Month January 2006

The Pimping of the Presidency

Jack Abramoff and Grover Norquist billing clients for face time with G.W. Bush So that’s why the White House is stonewalling about meetings with Abramoff.

Reaction to Al Gore’s speech

Gore’s speech blasting Bush for illegal spying on citizens spawned huge commentary and reaction in newspapers, blogs, and websites. However, as noted yesterday and it’s still apparently true, not a single Democrat in Congress has supported what Gore said. Not…

A pox on them all

"He is a bad version of us!" That’s Michael Scanlon complaining to Jack Abramoff about Ralph Reed’s billing practices and expenditure claims, according to the Washington Post. Just asking: exactly how sleazy would you have to be for Scanlon to…

Congress to suffer extreme hardship

House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert’s plan for lobbyist "reform" would ban meals and travel for lawmakers paid by lobbyists. Goodness, what an ardous burden that would be to the grasping class, er, Congress. Imagine, no freebie $200 meals in exclusive…

Virtual march to stop global warming

Email from a reader: My name is Nick Lezin and I am helping to spread the word about a new environmental campaign called The Virtual March to Stop Global Warming. The Virtual March was launched to confront this urgent threat…