The Brits are leaving Basra:
[U.K. Prime Minister] Tony Blair today declared that “the next chapter in Basra’s history will be written by the Iraqis,” as he announced that 1,600 British troops would be withdrawn in the coming months.
The current total of 7,100 would be reduced first to 5,500 and then to 5,000 by the end […]

This is sourced to Ariel Sharon, a Bush ally:
“I will screw him in the ass!”– Pres. Bush
Speaking of George Bush, with whom Sharon developed a very close relationship, Uri Dan recalls that Sharon’s delicacy made him reluctant to repeat what the president had told him when they discussed Osama bin Laden. Finally he relented. And […]

Earlier this month, Rev. Tim Ralph, one of the ministers charged with degayifying self-hating homo evangelist Ted Haggard announced that Haggard had been completely cured, and anyway, he only had sex with the gay prostitute and no one else:
We have verified the reality of that struggle through numerous individuals who reported to us firsthand […]

Tony Snow was awfully casual about the fact that Pres. Bush knew about the horrid conditions at Walter Reed hospital’s Building 18:
In today’s press briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Tony Snow about the Washington Post’s two-part series over the weekend, highlighting the Walter Reed hospital’s dilapidated conditions. Snow stated that “the president […]

The real news is bad news.
— Marshall McLuhan

In Los Angeles, a city prone to both manmade and natural catastrophes, we don’t make saints out of our politicians when they don’t screw up in the aftermath of a disaster. I guess it’s different in New York.
Other than doing what mayors do when their cities suffer disasters — ie. his job — I […]

Mitt Romney’s dots don’t connect. That was painfully clear in his recent interview with George Stephanopoulos on This Week.
Every straight question George asked was answered sideways by Romney. He had a “yes, but,” a “not exactly,” and a “O.K., but let’s talk about now” for every query. The most interesting oratory gymnastics by the Republican […]

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
— Daniel J. Boorstin

In the 1990s, Pittsburgh billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife provided at least $1.8 million to fund the “Arkansas Project,” a conspiracy to dig up dirt on Bill and Hillary Clinton in their home state. The project was successful in that it eventually led to the snaring of Pres. Clinton and Monica Lewinsky in a perjury trap, […]