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The Rest is Silence

By | 02.09.09 | 9:35 am

I’d like to know what Kyle Smith thinks of Will Ferrell’s one-man play about former President George W. Bush. Instead, the New York Post’s writer spends eight of 11 paragraphs moaning about a joke in which Bush/Ferrell’s “moment of silence for the troops” is interrupted by a fake phone More…

Iraqis Construct Giant Shoe Sculpture for Bush

By | 01.30.09 | 2:09 pm

Remember when George W. Bush was president? I know, that sucked, right? But the Iraqis have taken steps to commemorate him for invading, occupying and decimating their country based on disproven pretexts bringing them democracy. ThinkProgress notes that there’s a giant shoe displayed in Tikrit, after the More…

The Big Guns Are Out

By | 10.14.08 | 9:39 am

President George W. Bush, the Treasury Dept., the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are all out in force today, as they should be. You own a piece of some of our biggest banks today.

Bush went first, explaining to the American people that Washington will invest More…

Gonzales Took Work Home, Broke Law in Process

By | 09.02.08 | 8:08 pm

The Justice Dept. inspectors general recently released two reports on the department’s illegal politicization under former Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales. Today’s IG report (pdf) finds that Gonzales broke the law in a different way– bringing home “top secret” classified notes about warrantless wiretapping. Gonzales’s careless behavior involves a More…