by Madeleine Begun Kane
My Homage To Feigned Outrage
May 14th, 2009
Republicans (and Joe Lieberman) have been staging yet another temper tantrum. What’s their grievance du jour? Speaker Nancy Pelosi said CIA leaders misled Congress about interrogation techniques.
The CIA’s under attack
By the Speaker who gave it a smack.
She accused it of lying.
The GOP’s crying:
She’s mean and must [...]
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The Week in Political Limericks
Posted on 15 May 2009 by Madeleine Begun Kane | Comments (0) | Tags: Activist Judge, Cheney, CIA, Congress Humor, democrats, Empathy. Republicans, Employment, Feigned Outrage, GOP, Interrogation, Judges, Law Satire, liars, Lieberman, lies, Limbaugh, Mad Kane’s Political Madness, Madeleine Begun Kane, MadKane, Media, Michael Steele, Nancy Pelosi, obama, Orrin Hatch, Pete Sessions, radio, Rebranding, Republican Rebranding, Republicans Humor, Stocks, Supreme Court, Talk Shows, texas, torture, TV
The Spanish Fly In Obama’s Ointment
Posted on 01 April 2009 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: 25 European Union nations, Alberto Gonzales, Canada asked Bush, Cheney, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, David Addington, Doug Feith, five of its citizens were held at Guantanamo, investigated for war crimes, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, London G-20, Rumsfeld, Spain, Spain claims jurisdiction, Spanish investigating magistrate Baltazar Garzon, they will likely be arrested and shipped off to Madrid, William Haynes
by Charley James
When Barack Obama meets Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero in London this week at the G20 summit, it will be perversely interesting to see if Zapatero is greeted with the famous Obama smile or a less-often-seen, steely-eyed glare.
Spanish investigating magistrate Baltazar Garzon – the man who arrested [...]
Republican Road To Remedial Math and More
Posted on 30 March 2009 by Madeleine Begun Kane | Comments (0) | Tags: 60 Minutes, AP, Budget, Bush, CBS, Cheney, Deadlines, economy, Gallows Humor, GOP, Interview, Laughter, Media, memes, News Conference, obama, PR, press conference, Punch Drunk, Remedial Math, Republicans Humor, Ron Fournier, Steve Kroft, Teleprompter, television
by Madeleine Begun Kane
I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed the House Republicans’ number-free budget. And I’m looking forward to the expanded version they’ve promised for next week — the one that won’t have any letters in it either.
Republican Road To Remedial Math (Limerick)
The purported Republican budget
Has no numbers, so how can we judge it?
There’s no dollars or sense
In [...]
Shrewdness, Thy Name is Barack
Posted on 16 January 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: a highly respected US Constitutional law scholar, Addington, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, already learned to let others around him do the heavy p, Ashcroft, asked definitively by Chairman Patrick Leahy if waterbo, asserting that there is no ambiguity here, astonishing bit of testimony, Attorney General designate Eric Holder’s confirmation h, Bush, cement his legacy as a bipartisan maverick, Cheney, complete hurricane thinking he will do nothing, Conspicuously absent from the invitation list, could fill as a result, Denis Campbell, don’t plan on any international travel gentlemen, end partisan gridlock, Feith, for anything and anyone related to any torture inquiry, former running mate, General Pinochet about his trip to a London hospital en, Genius, Gonzalez, he replied “yes, headline Lamey Whinehouse, his Administration “would not conduct torture”, his silence misdirects the left, honoured at a dinner tonight hosted by Barack Obama, introduced by his longtime Senate friend and colleague, Jail cells, John Stewart, Jonathan Turley, keeps your hands clean, letting others carry the torture debate so he can hones, Libby, many in the media pundit pack assume his Administration, many more to come, marginalises, may go freely within the borders of the USA, McCain, Monday’s news out of Washington contains a long list of, MSNBC commentator, Mukasey, not directly answering questions about Bush Administrat, not tainted John McCain, obama, on video tape saying they did authorise torture, POTUS after 3-years in the Senate without making shrewd, public pronouncements now seem a clever smokescreen, public self-destruction, pursue torturers and granting them no safe haven from i, reached across the aisle, reiterated his determination to sign an executive order, Rumsfeld, Sarah how can we miss you if you won’t go away?, separating John McCain’s political legacy from the ‘Was, Shrewdness Thy Name is Barack, The chief legal officer of the USA is on record saying, The Daily Show, The Hague, the highest in the land “get out of jail free” card the, they have no choice but to prosecute, They will open the door, three previous Attorneys General (Mukasey – the current, Torture is a globally recognised war crime, unequivocal claim two days, US key signatory to several treaties, very public snub by President-elect Obama, very shrewd move Barry, waiting for the political wind to gather enough steam, waterboarding is torture”
By Denis Campbell
One does not become POTUS after 3-years in the Senate without making shrewd moves. These two are genius: separating John McCain’s political legacy from the ‘Wasilla Hillbilly’ and letting others carry the torture debate so he can honestly say he has no choice but to pursue prosecution of highest Bush officials for war [...]
