Author: BarbinMD

Mr. Bush, Tear Down This Wall

Or at least tell the truth.  George W. Bush often says that, “I say what I mean and mean what I say.”  Last week he said: Over the past five years, people across the Middle East have bravely defied the car...

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Bush Says We Just Don’t Understand

After yesterday’s Federal Court ruling that declared George W. Bush’s illegal domestic spy program unconstitutional, the reaction from the right was immediate and predictable: She was appointed by Jimmy Carter. And...

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Attention White House Press Corps

During yesterday’s White House press briefing, Tony Snow was being pressed about the White House’s refusal to endorse the Republican candidate in the Connecticut Senate race: Q: You don’t find that a little...

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Military Families React To Extended Tours

Last month when Donald Rumsfeld announced that tours of duty for some U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq would be extended, he blithely said that: …folks are so proud of what they’re doing and so convinced what...

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The NY Times: Helping The White House Spin

Promoted by Steven D Iraq is in the midst of a Civil War.  I know it, you know and the 6000 Iraqi civilians who have been shot, tortured or blown up in the past couple of months probably knew it too.  It seems that the...

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