Giving massive tax cuts to the rich is both blatantly unfair and not an effective economic stimulus. The selfishness that motivates moneyed interests to press for such reductions also features a definite social irresponsibility that, almost always, results in savings thereby gained being either simply sat on, or narrowly invested in ways that have little [...]

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ALLAHASSEE - Florida legislative leaders struck a final deal on a $52.3 billion state budget Thursday, reaching an accord on everything from pay raises for state employees to tuition hikes for college students and assisting low-income seniors with prescription drugs.
Lawmakers will vote on the budget bill Tuesday, the last day of their scheduled 16-day special [...]

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The Bush administration, in agitating for the invasion of Iraq, consistently cited the dangers to come if Saddam were to turn over any of his alleged WMDs to terrorists, specifically Al Queda. The threat of nuclear attacks or “dirty bombs” was repeatedly invoked to scare the pants off us. Now the invasion has come to [...]

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BERLIN - The chief UN weapons inspector said he was starting to suspect Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, and that his teams remain ready to help in the country if required, a newspaper reported on Friday.

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Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again, - -
The eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies among his worshippers.”
Truth has a way of asserting itself despite all attempts to obscure
it. Distortion only serves to derail it for a time. No matter to what
lengths we humans may go to obfuscate [...]

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In the annals of infotainment, few moments match the sight of George Bush leaping from the cockpit of a fighter jet and striding across the deck of a carrier at sea. Top Gun: The Pseudo Event enchanted the public, horrified liberals, and galvanized the press. Suddenly media mavens noticed that Bush’s handlers have elevated the [...]

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In the annals of infotainment, few moments match the sight of George Bush leaping from the cockpit of a fighter jet and striding across the deck of a carrier at sea. Top Gun: The Pseudo Event enchanted the public, horrified liberals, and galvanized the press. Suddenly media mavens noticed that Bush’s handlers have elevated the [...]

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This year’s federal deficit should exceed $300 billion - the largest ever - as the government’s fiscal outlook grew grimmer thanks to surging defense spending and declining revenue, the Congressional Budget Office said.
The new estimate by Congress’ nonpartisan fiscal analyst comes as Republicans try to enact a fresh round of tax cuts they say [...]

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Republicans in Washington and Austin, Texas apparently used a Homeland Security Department agency to track Texas Democratic legislators who left the state to block passage of a GOP-backed Congressional redistricting bill. While saying they “called someone,” Craddick denied making calls to any federal agency, but U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay confirmed that Republicans sought the assistance [...]

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With his eyes firmly fixed on the White House, Senator Joseph Lieberman is making moves to whitewash his religious record. Specifically, “Holy Joe” (as he’s sometimes called) is trying to erase his association with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, an organization that tries to get fundamentalist Christians to support Israel, especially the emigration [...]

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GREG PALAST: No one has had the guts to say it: Our Braveheart war hero President caved in to the terrorists. Pulling our troops out of Saudi Arabia was Al-Qaeda demand Number One. So, while our Dear President is doing his “Top Gun” landing on the aircraft carrier, he’s ordering the most cowardly, craven, gutless [...]

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The brothers Bush have the science of political environmentalism down pat; as long as one pays lip service to protecting the earth, one may raffle off America’s natural resources to the highest bidder.
Thus, in Tallahassee on Tuesday, Gov. Jeb Bush signed a bill to greatly roll back the deadline for cleaning up the Everglades, for [...]

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TALLAHASSEE - Senate President Jim King said Wednesday that negotiations on a $52 billion state budget may “blow up” because of hardening opposition to House Speaker Johnnie Byrd’s pet project, a $45 million Alzheimer’s research center.
The project was sharply criticized by Senate Republicans in a caucus Wednesday morning.
King, R-Jacksonville, predicted the Alzheimer’s center, which would [...]

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Fox&Friends (forgive me) just now 7:06 AM
Blonde:”I’ll tell you someone who is singing off key…..Robert Byrd”
I’m not sure what precipitated this (Dixie Chicks last night?) and notice they didn’t call him Senator.
Dork on the left:”Yes he is making some wild allegations that PRESIDENT Bush made up a whole bunch of stuff in order to go [...]

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After the recent controversy over the remards by Dixie Chick Natalie Maines concerning George Bush, Toby Keith had nothing but bad things to say about the Chicks.
Seems like they may be sending him a message.
Maybe it’s time to give Toby the boot!!!

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