Take a break. Laugh a little.
HORN Funnies: The Top 8 Morons of 2006
Everybody needs a break for the George Wars once in awhile. So with that in mind, the HORN’s own Texas Ninja sent us this. TOP 8 MORONS OF 2006 1. WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP? AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 [...]
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It’s the "I" word – incompetence. And it’s coming from both sides of the political fence these days.
It took a while, but conservatives start to notice Bush admin incompetence
Last week, the National Review’s Rich Lowry addressed an issue that it took him several years to notice: the Bush administration’s breathtaking incompetence. “[Bush] has made a few key bad decisions about policy and personnel, compounded them by not reacting quickly enough when things go wrong, and failed to create a sense of accountability in his [...]
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Is that the translation of this ruling? It was wrong, but not negligent. What does that say to Tillman’s family?
Investigation Finds No Negligence In Tillman Death
Investigators probing the friendly fire death in Afghanistan of former NFL star Pat Tillman found no criminal negligence, a government official said Monday. The findings end a yearlong inquiry into the conduct of members of Tillman’s platoon who [...]
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Those opposing a deadline for getting our troops out of Iraq are continuing to butt heads with most Americans.
Poll: Nearly Six In 10 Back Congressional Troop Withdrawal Deadline
One more time…attention, Congressional Dems: The American public has got your back when it comes to supporting a Congressionally-imposed deadline for withdrawal from Iraq. Check out this new poll that’s just been released by Pew Research: A solid majority of Americans say they want their congressional representative to support a bill calling for [...]
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They’ll just try ANYTHING to skirt the law and protect their own hide. Isn’t it fairly obvious what’s going on here?
Undermining The Executive Privilege Defense
The White House’s use of nongovernmental email accounts and servers to mask their political activities done on government time is about to blow up in their faces. It has been noticed by the media and congressional investigators that Karl Rove’s political operation inside the White House has this habit of using RNC and Bush/Cheney campaign email accounts and servers for ostensibly official business conducted inside the White House. In several email releases over the last week tied to the fired federal prosecutors cover-up, it has been noticed that [...]
And, the questions continue:
Karl Rove sends 95% of his emails through a Republican National Committee account? If he’s spending 95% of his time on RNC business, shouldn’t he be working there instead of the Oval Office? Laura Rozen wonders about the security [...]
Tags: Bush Administration Email, Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorneys
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An aide to Alberto Gonzales isn’t going to talk at the upcoming hearings, using the Fifth Ammendment.
UPDATE:
Leahy: Why does Gonzales aide fear incrimination?
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) responds to news that Gonzales aide Monica Goodling will invoke the Fifth Amendment: “It is disappointing that Ms. Goodling has decided to withhold her important testimony from the Committee as it pursues its investigation into this matter, but everybody has the constitutional right not to incriminate themselves with regard [...]
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There’s an interesting discussion on a couple of political blogs today, focusing on political TV. The bloggers are none too pleased with Chris Matthews and his guests on his weekly CNBC roundtable chat. Their point is well made. However, this clips seems (to me) to be fairly atypical. I’ve seen Matthews and guests frequently chastise the Bush Administration for its actions.
The Chris Matthews Show devoted four minutes to the prosecutor purge scandal over the weekend, which quickly worked its way onto YouTube. Glenn Greenwald called it “the most revealing” YouTube clip ever. Before watching it, I thought he was probably exaggerating. Then I saw it for myself. I know a lot of readers can’t watch online [...]
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Let’s see now, if you pick the right districts, with enough of "certain" people, and mess with the voter registration information….hmmm. What could happen?
New piece published exclusively over at BradBlog
By the way, you might be interested in a new piece I just wrote for BradBlog. It’s about how some of the US Attorney firings and replacements could potentially have a big impact on the 2008 Presidential election. Here’s a preview… When Justice Department and White House officials first tried to explain the US Attorney firings, [...]
Tags: U.S. Attorneys, Attorney Purge, Voter Disenfranchisement, 2008 Presidential Election
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It’s not a particularly busy day out on the blogosphere, so let’s venture into the uncharted territory that is – Conservative Bloggers! Several of them are busy trying to slap liberals around over the response to the latest stories out of Iran. Tred lightly, but enjoy…
Ok, Lefties: Why Are You so Silent, Now?
As Captain Ed points out, Iran says they are going to charge the captured British sailors with espionage…even if they did go deliberately and with malice aforethought into Iranian territorial waters, they went in clearly uniformed as regular military personnel [...]
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It’s truly time for somebody to jump into this debacle 9and start fixing it) before it becomes any worse.
Army deployed seriously injured soldiers.
