Posted in Politics on Jul 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Well, maybe not, but this pissed me off no end.
BOSTON (Reuters) – War and politics are largely ignored by American teenagers, according to a Harvard University study released on Tuesday, which found that 60 percent of them pay little attention to daily news.
Researchers interviewed 1,800 people between January and March and found that 28 [...]
Posted in Politics on Nov 15th, 2006 No Comments »
Wonkette interviews a real live lobbyist.
Do these people just stay so freaking manic that they CAN’T contemplate how they are ruining the best government ever seen on the planet?
Maybe if we all bothered to vote, to start, and then voted for smart people rather than those with the best teeth/hair/campaign commercials there wouldn’t be as [...]
Posted in Politics on Oct 30th, 2006 No Comments »
Debra A. Reed voted with her boss on Wednesday at African-American Research Library and Cultural Center near Fort Lauderdale. Her vote went smoothly, but boss Gary Rudolf called her over to look at what was happening on his machine. He touched the screen for gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis, a Democrat, but the review screen repeatedly [...]
Posted in Politics on Nov 22nd, 2005 No Comments »
NATIONAL JOURNAL: Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel (11/22/05)
en days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein to the attacks and [...]
Posted in Politics on Sep 11th, 2005 No Comments »
FEMA isn’t accepting anything from anyone
Posted in General, Politics on Sep 8th, 2005 No Comments »
A harrowing first person account of what’s going on in New Orleans
[quote]…From a woman with a battery powered radio we learned that the media was talking about us. Up in full view on the freeway, every relief and news organizations saw us on their way into the City. Officials were being asked what they were [...]
Posted in General, Politics, Stupid links on Aug 16th, 2005 No Comments »
If this school doesn’t straighten you out, we’ll send you straight to the Army, and they’ll send you straight to whatever major quagmire is going on. Will it be North Korea? Iran? I guess wherever Commander Cuckoo Bananas wants to go next.”
Posted in Politics on Feb 1st, 2005 No Comments »
President Bush debates himself back when he was Governor, courtesy of the daily show.Bush vs. Bush
Posted in Politics on Jan 30th, 2005 No Comments »
I’m sure you have seen the tasteless and pointedly insensitive suicide bomber VW Polo ad. Well, apparently, now they are being sued for about it, it was all a big mistake.
Lee and Dan the advertising company in England who created the spot had this to say (emphasis mine):
“The ad got out accidentally and has [...]
Posted in Politics on Jan 12th, 2005 No Comments »
Molly Ivins at truthout sez:
I wouldn’t go calling anyone a liar, but as we say in our quaint Texas fashion, this administration is stuffed with people who are on a first-name basis with the bottom of the deck. They’ve been telling us only four out of the 18 provinces in Iraq will be too unsafe [...]