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Pentagon’s Gates Plays Ugly American »

By Mel Goodman on Nov 3, 2009 in Current Affairs | 3 Comments

Reprinted from Consortium.com with the express permission of Mel Goodman, whose bio is at the end of this article.
Consortium Editor’s Note: Given the Bush administration’s imperial overreach and the massive U.S. budget deficits, a new realism would suggest that President Barack Obama get serious about pulling back American troops stationed around the world and pushing [...]

When “Change Means More Of The Same, Or Just Change »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 1, 2009 in Campaign promises, Campaigns & Campaign Financing, Charitable Contributions, Current Affairs, FCC, Foreign Affairs, France, Fund Raising, Governance, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice | 54 Comments

Most of us know that there are many positions, like being an ambassador to, say France and Monaco, is often a payback for the person giving tons of money to the candidate. Well, guess what? Not only is Obama doing just that, but the man who claimed to bring “change to Washington” has [...]

Allow Me To Introduce You To… »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 13, 2009 in Abuse, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Bush administration, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, Flip Flopping, Foreign Affairs, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Human Rights, Obama's Broken Promises, Pakistan, Pandering, President Barack Obama, Sara in Italy, UN Human Rights Council, Women and Children | 23 Comments

Dr. Sima Samar. Now, some of you may know who she is already. For those who do not, or for those who are want to learn more, this is for you. (H/t to my aunt for sending me a mini biography on her, and to American Girl in Italy for mentioning her [...]

The Prospect of Change in US Relations With Russia, Iran and Afghanistan Alarms the Washington Post »

By Mel Goodman on Oct 13, 2009 in Current Affairs | 61 Comments

NQ Editor’s Note: Reprinted from Truthout.org with the express permission of Mel Goodman.
    The Washington Post is running scared these days with its editorial writers having great difficulty coming to terms with the possibility of improved US relations with Russia and Iran. They also can’t understand why the Obama administration might decide that additional US [...]

The Nobel Peace Prize? [Updates] »

By Bronwyn's Harbor on Oct 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | 316 Comments

For what? [See the NBC video below -- even the Today Show noted that reporters "gasped" when they heard the news.]
I just awakened (West Coast) and turned on the TV. I’m nearly speechless, and barely awake but I had to post so I could get your reaction. I thought it was a joke at [...]

What Stan McChrystal Really Recommended »

By Larry Johnson on Oct 8, 2009 in Current Affairs | 47 Comments

The laughable notion that General Stanley McChrystal is an aspiring Douglas McArthur is fully exposed if one will only take time to read what McChrystal actually wrote and recommended with respect to the road ahead in Afghanistan.
If you start with p. i (the preamble) you will see that this assessment was produced in response to [...]

Truth or Consequences: Big Media Pays for its Addiction to Obama’s Cult of Personality »

By Ani on Sep 29, 2009 in Arrogance, Chicago politics, Hillary Clinton, Messiah, Newsweek, Obama Administration, Obama's Characteristics, Obamedia, Washington Post | 90 Comments

In Newsweek, Howard Fineman opines about The Limits of Charisma. When sycophants like Fineman say “Mr. President, please stay off TV” and are worried enough to warn the President that it’s time to fish or cut bait, we are all in hot water.
My fellow writers and I have posted many stories these last [...]

WPost’s Neocons In High Dudgeon Over European Missile Shield »

By Mel Goodman on Sep 26, 2009 in Current Affairs | 15 Comments

Reprinted from The Public Record (pubrecord.org) with the express permission of author Mel Goodman, whose biography is at the end of this article.
For the past several months, the editorial and oped writers of the Washington Post have railed against Russia as expansionist and assertive toward the West and have argued against improving bilateral relations between [...]

Seven Former CIA Directors Want To Bury The Truth »

By Mel Goodman on Sep 24, 2009 in Current Affairs | 41 Comments

Reprinted from The Public Record (pubrecord.org) with the express permission of author Mel Goodman, whose biography is at the end of this article.
Last week, seven former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency, who made their own contributions to the CIA’s low esteem over the past 35 years, asked President Barack Obama to make sure there [...]

At 9 p.m. ET: ACORN Insider Turned Whistleblower Anita MonCrief on No Quarter Radio’s Sins of Omission »

By Linda Anselmi on Sep 21, 2009 in Current Affairs | 4 Comments

Program concluded, but you can listen at ANY time to the archived radio show in its entirety!
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Join Sins of Omission Monday, September 21st at 9pm (ET) as host Paulie Abeles talks to Anita MonCrief the former ACORN insider turned whistleblower who was interviewed at length by a New York Times reporter. But that [...]

