Krugman continues to deconstruct the house of cards that is the Bush Admin's argument for privitiz... erm... personalization: In other words, to believe in a privatization-friendly rate of return, you... [More]
February 1, 2005
THINK DAMNIT!
The point - the ENTIRE point - of an education is to push students to think. To challenge them to consider the world in new ways. Which makes this unbelievably... [More]
YOUR PRESIDENT
Not mine. No way: WASHINGTON -- While courageous American troops and Iraqi civilians risk life and limb for the right to vote in war-torn Iraq, President Bush has made the... [More]
February 2, 2005
D.O.A.
This is HUGE news. Huge. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat in the Senate on Tuesday predicted that President Bush's plan to revamp social security by diverting taxes into private... [More]
REDEFINING CYBERSEX
I have no idea what to make of this. No idea. --------... [More]
DEAN AND THE DNC
Fowler is out. That just might mean, yes... Dean is in. After decades of wandering aimlessly, maybe, just maybe.... the Democratic Party is going back to its roots. The guy... [More]
INCREASE THE PRESSURE!
The world is asking us to step up. Will we listen? EXETER, England -- Britain appealed to the United States on Tuesday to sign up to climate-saving cuts in greenhouse... [More]
THE REAL CRISIS
This is the real crisis. Anyone want to place bets as to whether or not we'll be discussing it this year? When President Bush delivers his State of the Union... [More]
SOTU
Nope. Not gonna blog it. I'm way behind in my readings, and frankly, I just don't have the time for it. Besides, we all already know what its going to... [More]
February 3, 2005
LIBERTY FOR ALL
Is it any wonder that when our president starts acting like this: City Commissioner Linda Coates says she was shocked to learn she and her husband were among more than... [More]
THE BIG LIE
Remember that part in the State of the Union where Bush said the following? And your account will provide money for retirement over and above the check you will receive... [More]
TRUTH SQUAD
The Kids over at American Prospect's Moving Ideas have put together an essential critique of Bush's State of the Union address. It's fact checking Internet style - in addition to... [More]
OUR GODLESS FATHERS
Wow. Looks like The Nation has put that fable to rest. I've seen it done in dissertation length before, but never so succinct as this. Wow. Here's just one of... [More]
February 4, 2005
A STAND ON PRINCIPLE
At the close of the debate on Alberto Gonzales nomination (and eventual confirmation) as U.S. Attorney General, HArry Reid, The leader of the Democratic Party in the US Senate, delivered... [More]
LET THE FACTS SPEAK
This is just too much. The National Review has an article today entitled "Is the Money Where W’s Mouth Is?" It's a critique of the chasm between Bush's promises about... [More]
February 7, 2005
SMILE!
No comment on this. I think it speaks for itself. "About 80 percent of Microsoft employees who have a portable music player have an iPod," said one source, a high-level... [More]
OUTRAGEOUS
As David over at DailyKos says, I'm all for balancing the budget. In fact I'm more for it than most in the GOP. But doing it this way is just... [More]
IMAGINE...
if someone did this to US prisoners during a war... WASHINGTON (AFP) - Unqualified US military medics stationed at Iraq 's Abu Ghraib prison carried out amputations, recycled used chest... [More]
PARALLELS
I'll say it again... I don't know enough about the inner workings of the DNC to know if Dean will make a good chair. No idea in fact. But what... [More]
TRUTH, NOT FICTION
The truth about Bush's new budget? First, there's the 150 domestic programs slated for termination or drastic cuts. You will not find one person in Washington today who actually believes... [More]
February 8, 2005
THE SUPERCOMPUTER OF CONSOLES
Wow. The day Sony starts taking orders for the PS3 I'm in. With this monster at its heart, I can't even imagine what Grand Theft Auto will look like! SAN... [More]
NOT MY PRESIDENT
Just in case you haven't seen this elsewhere on the blogosphere, today's explanation of the Social Security cris.. erm.. problem from our idiot in chief Q -- really understand how... [More]
HEAD FOR THE HILLS!
