Category Archives: Bad Deeds

Bush Asked for Weaker Smog Standard – The Environmental Protection Agency agreed to weaken an important part of its new smog requirements after being told at the last minute that President Bush preferred a less stringent approach, according to government … Continue reading →

US Buries Pentagon Study Showing No Link Between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda – The US administration appeared to bury the release of a detailed Pentagon study confirms there was no direct link between late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and the … Continue reading →

Four Consecutive Years of Privacy Breaches by FBI – A long-anticipated audit, to be released Thursday, is expected to show a fourth consecutive year of privacy breaches by FBI agents using so-called national security letters to gain access to telephone, … Continue reading →

Republican Sally Kern Says Gays Are a Bigger Threat Than Terrorism or Islam – Republican State Representative Sally Kern of Oklahoma says gays are a bigger threat than terrorism or Islam. (Way to go; insult gays and a religion in … Continue reading →

Officials Monitor Thousands of Letters Without Warrants – The US postal service approves more than 10,000 requests from US law enforcement each year to record names, addresses and other information from the outside of packages every year, according to information … Continue reading →

Two 9/11 Hijackers Lived With Saudi Aviation Contractor in San Diego, in Contradiction with 9/11 Commission Report – Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar allegedly hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 and crashed it into the Pentagon. According to the 9/11 Commission … Continue reading →

I keep hearing that the “surge” is succeeding. Really? There are still 600 attacks from insurgents every month. Those attacks kill 1000 Iraqis and 70 or more US soldiers every month. This must be a definition of success with which … Continue reading →

John McCain Want to “Cut and Run” from public campaign finance. McCain used the promise of public funds as collateral to help secure a private loan. Once a candidate uses actual public funds in this manner, they have used those … Continue reading →

Earmarks Forced on the Military – So far this year, members of Congress have appropriated 12,881 earmarks for “pet projects,” some to be conducted by campaign contributors, which would cost taxpayers over $18 billion. If you look at a Department … Continue reading →

Karl Rove Pushed for Dirt on Alabama’s Governor – A former Republican campaign worker claims that President Bush’s former top political adviser, Karl Rove, asked her to find evidence that the Democratic governor of Alabama at the time was cheating … Continue reading →