Anyone who doubts that the Bush administration had a jones for going to war against Iraq, and then paved the way for that war with lie after lie should — well, first they should pull their heads out of their asses — but then they should read this from the McClatchy news team.
McClatchy (then Knight-Ridder) was [...]
Archive for May, 2008
It’s all spelled out right here…
Posted in Media, Politics on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
White House “puzzled” by new book
Posted in Media, Politics on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Through advanced reviews of the upcoming book by former White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan, we learn… well, we learn what we all have known for some time: That the White House manipulated the pliant and submissive mainstream media in the run up to the invasion of Iraq.
The way Bush managed the Iraq issue “almost [...]
How will he know he’s no longer president?
Posted in Politics on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Former prosecuter Vincent Bugliosi has a bone to pick with George Bush, here. Among the evidence Bugliosi produces in convicting Bush of being one of the most callous president’s in history is this remarkable statistic:
So the bottom line is that of a total of approximately 2,535 days as president, most of them during a time [...]
Un-balanced Reporting
Posted in Media on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hillary Clinton put her foot in it the other day when she referenced Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination in response to a question about why she was not conceding the Democratic nomination to Obama. Make of that what you will; however, her faux pas did lead to an amazing — but oh so revealing — comment from [...]
Must Reading…
Posted in Media on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Glenn Greenwald has another excellent post over on Salon.com. This blog entry is must reading if you want to understand political reporting in America in the 21st century.
Glad to be of service
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eric Alterman asked his blog readers for help with a new subtitle for the paperback edition of his book Why We Are Liberals. So far, my suggestion is tops. Cool.
Replay This!
Posted in Politics, Sports on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Sunday night, Carlos Delgado of the Mets hit a homerun. The home plate umpire over-ruled the the third base umpire’s call that the ball was fair, and instead of a homerun, the ball was just a long foul. Video clearly showed that the home plate umpire was wrong. Read about it here.
This, of course, [...]
The Ultimate Sacrifice
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In an interview yesterday, President Bush talked about the sacrifice he has made to honor the dead in the War on Terror:
“I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man’s life,” [Bush] said. “I was playing golf — I think I [...]
Hillary’s day is over
Posted in Politics on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I voted for Hillary Clinton in the Vermont primary, but I think it is time for her to pack it in. She has always seemed too eager to become president, but now she just seems desperate. Her support of the federal gas tax “holiday” is the perfect example. This is a stupid idea, a view [...]
The Pentagon’s Illegal Propaganda Machine…
Posted in Media, Politics on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
… you can read about it here, but you won’t learn anything about it from the networks or cable channels.
