MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'george w bush'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:40 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934104&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6MkY2e8QJ3k%2F By David BoazE.  J. Dionne Jr. has suddenly discovered the big-government George W. Bush, 12 years late, and he’s feeling nostalgic: Perhaps I should thank the current crop of Republican presidential candidates for providing me with an experience I never, ever expected: During this week’s debate in New Hampshire, I had a moment of nostalgia for George W. Bush…. Unlike this crowd of Republicans, Bush acknowledged that the federal government can ease injustices and get useful things done. Say what you will about his No Child Left Behind education-reform program. It accepted, correctly, that the federal government has to play an important part in reforming our public schools and held them accountable to a set of standards…. And while there are many problems with the way... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934104 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:13:09 +0100 4934104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775373&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FIn343nt1Z4k%2F By George Scoville Habeas corpus applies to anyone, citizen or not, in custody under American law, no matter what President Bush and President Obama decree. House Republicans’ cuts to the Department of Education, which will spend over $70 billion next year, didn’t even amount to $1 billion. “Regardless of whether Pakistan gets its way, its impudence in pushing Afghanistan to abandon America exposes the real balance of power in the region.” “It doesn’t make a lot of sense to refer to a government whose intelligence service assists military efforts by al Qaeda and the Taliban against U.S. troops in Afghanistan as an ‘ally.’” Here are five ways to cut military spending today without changing our strategic focus: Monday Links is a post f... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775373 Mon, 02 May 2011 14:29:08 +0100 4775373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758742&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqriEL585sqM%2F By Steve H. HankeThe public has finally started to give President Obama’s economic policies a big “thumbs down”.  This shouldn’t surprise anyone who is familiar with the Misery Index. While President Obama sings the glories of big government, it is ironic that he has been marked by the curse of government failure.  One metric that measures how this curse will affect the President’s performance is the Misery Index (see the accompanying chart). The Index is calculated by adding the difference between the average inflation rate over a president’s term and the average inflation rate during the last year of the previous president’s term; the difference between the average unemployment rate over a president’s term and the unemployment rate during the last month... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758742 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:14:55 +0100 4758742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4723786&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNFg2b0upjHA%2F By Walter OlsonAs Iain Murray points out at National Review‘s “Corner,” there’s no date on the calendar each year that reminds us, the way income tax filing day does, of the huge share of our economic labors that the government commands in the name of regulation. In part this is because the costs of regulation are even better disguised than those of taxation: while paycheck withholding may lull us into complacency about our income tax burden, it is downright transparent compared with the costs of regulation, which the ordinary citizen may never recognize when passed along in the form of higher utility bills or sluggish performance by some sector of the economy. Iain notes the good work done by his colleagues at the Competitive Enterprise Institute: Regulations cost... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4723786 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:19:45 +0100 4723786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4709192&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F1d48imqwYoY%2F By George Scoville “Whatever your views on climate change, you ought to find it unsettling that, here and elsewhere, most of the actual ‘law’ in this country is crafted by unelected executive-branch bureaucrats.” “The Framers’ Constitution freed us, to make our own individual choices.” “The world’s dictators are fleeing for their lives, all because of Secretary Clinton’s efforts.” “Total spending jumped by almost $2 trillion during the Bush-Obama spending binge, so a $39 billion cut is almost too small to mention.” The Founders would agree with the idea that “it should be hard to get into wars and easy to leave them“: Wednesday Links is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4709192 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:48:36 +0100 4709192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4636413&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F1dImHb3owjo%2F By Gene HealyRecently, I've been blogging over at the Washington Examiner's lively "Beltway Confidential" site, mostly on the subject of congressional war powers and President Obama's Libyan adventure. Today's post, "Obama Makes 'Kinetic Military Action' on the English Language" has a little fun with the administration's wordgames and the legal rationales behind them. Other posts and a column on the subject are here, here, and here. Today also brings a pair of columns--in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, respectively--from conservative luminaries defending the notion that Obama has the constitutional power to bomb Libya without congressional authorization. Yoo, the legal architect of George W. Bush's Terror Presidency, chides Tea Party Republicans like Jason Chaffetz of Uta... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4636413 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:31:45 +0100 4636413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4636417&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRfPRr5HVj74%2F By George Scoville When is an entitlement not an entitlement, but a command? When a federal judge contradicts herself, of course. As the Arab League's influence over its own member states wanes, of course they support the creation of an international no-fly zone over Libya. Of course, there's really no such thing as a "Social Security trust fund." Should the United States and Saudi Arabia remain allies? Of course—but Washington should probably re-think the terms of the partnership. Of course, when George W. Bush was president, you couldn't go anywhere in Washington without seeing an anti-war protest. Where have they all gone? Friday Links is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4636417 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:04:37 +0100 4636417 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4622228&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FBYJDNP1o0dQ%2F By George Scoville America's involvement in the war in Libya can't be justified on either security or humanitarian grounds. Obamacare can't be fixed, and now is the time to dismantle it. The no-fly zone over Libya can't mean good things for American politics or policy. Bureaucrats can't allocate goods more efficiently than market actors. President Obama can't blame former President Bush for Guantanamo Bay anymore: Tuesday Links is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4622228 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:19:38 +0100 4622228 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4615081&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMS8NpV5DC1U%2F By George Scoville "The New Health Care Law: What a Difference a Year Makes," featuring a keynote address from constitutional attorney and counsel in Florida v. HHS David Rivkin, and panels including economist and former CBO director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Cato director of health policy Michael F. Cannon and vice president for legal affairs Roger Pilon, and many more, begins at 1pm Eastern today. Please join us as we stream the event at our new live events hub, or watch on Facebook. If you prefer television, the forum will be broadcast live on C-SPAN 2. "The next time gun-control advocates point to violence in Mexico and call for more restrictions on gun sales or a revived assault-weapons ban, they should consider that the problem may not be with the laws on the books, but with those who enf... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615081 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:46:35 +0100 4615081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4565887&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F18vOaTm2NKA%2F By Tim LynchThis week Obama announced that he intends to prosecute prisoners before military tribunals.  The administration is taking pains to point out that Obama is not embracing the Bush policy.  These will be Obama's tribunals, not Bush's.  But since Mr. Obama's executive order can be revised or withdrawn at any time, the new and improved procedures do not amount to much.   The tribunals were wrongheaded under Bush and the critique applies equally well to Obama's "new" policy. As others have noted, Obama has now embraced tribunals, Gitmo, and the Patriot Act.    Bad news, but at least Obama kept his promises to end the wars and get us on a sound financial footing. For additional Cato work related to military tribunals, go here and here. Obama’s Military Tribunals is a ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4565887 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:03:12 +0100 4565887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4544943&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6jeuUQdVw-o%2F By Daniel GriswoldPresident Obama and Mexican President Calderon announced this afternoon that the U.S. government will finally allow qualified, safety certified Mexican truckers to deliver goods in the United States, fulfilling a commitment our government made more than 17 years ago in the North American Free Trade Agreement. It’s about time. America’s violation of the agreement had resulted in sanctions against $2.4 billion worth of U.S. exports to Mexico. According to one press report today, The plan, announced at a news conference by the two presidents, will allow for half of those tariffs to be lifted immediately. It will establish a reciprocal, phased-in pilot program that allows Mexican trucks to operate inside the U.S. provided they comply with a series of safety and driver-ski... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4544943 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:59:44 +0100 4544943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4536448&cid=t_122084_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Ffv2Jsa06fpQ%2F Some of the biggest drugmakers do not have a good track record when it comes time for FDA inspectors to visit their plants. Overall, the FDA found violations at 54 percent of plants inspected last year, up 20 percent from a decade low in 2007, according to data obtained from the agency by Bloomberg News. And 80 drugmakers failed more than half of their inspections. Who led the pack? Pacira Pharmaceuticals, which makes painkillers sold in hospitals, was the worst offender among publicly traded drugmakers with an 82 percent failure rate during 11 inspections. Abbott Labs failed 59 percent of 111 inspections; Pfizer flunked 57 percent of 202 inspections; Merck bombed out on 52 percent of 134 visits and Johnson & Johnson failed 48 percent of 161 inspections. By contrast Mylan passed 79 pe... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4536448 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:14:42 +0100 4536448 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477695&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FK3uc-XQxohY%2F By Tad DeHavenThe George W. Bush administration ushered in a new era of big government. The Obama administration has built on Bush's profligacy, and the president's new fiscal 2012 budget proposal would further cement the trend. Spending as a percentage of GDP has increased dramatically since the surplus years of the late 1990s. As the chart shows, the president’s budget once again seeks a permanently high level of federal spending as a share of the economy: While the numbers drop from their stimulus- and recession-induced highs, it is not because the president has suddenly decided that he desires a less active government. Rather, optimistic economic assumptions largely account for the slight retrenchment. Tax increases and optimistic economic assumptions explain the projected rise in r... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477695 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:04:15 +0100 4477695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436939&cid=t_122084_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FsCHNSKX3aBI%2F The ongoing shortage of a drug used for prison executions has now ensnared the FDA. Six inmates on death row in prisons in Arizona, California and Tennesse yesterday filed a lawsuit claiming the agency violated federal law by allowing the states to import thiopental sodium, even though there was no official review for safety and effectiveness. In other words, there are no approved suppliers. The shortage began when Hospira stopped making thiopental in 2009, prompting prisons to seek alternates. Last month, the FDA decided to permit imports, but declined to vouch for the meds, even though one recent execution may have involved an expired import (back story). “Reviewing substances imported or used for the purpose of state-authorized lethal injection clearly falls outside of FDA’s exp... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436939 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:53:10 +0100 4436939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4411506&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F62l8IwsAU44%2F By David BoazKarl Rove, the architect of Republican victories in 2000 and 2004 and Democratic victories in 2006 and 2008, denounces President Obama’s “spending binge” and “liberal activism” as described in the State of the Union address. The Wall Street Journal‘s tagline on the column is, “On Tuesday, Republicans offered an alternative to the president’s big-government vision.” What Rove omits is that he and President Bush started the spending binge, delivered big government, and indeed came into office with a big-government vision, as Ed Crane pointed out in 1999. Just take a look at the analysis in Rove’s Wall Street Journal column: Most of his hour-long speech was a paean to liberal activism, as the president called for redoubl... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4411506 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:17:38 +0100 4411506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4349493&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMlxQa9OOemg%2F By Justin LoganStuart Reid’s Twitter points to this Condi Rice discussion with Katie Couric in which the following exchange takes place over the decision to invade Iraq: RICE: …I’m also, frankly, just very glad [Saddam Hussein is] out of power. Now, to be frank, we tried to take him out of power without going to war. We tried to take him out of power by — we got a report from an Arab state that shall remain nameless that he would take a billion dollars to lead — to leave. We said, deal. Right? (Laughter.) We tried to (find ?) him – COURIC: Has that — has that been made public before? RICE: Yeah, I — it may be in President Bush’s book. I’m not sure. I don’t remember. But we did. We said, if he’ll go, everybody’s happy. A ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4349493 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:10:34 +0100 4349493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4326896&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FGaNTH6JFSS0%2F By David BoazVirginia governor Bob McDonnell must be a Bush Republican. The Washington Post reports today: Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell plans a massive spending campaign that he said would unclog state roads, award thousands more college degrees and spur job creation, part of an aggressive legislative agenda he is expected to roll out this week. McDonnell (R) will press lawmakers to approve a series of statewide projects he said would be paid in part through Virginia’s $403 million budget surplus, $337 million in higher-than-expected tax revenue, and $192 million generated through cuts and savings…. He plans to borrow nearly $3 billion over the next three years. That doesn’t sound like the agenda of a Reagan Republican or a Tea Party Republican. It sounds a lot like ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4326896 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:56:50 +0100 4326896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4285184&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FP0YgTZ2LAps%2F By Tad DeHavenOver at Downsizing Government, we focused on the following issues this week: Taxpayers received a rare, albeit small and temporary, victory when a pork-laden omnibus bill died in the Senate. We’re now about to find out how serious Republicans are about cutting spending. Chris Edwards looks at breastfeeding and argues that bigger isn’t better when it comes to subsidies. “The nearest earthly approach to immortality is a bureau of the federal government.” Former President George W. Bush defends his abysmal spending record in his book Decision Points. Upon further review, perhaps the book should be retitled Deception Points. A new Cato essay discusses the problems of the U.S. Postal Service and concludes that taxpayers, consumers, and the broader economy would st... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4285184 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:43:58 +0100 4285184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4277820&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlzMi7K3F1hg%2F By Chris EdwardsFormer President George W. Bush’s book Decision Points is apparently selling quite well. The book includes a defense of the president’s fiscal record, and a table on page 447 compares Bush to prior presidents on spending and debt (you can see the table on Amazon’s search inside feature). One problem with the table is that Bush claims credit for the low spending and debt of President Clinton’s last year, fiscal 2001. The first budget Bush crafted was for fiscal 2002. Here are the data reported by Bush, and data recalculated to better reflect the budgets that each president had some control over. Figures are averages over the fiscal year periods, measured as a share of GDP: Decision Points Comparison: Clinton (1993-2000) 19.8%, Bush (2001-2008) 19.6%... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4277820 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:03:18 +0100 4277820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4233166&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fa_QwBH92uOI%2F By Doug BandowThe U.S. and South Korean governments have agreed to changes in the free trade agreement negotiated by the Bush administration. The president rightly lauded the FTA as a good deal for Americans: “This agreement shows the U.S. is willing to lead and compete in the global economy,” the president told reporters at the White House, calling it a triumph for American workers in fields from farming to aerospace.” Approving the FTA has taken on added urgency after the European Union negotiated a similar accord with the South. Once that agreement takes effect, Europeans would have better access than Americans to the world’s 13th largest economy. Protectionism is always foolish, but especially so when one’s competitors are promoting open markets. The accord also offer... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4233166 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:29:51 +0100 4233166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4179303&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYxlU1guvzQA%2F By Daniel IkensonThere seems to be a lot of confusion about the meaning of GM’s IPO today.  A common narrative in today’s media is that GM’s return to the stock market affirms the wisdom of the auto bailout.  Some tougher customers in the media insist on a higher threshold being met—that taxpayers get back the entirety of their $50 billion investment in GM—before declaring “mission accomplished.” And then there are the rabid partisans who—in their seething animosity toward the Obama administration—reach conclusions devoid of logic and rich only in conspiratorial-mindedness.  For example, yesterday I was contacted by a media outlet vetting this conclusion: “The IPO is evidence of the failure of the bailout because taxpayers were excluded from buyin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4179303 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:59:37 +0100 4179303 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036631&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0DmXBgK2qaY%2F By Daniel J. MitchellI dislike taxes as much as the next person (and probably a lot more), but other policies matter as well, so if I had the choice of replacing current government policies with the ones that existed at the end of the Clinton years, I would gladly make that trade. Yes, it would mean higher tax rates, but it also would mean slashing government spending from 24 percent of GDP down to 18 percent of GDP. It would mean no sleazy TARP bailout, no Sarbanes-Oxley red tape, no expansion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and no added power and authority for the federal government. This is the argument that I made in this interview on CNBC, though my opponent tried to do his version of the Brezhnev Doctrine (what’s mine is mine, what’s yours is negotiable), so I concluded th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036631 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:24:43 +0100 4036631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3954228&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_xVwx6kegIc%2F By Mark A. CalabriaLike President Bush before him, Obama has a knack for taking the worst ideas of his opponents and making them his own.  It is truly bipartisanship in the worst of ways (think Sarbanes-Oxley, the TARP or No Child Left Behind).  The newest example is the President’s proposed “infrastructure bank.”  A bill along those lines was introduced a few years ago by then Senator Hagel, although the idea is far from new. First, let’s get out of the way the myth that we have been “under-funding” intrastructure.  Take the largest, and usually most popular, piece:  transportation.  Over the last decade, transportation spending at all levels of government has increased over 70 percent.  One can debate if that money has been spent wisely, but the... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3954228 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:03:26 +0100 3954228 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3907587&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FiC5M7-NXd2s%2F By David BoazE. J. Dionne writes in the Washington Post today that many Republicans think the George W. Bush administration was “too ready to run up the deficit.” But, he says, That the deficit increased primarily because of two tax cuts and two wars was not part of most conservatives’ calculation because acknowledging this was ideologically inconvenient. That’s one explanation. Of course, spending did rise by more than a trillion dollars during Bush’s eight years, and it wasn’t all military spending. And as Michael Tanner writes today, “The Deficit Is a Symptom, Spending Is the Disease.” Traditionally, federal spending has run around 21 percent of GDP. But George W. Bush and (even more dramatically) Barack Obama have now driven federal spend... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3907587 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:21:00 +0100 3907587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3885332&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FyJGSdDLReOg%2F Several of today’s front pages feature iconic images of U.S. troops marching onto troop transports and into the sunset in Iraq. Today’s story by Ernesto Londoño in the Washington Post, features Lt. Col. Mark Bieger of the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division,  “This is a historic mission!” Beiger bellows as his troops prepared to depart Baghdad for the last time, ”A truly historic end to seven years of war.” No disrespect to Col. Bieger and his troops, but the war isn’t over, and it won’t be so long as there are significant number of U.S. troops in Iraq at risk of being caught in the cross-fire of a sectarian civil war. The Iraqi government, more than five months after nationwide elections, remains in limbo. Talks over a power shari... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3885332 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:40:04 +0100 3885332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3880845&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fs4kbUW4ySfU%2F Some leaders within the Republican Party seem to have fixed on a useful club with which to bludgeon the president and his fellow Democrats — Cordoba House, aka the “Ground Zero” Mosque. Over the weekend, Republican strategist Ed Rollins explained how the party would use the issue in the coming months: ROLLINS: Intellectually, the president may be right, but this is an emotional issue, and people who lost kids, brothers, sisters, fathers, what have you, do not want that mosque in New York, and it’s going to be a big, big issue for Democrats across this country. “Face the Nation” Host Bob SCHIEFFER: So you see it as an issue that’s going to continue? ROLLINS: Absolutely. No question about it. Every candidate — every candidate who’s in t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3880845 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:51:51 +0100 3880845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3802554&cid=t_122084_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F07%2F29%2Fafghanistan-obama-and-the-man-in-the-mirror%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. Afghanistan, Obama and the Man in the Mirror. Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: afghanistan, comics, george w bush, obama, political cartoon, war (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3802554 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:29:39 +0100 3802554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3757850&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fg0Zva-ruO1Q%2F By Tad DeHavenA recent paper by Veronique de Rugy examines how policymakers use various budgeting gimmicks to increase spending and obscure liabilities. One particularly abusive mechanism is the designation of supplemental spending as an “emergency.” The emergency designation makes it easier for policymakers to skirt budgetary rules, particularly “pay-as-you-go” (PAYGO) requirements. The following chart from the paper shows how supplemental spending, most of which was designated as “emergency,” has taken off in the last decade: As the chart notes, much of the increase is attributable to supplemental appropriations for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Bush administration was rightly criticized by analysts across the ideological spectrum for funding the wars outside of the ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757850 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:59:40 +0100 3757850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3721755&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUVtuLr3JLis%2F By David BoazAt Politico Arena, the question of the day is: A new Siena College poll ranks Barack Obama as the 15th best U.S. president (landing him below Bill Clinton, ahead of Ronald Reagan). Franklin Delano Roosevelt earned top honors, while Andrew Johnson was last. Pollsters say Obama is high on imagination, communication and intelligence, but weak on background. On your list of best presidents, where would President Obama land? Who was the best president, and who was the worst? I responded: Of course Obama ought to be given an incomplete. But he got a Nobel Peace Prize purely on spec. He does now have 18 months of presidential action, and he has already done many things that establishment political scientists like. Presidential scholars love presidents who expand the size, scope and p... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3721755 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:03:23 +0100 3721755 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3695547&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FydiFcV9kdoc%2F By Michael F. CannonIn a move reminiscent of the George W. Bush administration, the Obama administration is cracking down on the Minerals Management Service…by changing the agency’s name. The MMS has fallen into disrepute because, well, as E&ENews PM put it, “employees accepted gifts from oil and gas companies, participated in ‘a culture of substance abuse and promiscuity,’ and considered themselves exempt from federal ethics rules.”  The “drug and sex abuse [occurred] both inside the program and ‘in consort with industry.’ “  The New York Times reports that MMS employees “viewed pornography at work and even considered themselves part of industry.”  Yet this government agency somehow failed to prevent the oil s... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3695547 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:53:06 +0100 3695547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3665958&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F8ioEw_gRbHc%2F By Daniel GriswoldFormer Reagan speechwriter Peter Robinson tries to answer that very good question in an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal. It’s a question my conservative Republican friends should ask themselves as the party tries, once again, to turn public opposition to illegal immigration into political success at the polls. Robinson correctly observes that Reagan would have had nothing to do with the anger and inflamed rhetoric that so often marks the immigration debate today. “Ronald Reagan was no kind of nativist,” he concludes, noting that Reagan was always reaching out to voters beyond the traditional Republican base, including the fast-growing Hispanic population. It’s worth remembering that Reagan signed the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), which ope... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3665958 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:32:07 +0100 3665958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577385&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FZTW5FqSefH4%2F By Tim LynchAn atrocious ruling from the Supreme Court yesterday in United States v. Comstock, as has been noted.  It is no real surprise that the liberals on the Court ruled the way they did.  They believe in big government and need a way to get around a Constitution that set up a federal government of limited and enumerated powers.  Thus, we are told a “living” Constitution “evolves” in such a way as to accomodate the administrative state that is all around us.  But the law at issue in the Comstock case did not arise during the Clinton years.  The Adam Walsh Child Protection Act was championed by conservative legislators  in the Congress and signed by Bush. Until the Comstock ruling was issued, court watchers were unsure of how committed Bush’s Sup... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577385 Tue, 18 May 2010 21:01:00 +0100 3577385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3530033&cid=t_122084_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FpRdqsbzwpcs%2F As the BIO convention gets under way today in Chicago and the thousands of attendees look forward to keynote speeches by former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on Tuesday, and former Vice President Al Gore on Wednesday, some folks will be precluded from the events. Who? The media. Not only will journalists be barred from the room, but there will be no feed to the press room, either. The stated reason, according to a BIO spokeswoman, is that the trade group is simply adopting this particular policy this year. No further explanation was given, although presumably speakers may feel freer to say certain things when the media isn’t around. Of course, this doesn’t mean some attendees won’t Tweet, unless BIO finds a way to prevent that as well. There is precedent for ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3530033 Mon, 03 May 2010 16:41:17 +0100 3530033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3382803&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FgyutLzFlzco%2F By David BoazIt’s that time of year again, when friends start telling me about this or that candidate I should support because he or she is a dedicated defender of liberty and limited government. I’m a political junkie, so I love getting these recommendations. But I don’t end up supporting or contributing to many candidates. In my view, it’s not enough for a candidate to say that he’s ”committed to slashing wasteful spending, providing tax relief, and eliminating red tape.” What’s your actual tax plan? What spending do you propose to cut or eliminate? Not many of them offer clear answers to that. And liberty involves more than just economics. Often I’m told, “Congressman X is a libertarian.” I always check, and then I say, ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3382803 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:16:27 +0100 3382803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3335285&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FiEItZahRNDc%2F By Sallie JamesSen. John Kerry (D, MA) made an, er, interesting rhetorical case yesterday (as reported on E2 Wire, The Hill’s Energy and Environment blog) that borrows heavily from the Bush playbook: your patriotism hinges on voting for his favored policy — in this case, a climate change bill. Not that the bill is really about climate change, of course. It’s about a list of goodies completely unrelated to the changing political winds: What we are talking about is a jobs bill. It is not a climate bill. It is a jobs bill, and it is a clean air bill. It is a national security, energy independence bill,” he told reporters in the Capitol… “And people are going to have to decide whether they are going to vote for America or against it,” he concluded. (Source: Cato-... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3335285 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:17:19 +0100 3335285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322345&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0UC1gBFocaw%2F By Julian SanchezI’ve been meaning to follow up on Gene Healy’s post from last week on the interrogation and prosecution of terror suspects.  I share Gene’s bemusement at the howls emanating from Republicans who have abruptly decided that George Bush’s longstanding policy of dealing with terrorism cases through the criminal justice system is unacceptable with a Democrat in the White House.  But I also think it’s worth stressing that the arguments being offered — both in the specific case of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and more generally — aren’t very persuasive even if we suppose that they’re not politically motivated. Two caveats.  First, folks on both sides would do well to take initial reports about the degree of cooperation terror ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322345 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:45:01 +0100 3322345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298301&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FWyI3OXjBna0%2F By Gene HealyIn recent weeks, conservatives have worked themselves into a self-righteous lather over how the Obama administration handled the would-be Christmas bomber.  It’s a complaint you could hear again and again at last weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference: Mirandizing the 23-year-old Nigerian Muslim was a big mistake, the story goes, because it denied us valuable intelligence, and it’s just so typical of Barack Obama’s callow, weak, law-enforcement-oriented approach to the terrorist threat. As a constitutional matter, I’ve never been entirely comfortable with the Miranda decision, which smacks of judicial lawmaking, and I don’t think liberty stands or falls on whether one failed terrorist got read his rights.  In fact, I think Mirandizing Abdulmu... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298301 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:39:03 +0100 3298301 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3266889&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fj5XsHa47BeU%2F By Daniel J. MitchellIf you want to get depressed or angry, the New York Times has an article celebrating the effort by politicians at all levels of government to lure more people into the food stamp program. New York City is running ads in foreign languagues asking people to stick their snouts in the public trough. The City is even signing up prisoners when they get out of jail. The state of New York, meanwhile, actually set up quotas for enrolling new recipients. And on the federal level, there apparently is a program that gives states “bonuses” for putting more people on the dole. No wonder one out of every eight Americans is receiving food stamps. By the way, this is not just the fault of Democrats. The ranking Republican on the Agriculture Committee is a big defender of th... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266889 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:04:46 +0100 3266889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246871&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUSg6690jbRY%2F By Tad DeHavenOver at Downsizing Government, we focused on the following issues this week: Will Obama’s deficits turn out to be as low-balled as Bush’s? Obama blames Bush for his problems, but his new budget is worse. Obama’s budget would kill the Constellation program, but his budget still goes to the moon. The Federal Housing Administration bailout watch continues. There’s nothing “fiscally responsible” about Sen. Kent Conrad. The government is creating jobs — federal government jobs. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246871 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:29:49 +0100 3246871 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231455&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FaP89vCC3svc%2F By Tad DeHavenExactly two years ago, George W. Bush released his final budget. Here’s what the Washington Post had to say: [T]he president’s budget envisions a big jump in the budget deficit, from $163 billion in 2007 to about $400 billion in 2008 and 2009. Much of that increase will be the result of a slowing economy and a stimulus package expected to cost about $150 billion. Today’s release of President Obama’s FY 2011 budget shows that those deficit prognostications were way off: Instead of a “big jump” to $400 billion in 2009, the actual deficit turned about to be a trillion dollars higher. Bush deserves most of the blame for that deficit, but the 2010 and 2011 deficits will be on Obama. The frightening prospect is that, like Bush, Obama’s future budget projections w... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231455 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:05:37 +0100 3231455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223233&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FEnWGAlEdeTA%2F By Chris EdwardsFormer George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove enjoys complaining about the spendthrift ways of President Obama and the Democrats. But I noted in a Wall Street Journal letter today:  Annual average real spending grew faster under President George W. Bush than any president since Lyndon Johnson… Even leaving out defense, President Bush was the biggest spender since Republican Richard Nixon. My letter pointed to two prior op-eds by Rove, but he was at it again yesterday in the Journal. He said that his former boss “cut in half the growth of discretionary domestic spending from the sizzling 16 percent rate of President Bill Clinton’s last budget.” Call me crazy, but I don’t think supporting domestic spending growth of 8 percent during a time of v... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223233 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:43:57 +0100 3223233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223467&cid=t_122084_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F01%2F29%2Fthe-obama-whisperers%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily. The Obama Whisperers. Filed under: Politics Daily Tagged: chaos theory, george w bush, jimmy carter, obama, political cartoon, president (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223467 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:38:18 +0100 3223467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200426&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0dPQYKhI0_4%2F By Christopher PrebleLast week, Iraq’s independent electoral commission disqualified 511 candidates — most of them Sunnis — from running in the parliamentary elections scheduled for March. Today’s Washington Post reports that Vice President Joe Biden is hurrying off to Baghdad to try to convince the Iraqis to change their minds. U.S. troop withdrawals were supposed to accelerate after the elections were held and a new government seated. But the elections have already been postponed at least once, and the administration is worried that the obvious bias against Sunnis could stoke sectarian tensions. “U.S. officials are in a precarious position,” the Post story explains: They are stuck between the government they created and bolstered — a coalitio... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200426 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:06:52 +0100 3200426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3197608&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Ft6txusxMfOo%2F By Daniel J. MitchellGeorge Bush ranks as one of America’s most fiscally irresponsible presidents. He increased overall spending from $1.8 trillion to $3.5 trillion and most of that new spending was used to create or expand domestic programs (no-bureaucrat-left-behind education spending, pork-filled highway bills, sleazy Wall Street bailouts, corrupt farm spending, new Medicare entitlements, etc.) that are not legitimate functions of the federal government. So it is galling to see his former senior adviser writing columns complaining about Barack Obama being a big spender. Many of the criticisms about the Obama Administration in his latest WSJ column are correct, to be sure, but Karl Rove has zero moral authority to make those arguments. Moreover, Rove once again engages in sloppy or... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3197608 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:36:32 +0100 3197608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167092&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FgeFiJfl40nQ%2F By Doug BandowRemember when President George W. Bush was pushing war for democracy.  Excited neoconservatives promised that a new wave of democratization was about to roll through the Middle East, sweeping out authoritarian and anti-American regimes. Oops. Reports the Washington Times: The most significant finding of the latest report is the decline in freedom in the Middle East, [Arch Puddington] said. Three countries — Jordan, Yemen and Bahrain — were reclassified from “partly free” to “not free,” and freedoms declined in Morocco and Iran. “Freedom House saw the region as a whole as headed slightly in the right direction after 9/11,” he said. “But that has changed.” Not only are countries moving backwards, but America’s friends a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167092 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:45:05 +0100 3167092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3136683&cid=t_122084_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fdecade-ends-snark-in-two-t-shirts.html William Rivers Pitt writes in his last column of 2009 or his first of 2010:It is not at all difficult to argue that if the broken election of 2000 had not taken place; if the right-leaning majority on the Supreme Court did not take rank partisanship to the highest and lowest levels by giving that election to their party's man instead of letting the votes be counted in the proper fashion; if Al Gore had been allowed to assume the office he rightly won, his administration would have continued to pursue the rigorous Clinton-era anti-terror policies that had successfully defeated those would-be millennium murderers. In other words, but for the sad and sorry electoral debacle at the outset of this decade, two tall towers would still stand in New York City, the Pentagon would be whole and there ... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3136683 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:42:00 +0100 3136683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3111402&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAakMJhyZahk%2F By Chris EdwardsThe Congressional Budget Office has released final budget numbers for fiscal year 2009. The numbers allow us to take a last look at the Bush administration’s record on spending from a statistical point of view. The following three charts show annual average real (or constant dollar) outlays during the tenures of recent presidents. Presidents were in office for either 4 or 8 budget years, except JFK (3 years), LBJ (5 years), Nixon (6 years), and Ford (2 years). President George W. Bush’s last year was fiscal 2009. Outlays that year were $3.522 trillion, according to the CBO. However, $108 billion was spending for the 2009 economic stimulus package passed under President Obama. Bush was thus roughly responsible for $3.414 trillion of spending in 2009, ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3111402 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:26:23 +0100 3111402 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3106720&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUOSayk4FbN8%2F By Chris EdwardsIn November, the Congressional Budget Office released final budget numbers for fiscal year 2009. The numbers allow us to take a final look at the Bush administration’s record on spending from a statistical point of view. The following three charts show annual average real (or constant dollar) outlays during the tenures of recent presidents. Presidents were in office for either 4 or 8 budget years, except JFK (3 years), LBJ (5 years), Nixon (5 years), and Ford (3 years). The last year of spending that President George W. Bush was responsible for was fiscal 2009. The CBO says that outlays that year were $3.522 trillion. However, $108 billion was spending from the 2009 economic stimulus package, according to the CBO, which Bush was not responsible for. So I have as... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3106720 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:26:23 +0100 3106720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067013&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FyefUWEV1P1c%2F By Patrick J. Michaels25,000 bureaucrats, factota, hangers on, and representatives of various environmental organizations have just converged on Copehagen for the UN’s latest “Conference of the Parties (COP) to its infamous 1992 climate treaty. Expect a lot of heat, not much light, and a punt right into our next election. President Obama says that the US will agree to a “politically binding” reduction of our emissions of carbon dioxide to a mere 17% of 2005 levels by 2050. This will allow the average American the carbon dioxide emission of the average citizen in 1867. Obama’s pronouncement has stepped all over the toes of the US Senate, which really doesn’t want to vote on similar legislation this election year. Jim Webb, a democrat heretofore very loyal to the President recent... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067013 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:01:37 +0100 3067013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3039764&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FdB8uKN8QnFo%2F I caught a lot of flack from my Republican friends for my post blaming the FY2009 deficit on Bush instead of Obama. Well, I must be a glutton for punishment because I can’t resist jumping (albeit reluctantly) to Obama’s defense again. I’m venting my spleen for two reason. First, FoxNews.com posted a story headlined “Obama Shatters Spending Record for First-Year Presidents” and noted that: President Obama has shattered the budget record for first-year presidents — spending nearly double what his predecessor did when he came into office and far exceeding the first-year tabs for any other U.S. president in history. In fiscal 2009 the federal government spent $3.52 trillion …That fiscal year covered the last three-and-a-half months of George W. Bush&#8... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3039764 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:15:53 +0100 3039764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2993745&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYR_r2UvFCjM%2F Yesterday I thought I was reading the Onion.  The Washington Times headlined its article “Bush Warns of Dangers of too Much Government”: Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that America must resist the “temptation” to allow the government to take over the private sector, taking a subtle shot at his Democratic successor by warning that too much state intervention and protectionism will squelch the economic recovery. As the Obama administration has made far-reaching moves into the auto, real estate, health care and financial sectors to fight the economic recession, Mr. Bush, without mentioning the president by name, said, “The role of government is not to create wealth but to create the conditions that allow entrepreneurs and innovators to thrive. &#8... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2993745 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:44:00 +0100 2993745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2993746&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FuKrznrefbVg%2F When the Bush administration started its misguided adventure in Iraq, the president and his Neocon chorus presumed that the U.S. would be acquiring a loyal, even obseqious ally.  With the American-subsidized bank embezzler Ahmed Chalabi in charge, Baghdad would create a Western-style democracy, enshrine women’s rights, recognize Israel, provide the U.S. with permanent military bases, and offer a new market for American businesses. Alas, we’ve struck out:  zero for five.  