Way to start strong, George. Way to start strong! Here's a quick rundown of the day's top stories. I'll grab the headline and lead graf from each: Powerful Republicans Worry... [More]
DAMN SCIENTISTS
Via Daily Kos: Those much hearlded abstinence-only sex-ed programs that Bush so loves to push? Seems they're having quite an effect on kids in Texas. Amazing. New research shows that... [More]
February 9, 2005
NOT MY PRESIDENT
How ridiculously clueless do you have to be to say something this stupid: THE PRESIDENT: I remember when I turned 50, I used to think 50 was really old. Now... [More]
BRILLIANT DOCUMENTARY
Truthout.com is putting together a brilliant documentary called Red State Road Trip. So far it comes in 8 parts, each a few minutes long. And it's simply riveting. You want... [More]
ALL GANNON, ALL THE TIME
OK, so this story just gets weirder and weirder. In a post yesterday I mentioned the growing curiosity over a conservative reporter named Jeff Gannon. Over the past year or... [More]
TRUST THE FUND
Kevin Drum destroys the argument that the trust fund is just a meaningless accounting trick. Check this out: The trust fund consists of U.S. treasury bonds. These bonds have been... [More]
February 10, 2005
MORAL VALUES
Here they are, in action, once again When the man who described himself as "the Prince of Darkness" arrived at the Maryland Department of Human Resources two years ago and... [More]
THERE IS NO LAW
Or rather there won't be if this idiotic bill passes tomorrow. Buried inside a bill that, among other things, moves us well down the road to a national ID card,... [More]
February 11, 2005
52
That's the number of intelligence reports leaders of the F.A.A. received in the months PRIOR to 9/11 that mentioned Osama Bin Laden or Al Qaeda by name. 52. Over half... [More]
THERE IS NO LAW, PART II
More on that insane provision in the Immigration Bill that would quite literally put the Director of Homeland Security above the law. Number one: It's working its way through Congress... [More]
THERE IS A CRISIS
But it is not Social Security From The American Conservative (of all places): it is necessary to distinguish between a sudden proliferation of fascist tendencies and an imminent danger. There... [More]
February 12, 2005
IT'S OFFICIAL
Howard Dean is the new chair of the Democratic Party. ActBlue, an online clearinghouse designed to help support liberal candidates and causes, has started a "We've Got Howard's Back" campaign.... [More]
ORWELL WOULD BE PROUD
I'm speechless. Utterly speechless. The White House has quite literally started editing our national history. From the White House biography of James Madison: In Congress, he helped frame the Bill... [More]
February 14, 2005
SICK. VERY SICK.
Ugh. I feel like I've been hit by a truck. So.... no posts today. In the meantime, some headlines and highlights: After Bush Leaves Office, His Budget's Costs Balloon For... [More]
February 15, 2005
WHY IT MATTTERS
From Salon.com Whether news that Guckert was able to go from posting his gay male escort services online to being ushered into the White House under a phony name on... [More]
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
Apparently this is the Bush administration's new definition of that phrase: WASHINGTON — The latest chapter in the legal history of torture is being written by American pilots who were... [More]
February 17, 2005
YOU CAN RELAX NOW
The Vatican is on the case: ROME - Worried about the lure of the devil, a Vatican-linked university on Thursday debuted its latest course offering: a class on Satanism, black... [More]
MORE DEATH SQUADS
Fabulous. Looks like the man responsible for U.S.-backed Salvadoran death squads, and the man responsbile for suggesting U.S.-led Iraqi death squads, has just been nominated by our fearless leader as... [More]
GANNON-GATE
Yeah, I did it. I went there. Because this Jeff Gannon thing is not going to go away. Let's go for a round-up of the blogs and major media sources.... [More]
WHA HUH?
I suspect Fox News will be running these guys out of DC momentarily. After all, that's what happened when Kerry said something similar this past fall... The insurgency in Iraq... [More]
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
My religion - not yours. WASHINGTON - The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to block a New Mexico church from using hallucinogenic tea that the government contends... [More]
BRIT HUME MUST GO
IF Eason Jordan's misstatements about Iraq were worthy of a resignation, then so to are Brit Hume's deliberate misstatements about FDR and Social Security. Here's a summary, via Media Matters,... [More]
LEFT = TRUTH ??
From today's WaPo column by David Broder So he clung tightly to the most mainstream of positions, describing the Democratic Party as one that is "fiscally responsible [and] socially progressive."... [More]
YOU WORK FOR US, MR. SECRETARY
Sorry, but if our constitutional representatives aren't done asking you questions yet, you can't leave. That's just not how it works. Two dozen members of the House Armed Services Committee... [More]
February 18, 2005
WEIRDER AND WEIRDER
What to make of this? A news producer for a major network just told me that Gannon told the producer the US was going to attack Iraq four hours before... [More]
February 19, 2005
TRY AGAIN
Good god. Let's try this again: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The state House on Friday voted against affirming the separation of church and state in a resolution brought by a... [More]
WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD
What the hell planet has David Brooks been living on these past 4 years? But the White House is threatening to veto anything they do! President Bush, who hasn't vetoed... [More]
GROWING LEGS
The story grows... Last night, Anderson Cooper quite literally eviscerated Gannon/Guckert on CNN. (What I wouldn't pay to see Cooper interview our President like this!) If you don't have time... [More]
February 20, 2005
BUT DID HE INHALE
Mr. Bush's secret tapes have been unveiled, and check this out... He refused to answer reporters' questions about his past behavior, he said, even though it might cost him the... [More]
WHO IS AFRAID OF A LITTLE GRASS ROOTS?
