| Bush
is OK with requesting another $190 billion for his two wars but feels the
$35 billion expansion to the child health bill is unreasonable. 9-29 |
| Democrats
milk it for all it's worth 9-29 |
| Ex-mayor
Guliani (R-9/11) takes call from his wife while in the midst of giving a
speech because...wait for it...9/11 9-29 |
| State
Department official threatens subordinates with retaliation if they comply
with Congressional investigations. Subordinates blow the whistle. 9-29 |
| Ted
Stevens’ $84 million ‘ferry to nowhere.’: “Following on the heels
of Senator Ted Stevens’ failed ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ project is an $84
million ferry to allow 40 people to save a 2-hour plus drive. 9-29 |
| General
BE TRAY US ad has competition in Mpls where Sen. Coleman received a 50%
discount on attack ad on AL Franken 9-29 |
| Republican
Opponents Afraid To Attack Giuliani On 9/11 9-29 |
| 40%
of America has only known a Bush or Clinton in the White House. 9-29 |
| US
adds 70 miles of border fencing 9-29 |
| Spanish
Downing Street memo: US President George W. Bush threatened nations with
retaliation if they did not vote for a UN resolution backing the Iraq war.
Coalition of the willing indeed. Held Over |
| 7
reasons Democrats cannot end the war in Iraq 9-28 |
| Doolittle
and aides subpoenaed… again. 9-28 |
| Revealed:
Sen. Jim Bunning Put Secret Hold On Presidential Records Amendment 9-28 |
| And
the democratic Congress fails to stand up to the president on the war ...
again, Quietly
Approves Billions More for Iraq War 9-28 |
| Kucinich
to Force Impeachment Vote on the House Floor 9-28 |
| U.S.
Customs takes $59,000 from a man who saved it for 11 years at $5.50/hr
9-28 |
| Senate
advances SCHIP legislation. Bush busts out his veto crayon 9-28 |
| College
Cost Reduction Act Signed into Law! 9-28 |
| Craig
Back In The Senate: Votes Against Bill To Protect Homosexuals 9-28 |
| GOP
Favorites No-Shows At Black Voter Debate 9-28 |
| GOP
Snubbing Of PBS Debate Is Part Of A ‘Pattern’ Of ‘Disrespect’ for
‘Black And Brown Americans’ 9-28 |
| Ron
Paul raises $500,000 from his website in a few days. Big deal. We raised
60. Dollars 9-28 |
| Your
tax dollars at work: Navy to spend $600k to “camouflage” Coronado
barracks so that they will no longer look like a Nazi swastika on Google
earth. 9-28 |
| Rudy
Giuliani demands placement of NY Times Ad. Violation Time! 9-28 |
| Texas:
How your lawmakers vote 9-28 |
| A
federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against former Rep. Pete
Kott on charges of bribery, conspiracy and extortion. Jurors found him not
guilty on one count of wire fraud. 9-26 |
| Rep.
Henry Waxman says Rice interfered with inquiry into corruption in Iraq's
government and the activities of U.S. security firm Blackwater, issues
sternly worded letter. 9-26 |
| Petraeus's
casualty numbers were higher than the Pentagon's for the months preceding
the surge and lower in the months following. (7th paragraph.) 9-26 |
| Thousands
at Stanford Protest Adding Rumsfeld to Hoover Institution 9-26 |
| When
Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, the White House
inadvertently showed exactly how -- with a phonetic pronunciation guide on
the teleprompter to get him past hard words 9-26 |
| Yesterday,
Ron Paul announced that he planned to raise $500,000 online in one week.
He's already half way there 9-26 |
| A
South African scholar was barred from the United States because of his
criticism of U.S. policy in Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay prisoner camp,
ACLU Sues 9-26 |
| U.S.
sues Illinois over immigration law 9-26 |
| Hillary
has 23 point lead over Obama in New Hampshire 9-26 |
| Democratic
pollsters confirm that "very polarized image" of Hillary Clinton
could lose party the 2008 election if she's the candidate 9-26 |
| White
House backs down, withdraws CIA nominee. 9-26 |
| Giuliani
manages to blame 9/11 on why he no longer wants strict gun-control laws
9-26 |
| President
Bush has appointed John Hager (father of Henry Hager, who happens to be
Jenna’s fiance) to the delegation for the Special Olympics Summer Games
in Shanghai next month. 9-26 |
| Rep.
