Archive for June, 2007

FACTBOX: Bush family’s summer compound in Maine

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Reuters - The current President Bush has made it clear that he prefers to spend his vacations at his Texas ranch despite its stifling summer heat. * In October 1991, violent winds and high tides caused extensive damage to Walker's Point. White House aides said >>> Read ...

Senate snubs Bush immigration bill

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Al Jazeera - The US senate has rejected plans by George Bush, the US president, to overhaul immigration rules that would have allowed immigrants working illegally to seek US citizenship. On Thursday, the legislation fell 14 votes short of the 60 needed to take it >>> Read ...

BUSH VISITS MOSQUE FOR ISLAMIC ‘RESCUE’

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

New York Post - WASHINGTON - President Bush visited a mosque yesterday, removed his shoes in respect, and challenged Muslim clerics to more aggressively denounce terrorism. "We must encourage more Muslim more > PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - A woman was arrested Tuesday >>> Read more ...

Castro says Bush ‘authorized’ his death

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

US News and World Report - HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro on Monday accused President Bush of "authorizing and ordering" an attempt on his life, although his rambling essay on the subject provided no details. American law now prohibits the U.S. government from ordering the >>> Read ...

Bush aides turn on his education bill

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Earthtimes - WASHINGTON, June 26 The renewal of U.S. President George Bush's No Child Left Behind educational bill is facing opposition from some of his former aides who helped get it passed. The criticism isn't very subtle, prompting Bush to speak directly about >>> Read more ...

UPDATE: LDS Church announces 1 millionth missionary milestone

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Daily Herald - Bear with me, dubya. Don't feed it. Ignore it. Just let it go. Don't flame it into something bigger. It's really no big deal if you don't make it one. >>> Read more Albany Democrat-Herald - Now, ...

Blair’s legacy in the Middle East

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Al Jazeera - One word will dominate Tony Blair's legacy as British leader at home and abroad: Iraq. The prime minister's support for George Bush's 2003 invasion has made him synonymous with the spiral of violence into which the country has been plunged. Blair >>> Read more ...

The Iranian Threat

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

American Enterprise Institute - Ledeen Bubba Dubya? A Curiously Clintonian Turn in U.S. Foreign Policy (6/19/06) - by Michael Rubin Omar, Bravo! A Very Bad Week for Iran (6/14/06) - by Michael A. Ledeen Iran Connects the Dots (6/9/06) - by Michael A. Ledeen Is Bill Clinton Still ...

Supreme Court rules for pre-election ads

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Detroit Free Press - law, including a provision that restricts pre-election ads. This time, the court said that provision couldn't be constitutionally applied to three 2004 ads by Wisconsin Right to Life Inc. that called on the Senate to vote on President George W. Bush ...

Movies opening today

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Memphis Commercial Appeal - A less musclebound "Rambo" for the cynical and politically disgusted era of Dubya, director Antoine Fuqua's glossy, impeccably produced actioner offers Mark Wahlberg as one Bob Lee Swagger, a Marine sniper and "disgruntled American hero" (to >>> Read more Common Dreams - ...