President George W Bush tried to make a quick exit from a news conference in Beijing on Sunday – only to find himself thwarted by locked doors. from the BBC but it could have been from The Onion.
Category: politics
yellow elephant bingo
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Occam’s toothrush
What do you have to believe in order to keep alive your conviction that the Bush administration conspired to launch a lie-based war? Normally I really like reading Christopher Hitchens but this recent article is just so bad I had to spew a little venom. What are the problems: as that which arose from the… Continue reading Occam’s toothrush
GOP memo
A confidential memo circulating among senior Republican leaders suggests that a new attack by terrorists on U.S. soil could reverse the sagging fortunes of President George W. Bush as well as the GOP and “restore his image as a leader of the American people.” The closely-guarded memo lays out a list of scenarios to bring… Continue reading GOP memo
values
The Senate voted Thursday to strip captured “enemy combatants” at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, of the principal legal tool given to them last year by the Supreme Court when it allowed them to challenge their detentions in United States courts. From The NYT. The question being, when did giving Big Government more power become a Conservative… Continue reading values
FDR Quote
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (1882-1945) Makes me wonder why anyone would be against the McCain amendment no person in the custody or under effective control of the… Continue reading FDR Quote
putting the hip in hypocrisy
You gotta love the way GOPpers can’t see hypocrisy in the Bush administration while being hyper-aware of every action in France. Or the way they are hyper-aware of the demand a windfall profit tax for the oil industry and willfully ignorant of the history of energy subsidies for the energy industry. I could go on,… Continue reading putting the hip in hypocrisy
the need for copyright reform
When 75% of all books are under indeterminate copyright status, clearly there is something wrong with the copyright system. This type of legal issue, perpetuated by large copyright holders; is preventing the folks at google from creating a library to rival the lost library at Alexandria. Vaidhyanathan believes that what Google wants to do may… Continue reading the need for copyright reform
dirty
First GOP dirty trick of this election day. Sadly, more will follow.
wackos
“The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees,” Scanlon wrote in the memo, which was read into the public record at a hearing of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. “Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the… Continue reading wackos