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Nancy sent this in: > >Memo from the Office of the President: > > > >Date: September 14, 2001 > > > >TO: Albert Gore > > > >Dear Al, > >We found some more votes. You won. When do...
Guest wrote this on November 1, 2001
Okay, we'll keep that one. Normally I don't write letters to politicians -- my brief stint on the Hill convinced me that they are mostly useless -- but today's news got me so mad I had to write this: Dear...
M E-L wrote this on December 6, 2001
M_____ writes: This was sent to my college friend's third cousin's step sister-in-law's second grade teacher's wife, who wrote the White House asking about the 2nd Amendment aspect to Bush's anti-terrorism response. I won't even get into how it found...
Guest wrote this on December 10, 2001
Mike writes: Somehow, this reply from M_____'s college friend's third cousin's step sister-in-law's second grade teacher's wife, to the Presidential Assistant That Replies to Letters, about the 2nd Amendment and 9/11, found its way into my inbox. Thought I'd share...
M E-L wrote this on December 11, 2001
White House defends use of 'Pakis' WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has said that U.S. President George W. Bush meant no disrespect to the Pakistani people by referring to them as "Pakis." "The president has great respect for Pakistan,...
M E-L wrote this on January 9, 2002
A headline I never thought I'd see -- Bush is restoring food stamps to legal immigrants. This was one of the more regressive elements in the 1996 welfare law. Essentially, we said that if you emigrated here legally that was...
M E-L wrote this on January 10, 2002
It's official - according to Reuben Bolling things are back to normal. It's even OK to make fun of the President's mysterious incident. Does anybody know what kind of pretzel it was, by the way ? Was this a big...
Ennis wrote this on January 17, 2002
How to eat a Pretzel Thanks, Nancy!...
Guest wrote this on January 18, 2002
From public radio station KPCC in Pasadena: President Bush has a heart arrhythmia called sinus bradycardia that makes him more prone to fainting when he gags or chokes. It's why he passed out January 13 in the highly publicized pretzel...
M E-L wrote this on January 29, 2002
Did y'all catch the state of the onion? Kudos to W for pushing volunteerism (and good news for my dad and my aunt, both employed by the Nat'l Corp for Community Service) -- lets hope this goes farther than his...
M E-L wrote this on January 31, 2002
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M E-L wrote this on February 4, 2002
Rant Retraction. Well, part of it, anyway. Bush promises to live up to his promise to give New York $20b....
M E-L wrote this on February 7, 2002
"He just took the White House illegally. But I would shake his hand. It would be an interesting moment." -- Sandra Bernhard, sitting next to Liz & me at a Chelsea restaurant....
M E-L wrote this on February 8, 2002
From Der Speigel, we have Batman, Conan, Rambo, Terminator, and Xena. NB: Thanks, Sandra, for really making my day. I'll bet W has this up on his rec room wall already. Although maybe Cheney should have been the Invisible...
Guest wrote this on February 22, 2002
* Here's a vignette we're dying to see on the ABC broadcast of Sunday's Ford's Theatre Presidential Gala: When Stevie Wonder sat down at the keyboard center stage, President Bush in the front row got very excited. He smiled and...
Colin wrote this on March 7, 2002
Debbie sent this in from the History News Network: Evidence that history is richly ironic: Last Spring CLS Publishing -- a famously anti-Clinton organ ("The Clinton Atrocities," "Davidian Massacre," etc. etc.) -- sent out a flier advertising its latest publications....
M E-L wrote this on March 28, 2002
Ennis alerted us to this BBC article on a new set of War on Terror Action Figures, produced by Herobuilders.com. These pictures cry out to be captioned; submit yours in the comment box. I'll bet W has a set, don't...
M E-L wrote this on April 22, 2002
Okay, so, I have a general rule of trying not sending out depressing news clips (I try to keep things generally relevant and analysis-oriented). This is pretty creepy, but I think it's valuable to get a different perspective on the...
Colin wrote this on May 19, 2002
From today's IMDB news: "NOTE: In Friday's edition, we cited a quotation from The Weakest Link host Anne Robinson that appeared in that day's London Daily Mail: "I saw George Bush at a benefit concert actually waving at Stevie Wonder....
