Monthly Archives: August 2005

Worse Than Nixon

August 23, 2005 – 12:58 am

Bush’s approval ratings have hit 36%, lower than Nixon’s at the height of the Watergate scandal. I’d like to believe that people are finally turning on Bush because his administration deliberately misled the public into supporting a war that has claimed 1,868 US soldier’s lives, wounded 13,877 US soldiers and led to the death of [...]

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How Congress Works

August 11, 2005 – 4:22 pm

To most everyone outside those nine majority members, what transpires in the committee the night before a floor vote is a mystery on the order of the identity of Jack the Ripper or the nature of human afterlife. Even the Democrats who sit on the committee have only a vague awareness of what goes on. [...]

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