If Wal-Mart decides it wants your home and your city fathers decide a big-box retailer on your property means more revenue and jobs than leaving you in what’s supposed to be your castle, start packing your bags. Thanks to the same Supreme Court that gave us all the perverse blessings of another Bush presidency, your [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2005’
Bush’s abcessed `brain’ spews
White House advisor and President Bush’s longtime political strategist Karl Rove delivered a speech to New York’s Conservative Party last night. Rove reportedly included this in his remarks: “Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments, and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers. Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 [...]
Cheney provides fresh evidence of ignorance
Quote: “I‘ve never been able to understand his (Howard Dean’s) appeal. Maybe his mother loved him, but . . . “
Story of protective lions not that surprising
Having lived with one cat or more all our life, we’re convinced they’re more intelligent and perceptive creatures than science gives them credit for being. Thus today’s story out of Ethiopia, remarkable as it is, doesn’t strike us as being at all incredible. ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten [...]
Durbin apologizes for harsh comments
In an emotional statement on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., apologized for remarks a week ago in which he likened mistreatment of U.S. terror war prisoners to what Nazis and Soviets had done in decades past. Durbin is quoted as saying, “”Some may believe that my remarks crossed the line. To them [...]
What does Frist think? Ask the White House, not him
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist better find a cure for his obvious case of Potomac fever. It’s becoming embarrassingly clear he’s not worth a damn when it comes to misleading and getting away with having done so. What’s more, he’s obviously a follower, not a leader. Both defects — fatal ones for a Republican president [...]
Another big setback for Bolton nomination
For the second time, Senate Democrats have blocked a vote on John Bolton’s nomination to become the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. The 54-38 vote fell six short of what was required. The sticking point is that Democrats have requested pertinent documents that could shed light on several of Bolton’s past actions. An Associated [...]
Red-state Republican wanders way off reservation
Quote: “Things aren’t getting better; they’re getting worse. . .”
It takes a party of no to know one
Since helping needy senior citizens and others afford prescription drugs with the least strain on taxpayers is the goal, it makes sense to let the federal government bargain with pharmaceutical companies for bulk purchases. Are our Republican administration and Republican-controlled Congress willing to do that? No. Stem cell research holds the possibility of providing cures [...]
Were WTC structures rigged to collapse?
Once in awhile we come across a story that leaves us shaking our head, completely at a loss as to its validity and/or implications. Here’s the lede of the latest one we’ve happened onto: A former chief economist in the Labor Department during President Bush’s first term now believes the official story about the collapse [...]
