Molly Ivins: America Already has voted agains a surge. 
The purpose of this newspaper crusade to stop the war is not to make George W. Bush look like the dumbest president ever. People have done dumber things.
What were they thinking when they bought into the Bay of Pigs fiasco? How dumb was the Egypt-Suez war? How […]

Great piece from the Texarkana Gazette - No-pay Incentive - I couldn’t agree more with you guys, if I’m held accountable for my actions, I expect our elected leaders to be held to the same standards and accountabliity.
Bill will deprive unethical lawmakers of federal pensions
The working stiffs of this nation—that’s us regular folks—know what will […]

I was and am one of the millions of Americans who lived their late teens and early 20’s in the throes of the Vietnam war. To say that Iraq and the handling of this war by this administration is deja vue all over again would be redundant (sorry). Frank Rich: He’s in the Bunker Now
President […]

Maureen Dowd over at Truthout throws some sarcasm and fire 
How can you not have confidence in the crackerjack team that brought you Operation Iraqi Freedom, which foundered and led to Operation Together Forward, which stumbled and led to Operation Together Forward II, which collapsed and was replaced by The New Way Forward, the Surge now being launched […]

This will be the third time in the last two months that we have elected to link to Pat Buchannan, yes, that Pat Buchannan. It is widely believed that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks…Pat Buchannan is the poster child for “yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks”. This scathing piece on […]