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ARE WE IN IRAQ TO STAY?

July 2008

Aha! Now we’re seeing the real reason that George W pushed us into his Iraq war. For years, Bush has... Read more...

RISE OF THE ROVIANS

July 2008

The nasty fellow whose attack-dog, smear-tactic, lie-and-distort brand of politics lifted George W into the White House twice, has quietly... Read more...

AN INVITATION TO GET OUT OF IRAQ

July 2008

Poor George. Poor John. Hoist on their own petards. Bush and McCain have become brothers in arms on the questions... Read more...

BUSH’S OILY LIES

July 2008

When it comes to energy policy, George W has oil for brains. If he could, he’d lease out the Rose... Read more...

DODGING A TAX BY DISSING PRINGLES

July 2008

Corporations commonly try to dodge their tax responsibilities, but it’s unusual for one to dis its own product in order... Read more...

DHS’S BORDER FENCE WILL SPLIT CAMPUS

July 2008

The Bushites like to bill themselves as conservative, freedom-loving patriots. But what they’re doing in Brownsville, Texas, is the exact... Read more...

MCCAIN’S “ECONOMIC BRAIN”

July 2008

Hoo-boy, what a scream Phil Gramm is! He’s the sour old former-Texas senator who, in 2002, leveraged his chairmanship of... Read more...

VA TREATING VETS AS LAB RATS

July 2008

Time for another Gooberhead Award, presented periodically to those in the news who’ve got their mouths going 100 miles an... Read more...

GOLFING FOR DOLLARS

July 2008

America might be mired in a Gulf War, but it’s golf that seems to be on the minds of the... Read more...

THE ASTERISK IN WAL-MART’S NEW LOGO

July 2008

I’m just atwitter over the big change at Wal-Mart! The mega-retailer – long known as the Bully of Bentonville for... Read more...

CORPORATIZING THE POLITICAL CONVENTIONS

July 2008

Since John McCain claims to be a robust reformer of big money politics, and since Barack Obama flatly refuses to... Read more...

TIME TO FREE-UP OUR FREEDOMS

July 2008

Holy founding fathers! What is it about the First Amendment that confuses today’s political elite and their police agents? Amendment... Read more...

THE IRAQ OIL RUSH

July 2008

Have you noticed lately that George W’s Iraq adventure has turned out to be … well, oily? For years, the... Read more...

MIXED EMOTIONS

July 2008

Mixed emotions are what you experience when you see your 16-year-old daughter come home from the prom with a Gideon... Read more...

DEMOCRATIZING LUXURY

July 2008

Time to take another peek into the “Lifestyles of the Rich… and Cranky.” A problem for many rich people is... Read more...

SKIMMING CONGRESSIONAL FUNDS

July 2008

Should federal agencies be allowed to skim untold millions of dollars off the top of special congressional appropriations without having... Read more...

CITIGROUP’S BIG DEAL

July 2008

A deal is a deal, right? That’s the promise that was made to credit card customers by Citigroup, the Wall... Read more...

THE FIGHT FOR CHANGE IN WASHINGTON

July 2008

Woodrow Wilson said of Washington, “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” Not long ago, lawmakers made... Read more...

TEST EVERY COW

July 2008

What is it with those kooky South Koreans? Thousands of them have rushed into the streets in angry protest against... Read more...

DEAD EXECUTIVES

July 2008

Corporate CEOs are the Golden Ones of our economy. Each of them is paid a goldmine during their privileged tenure,... Read more...

FEMA STRIKES AGAIN

July 2008

Martha Kegel thought she’d seen it all – the horror of the flooding of New Orleans, the callousness and incompetence... Read more...

THE “NEWS” FROM IRAQ

July 2008

Ho-hum. The war. Such a bore. After six years, the media is fatigued with the story. As a CBS news... Read more...

LAWMAKERS CASH IN AS LOBBYISTS

July 2008

Old Congress critters never die; they just flitter away to K Street. Take Dennis Hastert. Actually, he’s already taken. The... Read more...

BUSH’S IRAQ OIL GRAB

June 2008

Out of the question. Don’t be silly. Never was a factor. Such are the absolutes that George W, Cheney, Rummy... Read more...

THROWING OUR TROOPS TO THE SHARKS

June 2008

At a time when American field commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan say they need every single soldier they can get... Read more...