Remember when Bush was talking Private Option to Social Security?

Here's what the media didn't tell you: the Galveston Plan: Back in 1980 the employees of Galveston County voted to opt out of Social Security for a private plan. Two other counties joined in just before Congress...

Chavez joins long list of critics of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez joins a long list of critics against United States President Barack Obama's receipt of The Nobel Peace Prize award. "Chavez believes Obama didn't make any notable accomplishments to...

Matt Latimer: What Bush Said about Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin

Former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer has a new book, Speech-less, due to hit the shelves September 22, 2009. Latimer gave the would be readers a sneak preview in an article published in the October issue of GQ. Latimer says Bush had made unflattering comments about the...

Muntazer al-Zaidi - George Bush Shoe-Thrower Released Early

Muntazer al-Zaidi is was reportedly released from prison yesterday, according to yahoo news. The 30-year-old reporter became world famous when he threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad in December 2008. In Zaidi's first comments...

Commentary: Former Homeland Security Secretary: Alerts faked

It's nice to know that one's instincts are correct.  I recall all those "high alerts"  in the New York City area in the months prior to the 2004 election.  I  -  and most people I knew...

'Coalition of the willing' comes to end in Iraq

At the height of the Iraq war about 300,000 troops made up the "Coalition of the Willing".  This came quietly to an end, with little publicity.  40,000 of those troops were British, while Australia...

Update: Australia 'will listen to Obama's Gitmo pleas'

(Update at bottom of page) Australia has rejected a request from the United States to house some detainees from Guantanamo Bay.For the second time in a year the Canberra based government has rejected such a...

Iraqi row delays crucial vote on British troops mandate

The Bush shoe-throwing incident last week is turning out to have serious reverberations in Iraq. Now a crucial vote on British troop withdrawl is being delayed over continued fighting over the incident and demands that the show-throwing journalist be released." The Speaker of...

Bush Administration Screwup: Congress Can Easily Undo Midnight Regulations

The 1996 Congressional Review Act (CRA) means that any new "midnight" regulations finalized by the Bush Administration before they leave office can be easily undone. Those finalized 6 months before the end of Bush's term will be harder; however, White House Chief of Staff...

Obama and Bush in White House meeting

President-elect Barack Obama and current US President George W Bush have held their first face-to-face talks at the White House - some 71 days before Obama is inaugurated. The president-elect also got his first...

Chinese Prez Hu to attend G20 summit (Bretton Woods II) on crisis

A G20 Summit on financial markets and the world economy - called Bretton Woods II- will take place on November 15 in Washington DC. China, a major player in world economy has expressed its willingness to attend. "China has repeatedly called for close global...

"W" the Movie retells what we already know

Crossposted with BloggerToronto---I went and watched the movie, "W". The movie did not serve anything expect to reinforce that G.W. Bush did not have much say throughout his life or even what he do throughout his administration. In this movie, I learned more about George Sr....

Oliver Stone's 'W' Biopic Released

Director Oliver Stone is at it again, with his latest politically-charged biopic, W, that takes on the legacy, life, and lineage of one George W. Bush. "Democrat or Republican, you may not be used to pondering...

President Bush was confused by what “Waterboarding” meant (with picture g...

Originally Posted on LeftFair.comAccording to The Washington Post George W. Bush explicitly endorsed the CIA’s use of torture interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects, despite his...

Mexico trumps the US on the “Drug War” IQ Test

Mexican President Felipe Calderón recently proposed legislation to decriminalize drug possession. This legislation, which is supported by Mexico’s Attorney General, is intended to address Mexico’s growing problem with Drug Addiction; the number of drug addicts in Mexico...

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