Posted in Bush, Epistemology, FBI, Scandal, education, policy, power, terrorism, war on terror on June 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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clipped from www.reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI possibly violated the law or its rules more than 1,000 times since 2002 in collecting data about phone calls, e-mails and financial records while investigating terrorism or espionage suspects, FBI officials said on Thursday.
The potential violations found by an FBI audit were far greater than the approximately [...]
Posted in Bush, NRA, Politics, education, gun control, guns on June 13, 2007 | 6 Comments »
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Reuters reports this afternoon that:
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday responded to the deadliest shooting rampage in modern American history by passing legislation to help keep guns out of hands of the mentally ill.On a voice vote, the House sent the measure — which would be the first major gun control bill [...]
Posted in Bush, DIBELS, Department of Education, Educational Policy, Educational Reform, Gonzales, NCLB, Politics, Reading First, White House, education, policy on June 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Education Week reported on June 8th:
House Democrats want to put their own stamp on federal education spending by increasing Title I and other programs they favor and slashing Reading First and other priorities set by President Bush.
In the $56 billion fiscal 2008 spending bill for the Department of Education unveiled by the Democrats, No [...]
Posted in Bush, Politics, White House, disaster, liberties, policy, power, terrorism on June 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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clipped from www.boston.com
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is writing a new plan to maintain governmental control in the wake of an apocalyptic terrorist attack or overwhelming natural disaster, moving such doomsday planning for the first time from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to officials inside the White House.
The policy replaces a Clinton-era “continuity in [...]
Posted in Bush, Conservatives, Constitution, Gonzales, Iran, Politics, Postmodernism, White House, ethics, hubris, liberties on May 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Clipped from Atlantic Online, this story references Alberto Gonzales’ sinister involvement in the March 2004 warrantless eavesdropping program even after the program was declared unlawful by then AG John Ashcroft, himself no constitutional bargain.The whole article is worth the time to read as it outlines the hubris of the Bush administration as they flaunt [...]
Posted in Bush, Iraq, Israel, Judaism, Palestine on May 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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Coming from the lips of Jimmy Carter this is a real mouthful. My personal respect for Carter has never been high and it went into the toilet after he published his latest anti-semitic diatribe, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid. But, that being said, Carter’s conclusions here may be partially right.He comes down hard [...]
Posted in Bush, Gonzales, Politics, Scandal, White House, ethics, logical fallacies, power, presidency on May 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Wolfowitz resigns, can Gonzales be far behind? While the White House continues to stand solidly behind Bush’s friend, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the storm swells that surround the AG continue to deepen.Since the White House position of backing Gonzales in the face of the fully developed scandal surrounding the procedures that led to [...]
Posted in Bush, Darwin, Educational Policy, Michael Behe, Politics, education, evolution, inteligent design, religious right on May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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I thought I would blog about the oxymoron of intelligent design for a while. What better place to start than with the remarks of President Bush on the subject. While Bush made these remarks in August of 2005, I am certain his position has not changed one iota–mostly because he has [...]
Posted in Bush, Iraq, Pelosi, White House, power, presidency on May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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I have written about this before but it bears repeating. Bush is high on accountability when it comes to the weakest, most helpless, least powerful members of our society–school children–but refuses to accept measures of accountability for his own actions.It is important to put this into perspective. My personal metaphor for Bush’s [...]
Posted in Bush, Campaign 2008, Congress, Iraq, Nixon, Obama, Politics, White House, power, presidency on May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Okay, so I support Barak Obama. That being said, my bias out in the open, I believe he is the only viable candidate that makes sense on ending the Iraq War. With a White House out of control, refusing compromise with the loyal opposition on matters of the war, and with the [...]
Posted in Bush, Gonzales, Karl Rove, Politics, Scandal, White House, hubris, power, presidency on May 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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No wonder Bush stands so steadfastly behind his AG. The guy just can’t say no to his boss.
Paul Rothstein, a professor at Georgetown Law School said:This intertwining of the political with the running of the Justice Department has gone on in other administrations, both Republican and Democrat. But I think it’s being [...]
Posted in Bush, Politics, Scandal, White House, Wolfowitz, World Bank, hubris, morality, nepotism, power, presidency on May 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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With the reputation of the United States at stake, President Bush readies himself to pick a successor to Paul Wolfowitz. Traditionally, the US has chosen the President of the World Bank while Europeans have chosen the head of the International Monetary Fund. Now, given the scandal at the World Bank, Europeans are [...]
Posted in Bush, inteligent design on May 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
All bets on Intelligent Design are now off.
Posted in Bush, Department of Education, Gonzales, Karl Rove, Politics, Scandal, Spellings, White House, Wolfowitz, World Bank, ethics, hubris, nepotism, power, presidency on May 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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It is about time!
It is also clear from the comments of Tony Fratto and Henry Paulson that the Bush White House continues to exist in a state of denial. While it has been the traditional role of the President of the United States to appoint the President of the World Bank, there is [...]
Posted in Bush, Constitution, Department of Education, Friends, Gonzales, Karl Rove, Politics, Reading First, Spellings, White House, Wolfowitz, World Bank, cheating, ethics, hubris, power on May 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales testified last week that the effort was limited to eight U.S. attorneys fired since June, and other administration officials have said that only a few others were suggested for removal.
If, as reported in the Chicago Tribune, the number of federal prosecutors suggested for dismissal was closer to 26 than the [...]
Posted in Bush, DIBELS, Department of Education, Educational Policy, Educational Reform, Scandal, Spellings, White House, cheating, education, ethics, school reform on May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Alleged conflict of interest charges now swarm around the DoED’s sponsorship and use of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS). DIBELS serves as the flagship assessment instrument for the billion dollar a year Reading First program administered by the DoED.In addition to significant charges of not properly screening consultants, many [...]
Posted in Bush, Politics, White House, Wolfowitz, World Bank, cheating, ethics, hubris, nepotism, power on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Wolfowitz “did not accept the bank’s policy on conflict of interest and tried to bypass rules that he believed did not apply to him.”
Paul Wolfowitz engaged in nepotism when he assured that his girlfriend, Shaha Riza was promoted and saw to it that she received a hefty pay increase, one far exceeding the standards [...]
Posted in Bush, Politics, cheating, ethics, family values, greed, morality, values on May 10, 2007 | 12 Comments »
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Should anyone be surprised that Jeb Bush, the President’s brother and the former President’s son (oh gosh, I should leave him out of this mix) decided to go to work for a firm that is deeply involved in ethics abuse? Frankly, but quite unfortunately, I am not. While it must be difficult [...]
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