Buck Naked Politics: Buck Naked Politics Posts ToC: Aug. 1-Sep. 30, 2008

Sep 28 - Sep 30, 2008

(Sep 30)

Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism versus Andrew Sullivan on Personal Responsibility (Real Time with Bill Maher)

Did Anti-Bailout Vote Really Cause Stock-Price Drop? Bailout Fans Might Say So.

This Just In: Palin Can Name One Supreme Court Case!

The Fed to the Rescue? $630 Billion Pumped in to the Economy

Former Theater Critic Frank Rich Savages McCain's Latest Failed Political Theater of the Absurd

House Finally Passed Contracting Reforms

Nancy Pelosi Hurts GOP Feeeeeeeelings; They Retaliate by Voting Against the Bailout?

(Sep 29)

Why Didn't Obama Say It? Petraeus Said that Iraq is Not the Sort of Action Where You Expect Victory

House Rejects Bailout Plan; Markets Tank; House Goes for a Do-Over?

Tina Fey Again Nails Sarah Palin

(Sep 28)

Door in Face Technique: Administration Dupes Congress into Accepting Bailout Deal

Is Lehman's CEO Stonewalling Congress?

Will Gonzales Roll Over on Bush?

Wall Street Execs Paid $3 Billion While Driving Economy Toward Cliff

Gingrich Makes (Some) Sense re: Bush's Wall Street Bailout

Sep 21-Sep 27, 2008

(Sep 27)

For your consideration: Things Found Along the Campaign Trail

Paul Newman Dies at 83

The Debate: Some First Reactions

A Key Moment in the Sept. 26 Debate in Oxford, Miss.

Bill Maher Interviews Chris Rock on the Debate and Related Matters

The First Debate: The Hatchet Versus the Scalpel

Sarah Palin Trainwreck Beginning to Alarm the McCain Team

(Sep 26)

Palin Trainwreck Pts 2 and 3: Will no one put us out of this woman's misery?

Jon Stewart: Bush Beside Himself (A Comparison of Bush's "Imminent Economic Meltdown" Speech to his 2003 "Imminent Danger from Iraq" War Speech)

Tim Cunha for Congress, Florida's District 6

Largest Bank Failure in History: Govt. Seizes Washington Mutual, JP Morgan to Benefit (again)

Catching up with Sarah Palin

Congress Fails to Craft New Bailout Plan

(Sep 25)

"The Satiro-Industrial Complex": Stephen Colbert & John Stewart
Jon Swift: "Suspend the Whole Campaign"

Are Dems Caving to Paulson? [Updated]

It's the Economy & Stupid

Trainwreck: Katie Couric Interviews Sarah Palin

Campaign Trail Jolts and Shocks: The Saga Continues

Leaked Video: McCain ("Sarah Palin's Running Mate") Lies to Letterman; Bloggers Let Fly Re: the Doofus Ticket's "Time Out" Suggestion

Colbert Report: We Must Give Unchecked Power to the President and His Appointees to Implement a Plan No One Understands----and NOW!

Jon Stewart Interviews President Bill Clinton

(Sep 24)

Schumer Asks the $550 Billion Question: Why so Much Right Now?

FBI Finally Starts Investigating Wall Street Firms

Bush Admin. Hatched Wall Street Bailout Weeks (or Months) Ago

Judiciary Committee Slams Mukasey for Letting Justice Dept. Apparently Protect Oil Company

What Could We do with $700 Billion (instead of Bailing out Wall Street Mischief Makers)?

Wall Street Bailout: Paulson Finally Admits Need for Oversight (and rewrites recent history)

(Sep 23)

Conservative Columnist George Will Calls McCain "A Flustered Rookie Playing in a League Too High" & Compares Him to the Ultimate Drama Queen

Krugman Says: "Daddy Doesn't Know Best." We Say: "Our Tax Dollars? Our Rules."