Salon.com’s Mark Benjamin has a new report documenting how U.S. soldiers with debilitating injuries and other medical conditions, including female soldiers who were pregnant, were deployed for weeks to the desert training facility at Fort Irwin, California. “In some cases, soldiers were sent there even though their injuries were so severe that doctors had previously [...]
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Second-worst job in the world (right behind White House Spokesperson) – being the poor fool who has to try to make the insurance industry look good after reports like this one –
In the insurance industry and in insurance litigation of claims, there is no phrase that is used with more stigma (and, frankly, misused at times by folks on both sides of the cases) than "bad faith." It is also the phrase that scares the bejeebers out [...]
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Texas-style executions.
Chart: Executions in Texas by Governor, 1976-2007
Recently it became clear that the Bush Administration fired two US Attorneys (federal prosecutors) after they refused to push for the death penalty in some cases because they believed it was morally wrong. President Bush has a long history of being very supportive of the death penalty, so I thought I’d create a chart to show [...]
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I’m betting there are a number of embassy personnel who are keeping a wary eye on things in Baghdad today.
Rocket Infiltrates Heavily Fortified Green Zone
A rocket landed in Baghdad’s heavily fortified international Green Zone on Monday, rocking the U.S. embassy but causing no casualties, witnesses said. U.S. embassy spokesman Lou Fintor would not say exactly where the rocket landed for security reasons but confirmed it had crashed into the sprawling international zone, which also houses [...]
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Well, the man DOES have good sources. And he frequently puts them to good use.
Novak’s column is brutal this morning. Money quote:With nearly two years remaining in his presidency, George W. Bush is alone. In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party in Congress – not [...]
Tags: Robert Novak, George W. Bush, Bush Administration
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What can you say? There is, apparently, no room for negotiating and that’s not gonna change.
White House still supporting Gonzales.
Even though both liberal and conservative lawmakers, pundits, members of the media, and the American public are pushing for Gonzales’s resignation, the White House refuses to budge. “We are not negotiating,” White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. “We are where we are, which is where we were last week. I can understand why people would [...]
Tags: Dana Perino, Albert Gonzales, U.S. Attorneys, Attorney Purge
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Don’t let anyone argue that the U.S. Attorney "purge" isn’t really a "purge" or is not a big deal. They would be incorrect on both counts. Joshua Marshall helps us all traverse the tricky political landscape.
Given the amount of attention we’ve given to the US Attorney Purge, there’s been no end of right-wing nutjobs who’ve written in asking just what the big deal is. In most cases, these are just attacks dressed up as questions. And I do my best — not always successfully — to ignore them. But interspersed in that mess of emails are a few who seem to be asking, genuinely, what the big [...]
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Coming off a busy weekend, I’m stiff, sore and the pollen has worked its nasty way into every inch of my sinuses. Somebody remind me next year to trim the bushes BEFORE they become covered with pollen! Ugh. I’m not a happy camper today. That being said, and since I’m already in a bad mood, consider this on the economy –
The Coming Mortgage Meltdown, pt. III: Impact
CBS Marketwatch wrote a story over the weekend titled, "Will Lemming Loans Drive US Economy Off the Cliff?" The story highlights the basic problems created by the current mortgage market. If all of the predictions below come true than we are in some serious trouble. However, I think the more likely scenario is some of the possibilities below will come true partially, meaning the mortgage market won’t crash, but will instead limp along for longer than we would like. First, let’s highlight the basic problem which is the continual [...]
Tags: Subprime Loans, Mortgages
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Take a break. Laugh a little.
HORN Funnies: The Top 8 Morons of 2006
Everybody needs a break for the George Wars once in awhile. So with that in mind, the HORN’s own Texas Ninja sent us this. TOP 8 MORONS OF 2006 1. WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP? AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 [...]
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It’s the "I" word – incompetence. And it’s coming from both sides of the political fence these days.
It took a while, but conservatives start to notice Bush admin incompetence
Last week, the National Review’s Rich Lowry addressed an issue that it took him several years to notice: the Bush administration’s breathtaking incompetence. “[Bush] has made a few key bad decisions about policy and personnel, compounded them by not reacting quickly enough when things go wrong, and failed to create a sense of accountability in his [...]
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Is that the translation of this ruling? It was wrong, but not negligent. What does that say to Tillman’s family?
Investigation Finds No Negligence In Tillman Death
Investigators probing the friendly fire death in Afghanistan of former NFL star Pat Tillman found no criminal negligence, a government official said Monday. The findings end a yearlong inquiry into the conduct of members of Tillman’s platoon who [...]
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