Poor, Poor Sarah
Posted on 11 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: Agnew asserted his innocence, Agnew was Baltimore county executive and governor of Ma, Angler, attacks of sexism in their coverage, Cheney, Cheshire cat, completely fracture itself, cowed into submission for weeks by McCain, Dick Cheney, digging deeply into Ms. Palin’s questionable tenure as, distance themselves from the top of this fiasco of tick, donchaknow, down-ticket races for Senate and House arrange deck cha, fined $10000 and placed on three years' probation, fired public safety commissioner Walt Monegan, gift to the major networks, GOP, got caught going “a bridge too far”, her Vice Presidential idol, live, McCain, moderate Republicans, MSM will spend this weekend finally doing their job, no contest, onto flaming wood, Palin, pleaded nolo contendere, Poor Sarah, pray nothing else bad hits in the last 24-days of the c, Pulitzer Prize Winning author Barton Gellman, receiving payoffs from engineers seeking contracts, resigned the Vice Presidency eight months ahead of his, Sarah Palin was found guilt of abusing her authority by, Saturday Night Live’s writers are feverishly re-working, seems quaint and honourable compared to destroying a ma, single charge he had failed to report $29500 of income, Spiro Agnew, State Trooper ex-brother-in-law, swallowed a big-haired ‘g’ dropping canary whole, the last Vice President from this party to resign in di, their new brand hoping we’re dumb enough not to know th, there is nowhere Governor Palin can now go without bein, today’s gift, U.S. attorney in Baltimore, wipe the stain of BCMP (Bush, word ‘Republican’ will be further eliminated from even
by Denis Campbell
I feel like a Cheshire cat who swallowed a big-haired ‘g’ dropping canary whole ‘dontchaknow,’ gives me energy and sustenance without leaving a bad taste in my mouth. Saturday Night Live’s writers are feverishly re-working tonight’s Palin sketch having been handed today’s gift, Sarah Palin was found guilt of abusing the powers of [...]
Abstinence, Chastity, Hypocrisy, Control, Belief, Recovery, Redemption… Reality
Posted on 02 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: abortion, Abstinence, addressed a near empty convention hall, Alaskan witness protection program aka the Iditarod Rac, beginning of the end of one’s political career, Belief, Bill Buckner, bravery in upholding Christian values, Bristol and Levi, Bush, caring face, Chastity, Cheney, chickens came home to roost, Cindy McCain, compassionate, conservative interview record, Conservative radical Republican group, Control, Convention, Dan Quayle, death by a thousand cuts, Eagleton, Emperor Nero fiddling, FEMA Secretary Chertoff, former Democratic Governor, Governor owns a gun, Gustav, hands-off, has the complete support of President Bush, Hypocrisy, hypocrisy-a-thon, I want my buddy Democrat Joe Lieberman, Joe Biden, lack of vetting, lauding Palin, Laura Bush, lobbyist friends, long shamed his name, McCain, Minneapolis, moral outrage at Bill Clinton, new arrival, New Orleans, New Orleans was being evacuated, nightclub event, Nixon’s dog Checkers, nomination death watch, obama, Olympic standard, on message, Palin nomination death watch continues, partied like it was 1999, party of Lincoln, Party spokespeople trying to bury the story during the, pending nuptials, perfected talking out of both sides of its mouth, pregnant 17-year old daughter of Alaska Governor and VP, publicly forgave, rally his party, Reality, Recovery, Red Sox, Redemtion, Republican lawyers are on the ground in Alaska, Republican members of Congress, Republicans, riot police, Saturday Night, seven deadly sins, seven deadly virtues, shotgun wedding, Smug Religious Right, split screen convention, State Police tasered parents, steady drip of bad news, Straight Talk Express, strayed from the serious message, the Bush team, their failed abstinence pledge, to the stylish renderings of the band Hookers and Blow, took the monkey off his back, troops, two subdued hours of party business, what other surprises may lurk, when sin and virtue collide, White House, will now NOT speak, won the World Series
These seven deadly virtues ran headlong into the seven deadly sins as The Straight Talk Express and Smug Religious Right collided head on in New Orleans and Minneapolis yesterday. Dozens were wounded in separate incidents as riot police and troops stood at the ready to bring everyone forcibly on message.
Facing no choice, the same Conservative [...]
