Politics
May 25, 2006
Marines Accused of Killing Innocents
NBC reports today that as many as 19 U.S. Marines deployed in Iraq are under investigation for killing an innocent Iraqi civilian and then trying to cover-up the crime: As many as seven Marines are accused of dragging an innocent... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 8:07 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
February 1, 2006
State of the Union 2006
We are at war with Eastasia. We have alway been at war with Eastasia. Eurasia are our allies. Eurasia have always been our allies. Ignorance is strength.... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 10:39 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
March 23, 2005
U.S. DECLARES WAR ON GENOCIDE!
The U.S. government today declared it's full unilateral support against genocide thoughout the world. After years of being criticized for looking the other way during crises in Uganda, Kurdistan, Yugoslavia, Darfur, and various other oppressed nations, the U.S. has announced... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 9:18 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
March 19, 2005
Happy Iraq Invasion Day!
Don't you feel so much safer now?... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 6:34 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
February 2, 2005
Things I Learned From Bush's Speech
Terrorists and insurgents are afraid of Democracy Keep this in mind the next time you are approached by a terrorist or insurgent, or find yourself under terrorist attack. Simply reach into your pocket and pull out a nice sized wad... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 9:55 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
November 22, 2004
DoD Under-Reports Iraq Casualties
According to a report by 60 Minutes, the Department of Defense has chronically undercounted the true number of casualties in the Iraq conflict by only including those soldiers injured in conflict. By the official count there have been 1228 killed... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 8:29 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
November 21, 2004
William Fulbright's "The Arrogance of Power"
While surfing the internets in my pajamas, as we bloggers often do, I ran across an interesting piece by Jim Lobe highlighting quotations from J. William Fulbright's 1966 book "The Arrogance of Power". In 1964 Fulbright was the Chairman of... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 1:24 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
November 20, 2004
U.S. Increases Rhetoric on War With Iran
According to the U.K. Guardian, the U.S. Pentagon has begun discussions of possible military action against Iran. Pentagon strategists have begun to "war game" possible scenarios including possible strikes on leadership, political and security targets. While it is possible that... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 11:10 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
November 10, 2004
Goodbye Ashcroft, Hello Belial
Yesterday's resignation of John Ashcroft and some guy named Evans (he was the Secretary of Commercials, or something) almost made me downright joyful. Could it really be true? Did Bush really mean it when he said "We'll put out an... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 8:13 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
November 8, 2004
We Do What We're Told
With numbing regularity good people were seen to knuckle under the demands of authority and perform actions that were callous and severe. Men who are in everyday life responsible and decent were seduced by the trappings of authority, by the... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 7:38 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
November 6, 2004
Video The Vote
Dave Pentecost has an excellent video short he put together documenting election day in Cleveland, Ohio. 3 MB stream 20MB stream 59 MB stream - via boingboing... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 8:06 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
E-Voting Round-Up
So you thought that after the elections all this controversy surrounding e-voting would quietly die away? Not so fast, pardner. While very few of the major media organizations are keeping track of this sort of thing, apparently in the spirit... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 6:55 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
November 4, 2004
The Death of Yasser Arafat
Well, not yet, but the signs are not good for the leader of the Palestinian people. The best reports I can find suggest he is being kept alive with artificial measures; in effect, brain dead. His end has come fairly... Continue readingPosted by pmcmahon at 9:04 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
November 3, 2004
Some Preliminary Thoughts
Yesterday was quite a roller-coaster ride for everyone. It's only now that the effects of the hangover are beginning to subside enough that I can once again make sense of the letters on my keyboard. I won't say much about... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 10:06 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
November 2, 2004
Projections, We Got Projections
As of 8:00 p.m. ABC News is projecting Kerry 74, Bush 66, with Florida, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Ohio all too close to call. CNN has it Kerry 77, Bush 66. MSNBC has it Kerry 77, Bush 66. UPDATE 8:55: All major... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 8:07 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
Early Exit Polls 2
Zogby International, as of 5:00 p.m., is calling the race Kerry 311, Bush 213, with Nevada and Colorado too close to call. These numbers are based on a nationwide telephone poll conducted Nov. 1-2.... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 6:46 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
Tales From The Storm
From the AP wire: 10:05 a.m. _ Murad Al-Tawil, 30, casts his very first ballot. Born in Iraq, he became an American citizen three years ago. "I thought it was going to be hard, the paperwork, but it was not,"... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 5:54 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
Early Exit Polls
Some early exit poll data is starting to trickle in. Here's how MyDD has it: AZ CO LA PA OH FL MI NM MN WI IA NH Kerry 45 48 42 60 52 51 51 50 58 52 49 57... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 4:10 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
I Voted - Did You?
I placed my vote at about 9:00 a.m. today. By the time I got to the polling place they had been open for 3 hours, and there were no lines. I talked to some of the poll workers while I... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 10:44 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
November 1, 2004
'Twas The Night Before Elections...
