When To Stop Blaming Bush?
Short Answer: A long time from now.
I was thinking about just this topic this week given all of the acrimony about the Afghan war and various other topics. When do we draw the line between what W did wrong and did not do properly and where we start taking responsibility? Apparently, good ol’ Jack Cafferty [...]
Conscience Rule On My Mind and Soon To Be Off the Table
Remember back in December when George W. Bush left us that little parting gift inaptly called the “Conscience Rule?” Remember how he just dropped that like a turd in the toilet of a house on the day of closing without flushing or even spraying? Remember that? Yeah, I do, too.
So guess what? Obama’s set to [...]
Changing Direction: Life After Inauguration
This is a guest blog from fellow progressive and general activist for all that is good and just in this world, Marilyn Jean. Marilyn is an occasional blogger. constant activist. provocative party planner. Here Marilyn explains that how we act after Obama’s Inauguration is our next big challenge.
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The garbage that blew across the mall moved [...]
Blogging for Choice: Roe at 36 is Fabulous, Ready and Relevant
Today is the 36th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade which recognized the right to privacy inherent in the Constitution and allowed for women to truly engage in reproductive choice. Every year I mark the occasion by thinking about the many women who suffered and died in the dark days [...]
Changing Teams: One Woman’s Hope from Obama’s Inauguration
This is a guest blog from my very good friend Christina Abby. Christina is a single mother who, as you will read, used to self-identify as a Republican. In November she voted for Obama and here she explains why.
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So I am going to start just by saying that I am nervous about this whole [...]
A Very Political Woman’s Ten Biggest Political Stories of 2008
10. Sheriff Spitzer Caught Red Handed
Who could forget the look on this guy’s face as he admitted to sleeping with a very expensive sex worker? The so-called “Sheriff of Wall Street,” couldn’t hide it any longer and the scandal led to him stepping down as Governor of the great State of New York. I guess [...]
Bush Plays Grinch To American Women–The New “Conscience” Regulations
Yesterday, the Bush Administration gave a parting gift to all women in America, the same way it brought the welcome wagon right after his innauguration. Sorry ladies, pharmacists will control your medical decisions from now on.
The Bush Administration approved sweeping measures yesterday which allow health care professionals to claim “conscience” when it comes to reproductive [...]
About time: The Auto Bailout Begins
This morning, President Bush made a snowy Detroit much more at ease with the holiday season. Bush announced a plan to immediately loan the Big 3 $13.4 billion with an additional $4 billion available later. There is a catch, though:
The loans are designed to stabilize the two automakers through March 2009, at which time they [...]
Where Is The Bailout, Bush?
For a state that’s teetering on the edge of disaster, waiting on news like this is enough to send people into panic mode. People aren’t rioting in the streets or raiding local grocery stores (yet), but there’s a palpable tension in the air. It’s as everything hinges on the Bush White House and we all [...]
A Brilliant Throw of the Shoe
A tip of the AVPW cap goes to Muntadhar al-Zaidi, a television journalist in Iraq who took out his frustrations on George W. Bush by throwing his shoes at him. That’s right, folks….his shoes. Mr. al-Zaidi was not happy with W’s war mongering in Iraq:
Al-Zaidi whipped off his shoes and flung them at Bush during [...]
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