In the wake of 9/11, the Bush administration knew it had an opportunity to push though an agenda that, under normal circumstances, wouldn’t have gotten through Congress and by the American people. They took advantage of that fact and set in motion a series of initiatives, like the war in Iraq, that had been on […]
It occurred to me earlier that if the Bush administration really had their shit together they would have sent military recruiters repelling into New Orleans from helicopters right after the hurricane passed. They had tens of thousands of poor black men concentrated together in one place, off-guard, and, I would expect, willing to sign almost […]
A few days ago when I suggested that Bush would respond to Hurricane Katrina not by helping the vicitims, but by further cutting taxes on the wealthy, I thought that I was making a joke. Apparently not, however. As unbelievable and distasteful as it may sound, word is that the Republicans plan to push through […]
