Is Cheney Next?
February 22, 2007
As a federal jury deliberates the fate of Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, several watchers agree that if the jury decides Libby knew he was lying to investigators, it could spur investigators to explore further whether Cheney was involved in conspiring to obstruct justice.
Does the President Need to Be Commander-in-Chief?
February 20, 2007
In 1798, President John Adams delegated the office of Commander-in-Chief to another man – George Washington. Is this something President Bush should consider doing today?
US ‘Iran attack plans’ revealed
February 20, 2007
BBC: U.S. attack plans for Iran extend beyond nuclear sites and include most of the country’s military infrastructure. “Middle East analysts have recently voiced their fears of catastrophic consequences for any such US attack on Iran.”
What do we do if the global warming models are not pessimistic enough – if warming turns out worse than the IPCC and others predict? Arnold Kling offers a path forward for addressing the future and global warming.
Leopold and Ash | Libby Testimony Points Directly to Bush, Cheney
February 7, 2007
Libby Testimony Directly Links Bush, Cheney in TreasonGate. Remember, the Outing of Valerie Plame Compromised the National Security of the United States of America.
We all KNEW it was like this. Now it’s time to impeach ….for real.
Right Candidates, Wrong Question
February 7, 2007
“Even before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton threw their exploratory committees into the ring, every reporter seemed to be asking which candidate Americans were more ready for, a white woman or a black man. With all due respect to the journalistic dilemma of reporting two ‘firsts’ at the same time – two viable presidential candidates who aren’t the usual white faces over collars and ties,” writes Gloria Steinem. “I think this is a dumb and destructive question.”
Haggard Says He Is Cured of Homosexuality
February 6, 2007
The Rev. Ted Haggard emerged from three weeks of intensive counseling convinced he is “completely heterosexual” and told an oversight board that his sexual contact with men was limited to his accuser. In other words, because he only had sex with ONE guy (for three years….while totally fried on crank) he was never gay in the first place.
*rolls eyes*
Scientists paid to trash climate study
February 6, 2007
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Much attention at the end of last week on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report which predicted dire consequences of heat waves, cyclones, droughts and rising seas if the world failed to act quickly.
You can read reports on the panel’s findings here, here and here.
So then we get reports that the Exxon Mobil funded think tank the American Enterprise Institute was bribing scientists to say it isn’t so. The news report is from The Guardian.
On top of that, we also get have the news
of President Bush signing an order appointing an apparatchik flunkey
into every agency to ensure it toes the official line. Business groups
have welcomed the directive but environmentalists have attacked it,
saying it gives the White House too much control.
Global Warming and Population
February 2, 2007
It seems there has been a recent interest in associating climate change/global warming with “over population” and that countries such as China and India have to do more to help contain global warming.
IMPEACH! New York TImes: Bush Is Not Above the Law
February 1, 2007
The president has been convicted of violating the law, yet nothing is being done. Meanwhile, many suspect Bush
is planning to invade Iran, another obvious violation of the consitution. How can we get Congress to impeach an
administration (they can all be impeached) so patently dismissive of the people’s will?
