"The Good Intentions Paving Company"
This term may have come from Saul Bellow -- who may have picked it up elsewhere...
No Ball Left Ungroped
I've had more than a few harsh words for former Sec of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in the past...
Our Nation-Building Right-Wing President
Oh, sorry -- did you think I was talking about George Bush. If so, you've got the wrong guy...
Should We Be In Afghanistan?
Run that one through the old "Powell Doctrine"...
Kathleen Parker Talks Turkey (In Kawasaki Glasses)
I'm with Parker on the problem and the solution...
Maybe It Really Was Just A Revenge Move
I've long suspected Bush Junior going after Saddam was just a revenge move on Bush Senior's behalf: "Weehaa, I'm in charge of the troops now...send 'em in!"
"The Iraq War Will Pay For Itself"!
That's what Wolfowitz said, anyway. So...has it started paying for itself?
The Lies Have It
Douglass K. Daniel writes for the AP that a study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that the Bush administration issued 935 false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks...
Al Qaeda Parties While Iraq Burns
We're just finding out about the nixed operation to capture or kill Al Qaeda’s No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri -- nixed by Donald Rumsfeld himself, that is, just as at least three other such operations ended up stillborn during the Clinton administration. The answer?...
Reed It And Weep
Reed It And Weep In case you haven't read about the neglect soldiers are experiencing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, here's the link to the Dana Priest/Ann Hull story showing what disgusting lip service is all the talk of...
Drawing A Smileyface On The War
I'm not a liberal. I'm not a dove. I think we should have flattened the mountains of Afghanistan after 9-11 to get Osama...
The Middle Wing
I don't have faith in the Democrats; I just find them, in general, too stupid and centerless to do as much damage as the Republicans.
A Republican Makes The Agenda
A Republican Makes The Agenda For the Democratic National Convention for 2008. Funny stuff: 7:00 P.M. Opening flag burning. 7:15 P.M. Pledge of allegiance to U.N. 7:30 P.M. Ted Kennedy proposes a toast 7:30 till 8:00 P.M. Nonreligious prayer and...
Rumsfeld Cuts And Runs
Rumsfeld Cuts And Runs Gregg just heard on TV that Rumsfeld is "stepping down." Yet, just an hour ago, Fox News was reporting "Rumsfeld Has No Plans to Step Down, Despite Democrat Gains." Guess his plans changed! Corporations remain in...
Three Terrible Mistakes
Three Terrible Mistakes In Iraq Of course, there are really four, with being there at all the main one. Slowly, even some of the president's dittoheads are beginning to admit that. As for the three terrible mistakes, Bob Woodward chronicles...
We Did It For Democracy!
Or...did we?
Better Late Than Never...I Guess
John Kerry snaps on his newfound balls and takes them for a test drive
The Kean Mutiny
The Kean Mutiny New Jersey state senator Thomas Kean, the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, is calling for Rumsfeld's head. David H. Chen writes for The New York Times: ...Mr. Kean said that he had become dissatisfied over the...
Finally, A Politician Who Sounds Awake
I dunno, I have to hear more about the guy, but I think I may have just found whom I'm voting for for president next time around.
The Virtual Presidency
