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My New Year's Resolutions

Ellis Weiner | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hewitt, Hannity, Cheney, Yoo, New Years Resolutions, Limbaugh, Addington, Beck, Bush, Colmes, Maddow, Praeger, Politics News

That David Addington and John Yoo be kidnapped and water-boarded for video distribution on YouTube, and then released unharmed. Still dripping wet.

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A New Year and a New Environment

Michael DeJong | Posted 12.28.2008 | Green

Read More: George Bush, Low-Flow Showerheads, Car Pool, Falwell, Fuel-Efficient, Faucet Aerators, Big Tent, Cheney, Bureau of Land Management, Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Auld Lang Syne, Legacy, Endangered Species Act, Resolutions, Patriotic, Recycling, The Decider, Compassionate Conservatism, New Year’s Eve, Tap Water, Public Transportation, Environment, Rove, Junior, New Year's Commentary, Green News

Little measures -- recycling, driving a most fuel-efficient car, walking, biking or using public transit, and installing low-flow shower heads -- can make a huge difference.

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A New American Boxing Day Tradition

Justin Callaway | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vacation, Pardon, Foreclosure, Cheney, Saturnalia, Legislative Role-Reversal, Preemptive Pardon, Federal Health Benefits, Boxing Day, Housing Crisis, Bush, Toussie, Plutocracy, Politics News

A proposal: members of Congress must find a family in the "final throes" of foreclosure within their electoral base and switch places with them for the remainder of their luxuriously long winter vacations.

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Outrage Over Blagojevich? Really?

Aram Khayatpour | Posted 12.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Indictment, Blagojevich Indictment, Rod Blagojevich, Cheney, Torture, Bush, Outrage, Blagojevich Scandal, Blagojevich Corruption, Media News

Alright, what he did was bad. But why is there all this concern over little old Rod Blagojevich while Bush, Cheney, and his cronies still sit in the White House, untouched?

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Kenneth Coles & Grassy Knolls: The Sole Assasination of a Bush Legacy

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 12.23.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: George Bush, Shoes Thrown at Bush, George Bush Legacy, Cheney, Man Throws Shoes at Bush, Denzel Washington, Bush Shoe Throw, George Bush Shoe Throw, Training Day, Throwing Shoes, Entertainment News

Though President Bush adroitly ducked the projectile shoe, his legacy was most assuredly assassinated by a pair of oxfords.

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Dick Cheney: Unplugged and Unglued

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Dictatorship, Constitution, Bush, Cheney, Imperial Presidency, Politics News

During a Fox News segment, Cheney calmly claimed that the president is not bound by law during times of war. Allow that thought to sink in for a moment before continuing your day.

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The Deep Hypocrisy of Republican Rule

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Hypocrisy, Gonzales, Criminality, Republicans, DOJ Corruption, Brownie, Cheney, Bush, Goodling, Politics News

Standing before the American Enterprise Institute, Bush made another embarrassing attempt to shore up his failed legacy, pleading futilely that he is not the 21st century's Herbert Hoover.

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Dick Cheney, Interior Decorator

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Vice President, Attorneys General, Wiretapping, Habeas Corpus, Doj, Torture, Bush, Cheney, Politics News

It was, perhaps, a dark and rainy day. Through a clearing in the forest the King's horsemen came upon the menacing silhouette of a distant medieval f...

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Bush Says "So What?" Cheney Says "So?"

Chris Durang | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Thown Shoes, Torture, Cheney, Bush, Bush So What, Warwire, Bush Administration Torture Legalizing, Bush Administration Torture, Politics News

Will we ignore the significant wrong-doing done in this administration? Will we end up with our own "So what?" and "So?" There must be accountability.

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Cheney Taunts Bush, Pardon Me or Else

David Latt | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

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With his ABC interview, Dick Cheney put a smoking gun on the table. He admitted that he, along with other top administration officials, personally approved the CIA's waterboarding of prisoners.

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Cheney: Obama Will "Appreciate" Our Expansion Of Power

Politico/Reuters | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

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In an interview with Rush Limbaugh (via Politico), Vice President Dick Cheney predicted that the next president will appreciate the way he and George ...

