Given who this guy’s ties were, this doesn’t much surprise me. He was taking kickbacks from Abramoff while leading the GSA; yes, the same Abramoff who was responsible for that criminal DeLay. I’ve included the entire article — click the link below to read it. What stuns me is that this is the kind of person that fits right in w/ the current President’s staff members. I’m not even surprised.. Read More
Daily Kos: Re-Improved Colbert transcript
Daily Kos: Re-Improved Colbert transcript (now with complete text of Colbert-Thomas video!) If you haven’t had the chance to see Stephen Colbert’s speech at the recent dinner for the White House press association (I forget their actual name, but that’s close), give this a read. There’s a TON of subtle (and some overt) insults directed at the president, his staff members, the Supreme Court, NSA, John McCain… you name it… Read More
The Gadflyer: Fly Trap
The Gadflyer: Fly Trap: How now GOP leaders that Bush is tapping the Strategic Petro Reserve? Thomas F. Schaller (1:52PM) link Hmmm….Failed oilman, supposed free-marketeer and national security-first President George W. Bush is going to start tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Must be because of some national security threat to our pipelines, right? Wrong. Gas prices are high and already-nervous Republicans are getting more nervous that gas prices will.. Read More
Live Sade Performance
Wow. I’ve been a big fan of Sade for quite some time, but I’ve never caught a live show, and haven’t ever even seen her perform on TV. When I ran across this performance on youtube, I had to watch it. Having never seen her perform live, I somehow haven’t ever thought about what it was I was missing. Her style’s smooth and sensual; appropriate for her music. If you’re.. Read More
Bush Lied. Anyone actually surprised?
Right, so I read this today, and I’ll quote the full article, as the author I read has done. The Gadflyer: Fly Trap: OK, Maybe We Did Lie Paul Waldman (9:14AM) The line from the Bush administration and their allies about the claims they made before the war has been, hey, maybe we were wrong, but it was an honest mistake. It’s not like we knew Iraq didn’t have weapons.. Read More