Accountability & Corruption

Intelligence, Sanity, Good, and Evil

An unchecked faith in our intelligence -- just like an unchecked faith in anything -- may be our own worst enemy. It is in the name of intelligence, I feel, that we make some of our greatest blunders.

Hiroshima Day 2004

Today, on Hiroshima Day, the nation faces a choice between an "insane" George W. Bush and a "sane" John Kerry.

Trust with Verification

....so the refrain went when the Reaganauts talked about the Soviet Union, but never about the Saudis, Saddam Hussein, the Afghani rebels, Israel, or the Contras.

Don Bushote?

George W. Bush's antics seem comic when we read about them in blogs but they are grimmer than satire when we remember that this is no fictional character but a fool with a great deal of power in his hands.

Cowbird Morals

Stealth is not nearly as important as brazen insertion.

Jeremiad against the Purblind

This peace that I see is dearly bought by others.

Sociopath Sanctuary

Here's a campaign issue to throw in the face of Bush appointee John W. Ashcroft, who promised to enforce the laws as they were written. Here's something to demand of John Kerry.

War's Anniversary

I'm for remembering all the dead, American and Iraqi....no more soldier-hating presidents.

Rent-A-Coup

It's politics Tuesday and there is a single event that I want to call your attention to: the story behind the aborted Rent-A-Coup flight in Africa.

Hannah Arendt on Eichmann

What mattered in the case of Eichmann is that he wanted to please his superiors.

Suitcase Nukes: Is The Truth is Hidden in Caves?

The suitcase nukes story appears to be a cold act of desparation by the Bush Administration to save its collective ending from defeat at the polls in November. Or could there be a darker purpose?

Deny deny deny

Costa Mesa attorney Joe Weber wonders if the acquittal of O.J. Simpson and the falsehoods implanted concerning WMDs by George W. Bush have "somehow plant[ed] the suggestion in the public consciousness that a complete denial is the only way to go?"

Censure Bush

Censure is a step short of impeachment which members of the Republican Congress might be willing to take. It implies a formal reprimand of pResident Bush for lying to Congress and to the American people about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Michael Dukakis and 2004

Where was Dukakis's rage? Why didn't he tell the reporter off?

Anybody But Bush?

Can't we all just go along?" seems the best answer anyone has for voting for John Kerry, the leading Republicrat.

Those White Boys

Straight hair, fair skin, and a penis grant a special license -- as long as the candidate has networked properly.

Debunking the "Debunking"

The Libertines are in high form, trying to rewrite the language so that George W. Bush will not be labeled a coward or a chicken hawk.

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Uncivil Service

This is plain rude and an affront to the American people to whom the government is accountable

Cheneygate?

I think the Watergate legacy is leaning hard on American reporters. A scandal of this proportion outstrips what Nixon and Clinton did, combined.

The New Holocaust

The decision as to what is necessary and unnecessary is a private one, to be made by the patient and the doctor, not by medically untrained outsiders.

A Fast One

Big Brother might be fishing because they don't like what you say about them. And in no time, you're a fish out of water, suffocating.

Darrell Issa's Lies and Gouges

Gray Davis hasn't been that exciting of a governor, but whether or not you like him, if it is the deficit that worries you, know that the recall election mounted by car thief Darrell Issa is going to cost you up to $66 million.

Darrell Issa's Criminal Past

"I confronted Issa . . . . I got in his face and threatened to kill him, and magically my car reappeared the next day."

Cheater

Jennifer says that cheaters never prosper. But in my experience, they do.

Patriot Act 2

If John Ashcroft doesn't like you, he will be able to strip you of your citizenship --provided you let him get his way and allow Congress to pass Patriot Act 2.

9-11 and the Reichstag Fire

We've lost freedom and we've been told to smile smile smile.

The Blank Check

I'm discovering if you want to get the lowdown on American corruption in time to head something off, you need to read the overseas papers.