George W Bush

Why George W. Bush Made Me Sick Yesterday

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.26.2008 | Media

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Stephen C. Rose

For George Bush, democracy is bulling through a Florida decision which makes his government only borderline legitimate from the gitgo. It is forcing "change" with soldiers rather than friendly persuasion. It is pandering.

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US Citizen Diplomats Arrive In Iran, Invited By Ahmadinejad

Linda Milazzo | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, War, George W. Bush, Medea Benjamin, United Nations, Iraq, Foreign Service, Peace, Iraq War, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Colonel Ann Wright, Jodie Evans, Peace and Social Justice Groups, Codepink, President of Iran, Citizen Diplomats, Iranians, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

President-elect Obama, Iranians are wonderful people. They don't deserve harm.

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Bush Administration: Torture Pardons "Unnecessary"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

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The Wall Street Journal reports that the Bush administration isn't planning to pardon officials involved in torture -- because, they believe, memos le...

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Bush Admin Revising Iraq War History On White House Website

New York Times | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

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Before invading Iraq in 2003, the Bush administration mounted a significant diplomatic offensive to rally international support, and officials at the ...

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I Can't Wait To Have a President Who...

Erica Heller | Posted 11.24.2008 | Style

Read More: 2008 Election, Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Mission Accomplished, Chicago, Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden, Cindy Sheehan, Global Warming, Style News
Erica Heller

7. Isn't afraid of a press conference, sex education, an intellectual, a gay person, stem cell research or as W. called it, "the internets," "3 Shakespeares," or an honest day's work.

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Bush In A Poncho (SLIDESHOW)

AFP/Getty | Posted 11.24.2008 | Style

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This past weekend President Bush donned a traditional Peruvian poncho for the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima. The visit is Bush's ...

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Why the Conservatives Won't Crack-up, But the Left Probably Will

Rupert Russell | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Rupert Russell

The conservative Counter-Establishment is the most cast-iron entanglement of alliances and dependencies known in modern American history.

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Why America Feels Like it's Been Ruled by a Foreign Occupier

John Hallmann | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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John Hallmann

America fought a revolution to have its opinions represented by it's government. That has faded in Bush's term. Now it's returning; joy is understandable.

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Out of Line: Lame Duck

Mort Gerberg | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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Mort Gerberg

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Inside Lee Atwater

Jake Whitney | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Lee Atwater, George W. Bush, Political Movies, Film, Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, Politics in Film, Politics News
Jake Whitney

If Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story paints an accurate portrait of Atwater's psyche, it was certainly tragic for Lee as a human being.

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Will Ferrell's Bush On Broadway: Sneak Peek

NY Post | Posted 11.23.2008 | Entertainment

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A helicopter tether falls from the ceiling and an annoyed ex-president, George W. Bush, is lowered to the stage. "I told them to take me someplace i...

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Don't Tell William Langewiesche to "Have a Safe Flight" (and Other Ways to Avoid Self-Destruction in the War on Terror)

David Quigg | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, William Langewiesche, War on Terror, Afghanistan, The Atomic Bazaar, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Vanity Fair, George W. Bush, 9/11, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Politics News, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Iraq War, American Ground, Nuclear Proliferation, September 11th, Politics News
David Quigg

Langewiesche thinks we are probably too scared for a president to reason with us -- about terrorism, about our self-defeating wish for total safety. I'm not so sure.

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Bush Administration Still Can't Get Health Care Policy Right

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Diana DeGette

The Bush Administration's 11th hour attempt to restrict access to reproductive health care is not only abusive, but also threatens everyone's access to other vital health care services.

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He's the President, Stupid

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Beau Friedlander

Obama's peace train is on tracks that have led to the same place since Eisenhower first told America to beware the military-industrial complex.

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Presidents Kill People, Especially Bush

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

One out of ten times, someone is going to walk into the Oval Office and say, "I'm sorry Mr. President, our intelligence didn't pan out -- we accidentally hit a wedding. Ten civilians killed."

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Iraq-US Security Pact: Bitter Battles Ahead?

The Real News | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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The Real News

The Real News Network spoke with Leila Fadel about the Iraq/US deal that will not allow residual forces to stay after 2011.

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The Hits Just Keep Coming

Lance Simmens | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Lance Simmens

We have been rudderless for some time, and it shows. The call to public service is now more urgent than at any time in our nation's history.

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Bush Signs Extension For Jobless Benefits

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators will guarantee as much as $1.4 trillion in U.S. banks' debt in a bid to get the distressed financial system pump...

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Will Obama-Mania Lead Us to Solartopia? Yes We Will!

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Yes We Can, Election Protection, Obama-Mania, Gynecology, George W. Bush, Solartopia, Renewable Energy, Obama, King CONG (Coal, Oil, Nukes, Green Energy Mass Transit, Environment, Agribusiness, Gas), Nuclear Power, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

Rebirthing Detroit as a clean, lean, green machine with union labor making carbon free cars and the New Solartopian mass transit network we really need... Yes We Can!

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Bush vs. Obama: Presidential Style

Bob Burnett | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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Bob Burnett

On January 20th, George W. Bush will leave office and Americans will breathe a sigh of relief. While national policies will change, there will be a d...

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Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy in anti-US protest

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Chanting "no to America," supporters of a radical Shiite cleric burned an effigy of President George W. Bush Friday in a protest deman...

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Message to President-Elect Obama: After Heller, "Build a Bridge to Moderates" with Common Sense On Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

Because of the Supreme Court decision, the gun violence prevention debate has shifted from the extremes to the middle.

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Huckabee Was The Inspiration For The Twisted Character in My Novel

Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 11.20.2008 | Entertainment

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Douglas MacKinnon

Huckabee has decided to take Romney to task, not only as a way to settle an old score, but to fire a warning shot across Romney's brow in preparation for the 2012 Republican primary.

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Barack: Talk To Us Like Grownups About Terrorism and Save Us From Ourselves

David Quigg | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, William Langewiesche, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Homeland Security, The Atomic Bazaar, Terrorism, Scott Louis Weber, George W. Bush, 9/11, David Kilcullen, Barack Obama, Obama Race Speech, Al Qaeda, George Packer, Nuclear Weapons, Audacity of Hope, Nuclear Proliferation, September 11th, Politics News
David Quigg

When we let shock or panic or a lust for vengeance guide us, we are a greater danger to ourselves than terrorists ever could be. Any terrorists. With any weapon.

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Bush Legacy

Loretta Napoleoni | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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Loretta Napoleoni

The financial debt may be too great to be repaid without a drastic departure from what America has stood for since the dissolution of communism: the centre of the post Cold War empire.

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