Archive for June, 2008

Repudiating Liberalism

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

Digby has an excellent post today that explains a lot about the behavior of the Democrats.  Following up on Glenn Greenwald's post, ‘The baseless, and failed, "move to the center" ... Read more..

Michael Meo: A Voice against Corporate America

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 5 Comments »

I've written previously how foolish it is to count on any of the candidates from the two major political parties to bring about any real change in this country, and, ... Read more..

Steny Hoyer: The Face of Defeat

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 2 Comments »

In one short statement, House Majority leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) summed up the reason why we can't count on the Democratic party to stand up for either the Constitution or ... Read more..

Congress Sues to Force Bolten and Miers Testimony

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

In a showdown between the Legislative and Executive branches, the House Judiciary committee is suing the Bush administration in an attempt to force the president's chief of staff Josh Bolten ... Read more..

The House Folds on FISA

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 3 Comments »

It's official, the deal has been struck and the hapless Democrats have caved in, for no discernible reason, on an update to FISA that gives Bush virtually everything he wanted, ... Read more..

Bush Considers Repealing Offshore Oil Drilling Ban

Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

In response to the astronomical price of gas that's on everyone's mind, Bush has started talking about repealing the ban on offshore drilling in places such as Florida, First, we should ... Read more..

Democrats Poised to Capitulate Over FISA

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

Proving once again how spineless the Democrats can be, a "compromise" is in the works that will give Bush virtually everything he wants regarding FISA including retroactive immunity for telecommunications ... Read more..

Tim Russert: Washington Insider

Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 9 Comments »

Much has been written about Russert since his untimely death yesterday and predictably most have praised him as a tough journalist unafraid to ask the hard questions.  Predictably I say, ... Read more..

Judicial Activism

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

In a landmark five to four decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the detainees of Guantanamo have the right to appeal in U.S. civilian courts, their indefinite detention.  The Bush ... Read more..

Washington Insiders

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

James Johnson resigned from Barak Obama's vice presidential search committee today reports The Washington Post in an article written by Jonathan Weisman.  Johnson, former chief executive of Fannie Mae, has ... Read more..

David Brooks: Blame the Victim

Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 1 Comment »

In classic conservative style, David Brooks, in his Washington Post column, laments the changes in this country over the last thirty or so years.  Not just the moral decadence for ... Read more..

Four Dollar Gas and Fuel Efficiency

Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

In Charles Krauthammer's latest Washington Post column, he tries to make the case that government mandated fuel efficiency standards (CAFE) are counter-productive and that the market performs the same function ... Read more..

Bush Knew Iraq Was No Threat

Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 2 Comments »

In a report that should surprise no one, the Senate Intelligence Committee is claiming that Bush and Cheney knew the intelligence did not support their assertions that Iraq was a ... Read more..

The Nomination Goes to Obama

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | No Comments »

Hillary Clinton is expected, any day now, to concede the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama.  Clinton was never my particular choice for president but then neither was Obama.  And while ... Read more..

Will Mukasey Do His Job?

Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Political Commentary | 1 Comment »

As I've written here previously, former Bush advisor Karl Rove has been issued a subpoena by the House Judiciary Committee.  They want to find out if Rove had any involvement ... Read more..