Palin Saved Money on Rape Kits As Mayor, While Holding Out Her Hand for Taxpayer Dollars from the Big Old, Mean Old Federal Government

Conservative Republican Opposes Bush's Bailout Plan

Wall Street Bailout: Ignore the Sales Pitch -- Bush Plan is Not the Only (or Best) Option

(Sep 22)

Largest industry bailout in history. Largest government spending splurge ever.

Bailout Plan: Dem Thinks Lobbyists Will Shaft us Taxpayers -- and Congress Will Let Them

Wall Street Bailout Plan: Dem Congressman uses F-Word; Even Gingrich is Skeptical

Wall Street Bail Out Plan and the Iraq-War-Style Sales Pitch

Pausing on the Campaign Trail, Gawking at the Train Wreck(s)

(Sep 21)

Obama on the Big Plan & "The Great Deregulator"

The Apocalypse of Banks Cont'd: The Economic Rescue Plan Rolls On as Skeptics Rise Up to Question the Road Map

Pointing & Laughing on the Campaign Trail & in the Corridors of Power

After Islamabad Bombing, Pakistani President Pledges to End Terrorism

Federal Judge Rules Against Cheney: Must Keep Records

The Apocalypse of Banks & The Virtually Undebated Plan to Save the Economy

Sep 14 - Sep 20, 2008

(Sep 20)

Krugman's Real Time Interview; Plus: Produces Proof that McCain's "Accountability Now!" Conversion Isn't Even Skin Deep

Executives Skate out of Disaster with Millions

Another Palin Lie Exposed?

Economic Crises: Sen. Clinton Nails it

Bush Admin. Doctors Photos of Dead Soldiers

Here's Hoping Congress Really Thinks Through "Solutions" to Our Economic Crises

Serious Times Call for Reduction of False Campaign Rhetoric

(Sep 19)

McCain would fire Cox - But, would it make a difference?

Don't Panic! Massive Plan to Salvage the Economy Currently Under Way, Courtesy of The Same Government that Brought Us the Crisis

Agreement with Iraq Stalls Over Disputes About Troop/Military Contractor Immunity from Prosecution?

Sarah Palin, Vaunted Fiscal "Reformer" versus Sarah Palin, Recipient as Mayor and Governor of Massive Infusions of Taxpayer Dollars

Jon Stewart Interview: Tony Blair

Campaign Trail Jollity

Energy Expert Sarah Palin, Stop Making Sense! Oh, Wait.

Waxman Sets up Tip Line re: Wall Street Corruption

(Sep 18)

Jon Stewart Is Excited that We Taxpayers Just Bought Ourselves A Giant Insurance Company!

Obama: Plan for [Economic] Change

Waxman Looking into Lehman, AIG and Interior Department

Anti-Regulation Chickens Come Home to Roost, Stocks Down 5%

Judiciary Committee Says Mississippi Governor Playing Dirty Tricks with Ballots

(Sep 17)

Welcome to the age of corporate welfare: heads they win, tails we lose

Republicans Want to Cage Votes Based on Home Foreclosures?

Spectacles Along the Campaign Trail

Ukrainian Government Collapses; President Expresses Defiance Toward Russia

Russia Pledges Military Support to Georgia's Separatist Regions; Russians Continue to Squabble with Saakashvili Over Who Started the Fight

AIG's $85 Billion Bailout: See What Anti-Regulation Ideology Can Do?

Obama Pummels McCain on Economic Policy

Wall Street Journal: Why Obama's Health Care Plan is Better

(Sep 16)

Colbert on the Economy: John McCain Calms Stephen's Fears

Bailouts and Stimulus Packages: Will Congress Encourage Bad Behavior?

Lehman Brothers Declares Bankruptcy: What it Might Mean

Palin's Troopergate: Yet Another Truth-Stretching Session?

Bombs Kill 32 in Iraq

Aghast on the Campaign Trail

China Has Baby Food Scare Due to Poor Regulation

(Sep 15)

Guest Author: Pat Huddleston

Tina Fey Plays Palin: Watch!

