$2,400,000,000,000.00
That’s the cost of occupying Iraq so far, with no end in sight, brought to you by the Party of Fiscal Responsibility:
That’s right. Eleven zeros. New estimates out this week by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office place the cost of the Iraq occupation through 2017 at 2.4 TRILLION dollars, or put another way, [...]
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Londonbeat: “You Bring on the Sun”
The Party of Tantrums
All hail Digby, and her excellent diagnosis of the modern Republican Party’s politics of conniption:
I first noticed the right’s successful use of phony sanctimony and faux outrage back in the 90’s when well-known conservative players like Gingrich and Livingston pretended to be offended at the president’s extramarital affair and were repeatedly and tiresomely “upset” about [...]
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Godsmack: “Awake”
Bush Visits Hurt Neighborhoods
There’s no disaster President Bush can’t manage to make just a little bit worse, just by showing up. Yesterday, he and his motorcade successfully kept returning families from their homes for a couple of extra hours:
Rancho Bernardo residents began their journey back home with a surprise today.
They were stuck in traffic for two to three [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Whatsoever cunning fiend it was
That wrought upon thee so preposterously
Hath got the voice in hell for excellence.” —Henry V, 2.2.111-13
While You Were Sleeping
The California wildfires have forced the evacuation of nearly a million people, so you could imagine the emergency Cabinet meeting in the White House to be a pretty tense affair. Well, not so’s the Vice President would notice (video at link):
Vice President Dick Cheney was caught dozing off on live television during an emergency cabinet [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“There’s never none of these demure boys come to any
proof.” —Henry IV, Part 2, 4.3.88-89
Just a Little Reminder
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was faced with a little symbolic comeuppance today, courtesy of CODE PINK protestor Desiree Farooz:
Rice was preparing to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee when she encountered Farooz inside the hearing room. Farooz had painted her hands red, apparently to symbolize her group’s claim that members of President Bush’s [...]
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The Cult: “Rain”
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