Ennis wrote this on May 20, 2002
Once W's "Waving at Stevie Wonder" story was, thankfully, debunked, it didn't take long for truth to catch up to fiction. Here is the original Der Spiegel article reporting on W's question to Brazillian President Cardoso: "Do you have blacks,...
Colin wrote this on June 1, 2002
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Ennis wrote this on June 26, 2002
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Ennis wrote this on July 5, 2002
I couldn't help noticing this item from a few days ago: [Re: Turbaned Sikhs in uniformed services like the police or military - there was just unveiled a monument to all the Sikh regiments in the British army from 1850...
Colin wrote this on July 7, 2002
From the probably somewhat partisan "Daily Enron": "At the time of the SEC investigation, Richard Breeden was SEC Commissioner. Breeden was appointed to his point by President George H. Bush. Then he was asked to investigate the boss's son. (Previously...
Colin wrote this on July 9, 2002
Raise the Double Standard W, on Tuesday, re: Harken: "All I can tell you is, is that in the corporate world sometimes things aren't exactly black and white when it comes to accounting procedures." W, yesterday, re: corporate responsibility: "We're...
M E-L wrote this on July 10, 2002
As promised, though in a comment to another post: CNNfn calls Bush on it. According to this article, some of the steps W wants to take would prevent actions he took himself while an active capitalist....
Ennis wrote this on July 11, 2002
From the Washington Post, in a fairly balanced article. I, as a leftist running dog, am posting only the negative parts of it: "A confidential Harken chronology, obtained by the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity, said that 16 days before...
Ennis wrote this on July 14, 2002
Here's what W. had to say about last week's press conference in which he "answered" questions about his well-timed Harken cash-out: "'That was actually fun,' Mr. Bartlett quoted the president as saying after the news conference. Mr. Bartlett asked Mr....
Colin wrote this on July 15, 2002
"Now watch this drive."
M E-L wrote this on August 20, 2002
From Tallahassee.com, the online partner of the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper: Question: Who actually received the most votes in Florida's 2000 presidential election? Answer: Al Gore. State election officials ultimately declared George W. Bush the winner by a margin of 537...
Colin wrote this on September 4, 2002
Given the potential costs of being wrong in this rapidly escalating situation, it is imperative that we be sure that the administration is sensibly committed and not irrationally overcommitted.
Guest wrote this on September 25, 2002
I'm a good New York Jew... I know from gefilte fish, bar mitzvahs, and getting good grades. But not a whole Gehenna of a lot about Christian fundamentalism. So I was a bit surprised when I did a little Google...
Elizabeth Lynn wrote this on September 25, 2002
I seem to remember an awful lot of crowing here, during our debates on civil liberties, that those of us who still thought the Constitution was a good idea were out of step with America. That the poll numbers showed...
M E-L wrote this on October 10, 2002
Paul Krugman, the New York Times columnist, is my new hero. In prose that is clear, passionate, and entertaining, he is documenting the disastrous policies and disingenuous (at best) tactics of the Bush administration. He speaks the truths that the...
Alex B wrote this on October 18, 2002
[Maker of the rifle that was used in the DC area sniper attacks] Bushmaster's principal owner and chairman, Richard Dyke, was the finance chairman of George W. Bush's campaign for the presidency in Maine in 1999. Mr. Dyke resigned as...
patrick wrote this on October 25, 2002
Hey kids! Don't have a costume yet? Try downloading one of these CEO Halloween Masks from Forbes! Above, L. Dennis Kozlowski, Former Tyco CEO! Spooooky! Also available: Bernard Ebbers, Ken Lay, Samuel Waksal, and Martha Stewart! And you want to...
M E-L wrote this on October 31, 2002
What part of massive deficits, increasing unemployment, and loss of privacy don't people understand?
Colin wrote this on November 6, 2002
Make your own Bush speech! His lips move and everything! Found on film fatale....
