I present without comment: Lohse, a social work master’s student at Southern Connecticut State University, says he has proven what many progressives have probably suspected for years: a direct link between mental illness and support for President Bush. Lohse says his study is no joke. The thesis draws on a survey of 69 psychiatric outpatients in three Connecticut locations during … Read More
Newsweek Cover
Oh, this picture isn’t going to help the father-son relationship one bit: Flashback to better times: With his parents back in Washington, Bush went to stay with them for the holidays and was involved in one of the most notorious incidents of his "nomadic" years. He took his 16-year-old brother Marvin out drinking, ran over a neighbor’s garbage cans on … Read More
Doug Feith On His Homage To Rumsfeld
WaPo editorial: Rumsfeld’s drive to overhaul the Pentagon — to drop outdated practices and modes of thought — antagonized many senior military officers and civilian officials in the department. He pushed for doing more with less. Less troops than needed, less body armor, less oversight….. REMINDER: It bears repeating that the author, Doug Feith, was in charge of the Office … Read More
Rumsfeld — International War Criminal?
Bad way to start his retirement: New legal documents, to be filed next week with Germany’s top prosecutor, will seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld, along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers, for their alleged roles in abuses committed at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and at … Read More
The Onion Covers Rumsfeld’s Resignation
The Onion: Rumsfeld: ‘My Half-Assed Job Here Is Done’ WASHINGTON, DC—After nearly six years of much-publicized service as Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld announced his resignation Wednesday afternoon, saying that he had "proudly accomplished everything [he’d] set out to bungle." "Years ago, I decided to bog this great nation down in an extended, grueling foreign occupation, and I’m happy to … Read More
What The Rumsfeld Resignation Means
I didn’t see the Bush presser, but I gathered (from those that did) that the pundits are seeing this the same way as me. This is Bush finally finally finally breaking himself away from the neocon doctrine of pre-emption and aggression. This is Bush saying to Cheney (and Rumsfeld), "I’m not listening to you anymore." [UPDATE: Here’s an excerpt from … Read More
Anti-Rumsfeld Editorial
Newspaper editorials calling for Rumsfeld’s resignation are pretty common. What makes this one unique? It’s an editorial that is running jointly in the Army Times, the Air Force Times, and the Navy Times: Time for Rumsfeld to go "So long as our government requires the backing of an aroused and informed public opinion … it is necessary to tell the … Read More
Rip It Up
Isn’t it interesting that with Democrats set to take over the House, and possibly the Senate — and with the prospect of investigations against the White House to come about as a result — that there should be a paper shredding company truck parked outside Dick Cheney’s house? Hmmmm.
Impeachment Mandate?
Remember back in 2004, when Bush won 51% percent of the electorate, and he called it a "mandate"? What does that mean when, today, 51% of Americans say Bush should be impeached? Isn’t that a mandate as well? Just wondering.
Signs Of The Apocolypse?
Yesterday, earthquakes came to the Triad. Today, it’s George Bush.
This Is Just Sad
NY Times: TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 12 — Grace Mosier lives with her mom and dad, goes to birthday parties, takes ballet classes and is just like a lot of other 6-year-old girls. Except that she happens to be obsessed with Dick Cheney. “I really, really like him,” says Grace, who can tell you what state the vice president was born … Read More
Milestones
U.S. Population hit 300,000,000 at 6:58 a.m. today. Coalition forces death toll hit 3,000. Bush’s disapproval rating at an all-time high for CNN polling. UPDATE: More tidbits from the CNN poll: – 64 percent disapprove of Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq. – 70 percent of women and 58 percent of men now oppose the war in Iraq. – … Read More
Bush And The Religious Right
CBS: David Kuo is an evangelical Christian and card-carrying member of the religious right, who got a job in the White House in the president’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. He thought it was a dream-come-true: a chance to work for a president whose vision about compassionate conservatism would be matched with sweeping legislation to help the poor. But … Read More
Look At The Shiny Object
Billmon: QUESTION: Do you believe that the biggest drag on the Republican Party is the situation in Iraq? THE PRESIDENT: I believe that the situation in Iraq is, no question, tough on the American psyche . . . no question this is an issue, but so is the economy. And I believe there’ll be — I still stand by my … Read More
Bushism Of The Day
Fearless Leader: "We live in a global world." Really?!?