My friend Sean (pdx42) has written a great piece on why the singular focus on George W Bush is misguided and possibly even harmful to our efforts to truly change things. A lot of these points have been going around in my own head for quite a while now but I have not been able to articulate them as well or as concisely as Sean has. For those who don't ( Read more... )

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...and listens very intently, I might add.

According to Daily Kos, Bush might have just cut his own throat. He says that his little domestic spying program is legal and yet, in 2004, he stated himself that wiretaps require a court order. And deadsexyjammy has just pointed out to me this interesting account of how the Bush Regime apparently tried very hard to ( Read more... )

Remember when Bush stood in New Orleans and gave that lovely uplifting speech about how we were going to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, how we were not going to let the city die? Yeah, remember that? Oh yeah and remember all the people who said New Orleans was in deep shit? Just like with Iraq, Bush made a lot of nice-sounding promises ( Read more... )

It seems as though Bush and his dwindling number of defenders are becoming increasingly desperate as their Iraq war lies are coming home to roost--to the point of throwing all logic out the window. The latest line of defense is that Democrats who had seen the same intelligence Bush had seen voted in favor of the war. This of course is circular ( Read more... )

The more I think about it, the more I can't see how the failure of the Miers nomination is good news. The fact that the Christian Right, a fanatical minority that does not represent the vast majority of Americans, now seems to have absolute veto power over a President's nominees is rather disturbing. I did not support Harriet Miers; however, I'm ( Read more... )

Anyone hear that? I believe its the sound of Bush's poll numbers still dropping.

According to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, Bush's legacy outlook has now hit a new low with a plurality now saying that Bush's presidency will be viewed as unsuccessful ( Read more... )

A Can't-Do Government ( Read more... )