Yarmuth: Pres. Bush, “whose posteriors are we kicking and how do we
know?” 9-26 |
| Bush,
at the UN, announces new Myanmar sanctions 9-26 |
| How
to silence a Republican congresswoman in one easy step 9-26 |
| Mitt
Romney calls out Rudy Giuliani for his scripted spontaneity 9-26 |
| Pelosi
Receives People for the American Way's Spirit of Liberty Award 9-26 |
| Transport
Secretary Caught in Lobbying Effort Against California Clean Air 9-25 |
| The
worse-case scenario in corruption is when it endangers lives. The
worse-case scenario in public service is when the watchdog becomes the
suspected violator. Both of these allegations have been leveled against
State Department Inspector General Krongard. 9-25 |
| Krongard
is one of at least four IGs currently under investigation for “waste,
fraud and abuse.” 9-25 |
| Guess
which presidential candidate threw a fundraiser party and charged an entry
fee of $9.11 per person. 9-25 |
| Even
Bush's bootmaker 9-25 |
| Senate
Republicans to hire a former U.S. Attorney at more than $400 an hour to
investigate "Troopergate" days after 2 reports cleared the
Spitzer administration of any wrongdoing 9-25 |
| Sen
Hagel: The Republican Party has won two elections on the issue of fear and
terrorism, Its going to try again 9-25 |
| Homeland
security's second-in-command resigns, citing financial reasons. Same
reason Tony Snow gave. 9-25 |
| Anonymous
"Senior White House official" says Obama too
"intellectually lazy" to be president. In other news...
Anonymous "Senior White House official" has never met the
current President 9-25 |
| Clinton
Campaign Kills Negative GQ Story 9-25 |
| Today's
new bit of conservative hypocrisy from Michael Ledeen 9-25 |
| More
on Ledeen 9-25 |
| Admittedly,
it gets tiresome to hear "if this were a Democrat..." but in
this case, I think it's appropriate. 9-25 |
| All
you need to know about George H.W. Bush's pool boy: "If every
American had to pool-boy for these people for a day, you'd have a
revolution on your hands." 9-25 |
| One
possible reason Kucinich and Gravel are low in the polls? 9-25 |
| Democracy
Now! exclusive debate, former federal reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and
journalist Naomi Klein square off on the Iraq war, oil, President Bush tax
cuts, social security, economic populism in Latin America, corruption and
crony capitalism 9-25 |
| Cheney
considered a plan to allow Israel to conduct missile strikes against
Iran’s nuclear sites “in an effort to draw a military response from
Iran, which could in turn spark a U.S. offensive against targets in the
Islamic Republic” 9-24 |
| Sen.
David Vitter, R-La., earmarked $100,000 in a spending bill for a Louisiana
creationist group 9-24 |
| Hillary
Clinton says no more funds for open-ended wars 9-24 |
| Last
week, President Bush invited members of DC chapter of the right-wing
website FreeRepublic.com to the White House for a picnic. 9-24 |
| Mike
Gravel is probably the most honest Senator there is. He's also probably
the most fun at a party 9-24 |
| When
a corrupt Congressman calls out your anti-corruption organization by
name... you know you are doing a good job 9-24 |
| O’Hanlon’s
Conflict Of Interest Revealed On Fox News’ One-Hour Petraeus Special
9-24 |
| GOP
Presidential Candidates To Bush: Stay Away 9-24 |
| President
Bush lectures Democrats on fiscal responsibility. Make your own punch
line. 9-24 |
| Romney,
Advised By Blackwater’s Vice Chairman, Stays Silent On Blackwater
Shootings 9-23 |
| Disturbed
by recent 2% jump in approval ratings, Bush again announces that he's
going to veto bipartisan bill for children's' healthcare. 9-23 |
| Republicans
battling for the party’s nomination in a South Carolina State House
primary stooped to unbelievable lows 9-22 |
| Governor
of Alaska cancels infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" pork barrel
project. 9-22 |
| Fox
"News" and General Petraeus join forces to abandon all pretense
of objectivity 9-22 |
| Giuliani
proposes to pay for tax cuts with additional tax cuts. 9-22 |
| AP
reports Sen. Ted Stevens (R - Alaska) taped by FBI in corruption sting.
