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Office Holiday Party From Hell
on Dec 14, 2008 in Economy The holidays are stressful enough, even in the best economic times. This year, with the economy tanking in the third and fourth quarters, pink slips are just as likely to show up in your company distribution as a holiday card. With the down turn bein...
Cannon Fodder
on Dec 8, 2008 in Iraq War BushCo. Republicans Military The actual term is archaic; it first described those front line soldiers, in the time of linear warfare, who marched straight into cannon fire during an attack. Unfortunately the phrase has never been given the time to truly fall into disuse. And Bus...
Cluster Bomb Cluster F*ck
on Dec 1, 2008 in Military The U.S., once again, thumbs its nose at the international community (along with, surprise, Russia) by refusing to ratify or even attend talks on a treaty to prohibit the use of cluster bombs. To quote perhaps the most germaine line in the article:Bu...
No One Could Have Predicted...
on Nov 30, 2008 in BushCo. Republicans Regulations Corporate Welfare How many times did we hear that from BushCo. over the past eight years? Too many to count about too many things. Here's another one to add to the list; seems that they were warned about the mortgage crisis and financial meltdown:"Expect fallout,...
Christmas Comes Early?
on Nov 24, 2008 in Wing Nuts Ann Coulter's mouth wired shut.I kid you not.There is a Santa Claus.
Purple Haze
on Nov 12, 2008 in Environment Obama BushCo. Deregulation. Self-regulation. Cost-benefit analysis. Free market solutions. De-funding regulatory agencies. Non-enforcement of regulations.This is what the GOP has pushed on the American people and BushCo., not content with the damage already done,...