(We welcome back veteran Chicago journalist Monroe Anderson after an extended summer break.)
by Monoe Anderson
Watching today’s commemorations of the eight anniversary of the 9/11 terrorists attacks, I am reminded of how badly the Bush Administration blew it. The most incompetent presidency in our nation’s history presided over the worst failure in national security since Pearl [...]
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Obama Should Not Take Responsibility for Bush’s 9/11 Failure
Posted on 13 September 2009 by Monroe Anderson | Comments (0) | Tags: 8th annniversary, 9-11, bullhorn braggadocio moment, Bush Administration, Dick Cheney, George Will, Monroe Anderson
Washington’s Darkest Secret
Posted on 19 December 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: 9-11, Charey James, CIA, Dick Cheney, George Tenet, mole
With George Bush, Dick Cheney and several surrogates telling interviewers that the 9/11 attacks couldn’t be anticipated, they were – not surprisingly – lying. As a result, this article Charley James first published in April 2005 at The Dissident Voice bears repeating as the outgoing administration tries rewriting history. The article reveals that a CIA “mole” [...]
Good Riddance! Please Leave NOW!
Posted on 11 December 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 000 on 9-11, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as “The Dark House”, 57-year old single mother of three, 9-11, Bill Clinton, bringing honour to the White House, Bush, covered up the environmental risks at ground zero, Denis Campbell, did not keep five Americans safe from anthrax and never, did not keep us safe from the shoe bomber, do not censor science, do not plant propaganda in Iraqi newspapers, failed to provide for the health of rescue workers, fantastic, Gingrich inspired patriotic pabulum, giving bin Laden a safe haven in the region of Wazirist, Good Riddance, He kept the American people safe, helped bin Laden’s family flee the country, Keith Olbermann’s brilliant commentary of last evening, kept reading My Pet Goat for 7-minutes after learning t, literally endorsing a truce that Pakistan signed with t, no child left behind act, nor pay US columnists to write it in American newspaper, one of them mentally challenged, opposed the 9-11 commission, opposed the department of Homeland Security, Osama bin Laden, outsourcing that to Afghans and turning that country in, quit after patronising an escort service linked to pros, Randall Tobias, release of a two-page talking points memo to rehabilita, selected President in 2000, so poorly received, sputtering mad at the whitewash, standard applause line for Democrats, still has not caught the killer of 17 sailors aboard th, still has not caught the killer of 3, taking back, that we do not betray those (Valerie Plame’s CIA status, that we do not eavesdrop without warrants, that we do not play politics with justice, that we do not stage fake news conferences, that we uphold rather than commute the penalty for thos, The lie of Mission Accomplished, the lie that we do not torture, The meltdown he prevented now having claimed several Wa, tried to outsource America’s port security to Dubai, uniquely American that she had to work three jobs, upholding the Constitution while protecting habeas corp, we do not eavesdrop on Americans, we do not use the wheels of justice to crush dissent (f, White House
By Denis Campbell
When W. Bush was selected President in 2000, I shrugged and assumed this a natural part of the pendulum’s swing to the right. Now, the release of a two-page talking points memo to rehabilitate his presidential image has me sputtering mad at the whitewash this White House continues to apply to try and [...]
The Culture Wars Return
Posted on 06 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (4) | Tags: 2000 version of McCain, 2008, 25% of the remaining campaign, 8-years, 9-11, 90%+ lily-white RNC audience of fundamentalist Christia, a verb and 9-11’ Giuliani, a verb and POW, abandoned premise of controlling his campaign, against the wishes of his party, be afraid mantra, beyond the pale, big campaign of ideas, bigger trouble, bigoted dogma everywhere, Charley James, Culture Wars, dangerous, Deeply divide the nation, Dick Cheney, Do they think us complete idiots?, economy, faithfully walking in step behind his master, fear of making a game ending gaffe, four more years of the same gridlock and partisanship, frighteningly similar to the current resident of Navy O, George Bush’s lapdog, GOP party leaders, hate-filled, his own destiny, his party, hoping the most nefarious rumours stick, horrific graphic video replay, intolerant, Iran, Iraq, it cratered on their watch, Keating Five debacle, let political unknown steal his campaign, main difference being that instead of bombs strapped to, make campaign not about the economy or the 8-failed yea, McCain, mean-spirited, mock Obama, morphed from Maverick to: a noun, moved to even smaller things, Ms. Palin “not yet ready” for media interviews, much better and compelling, narrow ideological lines, obscure, ornery and ready to fight, pandering, play 7-years after, poor speaking, ready to be Vice President and lead on day one?, reporters scrape back the patina and veneer, Republicans, retreat to the ground they have won, Rove machine manufactured, Rudy ‘a noun, Security, sick machine, spreads them and ends each letter with God Bless You, strategy worked in 2000 and 2004, Tony Blair, version of McCain, vindictive running mate, walking cliché, whisper lies, will not appear with any major news outlet for at least, writing strong campaign reform legislation, ‘That’ McCain was irascible
John McCain has abandoned any premise of controlling his campaign, his party or even his own destiny. As Charley James writes today, he has chosen an obscure, mean-spirited and vindictive running mate who, as more and more reporters scrape back the patina and veneer of, seems frighteningly similar to the current resident of Navy Observatory [...]
Perception, Terrorism and Race
Posted on 02 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 9-11, attention problem, Berlin Paris, Blackberry slaves, blow jobs, blue dress stains, Brandenburg Gate, campaign trail, Charlie Black, Christian, Clinton Administration, Clinton Telco’s, CNN, code words, Dr. King, Eiffel Tower, EU, fear of black men and white women together, FISA bill, FOX, French looking, George W. Bush, God’s honest truth, helicopter parenting, impeachment, Independent, Iraq adventure, JFK, John Kerry, John McCain, Karl Rove, Main Street USA, MSNBC, new ground, obama, Operation Swift Boat, opportunistic Pol, perception, racism, Red Bull, Republicans, right’s obsession, smear machine, soft on terrorism, stress, terrorist attack “good for John McCain”, the heart of fear in America, too little sleep, triple war amputee Georgia Senator Max Cleland, Undecided, unseemly comments, USA, what you are is more important than what you say
In America’s heartland, anything that paints Barack Obama as (place your fear mongering adjective here) passes as “God’s honest truth” even when proven a lie. MSNBC reported yesterday, “Gerri Kish, (is) 66-year-old (and) born in Hawaii, read both of Obama’s autobiographies. She has close friends, she said, who still refuse to believe her when she [...]
One Historic Night, Two Americas
Posted on 08 June 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 9-11, Frank Rich, Iraq, John McCain, Louisiana, New York bunker, New York Times, NYT ONline, obama, pronoun "I"
NYT ONline Op-Ed
By FRANK RICH
Published: June 8, 2008
WHEN Barack Obama achieved his historic victory on Tuesday night, the battle was joined between two Americas. Not John Edwards’s two Americas, divided between rich and poor. Not the Americas split by race, gender, party or ideology. What looms instead is an epic showdown between two wildly different [...]
If It Quacks Like a Lame Duck….
Posted on 27 May 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 9-11, deck chairs, eorge Bush, fund raiser, Iraq, John McCain, lame duck, Phoenix, Titanic
“Put those deck chairs here,” one can imaging President George Bush saying to his Press Secretary this week as this S.S. Titanic of an administration lists steeper and begins to sinks below the water line to its complete demise in 241 days. A fundraiser tonight scheduled in Phoenix where George Bush was to stand beside [...]
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