Petraeus and Bush on Success of the Surge: "Fragile"

Mudflats Reports: Alaska Women Rally Against Palin

Fox News' Megyn Kelly to McCain Mouthpiece: "I Want to Hold You Accountable for What McCain is Doing" [Lying]

John McCain: Fundamentals of Our Economy Are Still Strong

Krugman: "Yikes." Imminent Collapse of Our Woefully Under-Regulated Financial System?

(Sep 14)

Palin: is it Ignorance or Dishonest Spinning?

Hurricane Ike Leaves Massive Damage Behind in Texas

SEC Charges 2 Wall Street Brokers

25 Die in California Train Crash

By Picking Palin, McCain Embraces Deception

Sep 7 - Sep 13, 2008

(Sep 13)

Tina Fey to Play Palin in SNL Sketch?

Agog on the Campaign Trail

Palin's Politics of the Personal: "Stop Blogging Now!"

Ike Update: "Worst Case Scenario Did Not Occur"; Rescue Efforts Under Way for Thousands Who Refused to Evacuate

Bush's Pakistan Plan

Catastrophic Hurricane Ike Rips into Galveston

A Hard Road for Supporters of the Good Guy Party

McCain Flip-Flop Watch: Governors Don't Have National Security Experience

(Sep 12)

Wait. "The View" has to Show the Media How It's Done?

Discreditable Campaign Tactics 101 & Bloggingheads Showdown

Is War with Pakistan Next? U.S. Kills 10 in Missile Attack

Ex Republican Senator Calls Palin "Cocky Wacko"

Democrats Cave on Offshore Drilling after Republicans Throw Tantrum

Administration Says bin Laden was Not the 9-11 Mastermind, Meanwhile Bush Gives "Secret" Orders for Raids in Pakistan

Interior Dept. Corruption Investigation: Are Some Folks Being Protected?

(Sep 11)

Palin's Appetite for Earmarks Not Limited to the Bridge to Nowhere

FactCheck.Org Rips Into the McCain Campaign for Misrepresenting FactCheck's Findings

Scandal Unfolding at Dept of Interior: Not Just Incompetence, but Frat House Antics & Irresponsibility

(Sep 10)

An Intense Skeptic's Reasons for Supporting Obama

Slow, Sarcastic Clapping for McCain's Campaign Tactics

If one were planning to steal an election, what would it look like?

Lehman Might Need Bail Out but Might Not Get it

GOP Threatens to Shut Down Govt. Over Oil?

Congressman's Aide Indicted, Two Congressmen Implicated in Abramoff Scandal

(Sep 9)

Jogging Down the Campaign Trail, Giggling Incredulously

Maureen Dowd: Imaginary Hillary-Palin Cage Match

US & Iraqi Military Officials Meet with Representatives of Sunni Awakening Councils

Russia Makes Agreement with European Union Regarding Georgia

Cross-Border Missile Attack in Pakistan Aimed at Prominent Taliban Family Kills 23 Civilians

Obama Campaign Says Hello to Fund-Raising Problems

(Sep 8)

Administration Opposes Tougher Safety Standards for Skyscrapers

By Picking Palin, McCain Embraces Incompetence?

Bhutto's Widower is Pakistan's New President

The Plan for Freddie and Fannie; Our Current Dire Staits

Group to Sue Cheney over VP Records

More "Fun" with Freddie & Fannie: Did Accounting Games Inflate Freddie's Cushion?

(Sep 7)

Riding the Convention Trail: Point. Laugh. Repeat

Polish Agents Allege Existence of Secret CIA Prison Facility in Poland?

Secretary Rice's Meeting with Libya's Muammar Gaddafi

McCain's Platform Doesn't Reflect McCain's Policies

Candidates Address The Woes of Freddie and Fannie

Is Lieberman Finally Going to Get the Push?