Although America’s uber-hawks bridled at reference to our “occupation” of Iraq, Iraqis had no hesitation in using the word and surprised the Bushies by demanding a deadline for the withdrawal of American forces.  And Iraqi opposition to the U.S. occupation has affected their attitude t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2993746 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:40:43 +0100 2993746 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2989130&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FcI191T_xNQw%2F Former President George W. Bush said Thursday that America must resist the “temptation” to allow the government to take over the private sector, taking a subtle shot at his Democratic successor by warning that too much state intervention and protectionism will squelch the economic recovery… “As the world recovers, we will face a temptation to replace the risk-and-reward model of the private sector with the blunt instruments of government spending and control. History shows that the greater threat to prosperity is not too little government involvement, but too much,” said Mr. Bush. Um, what? The president who expanded federal spending by more than a trillion dollars a year, before his disastrous last hundred days federalized education laid out “a smorgas... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2989130 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:49:19 +0100 2989130 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823951&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FR7XAGt9qZN4%2F President Obama’s address to the United Nations General Assembly this morning, and his chairing of the UN Security Council on Thursday, is a grand attempt to tell the world–after eight years of George W. Bush–that the United States will no longer go it alone. The president has a very difficult task, however, if he expects to invest the United Nations with renewed credibility. The UN is a weak and fractured institution, whose limited power and authority has been steadily undermined by a progression of U.S. presidents, both Democrats and Republicans. We should not forget that President Bill Clinton explicitly circumvented the UN Security Council when he chose to intervene militarily in Kosovo in 1999. Clinton’s evasion of the UNSC established a precedent for future mi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823951 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:29:12 +0100 2823951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2788502&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FyeCxe6_APHo%2F On the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and D.C., things are going much better than most of us dared hope in the initial aftermath of that horrible day.  We’re still a secure, prosperous, and relatively free country, and the fear-poisoned atmosphere that governed American politics for years after 9/11 has thankfully receded. Not everyone’s thankful, however.  Boisterous cable gabber Glenn Beck laments the return to normalcy. The website for Beck’s “9/12 Project” waxes nostalgic for the day after the worst terrorist attack in American history, a time when “We were united as Americans, standing together to protect the greatest nation ever created.” Beck’s purpose with the Project?  “We want to get everyone thinking like it is September... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2788502 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:07:00 +0100 2788502 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2766003&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-zYKRXFN79Q%2F Glenn Greenwald, author of Cato’s much-discussed paper on the success of drug decriminalization in Portugal, writes about cults of presidential personality. He notes that Jay Nordlinger of National Review and other conservatives — not to mention a few libertarians — have criticized the Obama administration’s plan to broadcast a presidential speech into American schools and push teachers to post Obama quotes in their classrooms and encourage students to talk about how President Obama inspires them. Greenwald never actually defends the Obama plan. But he does argue that conservatives have short memories when they say that this is something unique. In particular, he reminds us of the notorious Monica Goodling’s questions to job candidates at the George W. Bush D... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2766003 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:01:35 +0100 2766003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570387&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUMANFZ4yFM4%2F It’s fair to say that civil liberties and limited government were not high on President George W. Bush’s priorities list.  Indeed, they probably weren’t even on the list.  Candidate Barack Obama promised “change” when he took office, and change we have gotten.  The name of the president is different. Alas, the policies are much the same.  While it is true that President Obama has not made the same claims of unreviewable monarchical power for the chief executive–an important distinction–he has continued to sacrifice civil liberties for dubious security gains. Reports the New York Times: Civil libertarians recently accused President Obama of acting like former President George W. Bush, citing reports about Mr. Obama’s plans to detain terrorism ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570387 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:58:38 +0100 2570387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414750&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FfyWjk_7L5nA%2F President Obama is expected to announce how his administration is going to prosecute prisoners for war crimes and perhaps other terrorist offenses.  Instead of civilian court, courts-martial, or new “national security courts,” Obama has apparently decided to embrace George W. Bush’s system of special military tribunals, but with some “modifications.” Glenn Greenwald slams Obama for seeking to create a “gentler” tribunal system and urges liberals to hold Obama to the same standards that were applied to Bush: What makes military commissions so pernicious is that they signal that anytime the government wants to imprison people but can’t obtain convictions under our normal system of justice, we’ll just create a brand new system that dimini... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414750 Fri, 15 May 2009 15:22:48 +0100 2414750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382258&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUTNdxnUrl_A%2F In choosing a Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Souter, President Obama will have an opportunity to avoid the partisanship he promised to reduce on the campaign trail, which his legislative agenda has thus far only exacerbated. But given the way Bush nominees were treated by Senate Democrats, it won’t be easy. After the stormy confirmation hearings for Judges Bork and Thomas, President Clinton’s nominations of Judges Ginsburg and Breyer sailed through the confirmation process with little opposition and even less acrimony. With the return of Republican nominees after the election of George W. Bush, however, Senate Democrats resumed their scorched earth practices, starting with appellate court nominees and continuing to the nominations of Judges Roberts and Alito to the Hi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382258 Fri, 01 May 2009 18:54:44 +0100 2382258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376555&cid=t_122084_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fassume-moral-position-mr-bush.html War Crimes T-Shirt by webcarveI just found this via Reddit"War crimes will be prosecuted, war criminals will be punished and it will be no defense to say, 'I was just following orders'." --GW BushIt's a CNN transcript of a speech from 2003 - which, oddly enough, is some time after torture - those would be war crimes - had been authorized and butt-coverage issued by Yoo, et al. (TPM)Nonetheless, it is a statement that is founded solidly in both international and domestic law. Uttered as it was and by whom it was, it may be and should be taken as the official position of the United States. Indeed, it always has been. We were not supposed to learn of the conditional exceptions; the Pentagon and White House went to rather great lengths to keep these things out of the news. No doubt this was in... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376555 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:01:00 +0100 2376555 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349567&cid=t_122084_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FAyRU0w0YVC0%2F This is another of my clippings to/for myself in re: the Bush years. I have no idea how I am going to cobble all of this together with my thoughts, but at least I can assemble some pieces. Editorial - The Torturers’ Manifesto - NYTimes.com: To read the four newly released memos on prisoner interrogation written by George W. Bush’s Justice Department is to take a journey into depravity. Their language is the precise bureaucratese favored by dungeon masters throughout history. They detail how to fashion a collar for slamming a prisoner against a wall, exactly how many days he can be kept without sleep (11), and what, specifically, he should be told before being locked in a box with an insect — all to stop just short of having a jury decide that these acts violate the laws against tortu... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349567 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:25:36 +0100 2349567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349329&cid=t_122084_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fwar-criminals.html The ACLU is trying to pressure US AG Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor. Last night, George Washington University constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley delivered some refreshing straight-talk on the Rachel Maddow Show. Noting that conducting a criminal investigation into the authorization of torture and abuse of detainees by Bush administration officials is not only about values but is about enforcing the law, the good professor called for the appointment of a special prosecutor — just like we didI wonder aloud what Canada might do, in light of Spanish and British investigations into the matter. Apparently, little enough. I cannot begin to stress, though, the problems caused for all members of the global community - and particularly for the United States - caused by... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349329 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:42:00 +0100 2349329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2183844&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F538208049%2F In selling his big-spending ideas for reviving the U.S. economy, President Obama has chastised “the same policies that, for the last eight years, doubled our national debt, and threw our economy into a tail spin.” We couldn’t agree more with the president. Unfortunately, he seems unaware that exploding the size of government, as he is proposing to do with this stimulus package, is a remarkably Bush-esque ideal. While Bush was in office, scholars at the Cato Institute were critical of his big government policies. In a new section on cato.org/fiscalreality, you can find some of our research and commentary throughout the Bush years, including: “Bush’s Overspending Problem,” by Chris Edwards, The National Post, February 6, 2003 “The Bush Legacy: Inflation or Defl... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2183844 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:20:18 +0100 2183844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2053021&cid=t_122084_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2008%2F12%2F19%2Fmore-irrationality-from-the-christian-king-of-the-usa%2F I don’t need to explain this much. But, I’m going to speak at length. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cecile-richards/bushs-parting-shot-underm_b_152336.html When this was first put on my plate, I didn’t get it. I didn’t give a shit. I’m definitely not a christian, and I’d never refuse service to someone because of any belief I may or may not have. That’s ludicrous. Don’t get me wrong, I have refused service plenty of times — and any time I do it usually ends up on this blog. Seeing as how I’m NOT in Illinois, I have the right to refuse. I throw assholes by the wayside all the time — but never someone because of a belief. Never because of faith. Because faith is where this all comes from, right? The people that want this resol... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2053021 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:27:42 +0100 2053021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1938989&cid=t_122084_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fpresident-matt-santos.html Once upon a time, Matt Santos became President of the United States of America and we all lived happily ever after. Somehow, you always knew he was going to. Once you have mobilised the media, there is no turning back. Matt Santos is, as Sellar and Yeatman (1066 and all that) would have said, “a good thing.” Access to President Santos was controlled by hard-as-nails Chief of Staff, Josh Lyman. We left the West Wing, sadly finally, just after transition (full details here) and the inauguration. We never learned how President Santos performed. We never learned, even, who his VP was going to be. He offered the position of Secretary of State to Alphonso Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo, aka Alan Alda, his Republican opponent.Back in the real world, despite his truly gracious concession speech, P... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1938989 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:42:00 +0100 1938989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1740472&cid=t_122084_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F28%2Fpresidential-proclamation-begins-national-ovarian-cancer-awareness-month-september-2008%2F “During National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, we remember those whose lives have been affected by this deadly disease, and we underscore our commitment to battling ovarian cancer for the sake of women around the world. …” “For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary August 26, 2008 National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, 2008 A Proclamation by the President of the [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1740472 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:00:58 +0100 1740472 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1671781&cid=t_122084_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F351485812%2F Generic drugmakers, many of which are based in India, now dominate President George Bush’s program to provide AIDS treatment in poor countries, The Wall Street Journal writes. Generics accounted for 57 percent of the $131 million spent by the US on the program in fiscal 2007, which ended September 30, according to the Office of the US Global AIDS Coordinator. In 2005, generics accounted for 11 percent. At that time, the US approved few generics for the program, so most money went to buy more expensive brand-name drugs, the paper continues. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or Pepfar, spent more than $39 million on Aurobindo Pharma products, making it the biggest player. India’s Cipla received more than $15 million, and Ranbaxy Laboratories received nearly $9... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1671781 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:51:46 +0100 1671781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1639011&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F07%2F19%2Firaqi-prime-minister-al-maliki-supports-obamas-withdrawal-plans-after-bush-wins-war-update-al-malikis-remarks-misunderstood-mistranslated-and-not-conveyed-accurately%2F +++++Update+++++ Now, a spokesman has said that al-Maliki’s remarks “were misunderstood, mistranslated and not conveyed accurately.” Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the possibility of troop withdrawal was based on the continuance of security improvements, echoing statements that the White House made Friday after a meeting between al-Maliki and U.S. President Bush. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says he agrees with US presidential candidate Barack Obama’s plans for withdrawing US troops from Iraq The LEFT and Team Obama will try to spin Iraqi Prime Minister’s Nuri al-Maliki’s interview with Speigel Online - even with the change in the quote.The first quote: SPIEGEL: Would you hazard a prediction as to when most of the US troops will fin... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1639011 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:32 +0100 1639011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1634823&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Fhouse-speaker-pelosi-calls-bush-a-total-failure%2F President George W. Bush and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demonstrated her lack of class tonight by calling President George W. Bush “A Total Failure.” Flap wants to remind the Speaker that Congress enjoys less popularity in the polls than the President. The public’s view of Congress is even worse. Its approval rating has hit a new low of just 18 percent, down from 23 percent last month, according to a new AP-Ipsos poll. Bush’s approval is at 28 percent, about even with the 29 percent rating last month. No Class Nan……. Technorati Tags: Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1634823 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:46:07 +0100 1634823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1623066&cid=t_122084_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F335129974%2F On Saturday, the White House has lost Tony Snow. Lost to colon cancer that is at age 53 –survived by his wife, Jill, and their three children. President George W. Bush recalls Snow with fondness: “He had a wonderful sense of humor. He loved to laugh. He loved his country. And he loved his family. I just hope they understand that Tony was loved here in the White House.” Full report from AP,  LA Times and The Washington Post. Tags: colon-cancer, President-George-W.-Bush, Tony Snow, White House, White House aid Tony SnowShare This (Source: Cancer Commentary) Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1623066 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:13:45 +0100 1623066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1577252&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F07%2F04%2Fbush-hecklers-mar-independence-day-new-citizen-celebration%2F Vesna Zeljkovic, 20, of Bosnia hugs President Bush following her oath of citizenship during the 46th annual Independence Day celebration and naturalization ceremony at Monticello, the historic home of Thomas Jefferson, in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, July 4, 2008 No class President Bush hecklers went out of their way today to mar the new citizen swearing in celebration at Thomas Jefferson’s historic home. President Bush traveled to the home of Thomas Jefferson Friday to help swear in new U.S. citizens as part of Independence Day celebrations. “When you raise your hands and take the oath you will complete an incredible journey. This journey has taken you from many different countries and has now made you one people,” Bush said at the naturalization ceremony at historic Mo... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1577252 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:55:38 +0100 1577252 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1521965&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F16%2Fbush-lied-and-people-died-well-not-so-fast-part-2%2F ANOTHER Bush never lied to us opinion piece.Key graph: This may sound like ancient history, but it matters. After Sept. 11, President Bush did not want to risk allowing Hussein, who had twice invaded neighboring nations, murdered more than 1 million Iraqis and stood in violation of 16 U.N. Security Council resolutions, to remain in possession of what he believed were stocks of chemical and biological warheads and a nuclear weapons program. By glossing over this history, the Democrats’ lies-led-to-war narrative provides false comfort in a world of significant dangers. You don’t say. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1521965 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:33:04 +0100 1521965 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1508187&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F11%2Firan-nuclear-watch-ahmadinejad-taunts-bush%2F Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, clinches his fist, as he delivers a speech in a public gathering at the city of Shahr-E- Kord, some 330 miles (550 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that U.S. President George W. Bush’s era ‘has come to an end’ and he has failed in his goals to attack Iran and stop its nuclear program Iran President Ahmadinejad is correct in taunting President Bush. President Bush has done NOTHING but talk about Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon. “It’s Bush’s dream to harm Iran’s nation,” Ahmadinejad said today during a televised speech in the western Iranian city of Shahre Kord. “You thought you would be able to do something but your term came to an e... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1508187 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:57:50 +0100 1508187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1502489&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F09%2Fbush-lied-and-people-died-well-not-so-fast%2F From a Cindy Sheehan Rally The mantra from the Anti-War LEFT has been Bush Lied and People Died. But, did President Bush lie? Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, set out to provide the official foundation for what has become not only a thriving business but, more important, an article of faith among millions of Americans. And in releasing a committee report Thursday, he claimed to have accomplished his mission, though he did not use the L-word. “In making the case for war, the administration repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when it was unsubstantiated, contradicted or even nonexistent,” he said. There’s no question that the administration, and particularly Vice President Cheney, spoke with too much certainty a... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1502489 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:40:00 +0100 1502489 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1467806&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7051 Senator John McCain and presumptive GOP nominee for President and President Bush are to embark on a fundraising tour after the Memorial Day holiday. The Politico is all too happy to denigrate the Bush effort to augment the McCain campaign’s coffers. President Bush is scaling back next week’s fundraising swings for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at the request of the campaign, which wants the events closed to the press, POLITICO has learned. The change — in both Arizona and Utah — is part of McCain’s delicate effort to find the balance between embracing an unpopular president and taking advantage of his huge continuing draw with well-heeled Republicans. The Arizona event, which was to be at the Phoenix Convention Center, was the first time Bush was to have appeared with McCain sin... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1467806 Sun, 25 May 2008 19:28:53 +0100 1467806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1460897&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7025 Day By Day by Chris Muir President Bush has shown an inability to defend or even accurately communicate his policies - and much to the detriment of the GOP. Now, John McCain is allowing the Left to portray him as a continuation of the inept Bush Administration - a Bush third term. The President could finally help the GOP by going out on the stump to defend himself and the Republican Party. Bush needs to fight for his party and his legacy. Previous: The Day By Day Archive (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1460897 Thu, 22 May 2008 12:40:24 +0100 1460897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1449260&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6972 Michael Ramirez on Barack Obama and the Appeasement Flap Yes, Barack did and the opening will allow Team McCain to frame a foreign policy debate to their advantage. Related: John McCain Watch: I Have Some News for Senator Obama George W Bush Watch: Slamming Obama for Appeasement Part Two Joe Lieberman Watch: The President Got it Exactly Right George W Bush Watch: Slamming Obama for Appeasement (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1449260 Sat, 17 May 2008 04:15:09 +0100 1449260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1449264&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6968 Michael Ramirez on the Democrat Party and Jimmy Carter The Democrats go after President Bush to protect Obama and his willingness to negotiate WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS with Iran and other terrorist states but who the President was REALLY addressing was former President Jimmy Carter. “We did not anticipate that it would be taken that way, because its kind of hard to take it that way when you look at the actual words. … There was some anticipation that someone might say you know its an expression of rebuke to former President Carter for having met with Hamas. that was something that was anticipated but no one wrote about it or raised it.”  