Hey, it’s good for the economy Things I don’t want to know about my country Not only are we outsourcing torture, we’re selling the torturers the tools of their trade.According to a new Amnesty International report, the Bush administration approved…

In this crazy world, we can always count on Dubya to do the wrong thing! White House wavering on steel tariffs? The issue is apparently not dead. The backlash to Monday’s announcement that Bush would rescind protective tariffs for the…

Diebold blinks, retreats Diebold is facing threats on two fronts as free-speech advocates pursue monetary damages against it and a presidential candidate urges a congressional inquiry into the company.A major supplier of touch-screen voting machines has agreed not to sue…

Liberal talk radio A Democratic investment group planning to start a liberal radio network to counterbalance conservative radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh says it is close to buying radio stations in five major cities. Executives with the newly formed company,…

Iraq. The U.N. is no solution Should the United Nations replace the U.S. in Iraq? Could this be a solution to the increasingly untenable situation the Bushies have gotten us into? No. First off, this ignores the damage the Bush…

From Baghdad Burning The most amusing thing about <George Bush’s visit to Iraq> visit was watching Chalabi and Talabani jumping up and down at the airport, cheering and clapping as Bush made the rounds. Muwafaq Al-Rubai’i, also a member of…

Show us the bodies US military officals raised their death count from a skirmish in Samarra from 46 to 54. The BBC is reporting Iraqis are disputing this figure, stating that at maximum 8 or 9 civilians were killed. Civilians.…