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Connecting the Dots in American Politics
2007-10-14 00:00:00 Just in time for the '08 election cycle comes Politic alBase.com, a new website for all things political, both national and local: The idea of the site is to become a non-partisan politics and issues resource for people wanting to make... More About: Politics , American , American Politics , Dots
Catastrophic Failure in Iraq
2007-10-14 00:00:00 The commander of the US forces in Iraq from June 2003 to July 2004, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, gave an interview to Stars and Stripes yesterday, and just laid into the Bush Administration's handling of this nightmare in Iraq: "There... More About: Failure , Lure
Reporting While Black
2007-10-12 00:00:00 Here's an interesting article on what it's like to be black in crappy neighborhoods in Charlotte, NC: A tall white police officer got out of his car and ordered me toward him. Two other police officers, a white woman and... More About: Black
Ground Zero and the World Financial Center
2007-10-06 00:00:00 Although there is no "Architecture" section at Consilience Productions, the ongoing ramifications of 9/11 and the ripple effect that continues since that fateful day are profound. And until the area where the twin towers stood is fully developed, the scar... More About: World , Financial , Ground , The World , Center
Why do we vote on Tuesdays?
2007-10-02 00:00:00 Ever wonder why we vote on Tuesday? According to the website, WhyTuesday.org, We vote on Tuesday because of an 1845 federal law that was passed when 80% of Americans lived on farms. At the time it could often take a... More About: Vote
Republican Party in the Red
2007-09-28 00:00:00 Damn! In this country, money speaks volumes. The following is stunning: A crucial GOP fundraising committee is nearly broke, according to its latest monthly filing with the Federal Election Committee last week. The National Republic an Congressional Committee (NRCC) reported $1.6... More About: Party , Republican Party
Why can't the main stream press call a filibuster by its real name?
2007-09-21 00:00:00 What is wrong with main stream press? The Republicans are on schedule to filibuster THREE times more bills in this Congressional term than any other Congress - ever! And the press can't seem to cover this story. Except for McClatchy,... More About: Press , Main , Stream , Real , Call
September 11th: Is there another one coming?
2007-09-13 00:00:00 To mark the 6th anniversary of that horrible day in American history, many in the Bush administration cite the lack of a follow-up attack as a testament to the effectiveness of policies enacted since 2001. And yet the ex-Inspector General... More About: September 11th , September , Ming
Who Disbanded the Iraqi Army?
2007-09-10 00:00:00 Do not miss the documentary, "No End in Sight." It's a powerful indictment of the Bush administration's handling of the immediate aftermath of the invasion of Iraq where two major blunders were made. CPA orders #1 and #2 were issued... More About: Army , Iraqi
Slimed in The Green Zone
2007-09-03 00:00:00 This is the month where the Bush administration tries to convince us that the so-called "surge" in Iraq has been working and that the war should continue; that we should continue funding this disaster and sacrificing American and Iraqi lives;... More About: Green , Zone , The G
New site to check politcal facts - PolitiFact.com
2007-08-31 00:00:00 The estimable FactCheck .org just got a twin brother - Poli tiFact.com. Both sites set out to set the record straight - both Democrats and Republicans receive the microscope treatment. FactCheck.org, a project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center at The University... More About: Facts , Site , New Site
Big Brother is watching you (if you have brown skin)
2007-08-27 00:00:00 The government's terrorist screening data base is growing larger every year: The number of hits has surged since the second half of fiscal 2004, when the database was created. That year, the FBI reported 5,396 encounters, with some people having... More About: Skin , Big Brother , Brown , Watching , Brother
Bush: Executive power trumps Congressional oversite
2007-08-20 00:00:00 Given new guidelines by Congress for spying on foreign and American citizens, the executive branch still feels that its Article II powers under the Constitution trump any legislation that is written: Bush administration officials have already signaled that, in their... More About: Power , Executive
Foreign Policy beyond Iraq
2007-08-19 00:00:00 The world continues to change, with new foreign policy needs arising all the time. Are we unprepared to meet the new challenges? Russia is resuming a Soviet-era practice of sending its bomber aircraft on long-range flights, President Vladimir Putin has... More About: Iraq , Policy , Foreign Policy , Foreign , Poli
Did lower taxes kill those motorists traveling on the collapsed Minneapolis
2007-08-09 00:00:00 Interesting how it takes death to effect policy change? In the past two years, Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota twice vetoed legislation to raise the state's gas tax to pay for transportation needs. Now, with at least five people dead... More About: Taxes , Lower , Minneapolis , Kill , Traveling
The first George.
