An Exit Strategy

7/13/07

I am upset about what is happening in Iraq and our apparently open-ended commitment there.  But I worry that with all the talk of withdrawal, there isn’t actually a good plan to withdrawal.  Further, this administration is amazingly incompetent.  Do we really want them managing a withdrawal?  As much as I want the troops out, I am not sure I want Bush et al organizing it for us.

I Must be Psychic

7/2/07

I predicted the Libby Pardon over a week ago, and I was right! See my essay on the whats and whys this has happened in case you missed it before.

Hypothetical Pardons.

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 )