Scandal magnets: On Sept. 10, the Pentagon’s Inspector General Joseph Schmitz resigned amid accusations of ethics violations that are breath-taking, even by current-day conservative standards:
Schmitz slowed or blocked investigations of senior Bush administration officials, spent taxpayer money on pet projects and accepted gifts that may have violated ethics guidelines, according to interviews with current and […]

We were not the only ones that thought President Bush looked hung over at a photo op at the Northern Command center Saturday morning:
The president didn’t look all that relieved or happy, however. His eyes were puffy from lack of sleep (he had been awakened all through the night with bulletins), and he seemed cranky […]

Wind at our backs. Energy on the left:
Organizers with the dueling anti-war groups United for Peace and Justice and International ANSWER estimated the crowd size for Saturday’s march on Washington, D.C., at 300,000—making it the largest demonstration since start of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. Capitol police gave a loose estimate of 150,000—still […]

“George W. Bush is a big spender. He has never vetoed a spending bill. When Congress serves up a big slab of fat, crackling pork, Mr. Bush responds with one big question: Got any barbecue sauce? “
– Peggy Noon, Republican pundit
“I don’t think there’s any question that Katrina influenced the way [President Bush] responded to […]

The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has named the most corrupt members of Congress. The list is dominated 14 to two by Republicans, including several of the party’s leadership in both houses:

Sen. Bill Frist: The report accuses him of violating federal campaign finance laws in how he disclosed […]

Larry Johnson:

George Bush got it partially right yesterday (Thursday, September 22) when he said that mistakes made by three of his predecessors, including the Reagan administration, had emboldened terrorists and helped set the stage for the Sept. 11 attacks. Unfortunately he ignored the role his own actions have played in making terrorism worse and […]

There is one simple way for the United states to decrease very significantly, the plague of terror in the world, and that is just to stop supporting and participating in it.
– Noam Chomsky

Boing Boing:
The internets have had their way with Kanye West’s new single “Gold Digger.” An ass-kicking protest remix is now online at FWMJ — it features Kanye’s infamous “George Bush doesn’t care are about black people” quote, and skewers the Bush administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina.
Listen to the Song:

George Bush Doesn’t Care about Black People

The […]

Stupid in New York: In July 2004, the New York Times made a raid on the Los Angeles Times, snapping up four of its top staffers, including film reviewer Manohla Dargis and architecture reviewer Nicolai Ouroussoff.
One factor that led to the reviewers jumping ship was the fact that their work product was only […]