Bush's social security gambit in last night's state of the union address appears to have gone over like the proverbial lead balloon. According to ABC News, numerous Republicans are now loudly proclaiming their disappointment in the … [Read more...]
Successful Elections!
Pending more detailed reports, neither the State Department nor theWhite House would comment on the balloting or the victory of themilitary candidates, Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu, who was running forpresident, and Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, … [Read more...]
Buchanan’s American Conservative Makes Its Case
George Bush is such an extremist he even makes Pat Buchanan look progressive. From a recent solicitation letter by Scott McConnell, Executive Editor of Buchanan's The American Conservative magazine:'While we're beating the hell out of … [Read more...]
And there you have it
As we expected, fewer demonstrably inaccurate statements in the second half of the speech, which focused much more heavily on foreign affairs and was more aspirational than policy-oriented.I'll say one thing for W: he's a lot better at … [Read more...]
9:58
On our troops serving abroad: "We have given them training and equipment."Well, training, maybe. Equipment, not so much! Anyone recall Rumsfeld's public humiliation at the hands of a feisty National Guardsman a few … [Read more...]
9:42
Nucular. Oh for fuck's sake. … [Read more...]
9:36
Here we go on federal judges. Claims he has nominated only individuals who will "interpret" the law rather than "legislate" from the bench, and that are "well qualified." This is demonstrably untrue … [Read more...]
9:33
"Voluntary personal retirement accounts." OK - let's see if he fesses up to how much this will cost.Diverting "4 percentage points of their payroll taxes" to private accounts. Can anyone figure out the math … [Read more...]
9:27
"We have to move forward with courage and honesty."Honesty, indeed. If only we could get some of that from the White House! … [Read more...]
9:26
"Serious problems." "A very different era." Ok - here comes the useless canard: 16:1 workers then, 3:1 now, 2:1 later. But what does that mean, W?2018: the shortfalls begin (CBO has re-estimated this to … [Read more...]