George W. Bush

Ask Mrs. Vera: What can a mother do?

May 4, 2013 by Mrs. Vera Newman 2 Comments

Dear Mrs. Vera,

What do you do when all of your relatives want to run for President?

Barbara Pierce Bush,
Flushing, New York

Dear BooBerry Piecebush,

So sorry to be addressing your inquiry so many years after receiving your letter; the envelope was just so unattractive and I am so sensitive to cheap perfume that I had to keep it sealed in a black Ziploc® bag, which I had to paint black myself, because they didn’t make those back in 1988 when it arrived and I could have really used one because, P.U.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Lifestyle & Op-Ed Tagged With: Barbara Bush, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Mrs. Vera Newman, Neil Mallon Pierce Bush, pearls, white hair rinse

Ask Mrs. Vera: Can George W. Bush rehabilitate himself?

April 27, 2013 by Mrs. Vera Newman 2 Comments

Vera with Cuttlery - Question: Can GW Bush rehabilitate himself?

Dear Mrs. Vera,

I’ve been busy trying to keep my family alive and in a house for so long, I’ve forgotten why everyone hates George W. Bush! Except, you know, those swell people he knew and changed laws and regulations for, so that they could make so much money that I almost don’t even recognize us as members of the same species any more.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Lifestyle & Op-Ed Tagged With: Barbara Bush, burning buildings, currants, George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Mrs. Vera Newman, raisins, rehabilitation tour, sinking ships, The Supreme Court of The United States of America

Strange bedfellows for “firearms freedom”

April 1, 2013 by Charlie Meyer Leave a Comment

In the United Nations despised by many conservatives, a strange thing happened on the way to the General Assembly by Manhattan’s East River last week. The international treaty on reducing the unfettered flow of arms the National Rifle Association and its paid shills on the GOP side of the aisle in Congress are fighting tooth and nail found the gun lobby odd new allies in the international body.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: George W. Bush, Gun Trafficking, Iran, National Rifle Association, North Korea, NRA, Syria, Treaties, United Nations, United States

The Iraq War Revisited: Could It Ever Be Justified?

February 21, 2013 by Bill Rice 4 Comments

The Bush administration lied about key evidence pertaining to Iraq’s WMD program and the Hussein government’s links to Al Qaeda. It exaggerated the dangers and strength of both. And it played on people’s fears as a means of justifying war and regime change.

As the vast amount of evidence points, all of these faults are more than clear, as Rachel Maddow revisited in her recent special “Hubris: Selling the Iraq War.” But as I watched this special and was reminded of the various lies and tragic blunders that surrounded the Iraq War, I was left with an array of different questions.… [Read more]

Filed Under: In the Spotlight Tagged With: George W. Bush, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Syria, WMD

Return of the Swift Boats?

December 30, 2012 by Barbara Broido and Jeffrey R. Broido 2 Comments

In 2004, Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry was narrowly defeated by incumbent George W. Bush. One of the factors in Kerry’s defeat was, no doubt, a so-called “527 Group” founded by John O’Neill: Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

The group, eventually known as Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, was disbanded in 2008, but not before its claims that John Kerry misrepresented his military service record were roundly debunked – and not before the term, “swiftboating,” came to represent smearing a political candidate with a specific ‘Big Lie’ while referring to it as truth.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Art-itorials Tagged With: Andrew Breitbart, Election 2004, George W. Bush, John Kerry, Karl Rove, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Swift Vets and POWs for Truth

Asking the Hard Questions About 9/11

September 12, 2012 by Leftside Annie 4 Comments

New 9/11 truth documentary among ‘most watched’ on PBS this week

Victoria

By Victoria N. Alexander… [Read more]

Sep 3, 2012 in Politics

“9/11: Explosive Evidence – Experts Speak Out” is getting public attention and casting doubt on the scientific validity of the U.S. government’s investigation into the WTC tragedy. PBS is the first major network to air the program.

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: 9/11, Conspiracy Theory, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Osama bin Laden, Truther

The Blind Leading the Blind?

July 20, 2012 by James Haitchwai 7 Comments

Perhaps I came off as a tad snarky last week when I declared that the pending presidential election is meaningless and I’d rather watch President Obama and Mitt Romney duke it out in a bare-knuckle boxing match than show up to the voting booth. Perhaps people like me with their rotten attitudes who take their citizenship in a democracy for granted are as much a part of the problem as the corrupted state of our democracy.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Barack Obama, corruption, George W. Bush, Hope, presidential election

The Romanticized South Redux: I’m Looking at You, North Carolina

May 9, 2012 by Monique A. Gamble 16 Comments

Being a Southerner in a major city has made me acutely aware of what I appreciate about my heritage, and those qualities I loathe about it. When I moved to the DC metro area 5 years ago, folks knew immediately that I wasn’t from around here. I learned quickly that the ease of my smile was welcomed precisely because warmth is an unfamiliar character trait around these parts.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Social Change Tagged With: Alabama, Amendment 1, Confederacy, Confederate flag, Eddie Long, George W. Bush, George Wallace, marriage equality, North Carolina, Progress, Same-sex marriage, Southern, Southerner, The South, tradition, University of Alabama, Yankee

Ms. Huffington, I Disagree

May 4, 2012 by Courtney Eastone 5 Comments

But let me make this clear: There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf will not act, we will.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: George W. Bush, Mission Accomplished, Osama bin Laden, President Obama

What Standing Do the People Have in the Dirty Game of Politics?

