Scotty Can’t Answer A Simple Question (Part 48)

Ken AshfordBush & Co.Leave a Comment

Bush, it seems, likes to get the questions in advance. Probably how he made it through Yale, I’m guessing. But the White House can’t seem to ADMIT or DENY what should be a rather simple question in that regard: Q. Did anyone in the White House or the administration ask Irish television or its reporter, Carol Coleman, to submit questions … Read More

Two-Faced Jim Hoagland

Ken AshfordIraq, Right Wing and Inept MediaLeave a Comment

In October 2002, the Washington Post’s Jim Hoagland wrote an editorial criticizing the CIA because it had (up until then) been unwilling to recognize the danger of Saddam Hussein. He said, in part: it is no surprise that Bush has until now relied little on the Langley agency for his information on Iraq. There is simply no way to reconcile … Read More

WorldNetDaily Bites Its Pillow In Abject Fear

Ken AshfordRight Wing and Inept Media, Sex/Morality/Family ValuesLeave a Comment

This isn’t a slam piece against WorldNetDaily — it’s a humor piece. Here, apparently is what they are concerned about now: the "child protection gestapo" taking kids from homes and giving the children to (oh no!) same-sex couples. Mind you, the concern here isn’t that abused kids will be given to gay couples, but any child: Governments that kind-heartedly bestow … Read More

Are You Telling Me . . .

Ken AshfordIraqLeave a Comment

. . . that of all those terrible terrible things that we said about Saddam — the fact that he was a threat to the United States, the fact that he plotted to kill former President Bush, the fact that he harbored known enemies of the United States, etc. etc. etc. — we couldn’t find anything to prosecute him for … Read More