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…

The Cease-Fire Is Over

By Karoli March 26, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq No Comments

According to VetVoice, the cease-fire is over, and violence is on the rise. Total Military Deaths in Iraq: 4,001 and counting. Unfortunately, with the end of the cease-fire, this number…

Righting Wrongs on Iraq

By Karoli March 25, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq No Comments

There’s a lot of breast-beating in the blogosphere this past week about how many were wrong about the war in Iraq, and why. I especially appreciated John Cole’s candid and…

Cheney: Lookin’ for Love in all the Wrong Places

By Karoli March 25, 2008 Bush Administration No Comments

Cheney on ABC News Last week Cheney made headlines when asked about recent polls that show about two-thirds of Americans say the fight in Iraq is not worth it. “So?”…

In Memoriam

By Karoli March 25, 2008 Bush Administration, Iraq No Comments

A mosaic of 4,000 dead in the Iraq War, by Nico Pitney But Vice President Cheney, in a moment of immoral terpitude, reminds us that they volunteered. As if that…