Screenshot of Fox News labeling him a Democrat forthcoming 9-21 |
| Federal
grand jury in Washington D.C. has issued a subpoena for the House payroll
records of former chief of staff to Tom DeLay (R-TX). 9-21 |
| Henry
Waman threatens to subpoena the U.S. State Department for documents and
the testimony of two of its officials as part of an investigation into
corruption in Iraq 9-21 |
| GOP
Senator Puts Secret Hold On Bill Restoring Public Access To Presidential
Records 9-21 |
| MoveOn.org's
ad in the New York Times is condemned by the senate. 9-21 |
| The
nation's biggest telecom companies have mounted a secretive lobbying
campaign to bribe Congress to quickly approve a measure wiping out all
private lawsuits against them for aiding and abetting Bush's illegal
warrantless surveillance. 9-21 |
| Norman
Hsu, one of the top fundraisers for big-name Democrats, was charged
Thursday with swindling at least $60 million from investors and using some
of his profits to make illegal donations to political campaigns. I'm
betting Edwards and Kucinich didn't get money from this guy. The POAC
doesn't endorse candidates, so I'm just sayin'... 9-21 |
| After
vetoing Democrats' bill to extend health coverage to children, Bush blames
Democrats for putting children at risk of losing their health care. 9-21 |
| Director
of National Intelligence Michael McConnell claimed that "Americans
are going to die because of the public debate on warrantless wiretapping.
9-21 |
| "...Giuliani
appears to be suggesting that it is unacceptable for a Senator to express
skepticism about anything said by a general in uniform. If he believes
that, he does not understand democracy." 9-21 |
| It's
said that over time Presidents '(especially two-termers) imbue the nation
with their personalities and priorities, for good or ill. If that's true,
it could help explain the small-minded mean-spiritedness that seems to be
pervading the behavior of the United States these days, both at home and
abroad. 9-21 |
| Bush:
"Mandela's dead. Because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas..."
or something. 9-21 |
| Cheney
wanted Mandela locked up as a terrorist 9-21 |
| "How
can we expect these no-show candidates to take on Osama Bin Laden and
other world leaders when they're afraid to show up and answer questions
from Phyllis Schlafly?" 9-21 |
| Newt
Gingrich: "I'll run if people give me $30 million. " 9-21 |
| POAC:
"I can keep the Project going for 4 more months if I can squeeze 5
grand outta you broke-arsed liberals" 9-21 |
| 4
GOP candidates' decision to skip black forum seen hurting party in '08
9-21 |
| Rugged
Texan George Bush "is afraid of horses" 9-21 |
| Bush
slams MoveOn.org, Democrats for Petraeus ad 9-21 |
| More
senators voted to condemn Moveon (72) than to make our troops safer (56)
9-21 |
| Senators
Who Forced Debate On MoveOn Ad Earlier Complained Of "Wasting Time On
Empty Resolutions" 9-21 |
| Rumsfeld
speech nixed after "too many people objected." 9-21 |
| The
Decider: "People Listen To Petraeus, Not To Me" 9-21 |
| U.S.
unveils new $5 bill 9-21 |
| McCain:
I Love Guns More Than Giuliani 9-21 |
| Florida
governor Charlie Crist: Potential savior and Republican Vice Presidential
candidate? 9-21 |
| Democratic
rivals query Clinton on health care 9-21 |
| Anti-war
protesters target Pelosi 9-21 |
| The
gay voter's guide to the GOP 9-21 |
| Bush
has mastered the art of setting low expectations and holds a press
conference to prove it. 9-20 |
| Condi
denied audience with Pope over war protests, previous snubbing of Vatican
envoy. 9-20 |
| Senate
bars bill to restore habeas corpus 9-20 |
| See
which of your Senators are voting against Habeus Corpus 9-20 |
| Republicans
block bill to allow more rest for Iraq combat tours 9-20 |
| Warner,
McCain To Propose Toothless, Watered-Down Version Of Webb Amendment 9-20 |
| The
U.S. government never did care about accounting for those Iraqi billions
and it doesn't care now. It cares only about ensuring that an accounting
does not occur. 9-20 |
| President
George W. Bush and U.S. Congress Register Record-Low Approval Ratings in
New Reuters/Zogby Poll 9-20 |
| Six
airmen from Minot AFB, where the B-52 was "accidentally" loaded
with nuclear weapons, have died within the past week 9-20 |
| Every
private entity that Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) favored with an earmark in
this year’s defense bill recently has given political money to the
lawmaker 9-20 |
| "We
Sound Like We Don't Want Black People To Vote For Us" If you vote for
us, we'll start letting your votes be counted. Ok, I added that last part.
9-20 |
| "We're
a nation that spends $5.5 billion in cancer research — that's two weeks
of the Iraq war. It shows the misguided priorities." 9-20 |
| Giuliani
wants Israel, Japan, Australia, India and Singapore admitted to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization. The NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty Organization. 9-20 |
| Mich.
