Glenn Greenwald has an excellent column today in Salon, which points out the hypocrisy of typical American war rhetoric about Muslims. For example, there is a column in the NY Times today by Thomas Friedman, who complains bitterly about the “half-truths, propaganda and outright lies about America that have taken hold in the Arab-Muslim world […]
According to several sources (Wikipedia, GlobalFirePower, Global Issues) the US military spending is far greater than any other country on earth. In fact, US military spending is almost half (48%) of the world total! Yes, that means that we spend more on war than pretty much all other countries in the world put together. World […]
© Ed Stein From the cartoonist: I had some qualms about drawing this one. I toyed with a number of Thanksgiving themes–the president pardoning the turkey, the Thanksgiving feast, both contemporary and historical, linking these images with other events like the Afghanistan decision or Wall Street bonuses–but I decided against them. Too predictable or too […]
Daniel Kurtzman has collected the best political videos of the last decade, including Colbert’s roast of President Bush, Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin as herself (in the famous turkey fiasco), Obama Girl, JibJab, Jon Stewart destroying Crossfire, Bush attacked by flying shoes (and other objects), and many others.
“Barnes and Noble is running a great promotion on the Sarah Palin book. You buy the Sarah Palin book, they will throw in a free Mayan calendar.” – David Letterman “The ratings just came in for Sarah Palin’s appearance on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show.’ It earned Oprah her highest ratings since the episode where she […]
“Sarah Palin launched her book tour this week with a stop in Michigan, where more than 1,000 people waited to meet her. Or, as Fox News reported it, half a million people.” – Seth Meyers “This has been quite a week for Sarah Palin. She’s been everywhere promoting her new book. She was on ‘Oprah,’ […]
Last night on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News, former Bush Press Secretary Dana Perino made the astounding statement “We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s term.” See for yourself: What was 9/11? Chopped liver? Hannity doesn’t seem to notice, having lost his ability to tell truth from lies […]
“Anybody reading the ‘Going Rogue’ book, the Sarah Palin memoir? Remember the interview she did with Katie Couric before the election and it was confusing and clumsy. Well, in the book, Sarah Palin says that she felt ambushed when Katie Couric asked her what newspapers she read. This coming from a woman who hunts wolves […]
This is the number one customer review on Amazon of Sarah Palin’s new book: Ain’t afraid of no Vietcong king, November 17, 2009 By Gen. JC Christian, patriot There are many kinds of truth. There are truths based on facts, truths based on faith, and truths based on something that sounds as if it should […]
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