Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

FISA: Democrats Capitulate to the GOP – Where’s Obama?

By Karoli June 20, 2008 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

Silent, that’s where. On a day where he announces (wisely) that he will decline public funding, the Democrats in Congress bow backwards to the GOP and say ‘put it right…

ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron et al Claim Victors’ Spoils

By Karoli June 19, 2008 Bush Administration, Election 2008, Foreign Policy, Iraq No Comments

The horsemen of the apocalypse are on the hunt. Here’s the latest news on the pale horses of death: ExxonMobil, Total, Chevron, Shell, et al who have been given preferential…

Iranians Speaking for Peace

By Karoli June 16, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran No Comments

The people in this video are just like the Iranian people I know who live here in California. Hard-working, successful, achieving peaceful people. People who were given an opportunity to…

It Could Cost Us a City

By Karoli June 15, 2008 Bush Administration No Comments

Newt Gingrich waxes hysterical about the recent decision (PDF) of the U.S. Supreme Court to restore habeas corpus to the Guantanamo prisoners, saying: : Mr. GINGRICH: On the other hand,…

iPeachment ’08 – Impeachment for the 21st Century

By Karoli June 10, 2008 Bush Administration No Comments

Yes, it took Dennis Kucinich 5 or so hours to read the litany of Bush crimes into the Congressional record yesterday but really, is that so bad? Evidently so, since…

“Radical” Isn’t As Scary as Hannity Is

By Karoli June 6, 2008 Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Election 2008, Uncategorized No Comments

Andy Ostroy is all het up over the right wing framing of Barack Obama as a “radical”. Radical, defined: of, relating to, or constituting a political group associated with views,…