U.S. House members scold federal agency for recommending more
environmentally friendly foreign autos 9-20 |
| Fred
Thompson is looking forward to participating in an ABC debate that was
cancelled weeks ago 9-20 |
| Watching
Bush bumble can be amusing when nobody is dying as a result 9-20 |
| Mayor
sends $40,000 bill to church for costs of policing a protest over the
church's harboring of an illegal alien 9-20 |
| Rep.
King: There Are ‘Too Many Mosques In This Country,’ We Should
‘Infiltrate’ Islam 9-20 |
| Fred
Thompson courts the anti-women fundie vote 9-20 |
| The
U.S. National Guard has been strained by multiple deployments to Iraq and
Afghanistan and faces equipment shortfalls totaling tens of billions of
dollars, the Guard's top general said on Wednesday. 9-20 |
| DOJ
official arrested for soliciting sex with a 5-year-old girl. 9-19 |
| U.S.
Spy Chief: 9/11 'Could Have Been Prevented' 9-19 |
| POAC
Chief: No sh*t, Sherlock (now with repaired links and improved format)
9-19 |
| Four
new Senate Republicans signaled Tuesday that they may vote for a
Democratic amendment aimed at giving U.S. troops in Iraq more time at home
between deployments 9-19 |
| Washington
Democratic Rep. Norm Dicks and 12 other members of the House have been
subpoenaed by lawyers for a defense contractor charged with bribing a
former congressman. 9-19 |
| Jim
Webb explains why we must Support the “Webb Amendment” and the Troops
9-19 |
| Kerry's
official statement regarding the student who got tasered 9-19 |
| Republican
Senators to Washington D.C.- "No, you cannot have representation with
taxation." 9-19 |
| Poll:
Voters Confident in Clinton's Decisions On Health Care 9-19 |
How
Stupid Does Bush Think We Are? Answer: Very
I mean, WTF? It was called a "surge" because it was supposed to
only last a few months. And it's ending not because it was a success, but
because there are no more troops to replace them. 9-19 |
| Fred
Thompson: "Let's drill in the Everglades." FL Gov. Charlie
Crist: "Let's not." 9-19 |
| American
public was unmoved on Iraq by the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus and
President Bush’s speech. Greg Sargent notes the percentage favoring
withdrawal actually went up. 9-19 |
| So,
bet you can't guess where the 2008 GOP Presidential Convention is, can
you? That's right, Minneapolis-St. Paul. Don't forget to show your
children the Sen. Larry Craig memorial bathroom stall and the collapsed,
"tax-cut bridge". 9-19 |
| Purported
Pro-Gay Rights Flyer From Mitt Romney’s 2002 Campaign Surfaces 9-19 |
| “For
Bush to declare 'war' on bin Laden and al-Qaeda was to exaggerate their
importance.” 9-19 |
| The
top Republican on the House oversight committee yesterday called for an
investigation into possible elections violations by the New York Times for
selling an advertisement to the liberal group MoveOn.org at a reduced
rate. 9-19 |
| Citizens
for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington put out its third annual
report on the most corrupt members of Congress 9-18 |
| Craig
returns to Senate following sex scandal 9-18 |
| ACLU
announces support for Larry Craig 9-18 |
| Thompson
Joins Giuliani, McCain And Romney In Snubbing Black Voter Debate 9-18 |
| Alan Keyes ups the crazy
quotient by entering the presidential field 9-18 |
| Mark
Foley is unlikely to be prosecuted. Now he can finally move on and turn a
new page 9-18 |
| Gates
labels proposed Senate exercise of checks and balances as
"dangerous". 9-18 |
| Greenspan
thinks tax cuts in the face of mounting deficits might not have been such
a great idea 9-18 |
| Gov.
Deval Patrick and Sen. John Kerry urged President Bush yesterday to drop a
threatened veto of expanded funding for a health insurance program
covering 6 million needy children in the country. 9-18 |
| Rudy
Giuliani blasts Hillary Clinton for MoveOn.Org's ad much in the way holds
Iraq responsible for the 9-11 attacks 9-18 |
| Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama told Wall Street investors Monday that
several of them have been too focused on their own gain at the expense of
struggling Americans 9-18 |
| Sen.
