U.S. soldier death toll for 2005: 844 U.S. soldier death toll for 2004: 849 [Source]
Barbie Promotes Gayness
The religious right, having ruined nobody’s Christmas but their own by complaining about how everybody is ruining Christmas, is not content to fade away now that the holidays are over. Via Americablog, we learn their next target (and no, it’s not Target). It’s Barbie. Yup. The Concerned Women For America are all upset because Barbie, the Mattel doll, promotes "gender … Read More
The I-Word
John Dean doesn’t see much difference between Nixon’s wiretapping and Bush’s. A must-read.
U.S v. Keith
Bush and his supporters argue that in matters of national security, Bush is legally allowed to bypass the courts as Commander-in-Chief. The problem is, this argument has been made before, and the Supreme Court (the final arbiter of what the law is) rejected that argument. I want to quote from United States v. Keith, a 1972 Supreme Court case. Keith … Read More
Wingnut Of 2005
The elections at World O’Crap are over, and the wingnut of the year is John Hindrocket of Powerline. (Powerline was, as I’ve said, Time’s Blog of the Year for 2004).
Looks Who’s Speaking Out Against The Bush Wiretapping
A lot of conservatives and Repubs: (1) William Safire (2) John Comey, AG Ashcroft’s deputy, who refused to sign off on them in 2004 (3) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (4) Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) (5) Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Military Not As Crazy About Bush
From the Military Times: Support for President Bush and for the war in Iraq has slipped significantly in the last year among members of the military’s professional core, according to the 2005 Military Times Poll. Approval of the president’s Iraq policy fell 9 percentage points from 2004; a bare majority, 54 percent, now say they view his performance on Iraq … Read More