M E-L wrote this on November 15, 2002
Debbie emailed this to me, also found at kottke.org: Hu's on First By James Sherman (We take you now to the Oval Office.) George: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening? Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the...
M E-L wrote this on November 26, 2002
(I like their "evildoer" T-shirt.)...
Colin wrote this on December 21, 2002
Isn't taking care of rich, powerful Christian golf buddies just as valid as looking out for the impoverished, the voiceless, or the differently spiritual?
Colin wrote this on December 25, 2002
Seems Eliot Spitzer and others agree with me on the suspicious timing of controversial Bush administration press releases: _____________ Is the EPA Gutting Clean Air? The Environmental Protection Agency formally issued major changes to clean air rules for utilities, refineries...
Colin wrote this on January 2, 2003
Funny you should mention Trent Lott. It could be interesting to debate what was accomplished by his resignation from his leadership position (and before I get yelled at, I'm not saying nothing was accomplished - I'm just saying it would...
Jimpy wrote this on January 8, 2003
Don't like what President Bush has to say? Have him say something different. Or, in this case, have him emit a "long squeaky fart." Not for the mature....
Jimpy wrote this on January 13, 2003
...how we're going to pay for a war against Iraq and still cut taxes? That's easy! Let the Iraqis pay for it! And you're probably also wondering how Bush knows the economy is growing stronger every day? Simple! There are...
M E-L wrote this on January 13, 2003
The Senate Republicans are hopping mad that Bush has cut them out of the decision making on Iraq, a history of which is here. Meanwhile the DoD is using spam as a psyops tool against Iraq; hopefully they'll be more...
M E-L wrote this on January 14, 2003
Michael Kinsley says: W got into Yale based on a sort of affirmative action as well If our President had the slightest sense of irony, he might have paused to ask himself, "Wait a minute. How did I get into...
Ennis wrote this on January 31, 2003
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M E-L wrote this on February 28, 2003
We did. Iraq's Weapons Declaration underscores a tragic irony: The United States, the world's leading arms supplier, is taking the world to war to stop arms proliferation in the very country to which it shipped chemicals, biological seed stock and...
SF Liberal wrote this on March 2, 2003
Thanks, Nancy!...
M E-L wrote this on March 5, 2003
The Onion | Bush Offers Taxpayers Another $300 If We Go To War I agree. Those new iPods sure do look cool......
SF Liberal wrote this on March 7, 2003
Nothing in the events of the last six months has really changed my opinion about Iraq. Which you can read as either a failure on Team Bush's part to make the case for war, or just my own stubborn refusal to change my mind.
M E-L wrote this on March 16, 2003
A point-by-point dissection of Bush's speech over at WastedIrony.com...
M E-L wrote this on March 18, 2003
Who would make a better president: Bush or a box of Tic-Tacs?...
M E-L wrote this on March 18, 2003
A damning summary of all the things Bush has said at photo ops, contrasted with the reality of his 2004 budget proposals. A sobering read. But at least he doesn't lie about getting blowjobs. Courtesy of the House Appropriations Committee....
SF Liberal wrote this on March 27, 2003
Well, I was getting ready to write something long in response to M_____' question posed in this comment thread where it looks -- gasp! -- like there's an actual discussion taking place. I may faint. Anyway, he posed a question...
M E-L wrote this on April 2, 2003
I declare this the Last Ishbadiddle Discussion on the Morality, Legality, Political Efficacy, and Fashion Sense of Anti-War Protests.
M E-L wrote this on April 9, 2003
My favorite headline of the morning: "Dixie Chicks Pose Nude to Answer Critics." Entertainers have the best way of demonstrating their politics.I remember that, back when they were announcing their embarrassment about being from Texas (because it is the home...
Jimpy wrote this on April 24, 2003
That "you're either with us or against us" line just keeps resonating and resonating. Not that Molly Ivins is exactly The Economist when it comes to financial analysis, but here's yet another gift from The Dubyas to their mistress Big...