A Plan for Freddie and Fannie? Speculation Abounds

Jon Stewart: McCain's Change is the Same as Bush's Change

Sep 1 - Sep 6, 2008

(Sep 6)

Palin Lies Like Bush And Spends Like Bush

Contractor Boeing's Workers to Strike, CEO Still Fat

Dozens of Journalists Arrested During GOP Convention

Fannie & Freddie Bail Out Coming: Taxpayers Beware

Bopping Along the Campaign Trail, Pointing & Laughing

Hillary Rides Again, This Time Against John McCain

(Sep 5)

"Connect the Dots": Rising Unemployment & Record Foreclosures Demonstrate to Voters Real-World Consequences of GOP Policies

McCain Campaign Again Uses Music Without Permission

Note to Obama Campaign (Why, After Bill Clinton, Don't They Know This?): It's the FACTS, Stupid

Pentagon Recommends Shift of American Forces from Iraq to Afghanistan

New Orleans Starts Getting Back to Normal

Two Jacks in the Box: Jack Abramoff Gets 4 Years; Halliburton Subsidiary Chief Albert "Jack" Stanley Gets 7 Years and $10.8 Million to Pay in Restitution

(Sep 4)

The Daily Show: Karl Rove is Divided on the Experience Question (& Other Inconsistent Rules for Dems and for Them)

Does the GOP Want to Lose this Election?

American Forces Kill Civilians in Pakistan

New Orleans Evacuees Return to Damage & Problems

Some Good News for Obama in the Polls

Noonan Uses Bullsh*t to Call "Bullsh*t" on McCain's VP Choice (Near Live Microphone, No Less)

Jivin' Down the Campaign Trail, Havin' Some Laughs

(Sep 3)

Shorter Maureen Dowd: "Life of Her Party"

Tabloid-style coverage of the campaign finally blows back in the MSM's face

"Compassionate" Conservative: Gov. Palin Slashed Teenage Moms' Funding

Bush Turns a Press Conference on Hurricane Gustav Into a Discussion of Why We Need Offshore Drilling

Pakistan to Begin Inquiry Into Honor Killings; Three Arrested

The Daily Show: Hapless GOP Delegates Abandoned During Hurricane Gustav

Update 2: Palin, Pregnancy, and Political Theater

Six Dead in Washington Shooting

Obama's Economic Advisor Talks to Colbert About the Misery Index

McCain vs. the Media

"Fringier and Fringier": Palin on Church & State

Fun From the Campaign Trail....

(Sep 2)

Journalists Arrested During GOP Convention: is the First Amendment Falling out of Fashion?

Insurance that People Love to Hate: Long-Term Care Coverage & How to Choose it

Gustav had Mercy on New Orleans

(Sep 1)

Hurricane Gustav Update

Aug. 24 - Aug. 31, 2008

(Aug 31)

More on the Mandatory Evacuation of New Orleans

Judiciary Committee Sets Deadline for Subpoena Compliance

Police Raid Homes Protesters Before GOP Convention [Updated]

Florida Gators Beat Hawaii

Campaign Fun or "Fun"at I Don't Like You Either....

Hurricane Gustav Update

(Aug 30)

Our Co-Blogging Obama Delegate: Change

Hurricane Gustav Strikes Caymans, Heads for Cuba

This Hillary Supporter Says, Why Not Roll the Dice On Obama?

University of Florida Anthropologists Discover Traces of Lost Cities in the Amazon

More Campaign-Related Postings, More Political Musings...

Putin Thinks U.S. Orchestrated Georgia Conflict for Political Motives

(Aug 29)

Our Co-Blogging Obama Delegate: 2004 & 2008

Russia Looks East for Support; Finds Little Encouragement

Reactions from the stands, and from the pundits, to Obama's speech

McCain Picks Palin as Veep

Obama's Speech: "Now Is the Time"

Our Co-Blogging Florida Obama Delegate: After the Acclamation (Day 4)

Want More on the Convention & the Media Coverage....?

