Archive: September 2005
Bush Message According to Borowitz: “I Look Like I Care”

If you missed this Borowitz Report, read it now:
In a televised speech to the nation last night, President George W. Bush praised the Federal government for responding swiftly to Hurricane Rita with well-crafted, high-quality photo opportunities showing him looking concerned, but said that the government needs to create the impression of concern even faster in [...]

Karen Hughes Hears Criticism on ‘Listening Tour’

Off with their heads: Something went terribly wrong during Bush-woman Karen Hughes’ “listening tour” of Islamic countries. Horror of horrors – she actually heard something.
Apparently, the U.S. Embassy in Turkey failed to vet for proper idealogical purity the women it assembled for an audience with Herself:
A group of Turkish female activists confronted [...]

Bill Bennett: Aborting Black Babies Would Reduce Crime Rate

“I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could — if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would [...]

Men Arrested in Gangland-Style Murder of Alleged Victim of Abramoff Scam

What Would Tony Do? Did Tom DeLay’s pal Jack Abramoff, the former high-powered denizen of K Street, really make like Tony Soprano have somebody whacked?
Circumstantial evidence seems to indicate that Abramoff and Kidan put a hit on Boulis, theoretically to stop him from revealing their crime.
Two men, Anthony Ferrari and Anthony Moscatiello, arrested in [...]

BREAKING: DeLay Indicted – Drier Denied – Blunt to Take Over, Is Also Under Ethics Cloud

No more DeLay? MSNBC just reported that House Marjority Leader Tom DeLay has been indicted in Texas.
Blunt was romantically involved with a lobbyist for a Fortune 500 company (this itself is a conflict, and a violation of House ethics rules) and then grafted legislation favorable to her company onto the Homeland Security Bill.
According [...]

‘Wings of Justice’ Goes to Aaron Broussard

If you happened to see ‘Meet the Press’ last week, you saw the moderator, Tim Russert, challenge Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard about the facts of a very emotional story that Broussard recounted on MTP soon after the Katrina disaster. Apparently, as he tearfully told the story of the elderly mother of one [...]

Blanco: Brown’s Falsehoods Under Oath Are Shocking

“Mike Brown testified today, under oath, that I did not include Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines parishes in my original disaster declaration request sent to the President on August 28. In fact, that request did include 14 parishes in southeast Louisiana, including Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines.
“Mr. Brown further suggested that I did not order an evacuation [...]

Did Brownie Lie Under Oath?

Former FEMA director Michael Brown appears to have perjured himself when he testified at a Congressional hearing yesterday. Brown falsely claimed under oath that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco failed to include three New Orleans-area counties in her federal emergency declaration prior to Hurricane Katrina. From Think Progress:
In fact, Gov. Blanco requested the President to [...]

Bush Wastes Thousands of Dollars on Fuel for Unnecessary Travel

Just a day after President Bush encouraged Americans to conserve fuel by elminating unnecessary travel – and said he had directed federal employees, like himself, to curtail extraneous trips – he went on a very expensive jaunt to his home state of Texas for a series of politically oriented photo-ops:
[Yesterday, President Bush] boarded Air [...]

Former (?) Prostitute Attends Bush’s Pro-War Rally

Media Whore Jeff Gannon (left) was one of the paltry 400 people who showed up at a pro-war rally staged by the Bush Administration is Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24, 2005.
Source: Max Blumenthal