Day February 1, 2006

Exxon must have called

One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America’s dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday that the president didn’t mean it literally. This…

Caricatures of the Prophet

Newspapers in France and Germany reprinted Danish caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed on Wednesday, saying press freedom was more important than the protests and boycotts the cartoons have sparked across the Muslim world. The Danish embassy in Damascus was evacuated…

State of the Idiot(s) speech

This Forbes ‘Reaction to State of the Union Address‘ has quotes from Democrats as well as Republicans, and not one of them mentions the war in Iraq. Nor did Bush. Unbelievable. Cindy Sheehan was there, and got arrested protesting the…