Is this America?
Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
My Thoughts Recent Events
Here’s how I see it.. My thoughts on the topics we’re being forced to think about (and on some topics we actually should).
Hell, Frozen Over: Ted Olson Suing to Overturn Prop 8.
George Bush’s Solicitor General, Theodore Olson, is suing the State of California in Federal Court to overturn Proposition 8. …I have no words…
Sonia Sotomayor
Obama’s pick to replace Justice Souter is Sonia Sotomayor. From what I can read, it’s a good pick. The conservatives, of course, are already screaming and beating on the bars of their cages.
AMC Calls Robert Gibbs Bluff
I’m guessing that fear of the Rachel Maddow / Anna Marie Cox double whammy keeps poor Robert Gibbs up all night.
White House Spokesman Lies About DADT
Air America reporter Ana Marie Cox asked White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs “Is their [Choi, Fehrenbach] dismissal a part of his national security strategy, or is their dismissal itself a threat to national security?” Gibbs reply was a blatant fabrication.
Yet another hero falls victim to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
First Lt. Dan Choi, now Lt. Colonel Victor Fehrenbach. God only knows how many other gay soldiers have been booted out of our armed forces, unremarked, between these two. Apparently we’re supposed to believe that firing 18-year veterans with millions of dollars in training is going to help keep our armed forces ready to defend us..
Savage (and I) on Obama – He gets an F.
Dan Savage said what I’m feeling better than I could have: Obama gets an F. Give it a listen.
