Posts Tagged ‘George W. Bush’

All that’s left are the pardons

[Updates below.]
I’m oddly compelled to stare at the countdown clock that currently sits in the left sidebar of this site. In less than 24 hours now, we will be rid of the nightmare of having George W. Bush leading and destroying the free world simultaneously.
This time tomorrow we’ll know who he’s pardoning as his final eff-you to everyone… Read the rest

Keith Olbermann: Bush’s 8 disasterous years in 8 minutes

Finally, it is about over. Just two days, and we can watch watch his chickenhawk ass get out of our White House and our Capital City. Bush and his accomplices will continue to try to whitewash his “legacy” but they will fail. The best George W. Bush can hope from history is eternal ignominy. With an iota of justice… Read the rest

Shoe chuck at Bush prompts shoe drive for needy

One of the better things I did this year was join the National Lawyers Guild. Here is a good indication of what they are about. Where other groups are organizing a wasteful campaign to send shoes to the White House, NLG asks us to give our unneeded shoes to those who can appreciate them.

National Lawyers Guild Launches ‘Give

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Progressive, activist voices on Obama victory and going forward in a new America

The consensus bottom line: This is just the beginning.
Gloria A. Totten, Progressive Majority

The message couldn’t be clearer: voters wanted progressive change. They elected an outstanding progressive as the next president. They put Democrats solidly in control of the Congress. And, they elected 79 great Progressive Majority candidates to state and local office! More results will be coming in

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Colin Powell reality check

Colin Powell, former Sec. of State for George W. Bush, is scheduled to be the guest on Meet the Press this Sunday, and buzz is that he will announce his endorsement of Obama for president.
While this prospect is supposedly a good thing for us Obama supporters, in that it will sway a few people who still hold out some… Read the rest

Bush Legacy Tour to stop in OKC today noon

Good news — the Bush Legacy Tour is coming to our community!
Stop by the bus to see a traveling museum dedicated to President Bush’s failed conservative policies — and to show your support for Americans United for Change.
Wednesday, October 15th
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State Capitol
2300 N. Lincoln Blvd.Read the rest

Disaster apartheid

I’m breaking one of my cardinal rules and pasting in a post from another site in toto. It’s a powerful rant by Greg Palast, provoked by the recent fires in California, and the government’s response to them. I have a feeling he won’t mind. ‘Course, I’m not alone, soonerthought did the same thing, which is where I found… Read the rest

War on Terror: misnamed, misguided and mismanaged

There’s nothing like a bad metaphor to really sow misunderstanding and mayhem. When the thing being described is as serious and complicated as the threat from stateless terrorists, the consequences of a bad metaphor have corrupted our public discourse and foreign relations, decimated our Constitution and military infrastructure, and made us all less safe from all kinds of threats, internal… Read the rest

On condition of anonymity…

an honest diplomatic response to Bush’s phony “climate summit”:

A senior European diplomat attending the conference, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the meeting confirmed European suspicions that it had been intended by Mr Bush as a spoiler for a major UN conference on climate change in Bali in December.
“It was a total charade and has been exposed as

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