2007-08-03 00:00:00 Compared to what we have today, the first president of the United States, George Washington, seems like he was from another planet. The true character of Washington is beautifully crafted in Joseph Ellis' biography of the man, "His Excellency: George...
When will Gonzo go?
2007-07-27 00:00:00 How much longer do we have to endure the lies of our top law enforcement officer? The director of the F.B.I. offered testimony Thursday that sharply conflicted with Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales's sworn statements about a 2004 confrontation in... More About: Gonzo
Saudis' role in Iraq insurgency outlined
2007-07-16 00:00:00 Headline from the L.A. Times today: Sunni extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the foreign fighters in Iraq , many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says. Although Bush administration officials have frequently lashed out at Syria and Iran, accusing it... More About: Role , Insurgency , Outline , Urge
Former Surgeon General, Richard Carmona: "The Bush White House Controlled M
2007-07-13 00:00:00 Are we surprised by this? Accusations that the Bush administration is playing politics with science are nothing new. But Tuesday, those charges came from one of the administration's own appointees - former Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona. "The reality is... More About: House , White House , White
CNN vs. BBC: How the mainstream media in the US stokes our fears.
2007-07-02 00:00:00 From TalkingPointsMemo.com: I am in the last day of business meetings in Bangkok, and have been watching the media response with great interest. My hotel TV offers both CNN and BBC news coverage, and the difference between them is remarkable.... More About: Media , Fears , Mainstream Media , The U , Ears
Bloomberg for President...as an Independent?
2007-06-22 00:00:00 Republican Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloom berg , who has been flirting with the idea of an independent run for president, just changed his party registration to "blank," a spokesperson at the city Board of Elections said. Mayor Mike follows... More About: President , Independent , Epen
Difficult Democracy in Iraq
2007-06-15 00:00:00 If you want an idea of how difficult it's been to forge a working government in Iraq , read this article from the NY Times. It starts out: Iraq's political leaders have failed to reach agreements on nearly every law that... More About: Democracy , Diff
The U.S. torture policy equals Communist Russia's & Nazi Germany's
2007-06-13 00:00:00 Since Abu Ghraib came to light, it's been pretty obvious that the policy of the United States has become one that allows torturing suspected terrorists if it wants to. Do the The Geneva Conventions apply? Attorney General Alberto Gonzales called... More About: Policy , Nazi , Equals , Torture , Comm
The U.S. Military trains Iraqi policemen who then kill U.S. soldiers
2007-06-05 00:00:00 From the NY Times: A few weeks earlier, angered by the attacks on his soldiers, Colonel Frank ordered a video camera hidden near an abandoned swimming pool along a main road in Ameel, near a police checkpoint, where patrols had... More About: Military , Trains , Soldiers , Iraqi , Kill
Honest dialogue about the war.
2007-06-04 00:00:00 Paul Krugman wrote an editorial a week ago on the eve of Memorial Day, quoting President Bush: "In this place where valor sleeps, we are reminded why America has always gone to war reluctantly, because we know the costs of... More About: Honest , Nest , Dialog , Dialogue , Dial
Cheney's Staff Engaged in Insubordination Against President Bush
2007-05-27 00:00:00 From Steve Clemons: There is a race currently underway between different flanks of the administration to determine the future course of US-Iran policy. On one flank are the diplomats, and on the other is Vice President Cheney's team and acolytes... More About: Engaged , Bush , President Bush , Side
The British View on Iraq: "War-torn Iraq facing collapse"
2007-05-19 00:00:00 The British foreign policy think tank, Chatham House, has issued a new report that says, "the Iraq i government is now largely powerless and irrelevant in many parts of the country." It says there is "not one civil war, but many... More About: Collapse , Iraq War , View
Digitizing History
2007-05-02 00:00:00 As we leave the very beginnings of the digital age, the problem humanity faces of losing information stored in books (and other intellectual property) over the past centuries remains real and unsolved: To be sure, digitization efforts over the last... More About: History , Stor , Digi , Hist , Tory
The beginning of the end of the Electoral College?
2007-04-26 00:00:00 Imagine if your vote that you cast in your state gets counted in a "National" way, instead of just going towards your state's Elector al Coll ege ? As in 2000 when Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the electoral college... More About: Electoral College , Oral
The White House War Czar
More articles from this author:2007-04-20 00:00:00 The Bush White House has been looking for some sort of "War Czar" to "overlook" the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for a few weeks now, but have been turned down by three retired 4-star generals. Now we know why... More About: White House , War Czar 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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