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Friday Talking Points [58] -- [Expletive Deleted] Blagojevich

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Nance Gardner, Expletive, Expletive Deleted, Abuse, Feinstein, Guantanamo, Donald Rumsfeld, Rumsfeld, Mccain, Bowdlerize, Bailout, Condoleezza Rice, National Security, Midotw, Profanity, Spit, Big Three, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Levin, Carl Levin, Detroit, Sam Donaldson, Barack Obama, George Washington, Mddotw, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, World War II, Nixon, Piss, Senate, Auto Industry, Teddy Roosevelt, Cheney, Obama, Vitter, Blago, Bush, Euphemism, Bleep, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Andrew Malcolm, Big 3, John McCain, Go Fuck Yourself, Manufacturing, 2008 Election, Detainee, Warm Bucket of Spit, Prisoner, Gonzales, Go Cheney Yourself, Chris Weigant, Abu Graib, Leahy, Four Letter Word, Warm Bucket of Piss, Ass Backward, Torture, Vonnegut, Anglo-Saxon, Blaggy, Blag, Fitzgerald, Ashcroft, Politics News

The history of profanity in American political discourse is an untold story out there just waiting for someone to research and write about -- although...

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Reading The Pictures: Cheney Holiday Card Says "Already Outta Here!"

Michael Shaw | Posted 12.09.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Politics, Laura Bush, Naval Observatory, Washington, End Game, Cheney, 2008 Holiday Card, News, Washington Monument, Christmas Cards, Holiday Cards, Dick Cheney, Bush, Media News

Well, the Cheney's final holiday card is now available and it makes for an interesting comparison to George and Laura's.

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Grateful for Clean Air This Thanksgiving? Help Save It!

Christine Pelosi | Posted 11.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa, Al Gore, Clear Skies, Rulemaking, Global Warming, Cheney, Bush, Energy, Green Living, Green Energy, Green News

As you give thanks for clean air this Thanksgiving, take a quick minute to help keep it that way.

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David Addington Disguises Himself As Turkey In Attempt To Get Bush Pardon

Jerry and Joe Long | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Thanksgiving, David Addington, Torture, Cheney, Bush, Politics News

Addington apparently intended to use the pardon to enable him to travel abroad after January 20th without being arrested for war crimes.

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Cheney, Gonzales Trial Prosecutor Yells At Judge

AP | CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Cheney Indicted, Alberto Gonzales, Dick Cheney, Cheney, Politics News

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — A county prosecutor who brought indictments this week against Vice President Dick Cheney and others pounded his fist and s...

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Passing the Torch

Jeff Danziger | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, Transition, Cheney, Bush, Politics News

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Reading The Pictures: Obama's Art Of War

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.19.2008 | Media

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Now that the Obama era is underway, consider this the first illustration (and casualty) of the new art of war.

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What Barack Obama Should Learn From Dick Cheney

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics

Obama should look to Cheney to understand how a pro -- even one who so damaged the interests of the nation -- managed power and purpose in government.

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President Elect Obama: Denounce and Renounce

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, David Addington, Detention, Barack Obama, Rendition, Torture, Cheney, President Elect Obama, Politics News

This question needs to be asked of the president-elect: do you plan to denounce and renounce these extra-Constitutional ways of doing business, and the illegal policies that resulted, before you take office?

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The Top 5 Body-Language Moments Of Election Day (PHOTOS)

Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks | Posted 11.05.2008 | Living

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5. The Exploding Veep The first big dose of revelatory body language came for us the morning of Election Day, when we finally saw the tape of Dick Che...

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The Bush Years' Single Accomplishment: Exxon Mobil's Staggering Record Profit

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Dept of Energy, Wall Street, Saudi Arabia, Exxonmobil, Cheney, Oil, Strategic Petroleum Reseve, Oil-Patch, Dept of Interior, King Fahd, Opec, Business News

In breathtaking example of the manner in which oil has corrupted the Bush administration we have prima facie evidence of the perverted priorities of the last eight years.

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Internet Advocacy Roundup: Golden Pledge Campaign to Protect Social Security

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, Golden Pledge, Wall Street Crisis, IAmProgress.Org, Wall Street, Center for American Progress Action Fund, I Am Progress, Wonk Room, Cheney, Privatization, Financial Crisis, Think Progress, Bush, Politics News

Some conservatives still want to gamble our Social Security in the stock market.

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John McCain's Strong Suit Is Not National Security

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nelson Mandela, John McCain, National Security, Terrorism, Cheney, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Oil, Obama, Politics News

Americans are mistaken if they think they will be safer with John McCain.

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Friday Talking Points [50] -- Can I Call You Joe?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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I refuse to get too wrapped up in the question of who "won" the debate. In general, unless one candidate obviously self-destructs, this question is answered subjectively and personally. That's not to say I didn't think Biden did better. I did.

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