Bush and Rove are Don Siegelman Times 100 (or more)

Josh has the embedded video and the scoop on the 60 minutes story Got your popcorn? If it’s too early for that, a cup of coffee will do. Last night 60 Minutes finally aired its segment on the Don Siegelman case, and here it is, in all its 9-minute glory Muckraker | Talking Points Memo | Today’s Must Read This Continue Reading

January 18, 2008: Bill Moyers talks with David Cay Johnston

BILL MOYERS: Are you agreeing with Ronald Reagan that government is not the solution; government is the problem? DAVID CAY JOHNSTON: Well, there are lots of problems with the government. I’ve spent my life exposing all sorts of problems with government. But government is fundamentally essential. Government is what creates for us civilization. We created this country so that we Continue Reading

Brits leave Basra, violence drops

The change can be summed up in 4 simple words: troops leave, violence drops As the deafening hubbub of propaganda drowns out every attempt to talk real policy change on Iraq, this simple descriptive formula–troops leave, violence drops–cuts through it all. How 4 Words From Basra Will Change Everything DUHHHH ,  Bush! DUHHH Cheney!  Of course,  they don’t really give Continue Reading