Saturday, September 16, 2006

Chronic Manipulation Of The Truth
Let's face it folks. It doesn't matter what the subject is, Iraq, Iran, health care, stem cells, energy ... or media ownership. The Bush Administration is simply incapable of telling the truth. The very core of their being compels them to hide the truth, propagate lies and work for their own, not the public's, interest. From C&L:

" So Former Chairman Michael Powell commissions a study to prove that allowing corporations to own multiple stations in regions doesn’t actually hurt the public’s interest in quality or quantity of local news information and the study shows the exact opposite: local media ownership DOES give the consumer greater and more relevant local news.
What’s a Bush appointee to do?
Bury the report in a drawer and order all the work product to be destroyed–destroyed, not shoved in a vault, not filed in some "mislabeled" folder to be shuffled in some bureaucratic hell. Then go ahead and approve more corporation ownership of local stations, thereby working against the public interest ..."

Friday, September 15, 2006

Ney Going To Jail ... Bush Next?
Remember all those Bush-Abramoff visits the Washington Post uncovered back in February? And remember how the Secret Service finally agreed to turn over records of those visits back in May? And rembember how in July they were forced to turn over more records that the White House tried to hide? And remember how hard Bush tried to keep photos of him and Abramoff from surfacing?

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Bush and gridlock and impeachment … oh my
55% said they think it would be good for the country 'if the Democrats in Congress were able to conduct official investigations into what the Bush administration has done in the past six years' ...

Republicans have been warning voters the last few months that Congress will become some kind of radical investigating machine, bent on accountability, so we better leave the GOP in the majority. This poll suggests Americans actually want official investigations into Bush’s conduct ...

30% said Bush should face impeachment. In other words, a higher percentage of the country supports Bush impeachment now than supported Clinton impeachment at the height of the Lewinsky scandal. (You know, before he was actually impeached.) Maybe it’s not such a crazy idea after all."