How Will The Baucus Bill Affect Us? »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 17, 2009 in Barack Obama, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Gay Rights, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, New York Times, No Quarter Blog, Washington Post | 49 Comments

My well meaning, but decidedly Obot, sister sent me an article from alternet.org recently written by a lesbian mother detailing the additional financial difficulties we face when we are on our partner’s health care coverage (”Unbelievable: As A Lesbian Mother, I Have To Pay More For Health Care“). Well, I can appreciate her alarm, [...]

A Tale of Two Davids: The WPost’s Ignatius, Broder Compete For Biggest CIA Apologist »

By Mel Goodman on Sep 4, 2009 in CIA, Mel Goodman | 16 Comments

David Broder, the senior op-ed writer at the Washington Post, has joined his colleagues (Fred Hiatt, David Ignatius, and Richard Cohen) in condemning Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to name a special counsel to examine possible law-breaking by CIA interrogators. And like his colleagues, Broder has put forth a list of irrelevant reasons for turning [...]

WPost’s Ignatius Forgives the CIA Again and Again »

By Mel Goodman on Aug 27, 2009 in CIA, Mel Goodman, Washington Post | 22 Comments

Editor: This op-ed was first published Aug. 25th at The Public Record, and is reprinted with the express permission of Mel Goodman.
The Washington Post’s David Ignatius simply cannot get off the wheel he spins for the Central Intelligence Agency. Only two days after the release of the 2004 CIA study of the detention [...]

Washington Post Goes Judge Shopping in the Courthouse »

By Mel Goodman on Aug 26, 2009 in CIA, Mel Goodman, Washington Post | 9 Comments

Editor: This op-ed was first published Aug. 25th at The Public Record, and is reprinted with the express permission of Mel Goodman.
The Washington Post continues to campaign against any accountability for the detentions policies of the Central Intelligence Agency, using its own editorials and oped writers as well as outsiders who support the efforts of [...]

The End of Cash for Clunkers Leaves the Obama Administration With Its “Unders” Showing »

By Linda Anselmi on Aug 25, 2009 in Current Affairs, Obama Administration | 55 Comments

The CARS (Car Allowance Rebate System) program, better known as Cash for Clunkers, came to an end at 8 pm Monday night. But for a short-lived program that burned through $3 billion in about a month, it has successfully managed to hit an amazing amount of sour notes for all its claims to be [...]

Remembrance of Things Past - Part 2 »

By CRAIG DELLA PENNA on Aug 20, 2009 in Current Affairs | 59 Comments

Crud Layer 2
The intention of it all.
What a catastrophe, they cried. What a horrific financial debacle, the sky is truly falling and we must have all your money right this instant lest even more dire events come to pass… how could this have happened? Who could have foreseen this… Whoa!, wait just a minute, it [...]

“Obama On Drugs: 98% Cheney?” »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 15, 2009 in CNN, Current Affairs, Dick Cheney, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Health Care, President Barack Obama, Universal Health Care | 51 Comments

The other day, I saw a post by Greg Palast, one he originally wrote for Huffington Post. When you read it, you will see why that is kind of funny. I wonder how they responded to it over there? I’m not about to go there and give them the traffic to find [...]

no drugs for you! unless you want an overdose…? »

By American Girl in Italy on Aug 3, 2009 in Current Affairs, Democratic Party, Health Care, Obama Administration, Sara in Italy, Universal Health Care | 76 Comments

I saw this little tid-bit on HotAir today:

One patient in Oregon got a letter that made this all too clear, when in the same letter rejecting her request for life-extending chemotherapy, Oregon offered her “physician-aid-in-dying”. In other words, Oregon offered their customer a heapin’ helping of death:

Yikes, *sorry, no drugs for you, but we can [...]

NQ First Responders - Economic News »

By LisaB on Jul 11, 2009 in Current Affairs | 18 Comments

I’ve been hearing more and more guardedly optimistic talk about the economy lately, so when I heard the latest jobs information (basically we’re still losing jobs at a fast rate), I really wondered. Here are three economy-related items you may find interesting: the latest from Nouriel Roubini, who says things are worse; a [...]

Krauthammer Once Again Confronts Obama on Reframing History »

By Ani on Jun 14, 2009 in Barack Obama, Obama's Characteristics, Obamaisms, Pandering, President Barack Obama | 62 Comments

Even when I don’t agree with Charles Krauthammer, I so enjoy reading him. But his latest WaPo commentary on the President, entitled Obama Hovers From on High is spot on. Few columnists or commentators (well, except us, of course, ahem) came to the conclusion as early or called Mr. Obama out on the [...]

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