Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Army general who led the investigation into prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison has accused the Bush administration of committing "war crimes" and called for those responsible to be held to account. The remarks by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who's now retired, came in a new report that found that … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After listening to the Republican apologists for the Bush torture program on the "news" (sic) programs over the weekend, I was struck by how the chattering class of conservative commentators who worship at the altar of Saint Ronald Reagan and quote his every word as if holy scripture so utterly fail to … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have made no secret of my disappointment in President Obama's decision to bring Lawrence Summers and Timothy Geithner into his administration. I said it was a mistake at the time, and recent events have only hardened my opposition. Last week it was reported that After a Pause, Wall Street Pay Bounces … Read more
by David Safier The Republicans are trying on pejorative term number three hundred seventy seven (or something. I've lost count.) to try and slow Obama's momentum. They're saying he's running the U.S. like a Banana Republic because the government might investigate Bush's use of torture. It began with TV and radio screamers like Hannity, Beck … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: David Neiwert at crooksandliars.com posted this report on our recently declared Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, Minuteman Chris Simcox's past will haunt his GOP primary bid against McCain: The latest step in Minutemen cofounder Chris Simcox's extreme makeover is now up for electoral review: Simcox is challenging John McCain … Read more