Chuck Hagel (R-NE): The GOP has been hijacked by incompetence 9-18 |
| Hillary
introduces her Universal Health Care Plan 9-18 |
| Prominent
legal scholar has been reinstated as dean of UC Irvine's law school after
being fired in the fear that a bunch of conservative crybabies would crap
themselves 9-18 |
| Reality and truth
really do have a liberal bias. Example: If a political party is royally
screwing up and harming the country, the news media wouldn't be allowed to
cover it. Doing so would label them as "biased". |
| Conservative
crashes mic at anti-war rally. Liberal organizers cut his mic, but liberal
protestors chant "Let him Speak" and a member of the Hip-Hop
Caucus urges protestors to listen to dissenting views. Take notes,
neo-cons 9-18 |
| Democratic
presidential candidates court activists at a steak fry. Nobody here calls
them steak "fries", but we do think grilling is barbequing. 9-18 |
| McCain
just flat out lying now 9-18 |
| Xenophobia
America: Banning foreign scholars because, as you don't know, ignorance is
strength 9-18 |
| Alan Greenspan
claims Iraq war was really for oil 9-17 |
| Defense Secretary Robert
Gates rejected Greenspan’s claim. 9-17
|
| Colin
Powell: 'Have you guys really thought through the aftermath [of Iraq]?'
That’s what we hadn’t done. That was the big mistake 9-17 |
| "I
believe that Iraq is going to go down in history as the greatest disaster
in American foreign policy. That means that I am acknowledging it is worse
than Vietnam." --Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright 9-17 |
| Over
100,000 marched against Iraq War on Saturday with only 189 arrested. About
13 blocks away, nearly 1,000 counterprotesters gathered near the
Washington Monument, frequently erupting in chants of "U-S-A"
and waving American flags. 9-17 |
| Officials
at OPEC say they have no idea why oil is so expensive right now, but they
don't like the high prices. Seriously, that's exactly what they said 9-17 |
| Sen.
Hagel on Real Time: Petraeus Dog and Pony Show “Dishonest, Hypocritical,
Dangerous and Irresponsible” 9-17 |
| John
McCain logic: By refusing to apologize for an ad they did not run, the
Dems are unfit for leadership. 9-17 |
| John
McCain tells South Carolinians that he's really a Baptist, despite
identifying himself as an Episcopalian for years 9-17 |
| Rudy
Giuliani shelled out $64,575 for a pro-Gen. David Petraeus ad in The New
York Times that reaped "tens of thousands of dollars" in online
donations 9-17 |
| For
the first time since the Civil War, the six New England states combined
now have only one Republican U.S. House member, Connecticut’s
Christopher Shays. 9-17 |
| Tourists
flock to Minneapolis airport men's room: The site of Sen. Larry Craig's
arrest has become a photo opportunity for travelers. 9-17 |
| Mike
Gravel wants an hour debate with Ron Paul 9-17 |
| Goodbye,
$10,000 hammer. Hello, $60,000 cotton candy 9-17 |
| Wesley
Clark endorses Hillary 9-17 |
| Bush
meets with ‘friendly circle’ of military bloggers. 9-17 |
| Montana
State Senator attacks fallen soldier over op-ed, claiming he and his
fellow soldiers weren’t intelligent enough to write it on their own 9-17 |
| Obama
Says No More Iraq Funding Without Deadlines 9-17 |
| An
anti-immigrant fence along Texas's Rio Grande will threaten wildlife as
well as separate families and wreck economies -- everything but stop
people who want to cross the border. 9-17 |
| Video
Compilation: ‘Loyal Bushies’ Throw Lavish Farewell Ceremony For
Alberto Gonzales 9-15
|
| Justice
Department paid $5 per meatball for employee event. Mamma mia, that's a
pricey meatball-uh! 9-15
|
| In
the latest sign of corruption problems for Republicans, an oil company
executive testified Friday that his employees worked for months to remodel
the Alaska home of Sen. Stevens. 9-15
|
|
Greenspan: Republicans deserved
to lose 9-15
|
| Defense,
Homeland Security can’t pass audits prone to waste, fraud 9-15
|
| That
ethics bill you remember breezing through the House in the first 100 hours
finally got signed into law today 9-15
|
| Crazy
old bastid McCain Calls for MoveOn.org to be "Thrown Out of the
Country" 9-15
|
| New
FEMA guy has experience as a loyal Republican, but no background as a
police or fire professional, or in emergency management or homeland
security. 9-15
|
| Bush
adviser: Humans caused climate change 9-15
|
| Cheney
again surrounds himself with soldier-props and links 9/11, Iraq war 9-15
|
| Finally
a news story about Condi where "Rice" and "Bean" can
be used not as part of a bad pun. 9-15
|
| 12:
Number of times President Bush referenced al Qaeda in his 18 minute Iraq
speech 9-15
|
| "Did
I say we'd be bringing the troops home? I meant combat troops. We're
replacing them with support troops." 9-15
|
| Gingrich
tells Republican presidential candidates they need a "clean
break" from Bush 9-15
|
| Grownups
are back in charge at the CIA 9-15
|
| Sen.
