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Dems' Timidity May Cost Them Dearly in 2008
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 11:59 am | Bernard Weiner
We can and must agitate for their removal, but let's be real: Cheney and Bush are not likely to be hauled before a House impeachment panel anytime soon, and maybe not even before their terms expire in January 2009. More >>
Weiner: Bush Scandals - It's the Politics, Stupid
Sunday, 10 June 2007, 11:46 am | Bernard Weiner
OVERTURE: Now we've lost both Steve Gilliard and Molly Ivins -- two vital, feisty, great-writer journalist/blogger voices speaking truth to power. And Cindy Sheehan's voice will be more muted now, as she recovers from her immensely draining anti-war ... More >>
"Shallow Throat": Dems' Cave-In Is Truly Scary
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 2:43 pm | Bernard Weiner
"Shallow Throat" looked like a ghost -- exhausted, pallid skin, and, when the wrap-around shades came off, I could see dark circles under the eyes. More >>
Thuggery In Iraq & In A Hospital Room
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 3:41 pm | Bernard Weiner
In foreign policy, the CheneyBush Administration is criticized widely abroad for acting like an arrogant bully, threatening and often meting out rough treatment to get what it wants. Its violent behavior in Iraq is a good case in point, leading ... More >>
The Roots of Disaster: Impeachment As Remedy
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 10:36 am | Bernard Weiner
What was the route that led the U.S. to its present fiasco in Iraq and elsewhere? We'll get to impeachment below, but for now let's trace back the thread, starting in 1947. This narrative may seem like old history, but it adds to better understanding ... More >>
Weiner: A Meditation On The Building Of Walls
Wednesday, 9 May 2007, 11:07 am | Bernard Weiner
I know there is truth in poet Robert Frost's famous line in "Mending Wall" (quoting the man living next door) that "good fences make good neighbors." But, in a political context, I can't help but also believe that the creation of barriers between human ... More >>
Diving Deeper Into The Muck Of Bush Scandals
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 11:41 am | Bernard Weiner
When looking at daily news reports, we all tend to fall into the trap of focusing on juicy details of the scandal du jour. It's natural to do so. But often by concentrating so carefully on the minutiae, we miss seeing the import of the larger picture. More >>
Alberto Gonzales' Diary: My Dementia Defense
Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 5:14 pm | Bernard Weiner
Dear Diary: God, that was humiliating! I've never taken a dive before, and it showed. I was sweating like a pig as those senators used me like a punching bag. More >>
Bernard Weiner: Noose Tightens on Bush Bunker Crew
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 12:54 am | Bernard Weiner
As the Bush Administration stumbles from one disaster, scandal and corruption investigation into another, the looming political/legal noose continues moving closer to the necks of Bush, Cheney, Rove, Gonzales and the rest of the White House bunker crew. More >>
Revealing Quotes from "Loyal Bushie" Land
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 4:10 pm | Bernard Weiner
Sometimes the reality behind the spin just pops out at you when politicians open their mouths. Here are four such quotes on the topics of democracy, the U.S. Attorneys scandal, global warming, and Iraq. More >>
"Shallow Throat": Playing Chicken on the Big Stage
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 2:00 pm | Bernard Weiner
I thought "Shallow Throat" would be positively giddy, given how the Administration's disastrous war policies and ongoing scandals are painting CheneyBush into a tighter and tighter political corner. More >>
Bernard Weiner: The Iraq Debacle & Abu Gonzo
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 12:22 am | Bernard Weiner
(EVERGLADES CITY, FL.) For the past four years, as I've been criss-crossing the country -- and even when traveling abroad in Southeast Asia, North Africa and Europe -- I have run into the same pattern: Conservative, Reagan-style Republicans, many of them ... More >>
FBI Lawlessness: "If You Build It, They Will Come"
Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 1:01 pm | Bernard Weiner
Why all the shocked surprise that the FBI was found to have grossly violated Americans' civil liberties ( LINK ) under the revised so-called "Patriot" Act, and lied to Congress about how often its agents broke the law in doing so? More >>
Bernard Weiner: Origins of the Iraq Disaster
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 9:37 am | Bernard Weiner
HardRight conservatives tend to downplay how the U.S. got into the Iraq War. Why dive back into all that?, they say, our troops are there so let's just finish the job. More >>
Deja Vu All Over Again: Quagmire Alert
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 6:30 pm | Bernard Weiner
I can't tell you how many times I've had a conversation with other activist veterans from "The Sixties" (roughly, from the Civil Rights struggles of the late-1950s through the anti-Vietnam War mid-'70s), where variations of the same unbelieving lament is ... More >>
Weiner: Cheney Is Recklessly "Bob"-ing Iraq & Iran
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 2:37 pm | Bernard Weiner
As regular readers know, much of my satirical writing walks the razor's edge of believability. I like to think of it as "scraping close to the bone," and am delighted when letter-writers ask whether my scenarios really happened or whether they are ... More >>
Weiner: In the Land of Our (Founding) Fathers
Monday, 12 February 2007, 8:42 am | Bernard Weiner
(PHILADELPHIA) Not just because I majored in politics in college, and took my graduate degrees in government & international relations afterwards, but I am an unabashed lover of my country's form of governance. More >>
GOP Elders Take That Long Walk to the White House
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 11:04 am | Bernard Weiner
(Editor's Note: The following transcript was slipped into The Crisis Papers' mail-slot last night. It's not clear whether the conversation recorded is supposed to have already happened, or whether this is a presentment of a future such meeting. Either ... More >>
Ten Things Learned Since Dems' Election Victory
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 10:35 am | Bernard Weiner
The Democrats are off to a rousing start in the Congress they now control. In addition to the positive agenda items passed quickly, perhaps the most hopeful symbol of the major changes being made is that Speaker Pelosi is creating a global warming committee. ... More >>
Cheney's "Modest Proposal" to Round Up More Troops
Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 9:54 am | Bernard Weiner
OK, guys, let's think this one through. We'll be funneling 21,000 U.S. troops into the Baghdad surge. No doubt we will need tens of thousands more after awhile and then more after that. Where can we possibly get them without provoking a total political ... More >>
