I don’t have much to say about this story (I have not followed it too closely), but I do have to say that I would be a complete failure as a blogger if I passed up the opportunity to use this headline. Consider this an open thread. *** Update *** One serious question, though. Is …
Archives for March 2007
That Will Leave a Mark
Ouch: But none of the alternatives look any better. Mitt Romney is the most freakishly transparent liar I’ve ever witnessed. His party is desperately reliant on playing the Christian card on election day, but most traditionalist Christians deny that his religion counts as Christianity. He can’t decide which state he’s from, invested major resources in …
Open Thread
Be fair and balanced.
Privatization Kills
More on Walter Reed from Government Executive: During a Monday hearing to investigate widely publicized problems at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, lawmakers and Army officials placed partial blame on a public-private job competition that sapped the facility of workers, and on uncertainty about the slated closure of the center in the ongoing Base …
I. Lewis Libby Guilty On Four Counts Out Of Five
Give Firedoglake’s servers a break and head over to this thread at Kos. The Libby jury just handed down guilty verdicts on four out of the five charges against him. As for what comes next, expect a pardon. The president has no personal stake in the next election and he could give a rat’s ass …
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The Credibility Gap
Blame the media: A high-ranking Justice Department official told one of the U.S. attorneys fired by the Bush administration that if any of them continued to criticize the administration for their ousters, previously undisclosed details about the reasons they were fired might be released, two of the ousted prosecutors told McClatchy Newspapers. While the U.S. …
The Department of Not Getting It
This is delicious. An open letter to CPAC is appearing on numerous conservative websites: Ann Coulter used to serve the movement well. She was telegenic, intelligent, and witty. She was also fearless: saying provocative things to inspire deeper thought and cutting through the haze of competing information has its uses. But Coulter’s fearlessness has become …