Colin wrote this on April 28, 2003
Last weekend, Bush said "With a robust package of at least five hundred and fifty billion dollars in across-the-board tax relief, we will help create more than a million new jobs by the end of 2004." As is pointed in...
patrick wrote this on May 7, 2003
Here's a video of Bush on 9/11 doing NOTHING for five minutes after finding out the US has been attacked. Sure is a far cry from Bush saying "If some tinhorn terrorist wants me, tell him to come and get...
SF Liberal wrote this on June 26, 2003
History may prove that the war with Iraq had positive consequences: the reshaping of the Middle East (into something perhaps more secure), the downfall (if not capture or death) of a cruel tyrant. Surely these are outcomes that are worth...
M E-L wrote this on July 18, 2003
Well, that's the NYCB/RNN poll question of the day. We've discussed this on the blog before, but in a quotable nutshell, here's my take: The precedent we compare Bush's statement shouldn't be Clinton's 11 words ("I did not have sexual...
M E-L wrote this on July 23, 2003
Here's how the Bush Administration will be thanking vets who return from Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere (as well as those who already did their service). Just passing this along, admittedly without spending the whole weekend fact-checking (hey, aren't we "over"...
Colin wrote this on July 26, 2003
Excerpts from a roundup of recent polling at Tompaine.com... Last week (July 21-17), Bush and the Republicans' ratings continued to slide across the board. Most notably, Democrats are now favored by 17 points over Republicans on the economy. That's up...
Colin wrote this on August 1, 2003
Reporters Vallette and Kretzmann comment on the recent Bush Executive Order re: legal protection for Iraqi oil resources in Common Dreams via MotherJones.com: "Anything that could go, and elsewhere has gone, awry with U.S. corporate oil operations will be immune...
Colin wrote this on August 8, 2003
"Today We Face Another Watergate Samuel Dash is professor of law and director of the Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure at Georgetown University Law Center. He served as chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee. Thirty years ago the...
Colin wrote this on August 12, 2003
Speaking of organizing and the web, the folks over at Not Geniuses have come up with something that's, frankly, genius. W has launched his campaign website, which includes a nifty Action Center that enables you to write letters to your...
M E-L wrote this on August 21, 2003
Well, I've just written my letter to the editor, as part of Flood the Zone Friday, and sent it off to a dozen or so papers using W's Action Center. It's not the greatest thing I've ever written, and I...
M E-L wrote this on August 22, 2003
"At the White House's direction, the Environmental Protection Agency gave New Yorkers misleading assurances that there was no health risk from the debris-laden air after the World Trade Center collapse, according to an internal inquiry." Can you feel the love?...
Colin wrote this on August 23, 2003
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M E-L wrote this on September 2, 2003
This is a bit of very disturbing flash animation that makes the point that Bush failed to respond in a timely fashion to the news of the hijackings and the first crash. It's an important point since the recent Showtime...
Ennis wrote this on September 11, 2003
So, this got a little out of hand. Mike, if it's too long, feel free to kill it. And all caveats submitted (as you'll see). But I wanted to share this adventure I just went on. I was just reading...
Colin wrote this on October 7, 2003
You know, every time I post something I find interesting, I find something even better ten minutes later. So, once again, I ask your apology for a double post. MoveOn.Org is a left-wing political action group that started up as...
Jimpy wrote this on October 9, 2003
Is Halliburton guilty of Iraqi gas gouging?: "According to a study released on Wednesday by Democratic Reps. Henry Waxman and John Dingell, each gallon of gas sold in Iraq has cost American taxpayers $1.59, and possibly as much as $1.70....
SF Liberal wrote this on October 16, 2003
Read itI spent the next several hours believing I was actually going to jail. I knew this nation's draconian drug laws, and worse yet, the jocular, simian photo of George W. Bush was hanging on the wall of the customs...
SF Liberal wrote this on October 29, 2003
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M E-L wrote this on November 11, 2003
The Happy Robot asked the first five, and Liz md H asked the next five, so herewith: 1. What makes you cringe? I recently saw a poster for the CBS show Joan of Arcadia, in which a teenaged girl gets...
