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By
thudfactor on
April 30, 2006
Colbert did _exactly_ what many of us dream of doing. He showed up at the White House Press Correspondent’s Dinner and skewered everyone there. Apparently George and Laura Bush were not in good humor, and the audience didn’t care for the jokes either. But he’s a hero to the rest of us.
“Democratic Underground”:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1062760&mesg_id=1062760 has the transcript.
“Crooks [...]
Posted in What The...?!?
| Tagged Apparently George, Laura Bush, Stephen Colbert, White House
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By
thudfactor on
December 21, 2005
From today’s Washington Post:
bq. At the White House, spokesman Scott McClellan was asked to explain why Bush last year said, “Any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a [...]
Posted in Politics
| Tagged Court Judge, Scott McClellan, United States, United States government, Washington Post, White House
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By
thudfactor on
August 5, 2005
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Era of Small Government is over[1]. In the ongoing quest to rename everything in the Washington DC area after Ronald Reagan there’s a “new proposal”:http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=550621. Some Congressman from Texas wants to rename 16th Street Northwest[2] “Ronald Reagan Boulevard.” Of course, Washington DC taxpayers would have to pay for the [...]
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| Tagged Bill Frist, Evil Voice, GIF, National Airport, Pentagon, Reagan National Water Treatment Facility, Reagan Presidential Urinal Cake, Reagan Washington, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan Building, Ronald Reagan Defense Building, Ronald Reagan Memorial Cat Box, Ronald Reagan Washington Monument, Small government, Texas, Union Station, USD, Washington DC, Washington National Airport, White House
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By
thudfactor on
April 26, 2005
So. What’s 80’s pro-wrestling star “The Ultimate Warrior doing these days”:http://triptronix.net/ishbadiddle/archives/2005/04/26/12.44.13/?
Go on, take a guess (in the comments?) before clicking through to Ishbadiddle’s link up there. I’ll give you a hint: he ain’t hanging with White House Reporter/Former Hooker “JimmyJeff”:http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/021505Z.shtml, but they _have_ been running with the same crowd.
Posted in Politics
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By
thudfactor on
January 25, 2005
Kos “has an statement on Gonzales”:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/25/15437/3930, Bush’s nominee for Ashcroft’s replacement. If you haven’t been keeping up with this issue, you should. From Ashcroft we expected prudishness and creeping theocracy; from Gonzales we have already had legal defense and justification for torture and indefinite, secret incarceration.
Can we really expect the man who does not think [...]
Posted in Politics
| Tagged USA Today, White House
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