Category: Bush administration
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 15, 2011 in Arrogance, Bamboozling, Bush administration, Campaign promises, Campaigns & Campaign Financing, Charitable Contributions, Current Affairs, Dept. of Justice (Obama), Fund Raising, George Bush, Hoodwinking, Pandering, President Barack Obama, Transparency | View Comments
Now, I know that many of us – members of the “reality based community” – did not believe for one skinny second that Barack Obama was ever going to be transparent or bring real change to the White House. Frankly, it is ludicrous on its face to refer to someone as “transparent” who refused to [...]
By Nail Em Up on May 2, 2011 in 9/11, AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Bush administration, Commander in Chief, Crime, Current Affairs, Defense, DoD, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, George Bush, Guantanamo, Homeland Security, India, Islam, Jihadists, Media, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Media, Blogs, Media, Print, Muslim, Muslims & Arabs, NATO, National Security, Pakistan, Pentagon, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Southwest Asia, State Department, Terrorism, World News | View Comments
Bin Ladin is dead. Again. In the last ten years he has been reported “killed” at least four times. The only difference this time was that the President of the United States announced the death of the number one terrorist in the world. Above all, this time he was killed not in Tora Bora, not [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 2, 2011 in 9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Bush administration, CIA, Counterterrorism, Current Affairs, DoD, Foreign Affairs, George Bush, Homeland Security, Intelligence, Muslim, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | View Comments
Update below the fold. I had another post all ready to go this morning of Lara Logan’s interview on “60 Minutes,” but that can keep until tomorrow. Today, the big news, as President Obama announced late last night, Osama bin Laden has been killed. The reports have been a bit conflicting on just how he [...]
By Nail Em Up on Jan 6, 2011 in AfPak Border, Bush administration, Censorship, Citizenship, Civil Liberties, Civil Liberties & Rights, Civil Rights, Crime, Current Affairs, Death Penalty, Fascism, Freedom of Speech, George Bush, Hate Speech, Human Rights, Islam, Jihadists, Media Bias, Media, Blogs, Media, Television, Muslim, Muslims & Arabs, Pakistan, Race, Racism, Religion, Sharia Law, Southwest Asia | View Comments
Salmaan Taseer is dead. He’s neither the first politician, first liberal, the first outspoken bullish pugnacious politician who was killed. Nor is he last. There were many, there will be more. He was the sitting governor of Pakistan’s biggest province and was assassinated by his own bodyguard. Does Pakistan suffer today because of his death? [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Dec 9, 2010 in Austan Goolsbee, Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush administration, Bush/Cheney, Campaigns & Campaign Financing, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, George Bush, Keith Olbermann, Media, Print, Media, Television, New York Times, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama-Barack & President Barack, President Barack Obama, Washington Post | View Comments
In the current bout of progressive hand-wringing over President Obama’s latest “compromise” on the Bush tax cuts, everyone from Keith Olbermann to Frank Rich to Paul Krugman to Bill Maher to Eleanor Clift is directing their erstwhile wunderkind to return to his principles, get his mojo back, stop being wimpy and declare his refusal to [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 25, 2010 in Bush administration, Current Affairs, Economy, Education, George Bush, Messiah, President Barack Obama, Satire | View Comments
Well, at least according to Newsweek, that is. Yes, the brain trust at Newsweek have decided that the US ranks eleventh in the world. Why? Well, I bet you can guess if you think about it for a minute. Give up? This headline by Brent Baker at Newsbusters will make it clear, “Newsweek Ranks U.S. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 17, 2010 in Bamboozling, Bush administration, Corruption, Crime, Current Affairs, Hoodwinking, President Barack Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi | View Comments
This is rich. Remember back when Bush was president, and his Administration was accused of distributing propaganda to support its programs? People were outraged at the news, remember? I sure do – I was mighty upset that our taxpaying dollars were going to support downright propaganda, for programs I opposed, I might add. Well now, [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on May 25, 2010 in Barack Obama, Bush administration, Civil Liberties & Rights, Hispanic vote, Homeland Security, Illegal Aliens, Immigration Reform, John McCain, Latinos, MSNBC, Obama Administration, Obama-Barack & President Barack, President Barack Obama | View Comments