M E-L wrote this on November 14, 2003
Well, how appropriate my first post on the new Ish will be an echo of an old post on the previous Ish: Justice Pickering is back in the news, and in a big way. "Justice Pickering?" you ask? Yes. Justice...
Jimpy wrote this on January 16, 2004
Franken Recaps the State of the Union
Colin wrote this on January 21, 2004
Remarks by the President to the Press Pool, Nothin' Fancy Cafe, Roswell, New Mexico. Just a note: this is on the official whitehouse.gov, not the satire site whitehouse.org....
M E-L wrote this on January 23, 2004
"I'm a war president."
Colin wrote this on February 9, 2004
For some reason, the GOP thinks that my wife is a Republican.
M E-L wrote this on February 18, 2004
Garry Trudeau is offering 10 grand to anyone who can prove GWB showed up for Guard duty in Alabama. Although there's a hitch, which kind of puts a damper on the glee of this project. Thanks to SF Liberal for...
M E-L wrote this on February 23, 2004
Gay marriage is going to be the Willie Horton of the 2004 election.
M E-L wrote this on February 25, 2004
The Wadministration would like you to now believe that their belief that Saddam Hussein possesed WMDs was based on faulty intelligence from the CIA. Read Soldier for the Truth, an interview with Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski, formerly of the Pentagon's...
M E-L wrote this on February 25, 2004
To manage the transition from the George W. Bush Administration to the...
George W. Bush Administration.
M E-L wrote this on March 3, 2004
See if you can guess which supporters were allowed by the Bush Campaign Filter and which were rejected!
M E-L wrote this on March 11, 2004
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M E-L wrote this on March 15, 2004
A few cool things from Eyebeam reBlog: The Zip Decoder Map The Bush - Kerry joint campaign blog The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes...
M E-L wrote this on March 15, 2004
Recently, we wondered how the proposed Constitutional marriage amendment would actually define gender. Apparently GWB has some of the same questions:Bush praises man in speech on women's rights U.S. President George W. Bush has marked International Women's Week by paying...
M E-L wrote this on March 15, 2004
Good government: Rep. Henry Waxman's searchable database of Bush, Cheney, Rice, Powell, and Rumsfeld's misleading statements on Iraq. Collect all 237! Bad Government: H.R. 3920, a bill introduced to shred the Constitution enable Congress to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Sponsored...
M E-L wrote this on March 17, 2004
First it was Paul O'Neill, former Treasury Secretary. Now it's Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism chief of the national-security staff. This is potentially much more damaging to the Wadministration, as Clarke alleges that Ashcroft, Wolfowitz, and Bush himself downplayed the Al...
M E-L wrote this on March 22, 2004
Bad Culture alerted us to this story: apparently David Letterman ran a clip of a kid yawning and looking at his watch during a Bush campaign speech. It's pretty damn funny, actually -- the kid's standing right next to W...
M E-L wrote this on April 1, 2004
Do You Have the Bush Leadership Stuff? Take the quiz and find out!...
M E-L wrote this on April 1, 2004
Geez, even Krugman is weighing in on Yawngate. Granted this doesn't rank up there with Plamegate, Energy Task Forcegate, or 9/11 Document Withholdingate -- and that's just from today's paper! I'm starting to feel scandal fatigue myself. So Jim good-naturedly...
M E-L wrote this on April 2, 2004
Both candidates this year are bonesmen. Should they quit? Will it make any difference?...
Ennis wrote this on April 5, 2004
* Saddam did have WMD plans says inspector * Bush and Blair made secret pact for Iraq war nine days after 9/11 * US soldiers in Iraq poisoned by radioactive weapons -- ours...
M E-L wrote this on April 5, 2004
"Pray that the President and his advisers will... not rely on their own understanding."
Colin wrote this on April 13, 2004
Via Wonkette....
M E-L wrote this on April 14, 2004
From Really not worth archiving: "I Thought It Was." I thought it was important For the United Nations Security Council That when it says something, It means something For the sake of security in the world. See, the war on...
M E-L wrote this on April 15, 2004
Recently, Salon magazine ran an article making the following claim: Bush, in fact, does not read his PDBs, but has them orally summarized every morning by CIA director George Tenet. President Clinton, by contrast, read them closely and alone, preventing...
