In a recent speech on the gulf crisis, President Obama promised to make the gulf better than before. Really? After hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil have spilled into it? We can really make it better? I felt like this was a promise out of Fantasyland. Right up there with oat bran donuts somehow … Continue reading
With the Watergate scandal President Richard Nixon introduced a new phrase into the American lexicon. Henceforth all scandals would have the word “gate” appended to them. Since then we have had Monicagate, Iran Contragate, Nannygate, Troopergate, etc. Even pseudo scandals such as Climategate were not safe from the gate moniker. However Nixon was an underachiever compared to George … Continue reading
Boy is Karl Rove a master spinner. In his new book and tour he has come up with ever more arcane excuses for the Iraq debacle. Thrown by the wayside are the search for WMDs and Saddam’s connection to 9-11. (Repeat after me, there was no connection between Hussein and 9/11.) Now he uses the last refuge of … Continue reading
In the 2008 presidential election the Republicans made much of the fact that Barrack Obama was a former community organizer (a job he held from the ages of 23 to 26). I suppose if he was still 26 years old and that was the only job he had ever held that might have meant something. … Continue reading
In a recent poll by Mens Health magazine, readers were asked ”What’s the worst example of betrayal in recent history?” Coming in at first with 29% was Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. But nipping at his heels with 27% of the vote was the Bush administration’s case for invading Iraq. Let’s compare. Bernie Madoff stole 30 to … Continue reading
