Pensito Review: Politics and Media Pensito Review: Politics and Media
May 17, 2008
April 2006 ARCHIVE

I wouldn’t blame Colin Powell if he wrote a big tell-all book dishing dirt about his time as George W. Bush’s Secretary of State. He might as well cash in because his once-vaunted reputation has been permanently besmirched by his association with the president and his men. He kept quiet while the civilian […]

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Rush Gets Off   Apr. 29, 2006

Radio comedian Rush Limbaugh got his money’s worth by hiring attorney Roy Black. After a three year investigation into Limbaugh’s addiction to barbituates, Black struck a plea bargain with Palm Beach, Florida, authorities. Limbaugh essentially gets off with a slap on the wrist. He has to pay a fine and go to rehab for 18 […]

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CIA Director Denies Attending Watergate Prosti Parties

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CA Gov: Westly Leads in Primary and against Schwarzenegger

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“Where is the outrage?” is an odd question coming from Arlen Specter, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. While he has convened hearings into the Bush Administration’s illegal domestic spying program, the famously low-key senator has conveyed nothing but restrained deference toward President Bush regarding this issue until now:
Sometimes outrage starts at […]

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“I happen to believe we’re losing our moral authority to lead this place. It’s been over a decade since my party took over the majority and I feel like we’ve forgotten how we got here.”
– Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., today

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Bombs a-bursting: A British record producer has done something that is inspiring outrage among true American patriots — he translated the “Star-Spangled Banner” into Spanish. The renamed “Nuestro Himno,” or “Our Hymn,” was produced by Adam Kidron, and debuts today, featuring artists such as Wyclef Jean, hip-hop star Pitbull and Puerto Rican singers Carlos Ponce […]

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Spaced out: So Congress is pissed at NASA — again. Seems this time it’s over timing. See, NASA is hurrying to finish the International Space Station by 2010, which also happens to be the year in which the space shuttle program ends and the aging vehicles are retired.
Only problem is, the shuttle’s replacement, the […]

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Quote du Jour   Apr. 28, 2006

It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.
– Paul Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi propaganda minister

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The White House wanted us to believe that Karl Rove was demoted so he could spend more time cooking up political dirty tricks for this year’s congressional elections (because bombing Iran in October to create a rally-’round-Dear-Leader surge for the GOP in November may not be enough). Turns out that before he was reassigned last […]

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