McCain implies U.S. invaded Iraq for oil. During a townhall event in Denver today, John McCain made this eye-opening observation: My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East that will — that will then [...]
Archive for May 4th, 2008
4 May
Cheney: History will say Bush made America ’safer’ and ‘more hopeful.’
Cheney: History will say Bush made America ’safer’ and ‘more hopeful.’ Speaking in front of more than 400 people Friday night during a sold-out reception at a hotel in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dick Cheney said thathistory will be very favorable to the Bush presidency: “When the history is written, it will be said this is a safer country and [...]
4 May
Cazayoux wins La. special election
Cazayoux wins La. special election By JOHN BRESNAHAN | 5/3/08 11:16 PM EST 6th U.S. Congressional District candidate state Rep. Don Cazayoux. Photo: AP In a close race featuring millions of dollars in bruising television ads, Democrat Don Cazayoux defeated Republican Woody Jenkins on Saturday, winning another House seat for Democrats that had been [...]
4 May
Center for American Progress Changing Rationales A Timeline of Bush Administration Quotes on Iraq SOURCE: AP/Evan Vucci President Bush stands with members of his national security team at his Crawford, TX ranch, including Vide President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. [...]
4 May
Public Opinion Snapshot: New Highs for Economic Worries
Center for American Progress Public Opinion Snapshot: New Highs for Economic Worries Public Worry about Standard of Living, Paying Monthly Bills Hits New Highs By Ruy Teixeira | May 2, 2008 A new Gallup poll conducted between April 6 and April 9 shows that the public?s worries about maintaining living standards and paying monthly bills [...]
4 May
Think Again: Pentagon Propaganda and the Media Stonewall
Center for American Progress Think Again: Pentagon Propaganda and the Media Stonewall By Eric Alterman, George Zornick | May 1, 2008 On April 18, 2006, retired U.S. Air Force Major General Donald Shepperd appeared on CNN’s “Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer to respond to the news that a wave of retired generals was [...]
4 May
What Karl Rove Fears Most
What Karl Rove Fears Most By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Friday, May 2, 2008; 1:18 PM Former White House political guru Karl Rove may be the reigning champion when it comes to the Bush administration’s practice of giving the superficial impression of answering a question, while in fact dodging, weaving and spinning to the [...]
4 May
Up $10.9 Billion, Exxon Worries About New Tax
BIG OIL Up $10.9 Billion, Exxon Worries About New Tax In this Jan. 27, 2007 file photo, a gasoline tanker delivers fuel to an Exxon station in Keller, Texas. Exxon Mobil said Thursday, May 1, 2008, i ts earnings for the first three months of the year rose to $10.9 billion, or $2.03 per share, [...]
4 May
ENTITLED TO WHAT?
ENTITLED TO WHAT? With more people retiring and a smaller share of people working, the strains on Social Security and especially Medicare will become evident. By Roger Lowenstein Ny Times Magazine May 4, 2008 Virtually unnoticed during the primary season, the baby boom generation turned 62 this year and began to draw Social Security benefits. [...]
4 May
Health care costs rank among Americans’ top personal economic problems
Health care costs rank among Americans’ top personal economic problems An April 2008 poll finds that health care costs rank among Americans’ top personal economic problems, and their struggles to deal with those costs have affected both their financial well-being and their family’s health care. Conducted by the Foundation’s public opinion researchers, the poll [...]
4 May
Contractors Gone Wild
Contractors Gone Wild By Bruce Falconer Mother Jones Friday 02 May 2008 Theft, hookers, melting down Iraqi gold to make cowboy spurs – all in a day’s work for private military contractors in Iraq? Allegations of widespread mismanagement and corruption among private contractors in Iraq are nothing new; if anything, tales of cronyism, over-billing, and [...]
