Monthly Archives: December 2005

Yo Bushie! Happy Bad News Year!

Posted on December 30, 2005 at 10:56 am by Bob Cesca

Digby: I know this will come as a great disappointment to Republicans who have taken to saying that the NSA spy scandal boosted Bush’s approval ratings ten points, but the new CNN/USA Today poll has his job approval rating at … Continue reading →

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Bush drinking again

Posted on December 27, 2005 at 5:28 pm by Bob Cesca

I dare you not to laugh at this clip from the Craig Ferguson show. Here.

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Voice of Reality 2005: Keith Olbermann

Posted on December 24, 2005 at 10:50 am by Bob Cesca

For being the only cable news reporter to cover what’s truly important and to do so with a depth which is in short supply elsewhere on televison. For being the only reporter to cover the irregularities of the 2004 election; … Continue reading →

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Assholes Say the Darndest Things

Posted on December 23, 2005 at 11:20 pm by Bob Cesca

Media Matters has compiled their list of the most outrageous statements of the year (in the media): Former Reagan administration Secretary of Education Bill Bennett: “[Y]ou could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go … Continue reading →

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Allawi breaks out his tin foil hat

Posted on December 22, 2005 at 10:16 am by Bob Cesca

Funny how when a Bush ally cries electoral fraud, he’s acting in the best interest of democracy. But when progressives here do it, we’re all loony and sour-grapes. Nevertheless, all hell is about to break loose in Iraq. The secular … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, results in the Iraq election

Posted on December 21, 2005 at 12:00 pm by Bob Cesca

The SF Chronicle: Soon after Bush spoke of the Iraqi election as “a landmark day in the history of liberty,” early returns representing 90 percent of the ballots cast in the Iraq election established that the clear winners were Shiite … Continue reading →

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Bamford nails Bush apologists on CSPAN

Posted on December 21, 2005 at 11:19 am by Bob Cesca

There’s one man outside of the NSA who knows more about the agency than a lot of people inside of it. James Bamford, author of The Puzzle Palace and Pretext for War. Watch him calmly and plainly summarize Bush’s illegal … Continue reading →

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Say it with me: ILLEGAL!

Posted on December 21, 2005 at 10:42 am by Bob Cesca

It’s always with a sense of aggravation that I routinely watch cable news. The lack of the use of the word ILLEGAL in the context of “illegal wiretapping” is staggering. I’ve seen “wiretap flap” on CNN; “spies like U.S.” on … Continue reading →

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More debunking of Drudge's propaganda

Posted on December 21, 2005 at 9:03 am by Bob Cesca

Think Progress. Again, I ask you… Does the president have to eat a baby for his cult worshippers to see the light?

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How merry will Tom DeLay’s Christmas be?

Posted on December 21, 2005 at 3:10 am by John Christian Plummer

It’s all falling apart, and so, so quickly. Jack Abramoff, the ex-crappy movie producer and sleazeballiest lobbyist on K Street, is ready to roll on his “betters,” members of Congress like Tom DeLay and Bob Ney and Conrad Burns. The … Continue reading →

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