So, Obama and his VP, Senator Joe Biden and the remaining Democrat cabal, plus the MSM have reacted wildly? Barack Obama is upset at thi... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1449264 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:10:18 +0100 1449264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1445953&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6964 Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn) speaks his mind regarding direct talks with Iran with E.D. Hill on Fox News And, John McCain agrees. Senator John McCain, who has been critical of President Bush on the environment and other policies this week, on Thursday morning wholeheartedly endorsed Mr. Bush’s veiled rebuke in the Israeli Knesset of Senator Barack Obama that talking to “terrorists and radicals’’ was no different than appeasing Hitler and the Nazis. “Yes, there have been appeasers in the past, and the president is exactly right, and one of them is Neville Chamberlain,’’ Mr. McCain told reporters on his campaign bus after a speech in Columbus, Ohio. “I believe that it’s not an accident that our hostages came home from Iran when President Reagan was president of th... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1445953 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:54:15 +0100 1445953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1445955&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6962 In a speech to Israel’s Knesset, President Bush said Thursday, ’some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals.’ So, did President Bush specifically SLAM Barack Obama? You bet he did and the Democrats are screaming BULL, particularly Senator Joe Biden who is being prominently mentioned as Obama’s Vice President choice. DNC chair Dean calls for McCain to denounce the president’s Jerusalem comments: Sen. Biden: “This is bullsh*t, this is malarkey.” Speaker Pelosi: President’s comments “beneath the dignity of the office.” DCCC head Rep. Emanuel: “Does the president have no shame?” Appeasement will be the WEDGE ISSUE the GOP will use against Obama in the fall. GOP pushback against the antiwar LEFT of the Democrat Party has just sta... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1445955 Thu, 15 May 2008 18:26:35 +0100 1445955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1423081&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6915 With President George W. Bush’s popularity in the dumpster (what is it 28% or so?) this revelation from MORON celebrity blogger, Arianna Huffington, means what? Doesn’t this help McCain in his race by helping him distance himself from the unpopular Bush? Thanks Arianna. Flap knows it was an unintended consequence - dumbass. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1423081 Tue, 06 May 2008 01:16:10 +0100 1423081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1349469&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6701 President George Bush today won NATO’s endorsement of his proposed missile defense shield for Europe despite Russia’s opposition. President Bush won NATO’s endorsement Thursday for his plan to build a missile defense system in Europe over Russian objections. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called it a “breakthrough agreement” for the military alliance. “Now it is clearly understood in the alliance that the challenges of the 21st century, the threats of the 21st century, make it necessary to have missile defense that can defend the countries of Europe,” Rice told reporters at the NATO summit. Progress on missile defense represented perhaps the biggest boon to Bush from the NATO summit. Russia has fiercely opposed it. Rice also noted that NATO ha... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1349469 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:29:05 +0100 1349469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1280686&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6542 U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with Republican Presidential candidate John McCain to the White House Rose Garden in Washington, March 5, 2008. McCain secured his party’s nomination on March 4. After wrapping up the Republican nomination for President yesterday, Senator John McCain received the endorsement of GOP President George W. Bush at the White House today. “John showed incredible courage, strength of character and perseverance in order to get to this moment and that’s exactly what we need in a president — somebody who can handle the tough decisions, somebody who won’t flinch in the face of danger,” Bush said, appearing with McCain in the Rose Garden. The race for the Presidency is on. How much of a role the President will have in John McCai... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1280686 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:55:26 +0100 1280686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1173079&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6347 Chairman of the Soros Fund Management, USA, George Soros, pauses before speaking during a seminar at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday Jan. 23, 2008. Flap woke up to this NEWS (?) story this morning on Early Today on NBC. Why, of course President George Bush LIED over hundreds of times to lead the USA into the Iraq War. What a load of crap. There was no context, no background and no journalism. NBC simply reported what the Associated Press and New York Times handed them. The AP screams: Study: False statements preceded war A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks. Th... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1173079 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:14:01 +0100 1173079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1111895&cid=t_122084_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2F2007-seasons-greetings-from-us-congress.html Well, as some of my readers may have noticed, I hadn't posted anything this week, which is unusual unless I'm traveling. I was going to cop-out today and post a holiday meme or something, but in my scan of this morning's news, I learned that legislation I wrote about in November actually passed in Congress yesterday. I was expecting that like many other bills pending, this one would be delayed until 2008 since Congress hasn't accomplished a tremendous amount in recent months, and much of what they did accomplish only passed because of tremendous lobbying (by both professional lobbyists and citizen advocacy groups).The legislation I'm referring to would require scientists getting grant money from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to submit to the NIH a final copy of their research pap... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1111895 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:30:00 +0100 1111895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1049924&cid=t_122084_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F190626621%2F   Throughout the month of November various activities have highlighted it as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month.  President George W. Bush, of the United States of America, issued a Proclamation concerning this disease and recognizing this month.  He began with: National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month is an opportunity to honor and support those living with Alzheimer’s disease. During this month, we also seek to express our gratitude to the family members and caretakers who love and comfort those afflicted, and we renew our commitment to finding a cure to this devastating disease. As researchers seek to find causes and cures for this disease, let us remember the families, victims and caregivers throughout the world. Share This (Source: Alzheimer's Notes) Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1049924 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:00:50 +0100 1049924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=998691&cid=t_122084_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fwashington-news-you-should-know-about.html I have been absent as of late, largely because I have been a bit under the weather with bronchitis which has rendered me pretty sick. However, I have remained on top of issues that should be of interest to people in the diabetes community.Most notable were two news stories from this morning's Washington Post. The first story was regarding a debate over whether the results of government-funded NIH research should be made freely available to the public, which had potential to make a big step toward resolution as members of a House and Senate conference committee met to finalize the 2008 Department of Health and Human Services appropriations bill.While it sounds like common sense, believe it or not, today, not all research paid for by U.S. citizens is accessible to them. A two-year-old Nation... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=998691 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:30:00 +0100 998691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=792782&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5392 A man walks along the border fence between the US and Mexico 29 June in the Anapra area of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The Bush Administration will announce today a crack down on illegal immigration. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez will be making the 7:30 AM PDT announcement. The Bush Administration [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=792782 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:35:11 +0100 792782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=749042&cid=t_122084_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fdear-mr-president-by-pink.html I first saw a video of this song a few years ago. It is even more pertinent today than before, especially as the President is more arrogantly determined to stay his course rather than to listen to the will of the American people. Categories: activism politics Pink music video George+W+Bush poverty indifference war (Source: 2sides2ron) 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=749042 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 18:28:00 +0100 749042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=747107&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5297 President Bush, left, is greeted by retired boxer ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard, right, as Bush departs the White House for a weekend at Camp David, Friday, July 20, 2007, in Washington. News Item: Bush to Have Colonoscopy at Camp David Yeah, I know, a Scooter Libby PARDON is WISHFUL THINKING. Technorati Tags: CIA, CIALeakCase, ValeriePlame, JoeWilson, PatrickFitzgerald, Scooter [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=747107 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:57:06 +0100 747107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=733779&cid=t_122084_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fvideo-with-phone-number-to-ask-speaker.html I wouldn't necessarily (yet) use the language in this video in leaving my message, but I am calling and I hope you will too. Share this around, folks. It is time for change.Categories: politics impeachment Speaker+Pelosi Vice+President Dick+Cheney President George+W+Bush (Source: 2sides2ron) 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=733779 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:21:00 +0100 733779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=729843&cid=t_122084_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fbush-to-congress-yours-is-not-to.html President Bush presented the interim report on the benchmarks of the Iraq debacle today in a live press conference. In addition to rejecting any polls that indicate American dissatisfaction with his handling of the war, President Bush basically told Congress that they should not question his stragedy for war. Rather, he thinks that their job is to provide funds for his failed strategy.It is amazing to me that his justification for staying the course of his war is that we can not allow terrorists to become more powerful. It has been reported by worldwide organizations that the Bush Administration's war against terror has totally failed in this respect. His policies have done not much more than to destabilize Iraq, to incite recruitment of terrorists in unprecedented numbers throughout the M... