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Typical political arrogance

Saw this bumper sticker while driving to Richmond Thursday:

I prefer a President who only screws interns

Yep. George W. Bush has managed to make us miss Bill Clinton.

What did you expect?

In reality, did anyone expect the Republican voters in Tom DeLay's district to send him packing in Tuesday's Texas primary?

Get real. These are the same people who sent the Houston…

Scum-sucking traitors to their country

The next time some loudmouth partisan puke Democrat gets in my face and starts yapping about how much better things would be if his party were running the government in…

Republicans fear Democratic gains in November could increase calls to impeach Bush

GOP political strategists fear a shift in Congressional seats from Republican to Democratic hands in the mid-term elections this November could spur a renewed movement to impeach President George W.…

Soldiers in Iraq know they are fighting and dying for a lie

Nearly three-quarters of the American troops serving in Iraq think the U.S. should withdraw within the next year and 29 percent feel we should get the hell out of the…

Time to set truth free

My high school Latin teacher loved the phrase Veritas Vos Liberabit - "The truth shall set you free."

Nice sentiments - for the Romans. But in these politically-charged times, perhaps the…

Mother’s milk of politics: Mama plays both sides

Money, former Texas Senator Phil Gramm once said, is the "mother's milk of politics."'

Gramm stole the line from California political legend Jesse Unruh. But it remains true enough and…

Knowing the consequences

Amanda, a long-time reader from Tampa, wants to know if I consider the consequences of what I write before publishing such stories.

"It appears you enjoy stirring…

Civil war in Iraq equals monumental failure for Bush

Deep in the bowels of the Pentagon, military professionals privately admit what the Bush Administration publicly fails to recognize - the United States veers dangerously on the precipice of its…

Yeah, we could making all this stuff up

Whenever we get a story ahead of other news outlets the naysayers crank up to full crescendo and accuse us a variety of transgressions - usually revolving around the claim…