Broadcasting and Cable Newsletter has this editorial on a Knight Foundation report released last week found that three-quarters of American High School students had no idea what the First Amendment...
This from FOX News on George Bush's proposed federal budget for 2006 (notice the use of language): Bush designed the roughly $2.5 trillion spending plan for 2006 as a response to a string of record...
In an interesting and telling LA Times article, the right wingnuts admit that what they really want to do is dismantle Social Security. As in the quote from Grover Norquist, Bubble Boy confidant and...
This strange story via Atrios. From the Washington Post: Bush's fast-moving manner can make his listening skills appear suspect, Lahkani says. This point is bolstered during Bush's onstage...
Remember that odd bulge under Bush's suit during the debates? Here's an interesting and disturbing chronicle of how the press killed the story before the election and allowed the White House to...
CNN correspondent Kathleen Hays incorrectly claimed that Social Security benefits cannot be passed along to heirs. Wow! I'm no economics expert, but even I know this. And how do I know this? Because...
Step right up! Step right up! Watch Bush lie to the American public about Social Security! Watch before your very eyes as he makes up numbers and the entire program disappear! Watch as he sends...
Um...err... Good story to have on the same day Gonzalez is confirmed. Lt. Gen. James Mattis, who commanded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and is slated to be portrayed by star actor Harrison Ford in...
According to a report released today by the Special Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Iraq - the Coaliton Provisional Authority (AKA, the US) - cannot account for 9 billion dollars that it...
The private pension system in Chile, the same program Bush hails as a model to emulate in his War on Social Security, is forcing retirees into poverty because... IT DOESN'T WORK! From the NY Times:...
In what will surely prove a boon to truthful bloggers everywhere, George Bush, Jr.'s recent interview with the Washington Post continues to amaze. Certainly, as Plummer points out below, the...
According to MSNBC.com, a Washington Post interview with George Bush, revealed this little gem: President Bush said the public's decision to reelect him was a ratification of his approach toward Iraq...
In today's NY Times: Over the objections of many of its own employees, the Social Security Administration is gearing up for a major effort to publicize the financial problems of Social Security and...
A new USA Today poll released today shows that an overwhelming amount of Americans feel that torture during interrogations is wrong. And, many also felt that the Abu Ghraib torture scandal has hurt...
Far be it from me to criticize the FBI's attempt at updating a high tech computer software system they have been trying to install since 9/11. And I am sure there are alot of moving parts to worry...
In a statement today the White House played down the fact that voter turnout in the Iraqi elections might be on the low side. Turns out... it doesn't matter! "I would . . . really encourage people...
This, from Reuters: The U.S. force that scoured Iraq for weapons of mass destruction -- cited by President Bush as justification for war -- has abandoned its long and fruitless hunt, U.S. officials...
This headline from Newsweek: U.S. Considers Elite Hit-Squads for Iraq. Basically, the brain trust at the Pentagon is looking into training Iraqi nationals to assasinate heads of the "insurgency" or...
Despite attempted rosy interpretations of jobs and the economy, the US unemployment numbers are still incredibly high. As the NY Times points out, As of November, about 1.8 million, or one in five...
A powerful article about the families of the murdered civil rights activists who have waited for justice for 40 years ago. Read it here
