Watergate VS Phone Jam: History Of The End, Part Two?

Neat little oped piece courtesy The New York Times regarding the possible similarities of Dick Nixon and Dumbya...

Hurry Up, Rapture

Those who know me personally, those who know me by my rants know full well: Living in a red state has its pitfalls....

Billions And Billions, But Are They Really Earned?

If anyone needs to ask what America's genuine religion is, look no further than outgoing CEO of Exxon-Mobil, Lee Raymond....

GAO confirms outsourcing in fed human services programs, problems in data collection

Although you don't hear a lot about it on t.v., and virtually nothing on the right's "squawk radio" territory, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been fairly active in investigating the offshoring phenomenon.

Rumsfeld's roll call

Former (retired) military men of the rank of General who have publicly called for the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld, as of today:

Fun with the president; find the White House pattern

Read through the headlines below and see if you can identify the White House's favorite method of dealing with bad news.

Delphi corp. and the corruption of bankruptcy

For those interested in the underlying details of the Delphi bankruptcy, and the many other automotive industry bankruptcies in process or to come, check out this in Business Week.

It ain't inflation 'less the government says so!

For the millions of us who have watched inflation eat away at our ability to live, economist Mason Gaffney offers up a digestible explanation at The Progress Report.

Quote of the day

Hats off to today's Morning Call for the intelligent quote of the day, made at the end of an editorial on the White House's role in leaking intelligence info in 2003:

"War isn't the time to be playing political games."

Too bad that conflicts with the mantras of RoveBush (It's always time to be playing political games) and Cheney (don't waste a war, you never know how long it might take for the next one to come around).

Enron's Skilling is a bastion of ethics, modesty, and optimism; just ask him

Jeff Skilling has been testifying at his trial for the past couple of days, and frankly, I never knew what an admirable guy he was until he told me.