Archive for the ‘bush’ Category

End the Bush-Cheney Junta

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

While he was publicly renouncing torture, Bush was secretly ordering the CIA interrogators to brutalize prisoners all they wished. Congress wants to see those secret memos justifying the policy. The question is: Why isn’t Congress asking for Bush’s head?Read the full story

This Time, It’s War - 7/9/2007 - Broadcasting & Cable

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Networks should provide even more graphic coverage of what’s actually going on in Iraq and never shy away from the gruesome toll the war is taking.Read the full story

Neighborhood Bully: America’s dismal Global Image

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

The Pew Global Attitudes Project has just released its most extensive survey of world opinion since 2002 — 45,000 people in 47 nations. The results are a dismal vote against Bush’s America. Not to mention a disturbing, contrasting confidence vote in Vladimir Putin. At least the world still loves Bruce ...

Torturers in Camouflage: The U.S. Military, Ethical Hellhole

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Almost half of American soldiers in Iraq think torture should be allowed to save the life of another soldier, and 39 percent of Marines and 36 percent of Army soldiers think it should be allowed merely to gather information on insurgents. Barely a third of Marines think civilians should be ...

Swine Story: President Pork

Friday, March 30th, 2007

“The House and Senate bills have too much pork,” President Bush says of the $122 billion “supplemental” spending bill for his wars. He’s right. The bill adds up to $116 billion in wasteful war spending and just $6 billion on real domestic needs. Here’s the math.Read the full story

The Bush Presidency Is Over, by Pierre Tristam [Candide’s Notebooks]

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Just as a traveler doesn't decide when his journey is over, a president doesn;t decide when his presidency has ended. Bush's ended on January 10.Read the full story

Pierre Tristam: Al-Qaeda Video Awards/Candide’s Notebooks

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

How Bush's ongoing pre-election Tour for Terror synchronizes its PR with Osama's video production company.Read the full story