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Letter to my Senator-Re:Terri Schiavo

I find it incredible that adults would sink this low and should be a good contrasting point for opposition Senators, perhaps refuse to participate, stage a walk out.  Demand this poor woman be treated...

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Political Rape of a US citizen

Sorry for the dramatic head line but lets be clear what is happening before our eyes. If rape is the forceful, unwilling and coercive use of a person's body for sexual gratification, then what is...

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A conservative asks an honest question

John Cole, conservative commentator/blogger who broke with his party over the Schiavo affair has been considering the state of the GOP and the conservative movement recently, to cries of "traitor" from...

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Jailhouse George Allen tries to defend Bolton from Ford charges

Just watched my Senator, George Allen of Virginia (or Jailhouse George as he is known), try to break the testimony of Carl Ford about the actions of John Bolton at the State Dept., during Ford's...

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Mr. "Dropped flight status" criticizes FDR about Yalta

It appears that W is now criticizing FDR over the Yalta Accord and its recognition of reality."... In the speech, Bush said the agreement in 1945 at Yalta among President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Soviet...

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"But I trusted in the competence of the Bush administration"

To All-"But I trusted in the competence of the Bush administration" Andrew Sullivan utters these words in his...

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Time to get serious or get out of Iraq

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8894375 "U.S. says Iraqis may fight rebels for years Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday that American forces would not...

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Plame/Rove is *the* test for this generation of MS reporters

To All- After the recent celebration of the reporting on Watergate we have seen, its appropriate that this  story breaks so soon afterwards.  Why? Because it will be the test of integrity and...

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Cut and Run in time for the MidTerms

While the former interim Prime Minister says Iraq is on the verge of civil war and 40 are killed by suicide bombers at recruiting stations; a British memo says Bush and Blair planning to cut troops by...

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No New Pardons

While it may be too soon to hope , it may not be too soon to plan responses if Rove, Libby and others of  BushCo are indicted for various crimes against the Nation, Man and God. Knowing the history of...

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A Yellow light about the Internet and the new political process.

Steve Gillard, in one of the "after action reports" on the Hackett campaign wrote this, "These are new tools and we're learning how to harness them each day. There isn't even a detailed essay on how to...

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War Presidents- Truman, LBJ and W

To All- I'm sure we are all struck by the attitude of the current President towards the War in Iraqi and those who are at the sharp point of the MidEast Policy spear. Whether its a good idea to meet...

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Smoking Gun -White House and New Orleans disaster

While President Bush and his Admin are making a habit of looking stunned at revelations concerning the disaster at New Orleans and surronding region....its another example of incompetence since the...

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Coulter threatens Supreme Court Justice

She calls it a "joke" but the conservative author/spokeswoman Anne Coulter has threatened the life of  Supreme Court Justice J.P. Stevens....

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Impeach Bush officials instead of Bush?

While many would like to see W gone, it may not be the best for the nation to go through another Presidential impeachment, and I'm not sure the votes would be there.  However, under Article 2, sec. 4...

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"Patriot" Act used against blogger-news site

An element of the "Patriot" Act has been used to target a blog that has made a habit of breaking leaks and is also critical of the Bush Admin. The target is the blog/news site, Capital Hill Blue.  yes,...

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American Theocracy-links to Philips' interviews

Kevin Philips (former Republican strategist) has written a new book that proves, through surveys and public statements, what has been apparent for 20 + years.  That the devil's bargain made by the GOP...

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Clinging to the skids as the last chopper lifts off?

The Washington Post has published this little gem-http://www.washingtonpost.com/... While W was playing The Shadow, ("who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men, W knows - by looking into their...

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"There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children ..."

"There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America." Otto von Bismarck I was reminded of this famous quote while considering the Bush Admin and the recent...

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Jailhouse George Allen's worst nightmare?

George Allen's social mentality formed in the 60's, a time when culture, and especially music, was a tool for breaking the barriers between class and race. Somehow he missed out and decided to chain...

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