Month: February 2006

Abramoff/Bush Photo Published

NYT CAPTION: President Bush shaking hands in 2001 with Chief Raul Garza of the Kickapoo tribe of Texas. In the background at left is the lobbyist Jack Abramoff; Karl Rove, the president’s top adviser, is at the right....

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How To Win The Human Race (Lies My Teacher Told Me)

Today I am inspired by a book discussion going on in the Boobooks Reading Room, where the selection is James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me, a work I have long since been recommending as required reading, especially for...

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Escape

Cross posted from The 10,000 Things Escape She stumbles down the stairs, Lip bleeding, left eye swelling- A not uncommon situation, But she knows in her heart This time it’s different- If he catches her, he’ll kill...

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DLC Funding Open Thread

An alert Chad Lupkes in Seattle sent this “expose” of the DLC to the Democracy For Washington mailing list this morning: Did you know that the DLC receives some of its funding from the same source that fuels the...

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Attention Citizens, a Blue Dress Special

by Larry C. Johnson (bio below) Well Porter, what are you going to do now? Is our illustrious CIA Director serious about protecting intelligence information or is he just talking political smack? In October 2003, Goss reacted to...

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