The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has shut down a Web site it operated that that included antiwar, pro-life, and gay rights organizations in a list of groups that could include terrorists. The Web site identified different types of terrorists, and included a...
Tucked away in an Associated Press story this morning: Meanwhile, in Kut, 160 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of Baghdad, 70 police officers resigned Sunday morning and handed over their weapons. They cited their fears of being targeted by Mahdi Army militants,...
Not really, but a great humor piece from Andy Borowitz: Bush Names Wolfowitz President of al-Qaeda Hopes to Undermine Terror Network In a bold move to undermine the international terror network, President George W. Bush today named former deputy defense secretary and...
Probably not, Rudy's an old dog. Yesterday, Ron Paul held a news conference to give it a try anyway. The controversy started at the second Republican debate. Rep. Paul said that the the attacks on the United States on September 11th were “blowback†from the...
From Carolyn Eisenberg of United for Peace and Justice: If everything goes according to plan the House and Senate will vote today or tomorrow to give President Bush the funding that he has requested for Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill contains no time-tables for...
Not content with attacking him for what he actually said or did, the War Party is now making up stories. The Hotline, the daily blog of the National Journal, runs the following item: Republicans have a message for Ron Paul: don't mess with us. Since Tuesday's debate,...
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-Md.) is no stranger to war. He signed up with the Marines in 1964 and went to Vietnam in the grimmest, bloodiest days of the war. He survived a shot to the chest, and spent the decades afterward studying foreign policy, history, and why nations...
Update: Video compilation of Gravel clips from debate at the bottom of this post. I got a pleasant surprise watching last night's Presidential debate. The usual (and often scary) drivel spewed forth from the likes of Hillary and Barack, both trying to outdo each other...
As an audience member asks a question, John McCain blows his nose long and hard. It seems he lost a little gray matter on the kleenex. When asked when the US military might "send an air mail message to Tehran." He responded by attempting to sing a revision of the...
But it wasn't Nancy Pelosi. A day after Pelosi's well-publicized visit with Syrian President Bashar Assad, Republican Darrell Issa (CA) met with Assad saying that Bush had failed to promote the dialogue that is necessary to resolve disagreements between the US and...