John Cornyn (R-TX) Is Praising President Bush’s Plan For Iraq, Earlier
Criticized Warner’s Same Proposal As ‘Curious’. Sen. James Inhofe
(R-OK), called Bush’s Iraq announcement “wise,” after criticizing
Warner’s plan as “irresponsible.” 9-15
|
| Snow
Snipes At CNN’s Malveaux: ‘Your Credibility Ratings Are Lower Than The
President’ 9-15
|
| President
Bush admits that troop withdrawals from Iraq are necessary on news that
they had to be reduced anyway because of the 15-month deployment limit and
12-month redeployment requirement. 9-14
|
| The House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee is poised to reexamine “the Jack Abramoff
lobbying scandal in coming weeks.” Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA)
“issued letters to a range of Abramoff associates seeking information
about his contacts with the White House.” 9-14 |
|
As House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi (D-CA) stated, “The Bush-Petraeus plan of 130,000 Americans in
Iraq for 10 more years is not a reduction in our footprint; it is an
insult to the intelligence of the American people to call that a new
direction.”
9-14 |
| Petraeus
Has ‘Expressed Long-Term Interest’ In Running For President 9-14 |
| John
Edwards purchases ad time on MSNBC after Presidential address, calls out
Dubya and Congress, Republicans and Democrats. 9-14 |
| Obama:
"George Bush and Dick Cheney must hear -- loud and clear -- from the
American people and the Congress: You don't have our support, and you
don't have our authorization for another war" 9-14 |
| Giuliani
demands a full-page ad in The New York Times with Moveon.org's 77 percent
discount 9-14 |
| Presidential
candidate Fred Thompson pulls an Alberto Gonzalez and decides not to
remember details on the Terry Schiavo case 9-14 |
| Pentagon
censors website audio of 9/11 mastermind 9-14 |
| LOST
CASH: $9 Billion U.S. Currency. No enquiry. 9-14 |
| Gov’t
Didn’t Act After E. Coli Outbreak 9-14 |
| CNN:
Mystery 9/11 aircraft was military 'doomsday plane' 9-14 |
| Abramoff
co-conspirator sentenced, gets slap on wrist 9-13 |
| Petraeus's
boss, Admiral William Fallon, chief of the Central Command, told Petraeus
that he considered him to be "an arse-kissing little
chickensh*t" 9-13 |
| A
Look At How Petraeus Helped Arm Warring Sunni and Shia Militias in Iraq
9-13 |
| Director
of National Intelligence Mike McConnell admits lying to the Senate about
using warrantless wiretaps to bust German terror plot. 9-13 |
| Bush's brother being paid with
money meant for federal education program. 9-13 |
| Bush to
announce he will resume staying the course following the surge. 9-13 |
| Why Wasn't
Petraeus Sworn In? 9-13 |
| McCain today,
on Iraq: "I think the next six months are going to be critical. We
are going to have to show enough success or we will be forced out."
