Seems that attack ads by Republicans ~ in the Virginia state legislature, at least ~ have descended to what the Washington Post calls a “new low.”
Republican state legislator Timothy D. Hugo has launched an attack ad on his Democratic opponent with a twist: quoting comments to a blog by someone writing under a pseudonym [...]
Blogs ‘n Politix
High Dudgeon & Hijinks Continue at Justice
Ill: The Worried Shrimp
~ Just when Democrats think it’s safe to entertain ideas of true bipartisanship during the tenure of the Bush Administration ~
If you thought the matter of Bush’s nominee to take Alberto Gonzales’s position at Justice was the big news of the past few days ~ wait! There’s more!
No sooner than [...]
Iraq Coverage: All Warlords All the Time
I imagine your Demon isn’t the only one out here in American TV-land who is suffering from a mighty boob-tube cathode-ray hangover today after watching C-Span coverage of General Petraeus & Ambassador Ryan Crocker on how “well” *ahem* the surge is working. I, too, gorged on the feast of ink sprayed over the topic [...]
Misadventures in Money Management & Foreign Policy
Ill: The Worried Shrimp
The Bush Plan: Wreck-A-Country, Then Reconstruct It (Badly)
~ So we’ll have to be there forever ~
It continues to boggle your Demon’s mind that Bush gets away with all he does in the prosecution of a misguided & illegitimate war. (Leaving aside, for the moment, that Cheney is in [...]
Ghosts of New Orleans ~ 2 Years On
Your Demon had the great fortune to live in New Orleans for several years pre-hurricane, so the way that a great & wholly unique American city was allowed to disintegrate right before our very eyes is a continuing outrage, & a personal one, to me. It was, to me, a magic place, a [...]
Selling America To Americans~ or How America Became Disney Land & Its Inhabitants Cartoon Characters, Even to Themselves
“Where the truth lies” ~America’s Troubled Relationship with Advertising & Spin ~
Your Demon has recently become captivated the new AMC TV series Mad Men, & although I’ve only managed to catch two episodes, the most recent quite by accident (not being one to internalize TV schedules, since I rarely watch), this series hooked me [...]
Today in Bush’s Bizzardo World ~ Health Insurance for Kids ~ Or Not, As It Were
Is it me, or is the Bushco Tyrannical Formulation of the American Presidency getting more & more extreme with each passing day, & closer to the time when it will play itself out altogether (or so it is fervently hoped)? Especially in his utter disrespect for Congress (see FISA Act revisions of late), & now, [...]
The Boogeyman Under Bush’s Bed
By now everyone knows that a criminal court in Miami (Broward County, specifically, from which all the jurors were likely to be drawn), convicted Jose Padilla & 3 others of conspiracy to do all sorts of awful things.
Things that never actually happened, by the way.
Bush & Alberto Gonzales, especially (who took time out from [...]
Daily Snark ~ Requiem for an Evil Genius
The evil boy genius, Bush’s beloved Turdblossom, “the Architect” of the country’s dark descent into unwarranted militarism, accompanied by a calculated pull to the hard right in every facet of American life, manipulation, & flirtation with neo-con fascism, announced his resignation from public life today. Needs more time with the family.
(He has a family? News [...]
Keeping the World Safe for Billionaires
The U.S. market meltdown of the past few days has made other world economies nervous-nervous enough to dump a ton of cash into ours. The EU & Japan joined our own Federal Reserve in the injections, & dwarfed ours.
The New York Times asked yesterday, “Should the Federal Reserve help bail out billionaire hedge [...]