(Aug 28)

Democratic Convention: Obama Knocks It Out of the Park

Freedom of the Press: Reporter Jailed for Filming Senators & Big Donors ON PUBLIC Property

More Democratic Convention Commentary....

Scientists Say Melting of Arctic Ice Caps May be Reaching a Tipping Point (& Related Bad News)

Airstrike in Afghanistan Investigated; Afghan Government Unhappy with the Situation

Media Watch Part 2: And Maureen Dowd Knows About Making It All About Yourself

Media Watch: Howard Wolfson v. Tweety and Olbermann

(Aug 27)

From Our Co-blogging Obama Delegate: "Wish you were here!"

Our Co-blogging Obama Delegate: Convention Day 2: Can I keep up this pace?

ABC: FDIC Says More Bank Troubles Ahead

Hillary Calls for Unity: "No Way, No How, No McCain"

Alan Grayson Wins Primary -- to Face Ric Keller in Nov.

Progress on those White House Subpoenas?

(Aug 26)

Florida Man Reacts Bizarrely to Michelle Obama's Speech

Harry Shearer (Songs of the Bushmen): "Addicted to Oil

Jon Stewart Castigates TV Reporters

Two Successful Facial Transplants

Vote For Alan Grayson, Florida Dist. 8

4 Arrested in Possible Assassination Plot Against Obama

Russia Recognizes Independence of Georgian Separatists

Madonna Upsets McCain

Obama Seeks to Stop Ads "Linking" Him to Terrorists

(Aug 25)

A Florida Obama Delegate---Live--from the Convention! Democratic Party PARTY

A Florida Obama Delegate---Live!---from the Convention: Green Frontier Fest in Denver

AP's Misleading Article about Florida's & Michigan's Convention Votes

Fay Leaves Florida Damaged

Airstrike Kills 95, Afghani Government Upset

Suicide Bomber Targets "Awakening Group" in Iraq, Kills 25

(Aug 24)

Media Party kicks it off

Maureen Dowd, the Redemptive Power of Misfortune, and John McCain

Joe Biden: A Bloggerama

Brits Gone Wild? Resorts Complain of Rowdy Behavior of Brit Tourists

University of Chicago's Emergency Room Send Uninsured Non-Emergency Patients to Other Facilities

Social Security: The Reports of Its Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

A Fun Game: How Many Houses Does McCain Have?

Hillary Passed Over; Tepid Reactions to Biden from the Wimmin

Aug. 17 - Aug. 23, 2008

(Aug 23)

Our Liveblogging Florida Obama Delegate Reports on Her First Day in Denver

Programming Errors in Diebold Voting Machines in 34 States

NY Times: Obama Picks Biden as Running Mate; McCain Responds (Updated)

Yet Another Bail Out: U.S. Car Companies Want Bigger Handout and Fewer Strings

Good News (but not Great) for Ordinary Investors: Appeals Court Upheld Sarbanes-Oxley

Americans Detained in China for Protesting

(Aug 22)

Fay, Gators and the Convention

More on the Threat to the Success of the Surge

More Soon-to-be-Pointless Speculation About Obama's VP Pick

Fact Check Resolves the "Controversy" Over Obama's Birth Certificate

Good News/Bad News: US & Iraq Nearing Agreement on a Security Deal; Meanwhile, a Key US Strategy May Be in Serious Trouble

It's All About the Arugula

(Aug 21)

Attack on Nearby McCain Headquarters

Soon-to-be-obsolete ramblings on the VP

GOP Convention "Stars"

Talking Points for Dems: Study Shows 79 Million Adults Can't Afford the Health Care, If Any, They Have

Is Impeachment Coming? Probe Begins re Falsified Documents Justifying Iraq War

In a Nutshell (Shorter Punditry)

Congresswoman Tubbs Jones Dies

(Aug 20)

Anti-Regulation Guy to be Top Regulator at Energy Dept.

