Tag: politics

  • Countdown

    Today, Keith Olbermann of Countdown had a great little editorial piece about the way the Bush administration has handled the unfurling crisis in New Orleans. The full editorial can be viewed here. … But now, at least, it is has stopped getting exponentially worse in Mississippi and Alabama and New Orleans and Louisiana (the state,…

  • The “Good Old Boy” Network

    Loads of news stations are now reporting on the outstanding r{e'}sum{e'} of the current FEMA director, Michael Brown. His r{e'}sum{e'} is outstanding – if you're a fan of Arabian Horses. Seems that prior to joining FEMA, Michael Brown was a commisioner of the International Arabian Horse Association. For nine years. I'd say that makes him…

  • Take That, Supreme Court!

    From Philip, article here – Weare, New Hampshire (PRWEB) Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice Souter himself itself might allow it. A private developer is seeking to use this very law to build…

  • More Political Irony

    While reading the new George Carlin book I bought yesterday, I stumbled across this very fitting quote by Herman Goering: Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy,…

  • Irony of Politics

    As reported and seen on CNN this morning: Yep, no early recount allowed in Ohio as per a probably “non-activist” judge. Oh, wait, what's that breaking news item up there? Bush administration says the Ukrainian election was a sham? Funny, we didn't listen to anyone else in 2000 when they said that about our election.

  • woohoo

    Ashcroft Resigns!

  • Presidential Elections

    In light of all the great media-spin going on around the upcoming Presidential Elections, Trey had this great quote this morning: <@Trey> he's also the first president to ever call to congratulate the winner of an x-prize. i guess that proves that bush is more committed to space travel than any prior president.

  • Fahrenheit 9/11

    So, I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 a few weeks ago. A much better movie than I expected. Then I'm browsing CNN today, and I notice this article. It discusses that some theater chains in the midwest aren't going to carry the movie because they view it as “propoganda”. Fair enough, that's their right as theater owners,…

  • state of the union..

    So, am I the only who thought the mention of Steroid Use in Professional Sports was a wee bit out of place in the State of the Union address a few nights ago? I mean, I'm all for proper drug laws, and I think that should be a big pushing point for the President that…