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The White House Cabal
If you haven’t read this account of how the Bush administration works from an insider, read it. Now the question: can the damage be undone? Or have we reached a tipping point?
And It Goes On and On and On…
Sheesh. Does it ever end?
Anyone think this is a fine juxtaposition:
“Another slogan heard was “every Iranian is an atomic bomb”, alongside another proclaiming that “peaceful nuclear energy is our legitimate right”.
Americans Care When Democracy Is Undermined
Media Matters has an interesting story about how people not only in power, but in the media, have mistaken notions about the public’s interest and concern about the Fitzgerald investigation. Continue reading →
Avian Flu Now Just Across the Pond
What confuses me about this story is this:
Debby Reynolds, DEFRA’s chief veterinarian, said the parrot was likely infected with the virus while it was housed in the country’s quarantine system with birds from Taiwan. Tests conducted on the Taiwanese birds that had died were inconclusive, according to the department.
Mired in Miers
I wonder what Miers’ stance is on eminent domain when she has benefited so handsomely from government buy outs?
If It Says Libby on the Label You WILL Like It Like It Like It
Vengeful men in high places can truly undermine democracy.
More Eminent Chicanery
Now in the spotlight, the seaside town of Long Branch, New Jersey. Continue reading →
Wagging the Chicken – Avian Flu Pandemic Threat
Bush is talking about the threat. Seems a bit disingenuous to me since I have been reading about the dire threat of avian flu for a loooong time. Suddenly Bush is all up in that thing? In fact, just a short while ago, Republicans were suggesting cuts to the Centers for Disease Control in their Operation Offset to cover the costs of Katrina. And in their revisions, they haven’t removed it. Here is the line item: Continue reading →
Saving the Poor Wittle Ole Oil Companies
Disguising this new big oil-giveaway with the title “Gasoline for America’s Security Act of 2005″ is just another example of propaganda-style labeling to make something seem a whole lot better for the American people than it really is. Continue reading →
Eminent Chicanery
If you are not sure about recent aggressive eminent-domaining of private propery because you think, oh, well blighted areas are an eye sore and I really like nice shiny new developments…and you rejected the “domino theory” sometime in the 70s, consider this.
Basically – a local township wants to take one person’s property to develop it the exact same way, just using the developers they like.
Trickle-down cronyism?
Eminent domain abuse is just one more result of politicians run amuck.