More wacky stuff from Tom Friedman: Bush is like a crazy ax murderer, but...
You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried! Whenever I think of President Bush's invasion of Iraq, the image that comes to mind is that famous scene in the movie "The Shining" where Jack Nicholson,...
View ArticleHastert will not extend 9/11 commission
In a blow to the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has told the White House and fellow Republicans that he will not bring up legislation...
View ArticleUSA Today/CNN/Gallop Poll: No Bush Bounce
After a week of campaigning, Bush lost ground to Kerry in the latest national USA Today/CNN/Gallop Poll. Hilights: Kerry leads Bush 52 - 44 54% said use of 9/11 images in Bush's ads was "inappropriate...
View Article60 Minutes wins Sunday nite ratings battle
With a Nielson rating of 10.3/18% share, 60 Minutes won its time slot, and was the highest rated show seen nationally on Sunday night. Presumably, a large number of American males kept the TV on CBS...
View ArticleFalluja -- Watershed Event?
Analysts, pundits, and pollsters are comparing Falluja to Mogadishu ("Black Hawk Down"). They are predicting that the images of Americans being mutilated in Iraq could powerfully shake U.S. public...
View ArticleIsraeli interrogators at Abu Gharib?
With mounting evidence that a shadowy group of former Israeli Defense Force and General Security Service (Shin Bet) Arabic-speaking interrogators were hired by the Pentagon under a classified "carve...
View ArticleEvangelicals and Iraq
I've been reading Tim LaHaye's non-fiction book Are we living in the End Times, published in 1999, and it has some very interesting things to say about Iraq and Saddam. LaHaye, best-selling author of...
View ArticleBush gets lawyered up -- who leaked (with poll)
I have been speculating about who leaked the story that Bush has consulted a criminal defense lawyer in relation to the Plame investigation. This story is obviously not good news for Bush. Who could...
View ArticleOil Security Chief Killed in Kirkuk Ambush
In a further blow to Iraq's efforts to revitalize its oil industry, gunmen ambushed and killed the security chief for a state-run oil company in Kirkuk Wednesday. Meanwhile, gunmen attacked a key oil...
View Article6 Killian/TANG memos, not 4
Thanks to Viktor for pointing this out. Read his diary here These are important for fleshing out the Bush TANG story. The first one shows that Killian was concerned about Bush and Bath's "flight...
View ArticlePlame game continues
In a major new article in the WaPo, "Steno" Sue Schmidt reports on the latest twists and turns in the Fitzgerald investigation of who outed Valerie Plame. Ms. Schmidt, who consistently parrots White...
View ArticleMore wacky stuff from Tom Friedman: Bush is like a crazy ax murderer, but...
You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried! Whenever I think of President Bush's invasion of Iraq, the image that comes to mind is that famous scene in the movie "The Shining" where Jack Nicholson,...
View ArticleHastert will not extend 9/11 commission
In a blow to the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has told the White House and fellow Republicans that he will not bring up legislation...
View ArticleUSA Today/CNN/Gallop Poll: No Bush Bounce
After a week of campaigning, Bush lost ground to Kerry in the latest national USA Today/CNN/Gallop Poll. Hilights: Kerry leads Bush 52 - 44 54% said use of 9/11 images in Bush's ads was "inappropriate...
View Article60 Minutes wins Sunday nite ratings battle
With a Nielson rating of 10.3/18% share, 60 Minutes won its time slot, and was the highest rated show seen nationally on Sunday night. Presumably, a large number of American males kept the TV on CBS...
View ArticleFalluja -- Watershed Event?
Analysts, pundits, and pollsters are comparing Falluja to Mogadishu ("Black Hawk Down"). They are predicting that the images of Americans being mutilated in Iraq could powerfully shake U.S. public...
View ArticleIsraeli interrogators at Abu Gharib?
With mounting evidence that a shadowy group of former Israeli Defense Force and General Security Service (Shin Bet) Arabic-speaking interrogators were hired by the Pentagon under a classified "carve...
View ArticleEvangelicals and Iraq
I've been reading Tim LaHaye's non-fiction book Are we living in the End Times, published in 1999, and it has some very interesting things to say about Iraq and Saddam. LaHaye, best-selling author of...
View ArticleBush gets lawyered up -- who leaked (with poll)
I have been speculating about who leaked the story that Bush has consulted a criminal defense lawyer in relation to the Plame investigation. This story is obviously not good news for Bush. Who could...
View ArticleOil Security Chief Killed in Kirkuk Ambush
In a further blow to Iraq's efforts to revitalize its oil industry, gunmen ambushed and killed the security chief for a state-run oil company in Kirkuk Wednesday. Meanwhile, gunmen attacked a key oil...
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