With Head Buried Firmly in Iraqi Sand
European negotiations with Iran over nuclear weapons will only succeed if “the United States joins in and throws its weight behind it,”
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Blind Justice or Secret Justice?
The Justice Department yet to reveal its evidence ? let alone the charges ? against Ali, but now the administration’s attorneys are trying to dismiss the lawsuit based on secret legal arguments: “The government contends that the legal theory by which it would defend its behavior should be immune from debate in court.”
Read moreThis Weeks Foot-In-Mouth Prize
Well, we have another weekly winner here for ?the most stupid attack on gay people.? Your Federal Government seems to be going for the record of most consecutive wins.
Read moreWhite 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 $1 billion from Iraq that a federal judge awarded them in 2003.
Read moreIs Porter Goss Off The Reservation?
The war in Iraq, still being sold by President Bush as an effort to “hunt down terrorists abroad, so we do not have to face them here at home,” has become a “potent recruiting tool for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups,” top U.S. national security officials said yesterday.
Read moreSaving The World Through Abstinence
Well, about the only program getting increased funding in the Bu$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 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.
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