Gorbachev Discusses the Georgia Conflict, Blames Saakashvili

Risibly Idiotic Right Wing Smears Against Obama: Collect All Five!

Why Alan Grayson is The Congressional Candidate for Florida's Dist. 8

Maureen Dowd: Two Against the One

Update on Sasquatch: The Gorilla Suit Was a Gorilla Suit

McClellan to Obama: Don't Investigate/Prosecute War Criminals or Torturers

The Catholic League & Political Discourse: A (Mostly) Progressive Bloggerama

"Is the Tide Turning Against Obama?" Asks CNN

Crucial Progressive Bloggers Movin On and Movin Up

11th Hour Veepstakes: Nader Says Obama Should Pick Clinton

Taliban Kills 10 French Soldiers

(Aug 19)

WMD Liveblogs the Democratic Convention! PreConvention Planning (with Video!)

Olbermann Calls Out McCain for VFW Remarks, Opposition to Pro-Troop Bills, the Cone of Silence and Much Else

McCain Claims Credit for "Improving" the Webb-Hagel Pro-Vet GI Bill?

Tense Georgian President Chews His Tie (BBC)

Ironies Abound: Catholic League Wants Two Blogs Banned from Dem Convention

The Integrity of St. McCain (With Special Reference to the "Cross in the Dirt" Story)

A God-Botherer's Thoughts on the Saddleback "Holier Than Thou" Forum, Its Implications, & The First Amendment

Right wingers, righteously Dissed

Major Progress on Stem-Cell Research

Quit Making the Dogs Dance and Just Announce the Running Mate

(Aug 18)

Maureen Dowd, Stop Making Sense, Sort Of!: Dowd on the Georgia Conflict

Warning Flags: Joe Biden as Obama's Running Mate?

Democrats Go Soft on Off-Shore Oil Drilling, Sending Logic on an Extended Vacation

New York Times: Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?

Russia Treats South Ossetia as Non-Georgian Territory; NATO Membership for Georgia; the Ukraine Worries (Not Without Cause); W Takes a Vacation

Did McCain Violate the "Cone of Silence"? Most Americans Don't Care -- and Neither Should our Media (Correction)

How Reality Vindicated Doleful "Permabear" NYU Economics Prof

Meanwhile: Who's Policing the Police?

(Aug 17)

The "Holier Than Thou" Rick Warren Debate/Forum

Russia-Georgia Conflict: Cease Fire Agreement Reached (Update: and Key Bridge is Blown up)

New Evidence re: Sen. Stevens Indictment

Obama Disses Gen. Wes Clark?

Aug 10- Aug 16, 2008

(Aug 16)

Obama's So-Call "Cave" Shows Courage, Confidence, & Respect for Hillary's Supporters

Hope for a New Species or Giant Hoax? Men Claim to Have Recovered the Body of Sasquatch

Pastor Rebukes McCain for Beauty Contest Remarks in Sturgis

CNN Inquires: "[IS] OBAMA THE ANTICHRIST?"

Georgian Conflict: Leaders Show Increasing Anger, Russia Digs in, Civilians Suffer (A News Round-Up)

McCain: Georgia conflict is the ‘first serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War.’ (With Blogger Round Up)

(Aug 15)

The Daily Show on Russia v. Georgia McCain & Georgia

The "Maverick No More" Ad & "The Original"--Two Pretty Awesome Ads

Obama Has an AWESOME Tax Plan! (If, um, Goolsbee & Furman Do Say So Themselves)

Republicans Who Have No Respect for [Intellectual] Property Rights

Chinese Games: Losing Face (with Jon Stewart video)

Conflict Over Separatist Enclaves Continues Amid Claims of Atrocities Against Ethnic Georgians

(Aug 14)

A "Turning Point" in the Georgian Conflict?

