www.americanprogressaction.org In his “scathing” new memoir, which will be released next week, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan accuses his former colleagues in the Bush administration of not being “open and forthright on Iraq,” arguing that they engaged in a “political propaganda campaign to sell the war to the American people.” President Bush “signed off [...]
Archive for May, 2008
28 May
Troubled Homeowners Need Breathing Room
Center for American Progress SOURCE: AP/Isaac Brekken An unfinished development in suburban Las Vegas awaits completion. Struggling homeowners who bought when the market was high are now stuck with resetting adjustable-rate mortgages and payments they can’t afford. New legislation could help them avoid foreclosure. By Tim Westrich | May 28, 2008 High gas prices have [...]
28 May
Diplomacy Isn’t Appeasement
Center for American Progress BY SPENCER P. BOYER | TheRoot.com In a show of strength, Nixon and Reagan were willing to talk to the other side and it helped the West win the Cold War. AFP/Getty Images Former President, Ronald Reagan lends an ear to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. May 28, 2008–It’s always sad to [...]
28 May
What about the Bush doctrine?
By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist / May 28, 2008 REMEMBER George W. Bush? He was the president who warned in 2002 that Iran and North Korea were part of an “axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.” On his watch, he vowed, the United States would “not permit the world’s most [...]
28 May
The Fading of the Mirage Economy
By Steven Pearlstein Wednesday, May 28, 2008; Page D01 Suddenly, it seems, we’re getting hit from all directions. Energy and food prices are soaring. The housing market continues to collapse. Government revenue is falling, and taxes are rising. Airlines are jacking up fares and fees while reducing service. Banks are pulling credit lines. Auto companies [...]
28 May
Ex-Press Aide Writes That Bush Misled U.S. on Iraq
By Michael D. Shear Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 28, 2008; Page A01 Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that the Iraq war was sold to the American people with a sophisticated “political propaganda campaign” led by President Bush and aimed at “manipulating sources of public opinion” and [...]
28 May
BILL GILLESPIE FOR GEORGIA
BILL FOR GEORGIA BLOGOSPHERE MAY 19, 2008 Press Conference: Pass the new GI Bill! SAVANNAH, Ga. – Democratic Party of Georgia Chair Jane Kidd and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives Bill Gillespie today called on Republican John McCain to stand up for veterans by supporting the 21st Century G.I. Bill of Rights, introduced [...]
28 May
Bearing No Burden
Washington Post Editorial Republicans hold the line against paying any cost of war. Tuesday, May 27, 2008; Page A12 THE NOTION that a country at war should ask its citizens to bear the burden of higher taxes is now viewed in many quarters as quaint, if not ludicrous. In fact, rather than shared sacrifice, the [...]
28 May
A Sensible Path on Iran
By Zbigniew Brzezinski and William Odom Tuesday, May 27, 2008; Page A13 Washington Post Current U.S. policy toward the regime in Tehran will almost certainly result in an Iran with nuclear weapons. The seemingly clever combination of the use of “sticks” and “carrots,” including the frequent official hints of an American military option “remaining on [...]
28 May
Oil, Israel, Iran, America and the High Cost of a Single War-Like Remark
By Dave Lindorff One remark by a minor Israeli cabinet officer hinting at a possible US or Israeli attack on Iran has sent oil prices up by a record $11/barrel to a record $139 per barrel Friday. That should tell us what would happen if the Bush administration were crazy enough to attack Iran, or [...]
28 May
Frida Berrigan, The Pentagon Takes Over
tomdispatch.com Here are words to pin to the Bush years like a wilting corsage: “We don’t know what we paid for.” That’s a quote from Mary Ugone, the Defense Department’s deputy inspector general for auditing, concerning massive Pentagon payments made during the occupation and war in Iraq for which there is no existing (or grossly [...]
27 May
Telecom Companies in Cahoots with Illegal Bush Administration Surveillance Programs
by Tom Burghardt Global Research, May 27, 2008 The hot-button issue of retroactive immunity for telecom companies in cahoots with illegal Bush administration surveillance programs is close to reaching its inevitable dénouement. But what’s gotten little media play throughout the endless months of “debate” are the huge piles of cash that have changed hands to [...]