Well, the polls open here in a little over six hours and it feels very much like the proverbial calm before the storm. Kinda like the way it must feel when you've just spent the last 12 hours being battered... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 10:34 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 31, 2004
Your Voting Rights
The election is only two days away, and the stage is set for a massive turnout, bringing with it the possibility of confusion, long waits, harassment, intimidation, and legal challenges by both sides. Voting is one of our most precious... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 2:01 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 30, 2004
The Choice 2004
PBS has posted in it's entirety the Frontline documentary The Choice 2004. Originally aired on 12 October, this two-hour documentary presents an extremely objective, balanced view of the two candidates from their years at Yale University to the present day.... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 5:46 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 29, 2004
Bush's Message to America
No, George is not scratching his nose. Sometimes, a picture really is worth a thousand words.... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 11:53 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 28, 2004
Whatever It Takes
Check out this story about computer generated images in Bush's latest campaign ad. I am laughing so hard I can't think.... Continue readingPosted by pmcmahon at 7:39 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 27, 2004
Bush, Iraq and a Final Plea for Sanity
We made it through the whole day without disturbing news from Iraq. That makes for a good Bush news day. Earlier this week 49 members of the Iraqi Defense force were executed for receiving their salaries and riding home on... Continue readingPosted by pmcmahon at 6:47 PM | Comments (9) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 24, 2004
100 Facts And 1 Opinion
The Nation has published a simple, yet very compelling, list of reasons not to vote for George Bush. Entitled 100 Facts and 1 Opinion - The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration, the article simply presents a list of 100... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 5:14 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 22, 2004
Bush Supporters And The Phenomenon of Cognitive Dissonance
An extremely interesting, and somewhat unusual, poll was released today by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. In the midst of a deluge of political polls which try to determine the number of supporters for... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 9:58 PM | Comments (6) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 20, 2004
Family of Six Killed in Iraq
My opposition to this war in Iraq was re-enforced yet again. The U.S. military, as witnessed by a Reuters reporter, has killed an innocent family of six . True, it was in Falluja, a city infested with Islamic militants, and... Continue readingPosted by pmcmahon at 10:48 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 19, 2004
Bush Receives Another Endorsement
All politicians want endorsements, and some endorsements are fiercely fought over, but this one may not be high on the President's list. Everybody's "Axis of Evil" fave, Iran, is now supporting the re-election of George Bush. Hasan Rowhani, leader of... Continue readingPosted by pmcmahon at 11:38 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 16, 2004
New Movie On John Kerry's Life
A new documentary on John Kerry's life has recently been released, opening in theaters nationwide Oct. 1. Called Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry, the film focuses mainly on Kerry's life as a young man in the late... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 1:46 PM | Comments (9) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 15, 2004
Zarqawi Officially an Evil Doer
I guess it is always better late than never, but in this case, you would have thought this was common sense. Reuters reported today that the U.S. has ordered the freezing of Tawhid and Jihad assets. Yes, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's... Continue readingPosted by pmcmahon at 7:59 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
Debates 2004 Round 3 - Kerry 3 Bush 0
We don't really have much to add to the debate dialogue at this point, other than to agree with the general consensus that Kerry nailed it down without even trying very hard, and Bush seemed to be trying too hard.... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 12:13 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 12, 2004
Run For Your Lives! The Election Is Coming!
We're not sure whether we should be amused or saddened by the news today from Senator Mark Dayton's office. Mr. Dayton, citing a "top-secret intelligence report on our national security" presented to him by Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist, has... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 11:49 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 10, 2004
Promptergate - The Story That Refuses To Die
While we have been following for the past week the story of Bush's supposed use of audio prompters during public appearances, we have elected to stay out of the fray until now. This afternoon Cannonfire published a link to this... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 6:54 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
Why Polls Don't Matter
We ran across an interesting piece over at the left coaster concerning the Gallup poll's consistent undersampling of Democratic voters in it's national and state polls. It seems that Gallup has consistently weighted their polls with the assumption that approximately... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 5:54 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
The Rise of the American Empire
Jay Bookman wrote an article a few days back laying out his theory of the President's real reason for invading Iraq. His rationale raises serious questions concerning America's future.... Continue readingPosted by pmcmahon at 3:05 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
Bush Blows His Top - Attacks Charlie Gibson
Here's a clip from Friday's debate in which President Bush completely loses his cool and nearly attacks the moderator. We only have two words for Mr. Bush - anger management. >Link... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 2:39 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 9, 2004
Debates 2004 Round Two - Kerry 2 Bush 0
The candidates have just left the ring in Missouri, and tonight's debate was a much more lively affair than round one. There did not seem to be any real new ground covered tonight, although there were a couple of moments... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 12:34 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 8, 2004
Bush Video - "It's Hard Work"
