Esquire Magazine got the civic bug two years ago and started endorsing political candidates. And they didn’t do it half-ass, either, they endorsed in every single congressional district, up or down. Ditto this year, and in Oklahoma, they didn’t pull any punches:
Inhofe believes that 9/11 was divine retribution. He believes that our Middle East policy should be
Happy Constitution Day! Yeah, I don’t feel much like celebrating either.
But I read something today that made me proud to be an Oklahoman (albeit a relatively new one), and gave me a little hope.
The amazing Glenn Greenwald, whose blog you should read if you aren’t already, posted Tuesday on the lack of Congressional oversight in general,… Read the rest
Reuters photo
My friend Desiree gets right in the face of Condoleezza Rice, who is, indeed, a “war criminal.”
(Tried to embed the video, but had technical problems.
Updated, with photo from Reuters.)
Update 2: Reuters story
Update 3: This AP photo is better, due to the angle (and Rice’s expression).
This is critical. So please take action RIGHT NOW!!!
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Digby noted on Friday (during my news blackout while attending the annual Greens meeting) that not one Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee showed up for the hearing to review the confirmation of Karen Hughes to handle public relations for the State Department.
As usual, the Democrats have their heads up their asses at exactly the wrong… Read the rest
I watched a hearing (conducted only by Democrats) on C-SPAN addressing the ways in which Halliburton and its subsidiaries are bilking the American taxpayer, while abusing service members. Really almost too vile to believe: one former foodworker said freshness-date expired, and even scrapnal-tainted food was fed to the soldiers.
Halliburton’s Iraq deals described as contract abuse – Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON
In the Senate, the Escalation of Rhetoric
In the Senate, the Escalation of Rhetoric
By Mark Leibovich
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 17, 2005; C01
As a general rule, the catastrophic fallout from an atomic detonation is not something you want to be associated with. That’s why Senate Republicans are trying to avoid the term “nuclear… Read the rest
As a political geek, I went to the site of the National Weather Service after hearing how Sen. Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum is sponsoring a bill to eliminate the NWS so that commercial enterprises can make you pay for their weather news instead (oh, and guess who donated a big hunk o’ dough to Santorum’s campaign?)
But my… Read the rest
The Green Party issued a stinging rebuke of the Dems over the horrible bankruptcy bill passed and signed this week.
“72 Democrats handed President Bush, the Republicans, and corporate America a victory last week, proving that Americans have only one party for working people — the Green Party,” said Peggy Lewis, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States.
