Get In Line
Oil lobbyist (then Bush Deputy Secretary of the Interior, then lobbyist again, of course) pleads guilty to lying to Congress:
Mr. Griles entered the plea shortly after 11 a.m. Eastern time at a hearing before United States District Judge Ellen Huvelle. Sentencing was set for June 26.
Under a plea agreement with Mr. Griles, the Justice [...]
Gratuitous Video Feed
Carlos Santana with John Lee Hooker: “The Healer”
What We’ve Lost
On the subject of lost morality, the Red Cross isn’t afraid to call American interrogation techniques torture:
The history of participation by psychologists and psychiatrists in national security researches into interrogation, mind control and torture, continues apace. What is so striking is the vast scope of the program and the involvement of prominent behavioral scientists and [...]
Maher On Sacrifice in the Bush Era
Bill Maher’s New Rules:
Liberals must stop saying President Bush hasn’t asked Americans to sacrifice for the War on Terror. On the contrary—he’s asked us to sacrifice something enormous: our civil rights.
Now, when I heard George Bush was reading my emails, I probably had the same reaction you did: “George Bush can read?” Yes, he can. [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“O monstrous arrogance! Thou liest, thou thread, thou thimble,
Thou yard, three-quarters, half-yard, quarter, nail,
Thou flea, thou nit, thou winter-cricket thou!”
—The Taming of the Shrew, 4.3.107-10
