Author Archives: Jim Vogas

Top neocon urged Bush to bomb Iran at private White House meeting – Norman Podhoretz, who is among a dwindling class of aggressive defenders of President Bush’s Iraq invasion, argued the United States needed to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities during … Continue reading →

Republicans Swapped Principle for Power – In former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan’s new book, “The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World,” Greenspan wrote that Bush essentially left an unbridled GOP Congress to spend money however it saw … Continue reading →

Intel Czar Claim That New Surveillance Law Foiled Terror Plot is False – Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell has withdrawn his claim that Congress’s recent authorization of expanded electronic surveillance had helped foil a terror plot in Germany. McConnell … Continue reading →

Joe Barton’s Bad Deeds – There’s a battle shaping up over the Energy Independence Bill that Congress hopes to pass this fall and it’s not just Dems vs Repubs. The House version, HR 3221 is due to be voted on … Continue reading →

Former Justice Department Official and U.S. Attorney Admits There Was a Republican Loyalty Test For Prospective Prosecutors – In written answers to questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, Bradley Schlozman, the former Justice Department official and U.S. attorney who’s been … Continue reading →

California Republican Party Passes Resolution Endorsing the Dirty Tricks Initiative to Steal the 2008 Presidential Election – The measure, if passed, would dictate that California divide up its electoral college votes by congressional district — resulting in the Republican theft … Continue reading →

Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of how their brains work. Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be more structured and persistent in their judgments … Continue reading →

Bush Knew Saddam Had No Weapons of Mass Destruction – Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence, and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq. Cheney’s Lawyer Tried to Expand Executive Power – Vice President … Continue reading →

Cheney Aide Said, ‘We’re one bomb away from getting rid of that obnoxious [FISA] court’ – President Bush worried that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) could halt wiretaps of terrorists’ international calls and held little respect for courts or … Continue reading →

More Untruths from Republican Presidential Candidates – Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney falsely claimed U.S. job growth had been nearly 17 times faster than Europe’s. Actually, European Union employment grew faster than that of the U.S. last year. Former New … Continue reading →