From today's WaPo article about the rising power of grassroots and netroots in the Democratic Party under Dean: At a minimum, say party strategists, the shift will mean a more... [More]
February 21, 2005
IF ONLY THERE WERE MORE LIKE...
him. AUSTIN -- Comes now the plaintiff, surely one of the most unusual to get a case to the highest court in the land. He's homeless; he's destitute; and his... [More]
PLEASE. NO.
Please tell me that he is wrong. Please. Please?!? The former U.S. Weapons Inspector who took issue with the U.S. invasion of Iraq is now facing off with the Bush... [More]
EVEN BIG OIL SAYS "NO" TO ANWR. WILL BUSH LISTEN?
Apparently even the oil industry is uninterested in drilling in ANWR. But does the administration care? No, of course not. They want what they want, facts be damned. Once allied,... [More]
DUH
NH's Union Leader states the obvious OF ALL publications, it was The New York Times that last week most effectively illustrated the collapse of the so-called Republican revolution of 1994.... [More]
DEFINITIVE PROOF
Is global warming for real. Absolutely. A parcel of studies looking at the oceans and melting Arctic ice leave no room for doubt that it is getting warmer, people are... [More]
I'M CONFUSED!
For the last few days I've seen stories on various blogs and media sources about a new front in the GOP's war on Social Security. Apparently the guys behind the... [More]
February 22, 2005
A NATION OF IDIOTS
We get the government we deserve: More surprising perhaps are the large numbers (albeit not majorities) who believe the following claims not made by the president and which virtually no... [More]
I HATE WAL-MART
And this is an example of why: HELENA — Wal-Mart pays its workers such low wages that they qualify for state welfare benefits subsidized by Montana taxpayers, people told a... [More]
HITCH SAYS SO
Christopher Hitchens, nobody's definition of a liberal, has a fascinating take in the new Vanity Fair on the Ohio vote count mess from this past election. The conclusion? I am... [More]
February 23, 2005
GANNONGATE: IT'S WORSE THAN YOU THINK
So says Salon.com's Eric Boehlert White House press secretary Scott McClellan originally told reporters that Guckert was properly allowed into press briefings because he worked for an outlet that "published... [More]
February 25, 2005
OBAMA-RAMA
Great article on my man Obama in today's WaPo Some highlights: "Andy Warhol said we all get our 15 minutes of fame," says Barack Obama. "I've already had an hour... [More]
NAME THAT NATION
What country does this describe? While xxxxx travels around with a contingent of reporters... the xxxx press pool is a handpicked group of reporters, most of whom work for the... [More]
THE DEREK JETER CENTER
Looks like Boston's Fleet Center is getting a new name for a day: The Derek Jeter Center BOSTON - The arena is in downtown Boston, the heart of Red Sox... [More]
THE ANVIL
As Carville says, "when your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil." From Salon.com Still, Bush's second-term focus on money issues like Social Security, the tax... [More]
THE ANTI-DOGMA DOGMA
Or "why I am a liberal." For those of you looking for a good explanation of the critical difference between the world-view of liberals and conservatives, look no further. Jonathan... [More]
CHILLING
Via Kos, Newsweek has the goods on the CIA's system of hidden prisons and ghost detainees. Here's a highlight: While it battles for influence in Washington, the agency is also... [More]
February 26, 2005
DUCT TAPE
If I was cynical, I'd say.... now it all makes sense. O (MarketWatch) -- Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge will join the board of Home Depot Inc., replacing Roger... [More]
February 28, 2005
SCANDAL
Raw Story has a HUGE ONE today. Here's the headline: Exclusive: Social Security scam letters helped fund $134,000 in trips for GOP House leader Tom DeLay - Medicare scare letters... [More]
RULE OF LAW 1, BUSH ADMIN 0
Looks like Bush & Co. lost a big one today. A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Monday to either charge terrorism suspect Jose Padilla with a crime or release... [More]
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