Condi needs to either convince the president what a catastrophe attacking Iran would be. Or, failing that, break with the administration and do the noble thing by resigning while it still might make a difference.
As reported in these pages, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has endorsed Barack Obama's 16-month withdrawal timetable. The McCain campaign is effectively over.
The EPA announced that an average American's life is worth $6.9 million today, vs. $8.5 million five years ago. The less a life is worth, the weaker the safety standards warranted to protect it.
From today's Sunday Oped pages of and Steveyoungonpolitics.com WASHINGTON -- Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, in October of 2007...
Let's drop any pretenses that Bush may embrace serious climate change legislation. His recognition of the crisis would come years too late, and his actions continue to speak volumes.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008: Martha Raddatz, ABC's Good Morning America: Two-thirds of Americans say [the Iraq War is] not worth fighting. Vice Pre...
Schmidt's experience with Schwarzenegger tells him about the problems with the conservative base as the candidate runs a campaign aimed at independents.
The American people need the head of the EPA to be an independent advocate for their health and their environment. In the end, this is about protecting the public and the planet.
Home foreclosures could affect voting rolls, Judge blocks coal plant due to global warming, Japan automakers control 34.7 percent of U.S. market, and U.S. exports to Iran grew tenfold under Bush.
According to a new Department of Justice memo, it seems the Bush administration has justified its crimes by not suspending the state of emergency that went up on 9/11.
If you thought the Republican primary field was a bit of a joke, wait until you get a closer look at the front runners for the vice presidential slot.
Webb seemed to slam the door for good on any run at the vice presidency with his seemingly unequivocal "no thanks" to Obama. But politics being politics, a no never completely means no.
Hundreds of ducks made a fatal landing in oil and toxic sludge; Republicans block federal aid to wind and solar; the shocking testimony of three whistleblowers on US contractors in Iraq.
By now, we've all read about the latest environmental wedgie that Vice President Dick Cheney has given to the world's climate. If you somehow missed t...
Somehow Obama thought it was a good idea to go along with these surrender monkeys on the 4th amendment. But aside from the politics, it's a pathetic acquiescence to the wishes of Al Qaeda.
For more than 30 years, my friendship with Tim was rooted in a shared Irish heritage and similar education, with minimal emphasis on self-expression and more on what Tom Brokaw calls "accountability."
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This list makes me sick. Why these corporate thieves aren't in jail already boggles the mind. Plus all this money is borrowed from China for the taxpayer to absorb the cost with interest. Why regular folks vote for these reThugs is beyond me. Is stupidity a disease?
Other than perfume and sex toys, I can't think of anything the military doesn't buy.
Just a drop in the bucket I'm afraid. Every so often I like to pull up the DOD Contracts site to see what our war machine has spent that day.
Just yesterday, July 24, 2008, the DOD awarded contracts totalling $251,554,789. Slow day.
On June 26, 2008, they awarded contracts totalling $773,427,188. That's right, almost three-quarters of a billions dollars in ONE DAY.
http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/
Pick a day at random, tally the contracts up and prepare to be shocked.
UPDATE
Today, July 25, 2008, DOD contracts totalled $2,301,696,583.00.
Almost TWO and a HALF BILLION DOLLARS.
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