Tag Archive | "Congress"
The News Pauper: Great Work, Obama!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
By W.B. Dunne Tonight was the State of the Union speech I’d been waiting to hear. Without once losing his composure, Obama stood down the bullies across the aisle and showed them for what they were. His pacing and eloquence was worthy of the great orators of history this country has contributed to the world. I felt [...]
Continue reading...Reform, Deform — What’s the Big Difference?
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Rep. Joe Wilson’s War
Friday, September 11, 2009
CORRECTION UPDATE: According to Open Secrets.org, Rep. Joe Wilson’s second-highest campaign contributor during his eight years in Congress is the financial, real estate and insurance sector at $455,129; corporate for-profit health care is third at $414,246. ‘Misc Business’ is number one at $481,252.
Continue reading...The Tattlesnake – Obama Saves the Democrats (and Himself) Edition
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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In his speech to a joint session of Congress last night, did President Obama ‘hit it out of the park’ to use a dog-eared Big Media cliché? For the most part, he did. It was especially refreshing to hear someone in Washington say the word ‘lie’ as Obama did when he called out the Republicans [...]
Continue reading...The Assassination Tangle
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
For more: “No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.” – From Executive Order 12333, signed by President Ronald Reagan. Quoted by Marcy Wheeler, Emptywheel, July 13, 2009. Cheney’s CIA Secret Was an Assassination Squad David Swanson, After Downing Street, July 13, 2009. Dick Cheney [...]
Continue reading...The Tattlesnake – National Waterboarding Day and Other Firecrackers Edition
Monday, June 22, 2009
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“The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, for the vast masses of the nation are in the depths of their hearts more easily deceived than they are consciously and intentionally bad. The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a big lie [...]
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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