The Hill newspaper reported yesterday that Capitol Hill police were ordered to retreat Saturday from some 300 anarchists who spraypainted graffiti on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. According to the sources, police officers were livid when they were told to fall back by U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Chief Phillip Morse and Deputy Chief Daniel […]
Fewer than 3,000 Americans were killed by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The target was military, not civilian -- seriously, warships are just asking for it aren't they? And this was 1941 -- Hawaii wasn't even a U.S. state! It was a justified strike against American imperialism. So, the Japanese […]
If the editorial writers at the New York Times have heard of the Laffer Curve, then it's obvious they want to forget it. In a typically lame editorial today, the Times encourages Congress to let the Bush tax cuts expire in order to bring the economy to a screeching halt erase the budget deficit. Oh, […]
I watched a bit of network news this evening which once again reinforces why I try never to watch network news. I'm pretty sure I was watching ABC when they did a little story on the perjury and obstruction of justice trial of former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, I. Lewis "Scooter" […]
Senate Democrats -- and a few too many Republicans -- have gone schizophrenic when it comes to the new Bush plan for Iraq. It should be noted that the Senate earlier this week confirmed Gen. David Petraeus by a vote of 81-0 for his fourth star. The same Gen. Petraeus who during his Senate confirmation […]
Yes, I'm back to referencing the movie "Sneakers." In that film, Setec Astronomy was discovered to be an anagram of "Too Many Secrets." If it wasn't apparent before, the New York Times is of the opinion that the U.S. government doesn't deserve to have any secrets when it comes to national security. The Bush administration […]
Jimmy Carter's latest book: "Lies I Tell to Improve My Self-Esteem," gets a thrashing from former Carter Center director Kenneth Stein. I encourage you to read the entire article, but it's incredibly hilarious that Carter thinks (according to Zbigniew Brzezniski) that Menachem Begin was responsible for his 1980 defeat by Ronald Reagan.
District Court Judge John A. Houston -- a Bush 43 appointee -- ruled yesterday that it's perfectly OK to silence non-threatening religious speech on school campuses if the speech says that someone is doing wrong. Houston then relied on an earlier appeals court decision in the case to find that the school's actions didn't infringe […]
I must confess that I don't know exactly what to think about the reports that the White House has asked several U.S. attorneys to step down in the coming weeks, including the San Diego District's Carol Lam. Some conspiracy theorists have suggested that it's payback by the Bush administration for Lam's prosecution of Randy "Duke" […]
Former president and Arab money man Jimmy Carter spoke at Brandeis University outside Boston last night. After writing a book that he has said he hopes prompts a debate, Carter refused to debate law professor Alan Dershowitz. There was a positive note in the article. In response to a question from a student, Carter confessed […]