Hurricane Corrina...hugging poor people...Iraq...mess...Cindy Sheehan...Rove in trouble...Brownie gone...poll numbers...Chertoff screwed up...mom sounding bad with poor people...Condi shopping for...
Can’t…fight…reality
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Author - John Christian Plummer
Chertoff and Brownie are not anomolies
Paul Krugman's column on Monday posited that FEMA was not the only government agency to be headed by political cronies of Bush and therefore dangerous in the extreme to American citizens. Krugman...
Brian Williams possessed by spirit of Edward R. Murrow
Brian Williams (Yes, BRIAN WILLIAMS! The NBC anchor!) is leading the charge against the FEMA/Bush led attempt to lock reporters out of New Orleans. From Brian's blog: It can be said absent slant...
You’re doin’ a heck of a job, Fitzie!
Reuters reports today that Patrick Fitzgerald may be close to wrapping up his investigation into who in the White House broke federal law in outing CIA agent Valerie Plame. Several lawyers involved...
FEMA gets $50 BILLION?!?!?!
Josh Marshall red flags the latest Bush/FEMA nexis of evil: This just seems amazingly misguided. And I don't understand why more is not being made of it. Fully $50 billion of those recovery and...
Oh, that chubby little Dick!
Cheney was flown down to a Republican neighborhood in Mississippi today for his photo op near damaged homes. And the Emperor Palpatine of the Bush team had this to say: “I think the progress we’re...
Video timeline on Katrina
Keith Olbermann has a video timeline that will curdle your blood. Courtesy of crooksandliars.com. I defy anyone to watch this and not want to retch when you see and hear those immortal words "And...
Scotty Mac tells the truth
Scott McClellan: "There are clear lines of authority and responsibility. ... Ultimately the president is in charge." Glad we've cleared that up! The Blame Game is over! The President in charge!
GOP investigates GOP
"An investigation of the Republican administration by a Republican-controlled Congress is like having a pitcher call his own balls and strikes," said Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic...
Oh, what a Rick
Rick Santorum, the #3 guy in the Senate, this past weekend, blaming the victims: "I mean, you have people who don't heed those warnings and then put people at risk as a result of not heeding those...
Oh, what a Dick
If you haven't seen the LIVE CNN footage Cesca posted of an off-camera citizen shouting "Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney, go fuck yourself!" at the most uncaring VP we've ever had, then go check it out...
Federal authorities authoritatively authorized less money than state and local officials aksed for
It's REALLY simple. Bush spent WAY less money than experts asked for to prevent hurricane destruction in the Gulf Coast. From today's Washington Post: Louisiana's politicians have requested much more...
Reports of her humanity have been greatly exaggerated
Barbara Bush is a spiteful, greedy, cruel woman who lacks basic compassion for any human being who is not in her socio-economic class. Is it any wonder Georgie is the way he is? Is it any wonder...
Brilliant.
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Bush: Making Americans less safe
Maureen Dowd gets it right, courtesy of truthout: The president won re-election because he said that the war in Iraq and the Homeland Security Department would make us safer. Hogwash. W's 2004...
Bush in freefall.
From the AP, via truthout.org: "It's going to be almost impossible to overcome the perception about the president that he didn't show compassion and didn't get control of the policy failures,"...
Katrina Timeline
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted a timeline of Katrina-related events. It is WELL worth a look. Pay special attention to these facts (yes, they are FACTS, George): Saturday, August 27:...
Spine growth II: Attack of the Senate Minority Leader
Go Harry Reid! From the NYT: In a letter to the Senate's Homeland Security Committee chairwoman, Reid, the Senate Democratic leader, pressed for a wide-ranging investigation and answers to several...
Spine growth!
Nancy Pelosi, from the NYT: At a news conference, Pelosi, D-Calif., said Bush's choice for head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency had ''absolutely no credentials.'' She related that she had...
The Blame Game: We have a winner!
That's "President" Bush on Sunday, in a video conference, getting an update on the size, power, and direction of Hurricane Katrina. It comes, of course, from the White House website. Here's the...