Just like he said 8/2003, 9/2003, 12/2005, 11/2006, etc., etc 9-13 |
| Vitter
admitted relationship with call girl 5 years ago 9-13 |
| Hillary
adds Sandy Berger to her advisory team 9-13 |
| After
telling Christian voters he gained his values from "the good church
of Christ", Fred Thompson admits to reporters he hardly ever goes to
church 9-13 |
| Law
school dean fired for liberal ‘political views.’... a week after
hiring him 9-13 |
| Newt
Gingrich, who is smarter than any of us, just ask him, may soon decide to
run for president 9-13 |
| Senate
panel demands withdrawal of CIA nominee. 9-13 |
| California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) today “vetoed legislation that would have
allowed Californians to vote on an advisory measure calling for President
Bush to immediately withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.” 9-13 |
| FAA
official is the latest to swing through the revolving door and exit as a
lobbyist! 9-13 |
| President
Petraeus? General Confided White House Ambitions to Iraqi Official 9-13 |
| Combat
Vet Becomes Kucinich Campaign Manager 9-13 |
| Pelosi:
President's Policy is a Path to 10 More Years of War in Iraq 9-12 |
| Newsweek:
Internal Pentagon report contradicts Petraeus' testimony to Congress 9-12 |
| Summary of the
Petraeus and Crocker testimonies. 9-12 |
| Untangling
the latest scandal: GOP homosexuality, possible 3-way murder-suicide, wild
speculation, Florida, and a partridge in a pear tree. 9-12 |
| Oh
Oh Oh!!! Here's another: Head of the town's Republican party, naked women,
a secret file of photos, and something called "Boobie Bingo”. 9-12 |
| Hillary
Clinton and several Democratic lawmakers will be getting uncomfortably
cozy with moneyed interests who have stood to reap billions in post-9/11
homeland security spending 9-12 |
| Governor
Crist wants to hold off downgrading manatee's status from endangered to
threatened. 9-12 |
| Republican
front runner, Mayor Giuliani is not a front runner in New York City. 9-12 |
| Mitt
Romney says he didn't know a thing about a Web site attacking Fred
Thompson's personal life created and run by a guy who has advised his
campaign. 9-12 |
| Rep.
Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI) signs H. Res. 333 to impeach Cheney 9-12 |
| Lieberman
Decries ‘Terrible, Partisan, Political Sniping,’ Then Rocks Out With
Hannity, Coulter 9-12 |
| Former
governor Jeb Bush and his deal from the wrong side of the tracks 9-12 |
| "MoveOn.org
doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with Gen. Petraeus,”
said Pennsylvania Republican chairman, who shared his sentiments by
mentioning MoveOn.org and Gen. Petraeus in the same sentence 9-12 |
| Add
another interesting entry to the list of Fred Thompson's legal/lobbying
clientele: Libyan terrorists. 9-12 |
| Clinton
Campaign Cites Flawed Background Check: No Evidence of Fundraiser's
Lawsuits or Bankruptcy Turned Up in Records Search, Spokesman Says 9-12 |
| GAO:
Government unprepared for flu pandemic 9-12 |
| Reminder:
Turns out there is another Pentagon report on Iraq due out, and this one
the White House didn't write 9-11 |
| President
Bush will withdraw 30,000 troops by next summer - which takes the troops
back to their number before the surge 9-11 |
| One
of these two is lying: a prostitute or a Senator Vitter. Guess who passed
the polygraph test. 9-11 |
| PETRAEUS
HEARING: Gen. Petraeus’ Report to Congress [Full video] 9-11 |
| The
lieutenant governor and a territorial senator of American Samoa have been
arrested by the FBI and charged with fraud, bribery and obstruction in a
federal grand jury indictment 9-11 |
| Rep. Jim Walsh
(R-NY) is apparently set to reverse course and not only support the
withdrawal of U.S. troops but call for a stop to funding of the war. 9-11 |
| Clinton
To Return $850,000 Bundled By Hsu 9-11 |
| The
good news is that Romney is returning all of Alan B. Fabian's direct
donations. The obvious news is that Alan B. Fabian's direct donations are
only a tiny fraction of the bundled donations he sent him 9-11 |
| GOP
forgets that dems support free speech, calls on Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid to condemn moveon.org ad. 9-11 |
| Media
continue to tout Democrats' campaign finance issues, but not Republicans'
9-11 |
| Someone
burgled the local headquarters of former Massachusetts governor and
presidential aspirant Mitt Romney. 9-11 |
| Six
months ago, General Petraeus claimed that Anbar Province was already
showing signs of success. Now, he says no one could have foreseen Anbar's
success just six months ago, not even himself 9-11 |
| "The
Federal Communications Commission has failed the people and the democratic
system it is supposed to protect" 9-11 |
| Snopes
proves blogger who claims to have evidence of the government trying to
form a "North American Union" behind our backs is wrong. 9-11 |
| Cindy
Sheehan gets arrested outside Petraeus hearing 9-11 |
| Bin
Laden and President Bush pledge to work together to keep the profits
flowing to American companies and young jihadists flowing into al-Qaeda
training camps 9-11 |
| Rep.
