Bush Administration

It's Official: A Recession (Really?)

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.03.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Economic Slowdown, Treasury Department, Hank Paulson, Tim Geithner, Bush Administration, Economy, George W. Bush, Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve, Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, National Bureau of Economic Research, Barack Obama, Recession, Political Commentary, Political Satire, Business News
Rick Horowitz

Teams of experts comb through every wince and spasm, coast to coast. You may think you're hurting--you may be convinced--but until you hear it from the folks here, it's only speculation.

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Clinton Veterans Return After Eight Years: Old Offices "Unrecognizable"

NY Times | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Obama Bill Clinton, Obama Clinton, President Obama, George Bush, Obama Transition, Obama Clinton Staff, Clinton Administration, Politics News

For the first time since they threw their old, boxy pagers over the White House fence on Jan. 20, 2001 -- the BlackBerry as we know it wasn't on the m...

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Obama To Appoint New Official To Fight WMD Terrorism

The Boston Globe | Posted 12.03.2008 | World

Read More: White House, Bush Administration, Nuclear Weapons, War on Terror, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Nuclear Proliferation, Obama Administration, Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism, Biological Weapons, Obama Appointee Terrorism, World News

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama plans to appoint a new White House official to coordinate efforts to prevent terrorists from obtaining nucle...

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U.S. Softens Stance On Russia At NATO Summit

New York Times | STEVEN ERLANGER | Posted 12.02.2008 | World

Read More: Georgia Russia, Bush Administration, Nato Russia, Germany, Condoleezza Rice, Nato, Russia, Obama Administration, Vladimir Putin, Georgia, South Ossetia, World News

BRUSSELS -- With the Bush administration's influence rapidly waning, the United States agreed on Tuesday to support a modest reopening of NATO's dialo...

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Bush Moves Ahead With Controversial Abortion Rule Despite Protest

LA Times | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Abortion Rule, Bush Right of Conscience, Bush Right of Conscience Rule, Bush Abortion Policy, Bush Administration, Barack Obama, President Obama, Bush Abortion, Bush Obama, Politics News

The outgoing Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new "right of conscience" rule permitting medical facilities, doctors, nurses, pharma...

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The Daily Szep -- Bush: The Worst Ever

Paul Szep | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, George Bush Policy, Political Humor, George W. Bush, George Bush Failure, Bush Legacy, George Bush Foreign Policy, George Bush Mistakes, Political Cartoons, Politics News
Paul Szep

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"The Obama Recession": Their Kingdom for a Scapegoat

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Obama Recession, Economic Crisis, Bush Administration, Economy, George W. Bush, Conservative Talk Radio, Financial Crisis, Right-Wing Radio, Obama Administration, Credit Crisis, Barack Obama, Fulminators, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

The mere prospect of a Barack Obama victory, the Fulminators want you to believe, was enough to spook the markets and send them into the current tailspin.

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U.S. Moves Ahead On Controversial Oil And Gas Leases On Public Land

washingtonpost.com | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 11.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Leases, Gas Leases, Bush Administration, Utah, US Oil, Green News

A decision by federal officials this week to press ahead with a controversial sale of oil and gas leases in eastern Utah is stoking the debate over ho...

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Why Not Have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

Byron Williams | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Reconciliation Committee, Bush Administration, Bush Legacy, Politics News
Byron Williams

Without an honest assessment of how we got to this current state, we will be unable to hold our political leadership to a standard that is much above the lack of accountability we bequeathed this administration.

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William Kristol: Future Imperfect

Gerald Bracey | Posted 11.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Errors, Bush Administration, Bill Kristol, Predictions, Bush, Bush Legacy, George Bush Legacy, Media News
Gerald Bracey

According to Bill Kristol, Bush has to win in Iraq to have any hopes of being judged successful. That gives him 38 days to become successful.

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NYT Columnist: Bush And Cheney Should Resign Now

New York Times | Gail Collins | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Bush Administration, Bush Resign, Dick Cheney, Gail Collins, Politics News

Thanksgiving is next week, and President Bush could make it a really special holiday by resigning. Seriously. We have an economy that's crashing and ...

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Top Scientist: Bush's Political Appointees Lack Science Backgrounds, Will "Leave Wreckage Behind"

Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin and Carol D. Leonnig | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Bush Science Appointees, Bush Administration, Politics News

The president of the nation's largest general science organization yesterday sharply criticized recent cases of Bush administration political appointe...

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The Neo-Cons Are Not Gone, Nor Forgotten

Brian Ross | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Russia, White House, Big Three Automakers, Economy, Executive Order, General Wesley Clark, Ford, Executive Orders, Congress, Scorch and Burn, Dick Cheney, Big Three, Scorched Earth, Chrysler, Bush Administration, Bush White House, General Motors, Neocons, Neo Con, Bush Legacy, Special Interests, Government Regulation, Politics News
Brian Ross

Much of the economic crisis is also being engineered by our sweet neo-cons to create an untenable situation for the Dems coming into power.

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Midnight Regulations: The Bush Administration's Final Right-Wing Tweaks

ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien and Jesse Nankin | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa, Bush Administration, Uranium Mining, Mine Debris, Lawmaking, Guns, Rulemaking, Osha, National Parks, Bush, Green News

Here is a rundown of rules and regulations that the Bush administration is pushing through the rulemaking process in its waning days. We will update t...