Ennis wrote this on April 22, 2004
"Nous n'avons pas vote pour lui."
Colin wrote this on April 24, 2004
I had been wondering about Kerry's recent low profile. I figured it was deliberate, but building a whole strategy around rope-a-dope? As with Ali, that's either genius or lunacy. Anybody care to speculate on the conditions it would take to...
Ennis wrote this on April 25, 2004
Before Abu Ghraib: Pennsylvania... Arizona... Virginia... and "corrections experts say that some of the worst abuses have occurred in Texas, whose prisons were under a federal consent decree during much of the time President Bush was governor because of crowding and violence by guards against inmates."
Colin wrote this on May 8, 2004
"...in situations where there is a war - where the government is on a war footing - you have to trust the executive to make the kind of quintessential military judgments..."
Colin wrote this on May 9, 2004
Hot GOP on GOP Action. Via TVS....
M E-L wrote this on May 17, 2004
What did Shakespeare say about war in Iraq?...
M E-L wrote this on May 24, 2004
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M E-L wrote this on June 7, 2004
Osama bin Lotto!. Can you guess when they'll unwrap him? Via easy bake coven....
M E-L wrote this on July 16, 2004
Bush plagiarizes student paper! Three days after Bushs remarks, the Los Angeles Times reported that the White House found the comments in a Dartmouth undergraduate paper posted on the Internet and lifted them out of context. It shows they didnt...
M E-L wrote this on July 28, 2004
It's illegal to buy sex.
It's illegal to buy votes.
But a
clever bunch of liberals has come (ahem) up with the idea of bartering sex with liberals for conservative pledges not to vote for Bush.
Ennis wrote this on July 30, 2004
Now it's time for the Subservient President!...
M E-L wrote this on August 2, 2004
You may recall from our previous conversations on Tax Policy there was much discussion on Bush's tax cuts, the fairness and efficacy thereof, etc. One point that was argued over repeatedly was Bush's claim that his tax cut plan would...
M E-L wrote this on August 12, 2004
An experiment in non-shrill political persuasion.
Colin wrote this on September 6, 2004
Remix of W singing "Sunday Bloody Sunday." Via pesky'apostrophe...
M E-L wrote this on September 9, 2004
Are the Killian memos forged?
M E-L wrote this on September 10, 2004
His commercials might look like this. From Mad Magazine via DailyKos....
M E-L wrote this on September 10, 2004
In the first debate. Mean? Unfair? Hilarious? Accurate? Yes. Thanks DJCJ for the link....
M E-L wrote this on October 4, 2004
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M E-L wrote this on October 5, 2004
It's hard work! It's hard work!...
M E-L wrote this on October 6, 2004
Oh, and some profs from other business schools too. Open Letter to President....
M E-L wrote this on October 7, 2004
"Bush is my shepherd, I shall be in want...."...
M E-L wrote this on October 7, 2004
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M E-L wrote this on October 8, 2004
This guy ran the 2nd debate transcripts through Microsoft Word's autosummarizer. Here's how Word boiled down Kerry's statements to 100 words:The president says I've changed my mind. The first president in 72 years to lose jobs. Believed it in 1998...
M E-L wrote this on October 10, 2004
The CIA: "A powerful "old guard" faction in the Central Intelligence Agency has launched an unprecedented campaign to undermine the Bush administration with a battery of damaging leaks and briefings about Iraq." And the infinitely more powerful U.S. Commission on...
M E-L wrote this on October 11, 2004
You tell me. I don't know if this is what it puports to be or not. There are a lot of ways this could have been assembled after the fact. But he does seem to scratch, wiggle, or adjust something...
Colin wrote this on October 13, 2004
You exposed RatherGate by proving the CBS documents were fake -- nice work! But now the liberals have found a bunch more documents so our work is not done. Let's get to work proving that these are fake, too!...
M E-L wrote this on October 19, 2004
A couple days ago I was all gleeful because Kerry had won the endorsement of America's novelists and Joss Whedon. But Bush has countered with an international endorsement. Not content with being endorsed by the Al Qaeda group responsible for...
