Archive for March, 2008
From a reader –
Read his editorial in The Washington Post:
Predatory Lenders’ Partner in Crime
How the Bush Administration Stopped the States From Stepping In to Help Consumers
By Eliot Spitzer
Thursday, February 14, 2008; Page A25 Several years ago, state attorneys general and others involved in consumer protection began to notice a marked increase in a [...]
US investigates Taiwan arms error
The US says it has launched an investigation after four fuses for intercontinental ballistic missiles were mistakenly sent to Taiwan.
The shipment, which should have been helicopter batteries, was made in 2006 but only discovered last week.
The Pentagon says no nuclear materials were shipped and the parts have been returned to the [...]
Historians might argue over ranking, but there’s no doubt he has been an unmitigated disaster.
Mar 22, 2008 04:30 AM
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Body of War
A film by Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue
President George W. Bush is deeply saddened by the 4,000 U.S. troops who died in Iraq and assumes responsibility for the decision to begin the war, the White House reported on Monday.
The president said he mourned all the lives that were lost in the Iraq battles and sent his sympathy to all the families affected [...]
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: March 16, 2008
WASHINGTON
Everyone here is flummoxed about why the president is in such a fine mood.
The dollar’s crumpling, the recession’s thundering, the Dow’s bungee-jumping and the world’s disapproving, yet George Bush has turned into Gene Kelly, tap dancing and singing in a one-man [...]
“Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it.” – John Lennon, before his murder by Mark David Chapman.


