The McCain Residences: A Google Earth Tour

11:45 pm EST June 30th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 16 Comments

2004 Redux

10:40 pm EST June 30th, 2008 | Republicans, Terrorism | 42 Comments

You remember how every 5 minutes in 2004 we got a TERROR ALERT from Homeland Security, and then after Bush was re-elected the TERROR ALERTs seemed to go away? And then Tom Ridge admitted that at least a few of them were politically motivated?

Welcome back.

“The White House said Monday it agreed with an assessment by U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, who warns terrorists could test the next president with an attack.”

The likelihood of this working this time is essentially zero (nobody trusts the party of Katrina and Iraq with their security anymore) but it is a pretty perverse thing for a government to be engaged in. And as cons always do, they will explain this away without batting the eye. Something like only America-haters would oppose the actions of their beloved Commander In Chief or something. Whatever, they’re a sick set of people.

More here.

Topic: George W. Bush, John McCain

Sudan Or Somalia?

10:23 pm EST June 30th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

John McCain mixes up countries again. But he was 7 when Pearl Harbor went down so don’t question his military service.

Or something.

Topic: John McCain, Newsweek

Who Won The Day? Who Won The Week?

8:46 pm EST June 30th, 2008 | Media | 1 Comment

Of all the stupid things related to political coverage that I hate, this is at the top of the list. It is the simplification of politics to the point of a WWE match. Except it doesn’t work that way. The only real win-loss moments are election days, everything else is conjecture by jackasses.

Topic: 2008 Election

John McCain: He Is Magical!

8:13 pm EST June 30th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 5 Comments

On Fox News, Bill Kristol asserts that McCain simply choosing a running mate will cause gas prices to go down.

Topic: John McCain

Swiftboaters On McCain Campaign

7:56 pm EST June 30th, 2008 | News | 14 Comments

Lying down with fleas, etc.

But one McCain supporter, retired Col. Bud Day, who was held prisoner with McCain in Vietnam, said the attacks on McCain were nothing like the swift boat attacks. He helped produce those attacks against Kerry, which were true, he said. The attacks against McCain are not, he added.

‘The swift boat, quote, attacks were simply a revelation of the truth,’ he said. ‘The similarity does not exist here because basically what the Swift Boat campaign was about was to lay out John Kerry’s record.’

And yes I know, Bud Day is a highly decorated veteran. That doesn’t mean he ain’t a liar and an enabler of one of the most dishonest campaigns in U.S. history.

Topic: 2008 Election, John McCain, Newsweek

Bush Administration Legalism Keeps Losing The War On Terror

3:58 pm EST June 30th, 2008 | Terrorism | 1 Comment

Again.

“A federal appeals court has slammed the reliability of U.S. government intelligence documents, saying just because officials keep repeating their assertions does not make them true.

A guard looks over the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in this file photo.

A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington likened the Bush administration’s case to a line in an 1876 nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll: ‘I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true.’”

Topic: Al Qaeda, George W. Bush

“Pro Clinton” PUMA Group Is Republican Front

2:36 pm EST June 30th, 2008 | Republicans | 12 Comments

Soooo not surprised. (via)

Topic: 2008 Election

Cowboys Prep All-Felon Team

12:05 pm EST June 30th, 2008 | Sports | 14 Comments

Some things remain the same.

The Cowboys have been America’s Team for three decades. Now it seems like they’re building America’s Most Wanted’s team.

It wasn’t enough for Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to bring in Terrell Owens when Owens was considered the most selfish player in the NFL. He had to bring in serial gun nut Tank Johnson. Then this spring, he acquired cornerback Adam (nee Pacman) Jones, who has been arrested six times. Clearly, Jones is a man who believes in seventh chances.

Topic: NFL