M E-L wrote this on October 20, 2004
A liberal makes a centrist case for Kerry
M E-L wrote this on November 1, 2004
Kerry Calls Bush to Concede Election...
M E-L wrote this on November 3, 2004
On, of all places, the Shooting Sportsman Bulletin Board I do not want to us to become much more like our fanatic enemies... You have a great chance to make strides in mending our nation's political wounds. You could start...
M E-L wrote this on November 7, 2004
Well, actually, Moscow, Idaho. The headline isn't nearly as good that way though. Anyhoo, you can buy a black protest bracelet that says "I Did Not Vote 4 Bush" for a buck. Be the first on your block! Thanks to...
M E-L wrote this on January 13, 2005
The Washington Times recently reported on the importance of faith to the President. It quotes him as saying: "I think people attack me because they are fearful that I will then say that you're not equally as patriotic if you're...
Ennis wrote this on January 15, 2005
David Brooks, Wayne’s Worst Export, in his editorial today declaring (by fiat) the End of Hypocrisy, includes this list of American Idealists: While many back home have lost faith, our troops fight because their efforts are aligned with the core...
M E-L wrote this on January 22, 2005
Why bother to buy a columnist when you can just plant one of your own?...
M E-L wrote this on February 3, 2005
Via Waxy....
M E-L wrote this on February 4, 2005
Update on the Jeff Gannon, or should we say "Jeff Gannon" story. Rep. Slaughter (D-NY) writes the president with some questions on the White House Briefing Room Scandal: Dear Mr. President: In light of the mounting evidence that your Administration...
M E-L wrote this on February 9, 2005
Thanks to all the tech-sweat that went into bringing us back our Ish. Allow me to get this mofo started once again with this effing fantastic piece of agitprop. I cannot overstate how awesome this is. MP3, 3.4MB, 128kpbs. Freedom,...
Colin wrote this on March 15, 2005
Watch on DNext. Found on Eschaton....
M E-L wrote this on April 13, 2005
I've been light on the political blogging recently, but a number of articles on the Crusaders have recently crossed my desk, so to speak. ("Crusaders" is the term I'm trying to inject into the political discourse to describe the Political...
M E-L wrote this on May 5, 2005
Global warming could lead to freezing Britain. I've been reading the series in the New Yorker on climate change, and this is not reassuring me any. Microphones to catch noisy neighbours. OK, so apart from the Orwellian tactic of putting...
M E-L wrote this on May 9, 2005
Is the Downing Street Memo finally getting some political traction? The president may have deliberately deceived the United States to get us into a war, Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said. Was the president of the United States a fool or a...
M E-L wrote this on June 17, 2005
In July 2002, Bush Illegally Shifted $700 Million to Begin War on Iraq Woodward said he found that the administration quietly shifted money around to pay for early preparations for war in Iraq, without the approval of Congress. He said...
M E-L wrote this on June 28, 2005
Patrick writes: "... and by 'involved' I mean anyone who is who is indicted, tries to hide behind executive privilege, exhaust all appeals to extend executive privilege to themselves, tried, convicted by a jury of their peers, exhausts the appeals...
patrick wrote this on July 20, 2005
Following up on our post of a couple of days ago, in which we quoted a Slate piece that mocked the Administration for "rebranding" the War on Terror. According to Media Matters, Bush has frequently criticized the phrase "War on...
M E-L wrote this on August 5, 2005
A new 50 state survey puts Bush's net approval ratings positive in 8 states; negative in 34 states; and within the margin of error in the remaining 8. (Just as a check, the Pollkatz data dump confirms that most current...
M E-L wrote this on August 17, 2005
I don't even know where to begin. The more I read about what is going on in the Gulf Coast, and specifically in New Orleans, the angrier I get. I simply cannot fathom how our rescue efforts could have gone...
M E-L wrote this on September 6, 2005
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that FEMA gathered firefighters from around the country, and put them to use handing out flyers. And posing for photo ops with President Bush. Via tpm A (partisan) Timeline of Katrina events. And finally, via...
