White House "eviscerates" CDC head's climate-change testimony
Ho hum. Once again, the White House censors the presentation of scientific data. Hello? America? Anyone paying attention out there? The funny thing is, this time they said they did it because the CDC testimony conflicts with the IPCC report, which it does
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Sullivan on the Bush administration and torture (TImes Online)
Pretty much all the arguments -- even the terminology -- used by the Bush administration defending its torture policies were pioneered by the Gestapo and prosecuted by the US as war crimes in 1948.
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EPA's Endocrine Disruptor program: a chemical-industry boondoggle
As we know, in the interests of "streamlining" bureaucracy and giving business a boost, the Bush administration's EPA has tended to tailor its enforcement programs to specifications designed by industry lobbyists. Here's another example. Its Congressional
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It's official: Iraq's oil belongs to US corporations
According to commentary from the Asia Times Online, the newly mandated "Federal oil council" of Iraq, which will control the country's energy resources, is going to consist largely of U.S. oil executives.
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Galbraith: Why "the surge" can't work (hint: the Dems have it wrong)
Former Ambassador Peter Galbraith explains why Democratic critiques of Bush's "surge" strategy miss the real point, which is not the numbers. We're broadening the mission in a way calculated to spark Shiite-vs.-Kurd violence across Iraq.
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Ex-CIA Europe chief: "We probably gave Powell the wrong speech"
Der Spiegel interviews Tyler Drumheller, former chief of CIA operations in Europe. He states candidly that intelligence regarding Iraq's WMD program was manipulated and/or ignored as the administration saw fit; Powell's UN speech relied on information tha
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Does Bush understand who we're fighting?
Comments on the State of the Union address, in which Bush lumped together all sorts of groups and events that have no connection to one another as "the enemy." Reflects this administration's dangerously superficial understanding of what's going on in the
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Top ten civil-rights abuses of 2006! [P]
Ten most egregious Bush administration violations of the American spirit of freedom and openness during 2006. It's a sorry-looking list. Original source: http://www.slate.com/id/2156397/
I'm adopting Godfrey's [P] notation here -- this is a poppable ve
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Ten greatest civil liberties abuses of 2006
Slate's legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwik writes her own "year's ten best" list: top ten civil rights violations in the U.S. in 2006. More at source. See esp. the sorry story of José Padilla. Remember him? The terrorist mastermind who was going to blow
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Neo Culpa: Politics
Neocons on the collapse of the neocon project.
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Army Times blasts Rumsfeld
This is the same editorial that Kore7 clipped the other day. I thought it deserved a clip of its own.
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Bush: to stay the course or to not stay the course
Bush says in an 10/22 interview that "we've never been stay the course" on Iraq. Blogger then lists repeated instances of Bush saying "we will stay the course" in Iraq. Not profound, but amusing.
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"Worst Congress Ever" - 5 steps to destroying American government
An article on the various misdeeds of the 109th Congress. I haven't finished this screed yet. Good on the systematic dismantling of all bipartisan institutions by the Republicans.
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Olberman on the military tribunals act
Olberman's take on the suspension of habeas corpus.
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An inside look at the Bush White House - John DiIulio to Ron Suskind [2]
John DiIulio, former faith-based initiatives czar, wrote reporter Ron Suskind in 2003 documenting his experience in the Bush White House. He was particularly struck by the lack of policy apparatus or even genuine interest in policy issues. Everything, he
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An inside look at the Bush White House - John DiIulio to Ron Suskind
John DiIulio, former faith-based initiatives czar, wrote reporter Ron Suskind in 2003 documenting his experience in the Bush White House. He was particularly struck by the lack of policy apparatus or even genuine interest in policy issues. Everything, he
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Excerpt from Woodward's State of Denial from the WaPo
A perfect example of what former faith-based-initiative czar John DiIulio talked about when he described the Bush White House as "Mayberry Machiavellis"
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George Bush's private grief over Iraq war dead
WaPo story on Bush's private grief over the Iraq war dead. I'm no fan of Bush and I opposed the war, and this article hasn't changed my mind, but it's kind of poignant -- it really humanizes the President in a powerful way.
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Eustis chief: Iraq post-war plan muzzled
2nd week of Sept. '06: Logistics officer Brig. Gen. Mark Scheid reveals in an interview that Rumsfeld threatened to "fire anyone" who talked about the need for postwar planning.
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Climate-controlled White House | Salon News
Pretty clear evidence that yes, the Bush people are preventing climate scientists from speaking to the press if they're not reliably staying "on message."
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