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=729843 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:25:00 +0100 729843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=716604&cid=t_122084_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fsong-parody-from-give-2-shitz.html Impeachment and the sense that the President and Vice-President are out of touch have started to gain momentum and support from many Americans. On the website Give 2 Shitz, you can find a parody of the Gnarls Barkley video and song "Crazy". Please visit their site directly to sign their petition and to forward this video to people who might appreciate it. In the meantime, please enjoy the video here:Many thanks to the Dreamer at Nightmare Hall for forwarding this link to me.Categories: politics George+W+Bush Dick+Cheney Gnarls+Barkley Crazy+redux petition Iraq war petition Give2Shitz (Source: 2sides2ron) 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=716604 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:44:00 +0100 716604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=702107&cid=t_122084_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fcall-for-impeachment-of-president-bush.html I have had it with the lies, deception and secrecy of the Executive Branch (and yes, Vice President Cheney, this does include you no matter who pays your salary) of the US Government. I see no recourse to extricate the US from the tyranny of this administration short of impeachment of both the President and the Vice President. Here is a letter that I sent to my representatives in the US Congress this morning to express my extreme displeasure with the example that the Executive Branch is setting for the future. If you have a desire to express your opinions to your Congressional Representatives, please visit the US House website and the US Senate website to find the contact information for your Representative and Senators. Most of them have a webform where you can provide them feedback on a ... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=702107 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:52:00 +0100 702107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=682371&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5138 Drudge has an alarm. More to follow Press room evacuated due to suspicious device that may have been found in Lafayette park adjacent to the Executive Mansion… Developing… Update: Building Near White House Evacuated A government building near the White House was ordered evacuated Monday, apparently because of a bomb scare. Security in the area was heightened because of the [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=682371 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:38:52 +0100 682371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=674521&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5091 Grass Roots Roared and Immigration Plan Collapsed Organizers described a new Internet-linked national constituency that emerged among Republicans, much like the one that Democrats pioneered during the presidential candidacy in 2004 of Howard Dean. But many of these Republicans are enraged at their party leaders, including Mr. Kyl and Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, who [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=674521 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:23:41 +0100 674521 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=654356&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5053 Russian President Vladimir Putin(R) speaks with his US President George W. Bush during a 2006 working session of G8 leaders in Strelna outside St Petersburg. Bush reached out to Russia Friday to soothe concerns over a planned US missile defense program that has cranked tension between the allies and fears of a Cold War-style arms [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=654356 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:32:16 +0100 654356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=654355&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5054 Broken RIGHT WING indeed. President Bush has torn the conservative coalition asunder. What political conservatives and on-the-ground Republicans must understand at this point is that they are not breaking with the White House on immigration. They are not resisting, fighting and thereby setting down a historical marker–”At this point the break became final.” That’s not what’s happening. [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=654355 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:32:16 +0100 654355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=645097&cid=t_122084_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Flosing-respect-for-america.html I am not a scholar of government, but I am someone who has lived through the administrations of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and this last Bush to ever hold office. I was taught that it is my duty as a citizen to pay attention to current events and to speak out when I find injustice. Each of the Presidential administrations through which I have lived has had its up moments and its down, but never, in my life, have I seen such blatant disregard for the electorate and Constitution of this country as has been exhibited by the current President.There is a lot of rancor being directed toward the Democrats in the US Congress right now. This anger comes from their not having found a way to force this President to compromise on any attempt to end the war... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=645097 Wed, 30 May 2007 14:29:00 +0100 645097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=637683&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4982 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 22, 2007, following debate on the Iraq funding bill. The Democrats BLINK and SURRENDER Technorati Tags: Iraq War, Harry Reid, George W Bush (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=637683 Sun, 27 May 2007 02:58:48 +0100 637683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=628884&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4968 Now, former President Jimmy Carter is showing remorse for calling the Bush Administration “the worst in history.” “My remarks were maybe careless or misinterpreted but I wasn’t comparing the overall administration and certainly not talking about anyone personally,” Carter said in an interview Monday when asked to explain. The comments “were interpreted as comparing this whole administration [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=628884 Tue, 22 May 2007 22:08:01 +0100 628884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623164&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4959 Former President Jimmy Carter listens to a student’s question after speaking about his book ‘Palestine: Peace not Apartheid,’ in this March 8, 2007 file photo at George Washington University in Washington. Britain’s support for the war in Iraq was a ‘major tragedy’ for the world, Carter said Saturday May 19, 2007 as he criticized Tony [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623164 Sun, 20 May 2007 18:12:14 +0100 623164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=592497&cid=t_122084_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fbut-we-have-war-czar.html Help wanted: War czar with clear vision - Yahoo! News "The problem is not broad strategy and policy, it's that the bureaucracy is so inefficient and there's been so little follow-up that the machine doesn't work," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said.Let's be blunt We HAVE a "War Czar" - we refer to him as "Commander in Chief." He HAS a National Security Adviser. There IS a Secretary of Defense, as part of a cabinet - and it is the President's job to keep all these ducks in a row to implement his "broad strategy and policy."The problem is, he's trying to sell a "broad strategy and policy" that is intended to impress and convince the ignorant and uninformed, ideologues and authoritarians to people within a worldly, well-informed and highly sophisticated microcosm of careerists. You can't... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=592497 Sun, 06 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 592497 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=578631&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4845 Murtha says Dems could consider impeachment Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) said Sunday that Democrats in Congress could consider impeachment as a way to pressure President Bush on his handling of the war in Iraq. “What I’m saying, there’s four ways to influence a president. And one of them’s impeachment,” Murtha, chairman of the House Appropriations [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=578631 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:02:03 +0100 578631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551368&cid=t_122084_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fknow-something-about-kieth-olbermann.html This Right-Wing tabloid site wants to know.And, well, obviously they are having a lot - repeat, A LOT of trouble finding any real ammo to use against Olbermann, since the worst thing they can say about him is that his ratings are low (on MSNBC? Imagine that!) and this:Keith Olbermann's career schizophrenia continues. He's a Sports Guy. He's a News Guy. He's a Sports Guy (again). Oops, back to News. And guess what? Now he's back to Sports, according to Keith's personal PR flack aka TVNewser:More! "Olbermann Schizophrenia: Is he a Sports Guy or a "News" Anchor?"Yep, being able to do more than one thing well is a clear sign of inherent, invidious, elitist Liberalism. Judging by the journalistic standards of this blog, so is walking and chewing gum at the same time.This link was advertised to ... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551368 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 551368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551378&cid=t_122084_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fbush-cant-keep-his-lies-straight.html Keith Olbermann lists all the various reasons and excuses Bush has used to justify the Iraq war.I had a roommate once who was a total sociopath, and it took me less than a month to realize that all his "reasons" were really excuses. In fact, he did what he did because he wanted to do it and gave whatever excuse he thought would work that moment. He really had no clue that sane people keep track of these things.It's been clear for a long, long time that whatever reason exists in George Bush's mind for the war - if any mind or reason exists in any commonly understood sense - it probably isn't one of his utterly disposable excuses.I stopped keeping score long ago, so I hadn't realized how very damming the sum of his lies had become. But it is truly damning, and indicative of someone utterly i... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551378 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 551378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=527853&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4722 Day By Day by Chris Muir Previous: The Day By Day Archive Technorati Tags: DayByDay, ChrisMuir (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=527853 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:11:04 +0100 527853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551380&cid=t_122084_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fhaving-lain-down-with-his-master-dowd.html An Administration's Epic Collapse | TIMEThe three big Bush stories of 2007--the decision to "surge" in Iraq, the scandalous treatment of wounded veterans at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys for tawdry political reasons--precisely illuminate the three qualities that make this Administration one of the worst in American history: arrogance (the surge), incompetence (Walter Reed) and cynicism (the U.S. Attorneys).That's brutally unqualified language; criticism that is as accurate as it is surprising, considering the source and given what effect it may have on the access of Time reporters to the Administration. Perhaps they have realized that source is only useful in a geothermal sense.Time Magazine has always been center - right with an reflex toward c... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551380 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 551380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=515000&cid=t_122084_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4695 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(C) leaves the Friday prayers at Tehran university, 30 March 2007. Ahmadinejad again called for Britain to apologise for its sailors entering Iranian waters, the state news agency IRNA reported. Ahmadinejad Calls U.K., Allies Arrogant Iran’s hardline president said Saturday that Britain and its allies were “arrogant and selfish” for not apologizing over what [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=515000 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:18:03 +0100 515000