The New York Times: The White House announced on Tuesday that the federal budget deficit was expected to rise this year to $427 billion, a figure that includes a new request from President Bush to...
Author - Bob Cesca
NRO reporter took White House pay
The Washington Post is reporting that National Review Online columnist Maggie Gallagher took $21,500 from the Bush administration to promote Mr. Bush's ridiculous marriage incentive plan in her...
Choose the form of the destructor!
We've been using the agitprop nickname "Stay-Puft" for both Jerry Falwell and Richard Land (Bush advisor and Christian fundamentalist). It's time to settle on one or the other. Vote for your choice...
Newt and the Republicans hate marriage
Speaking of marriage protection, David Corn has the story about how Newt left his second wife after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. This was after he left his first wife while she was in...
Marriage amendment re-introduced
Senate Joint Resolution 1, also known as the 'Marriage Protection Amendment' or the 'Federal Marriage Amendment' , was re-introduced yesterday by sponsor Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO). Thomas hasn't...
Troops to remain in Iraq through 2006
In Bushworld, we can only assume this really means "at least 2010". The Army's current plan is to keep about 120,000 soldiers in Iraq through 2006, roughly the same number that are fighting there...
Human Rights Watch: More Iraq torture
Human Rights Watch has learned that the new Iraqi police forces are routinely torturing Iraqi citizens -- and children. And the U.S. forces are "turning a blind eye". The Independent: The report says...
Will the embassy have a Starbucks?
As part of an additional $80 billion requested for Iraq, Mr. Bush has requested $1.5 billion for the U.S. embassy construction in Baghdad. Full story. Just some perspective on $1.5 billion by way of...
Senate Tuesday: good news, bad news
GOOD NEWS. Tomorrow, the Senate will engage in nine hours of floor debate over the potential confirmation of Condoleezza Rice for Secretary of State. The leader of the Democratic opposition will be...
NBC's Brian Williams: Dittohead
Media Matters notes this from an interview with Williams on CSPAN's "Q&A": WILLIAMS: I do listen to Rush. I listen to it from a radio in my office, or depending on my day, if I'm in the car, I...
Summary: Dobson's erect cartoon frogs
Just a recap of the articles (so far) about the wood-sporting frogs on Rev. James Dobson's kiddie site, Ribbits.com. Again, if he's so worried about corrupting children with such terrible ideas as...
Zogby: 31 percent 'ashamed' of Bush
"Ashamed" has always been at the core of my feelings about Mr. Bush --the stomach-turning resentment that our generation will be partly associated with electing a patently unqualified and dangerous...
Another letter to frog-lover Dobson
Promoted from the comments section, here's another brilliant letter to Rev. James Dobson regarding his love of anatomically correct amphibians. By commenter "Rev. Paul Gluck". Dear Dr Dobson, My wife...
U.S. Environment: "We're number 45!"
The Environmental Sustainability Index, which ranks nations according to their environmental conditions, has been released and the news for the U.S. is pathetic. The New York Times: Finland, Norway...
Global warming at point of no return
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said to a delegation of Small Island Developing States: "Climate change is for real. We have just a small window...
Johnny Carson 1925-2005
The fun he would've had with the current group in Washington.
Letter to Mullah Dobson
Promoted from the comments section, written by JoAnn Krieger: Here's the letter I sent to The Dr. Dobson: My son, Joshua, was on Ribbits for the first time yesterday.I logged him myself and even...
Bush: Tolerance (except for gay couples)
Clearly, the full text of Mr. Bush's address should include an asterix next to the word "tolerance". George W. Bush's inaugural address: In America's ideal of freedom, the public interest depends on...
Rasmussen: Bush approval at 44%
And believe it or not, that's up one point from yesterday when his approval rating was at 43%. Full report. Can a president make radical, expensive, and unpopular reforms in domestic and foreign...
We sanction what we used to condemn
The image to right is a propaganda poster issued by the U.S. government in 1942 (National Archives page) to publicize the realities of Nazi brutality. The painting in the poster is eerily similar to...