Special Comment on Obama, FISA and the Bush Administration
What say you Obama???
Of Mice And Men
This morning I watched an Australian current affairs program (Insiders) that came from the U.S. The topic, you guessed it, was the interminable American Election.
pssssst! c’mere, i’ve got the latest on obama! have you heard this???
As a fellow Middle American, let me step up and say this: if you believe that Obama is a Muslim, unpatriotic, a terrorist, not born in America, any of the various rumors floating around about him, you are an ignorant, bigoted asshole giving in to the worst temptations of society
The Operation Was A Success, But The Patient Died
Four million people were admitted to California hospitals last year. That’s a lot of people. And of those 4M, 1,002 cases of serious medical harm were disclosed by California hospitals between July 2007 and May of this year.
The pets they left behind in the floodwaters of the midwest.
“We expected we’d house our animals and maybe 100 more lost animals,” said Sergeant Choate, who is in charge of the animal control unit of the city’s Police Department, “but then one of the city’s pumps broke, and we knew it was going to grow exponentially.
high crimes with no misdemeanors
i guess that i no longer wonder why the politicians from the party who billed itself as the savior of the american democracy in 2006- has continued to capitulate to the party who shredded the constitution.
The Veil of Islam: Saudis Take A Step Backwards
(From the archives of BFD Blog!)
The following item appeared in the Los Angeles Times today:
Authorities have ordered banks to separate female and male workers at their headquarters, a new setback for women’s rights in the kingdom.
Banks are one of the main employers of women in Saudi Arabia. Although women are separated from men in branches, [...]
Trying to force a regime change in Iran the old fashion way-through covert ops.
The usual agencies are the CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Seymour Hersh addresses these operations in his latest article for the New Yorker.
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
It’s going to be a wild partying week, with Independence Day coming up on Friday. That means it’s going to be a slow news week.
Oh no they didn’t try to slip this one past a bitch on a Friday…
A bitch remembers the anthrax by mail terror attacks very well. I worked for a radio ownership group that had just enough scandalicious on-air talent to warrant a security briefing for all staff that came in contact with mail.
Holy Joe’s fearmongering Sunday
From C&L a Face the Nation stump for Liebermann. Holy Joe is fearmongering his ass off.It’s a two minute video..and thankfully that is about all I can take of this bag of batshit.
GOP hates Bob Barr
And why wouldn’t they? He is bascially a right of the center guy that seems to have more scruples than any Rethug on the ballot. Yes, I am looking at you John Weathervane McCain.
Holier than Thou Wars?
Big to do’s about if the Reverend Wright had the right to say what he did, or if Wright was wrong, and Obama was wrong to choose Wright? Who has the right to scrutinize anyone’s religious choices?
Why Los Angeles Makes People Sick. Literally.Cost
Why does basic health care cost so much? This question plagues me, and countless others in the USA. Over the last three years, the cost of medication and tests that I have undergone has put me on the edge of bankruptcy.
Et tu, ‘bama?
This was in response to a fellow at B. Obama’s official campaign site, who asked that I vote for Obama, his capitulation to the FISA/telecom Immunity bill notwithstanding:
