A Joke. Via J-Ice, our long lost contributor.
Donald Rumsfeld is giving the President his daily briefing.  He concludes by saying: “Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed in an accident.”
“OH DEAR GOD — NO!”  George W. Bush exclaims.  “That’s terrible!”
His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the president sits, head in […]

In case you were wondering which Bush administration official was given the task of paying attention to Iraq, it turns out it’s Condi Rice:
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accepted on Friday the United States had probably made thousands of errors in Iraq but defended the overall strategy of removing Saddam Hussein.
[…]
“Yes, I know we […]

Murray Waas has a phenomenal article up on the National Journal that provides you with everything you need to know about Plamegate. From the cooking of intelligence to the coordinated attacks on the administration’s critics to the cover-up of what Bush, Cheney, Rice, and Rove knew and when, Waas has it covered.
This is the article […]

I feel like I must be late to the party here, but Schumer has introduced an interesting bill that basically invites lawsuits over the wiretapping issue:
Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, introduced a bill Wednesday that would put lawsuits challenging the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program on a fast track to the […]

Finding all sorts of gems tonight! This one comes via the Heretik via Slate:
Now it all makes sense. Dahlia Lithwick explains George Bush’s logic as recently expressed by another of his minions regarding Hamdan v Rumsfeld.
Clement’s arguments are frequently drawn from the well of “because the president says so,” or “because the president is […]

I have no choice but to reprint Windspike’s entire post. This is what qualifies as an interview these days?
In case you didn’t notice it, the Veep (Big Dick Cheney) was “interviewed” today by Tony Snow. With interviews like this, they don’t need a catapult to launch the propaganda. I’m just reprinting the Qs from […]

Thanks to bad laws, it’s been a tough month for equal rights. First it was Rumsfeld v. FAIR which affirmed the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment and stripped law schools of the right to enforce their anti-discrimination agreements. Now it’s an obscure 1913 law in Massachusetts that is preventing out of state homosexual […]

If anyone who reads this blog is working on a federal campaign I just want to wish you luck as you approach tomorrow’s FEC deadline.
If you’re NOT already working towards an FEC deadline, this is a critical time for our Democrats (and Independent Ken Grandlund). The Baltimore Group supports two campaigns through Act Blue […]

From March 24th’s episode of Real Time, here’s Bill Maher’s closing rant on global warming.
Nobody can use the phrase “our greatest problem” anymore unless you’re talking about global warming. President Bush has been saying we’re in a war on terror, and now I get it. He’s not saying “terror,” he’s saying “terra” as in “terra […]

Via Scott Shields, the Bush administration has raised CAFE standards and included the light-truck class for the first time. From the Department of Transportation press release (hence the glowing language):
The changes to the fuel economy standards represent the second time the Bush Administration has increased the mileage standards for light trucks and […]