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 D

Chicago Voter Database Hacked
By Jake Tappper and Rebecca Abrahams
ABC News
© October 23, 2006

Civic Group Claims It Could Have Tampered With Voter Roles

Army Times to Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation
CNN.com
© November 3, 2006

Blair's 'Iraq Disaster' Interview Provokes Storm
CNN.com
© November 18, 2006

The Defense Secretary We Have
By William Kristol
The Washington Post
© December 15, 2004
Page A33

"As you know, you go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time."

-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, in a town hall meeting with soldiers at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, Dec. 8.

The 'Obfuscation Agenda' - The Letter to ExxonMobil.
By John D. Rockefeller IV And Olympia Snowe
Opinion Journal from The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page
© December 4, 2006

Editor's note: This is the text of a letter Sens. Rockefeller (D., W.Va.) and Snowe (R., Maine) sent to ExxonMobil's CEO. A related editorial appears here.

Army Chief Tells Bush: There's Not Enough Money for Iraq War
By Suzanne Goldenberg and Richard Norton-Taylor
The Guardian
© September 26, 2006

'Bungling' Rumsfeld must go, say retired officers

British troops kill al-Qaida leader in Basra shootout

Torture Bill States Non-Allegiance To Bush Is Terrorism
By Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
Information Liberation
© 2006

Legislation tolls the bell for the day America died, birth of the dictatorship

Documents Disclose 'Shadow Government'
Information Liberation
© 2006

Indicate U.S. far advanced in constructing bureaucracy united with Mexico, Canada

U.S. Holds AP Photographer in Iraq 5 Mos
By Robert Tanner
Associated Press
© September 17, 2006

Rumsfeld Unveils New Justification For Iraq War: High Gas Prices
Think Progress
© September 17, 2006

Rumsfeld likens Venezuela’s Chavez to Hitler
The Associated Press
© February 3, 2006

Defense chief expresses concern at ‘populist leadership’ in Latin America

Leaked Intelligence Report Rocks Bush Election Stance
Agence France-Presse
© September 24, 2006

Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat
By Mark Mazzetti
The New York Times
© September 24, 2006

Iran Could Cut West's Oil Supplies in Event of War, Warns American Chief in Gulf
By Alec Russell in Washington
Telegraph Group Limited
© September 21, 2006

Fidel Castro Fades Out. Tropical Taliban Next?
By Bernd Debusmann, Special Correspondent
Reuters
© September 17, 2006

Bush Confesses to War Crimes
By Nicolas J S Davies
Online Journal
© September 11, 2006

Senate Finds No al-Qaida-Saddam Link
By Jim Abrams
Associated Press
© September 9, 2006

Bush Admits the CIA Runs Secret Prisons
By Deb Riechmann
Associated Press
© September 6, 2006

Guantanamo Now Holds Top Terror Suspects
By Ben Fox
Associated Press
© September 6, 2006

Unstuffing the Ballot Box
By David Brauer
Utne
© July / August 2006

Pages 62-65

The right is working to change voting rules. Advocates and ordinary citizens are pushing back.

US journalists go easy on Bush
By Ray Hanania
http://www.ynetnews.com/
© September 3, 2006

President's 'Islamo-fascists' remark deserves closer scrutiny

Heroes in Error
By Jack Fairweather
Mother Jones
© March/April 2006

How a fake general, a pliant media, and a master manipulator helped lead the United States into war.

Government tested AIDS drugs on foster kids
By John Solomon
MSNBC
© May 4, 2005

Children not provided with basic legal protection, review finds

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