Wexler: Gen. Petraeus testimony eerily similar to Westmoreland and Vietnam
9-11 |
| Disgraced
congressman John Doolittle (R-CA) refuses to resign even as his aides are
subpoenaed and of course he's running again in 2008 9-11 |
| Colin
Powell: Terrorists are Not the Greatest Threat to the Nation 9-11 |
| Powerful debunking of the
Petraeus Report by many national security luminaries 9-10 |
| Democrats
meet for Spanish debate 9-10 |
| Refresher:
Univisión's Republican debate was been called off after only one
contender agreed to participate. 8-31 |
| Bush's
"Surprise" Meeting With An Iraqi Thug 9-10 |
| Scientists
use brain scans to show that conservatives tend to crave order and
structure in their lives. Liberals, by contrast, show a higher tolerance
for ambiguity and complexity, and adapt more easily to unexpected
circumstances 9-10 |
| New
Car Battery Patent - Charge 5 minutes drive 500 miles! 9-10 |
| Bush's
top military and political advisers favor current war strategy, keeping
their jobs 9-10 |
| SWAT
team burns down a home, kills a dog, causes a major traffic accident, and
terrifies neighbors. But they got the 26-year-old who was wanted on a
misdemeanor warrant for failing to appear in court on a couple of traffic
citations 9-10 |
| House
passes sweeping revision of US patent laws 9-10 |
| Congressional
Democrats already are signaling the terms of their next surrender on Iraq
War funding 9-10 |
| The
United States is planning a new strategic command to take the global War
on Terror to the mineral rich Horn of Africa. 9-10 |
| Bin
Laden branded 'virtually impotent' by the guys who haven’t been able to
the guy for the last six years and seem to have an interest in taunting
him. 9-10 |
| The
U.S. is occupying Iraq and on its way to spending well over a trillion
dollars to prevent an organization led by someone who is "virtually
impotent" from launching attacks on America. 9-10 |
| Latest
Bin Laden Video Is a Forgery: All References to Current Events Are Made
During Video Freeze 9-10 |
| Remaining
supporters of the CA republican party appear to be in favor of partisan
extremism over a return to Reagan's "big tent" moderation 9-10 |
| Edwards
Says His Would-Be Cabinet Includes "More Than One" Republican
9-10 |
| Oprah
Raises $3 Million For Obama At Her Santa Barbara Home 9-10 |
| Last
month, the Pentagon pulled the plug on a plan to dispatch so-called
"freedom packages" to U.S. troops in Iraq that included Bibles,
proselytizing materials in English and Arabic, and an apocalyptic computer
game in which "soldiers for Christ" battle satanic "Global
Community Peacekeepers". 9-10 |
| Fred
Thompson stops in to visit the POAC hometown, too elitist to sample our
wonderful artery clogging diabetes inducing delicacies. Go back to
Hollywood, tofu boy. 9-10 |
| Rudy
Giuliani: "For me every day is an anniversary of September 11th"
9-10 |
| Rumsfeld
confirms crazy old man status: "Afghanistan is a big success"
9-10 |
| If
Norman Hsu had been content to write $2,000 checks to Democratic
politicians, he might still be living the good life in New York City
instead of looking at as many as three years in a California state prison.
9-10 |
| Senator
Larry Craig (R-NOT GAY!!!) to rescind his guilty plea. 9-10 |
| Colin
Powell, Jeb Bush to Speak at SEU 9-10 |
| US
House may investigate New Hampshire phone jamming scandal 9-9 |
| Rumsfeld
to teach world peace with Newt Gingrich at Stanford 9-9 |
| MSNBC
poll: what percent do you think would support impeaching the President?
9-9 |
| Bush
administration lied to Congress about warrantless wiretap program just
like they did regarding the evidence leading us to invade Iraq. 9-8 |
| Fred
Thompson endorses ignoring Bin laden, engaging in broader war 9-8 After
all, it is more profitable -ed. |
| Chuck
Hagel (R- will announce Monday that he is retiring from the U.S. Senate
and will not run for president next year 9-8
Which is nice, since he probably shouldn't have been there in
the first place. -ed |
| Justice
Department Says No To Net Neutrality 9-8 |
|
Even for
someone as gaffe-prone as U.S. President George W. Bush, he was in rare
form on Friday, confusing APEC with OPEC, transforming Australian troops
into Austrians, and confusing his arse with his hat 9-7 |
| Unable
to practice diplomacy with our own allies, Bush has testy exchange with
South Korean president and refuses to end the Korean War. 9-7 |
| Police
break up anti-war meeting in Washington 9-7
|
| A
high-ranking official in Gov. Blagojevich's office spent nearly two years
in a federal prison for refusing to aid a government terrorism probe into
a series of bombings in Chicago and New York City. 9-7 |
| Rep.
Mike Simpson (R-ID) lashed out at Senate Republican leaders yesterday over
their efforts to force S |
