I think blogs are dedicated to cruelty, they’re dedicated to dishonesty, they’re dedicated to speed. — Buzz Bissinger, author of “Friday Night Lights†and other bestsellers, castigating blogs on HBO’s “Costas Now”; […]
Wrath of the math: Why did Karl Rove quit?
By Martin Bosworth That’s the question on everyone’s lips since the porcine political player announced he would be stepping down at the end of August. Of course, the excuse that he wants […]
FISA failure demonstrates why we need real progressives in Congress
By Martin Bosworth I’m still mulling over the massive Democratic capitulation that enabled King George to pass into law the most sweeping violation of Americans’ privacy yet–legalizing an illegal program, and making […]
Rollo Tomasi and the Age of Empire
By Martin Bosworth Ed Exley: Rollo Tomasi is the reason I became a cop. I wanted to catch the guys who thought they could get away with it. It’s supposed to be […]
Immigration capitulation
As mad as I am about the Dems bending over and dropping trou for the Decider on the Iraq war bill, there’s actually another case of “surrender monkeying” that bothers me more, […]
Democrats give Dubya billions to pay Halliburton – I mean, for the Iraq war – meanwhile, he announces al Qaeda’s winning…and he thinks Osama’s lonely….
From the “Our elected representatives don’t give a damn what we the people want done as long as they’re not incurring His Majesty George’s displeasure” desk: This just in – George W. […]
“Mission Accomplished” – steal the troops’ voting rights…
BuzzFlash has just posted a new interview with Greg Palast, the brilliant American journalist who reports for The Guardian newspapers and the BBC and whose exposes on the “irregularities” committed by the […]
Old Blackwater Keep on Rolling…
Buzzflash recently did an interview with Jeremy Scahill, author of a new book on our government’s biggest security vendor, Blackwater. Some of you may have come across it. For those of you […]
The Price Of Loyalty
By Martin Bosworth My particularly angry take on the daily mass exodus of Bush apparatchiks and what it means for our country can be found here. Warning: It’s not very nice or […]
Nemesis
By Martin Bosworth My thoughts on the Bush veto are here for those who are interested. “Disgust” sums it up nicely. Perhaps “Anger,” “shame,” “rage,” and “frustration” as well. Actually, a picture’s […]
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