Bad news for Bush and the GOP? Maybe, maybe not

President George W. Bush and his strategists felt recent events would drive up the administration's sagging poll numbers and help Republican prospects in the November mid-term elections. …

July 2, 2006Comments OffRead More

Death in Iraq and a death knell for the right-wing?

Random thoughts on current news: …

July 1, 2006Comments OffRead More

Signing away our freedom

President George W. Bush, through his use of "signing statements," has declared himself, on more than 750 separate occasions, above the laws of Congress, the laws of the land and…

June 29, 2006Comments OffRead More

The dream dies

A little over a year ago, I began dreaming of building a grassroots organization to pursue real, non-partisan reform of the hopelessly divided political system in this country.

That dream grew…

June 28, 2006Comments OffRead More

Pots, kettles and calling each other ‘black’

Funny thing about public scrutiny: It works both ways and those who want more of it soon find out such scrutiny can turn around and bite them in the ass. …

June 26, 2006Comments OffRead More

Land of the watched, home of the spied upon

I live in the mountains - deep in the mountains - of Southwestern Virginia, far away from what most call civilization.

You've…

June 23, 2006Comments OffRead More

Let’s remember why America became America

Let's consider, for a second or two, the current state of political debate. We can, I think, say with some certainty that this country is bitterly divided when it comes…

June 22, 2006Comments OffRead More

We may be worse than Saddam

Vice President Dick Cheney claims the resistance in Iraq is in "its last throes." President George W. Bush says Iraq is "turning the corner."

Is that is true, how did a…

June 21, 20061 CommentRead More

In the end, all we have is the truth

We write often on this web site about the con-artists who dominate our government: Liars who treat truth as a disposable commodity easily discarded when it gets in the way…

June 20, 2006Comments OffRead More

Saving America

George W. Bush is an international war criminal who should be arrested, shackled and led to the World Court to stand trial for his many crimes against humanity.

So should be…

June 16, 2006Comments OffRead More