The Radioactive City Convention Hall
Posted on 14 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: 1 in 5, 80 lies in the first 36 pages, Broward County Florida, Bush, Bush/Cheney, Cheney, Chuck Hagel from Nebraska, clinton, democrats, Denver, Dr. John Corsi, eight Republican US Senators, Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina, Georgia, Gordon Smith of Oregon, John Kerry, Kansas City, Kansas side, key foreign policy advisor, Larry Craig of Idaho, lobbyed by the government of Georgia, Maine’s Susan Collins, McCain, meddling, MediaMatters.org, Minneapolis, Missouri, not attending their party’s convention, not understanding the conflict, politics of destruction, President Saakashvili, Radioactive Convention Hall, Randy Scheunemann, Republican, Republican Convention, Rocky Mountain high, Russia, Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, skip the festivities, smear book, St. Paul, support of US troops, Swift Boat, Ted Stevens of Arkansas, UN Security Council, Wayne Allard of Colorado, Welcome to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International A, Welcome to Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airpo
While the Democrats have planned a Rocky Mountain high for Denver (that is if the Clinton’s stop thinking everything is always about them and come back to the reality of planet earth), those heading to the Republican convention in Minneapolis (or is it St. Paul?) have been jumping ship like proverbial rats.
Senator Pat Roberts of [...]
Kuwait Tipped Off By Cheney: War With Iran Is Coming
Posted on 12 August 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: 30 miles wide, 80-plus combat planes, 850 miles, activated its "Emergency War Plan", Admiral Kuznetsov, armada, Atlantic, British, British Royal Navy carrier battle group, carrier Charles de Gaulle, carrier strike group, Carrier Strike Group Seven, Carrier Strike Group Two, Cheney, Cheney and his puppets Bush and McCain, crippling the Islamic republic's infrastructure, Democrats in Congress, devastating effects on economy, Dick Cheney, dry dock, eastern Mediterranean, expeditionary carrier battle group, expeditionary strike group, exporter, fast moving light boats, fly over Syria, French naval forces, French Naval Rafale fighter jets, French nuclear hunter-killer submarine, French warships, guided missile heavy cruiser Moskva, has good reason to worry, headed for the Gulf, Iran, Iran is a major oil producer, Iranian suicide bombers, Iraq, joint task force, knowing they won’t be approved, Kuwait, Kuwait City, lacks refining facilities, largest naval task force since Gulf War 1, less than 60 miles from Iran, major Russian navy deployment, mid-air refuelling, Middle East Times, negotiating diplomatically in bad faith with Iran, Oman, Operation Brimstone, Persian Gulf, planning a war with Iran before January, practice enforcing a blockade on Iran, pretence of seeking UN sanctions, preventing it from importing refined oil, provoked confrontation, re-import its own oil, Revolutionary Guards, routed the Kuwaiti army in a few hours, Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, Russian warplanes could reach the Gulf from the Mediter, skies controlled by US military, Straits of Hormuz, Su-33 warplanes, submarine Amethyste, the White House, US, US Navy super carrier battle group, USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Iwo Jima, USS Peleliu, USS Ronald Reagan, USS Theodore Roosevelt, war games, War With Iran Is Coming, when Iraqi troops invaded the emirate, won't be tricked into supporting an Iran War the way th
Investigative journalist Charley James offers this detailed opinion piece looking at the growing possibilty of US military action in Iran.
By Charley James
After being quietly notified by officials in Dick Cheney’s office, Kuwait – situated between Iraq, Iran and an un-enviable geographic hard place on the northern end of the Persian Gulf – has activated its [...]
The Race Card
Posted on 06 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 90-days, accepting the race premise, attack adverts, bar lowered, Battle of Baghdad, Berlin, black candidate, Brand Republican, Britney Spears, budget deficits on their watch, Bush, Bush Administration, campaign manager Dick Wadhams, campaign trail, celebrity-seeking antics, Cheney, clinton, Colorado Senate candidate Bob Schaffer, concrete evidence, convention in Minneapolis, daily tracking polls, decided to invade anyways, democrats, Democrats improve majority in the Senate, didn’t look like all those other guys on the dollar bil, fear, fell for the bait, Georgia Senator Max Cleland, Gingrich Revolution, give me a call, glam gals, gold bathroom fixtures were actually gold paint and und, high school class president, Internet only, Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iraq, John Stewart, Karl Rove, lose more House seats, lost an arm and both legs in combat, McCain, Moses, NBC News anchor Brian Williams, net Democratic gain of 23+ seats, no WMD’s in Iraq, obama, overblown fears of Iranian military power, Paris Hilton, Presidential Palace, psycho-analysed piece of footage, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind, pundits jumped in, race card, racial stereotyping, racially charged spot, Republican, Saddam’s Palaces, son of former slaves. rise up and steal/sire the master, statistical tie, subliminal racial fear tactic, Swiftboating Season, Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford, The Daily Show, The One, unpatriotic, US Presidential race, US South, Victory Tower, Vietnam, we're going to shove a bunch of 30-second ads up his a-, within the margin of error
With 90-days to go, Swiftboating Season has begun in earnest as charges and counter-charges by each candidate’s camp of injecting race into the election turned the current US Presidential race into that of a popularity contest for high school class president. No. I must apologise. That characterisation demeans the thousands of young students who prepare [...]
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