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Ethics Classes

Washington Post
Bush’s response has been so far to not comment, and send his entire staff, including Rove, to ethics class. A whole hour long on how to handle classified documents. That’s the best he’s got? Not quite the “heads will roll if anyone in my administration was involved” attitude his little John Wayne act tried. I’m sure though the Republican’s will applaud such a move. Next, geography lessons for the President.

Ethics Classes was published on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at 1:45pm and tagged , , , and . Respond to this article by writing the first comment.

Bush Administration Wins Emmy

Well, in a round about way. John Stewart and his show The Daily Show won an Emmy Last night for some kind of comedy show. I didn’t watch the awards, rarely have. I was busy with my own comedy of errors, but that’s another story. But in some fashion, if he didn’t do it last night, Stewart has to share that award with the Bush administration. Know that Stewart is an equal opportunity critic, and his jokes are only pointed towards those who blow it, not one party or another.
But my real question is this - Does this award create an even greater undercurrent of anti-administration disdain, or does painting The Daily Show as pure comedy, and not satire, minimize the sad truth that is at the core of most of Stewart’s show?

Bush Administration Wins Emmy was published on Sunday, September 18, 2005 at 11:27pm and tagged , , and . Respond to this article by writing the first comment.

Let There Be Light

Brian Williams - MSNBC.com Is reporting that miraculously a half hour before the Prez arrived for his big speech, the power came on in New Orleans. And like clockwork, an hour after he left, it went off. I’m sure there’s a logical explanation I mean, those left behind don’t really need it for anything, do they?

Let There Be Light was published on Friday, September 16, 2005 at 12:55pm and tagged , , , and . Respond to this article by writing the first comment.

Poor Mr Brown

Poor, poor, Mike Brown. He feels humiliated that he was pulled out of New Orleans. How bloody humiliated are the people living in conditions in the hurricane stricken region? How much money of ours has been squandered in the lack of preparation? And to that end, is this another “falling on the sword” loyal lap dog? At what point will the Bush administration, and Bush specifically be held responsible for appointing lap dogs like Brown. How many deaths will it take? Obviously more than 2000, as Iraq has proven. But how about the 45 dead bodies that were found in the hospital today? Were they preventable? I wonder how they felt about the privatization of Social Security?

Poor Mr Brown was published on Monday, September 12, 2005 at 11:13am and tagged , , and . There is currently one comment to this article. Share your thoughts by writing your own.

Bush Suspends Minimum Wage in Federal Contracts

Proclamation Apparently, there’s provisions that state the Labor Secretary sets a minumum wage to pay various levels of laborers and “mechanics”. Well, Bush has suspended this provision. It’s written into the provision that he can, and in some circumstances, I can understand why. But we are talking about Bush, and Cheney, and I can see how some corporate contractors seize an opportunity to not pay laborers a federally mandated min. rate, but still charge their “normal” fees. So prior to the Hurricane, a skilled worker in NO would have been paid a certain rate if working on a federal contract, now he will be paid less. Good thing those tax cuts went to those who needed it most…

Bush Suspends Minimum Wage in Federal Contracts was published on Sunday, September 11, 2005 at 11:56pm and tagged , , , and . Respond to this article by writing the first comment.

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