If You Give a Congressman a Cookie – New York Times

CONGRESSIONAL Republicans are suddenly taking a strong interest in lobbying reform. Speaker Dennis Hastert and the Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, are rallying behind a reform package that will include measures like increasing disclosure and doubling the length of time after leaving Congress before lawmakers and staff can lobby their colleagues. These are commendable and… Continue reading If You Give a Congressman a Cookie – New York Times

Palace Revolt

They were loyal conservatives, and Bush appointees. They fought a quiet battle to rein in the president’s power in the war on terror. And they paid a price for it. A NEWSWEEK investigation. From MSNBC.com With Bush’s poll numbers in the high 30s and low 40s; it looks like the administration is aiming lower. And… Continue reading Palace Revolt

top ten mistakes

Usamah Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri murdered 3,000 Americans, and they both issued tapes in the past week, blustering and threatening us with more of the same. Most of us aren’t wild about paying for the Bush administration with our taxes, but one thing we have a right to expect is that our government would… Continue reading top ten mistakes

jynxyjoe

(now I know there is a jackass reading this right now, and you know who you are, who will fight with vigor and bile over my wording above because it doesn’t suit his definition. Furthermore he will say it suits “no ones definition”. That’s fine, I don’t want a fucking email in the morning of… Continue reading jynxyjoe

Iranian Oil Bourse

The Internet is suddenly alive with chatter about an “Iranian Oil Bourse,” supposedly scheduled to open for business in March 2006. Right now, the two leading oil exchanges in the world are the New York Mercantile Exchange and London’s International Petroleum Exchange. In both exchanges, trades for oil are denominated in U.S. dollars. But in… Continue reading Iranian Oil Bourse

Al-Qaida Is Losing says Hitchens

The conditions for this latest truce are of course impossible as well. All one needs, in order to earn Bin Laden’s mercy, is to give up Afghanistan and Iraq. But this raises a more intriguing question. Why are formerly triumphalist jihadists using the language of “truce” at all? Not very long ago, God was claimed… Continue reading Al-Qaida Is Losing says Hitchens

How the Democratic Party Can Change Its Pronouns

One difference between a Democrat and a Republican is that when a Republican criticizes his party, he uses the pronoun ‘we’. From MyDD No one should use we when referring to a political organization unless that person is in a leadership role in that organization. Liberals and Progressives should not buy into GOPer group think.… Continue reading How the Democratic Party Can Change Its Pronouns