Jimmy Carter’s 21 percent in the late 1970s was the lowest approval rating for a sitting president ever until today. A new survey by the American Research Group puts President George W. Bush’s approval rating at 19 percent. A full…
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Castro Resigns! Now What?
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
If a picture paints 1000 words, then why am I still typing? HAVANA (AP) – An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba’s president Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when…
A Letter to the President on FISA
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
From the Speaker’s Office: “…in the remote possibility that a new terrorist organization emerges that we have never previously identified, the NSA could use existing authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to monitor those communications…In an emergency, NSA…
Government/Corporate Partnership Gone Wild!
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” – Benito Mussolini Talk about your public/private partnerships! This is scary. Forget the extra-constitutional power this gives an exclusive club of people for…
This Picture Is Worth More Than A Thousand Words
by Sean H. Mill • • 1 Comment
Run Up to Iraq War: A Searchable Database of Lies and the Lying Liars Who Told Them
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
Saw this in the Boston Globe’s site this morning; its’ an AP story: WASHINGTONâ€â€A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq…
One Year To Go….
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
Until the newly elected Democratic president raises her/his hand to take the Oath of Office and the miserable failure that is the administration of George W. Bush comes to a bitter end.   The President is a lame duck now,…