Many Big Corporations Don't Pay Taxes -- Including Some Federal Contractors

Conyers Comments on Mukasey's Unwillingness to Prosecute

Gunman Killed After Murdering Arkansas Democratic Party Chair

(Aug 13)

Georgian President to McCain: "A Man of Words but Not of Deeds is Like a Garden Full of Weeds" and Impending Responses by US & Others

Iraq Detainees Held in Small Crates

Federal Judge Says UC Can Deny Course Credit to Certain Applicants

"The Idea that There is a Ceasefire is Ridiculous" (Updated)

Irony Alert: Bush Lecturing Putin

Russians Continuing to Push Into Georgia?

Georgia's Ethnic Cleansing Lawsuit Against Russia & Troubling Questions About Georgia's Attack on South Ossetia

Maureen Dowd Talks out of her ... Ear Again

(Aug 12)

Mukasey Says No Evidence of Crimes by Justice Employees

Conventional experience

Contractors Cost Billions in Iraq -- But there's More

House Committee to Investigate Forged Evidence re: Iraq

Do our Media Understand the Russia-Georgia Conflict?

Hillary Campaign Emails: Dems Shoot at Their Own Feet Again

(Aug 11)

Wolfson: But for Edwards, Hillary Would Have Won

Cokie Roberts Thinks Obama Should Have Gone to Myrtle Beach

More on the Russo-Georgian Conflict (Opinion Round-Up)

Pro-Choice Voters Should Take A Look at McCain's Record on Reproductive Rights

(Aug 10)

Iraqi Officials Want Timeline for U.S. Troop Withdrawal

Admiral Fallon Discusses US foreign policy on BBC's Newsnight

Florida Public Service Commissioners Stand up for the Public

FBI "Improperly Obtained" Journalists' Phone Records?

Sudan Ignores its Starving Masses

Aug 3 - Aug 9, 2008

(Aug 9)

WSJ Market Watch: McCain Would be A Mediocre President

Georgia Declares Itself to be in a State of War Against Russia; Conflict Expands

McCain: Disingenuous or Oblivious?

Lieberman Being Vetted by McCain as VP?

Does A New McCain Ad Imply that Obama is Antichrist?

Two Significant Defeats in Tennessee Congressional Races

It's the Hypocrisy, Stupid (Part 7): The John Edwards Scandal

(Aug 8)

Accountability Now PAC Ready to Drop Money Bomb

Success in Iraq by Arming "Enemies"?

Why Alan Grayson is The Congressional Candidate for Florida's Dist. 8

White House Targeted in Fired U.S. Attorney Probe?

Justice Department Politicization: Conyers Demands RNC Docs re: Siegelman

Pelosi's Book Has a Bad First Week

Oil Money in the Presidential Campaigns

(Aug 7)

Who Banned Offshore Drilling? "His Presidency Seems So Cute Now"

Obama Criticizes Tinker's Ad

The Hamdan Sentence

The Hamdan Conviction: Bad Procedure

Presidential Campaigns and Oil Money

How Would an Obama Presidency Affect African-Americans?

Satire: Should Right Wing Women Blog?

(Aug 6)

Tainted Campaign Cash: That's Why We Need Campaign Finance Reform

Gas Price Watch: Wiggle Room in Pricing?

(Aug 5)

Pelosi's Shifting Rationales for Blocking Impeachment of Bush

KBR Bans the Use of Cell Phones by Employees Just Because They Can?

Republicans Suddenly Aching to Save Us for the Consequences of Bush/GOP Lack-of-Energy Policy; White House Refuses to Call a Special Session of Congress

Obama's Speech and New Energy Plan Receives Praise (Stance on Drilling and All)

McCain Gets a Little Reward from Oil Company Executives & Employees (?)

Harry Shearer: "Addicted to Oil"

(Aug 4)

Pelosi Stands Firm Against Offshore Drilling

Second Wave of Mortgage Foreclosures to be Even Bigger?

Why Alan Grayson is The Congressional Candidate for Florida's Dist. 8

Obama Wants to Restore Florida's and Michigan's Votes, NY Times Fails to Grasp the Situation Again

(Aug 3)