In the first installment of what I expect to be at least a one-part series called “Get to Know an Asshole,” I’d like to talk about Tom Tancredo.
Tom Tancredo is a Republican Congressman from Colorado. He is now serving his fourth term, despite an early promise to constituents to only serve three. He [...]
Rudy put personal financial gain ahead of politics and national security.[Slate]
If you don’t read Newsday, you might not know (I didn’t until this week) that Rudy Giuliani was an original member of the Iraq Study Group—the blue-ribbon commission co-chaired by James Baker and Lee Hamilton—but he was forced out after failing to show up for [...]
Another proud moment in government brought to you by the Bush administration: the Department of Transportation has been accused of working as an auto lobby.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), who heads the Committee on on Oversight and Government Reform, sent DOT Secretary Mary E. Peters a letter today requesting more information on a voicemail message received [...]
So now America wonders WTF is wrong with Albania. Eugene Robinson discusses Shrubbo’s “fleeting glory.”[WashingtonPost]
That was a wonderful reverse-Borat moment Sunday, with the joyous townspeople of Fushe Kruje yelling “Bushie! Bushie!” and Albania’s prime minister gushing over the “greatest and most distinguished guest we have ever had in all times.” The crowd pressed [...]
Funny Flash video by Mark Fiore at [Mojo].
Great video from the hearings today–>[ThinkProgress]
Damn, Pat Leahy is like a combination of all of my childhood school principals and my dad after catching me smoking pot. More classic interrogation at [TPM] More fun than a waterboarding!
You know, I tend to think that perhaps you use this more as a doorstop than as something [...]
Cheney peddles his bullshit to high-schoolers[ThinkProgress]:
During the question and answer session, one student asked, “I was wondering — I’m not trying to start a debate, or anything, but do you still think that the Iraq war can be won?” Cheney immediately answered “yes,” adding, “I think we’re making significant progress now.”
He then launched into a [...]
….would be my question, I guess. I was under the impression there was some urgency?
“You have not even seen the start of real operations,” Petraeus told reporters on the sidelines of a medal ceremony at a U.S. air base near Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad.[WashingtonPost] via [ThinkProgress]
And Iggy plays Lil’ Rummy, in Comedy Central’s Lil’ Bush, which debuts on June 13th.
It seems being the voice of the reunited Stooges just wasn’t enough for Iggy Pop. To achieve real fulfillment, Iggy needed to lend his vocal talents to a prepubescent cartoon version of resigned Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.[Pitchfork]
At least if you’re FOX News, and the story is negative.
[TPM] posts the video clip of FOX coverage of the Jefferson indictment, where they actually show footage of John Conyers. HellOOoo….Al? Are you there, Al? Have you been watching FOX today??
