If you want to discuss the hidden costs of the Iraq war, you better have your cup on, because you WILL get kicked in the nuts.
Think Progress » White House Smears Nobel Economist: ‘Lacks Courage’ For Ignoring ‘Cost Of Failure’ In Iraq
Right wing talk radio has become the last bastion for the eternally self-deluded in the face of overwhelming evidence that the Modern Bush Republican ideology has been a colossal disaster. In the familiar world of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh’s radio-reality, down is still up and that is just the salve for the sucking chest wound that is Iraq and the US Economy.
Juan Cole has a great post on the Iran Speedboat video controversy that erupted after the US charged that Iranians were intimidating naval vessels and threatening to blow them up…
That sounds pretty bad… Then, we saw and HEARD the video…
In a accent somewhere between Steve Martin’s “Wild & Crazy Guys” SNL character and that cuban guy who rolls cigars on Miami Beach, the ominous voice is heard saying: “I am coming to YOU…” and “You will explode after a few minutes…”.
Seems Karl Rove is not going to be sitting quietly on the sidelines. Indeed, it’s hard to figure out what to make of the new, available, accessible, public and on the record Karl Rove, columnist, talking head and blogger.
Rove may have royally screwed the pooch with his revisionist version of the lead up to war [...]
Citizen_of_Earth left an amazing and important comment on ThinkProgress this morning in response to a ridiculous article by Family Security Matters claiming that “multiculturalism exposes the U.S to terrorism“. It’s one that everyone should read, so I’m posting the comment here: