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The Boy Who Cried Weapons Of Mass Destruction
2007-12-05 13:05:00
They charge that liberals and the left are flip-floppers who change their views on an issue based on what's popular. Well, sometimes they do, but sometimes changing your views is warranted when it turns out you were wrong all along.Today we learned that Iran perhaps isn't as great a threat as the President had let us to believe. Are we supposed to be shocked? He insists they're still dangerous and still wants nukes, but his insinuations are just plain assumptions at this point. It is dangerous and counterproductive to make allegations based on assumptions. It destroys our credibility as a nation, not that we have any credibility anymore. We were wrong on Iraq, we were wrong on Iran. We are 0 and 2 in that region as of now.Only six weeks ago, this President was invoking World War III, all the while his administration, and perhaps even the President himself. knew there was no immediate risk from that country. Europe, Russia and China aren't excited at all about pressuring an impo...
More About: Bush , Destruction , George W , Bush administration

Bush: Iran Still Dangerous
2007-12-04 22:06:00
"Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous, Iran will be dangerous"-George W . Bush Replace Iran with President Bush and the statement still rings true.

OH-05: Are Republicans Worried?
2007-12-04 04:50:00
There's two special elections occurring next Tuesday. One is in the Ohio 5th District, vacant since it's Representative, Paul Gilmor, died in early September. The district leans Republican. It has been in Republican hands since 1939. President Bush won over 60% of the vote in this district.OH-05 is centered in Northwestern Ohio, including Fremont, Tiffin, Norwalk and Bowling Green, as well as the southern suburbs of Toledo.The Republican nominee is Bob Latta, an Ohio State Senator and the son of Del Latta, who held the seat for 30 years. The Democratic nominee is Robin Weirauch, who got 43% of the vote against Paul Gilmor last year. As of late, Republicans are pouring a lot of money into the special election campaign, raising flags that perhaps they believe Weirauch to be stronger than they think. An internal poll showed Latta 14 points up, but only at 50%. In response, Democrats appear to have poured a lot of their resources hoping to pull off an upset. Some insiders say the race...
More About: Elections

US Now Says No Nuke Program In Iran
2007-12-03 21:28:00
Seriously, can this governmet make up their damn minds.A US intelligence report now says the Iran ian government halted nuclear development in 2003 and has not restarted a nuclear weapons program, despite what the Bush administration has been telling us.The report concluded that Iran is at least three years away from developing the technology that could be used to enrich uranium and build a nuclear bomb.The Bush Administration is not backing down on it's assesment that Iran is the boogey man of the world. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley reiterated the administration's message that Iran's nuclear ambitions, which the NIE report says may not exist at all, is a serious risk.
More About: Nuke , Program

Venezuela Rejects Chavez's Reforms
2007-12-03 19:48:00
If there was any doubt in anyone's minds that Venezuela was a democracy with a bad leader, here's your proof.Chavez says he will respect the voice of the people. I have my doubts he'll go quietly in 2012, but the moral of the story is...Venezuela is a democracy and Chavez is a democractically elected leader, whether you like it or not.
More About: Hugo Chavez

Iowa Congressman Endorses Edwards
2007-12-03 17:10:00
As the Democratic Iowa Caucus turns into a three way dead heat between Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Barack Obama and former Senator John Edwards , the first endorsement came out today from Iowa's congressional delegation.Freshman Demcorat Bruce Braley, who represents Iowa's First District centered around Dubuque, Davenport and Waterloo, endorsed John Edwards.Braley says of Edwards;?Throughout this campaign, on issue after issue, John has proposed bold ideas to end the power of special interests in Washington and restore our government to the American people,? Braley said in a statement released by Edwards?s campaign. ?John is the only Democratic candidate who grew up in rural America, and he has the most specific, most progressive and most far-reaching ideas.?The rest of Iowa's delegation; two other Democratic House members, two Republican House members and Senators Tom Harkin, a Democrat, and Chuck Grassley, a Republican, have yet to endorse.Braley's endorsement comes as Mar...
More About: Iowa Caucus , Congressman

Music Memory Jar: December 3, 1984
2007-12-03 07:04:00
2,000 people were killed instantly and another 6,000 would later die from a chemical leak at a Union Carbide plant sends a toxic cloud of odorless gas through the town of Bhopal, India. Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke sees his governmet reelection by a narrow margin.British Telecomm, now known as BT, is privatized by Margaret Thatcher's conservative government.In New York City, a certain blogger was...eh, he was an 18 month old colicky baby who took a liking to the soothing sounds of Hall and Oates...especially their latest hit; "Out Of Touch"
More About: Music , Memory , December

Rove's Delusional Attempt To Shift Blame
2007-12-02 19:36:00
See, Karl Rove 's biggest problem is that he is no leader; when he's right, he wants to be praised like some God, when he's wrong, he wants someone else to take the blame. In his latest WTF moment, he blames Democrats in Congress for the Iraq war, trying to convince us that the President never wanted to go to the war in Iraq, but it was Tom Daschle and the Senate Democrats who pushed the President into the war.On Fox News Sunday, Rove kept to his story, even as Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) countered his argument with a quote by former Bush Press Secretary Ari Fleischer;"It was definitely the Bush administration that set it in motion and determined the timing, not the Congress. I think Karl in this instance just has his facts wrong."Rove disagrees and one wonders...does he really believe the crap he says?
More About: Iraq War , Shift , Blame

Rudy: GET AWAY FROM ME!
2007-12-01 06:19:00
Rudy Giuliani reminds us that as President, he will not answer questions about anything to a media that doesn't wish to paint him in a positive light.Yesterday, as media approached him to ask him questions on his controversial shifting of funds during his affair with his now wife, Rudy's henchmen got physical with the media.Seriously, if Rudy can't handle Newsweek, how is he going to handle North Korea? Oh right, blow them up while he hides in a bunker. Isn't that what Giulianis do?
More About: Rudy Giuliani , Rudy

Democrats To Pass Energy Legislation
2007-12-01 01:21:00
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has struck a deal with Michigan Democrats in a new energy bill that will increase fuel economy standards by 40% by 2020;Automakers would be required to meet an industrywide average of 35 miles per gallon for cars and light trucks, including SUVs, by 2020, the first increase by Congress in car fuel efficiency in 32 years.Republicans protested the bill because it did not include funding for domestic oil drilling and production. Pelosi stated she hoped the bill would push for alternative forms of energy and renweable energy.The bill is expected to pass the House and Senate and go to the President desk, and what he does is still in question.
More About: Energy , Big Oil

Happy Hour
2007-12-01 00:59:00
-So a Jew and a Black man walk into a restuarant...-This wouldn't have happened if they would've just called AT&T.-Pelosi and Murtha are having a little bit of a tiff-um, Bill O'Reilly, when we say illegal alien, that is not what we mean.-Condi Rice decided the Middle East was too daunting, so she was gonna start cleaning up a smaller mess...like Africa-At Christmas, little brats cry, scream, and pout until they get what they want.-To appease fiscal conservatives, the government has decided terrorism has been defeated.-The United States, the strongest, most powerful country on the planet, got double teamed by Israel and Venezuela in the same day.-We spent all this money with which I could've purchased a Hummer or an overpriced pair of jeans, so either die or get cured dammit!-The Republican who ousted Tom Daschle is not about to get involved in THIS mess.
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Hostage Situation At Hillary Clinton Campaign Office
2007-11-30 21:06:00
A hostage situation is unravelling at the headquarters of Senator Hillary Clinton 's campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire.MSNBC is reporting two hostages have been takenUPDATE: Hostage taker apparently wants to talk to the Senator, who is in Washington D.C. at the moment, not in New Hampshire
More About: Office , Campaign

Kerik Defends Giuliani
2007-11-30 07:54:00
Yeah, ok, that's going to help, because nobody is more believable than Bernard Kerik . I mean look at him, big halo over his head and everything.What's next? Is Lindsay Lohan going to defend Amy Winehouse' drinking problems?
More About: Rudy Giuliani , Giuliani

NJ-07: Whitman's Daughter to Run
2007-11-30 01:33:00
Kate Whitman, daughter of the only Republican to win a statewide election in New Jersey in 20 years; former Governor Christine Todd Whitman, announced that she will run for the New Jersey 7th Congressional District seat being vacated by Mike Ferguson.The district, which meanders around Northern New Jersey from Roselle, Cranford, Scotch Plains through Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, has a slight Republican tilt. Whitman, the mom, won it in both her gubernatorial races, but McGreevey and Corzine won it in the past two Governor's races.If Whitman gets the nod, she will face State Assemblywoman Linda Stender, who narrowly lost to Ferguson last year 49%-48%.
More About: Daughter

Rudy Scandal Keeps Getting Better`
2007-11-29 21:52:00
Apparently Judy Nathan used the NYPD as her personal taxi service.Keep it coming guys, this is getting pretty exciting.
More About: Rudy Giuliani , Scandal , Rudy , Canda

Rudy: It's Everyone Else's Fault
2007-11-29 20:13:00
Who won't Rudy Giuliani blame for his apparent cover up of his secret affairs with Judy Nathan in the Hamptons.He says it's the police department's fault for billing the security expenses to obscure city agencies. He blames the Democrats for a vast liberal conspiracy out to destroy him. Is this what we need, another President who can't take responsibility for his actions and just throws blame to everyone else?What's next, is he going to blame his kids for forcing him to go to Southampton to fool around with Judy? Anything's possible with Mr. 9/11.
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RFK Jr. Endorses Hillary
2007-11-29 17:58:00
Robert F. Kennedy Jr has endorsed the woman who holds the same Senate seat his father did four decades ago.Kennedy endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for President, saying she "has the strength and experience to bring the war in Iraq to an end and reverse the potentially devastating effects of global warming."Kennedy lauded Clinton's record as Senator and the way she won over New York ers since her controversial run for Senate seven years ago.
More About: Hillary Clinton

Former Rep. Henry Hyde Dies
2007-11-29 16:10:00
Henry Hyde , the former Republican Congressman who represented Chicago's western suburbs for over 30 years had died at 83.Born in Chicago, Hyde attended Duke University and Georgetown University. He received his law degree from Loyola University. Hyde served in the Navy during World War II, seeing combat in The Philippines. He was a Democrat until the 1950's when he supported Dwight Eisenhower. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives until 1974, when he was elected to Congress. A staunch pro-life politician, he vehemently opposed abortion rights. He served on the House Judiciary Committe since 1975 and chaired the committee from 1995-2001. Hyde is most famous for presiding over the Bill Clinton impeachment trials. Although rather conservative, he supported some gun control, including the Brady Bill and the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban. He also was skeptical of the Iraq war.Hyde retired from Congress in 2006. After the Mark Foley scandal broke, some Republicans suggested Spea...
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Mr. 9/11 Man's Terror Ties
2007-11-29 14:10:00
Rudy Giuliani will protect America and defend it from Islamic terrorism, unless, of course, he can make a buck, then Americans are on their own.
More About: Terror , Rudy Giuliani , War on Terrorism

GOP Debate Open Thread
2007-11-29 05:41:00
Mike Huckabee stood out like he was standing five feet higher and forward than the rest of the GOP candidates. He seemed less antagonistic than the rest of the religious right candidates. Duncan Hunter 's response that the military is a Judeo-Christian institution is just plain insulting to any non-Christian, non-Jewish, and/or liberal thinking soldier, plus I don't think that's what Colin Powell meant, but nice job hiding behind one of the few popular Republicans nowadays. I would normally say he should apologize, but there is too much calling for politicians to apologize. Politicians need to stand by their comments and people need to either not vote for them or deal with it. Mitt Romney's response to the question was even more stupid.The two candidates who stood out were Huckabee and McCain who seemed to reclaim his maverick streak when talking about torture and the fair tax.The one thing that surprised me was the audience's response to the retired gay general; the booing. It...
More About: Rudy Giuliani , Fred Thompson , Tom Tancredo , Open

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