The Scum at the Top

Commentary on the Rats in Washington

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy"
-Obiwan Kenobi

Washington Scum - Part A

Does Anyone Care About Workers?
The St. Paul Union Advocate
© January 15-28, 2004
Page 4

For 2nd straight year, economy loses jobs

Are we safer since Saddam's fall? Not as long as al-Qaida lurks
By Joseph L. Galloway
Pioneer Press
© Sunday, January 18, 2004
Page 26A

Have we permitted ourselves to become bogged down in Iraq, in what at best is a sideshow in the global war on terrorism, while diverting precious manpower and resources away from the real objective?

Thanks to Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq is still America's to lose
By Joseph L. Galloway
Pioneer Press
© Sunday, December 21, 2003

Cheney blocks talks with N. Korea
By Warren P. Strobel
Pioneer Press
© Saturday, December 20, 2003
Page 2A

'We don't negotiate with evil,' he says

Dissent in the Bunker
By John Barry and Evan Thomas
Newsweek
© December 15, 2003
Page 36

Newt Gingrich, a quiet Rumsfeld confidant, thinks the U.S. went ‘off a cliff’ in Iraq. A NEWSWEEK exclusive 'Americans can't win in Iraq," says Gingrich. 'Only Iraqis can win in Iraq.'

Conservatism, Um, Evolving
By George F. Will
Newsweek
© December 8, 2003
Page 110

Congressional Republicans must assume they will never be in the minority and vulnerable to payback. They are mistaken.

Saddam and the bomb / More evidence he wasn't trying for one
StarTribune
© August 12, 2003

Big spenders: Bush & Co. remortgage nation
StarTribune
© November 29, 2003
Page A24

A New Kind Of Poverty
By Anna Quindlen
Newsweek
© December 1, 2003
Page 76

America is a country that now sits atop the precarious latticework of myth. It is the myth that working people can support their families

Cheney’s Long Path to War
By Mark Hosenball, Michael Isikoff and Evan Thomas
Newsweek
© November 17, 2003
Pages 34 - 40

The Hard Sell: He sifted intel. He brooded about threats. And he wanted Saddam gone. The inside story of how Vice President Cheney bought into shady assumptions and helped persuade a nation to invade Iraq

The $87 Billion Money Pit
By Rod Nordland and Michael Hirsh
Newsweek
© November 3, 2003
Pages 26 - 38

It’s the boldest reconstruction project since the Marshall Plan. And we cannot afford to fail. But where are the billions really going?

Slime and Defend
By Paul Krugman
The New York Times
© October 3, 2003

As Josh Marshall says, even "If Wilson were a rabid political attack dog," it would not "change the seriousness of blowing his wife's cover at the CIA to get back at him." Somebody in Bush's White House has endangered the lives of CIA agents and violated our national security by exposing Valerie Plame as a covert operative. Bush knew this eleven weeks ago, but did nothing as long as the cowed Washington press corps didn't go after him. Now that they are, Bush is failing to take action to identify the leaker and bring him to justice, and allowing his Republican apparatchiks to slime Joseph Wilson to make the scandal go away.

Exploiting the Atrocity
By Paul Krugman
The New York Times
© September 12, 2003

So far, one of the most important legacies of 9/11 (except of course for 3000 deaths during the tragedy itself and the anguish of the families) has been the repulsive way in which the Bush administration has exploited it: as an excuse for the war in Iraq, to label Bush's critics as unpatriotic, to deflect criticism for Bush's mishandling of the economy and federal budget, and more.

Bush is Losing Support on the Right
By Bob von Sternberg
StarTribune
page 1
© September 20, 2003

The criticisms of President Bush aren't surprising: He's bungling the war in Iraq; his budget deficits are disastrous; he's trampling civil liberties; his spending plans are misguided.

9/11 First Interim Report (PDF)
9/11 Commission
© July 8, 2003

Passing It Along
By Paul Krugman
The New York Times
© July 18, 2003

‘Let Them Eat Cake’ Economics
By Jonathan Alter
Newsweek
page 36
© July 28, 2003

Bush is a regular guy who doesn’t care a whole lot about regular people. The first is a political asset. The second is his greatest vulnerability.

Bush & Cheney: Multimillion-Dollar Men
CBSnews.com
© May 16, 2003

Greenpeace Responds to Christine Todd Whitman's Resignation
By Greenpeace
© May 21, 2003

Corporate Tax Payments Near Record Low This Year (PDF)
Citizens for Tax Justice
© March 15, 2002

The Bottom Line: Bogus
The Last Word
By Anna Quindlen
Newsweek
© June 30, 2003

For most ordinary people, the tax-cut benefits amount to less than zero.
What the Feds give, state and local governments will take away.

Missing Weapons Of Mass Destruction:
Is Lying About The Reason For War An Impeachable Offense?
By John W. Dean
FindLaw.com
© Friday, June 6, 2003

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