The Woodward book and other reports suggest it but here is MORE proof that we have a government that makes policy by positive self-affirmation. … [Read more...] about This Confirms What We’ve Said Here
A Note On TMV Reviews
You will see reviews on this site from time to time. We don't have specific days when we do it, but usually they're put up in a timely manner. However: due to travel, my schedule in my other/show biz incarnation plus some scheduling changes I've had to do because of an important family-related trip to Florida early next month, I'm way behind. BUT starting next week as of … [Read more...] about A Note On TMV Reviews
At Least Iraqi Officials Hail The U.S. Invasion Of Iraq
More Trouble For Jimmy Carter’s Relations With Jews
Former President Jimmy Carter's people better be in spin control mode today once this report from World Net Daily's Jerusalem Bureau gets greater circulation:Former President Jimmy Carter once complained there were "too many Jews" on the government's Holocaust Memorial Council, Monroe Freedman, the council's former executive director, told WND in an exclusive interview. … [Read more...] about More Trouble For Jimmy Carter’s Relations With Jews
Saudi Arabia Paper: How America’s Conflict With Iran Will Begin
The indispensible site Watching America has a must-read translation of an article from the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al-Riyadh that warns of an impending American conflict with Iran..and outlines how it'll begin. Some key excerpts 4 U:It is our perception that America - which is up to its ears in Iraq - has come to realize its mistakes in dissolving the former Iraqi army and … [Read more...] about Saudi Arabia Paper: How America’s Conflict With Iran Will Begin
This Just In!!!
THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Candidates to Outnumber Voters in ’08 One in Two Americans Running for President, Experts Say For the first time in American history, the number of Americans running for president in 2008 will actually be greater than the number of Americans voting for president, electoral experts said today. With politicians … [Read more...] about This Just In!!!
Sabato’s Crystal Ball: THE 55TH QUADRENNIAL ORGY BEGINS…
The race for president (part 1 of 2) January 25, 2007 - And so it has begun--if you don't count the twenty-six months that candidates have already been organizing for the 2008 presidential contest. The nation's 55th consecutive election for President is well under way. Presidential campaigns are endless and continuous now, with the next one starting the day after the … [Read more...] about Sabato’s Crystal Ball: THE 55TH QUADRENNIAL ORGY BEGINS…
The Second American Revolution
Imagine the following hypothetical scenario: In 1856, a group of American Blacks convened secretly in Baltimore, Maryland. Made up of some free-born citizens, but mostly runaway slaves, the meeting discussed the prospect a violent, full-scale revolution by Black Americans against Southern slaveholders and the American government in general. The Dred Scott ruling, the … [Read more...] about The Second American Revolution
Stein’s Review
Kenneth Stein, formerly of the Carter Center, has his review/critique of Jimmy Carter's new book out in the Middle East Quarterly. … [Read more...] about Stein’s Review
Rockefeller Charges Cheney Worked To Stall Congressional Intelligence Hearings
Uh, oh -- will Vice President Dick Cheney now charge that West Virginia's Sen. Jay Rockefeller is "out of line"? McClatchy Newspapers reports:Vice President Dick Cheney put "constant" pressure on the Republican former head of the Senate Intelligence Committee to stall an investigation into the Bush administration’s use of flawed intelligence on Iraq, the panel’s Democratic … [Read more...] about Rockefeller Charges Cheney Worked To Stall Congressional Intelligence Hearings
Senate Movement Towards Collaboration
David Broder writes today about promising movement towards building Senate cross-partisan rapport. Forty senators showed up on Jan. 9 for the first of a planned series of weekly 8 a.m. breakfasts designed to provide neutral ground where lawmakers of both parties can meet, rather than caucusing separately. Yesterday, some 60 top Senate staffers of both parties held a … [Read more...] about Senate Movement Towards Collaboration
So John Kerry Bowed Out Of The 2008 Presidential Sweepstakes
But did Kerry get a bum rap? Read David Adesnik. My view: When I watched one of the first debates in 2004 featuring the Democratic hopefuls, I wrote on TMV that Kerry had "a great future as a U.S. Senator." Nothing I saw during the run up to the convention or campaign made me change my mind. Kerry was a flawed candidate and a shockingly naive one. He was Michael Dukakis … [Read more...] about So John Kerry Bowed Out Of The 2008 Presidential Sweepstakes
There Are Ways You Can Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
But THIS might not be one of them. … [Read more...] about There Are Ways You Can Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rape Allegations Force Israel’s President To Take Leave Of Absence From Office
A major scandal is unfolding in Israel, and it's already having internal political repercussions:Israeli MPs today approved a request by the country's president, Moshe Katsav, to temporarily step down from his post while he faces allegations of rape and sexual assault. The Knesset house committee voted 13-11 to declare Mr Katsav "temporarily incapacitated" ahead of a … [Read more...] about Rape Allegations Force Israel’s President To Take Leave Of Absence From Office
Guess Who’s Still Working At The Defense Department
This is starting to sound like the Seinfeld episode where George was fired but showed up for work and did his job anyway:Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has left the Pentagon, but not the Defense Department. On Jan. 4, Mr. Rumsfeld opened a government-provided transition office in Arlington and has seven Pentagon-paid staffers working for him, a Pentagon … [Read more...] about Guess Who’s Still Working At The Defense Department
This is Ridiculous!
I have never watched the TV show "Grey's Anatomy" and until recently had never heard of the actor Isaiah Washington. Apparently, he referred to someone sharing my sexual orientation by using a BAD NAME. According to the AP, he is now "in treatment" for this crime. This is PC (Political-Correctness) pushed to the point of total ridiculousness. I'm not offended by his language … [Read more...] about This is Ridiculous!
TIME: Hillary Clinton Way Ahead In Democratic Poll
The Democratic Party clearly has a front-runner for the 2008 nomination, since a new TIME poll fits into some earlier findings...and now it's an early trend: Hillary Clinton is the clear front-runner to win the Democratic party's nomination for President in 2008, but the Republican race will be a close contest between Senator John McCain and former New York mayor Rudy … [Read more...] about TIME: Hillary Clinton Way Ahead In Democratic Poll
“There is no strategy. This is a ping-pong game with American lives.”
This is why it was so important for Democrats to take back Congress in November. Checking and balancing. The American way. From the AP: "In a calculated snub of President Bush, the Democratic-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee dismissed plans for a troop buildup in Iraq on Wednesday as 'not in the national interest' of the United States." In other words, NO to the … [Read more...] about “There is no strategy. This is a ping-pong game with American lives.”
Democrats Fall Short On Minimum Wage… For Now
ABC News reports: Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked the Democrats from fulfilling a campaign promise to increase the federal minimum wage, demanding that the pay hike include tax relief for small business. On a vote of 54-43, Democrats fell six short of the 60 needed to end debate and go to passage of a House-approved bill, to raise the minimum wage for the first time … [Read more...] about Democrats Fall Short On Minimum Wage… For Now
Letters of Otto Frank Found
Otto Frank: Anne Frank's father Both Yahoo news and The Enquirer report that letters written by Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, have been discovered. He wrote them in 1941, in a desperate attempt to get his family out of Nazi-occupied the Netherlands. Written when the U.S. consulate in the Netherlands had closed, the letters show how Otto Frank investigated potential … [Read more...] about Letters of Otto Frank Found