Tag Archives: John McCain

Canadian Embassy emails reveal Canadian, US lobbying on tar sands-derived oil

by on January 6, 2011 in Energy, Environment & Nature, Politics, Law & Government, War & Security

Recently released emails written by employees of the Canadian Embassy in Washington DC and other Canadian government workers show that the Embassy directly lobbied the Bush Administration and Congress in an attempt to influence regulations and legislation that could restrict exports of Alberta tar sands-derived bitumen and petroleum. The emails further reveal that the Bush […]

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Shootout at the DC Corral

by on March 3, 2010 in Politics, Law & Government

The independently minded political animal always wrestles with times of transition, and the changeover from the Bush to Obama regimes has been worse than most. During the Dubya years it was easy to identify the enemy and to hate him with a blinding passion. Sweet Jesus, George II and his sidekick, The Dick Cheney, played […]

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Finally, a reasonable argument in favor of torture

by on May 16, 2009 in Politics, Law & Government

It’s been maddening over the last few years listening to the “debate” over torture. On the one side you have your basic horde of patchouli-soaked dirty fucking hippie liberals wringing their hands and screeching over anything that damages a terrorist’s self-esteem, while on the other side you have a well-dressed cadre of chicken-hawks who think […]

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Republicans are "rebranding": round up the usual suspects

by on April 30, 2009 in Business & Finance, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government

You have to love the headline: GOP set to launch rebranding effort WASHINGTON (CNN) – Coming soon to a battleground state near you: a new effort to revive the image of the Republican Party and to counter President Obama’s characterization of Republicans as “the party of ‘no.’” CNN has learned that the new initiative, called […]

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Let the economy die?! Rushkoff's goals are noble but his plan needs work

by on March 27, 2009 in Crime & Corruption, Economy, Health, History, Politics, Law & Government, Science & Technology

A couple of weeks ago author and NYU media theory lecturer Douglas Rushkoff penned a provocative essay for Arthur Magazine. Entitled “Let It Die,” the essay explains why we should stop trying to save the economy. In a perfect world, the stock market would decline another 70 or 80 percent along with the shuttering of […]

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Mapping American progress

by on December 1, 2008 in Arts & Literature, Education, Politics, Law & Government, Science & Technology

About three weeks ago, Jim Moss over at The Seminal laid the 2008 electoral results map over maps of poverty and income inequality. The visual comparison was illuminating, and Jim’s post got me to thinking – what if you did the same thing with a wider range of measures and rankings? What kind of picture […]

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Concession speeches, mandates and the post-partisan reach-around

by on November 7, 2008 in Politics, Law & Government

A few nights ago John McCain treated us all to a masterful concession speech. He was gracious, articulate, noble – he said all the right things and struck all the right chords as the nation and his party look toward the future in the wake of an epic statement on the part of the American […]

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ElecTunesDay: ending the War on Music

by on November 4, 2008 in Arts & Literature, Music & Popular Culture, Politics, Law & Government

Trusting is one thing I don’t know When it comes to the campaigning men But I’ll meet you at the election When I vote for the hope of this land – Sean Kelly You may have noticed, if you’ve been paying attention, that the music industry has gone to hell of late. It isn’t that […]

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"You're not really voting for John McCain, are you, Mom?"

by on November 3, 2008 in Scholars & Rogues

With the election two days away, I’m wondering how many Scholars & Rogues readers suffer from Archie Bunker syndrome. That is, does someone close to you — mother, father, sister, brother — hold political beliefs diametrically opposed to you? Does it poison your relationship and create a wall between you and him and her? How […]

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What's keeping Condi from pulling the trigger on McCain?

by on November 1, 2008 in Politics, Law & Government

Back in August, on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Condoleezza Rice if she were supporting John McCain for president. She replied that “as secretary of state, I think it’s a tradition that I’ll take a nonpartisan role here. … And I as an American will make my choice, like all Americans, at the […]

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Prop comic Gallagher replaces top McCain strategist

by on October 28, 2008 in Funny, Journalism, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government

Trailing in both national and state polls with Election Day drawing near, John McCain’s campaign announced this morning that legendary prop-comic Gallagher — famed for smashing produce, especially watermelons, with a sledgehammer — will take over strategy and messaging from Karl Rove disciple Steve Schmidt. It’s a major shakeup in a campaign already known for embracing the unconventional.

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Nota Bene #46

by on October 27, 2008 in American Culture, Features, Nota Bene, Politics, Law & Government, Sports

Link of the Week (as opposed to the Weakest Link): Shaun Mullen at the Moderate Voice: It is no accident that there are so many older African-Americans waiting in the long lines at early voting stations. These folks have long memories and they fear that they won’t be able to vote on Election Day because […]

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FOX declares McCain campaign dead, consigns them to the racist scrap heap of history

by on October 24, 2008 in Politics, Law & Government, Race & Gender

Wow. Didn’t see this coming. Yesterday: FOX News VP John Moody said that “If the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting.” Today: Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story. There you have it, in black and white (as it were). But still, […]

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Welcome to Double-Reverse Vote-Fixing Theatre

by on October 23, 2008 in Crime & Corruption, Politics, Law & Government

In a smoke-filled back room in an elite, moneyed private club on the East Coast, the following scenario is being discussed between two of the power elite’s more powerful elites. Let’s call them Dick Toole and Harry Johnson. As Dick and Harry see it: The numbers have been crunched and the party’s McCain problem looks […]

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Intercepted: McCain voice mail to Obama

by on October 21, 2008 in Funny, Politics, Law & Government

By Lee Camp Editor’s Note: Yet another intercepted voice mail from John McCain. He’s starting to sound a little desperate.

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Mitchell calls Obama '90%' ad 'remarkably negative'

by on October 21, 2008 in Journalism, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government

The media continues to present this phony moral equivalency: Obama’s ads are somehow just as negative as McCain’s. On Meet the Press Sunday, Andrea Mitchell exemplified this ludicrous meme, unintentionally entering Onion and Saturday Night Live territory when she called the following “a remarkably negative ad”:

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