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Weiner: Pushing Them Off the Precipice of Power
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 11:23 am | Bernard Weiner
The Bush Administration these days is like a sickly iceberg. The inside structures are weakened by moral rot, and the outside walls are thinning because of the heat they're taking. As the Bush iceberg suffers yet another scandal and embarrassing ... More >>
Bush Takes Heat on Oprah's Couch (Satire)
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 2:09 pm | Bernard Weiner
Oprah: We're back with President Bush. Recently, you may remember, author James Frey sat here with me and admitted that he told lies in his so-called "memoir." I asked him to come back on the show because I had supported him initially, telling ... More >>
Weiner: Reform the Democrats - Or a Third Party?
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 11:53 am | Bernard Weiner
The Democratic Party, with its current cast of characters in charge, has refused time after time to stand up and fight for its underlying principles. Its recent incoherent or wimpy positions on the Iraq War, electoral fraud and the Alito nomination make ... More >>
Bernard Weiner: Weaving the "Why?" Strands
Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 2:20 pm | Bernard Weiner
OK, let's try to puzzle out together some recent political events. The unifying thread will appear; it always does because it's always there, even if sometimes out of conscious reach. More >>
"Shallow Throat": Do Dems Have a Death-Wish?
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 2:32 pm | Bernard Weiner
"Shallow Throat" joined me at a mostly-deserted park in Virginia, bursting with anger. I didn't even have to ask a question before the rage exploded out: "I can't believe your Democrat friends are blowing it once again! The Bushies are imploding in one ... More >>
Bernard Weiner: Fear the Future & the Other F-Word
Wednesday, 11 January 2006, 11:46 am | Bernard Weiner
WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- President George W. Bush today applauded the decision by the House of Representatives and the Senate to disband. "Everything changed on 9/11," said the President. "The American people join me in thanking Congress for ... More >>
12 Political Insights: A Starter-Kit for 2006
Monday, 9 January 2006, 1:32 pm | Bernard Weiner
Bush&Co.'s scandals are coming so rapidly and getting so huge that it's hard to lay off talking about them at length, but in this new year, let's step back a bit for some longer-range perspectives. More >>
Bernard Weiner: The Would-Be Dictator
Sunday, 25 December 2005, 8:01 am | Bernard Weiner
It's clear that Bush violated the law by ordering the National Security Agency to engage in warrantless domestic spying on U.S. citizens. So, once again, I have a question for those who, perhaps somewhat reluctantly, voted for George Bush: NOW ... More >>
Those Secret Torture-Prisons: A Modest Proposal
Monday, 19 December 2005, 4:29 pm | Bernard Weiner
I am always open to innovative ways of raising money for cash-strapped governments, as long as it doesn't cost me anything extra. Many states, for example, sponsor lotteries; nobody is forced to buy in, but millions of citizens purchase tickets that help underwrite ... More >>
Bernard Weiner: It's Time to Play Beat-the-Bully
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 12:53 am | Bernard Weiner
We all know this from our schooldays and our workplaces. The thing about bullies, especially the really cocky ones, is that they're often really insecure. They strut their stuff, and get in your face aggressively, but once you organize opposition ... More >>
Santa Baby, Please Make These Wishes Come True
Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 1:05 pm | Bernard Weiner
Let us stipulate that maybe much in the list below is not going to happen. But one sits on Santa's lap not for the certainty that the presents requested will be under the tree on Christmas Day, but because we can voice our hopes out loud to a stand-in ... More >>
Extreme Bush: The Good, Bad & Ugly
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:28 pm | Bernard Weiner
I watched the newscast footage of Bush addressing an election-eve rally in Virginia a few weeks ago, and the guy looked and sounded somewhat inebriated, slurring his words, a goofy grin on his face, oversized mannerisms. More >>
Solving the Media Puzzle - A Day in the Life
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 10:31 am | Bernard Weiner
When I was growing up, my teenage mind needed to find the pieces to the confusing, chaotic puzzle that was reality. How to make sense of all this information that constantly was coming at me? More >>
"Shallow Throat": Ratchet It Up, Take 'Em Down
Wednesday, 9 November 2005, 12:49 am | Bernard Weiner
"The wheels are coming off the bus," a giddy Shallow Throat said. "Now that the Bush Administration is imploding from within, it's time for those of us on the outside to set more political charges. More >>
Scooter Libby's Diary: Come And Get Me, Coppers!
Wednesday, 2 November 2005, 11:55 am | Bernard Weiner
Dear Diary: Well, I'm in it now. Somehow, the way I thought it would happen went badly off-track: Karl and I, if it came to it, if there were no other options available, would take the fall for our bosses. I really believed that. And here I am all by ... More >>
A Window Into The White House Cesspool
Saturday, 29 October 2005, 5:00 pm | Bernard Weiner
With Scooter Libby's indictment, the first shoe has been dropped in the Plamegate criminal case. Whether there will be other shoes is problematic. More >>
'Good Night, and Good Luck' - McCarthy Rides Again
Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 12:27 am | Bernard Weiner
Whenever I have a dream, I ask myself: "Why this dream now? What is happening in my life at this moment that would engender these particular images?" The same question has to be asked about "Good Night, and Good Luck," George Clooney's powerful docudrama ... More >>
Before the Deluge: Honoring Journalistic Heroes
Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 12:08 am | Bernard Weiner
A political and media onslaught is about to be unleashed with the indictments of a whole host of key White House officials (including you-know-who) caught up in the Plamegate coverup. The unraveling of this potentially treasonous scandal -- which ... More >>
Arguments for an Impeachment Resolution
Monday, 3 October 2005, 12:28 am | Bernard Weiner
Suppose it could be proven that the integrity of the vote-counting in the 2004 election had been seriously compromised, and that Bush-Cheney probably lost. What would you do about it? More >>
GOP Heavies Work the "O.J. Dodge" (Satire)
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 10:04 am | Bernard Weiner
(Note to readers: The following transcript of a conversation among political leaders -- one imagines the room was bugged -- was placed through our mail slot yesterday by a group calling itself the Bush-Liberation Front. We can't verify the authenticity ... More >>
