Archive for the 'Bush administration' Category
Always Worse
Posted on May 15, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Iraq war, torture | Leave a Comment
No matter how bad we thought they were, they were actually much, much worse.
Here’s the part I still don’t understand: Why were they all so intent on attacking Iraq in particular? “Insanity” just doesn’t satify me, but it’s the only plausible answer I can come up with.
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Calling In The Experts
Posted on April 28, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration | Leave a Comment
If there’s one thing former Bush advisors know, it’s “felony stupidity”.
It’s The Devil’s Way Now There Is No Way Out You Can Scream And You Can Shout It Is Too Late Now
Posted on April 17, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, torture | Leave a Comment
President Obama has done one of the handful of things that I considered absolutely mandatory for the president following Bush: The torture memos have been released and are available for the entire world to see.
We now know, with absolute, undeniable certainty, that high-ranking members of the previous adminstration authorized torture. They discussed, in horrifying detail, [...]
Oh. My. God.
Posted on February 9, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Guantanamo Bay, torture | Leave a Comment
“Genitals”. “Sliced”. “Scalpel”. Three words you do not want to hear in reference to prisoners being held in your government’s custody.
They must be held accountable.
How Is Richard Cohen The Worst Columnist In The Washington Post? Let Me Count The Ways
Posted on January 27, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Richard Cohen, the media, torture | 1 Comment
Today’s atrocity requires a full breakdown. This will get lengthy (ETA: As it turns out, I spent a good chunk of my day on it), so I’m going to stick it below the jump.
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They’ll Need One Heck Of A Bondsman
Posted on January 12, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, George W Bush | Leave a Comment
The first question of today’s press conference:
Thank you for those comments, Mr. President. Here’s a question. I’m wondering if you plan to ask Congress for the remaining $350 billion in bail money. And in terms of the timing, if you do that before you leave office, sir, are you motivated in part [...]
When I Am King You Will Be First Against The Wall
Posted on December 31, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Alberto Gonzales, Bush administration | Leave a Comment
If I were Alberto Gonzales, I would spend my days quietly hoping that when the final history of the Bush administration is written, I will be nothing more than a forgotten footnote largely ignored in light of the more monstrous villains of the era. I would definitely not be running around reminding people of my [...]
Murderers, You’re Murderers, We Are Not The Same As You
Posted on December 11, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, torture, war crimes | Leave a Comment
It’s official (via).
The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody cannot simply be attributed to the actions of “a few bad apples” acting on their own. The fact is that senior officials in the United States government solicited information on how to use aggressive techniques, redefined the law to create the appearance of their legality, and [...]
An Interesting Question
Posted on November 2, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2004 presidential election, 2008 elections, 2008 presidential election, Bush administration, liberals | Leave a Comment
Kevin Drum:
[W]ere we, in fact, better off losing in 2004? The downside was four more years of George Bush and Dick Cheney. That’s hardly to be minimized, especially since the upside is still not completely knowable. But for myself, I think I’m convinced. The cause of liberal change is better served by Obama in 2008 [...]
War Criminals
Posted on October 15, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, CIA, torture, war crimes | Leave a Comment
What did they do to our country?
Happy Constitution Day
Posted on September 17, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Constitution, holidays | Leave a Comment
With only four months to go, which of the Bush administration’s violations of the document was your favorite so far?
Five Months Left, Time To Show The Women Who’s Boss
Posted on August 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, abortion, reproductive rights | 12 Comments
The Bush administration is trying to quietly redefine birth control as abortion and limit access to both with a few seemingly small and innocuous regulatory changes before they run out of time in office. Don’t let them do it.
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So Many Criminals
Posted on July 24, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Department of Justice, detainee abuse, domestic spying | Leave a Comment
Having trouble keeping up with all of the Bushies’ not-so-legal activities? Slate has a fantastic new interactive diagram to help you figure out who did what- to the extent of the information currently available- in each of the White House’s major scandals. Illegal wiretapping, corruption of the DOJ, secret CIA interrogation tapes, and torture are [...]
Least Surprising News Of The Morning
Posted on July 23, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Labor | Leave a Comment
The Bush administration is both acting secretively and pushing pro-business, anti-worker policies? HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD?!?
Political appointees at the Department of Labor are moving with unusual speed to push through in the final months of the Bush administration a rule making it tougher to regulate workers’ on-the-job exposure to chemicals and toxins.
The agency did [...]
The Decider Has Spoken… And He Agrees With The Democrats?
Posted on July 18, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Bush administration, Iraq war, John McCain | Leave a Comment
First Read:
You can’t make this up… NBC’s John Yang reports President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have agreed that a new agreement setting the parameters for US-Iraqi relations after the current UN mandate expires at the end of the year should include non-binding language–”a general time horizon” and not “an arbitrary date”–about the [...]
Mission 2/3 Accomplished
Posted on June 26, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, North Korea, war on terror | Leave a Comment
We overthrew Saddam. North Korea is no longer a state sponsor of terrorism. The Axis of Evil has officially dwindled to a single Country of Evil. As soon as Bush lets fly with the bombs in Iran, the War on Terror will be won.
Suck on that, Bush-hating terrorist appeasers.
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How Low They Can Go
Posted on June 2, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, detainee abuse | Leave a Comment
Sea level, taken literally. Center of the Earth, taken metaphorically. (Via dday)
The United States is operating “floating prisons” to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and whereabouts of detainees.
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Information about the operation of prison ships has emerged [...]
I Am Proud To Have Cast A Vote For This Man And Will Be Proud To So Again In The General
Posted on May 29, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Bush administration, Constitution | Leave a Comment
Via Spencer Ackerman, Barack Obama gave us a preview of his first hundred days as president:
During a fund-raiser in Denver, Obama — a former constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago Law School — was asked what he hoped to accomplish during his first 100 days in office.
“I would call my attorney general in [...]
Things I Don’t Care About
Posted on May 28, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Scott McClellan, Things I Don't Care About, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washingt, books | Leave a Comment
(Part sixteen in an ongoing series)
Scott McClellan’s critique of the Bush administration in his upcoming memoir.
Seriously, is there going to be anything in here I didn’t already know?
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Eight Months Is About Eight Months Too Long
Posted on May 20, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Iran | Leave a Comment
Think Progress passes along a Jerusalem Post story which warns us of Bush administration plans to attack Iran:
Army Radio had quoted a top official in Jerusalem claiming that a senior member in the entourage of President Bush, who concluded a trip to Israel last week, had said in a closed meeting here that Bush and [...]
