The WMD Leapfrog Commission
It looks like Bush is going to back an "independent" probe into the "intelligence failure" surrounding Iraq's non-existent WMDs. This quote from Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) says it all, though: The panel,...
View ArticleAristide Muzzled; Imprisoned
While the story of the conviction of the homemaker-CEO everyone loves to hate is dominating the headlines, pushing out the no-jobs report, another story is being almost wholly ignored by the mainstream...
View ArticleRumsfeld has piece of 9/11 plane in his office
Rummy steals a piece of the murder weapon from a crime scene and fetishizes it...WASHINGTON (March 12) - The Justice Department investigation that criticized FBI agents for taking souvenirs from the...
View ArticleCoordination of the Spanish-Italian-American Rightwing
Immediately following the 3/11 bombings in Madrid, the ruling rightwing Popular Party in Spain lept to judgment: it was ETA. The conservatives had everything to gain from blaming the separatist...
View ArticlePresident to spend a month on the ranch
Lest we forget... We need to remind people over and over of where Bush was for a full month before the 9/11 attacks: ON VACATION.President Bush begins a monthlong vacation on his Texas ranch Saturday,...
View Article233 Days to Wreck a Nation
In her testimony before the 9/11 Commission last Thursday, Condi Rice relentlessly, unblinkingly used a particular talking point that the criminal cabal at the White House must have collectively...
View ArticleThe High Crime was on August 7, 2001
From tomorrow's Washington Post:CRAWFORD, Tex., April 10 -- President Bush was in an expansive mood on Aug. 7, 2001, when he ran into reporters while playing golf at the Ridgewood Country Club in Waco,...
View ArticleAshcroft lying about chartered jets?
Today in the hearing, Ashcroft testified that he used chartered government jets EXCLUSIVELY for official government business -- and continued to use commercial airlines for personal trips.How does he...
View ArticleKerry subject of Heresy charges
A Catholic canonical lawyer has filed heresy charges against John Kerry in the Boston Archdiocese. The charges accuse Kerry of "bringing most serious scandal" upon the Church because he receives Holy...
View ArticleKerry campaign plane repainted with Edwards logo
Uh oh, kids, looks like we have a match! From an aviation message board, of all places:John Kerry"s 757 was in hgr 4 pit tonight John Edwards vp decals were being put on engine cowlings and upper...
View Article1997 Doc Destruction - Connect Dots!
A once-forgotten scandal/conspiracy theory just gained a lot of credence tonight. Er...BIG TIME...http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1954806...
View ArticleFoxNews Hits Convention Crescendo
Unfortunately, the 2004 Democratic National Convention might go down in history as the first time that a party has allowed another party to broadcast its spin directly from the Convention in the guise...
View ArticleAn Incredible Primary for Democrats
It was an incredible primary.Howard Dean taught us to stand up and say, "We're mad as hell and we won't take it anymore!"Dick Gephardt gave expression to the frustration of working families, like no...
View ArticleA dkossack project: tracing the warnings
As someone pointed out in comments, the problem with the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is that the wolf actually shows up at the end of the story. So I am making no judgments about the current...
View ArticleBush: "Time to Sober Up, People"
I noticed the politics seeping through in each announcement from the Bush Campaign...er, Administration. Notice the theme both Ridge and Bush are using (do terror alerts need themes or do political...
View ArticleDoes your terror alert need a theme?
Have you noticed the politics seeping through in each announcement from the Bush Campaign...er, Administration? Notice the theme both Ridge and Bush are using (do terror alerts need themes or do...
View Articleidea for an anti-SBL ad
How about this for a hard-hitting anti-SBL ad: Same set as the original SBL ad. With cuts from one Vietnam veteran to another: Vet #1: "I didn't serve with George W. Bush." Vet #2: "I didn't serve...
View ArticleBob Dole's Self-Inflicted Wound
Well, well, well -- Bob Dole now claims he was essentially just "tweaking" Kerry about the wounds he received in Vietnam:Bob Dole, a prominent Republican and former presidential candidate, defended his...
View ArticleBob Perry listed as fundraiser co-host
Well, well, well...Are we surprised? Bob Perry - the bucks behind the Swift Boat Liars - is listed as a co-host for a fundraising party at the GOP convention:Houston home builder Bob Perry, a key...
View ArticleDC/VA/MD - Celebrate our Debate Victory and GOTV Party
Hey, Daily Kossacks of Virginia, Maryland, and DC! Come celebrate Kerry's arse-whuppin' of a failed President (just WHAT was the Supreme Court THINKING anyway?) -- AND raise money for America Coming...
View ArticleNew Meme: Bush does not want to be President anymore.
Let's face it. After the first 30 minutes of debate, Bush wanted to go home. He was tired, frustrated, angry. He gave it 30 minutes, then just gave up. He's not a fighter. Not even for his own...
