An update on why we did it, how many saw it, and where it is going…. For those of you who are curious about the Bushplug We’ve done what we set out to do with The Bushplug. The Bushplug was picked up by more than 5,000 blogs (I stopped counting there) . We were mentioned…
Category: Politics
NK News – KCNA Hall of Fame
Oh and then there is the other side of the fence. B.E.NK News – KCNA Hall of Fame
North Korean news from the horses mouth
News without fear, the official news agency of our favorite little dictator. All hail the toaster oven. B.E.News20From20KOREAN20CENTRAL20NEWS20AGENCY20of20DPRK
And the most corrupt countries in the world are…… Transparency International's 2006 Corruption Perception Index
And the award for Most Corrupt Country goes to….. Haiti! “Corruption traps millions in poverty,” said Transparency International Chair Huguette Labelle. “Despite a decade of progress in establishing anti-corruption laws and regulations, today’s results indicate that much remains to be done before we see meaningful improvements in the lives of the world’s poorest citizens.” The…
U.S. Jobs Shape Condoms’ Role in Foreign Aid – New York Times
Great NYT article on the big business of foreign aid. EUFAULA, Alabama — Here in this courtly, antebellum town, Alabama’s condom production has survived an onslaught of Asian competition, thanks to the patronage of straitlaced congressmen from this Bible Belt state. Behind the scenes, the politicians have ensured that companies in Alabama won federal contracts…
Boing Boing: Bush legalizes martial law — what Constitution?
This was on Boing Boing this morning. Scary. Never mind Halloween, this is really scary! cd Boing Boing: Bush legalizes martial law — what Constitution? Bush legalizes martial law — what Constitution? On Oct 17, George Bush quietly signed a bill allowing him to declare martial law. The Toward Freedom website summarizes it: For the…
Could "RDB Phenomenon" occur in US?
The Chairman and I had the good fortune to attend a screening of Rang de Basanti last evening at the Honolulu International Film Festival. Rang de Basanti (Hindi for ‘color of sacrifice’) has become a phenomenon in India – the RDB Phenomenon. The tagline of the film is “The Awakening of a Generation” and the…
If this the same kind of winning as the election of 2000?
WASHINGTON – In a somber, pre-election review of a long and brutal war, President Bush conceded Wednesday that the United States is taking heavy casualties in Iraq and said, “I know many Americans are not satisfied with the situation” there.”I’m not satisfied either,” he said at a speech and question and answer session at the…
Representative Tom Holbrook—You make the call…
A Fukn.us reader sent me the following link. I was unable to verify the information contained there about Tom Holbrook, however, I did find that his wife has been accused of accepting more than $30K in unauthorized overtime. In addition, while the allegations made at the link below may be a smear campaign, they may…
This polarized nation
This is a link to a very informative interactive map by Ken Rudin, a political Editor for NPR. It gives a state-by-state guide of current Senate, House of Rep., and Governors. Most interesting are the “key” states – the ones that could shift control in the Senate. I learned something reading through. http://www.npr.org/news/specials/election2006/map/