Archives: May, 2005

Prosperity Through Ownership
Buck Banks | May. 31, 2005

In an effort to simplify the sometimes confusing and always rancorous debate over Social Security reform, the ever-helpful wingnuts at The Heritage Foundation have come up wth a little SocSecCalculator for your convenience. Just plug in your age range and salary range, and voilá! All your retirement problems solved in two different scenarios, both [...]

Cheney Rattles North Korea’s Cage, Undiplomatic Name Calling Ensues
Jon Ponder | May. 31, 2005

Vice President Dick Cheney criticized North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during an appearance on CNN’s “Larry King Live” show last week. Because of the holiday, his bellicose comments have gone largely unreported in the American mainstream media. However, they were heard loudly and clearly in Pyongyang, where North Korean leaders responded with a personal [...]

Scientologists Take One on the Chin from Jeb
Trish Ponder | May. 30, 2005

Tom Cruise is jumping on the anti-psychiatry Scientology bandwagon. Despite Florida Gov. Jeb Bush vetoing a bill last week after the cult sent heavyweight (and I told myself I wouldn’t make Kirstie Alley jokes) lobbyists to champion the cause, they aren’t giving up. And Cruise is mouthing his lines well.
Palm Beach Post:
Ignoring the pleas of [...]

The Republican Party: It’s Not Just for White Guys Anymore
Trish Ponder | May. 30, 2005

The Los Angeles Times reports that conservative black pastors are not only enjoying total access to the State Department, but might get their own office soon.
Black pastors meet Rice, claim Africa ‘mandate’
Escalating its courtship of a politically powerful constituency, the Bush administration is teaming up with some of the nation’s best-known and most influential black [...]

Monitoring God’s Vomit: Rev. O’Neal Dozier
Trish Ponder | May. 30, 2005

Wingnut Bush point-men like the Rev. O�Neal Dozier pose the next problem for those of us who prefer religion stay in our hearts and not in our courthouses. They also represent a new political animal: black Republicans.
From a recent South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
The Rev. O’Neal Dozier, pastor of the Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach, is [...]

Topics: Conservative Values, Jeb Watch, Politics

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Cracks in the MSM: Star-Tribune on Memorial Day Says ‘Bush Lied’ about Iraq
Jon Ponder | May. 30, 2005

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
In exchange for our uniformed young people’s willingness to offer the gift of their lives, civilian Americans owe them something important: It is our duty to ensure that they never are called to make that sacrifice unless it is truly necessary for the security of the country. In the case of Iraq, the American [...]

Topics: Downing Street Memo

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Dems Demand Bush-Cheney ‘04 Return Tainted ‘Coingate’ Money
Jon Ponder | May. 29, 2005

The Democratic National Committee has demanded that President Bush’s re-election campaign return over $100,000 that Bush-Cheney ‘04 may have received in money stolen in the GOP “Coingate” scandal, reports the Toledo Blade.
Coin dealer Tom Noe, a Republican fat cat and donor, apparently talked GOP state officials into investing public money in rare coins, and now [...]

Topics: Politics

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Leaked UK Report Supplies More Proof That Bush, Blair Lied in Run-up to War
Jon Ponder | May. 29, 2005

DailyKos has a diary entry from Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) who says a report leaked to the London Times provides proof positive that the Bush and Blair administrations were on the course to war in Iraq long before they started “marketing” the overthrow of Saddam Hussein to their hapless citizens in September 2002.
The [...]

Topics: Downing Street Memo, Impeachment, Politics

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Father of Lesbian Raised $200,000 for Sponsor of Anti-Gay Amendment
Jon Ponder | May. 28, 2005

How did I miss this story two weeks ago? Vice President Dick Cheney, the father of a devoted lesbian daughter, flew to Colorado to be the big ticket draw at a fundraiser for an ultra-rightwing member of Congress who happens to be a sponsor of the proposed constituitional amendment to ban gay [...]

Topics: Politics

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Clinton Aide Cleared But LA Times Buries Story on Front of ‘California’ Section
Jon Ponder | May. 28, 2005

Good news for Hillary Clinton. Former campaign worker David Rosen was cleared by a jury yesterday of charges he stole money collected at a Los Angeles fundraiser during her run for the U.S. Senate in 2000. You won’t find this story on the front page of today’s Los Angeles Times however – [...]

Topics: Politics

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