Plame on Plame.

She has just begun to speak out. Listen to what she has to say. Gentlewomen and men, I give you..Valerie Plame and KO:

Plame on surviving the Washington spy game
They had no shame, those men that destroyed the trust of the CIA employees. Cheney made them all collateral damage in his little pissing contest.

The 14 Characteristics of Fascism, Part 3 continued

Another in our series on the 14 Characteristics of Fascism and how BushCo and the extreme right use them. This post was authored by SweetPea, a member of the Coalition for a Republican-Free America
 
The 14 Characteristics of Fascism
Part III, Identification of Scapegoats
(Distorted Facts: The Cultural War Against Gays)
by SweetPea
SECTION 2
As [...]

Mukasey is a fan of the “Unitary Executive Theory”

After watching the confirmation hearing for Michael Mukasey the last couple of days, I have come to the conclusion that he is a Bushie of the highest order…just more intelligent than the others in that select group. Watch the exchange between Mukasey and Russ Feingold below regarding Bush and his ability to disobey laws he [...]

Bushs approval rating at a new low: 24%

This makes the head fuckwit of our country in the same class as Richard Nixon. Per this writeup about the lastest Zogby poll linked above: “The Reuters/Zogby Index,” which measures the mood of the country, also fell from 98.8 to 96 — the second consecutive month in which it has dropped. The number of Americans [...]

DON’T TALK TO ME ABOUT COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM

When Right Wing Sadism Intrudes Into Our Every Day Lives
by Donatra
I will not, under any circumstances, vote for a candidate who does not support a single payer health care program. I have always said this, always believed it, but in the last few days events have unfolded which have brought the health care (and [...]

The 14 Characteristics of Fascism, Part 3

ESSAY II:
RACIAL PROFILING: CODE WORD FOR RACISM
By PraetorOne and Biblebelted
In the 1960s Lyndon B Johnson incurred the wrath of Conservative Southern Democrats by supporting the civil rights movement; specifically the Voting Rights Act. Admittedly, Johnson was a piece of self-centered work, a flawed, even power hungry individual (though a rank amateur when compared to [...]

The 14 Characteristics of Fascism Part 3, Essay 1

Part 3 of our continuing series, the 14 Characteristics of Fascism and how they apply to the Rethugs and BushCo in particular.
Part III: Identifying Scapegoats
Essay 1 (Distorted Facts: The Cultural War Against Gays )
By Daniel (SweetPea)
SECTION 1
During the 1920s and 1930s the world learned that when sociopathic leaders, such as Adolf Hitler,were [...]

TAIL GUNNER JOE = REPUBLICANS 2007 Part 3

This is the final installment in this series of conversations with Uncle Abe. We hope you have enjoyed visiting with Siren’s resident historian, I know I did.-Dusty
The Beginning of the End: Joe McCarthy Self-Destructs and the After Effects of McCarthyism
Having already attacked the Truman Administration for being soft on Communism, McCarthy leveled the same [...]

TAIL GUNNER JOE = REPUBLICANS 2007 Part 2

Part two in our series of Conversations with Uncle Abe, comparing the fear campaign of McCarthy to Bush’s fearmongering.
PART II
The Only Thing They Have to Spread is Fear Itself:
Repressive Legislation and Court Decisions
I specifically asked Uncle Abe if he saw any similarities between the Red Scare of the 1950s and what’s happening [...]

Walter Reed is still a clusterf**k according to the GAO

Paul Reickhoff, of IAVA, has a piece up at HuffPo about the latest reports showing Walter Reed Army Hospital is still a quagmire and our wounded soldiers are still suffering. The 32 page GAO report is here for your viewing. Below a short blurb from Paul’s HuffPo writeup;

This latest report joins the increasing chorus [...]