Archive for February, 2007

Here’s why our fearless leader and his out of touch band are a danger to our security. The real enemies of America, the ones who actually did try to harm us as opposed to the Iraqis who had nothing to do with 9/11, are on the rebound in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The New… »

One of the pre-war planning documents for Iraq is now available thanks to the Freedom of Information Act that Dick Cheney so vehemently opposed. And you can see why he opposed: this document is so putrid and vile it should never have been made public. It is an embarrassment to a misled nation.
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President Bush and his various spokesfolks are trying to make a very large deal out of the discovery of Iranian weaponry being used against American troops in Iraq. Apart from the obvious suspicion we must all have about the veracity of anything that Bush says [see: 'weapons of mass destruction'] I don’t follow the… »

There are many reasons to avoid writing about the current state of affairs: the shame of being associated with such a corrupt regime; the bewilderment at the spiral into chaos in Iraq; the wonderment at the ineptitude of people like Condi Rice; or the relentless bias of the press in the way it demonizes anyone… »

The United Nations has just released its Climate Change report. Unfortunately it’s not happy reading. Here is the analysis from the New York Times:Panel Issues Bleak Report on Climate Change
No wonder Al Gore has been nominated for the Nobel Peace prize. Global warming is a stunningly large issue that America has done… »

The much anticipated National Intelligence Estimate has been released. It makes for grim reading. The New York Times reports on it here: Intelligence Report Predicts Spiraling of Violence in Iraq The whole point of the ridiculous surge tactic being pressed by our fearless monarch is that the kind of violence the NIE… »