Every barrel of oil taken out of our planet has a cost associated with its extraction. This cost-per-barrel varies for different oil fields and also varies over time for a given oil field, which means some barrels are costlier to extract than others. When the market price for a given…
There was no mistake, no inadvertence, no miscue, no stumbling about it. Bush and his cronies lied. And thousands of American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died because of those lies. It is truly shameful and incredible that George W. Bush still occupies the White House and is…
In his earlier post, Erich pointed out the justifiable contempt we should all have for guys like McClellan & Powell, who repeatedly lied to the American people about the Iraq threat and helped lead our nation into an unnecessary and horribly costly invasion. However, I believe McClellan's revelations expose a…
Scott McClellan was the White House Press Secretary from 2003-2006. He has now published a new book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception, a book indicating that the Bush Administration was filled with corrupt and dishonest sons of bitches. Nice try, Scott, but it's…
Senator Jim Webb appears to be a thoughtful man with a plan. He's getting a lot of press these days as Barack Obama's possible choice for Vice-President. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WADpHbzRq88&eurl=http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/05/22/veepstakes-webb-for-ambassador-to-appalachia.aspx[/youtube]