For eight long years, ... (Dick Chenney) devised the most egregious form of abuse of the U.S. constitution in the history of the country.
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What does Dick Chenney want?
The Spectacle called Lindsey Graham
Some people have absolutely no shame. Take the senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, for example. I could not help but double up in raucus laughter the other day when I saw him on television yelling “look at this bill!, look at this bill!” while brandishing what I suppose was the current stimulus package that is going through the senate at the moment. Do these folks ever stop to think about the reaction of the public to their silly showmanship for a minute? Was this the same senator Graham who supported every bill George W. sent to the senate and even went on national television to support some of the most odious ones? Where was his outrage when billions of dollars were being wasted on a useless war? Where was he when billions of dollars were dolled out to billionaire farmers while many Americans were losing their jobs? Was he in this country when millions of dollars were allocated to stupid projects like the so-called bridge to nowhere? Oh, I know, a Republican president was in the White House then, so stupid and wasteful bills for stupid and wasteful expenditures were okay.
A Nation of Cynics
Just two weeks into the Obama administration, naysayers are already pronouncing the man and his administration a failure! And the reason, his promise to institute ethics reform and the revelation that some of his nominees had lapsed tax payments. That’s right. The same group who sat idly by, and in most cases were accomplices...
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Obama’s Holiday Greetings
President-Elect today sent the following greetings to Americans:
Good morning. This week, Americans are gathering with family and friends across the country to celebrate the blessings of Christmas and the holiday season.
As we celebrate this joyous time of year, our thoughts turn to the brave men and women who serve our country far from home....
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The Media’s Job
It goes without saying, the media is annoying. It is the media’s job to be annoying. – Campbell Brown
Is it really true that, as Campbell Brown asserts, it is the media’s job to be annoying? I find that particularly hard to swallow unless Ms. Brown is trying to make a pitiful excuse for the...
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