Category: US Politics

They are still spending money on this? What is the point? Have they not heard of 737s laden with fuel? Have they not heard of new technology that can avoid missile defence? Sounds like a big scam to me.

Kevin Drum quoting Eric Alterman in the Nation… That’s too bad, because unfortunately Cheney is nuts. As Powell puts it, Cheney was in the grip of a “fever,” no longer the “steady, unemotional rock that he had witnessed a dozen years earlier during the run-up to the Gulf War. The vice president was beyond hell-bent…

Dan Gillmor: The other lesson here is the way independent news operations like the Memory Hole are helping to reshape journalism. The little guy, in using the Freedom of Information Act, did something that most of the established media didn’t bother to try.

Kevin Drum has some insight into the military records of both George W Bush and John Kerry. I think his analysis is correct – the Republican game here is pretty low, and I don’t think they can win the argument.

Zachary Selden explains the phenomenon of Neocons in the US.

The very attractive editor of the Nation, Katrina, with a slew of criticisms of Bush’s 9/11 commercial, full of good links and good ideas. A short but enlightening read.

Hugo Chavez has gone off on one, he is starting to sound a bit paranoid. But the idea of a 100 year war sounds interesting, he certainly has enough oil to sell to all the other South American nations. But I just can’t help being suspicious of US intentions, especially where oil is concerned. Hey,…

So Bush had a few friends over to stay. Kevin Drum nails down Bush on comments about Clinton during the 2000 election debates. Hmmm. Pot, kettle, black.

US style guru Martha Stewart has been found guilty of lying to investigators a over a suspicious sale of shares in drug company ImClone. Ms Stewart was found guilty of one count of conspiracy, two counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction of agency proceedings. Each count carries a possible five-year jail…