GOP leaders, including Palin, McConnel and others have started the movement to rehab Bush and his administration. Paul Krugman shows us how the public should not and does not want those "good ole times" to return ( Read more... )

I got a laugh reading Tom Friedman's column in New York Times today:


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January 20 can not come soon enough. Feeling the end of their reign, Bush and co have started the deluge of clearly detrimental regulations, hoping to pass them all before Obama moves into the White House.

One of such regulations being prepared for enactment is the set of rules that "eliminate the input of federal wildlife scientists in some ( Read more... )

Today is a big day. Exactly 5 years ago, this Administration had taken our whole nation on an adventure that we call the Invasion of Iraq. Nevermind the lies, the deceptions and various other actions unbecoming of our government that led to the War, what have we achieved after 5 years of this bloody conflict?

Fred Kaplan, of the Slate, does a ( Read more... )

The word is out. Iran's military-grade nuclear program has been dormant since 2003, according to the NIE (National Intelligence Estimate).

The exact wording of this report leaves no doubt to its meaning:

We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons
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We assess with high confidence that ( Read more... )

In light of the latest developments in stem-cell research, a question needs to be asked what it does to the embryonic stem-cell research and the political issues twirling around it.

Why Science Can't Save the GOP

Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007 By MICHAEL KINSLEY

No one is happier than I am about the latest development in stem-cell research. Scientists ( Read more... )

This just proves that Bush is not practices what he preaches. He likes to lambast Democrats for overspending on social programs, yet, HE IS THE ONE BEHAVING LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE, when it comes to funding this criminal adventure in Iraq.

From Cost-Benefit Analysis of Iraq (by E.J. Dionne):

That's why a report on the staggering costs of our ( Read more... )

Keith Olbermann's special comment Monday night was as strong as his special comments usually.

All of it is now, after one revelation last week, transparently clear for what it is: the pathetic and desperate manipulation of the government, the refocusing of our entire nation, toward keeping this mock president and this unstable vice president ( Read more... )

I think the Administration has reached the new lows.

Today, Bush denounced, in his public comments, US House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee approved a resolution that labels the killings of Armenians in Turkey during World War I as "genocide.

Members of Bush's Administration immediately climbed all over themselves to express their ( Read more... )

Bush Says US 'Does Not Torture'

WASHINGTON - President Bush defended his administration's methods of detaining and questioning terrorism suspects on Friday, saying they are both successful and lawful ( Read more... )