Rascally Republicans
Cherry-picking science
Is there any doubt that America is turning into a dictatorship? When the government censors scientific discourse, it is time to be very afraid:
“There was a story about a scientist who got authorized to speak at a conference. He was prohibited from using the phrase ‘global warming.’ He was allowed to say ‘global,’ [...]
Bush lied, people died
A Senate report concludes there was no pre-war link between Iraq and al-Qaeda. The response by the administration that likes to talk about “personal responsibility”?
White House spokesman Tony Snow dismissed the report, saying, “We’ll let people quibble over three years ago.”
A shrug of the shoulders is all Americans get as thanks for sending [...]
Olbermann on Rumsfeld
Watch this. Please. Or at least read the transcript.
Splitting the liberal vote
Apparently, Republicans entirely funded the Pennsylvania Green Party Senate campaign. Presumably the idea is to split the liberal vote so that Santorum can get re-elected.
If this doesn’t make the case for instant runoff voting, I don’t know what does.
Nominees who lie
Sen. Kennedy, who sits on the Judiciary Committee, shows how the judicial confirmation process has been badly damaged in the Bush administration, with candidates’ opaqueness and promises of fair-mindedness being no more than empty promises abandoned for partisan agendas once on the bench:
[T]he careful, bipartisan [judicial confirmation] process of years past — like [...]