View ArticleBeing President is hard -- it's HARD!
Those were the words uttered by Will Farrel in a parody of Bush early in his presidency. We've come full circle. In the debate, Bush used the word "hard" to describe his job, various tasks, and various...
View ArticleGOP proposes bill that would suspend ALL laws
This is probably the wrong time of day to post something like this. But it needs to get out there. Please recommend this diary to keep it on the front page. On January 26, 2005, Rep. Sensenbrenner...
View ArticleALERT: GOP Bill to Suspend Laws IS MOVING!
The House GOP Leadership is apparently moving to pass H.R. 418, "The REAL ID Act of 2005," in the House THIS WEEK. This is the bill that would give Homeland Security the power to suspend all laws! The...
View ArticleUPDATE: GOP Bill to Suspend Laws
H.R. 418, "The Real ID Act of 2005," the GOP bill that would give the Secretary of Homeland Security the authority to waive any and all laws he deemed necessary to expedite construction of border...
View ArticleBush Job Approval Rating: 65%
Yes, I'm afraid so. While everyone wastes money on these telephone surveys and internet polls and many good-hearted people receive false hopes from the results of surveys of "adults" or "likely...
View ArticleWhen Wingers Debate...
In central Virginia, in one of the more conservative sections of what is known as one of the most conservative congressional districts in the country, two very rightwingers are running for the...
View ArticleThe GOP Choice: Church vs. Wal-Mart
I nearly fell out of my seat after reading this one from DU. The GOP Governor of Texas had a bill signing (banning late-term abortions, banning same-sex marriage, etc.) at a huge rally in a church...
View ArticleNational Guard Pay on Hold
The Pentagon has enough money lying around to pay $30 million to Halliburton to build a new prison complex at Gitmo.But the Pentagon doesn't have enough money to pay for flak jackets, leaving marines...
View ArticleSenior White House Official: Plame Leak "Purely and simply for...
This is an oldie but a goodie. Back in September 2003, an unnamed senior administration official came forward to the Washington Post because "he or she" felt the Plame leak was "wrong and a huge...
View ArticleDid Gonzalez and Ashcroft Conspire to Obstruct Justice?
In all the focus on the minutia of the Plame leak, and with a possible Gonzalez Supreme Court nomination, I wanted to remind everyone of this Harkin moment in the Congressional Record (after the...
View ArticleDid Gonzalez Conspire to Obstruct Justice in Plame Investigation?
In all the focus on the minutia of the Plame leak, and with a possible Gonzalez Supreme Court nomination, I wanted to remind everyone of this Harkin moment in the Congressional Record.Could Alberto...
View ArticleSilver Spring, MD, candlelight vigil
At the corners of Spring Street and Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland -- all four corners of the intersection were covered. Perhaps 250 people in attendance. TONS of supportive honks from...
View ArticleKatrina knocks out grain shipments
On top of the refinery and pipeline issues, now this:Katrina's economic impact is being felt far from the Gulf Coast. Barge operators in Missouri and farmers in Iowa are worrying about how long the...
View ArticleCar-free households in New Orleans
I just went to a site that promotes riding a bike to work. It happens to have a compilation of 2000 data on car-free households.In 2000, over 27% of households in New Orleans DID NOT HAVE AN...
View ArticleTwo ways to censor the press
These words from Carl Jensen, the director of Project Censored, seem pretty prescient in light of the new outright repression of press coverage of the Katrina disaster. He is describing two forms of...
View ArticleOutrageous!!! - GOP taking from the poor to provide hurricane relief
Tomorrow the GOP is moving a bill "on suspension" through the House to provide $51.8 billion in hurricane relief. "On suspension" means there will be no opportunity to read the bill, no opportunity to...
View ArticleNYT (& many others) Call on Bush to Rescind Wage Rule Suspension
In a new editorial, the New York Times is calling on Bush to rescind his proclamation suspending the Davis-Bacon Act -- the law that requires federal contractors to pay prevailing wages. Bush's move...
View ArticleDonna Brazile: Shilling for the Prez
Americablog has a great entry on today's Washington Post column by Donna Brazile, wherein she embarrasses herself with praise for Bush's speech and a humiliating display of her aching desire to be a...
View ArticleDeLay Donor Files Bankruptcy (Beats Deadline)
This is the most ironic and hypocritical thing I've seen from the GOP in the last...er, uh...hour. It seems that one of DeLay's businessmen cronies -- who served as Treasurer of the Texans for a...
View ArticleRCN Responds to My NSA Inquiry
To keep everyone abreast of who is or isn't conspiring with the NSA to violate our privacy rights, I thought I'd post this reply from RCN Customer Service. RCN is my telephone company (both local and...
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