Gassed His Own People

Gassed His Own People I am, you know, amazed that this is a society which so wants to be free that they’re willing to — you know, that there’s a level of violence that they tolerate.—Who is “tolerating” that? Bush is — from the comfort of his treadmill in the White House gym — and […]

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Tip O’Neill is twirling in his grave

TULLYVISION Just an abdication of any sense of journalism. Tip O’Neill is twirling in his grave. Three things that are most troubling about this goddamned case lately: 1: Lawrence O’Donnell at the end of this summer, all of a sudden declares on Olbermann’s Countdown program that it’s all over(the Fitzgerald case) and that it was […]

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50,000-70,000 troops

Yesterday, President Bush announced his intention to increase the “overall size” of the Army, acknowledging that the current forces were “stressed.” The Washington Post reports he’s considering an increase of 50,000-70,000 troops. On June 3, 2004, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) — campaigning for the presidency — proposed expanding the Army by 40,000 troops. Bush quickly […]

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