Disbar Gonzo

6/20/07

So, I have been wondering.  With Gonzales clearly at the center of some major law breaking by the Bush White House, and as it now also appears, to be at the center of the cover up of the lawbreaking, what is it going to take for this guy to be debarred?  Certainly if he was disbarred, wouldn’t that mean he couldn’t be the US Attorney General anymore?

Hypothetical Pardons

6/19/07

There is clearly a movement on the right to have Bush pardon Libby.  And, I have been wondering, why on earth would the laity of the right even care about Libby.  And after thinking on this a bit, I think I may have come up with a reasonable hypothesis on why this groundswell is taking place.

Experts on the Environment?

6/4/07

Recently, several religious leaders testified before congress on environmental legislation.  Yes, you heard me right, religious leaders testified before congress on the subject of environmental legislation. (see story in Baptist Press)    What I am left wondering is why congress would even bother considering religious leaders as being experts on the environment or on economic impact of the environment.  I doubt any of them have studied environmental science or economics as a profession.  So, really, what insight could they possibly have that would warrant asking them to testify as to the benefits or drawbacks on any particular piece of environmental legislation? 

Extra Time for Illegal Aliens?

4/8/07

Recently, my neighbor's kid was kidnapped.  He escaped as he is a) a very talented young man who kept his head about him and b) he was kidnapped for ransom and not for other reasons which every parent dreads.  Our congressperson (whose seat is still being contested because of 18,000 votes that might have gone missing), has decided to use this tragedy to prove he is tough on crime (a requirement for republican politicians who want to be re-elected by their base). See press release at: http://buchanan.house.gov/apps/list/press/fl13_buchanan/070326_clays_law.html

The Latest Scandal

 March 29 2007

Ok - is it just me? Or have there been way too many scandals with this administration. They just can’t help themselves.They have done so many immoral things and they are habitual liars, it was just a matter of time until these things started to pile up. (See incomplete list at: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bush_administration_scandals )

What is Wrong With These People?

9/20/07

I mean seriously.  I have been thinking about this.  It is so obvious that Bush et al are liars.  It is so obvious they are incredibly incompetent, and yet, his approval rating is still hovering at around 30%. What is even more amazing is that some segment of that 30% approval group has absolutely no cognitive dissonance associated with their support for the guy.  Obviously many do.  Huckabee’s awkwardness while trying to positively spin Bush’s “new” Iraq strategy, which is just putting a good spin on the necessary draw down of the surge, which could only be maintained through the next couple of months anyway, is a good example of this.  Huckabee knows what he was saying was basically rubbish.  His problem isn’t that he doesn’t know better.  His problem is that he has to win the support of a group that lives in an altered reality to win the Republican nomination.

Bush and North Korea

 4/15/07

I have heard it through the grapevine (a very trusted source), that the Bush administration is closing down at least one of the spy houses that was focused on North Korea.  Coincidentally, the Bush administration just agreed to give North Korea everything they wanted in a deal that North Korea has had before and did not abide by.  Why they think they will this time is a complete mystery.

Apparently, Bush is closing the North Korea spy houses to save money so they can continue to pay for Iraq.   This just seems dumb headed.  North Korea is run by a “crazy like a fox” man, who is funding terrorism around the world.  Just because we have promised to give him food, doesn’t mean he won’t keep up his crazy terrorism crap.

So, Bush et al are no longer going to spy on North Korea.  (sigh).  They are making the world a much more dangerous place.