DoD's Stimson: Media Caricature of Gitmo Opposite of Reality [Update
January 5th, 2007 1:37 PM
On a recent episode of rightANGLE, a current-affairs TV talk show I host, I had the opportunity to interview Charles "Cully" Stimson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs. While Stimson has responsibility for detainees world-wide, much of our discussion focused on those held at Guantanamo Bay -- Gitmo.Observed Stimson: "We've had over 2,000 journalists visit Gitmo. People…
Olbermann and Dean Suggest Impeaching Bush Cabinet Members
January 3rd, 2007 10:38 PM
On Wednesday's Countdown, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and frequent guest John Dean discussed the possibility of a Democratic Congress moving to impeach members of President Bush's Cabinet as an alternative to actually impeaching the President or Vice President.
Many US Cities Have Had Murder Rates Higher Than Iraq's 2006 'Violent
January 3rd, 2007 11:10 AM
The Associated Press released an interesting set of statistics (host link stored for future ref) a couple of days ago that I would suppose were designed to suck away any optimism any fools who still support the mission in Iraq might have (bolds are mine):BAGHDAD, Iraq - Government officials on Monday reported that 16,273 Iraqi civilians, soldiers and police died violent deaths in 2006, a figure…