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Experts Insist Recent Sightings of Mythical "Democratic Spine" Just Another Hoax

Michael Gene Sullivan | Posted 11.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Satire, President Obama, Backbone, Science, Obama Transition, Obama, Congress, Senate, Comedy, Lieberman, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Obama Administration, Democratic Senate, Democratic Backbone, Obama White House, Bush Administration, Political Humor, Democratic Administration, Republican Control, Anthropology, Republican Dynasty, Joe Lieberman, Democratic Spine, President Elect Obama, Entertainment News
Michael Gene Sullivan

Unlike the Abominable Snowman, scientists say the Spine of the Democratic Party is more than a fairy tale. Incredible as it seems, the legend of Democratic Backbone is based on historical fact.

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236.com: President Bush Is Making Laws Faster Than President-Elect Obama Can Promise To Rescind Them

236.com | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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President Bush is pushing through a ruling that will make it more difficult for women to get contraceptives. The loosening of restrictions makes it ea...

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President of Earthjustice on Being the Earth's Lawyer Under Obama

Eric Kuhn | Posted 11.18.2008 | Green

Read More: George Bush, President-Elect Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Earthjustice, Mccain, Obama Presidency, 2008 Presidential Race, Environment, Obama, President-Elect Obama, Barack Obama, Green News
Eric Kuhn

We are eager to work with the new administration. With that being said, we also stand ready to act to hold the new administration accountable if it fails to enforce laws protecting the environment.

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Bush "Burrowing" Key Political Appointees In Career Civil Service Jobs

Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin and Carol D. Leonnig | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration Key Political Appointees, George Bush, Bush Administration, Bush Political Appointees, Bush Administration Burrowing, Politics News

Just weeks before leaving office, the Interior Department's top lawyer has shifted half a dozen key deputies -- including two former political appoint...

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Undemocratic Arab Regimes Afraid of Obama's Change

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sawt Al Umma, Bush Administration, War on Terror, President Barack Obama, Political Repression, Arab Reformers, Obama International Reaction, Us Middle East Policy, Mohammad Omar, Hosni Mubarak, Egytpian Government, Obama Middle East Policy, Obama Middle East Reaction, Obama Reaction Abroad, Ayman Nour, Political Cartoons, Politics News
Daoud Kuttab

The victory of the change candidate was especially noticed by Arab reformers who have been paying a price for daring to question the political status quo.

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Crisis = Disaster + Opportunity: Yin And Yang, And What China Knows About The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Chile, Yunus, Microcredit, French, Marianne De Boisredon, Yin, Opportunity, Grameen, Economy, Bank for the Poor, Social Business, Capitalism, China, Communism, Male, Yang, Hedge Funds, Disaster, Financial Crisis, Crisis, Socialist, Female, Private Banks, War on Terror, Banks for the Poor, Women and Business, Women in Business, War in Iraq, Global Recession, Bush Administration, Balanced Economy, Socialism, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This lack of balance is why we need more women involved in leading the world's economy. There is simply too much of a male-focused approach and it is not working!

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Environmentalists Slam Bush's Departing Proposal As "Fire Sale" For Oil And Gas Industry

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, George Bush, Bush Administration, Oil and Gas Industry, Bush Fire Sale Oil and Gas Industry, Utah, Delicate Arch, National Park Service, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY — The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge _ an unspoiled landmark so iconic it's on Utah's license plates _ could one day includ...

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Crime of the Century

Steven Weber | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, George Bush, Npr, Bush Administration, Bailout, America, Pundits, George W. Bush, Uncle Sam, Left Right and Center, Barack Obama, Bushco, Politics News
Steven Weber

Has anything BushCo's ever done benefitted the people or the country? Just admit it: we've been robbed, beaten and stabbed. Those are just the facts, Detective Obama.

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How Obama's Win Went Down in Kabul

Nushin Arbabzadah | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Coverage, Bush Administration, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Obama International Reaction, Obama Afghanistan, Obama Foreign Policy, Media News
Nushin Arbabzadah

The fear that Afghan warlords might have misunderstood Obama's message of "Yes we can," interpreting it as a message of empowerment for war-criminals rather than the people.

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Four Words Obama Will Never Say

Michael Pento | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Social Security, Barack Obama Financial Crisis, America Socialism, George W. Bush, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Obama Administration, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Bush Administration Recession, Bush Administration Financial Policy, Barack Obama, Recession, Federal Budget, Long-Term Debt, Bush Administration, Obama Financial Policy, Federal Budget Deficit, Inflation, Obama Presidency, Obama Recession, Obama Administration Financial Crisis, Richard Fisher, Financial Crisis, Medicare, Economy Socialism, Business News
Michael Pento

Americans must hope that the Obama administration is honest with the people and makes some difficult choices early in his tenure to deal with our growing annual deficits and long term debt.

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Post-Election: Call it Decompression

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, White House, Election Day, George W. Bush, Commentary, Keith Olbermann, Sarah Palin, Msnbc, Transition, Jonathan Alter, Katie Couric, Analysis, Newshour, Election 2008 Coverage, TV Networks, John McCain, New Deal, Defining Moment, Pbs, Network News, Joe Biden, Democrats, Brian Williams, Barack Obama, Cnn, Bush Administration, Sean Hannity, Rachel Maddow, Jim Lehrer, Fox News, Republicans, Bill O'Reilly, Charles Gibson, Wolf Blitzer, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

He did the strangest thing last night: He turned the TV off. There he was, still in the early part of the evening, with another hour or two of pol...

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