Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

Where I tell Glenn Beck He Can Suck It

By Karoli April 4, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iraq No Comments

Glenn Beck thinks we should be grateful for Big Oil, that we’re unfairly demonizing “Big Oil” in the American quest to unearth and punish villains. Congress has picked “Big Oil”…

Ashcroft- We all make mistakes like that

By Karoli April 4, 2008 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy No Comments

A red-faced former Attorney General John Ashcroft ‘slips’ and refers to Sen. Barack Obama as “Osama” while on a tirade about how valuable and necessary the Patriot Act is to…

Double Standards

By Karoli April 3, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

McClatchy reports: A Texas oilman who’s accused of defrauding the Nigerian government by illegally pumping and exporting 10 million barrels of oil is a major fundraiser for Hillary Clinton’s presidential…

Delegate Voodoo: Credentials, Dates and Magic Math

By Karoli April 3, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Recently Howard Dean expressed confidence that the Democratic nominee would be known by July 1st. There is a significance to that date that has gone unreported. July 1st matters because…

Things that scare the hell out of me

By Karoli April 3, 2008 Election 2008, Iraq No Comments

Being watched by the likes of the Bush Administration: Intelligence centers run by states across the country have access to personal information about millions of Americans, including unlisted cellphone numbers,…

Those 3AM Ads

By Karoli April 3, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

According to John McCain and Hillary Clinton, the newest 3AM alarm will sound over the economy. Note to John McCain: That alarm has sounded and it was actually at about…