Bush: "Good News about Katrina"
From remarks this morning:"The good news is -- and it's hard for some to see it now -- that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of Trent...
View ArticleBush: What didn't go right?
Rep. Nancy Pelosi D-California relates that she demanded Bush fire FEMA Chief Michael Brown. "He said 'Why would I do that?'" Pelosi said. "'I said because of all that went wrong, of all that didn't go...
View ArticleHired Buses Confiscated by Military
If this is true, it needs to be aired. I Googled for EMS and there was an EMS conference in town right before Katrina struck. From the EMSNetwork.org Paramedics attending a conference in NO report they...
View ArticleNATO Leaves Fighting to US in Afghanistan
International Herald Tribune"BERLIN France, Germany and Spain on Wednesday rejected a U.S. call for NATO to help American-led forces fight the insurgency in Afghanistan, insisting instead that the...
View ArticleArmy Can Recruit Those Without GED's
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1115623.php"Army recruiters now have a wider pool to find future soldiers in. The Army is reaching out to a slice of America's youth long ineligible to...
View ArticleBush: Iraq Pullout = Mistakes Leading to 9-11
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/23/politics/23diplo.html?ei=5094&en=013b9cacddbc00a1&hp=& ex=1127448000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print New York Times "WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -...
View ArticleFlora Bush, the Third Bush Twin is a Liberal Punk Rocker
http://www.florabush.com/video.html Thanks to Fafblog, unknown presidential daughter Flora Bush has her debut album, "The Child Left Behind". Hear great songs such as, "Get Out of Iraq (and my Room)"...
View ArticleIraq Contractors Profit on the Sweat of Asian Poor
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12675 If you are a contractor looking to get in on the reconstruction of Iraq, you are going to have to pay "$80,000 a year and often topping $100,000-- that...
View Article20,000 Troops in Afghanistan
The BBC reported on Bush's surprise visit to Afghanistan where he praised the new democracy. Note that it states that "The US has about 20,000 troops hunting al-Qaeda and Taleban fighters in...
View Articleclose to victory abroad, closer to concession at home.
Victor Davis Hanson obviously smokes the good stuff at NRO. Link:http://www.nationalreview.com/... Hanson takes conservative pundits such as George Will, Francis Fukuyama, and William F. Buckley to...
View ArticleOsama Bush Laden
Osama Bush Laden took out his checklist. His numbers were looking worse and worse every day, but soon, it wouldn't make any difference. Checklist: 1. Bring US economy to its knees by burying people in...
View ArticleWhy Didn't They Capture Al Zarqawi?
No tears for the demise of Al Zarqawi, but I have to wonder why US and Iraqi forces didn't try to capture him? If he is such a central figure in the insurgency, he would have infomation on hideouts,...
View ArticleGreg Palast: Bush Blocked Terror Funding Probe
Greg Palast points out that the outrage over the New York Times article on tracking money trails is a lot of baloney compared to some of the things the Bush administration has done that have harmed our...
View ArticleWas Abu Zubaydah an Al Qaeda Leader or Gopher?
Abu Zubaydah was wounded and rounded up in Afghanistan. He was cited as a high official in Al Qaeda and in Gerald Posner's book "Why America Slept", gave evidence of connections between the terrorist...
View ArticleAWOL Again
I was just listening to NPR and heard that the President had been appraised of the plot against the airways and was monitoring the situation from his ranch in Crawford. Since the British deemed the...
View ArticleBeing President is Hard Work
MSNBC: "President Bush is back in Washington today with a just-added 10:00 am press conference on his schedule. He also has an interesting itinerary of campaign-trail events tomorrow and Wednesday...
View ArticleIranian Exiles: Iran has Secret Nuclear Enrichment Sites
"According to the information obtained by the Iranian Resistance at least 15 P2 centrifuges have been assembled so far and are being tested", Mohammad Mohaddessin, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs...
View ArticleYou're Less Likely to Die in Iraq than at Home in the US
Glenn Reynolds seems to be saying things really aren't so bad as far as US military deaths go in Iraq. [HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TO DIE WHILE SERVING IN IRAQ? About half as likely as Americans back home,...
View ArticleSiegel: Genius is Pain
I know this has been commented on and this I risk a penalty for piling on at this point. But since he is exposed and need not hide behind a fictitious nom de plume anymore, I expect that we will be...
View ArticleAllowing Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Cities Initiative Shuttered
NPR reports the US and Russia are allowing the Nuclear Cities Initiative to expire. This is a program designed to secure Russian nuclear weapons and help nuclear scientists transition to other jobs....
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