BREAKING — According to MSNBC today … President Barack Obama will send 1,200 National Guard troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border, an administration official and an Arizona congresswoman said Tuesday, pre-empting Republican plans to try to force votes on such a deployment. Obama will also request $500 million for border protection and law enforcement [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on May 2, 2010 in Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, Bush administration, Current Affairs, Economic Stimulus, Elitism, Hillary Clinton, Immigration Reform, Mortgage Crisis, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Off-Shore Drilling, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Wall Street | View Comments
If anyone wonders why 24% of the population identify with the Tea Party movement, or what prompted Jane Hampsher of FireDogLake to note that Progressivism Is Dead, while expressing fury at being sold out to corporate oligarchs and government elite, look no further than Peggy Noonan’s WSJ piece, The Big Alienation, which aptly describes the [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Apr 28, 2010 in Bamboozling, Bill Clinton, Bush administration, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, General Election, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, MSNBC, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, New York Times, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Media Censorship, President Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, Transparency, Washington Post | View Comments
One would certainly think so if this article is any indication, “Why Reporters Are Down On President Obama“. Color me a bit surprised to learn that reporters were down on Obama. I could be jaded after the overwhelmingly positive articles of him during the election, especially compared to favorable articles on Hillary Clinton, but I [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Apr 10, 2010 in Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, Banking Institutions, Bernie Madoff, Bush administration, Civil Liberties, Congress (House & Senate), DNC idiocy, Economic Stimulus, Freedom of Speech, Lobbyists, Media Bias, Nancy Pelosi, National Debt, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Budget, Race Card, Stimulus Plan, TARP, Toxic Assets, Wall Street, stimulus tax package | View Comments
Who’s afraid of a little Tea Party? Everyone, fortunately. So says Kevin O’Brien of The Cleveland Plain Dealer, who correctly points out that while Tea Partiers may lean conservative, they are filled with more anti-incumbent fever (for both sides) than anyone would care to admit: Democratic officeholders should be afraid. Republican officeholders, too. For many [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Apr 5, 2010 in Bush administration, Current Affairs, Democratic Party, Democrats Against Obama, Hillary Clinton, Media Bias, Nancy Pelosi, TARP, Tax stimulus package, Toxic Assets | View Comments
It is shocking that even CNN has reported on Disgruntled Democrats Joining the Tea Party. Shannon Travis’ story quotes two disaffected educated, liberal women and their unlikely path to the tea party protests: Some Americans who say they have been sympathetic to Democratic causes in the past — some even voted for Democratic candidates — [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Apr 1, 2010 in Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, Barack Obama, Bush administration, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Democrats, Depression, Fannie Mae, Franklin Raines, Freddie Mac, Housing & Housing Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, National Debt, Unemployment | View Comments
~~Bumped Up~~ The DOW continues to be on the rise, which is certainly some good news, particularly for investors. Unfortunately, that is not translating into new jobs. Quite the opposite, in fact. For the second week in a row, first time unemployment benefits have risen, this week close to half a million (484,000), a rise [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jan 12, 2010 in Al Qaeda, Bush administration, Counterterrorism, Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Fox News, Jihadists, President Barack Obama, Terrorism | View Comments
* Bumped up * Charles Krauthammer wrote the following piece about a week before Obama’s most recent “I have to have my face on tv” speech regarding our security and the Christmas Day terrorist attempt. Since I cannot stand to watch him (I have the exact same aversion to him talking as I did to [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 27, 2009 in Benjamin Netanyahu, Bush administration, China, Current Affairs, Emperor's Clothing Syndrome, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, General Election, George Bush, Global Finance, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, International Monetary Fund, Israel, John McCain, Pandering, President Barack Obama, World | View Comments
* bumped up * Well, it seems like it is finally happening. The world community to which Obama pandered during the campaign is starting to realize what many Americans now know (and some of us always did): He’s not all he’s cracked up to be. In this article from Spiegel, “Obama’s Nice Guy Act Gets [...]
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