April 5, 2012 by Brian McCabe 2 Comments

My north Jersey neighborhood is pretty Republican. In fact, I claim on my blog site, Liberaloutpost , that the area is so Republican that even birds don’t have left wings. Well, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it doesn’t change the fact that there’s not a whole lot of political debate going on.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: alec, Everett Dirksen, George W. Bush, heritage foundation, iran-contra, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, October surprise, Ronald Reagan, Vietnam, William casey

Pill Popping

February 14, 2012 by Brooklyn Dame 12 Comments

With all of the recent talk about contraceptive pills ~~and the persistent issue of men attempting to control women’s bodies~~ my thoughts were directed to our access to pills in general. In this country, there’s a pill for just about everything. Years ago if someone felt sick, experienced an emotional setback or needed a little motivation, s/he would call a friend to chat, maybe go out for a drink, get a little kick in the rear-end and/or simply get moving.… [Read more]

Filed Under: The BK Dame Says Tagged With: Cure-All, Drugs, George W. Bush, Jr., Obama Administration, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pills, President Obama, US Politics, William F. Buckley

Where’s our ‘Wooden Ships’?

January 8, 2012 by Panama Red 3 Comments

If you smile at me, I will understand ‘Cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language.

The United States has been a nation at war since October 7^th, 2001. It started with Operation Enduring Freedom, which continues on to this very day.

I can see by your coat, my friend, you’re from the other side.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Social Change Tagged With: Activism, Afghanistan, Bob Dylan, Congress, Crosby Stills and Nash, Department of Defense, Eminem, George W. Bush, Iraq, Lady Gaga, Liberalism, Mosh, Operation Enduring Freedom, Paul Wellstone, Pink, Sean Combs, Support the Troops, Top 40, US Politics, USA Patriot Act, Vietnam War, war, War on Terror, Wooden Ships

A Round Of Applause For President Obama

January 5, 2012 by Harry Deshpande 6 Comments

In a world of headlines that change from hour to hour, it is a struggle to keep up even with the volatile ‘now’. Everything needs to be condensed in sound bites and judged in isolation rather than correlation. However, from time to time, it is imperative that we look back — to at least the recent past — to determine how it shaped the ‘now’.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: American Security, Arab Spring, Dictator, George W. Bush, Iraq, Libya, Middle East, Muammar Gaddafi, President Obama, Saddam Hussein, Shi'ite, Voice of America, Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Right To Vote

December 9, 2011 by Brooklyn Dame 17 Comments

Once again, what’s old is new again. Haven’t we as a nation been down this road before? Why aren’t we tired of repeating the same old stuff; at this point in our nation’s history, shouldn’t we be moving forward and not looking backward to the days of dusty confederates and dirty tricks all the way up to the voting booth?… [Read more]

Filed Under: Social Change Tagged With: Brennan Center for Justice, Confederates, Democracy, Down Trodden, George W. Bush, Human Rights Day, Paper Trail, Powers That Be, Redistricting, Representation, Right to Vote, Stand For Freedom March, United Nations

Goodbye Herman Cain, I Shall Miss You!

November 28, 2011 by Mia Imani 9 Comments

Your 15 minutes of political fame as the black guy who almost became the anything-but-Romney-choice for the Tea Party are just about up. It has been a bizarre horse race up until now — but I’m pretty sure Herman Cain, while still in the race for the Tea Party-backed nomination (hereafter referred to as TeaPublican), is not going to remain a top contender.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Americans for American Values, Anthony Greenwald, Attitudes, Baby Mama, Curious George, Discrimination, FLOTUS, Gaffes, George W. Bush, Good Old Boys Club, Herman Cain, Hidden Bias, IAT, Implicit Association Test, Implicit Bias, Implicit Social Cognition, Mahzarin R. Banaji, Michelle Obama, Nomination, Prejudice, Self-Esteem, Social Cognition, Sterotype, Tea Party, Uber Intellectual, Uconscious Bias, Uncle Ruckus, Uppity, US Politics

Wrapped Up

November 13, 2011 by Brooklyn Dame 4 Comments

For today’s Say It In Song post, we thought we’d ask a question: Don’t the American people deserve to have political parties that represent a broad set of interests rather than just those of a tiny (but obnoxiously loud) band of hate mongers who pretend to care about the debt but said nothing the entire 8 years George Dubbya was in office constituents? … [Read more]

Filed Under: Say It In Song Tagged With: A&M Records, Constituents, Dubbya, George W. Bush, Tea Party, The Police, Wrapped Around Your Finger

Invading Iran: Just Another Stimulus of the Package

November 8, 2011 by Barak Barkan 11 Comments

When pretty much every reliable source tells you not to do something and you – you being the two most powerful people in the country – consider doing it anyway, one may immediately presume something is wrong with you…

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his once arch nemesis, now sidekick and right-hand man, Secretary of Defense Ehud Barak, have managed to leak their plan to attack the nuclear facilities in Iran. … [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Bibi, Black Ops, Ehud Barak, Eric Bana, George W. Bush, IDF Special Forces, Intelligence Agency, Iran, Israel, Israeli, Meir Dagan, Mossad, Munich Olympics, Netanyahu, Operation Spring Youth, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Secretary of Defense, Steven Spielberg, Stimulus Package, US Politics

Ask Mrs. Vera: What can a mother do?

Ask Mrs. Vera: Can George W. Bush rehabilitate himself?

Strange bedfellows for “firearms freedom”

The Iraq War Revisited: Could It Ever Be Justified?

Return of the Swift Boats?

Asking the Hard Questions About 9/11

The Blind Leading the Blind?

Ms. Huffington, I Disagree

What Standing Do the People Have in the Dirty Game of Politics?

Pill Popping

A Round Of Applause For President Obama

Wrapped Up

Invading Iran: Just Another Stimulus of the Package

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