Blog for America The Bush-Cheney administration is a rarity in American history. It is simultaneously dishonest and incompetent. Yep.

Reading this speech is painful, since it reminds me of what kind of president we COULD have had, as opposed to the imposter we DO have. Bush is embarassingly inept. Blog for America Bush has stolen the symbolism and body language of religion and used it to disguise the most radical effort in American history to take what rightfully belongs Continue Reading

Blog for America The two most important blocks of this coalition are the economic royalists, those corporate leaders and high net worth families with vast fortunes at their disposal who are primarily interested in an economic agenda that eliminates as much of their own taxation as possible, and an agenda that removes regulatory obstacles and competition in the marketplace. They Continue Reading

Al Gore spoke to Georgetown U. Blog for America And while I have no doubt that his religious belief is genuine, and that it is an important motivation for many things that he does in life, as it is for me and for many of you, most of the President’s frequent departures from fact-based analysis have much more to do Continue Reading

I look forward to seeing this: CBSNews.com “The Daily Show” comedy anchor Jon Stewart rails against conventional news, in a 60 Minutes profile that helps explain his recent incident on CNN’s “Crossfire.” He talks to Steve Kroft, Sunday at 7 p.m. They have a video of a CBS MOrning show prviewing the 60 minutes piece – real video or Windows Continue Reading

Chilling account of the Project for a New American Centry, signed on to by several of the Bush administration’s core group of advisors. This is old news, but strikingly chilling asthe “first step” in their plans unfolds in Iraq (or what they had naively assumed would be the first step). t r u t h o u t – William Continue Reading

RollingStone.com: News – John Kerry A few minutes later, we were ushered up to Kerry’s suite, where the candidate was tucking into a huge lunch. Gone was the crisp blue suit. He’d changed into khakis and running shoes and had dropped the formal manner. By the door stood a battered guitar case. Through an open door, one could see a Continue Reading

I watched a bit of this on CSpan last night Pentagon official distorted intelligence, report says: printer friendly version Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee The 46-page report by Levin and the Democratic staff of the Armed Services Committee is the first to focus narrowly on the role played by Feith’s office. Continue Reading

At a funeral for the fallen Americans, Bartlett reads from the gospel “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the Children of God”. I thought, now there’s a verse I don’t believe Bush has ever quoted. Not “battle” oreineted enough. The opening episode showed Bartlett having the military response ready and waiting for a signal, but earnestly seeking Continue Reading

This opinion piece in Louisville’s Courier Journal by Marlow W. Cook, a Republican formerly of Louisville, who was Jefferson County judge from 1962-1968 and U.S. senator from Kentucky from 1968-1975 ‘Frightened to death’ of Bush I shall cast my vote for John Kerry come Nov 2. I have been, and will continue to be, a Republican. But when we as Continue Reading

Air America Place – The Al Franken Show Archives Then we enter the blogosphere, to talk to the author of the excellent TalkingPointsMemo.com, Joshua Micah Marshall. Marshall will bring us his latest discoveries from the outer reaches of the sphere. Recently Marshall has been at the forefront of the fight-back against Sinclair’s plans to air an hour long Swift Boat Continue Reading

An accurate assesment when it comes to power, and that there are LESSERof two evils– in this case…..MUCH MUCH less. Even something of a chance that Kerry (for me) will show some of his previously shown courage and “investigative” exposure of deception. The Gutless Pacifist Our concern “for the least of these” may be a compelling reason to support Augustus Continue Reading

The “Very” right wing Tampa Tribune said it cannot endorse Bush (they don’t like Kerry either, but that they reject Bush is noteworty) Why We Cannot Endorse President Bush For Re-Election: From The Tampa Tribune As stewards of the Tribune’s editorial voice, we find it unimaginable to not be lending our voice to the chorus of conservative-leaning newspapers endorsing the Continue Reading

Jon Stewart, Again in the Crossfire (washingtonpost.com) “Let me say something about Jon Stewart. I don’t think he’s funny. And I know he’s uninformed,” Novak said, peering meaningfully at the audience. “I think he’s funny,” said Carville. “I just think he’s a pompous ass.” Novak is not much of as judge of comedy, and Carville should talk (although I tend Continue Reading

Sobering and excellent: Informed Comment : 09/01/2004 – 09/30/2004 What would America look like if it were in Iraq’s current situation? The population of the US is over 11 times that of Iraq, so a lot of statistics would have to be multiplied by that number. Thus, violence killed 300 Iraqis last week, the equivalent proportionately of 3,300 Americans. What Continue Reading