“I’m the Mayor; I Can Do Whatever I Want…”
A picture of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is emerging of an arrogant, bullying incompetent mayor of the town of Wasilla. Salon has the money quote:
According to [former city council member Nick] Carney, the newly elected mayor spent more than $50,000 in city funds to redecorate her office, without the council’s authorization.
“I thought it was an [...]
Oops
The party of national security sure seems lax on matters of national security. Here we have news that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales took his work home with him, even when that consisted of classified documents–which are never supposed to leave secured areas.
The memo, obtained by The Associated Press, acknowledges that Gonzales improperly stored notes [...]
Party Unity, My Ass
[For immediate release] I’ve had it with partisan politics, as have so many Americans these days. After much consideration and consultation with my cats and wife, I’ve decided to run. We had wanted to break the news here, but the sheer size of my organization probably guaranteed leaks, and once the media got hold of [...]
Fail
Since corrected.
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Sen. Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination.
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich: “Wake Up, America!”
A Progressive Tax Plan?
It will come as no surprise that Sen. McCain is running on a promise to cut taxes, despite the biggest federal budget deficit in history–nor is it news that he wants to give the biggest tax cuts to wealthy families. What gives me hope is Sen. Obama’s plan to shift the tax burden upward, increasing [...]
Just Don’t Call It a Timetable
A few months ahead of the November election comes the news that President Bush has suddenly discovered a need to pull troops out of Iraq. This was the war that we had to have, and had to keep fighting, but it seems that that was then.
In agreeing to pull U.S. combat troops out of [...]
Oil-Soaked Rags Catch Fire
It’s a little late in the Bush-Cheney Era to start crowing every new smoking guns–too many of those have simply been ignored by the Legislative and Judicial Branches, the media, and the citizenry–but here’s a tawdry little bolus that floated to the surface of Sen. Ted Stevens’ indictment. The senator seems to have used [...]
Homes, Sweet Homes
Are you feeling tired? Unappreciated? Unable to recall how many homes you own? You might be Senator John McCain:
All told, the seven properties at which the McCains can rest their weary heads after long days on the campaign trail are valued at nearly $14 million, according to two separate research documents obtained [...]