M E-L wrote this on September 7, 2005
Chris G sent this one in: Portrait of a Bush Speechwriter...
M E-L wrote this on September 23, 2005
In Three Easy Pictures...
M E-L wrote this on December 5, 2005
Iraqi Invasion: A Text Misadventure. Via Waxy....
M E-L wrote this on January 17, 2006
The single word most frequently associated with George W. Bush today is "incompetent," and close behind are two other increasingly mentioned descriptors: "idiot" and "liar." All three are mentioned far more often today than a year ago. And yes,...
M E-L wrote this on March 16, 2006
TWO Weeks In Big Ink! Handed in the better part of 50 pages of drafts last week, so I didn't update here. Sorry. I'm sure you were devastated. But you did miss some fun, to wit: Bill O'Reilly, attack dog;...
Colin wrote this on March 27, 2006
Same As the Old Boss By John Dickerson Despite weeks of anonymous leaks in the papers about a big shake-up in the White House, and some hints from Bush himself, the president has shaken up very little. He has once...
M E-L wrote this on March 29, 2006
McClellan is out. Can the twins be next?. (Via Patrick and TMN respectively.)...
M E-L wrote this on April 19, 2006
He said that to his face?...
M E-L wrote this on April 30, 2006
I was wrong to have voted for George W. Bush. In historic terms, I believe George W. Bush is the worst two-term President in the history of the country. Worse than Grant. I also believe a case can be made...
M E-L wrote this on May 19, 2006
Justice Department Lawyer To Congress: The President Is Always Right. Thanks for clearing that up....
M E-L wrote this on July 12, 2006
There was the pig thing. And the open mic performance. And now he's tried to massage German Chancellor Angela Merkel. No, that's not a metaphor. Liebes-Attacke auf Merkel! If I were in the family, I'd think seriously about staging some...
M E-L wrote this on July 18, 2006
From the upcoming Encyclopedia Brown And the Mysterious Presidency of George W. Bush: On that fateful night, Encyclopedia and Sally sat in the Browns living room playing checkers while watching election returns with Chief and Mrs. Brown. As it got...
M E-L wrote this on August 11, 2006
U.S. Tour of Duty. Before he concluded their meeting, Bush proclaimed to Dolores, "We won't know in our lifetime whether or not Iraq was a success." Direct link to video. If you'd like an actual (and free) way to support...
M E-L wrote this on August 17, 2006
Keith Olbermann's mad as hell and he's not going to take it any more.. Lets Bush have it with both barrels for leaving "this hole in the ground" as a symbol for all that has not been done. Via Big...
M E-L wrote this on September 12, 2006
The scandal sheet. Dario Fo said it best: "Who cares? the important thing is to have a good scandal... so we can say: 'It's true - we're in the shit right up to our necks, and that's precisely the reason...
M E-L wrote this on October 23, 2006
Split Personality? Does any body know if that works in general? If so, why?...
Ennis wrote this on January 25, 2007
The Morning News - The Purgegate Primer by Matthew Baldwin...
M E-L wrote this on April 4, 2007
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 2007, as Loyalty Day. I call upon the people of the United States to participate in this national observance and to display the flag of the United States on Loyalty Day as a symbol of pride in our Nation.
Ennis wrote this on May 1, 2007
LOL President...
M E-L wrote this on May 24, 2007
Bush, 2004: "There are too many leaks of classified information in Washington. There's leaks at the executive branch; there's leaks in the legislative branch. There's just too many leaks. And if there is a leak out of my administration, I...
M E-L wrote this on July 3, 2007
I've more or less quit blogging about the Iraq war, but sometimes things are so absurd I just have to note them: Thudfactor quotes: "One senior intelligence official in Washington has noted that Iraqis fatally shot through the back of...
M E-L wrote this on September 24, 2007
In an April 1995 memo, Bush invited his staff to come to his office to look at a painting. The picture is a Western scene of a cowboy riding up a craggy hill, with two other riders following...
M E-L wrote this on January 17, 2008
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