Author: BarbinMD

No To A Filibuster, Yes To Poison

We’re the reality-based community, so it’s time to get real…there will be no filibuster.  Ain’t.  Gonna.  Happen. I know it, you know it, Bush, Cheney and every psychopathic rightwinger who...

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The So-Called Compromise

Some pretty words from the mavericks, the dissidents, the men of conscience of the Republican Party before they reached a “compromise” on the torture and trials of detainees: No matter what the political impact is,...

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Dissecting Bush’s UN Address

A rare event in the presidency of George W. Bush occurred yesterday…he spoke in front of a hostile audience. In his address before the General Assembly of the United Nations, Bush’s mission was to convince that...

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Powell & The WAPost: No Self-Respect

Mostly quiet since making the administration’s bogus case for war at the United Nations more than three years ago, Colin Powell made headlines this week when he wrote a letter, decrying Bush’s attempt to rewrite the...

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