Month: August 2007

I have to give Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA-11) credit for showing up at Firedoglake and taking the tough questions. But his mantra is not really all that insightful. Over and over again, he says that we need to create a veto-proof...

I thought Iran was responsible. You know, the Iran that is the home of the world’s largest Shi’ite population. The number of detainees held by the American-led military coalition in Iraq has swelled by 50 percent...

I cross-posted this at Diatribune.  I also originally wrote this at my blog, ScaryShit.  So, here goes: I don’t know if anyone read Digby’s post from early this week, but for right now, would anyone be...

There’s a tantalising spectre haunting modern U.S. and international politics. In the painfully drawn out final months of the Bush presidency, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find anyone, outside of the...

With all due respect to Senator Clinton, “the new war” is already underway. In fact, it has been for close to seven years, and truly it has been raging for the past four years. Whether you, the the Bush Dog Democrats, the...