We’ve talked a lot over the years about how much of our current national debt is directly attributable to the administration of our most recent President Bush (I wanted to refer to him “George Bush the Lesser,” but I thought that someone might accuse me of being being less than fair and balanced), but I […]
Tag Archives: Iraq war
How much has Obama added to the debt, anyway?
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Americans for Tax Reform, Bush tax cuts, debt, George Bush, George Bush the Lesser, Grover Norquist, national debt, Obama, Ronald Reagan, tax the rich, war for oil 8 Comments
Who did a better job of interviewing Donald Rumsfeld?
Both Jon Stewart and Louis C.K. had the opportunity to interview former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld yesterday. (He’s on the circuit, promoting his new book “Known and Unknown: A Memoir“.) Both interviews are being widely discussed today, and I’m curious as to who you feel did a better job, Stewart, who held Rumsfeld’s feet […]
Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Add new tag, Bush administration, conspiracy theories, consuming baby flesh, Daily Show, Davie Icke, eating Mexican babies, Jon Stewart, Known and Unknown, lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, Louis C.K., Opie and Anthony, reptilian humanoids, war mongering 4 Comments
Bush administration sought to discredit local academic, Juan Cole
I don’t imagine that much will come of it, but the New York Times has learned that, during the Bush administration, employees of the CIA were instructed to unearth information that might be used to delegitimize the work of U-M professor Juan Cole, a well-regarded critic of the war in Iraq. The following clip comes […]