in the legislation. So um, Why do you have to be paid to promote something you already believe in? Williams contends: Even […]
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There's a Lot of Queens in George Tenet
I had no idea. At least he didn’t say A lot of queens had been in George Tenet. It beats Bush talking about his Man Date.
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Programmer Built Vote Rigging Prototype at Republican Tom Feeney's Request
In a sworn affidavit: The programmer claims that he designed and built a “vote rigging” software program at the behest of then Florida Congressman, now U.S. Congressman, Republican Tom Feeney of Florida’s 24th Congressional District. Clint Curtis, 46, claims that he built the software for Feeney in 2000 while working at a sofware design and […]
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Americans Traveling Abroad Pose as Canadians
An American T-shirt company has a solution for their fellow citizens who want to vacation in Europe without having to answer questions about U.S. politics – pose as Canadians. For $24.95, T-shirtKing.com offers the “Go Canadian” package, full of just the kind of things an American traveler needs to leave their country and its politics […]