Here's a great one minute video mashup of Bush's defense of his war policy, courtesy of Sim Sadler and posted here under the Creative Commons license.... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 11:01 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 7, 2004
Republican Fear-Mongering Video
Someone out there on the Internet has taken the time to splice together a video of all of the Republican speakers' comments of fear during the Republican National Convention. Absolutely fascinating, and somewhat hypnotic, viewing. Link by way of boingboing.net.... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 10:52 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 6, 2004
The Emperor Has No Clothes
The second round of the 2004 Presidential debates are in the can and, just as we expected, the race has become quite interesting indeed. Major news revelations have been coming so quickly over the past several days that we find... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 9:33 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 3, 2004
Supreme Court Justice in Favor of Orgies (Slight Return)
The Harvard Crimson has published a correction to the story on Justice Scalia's comments which originally appeared in it's pages on September 29. Instead of saying "I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 12:22 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 2, 2004
Supreme Court Justice in Favor of Orgies
This is getting weirder and weirder. Justice Antonin Scalia, a favorite among conservatives, while speaking to a Harvard audience, has come out in favor of orgies. Yes folks, you read that right. Scalia feels that orgies will have a positive... Continue readingPosted by pmcmahon at 10:57 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
October 1, 2004
U.S. Moves to Legalize Torture by Proxy
While we were otherwise distracted by the dancing puppet show known as the Presidential Debates, a story of chilling significance broke in the blogosphere, one which the mainstream media have failed to pick up and which has stunning implications for... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 8:29 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
September 30, 2004
Debates 2004 Round One - Kerry 1 Bush 0
The first round of the 2004 Presidential Debates are behind us, and the spin-meisters are already hard at work trying to outdo the Coriolis Effect. In watching the after commentary we are struck by how forcefully the major media are... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 11:16 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
Democrats Accused of Banning Bible
It has come to our attention that the Republicans are now accusing the Democrats of trying to ban the Bible. This has to be one of the craziest bits of fear-mongering we believe we have ever read. While distortions of... Continue readingPosted by pmcmahon at 8:50 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
Memorandum of Understanding - Debates 2004
The full and complete Memorandum of Understanding governing the rules surrounding the three Presidential debates was released to the public on Wednesday. This is the first time in the history of televised Presidential debates that this document has been released,... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 12:15 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
September 27, 2004
Musharraf Handicapping the U.S. Election?
Well, it seems that Pakistan has gotten serious in their terrorist roundup of late. After dragging their feet for nearly three years, they have made a number of arrests and managed to kill a few of the bad guys. Earlier... Continue readingPosted by pmcmahon at 10:27 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
September 26, 2004
How To Spread Fear and Influence People
I've written in these pages before about our government's preoccupation with issuing vague "terror alerts" that amount to nothing more than generalities based on weak intelligence. These alerts do not promote public safety; they only promote a general sense of... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 9:46 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
September 22, 2004
No-Fly List Grounds Cat Stevens
The major news organizations reported today that Cat Stevens, now known under the name Yusuf Islam, was denied entry into the U.S. based on the fact that his name appeared on the now infamous "No-fly" list maintained by the Department... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 8:53 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
September 9, 2004
Bush OBGYN Video Update
In our relentless effort to doggedly pursue embarrassing news stories, especially when they concern our fearless leader, we at i cant think have uncovered actual video footage of President Bush's remarks concerning "The Doctors of Love." Click the link below... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 9:57 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
September 8, 2004
Bush Freudian Slip?
At a rally in Poplar Bluff, Mo. yesterday, President Bush had this to say while expounding upon the evils of frivolous medical lawsuits: We've got an issue in America. Too many good docs are getting out of business. Too many... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 12:57 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
September 1, 2004
Republican National Convention Day 3
Is it just me, or does Bush/Cheney bear a startling resemblance to Nixon/Agnew?... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 10:19 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
July 3, 2004
The Occupation Will Not be Televised
During the past week, while we were otherwise occupied by our endeavors to remain a good cog in the corporate machine, an exceptionally nutritious nugget of news nearly escaped our notice. On June 25 our good friends at The Associated... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 2:14 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
June 23, 2004
It's Official: Women's Breasts are Evil
And we can blame it on Janet Jackson. On Wednesday the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved S.2056, a bill to increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language.... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 10:35 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
June 22, 2004
Politico-babble Word of the Week: 'Dark Vision'
"And our enemies understand the power of free societies. They understand that the spread of freedom will be a major defeat for their dark vision". George W. Bush Remarks by the President to the Military Personnel Fort Lewis, Washington June... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 9:38 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
June 18, 2004
136 Days and Counting...
Foriegn Policy has published a fascinating "virtual interview" with the American public concerning opinions on Iraq, North Korea, terrorism, and George W. Bush among others. Some of the more tantalizing excerpts: FP: Do you think the Bush administration intentionally exaggerated... Continue readingPosted by bcoffee at 11:54 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack | Permalink
