White House Versus War Heros
A group of American pilots who were beaten and abused by Saddam Hussein’s regime during the 1991 Persian Gulf War are now trying to collect the $1 billion from Iraq that a federal judge awarded them in 2003.
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Is Porter Goss Off The Reservation?
The war in Iraq, still being sold by President Bush as an effort to “hunt down terrorists abroad, so we do not have to face them here at home,” has become a “potent recruiting tool for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups,” top U.S. national security officials said yesterday.
Read moreSaving The World Through Abstinence
Well, about the only program getting increased funding in the Bu$h budget is abstinence only sex classes (leaving out the word “education” intentional there). It’s well known this doesn’t work, but hey, just like attacking queers, it makes the Christian Right feel good.
Read moreBattle For America
The battle for America is joined.
Read moreOh For The Days of The Communists
I sort of long for the days of the Evil Empire (as Regan put it). If the pols still had the commies to be attacking, they?d probably leave Spongebob, Tinky Winky, and all gay people to lead their lives in freedom and security.
Read moreA Little Late-But 1984 Finally Here
Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and 114 conservatives in the House of Representatives are pushing hard for a bill ? the REAL ID Act ? that would make it more difficult for people persecuted for their religious beliefs to receive asylum in the United States.
Read moreKeeping Up With The Dobson's
A couple of state legislatures are joining the bandwagon of the totally stupid. I think I need to come up with a name for the award. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Read moreWhoops-Haliburton Loses Nukes
Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Neil Sheehan receives this weeks award for the most obvious observation, when he explained that Halliburton’s four-month delay in reporting the loss of nuclear material “did not comply with notification requirements.”
Read moreNuclear Negligence
For a president who claims to be decisive, George Bush has shown an appalling lack of leadership when it comes to North Korea. This week, after four years of vacillation, indecision and hesitancy from the White House, North Korea announced it has nuclear weapons.
Read moreFlorida Repubs-Two Faced On So Much
For several years now, there has been a case on-going in Florida Courts and the state legislature that is, on its face, a case about the right to die and end-of-life decisions. However, it has occurred to me, this is a prime example of the Republican?s hypocrisy over marriage and a number of the moral issues of today.
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