Forty-two Bush Administration appointees resigned under a cloud of controversy over the past eight years. Only now could a final tally be calculated. So many had resigned that it actually has become difficult to remember every one of them. Some were well illuminated by the mainstream media while others were just a passing blip on [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Bush Administration'
Complete Bush Appointee Resignation Scorecard
February 11th, 2009 · 34 Comments
Tags: Bush Administration · Corruption · Dept of Justice · Lobbying · Republican
Russia’s New Monroe Doctrine
September 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
It’s official. We have just entered into a new Cold War.
On Sunday, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev defined bold and assertive guidelines that would define its new approach to international relations. This new policy most notably contains what is effectively the Russian version of the Roosevelt corollary of the United State’s well-known Monroe Doctrine. Re-asserting itself [...]
Tags: Bush Administration · President Bush · Russia
Political Euphemism Glossary- New Entry: Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
October 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment
The political euphemism glossary, which is non-partisan and being built gradually, is a catalog of the tools, words, and phrases used by political minds to shape how we think or worse, lull us into such a complacency we fail to critically think at all.
The next euphemism to enter the complete glossary is below. Click on [...]
Tags: Bush Administration · Dept of Justice · Euphemism Glossary · Political Language · President Bush · Terrorism · War
Bush Appointee Resignation Scorecard
October 14th, 2007 · 18 Comments
Author’s Note: Now that President Bush is no longer in office, I have compiled an updated and complete list of what grew to be 42 Bush administration appointees who resigned in disgrace which also includes and supersedes the original list of 21 resignations contained in the post below. Click on the link above for the [...]
Tags: Bush Administration · Corruption · Debate · Democrat · Dept of Justice · President Bush · VP Cheney
Shaping the Afghanistan & Iraq War Memorials
July 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I visited The Moving Wall this weekend. The Moving Wall is a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that travels around the country so those who can not make it to Washington D.C. can experience the power, and hopefully the healing, of the memorial. As I was reflecting upon the wall, contemplating all the [...]
Tags: Bush Administration · Ideology · Iraq · President Bush · Terrorism · War
Alberto Gonzales Unable To Keep Foot From Mouth
July 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Monday, July 23rd
Attorney General Gonzales:
I could walk away or I could devote my time, effort and energy to fix the problems. Since I have never been one to quit, I decided that the best course of action was to remain here and fix the problems. That is exactly what I am doing.
Senator Whitehouse:
I don’t know [...]
Tags: Bush Administration · Constitution · Dept of Justice · Senate
Russia’s “Short-Man Syndrome” and Bush’s Diplomatic Chainsaw
July 25th, 2007 · 4 Comments
President Bush has again displayed the nuance and diplomatic skills of a chainsaw. His flippant approach to Russian concerns about the deployment of an American anti-ballistic missile system in former East Bloc countries only serves to make it even more difficult to work with the Russians in the future. To underscore that, Russia has just [...]
Tags: Bush Administration · Iran · Military · President Bush · Russia · War
Gallup: Confidence in Congress at New Low
July 16th, 2007 · No Comments
Think American confidence in the presidency is low? The public is even less confident in Congress. And that is also a result of the President Bush’s leadership.
Gallup conducts an annual poll of American confidence in 16 different societal institutions ranging from the military to religion, business to labor, the medical system to HMOs, news [...]
Tags: Bush Administration · Congress · President Bush · Republican · Supreme Court
Video: A Compelling Argument For Impeachment
July 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Crooks and Liars has posted an excerpt from a PBS broadcast of Bill Moyers’ roundtable discussion of impeachment with a conservative guest and a liberal guest. While they may not agree on a lot of issues, they do agree on one thing.
I strongly recommend taking six minutes to view the video.
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Tags: Bush Administration · Constitution · President Bush · VP Cheney
Political Euphemism Glossary- New Entry: Surge
July 13th, 2007 · No Comments
The political euphemism glossary, which is non-partisan and being built gradually, is a catalog of the tools, words, and phrases used by political minds to shape how we think or worse, lull us into such a complacency we fail to critically think at all.
The next euphemism to enter the glossary is below. Click on the [...]
Tags: Bush Administration · Euphemism Glossary · Iraq · Military · Political Language · War