Category: Politics

This will be fun…

A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme.

The Republican leadership in the Senate, House and White House are ALL officially under investigation.

Heh. dKos has the details.

We’re flying out tonight and I’ve got laundry to do.

Here’s another item I’ve been meaning to link to but didn’t get around to; this time from the Washington Note: Osama bin Laden’s public FBI file needs a serious updating.

The ensuing comments are also worth a read.

I’ve been meaning to link to this Digby gem for a few days now. Here’s a snitppet:

For those who think that we are in a post racist world because George W. Bush appointed blacks to his cabinet, think again. The modern Republican Party was built on the back of an enduring national divide on the issue of race. George Bush may not personally be racist (or more likely not know he’s racist) but the party he leads has depended on it for many years. The coded language that signals tribal ID has obscured it, but don’t kid yourselves. It is a party that became dominant by exploiting the deep cultural fault of the mason dixon line.

Better late than never. It’s long but well worth the read.

I can’t believe the White House let this get out.

In his weekly radio adddress, President Bush said that Americans would come together and make the Gulf Coast “more vibrant than ever,” just as they rebuilt after the devastation brought by terrorist attacks four years ago this weekend.

Last I checked, Ground Zero was still a big gaping hole, and plans for what’s going to eventually go there are still very much in flux.

Oh, and Charles Krauthammer is a jerk.

In less enlightened times, there was no catastrophe independent of human agency. When the plague or some other natural disaster struck, witches were burned, Jews were massacred and all felt better (except the witches and Jews). A few centuries later, our progressive thinkers have progressed not an inch. No fall of a sparrow on this planet is not attributed to sin and human perfidy.

The three current favorites are: (1) global warming, (2) the war in Iraq and (3) tax cuts. Katrina hits and the unholy trinity is immediately invoked to damn sinner-in-chief George W. Bush.

Cricitism of the President is in no way, shape, or form even remotely similar to the slaughter of unknown thousands of innocent victims. It’s an odious comparison and Krauthammer ought to be ashamed of himself for making it.