The forwarded email was titled "Sentencing of Reid ". Democrat that I am, my alarmed brain immediately questioned how Harry could have gotten all the way to sentencing without a huge uproar in the press. Ah- that sentence on the shoe bomber, Richard Reid, was handed down in late January of 2003.
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Debunking the 1994 Contract With America Myth
The 1994 Republican Contract With America has been brought up in the blogs and other discussion as a Democratic blueprint for how to retake Congress this year. The problem with this is: it really did NOT work.
Quote of the Day, 9/29/06
On Air America's Politically Direct with David Bender, CT Senate candidate Ned Lamont said "Don't confuse experience with judgement" I am really glad Bender caught that and commented since it was in the middle of a complex statement and could easily been lost.
So Iraq Really Is Vietnam All Over Again
Cross Posted From Article of Faith Woodward: Kissinger Advising Bush on War: “Henry Kissinger has been advising President Bush and Vice President Cheney about Iraq, telling them that “victory is the only meaningful exit strategy,” author and journalist Bob Woodward said. The Washington Post editor’s third book on the Bush administration, “State of Denial,” comes out next week. Woodward argues that Kissinger, who served in the Nixon and Ford administrations, has been telling Bush and Cheney that “in Iraq,...
Er, No
Cross Posted From Article of Faith: Rice Challenges Clinton on Terror Fight: “Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice challenged former President Clinton’s claim that he did more than many of his conservative critics to pursue Osama bin Laden, and she accused President Bush’s predecessor of leaving no comprehensive plan to fight al-Qaida. “What we did in the eight months was at least as aggressive as what the Clinton administration did in the preceding years,” Rice said Monday during a meeting...
The Democratic Hearings on Iraq Begin
The LA Times reports on the first public hearing on Iraq held by the Democrats. Ex-Military Officers Criticize Rumsfeld covers the testimony offered today at a forum led by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.
Retired military officers on Monday bluntly accused Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld of bungling the war in Iraq, saying U.S. troops were sent to fight without the best equipment and that critical facts were hidden from the public.
Keith Olbermann Kicks it Up a Notch: “A Textbook Definition of Cowardice”
Tonight on Countdown the great Keith Olbermann kicked it up a notch. Picking up where Bill Clinton left off on Fox News Sunday. The video of Keith's Special Comment tonight is up on Crooks and Liars now. Here's the text of tonight's special comment by Keith from MSNBC Watch the video here.
"A textbook definition of cowardice"
The Katrinacrat Outs Himself
As time has passed during this last year, some may have wondered as to who is the Katrinacrat. So I will come out the dark, and let those people see me. I did have one pic posted in the comments here one time, and I had to blush after the comments. So this is the person that has chosen to fight the GOP. Trained and commited to upholding the Constitution. It was my vow then, and it is my...
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