The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has proposed a vehicle tax on hybrid cars in order to make up for the fact that hybrid drivers pay less in gas taxes. The reason? The Highway Trust Fund is facing...
Author - Bob Cesca
Yo Bushie! FNC says 28 percent!
Fox News just reported that in their latest poll, Bushie's approval rating has dropped to 28 percent. No online links yet, but then again -- this is Fox News. At this stage in Nixon's second term, he...
The Greatest Ex-President
Jimmy Carter. This is a brilliant, brilliant man. Watch and listen to his appearance on the Tonight Show this week. There aren't enough positive adjectives to describe him.
Look at all that blue!
Survey USA poll data mapped via dKos:
Basted in blood…
SNL did an Update sketch a while back called "Basted in Blood" about the slaughter of turkeys on Thanksgiving. I happen to be one of those moonbat vegetarians who doesn't eat the musculature of...
Take the hint, Bushie…
The AP: CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Leaders of Iraq's sharply divided Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis called Monday for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces in the country and said Iraq's opposition...
Best Rob Corddry Segment Ever
The Daily Show aired this segment several weeks ago and I'm only now getting around to posting it. Absolutely one of my favorite Corddry segments of all time. You Paid for It -- With Your Money ...
Some Tuesday Letterman
"President Bush, is on his Asian tour now. He'll visit Japan, China, South Korea, Mongolia. Once again, he's skipping Vietnam." David Letterman
The DOY! heard 'round the world
Indulge me.
Pentagon Confirms: WP is Chemical Weapon
Think Progress has the scoop. A formerly classified 1995 Pentagon intelligence document titled “Possible Use of Phosphorous Chemical” describes the use of white phosphorus by Saddam Hussein on...
Off his game? What game?
Reuters: BEIJING (Nov. 20) - Irked by a reporter who told him he seemed to be "off his game" at a Beijing public appearance, President George W. Bush sought to make a hasty exit from a news...
Schmidt for Brains
Congresswoman Jean Schmidt is hands-down the chickenhawk of the year. And yes, this is the first of many "of the year" mentions as we close in on the end of the year. Firedoglake: Jean Schmidt, who...
The Right Brothers
So a link to the website of a right-wing country duo called "The Right Brothers" has been making its rounds throughout the blogosphere. How does one describe the "Brothers"? Try this: they make Toby...
Liberating the Iraqis — by Burning Them Alive
It turns out that the Italian documentary was correct. Our military used white phosphorus to burn people alive in Fallujah. The BBC: US troops used white phosphorus as a weapon in last year's...
A Veterans Day letter to the President
From the diaries at dKos: Dear George. I am a Vietnam-era graduate of the US Naval Academy. I served in the Navy for nine years, three of them working with airborne Marines and the 82nd Airborne at...
Is Bush accepting cash in exchange for meetings?
The NY Times via Huff Po today: The lobbyist Jack Abramoff asked for $9 million in 2003 from the president of a West African nation to arrange a meeting with President Bush and directed his fees to a...
The Ummm-doy! President
The NY Times: At one point, da Silva even exhibited a map of his country, which is larger than the continental United States. "Wow! Brazil is big," Amorim quoted the U.S. president as responding...
Bush: "We Do Not Torture." (wink, wink)
Bush in Panama City today: "There's an enemy that lurks and plots and plans and wants to hurt America again," Bush said. "So you bet we will aggressively pursue them but we will do so under the law."...
They Hate Us for Our Chemical Weapons
Italian television is going to broadcast a report tonight which alleges that we used "white phosphorus" during the major assault on Fallujah. The report claims that the substance was dropped...
GOP's Bullshit Sympathy for the Poor Ends
This is the most pathetic news of the week (via Kos). And that's saying a lot. The Senate approved sweeping deficit-reduction legislation last night that would save about $35 billion over the next...