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William Rivers Pitt: The Carlyle White House
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 8:23 pm | William Rivers Pitt
It was bad enough when the Carlyle Group bought Dunkin' Donuts last year, forcing millions of conscientious caffeine addicts to look elsewhere for their daily fix. Now, it appears Carlyle has added 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to its formidable portfolio ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: A Deep, Deep Breath
Friday, 10 November 2006, 11:22 am | William Rivers Pitt
Let us be absolutely clear on what has taken place. This was not simply a midterm election, not just a historic running of the table, not just a scathing repudiation of virtually everything the Bush administration has stood for since they swaggered ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: The Rat Pack
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 12:31 am | William Rivers Pitt
"There is probably some long-standing rule," wrote Hunter S. Thompson, "among writers, journalists and other word-mongers that says: 'When you start stealing from your own work, you're in bad trouble.'" Indeed. It is truly bad form to quote yourself, ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: You're Kidding Me, Right?
Monday, 6 November 2006, 3:28 pm | William Rivers Pitt
We have become all too accustomed over these last years to absorbing insane and astonishing and absurd and awful revelations regarding this White House and this GOP-dominated congress. Some have come to call it "scandal fatigue," though I personally ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Speaking of Apologies
Monday, 6 November 2006, 1:44 pm | William Rivers Pitt
For the record, this is what John Kerry said: "You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Blood in the Gutters
Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 2:40 pm | William Rivers Pitt
Columnist William Fisher, in his Monday Truthout column , described the campaign tactics being deployed by the GOP as the final week before the midterm elections unfolds. "The Republican challenger for the Wisconsin House seat of Congressman Ron ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Andy's Election
Monday, 30 October 2006, 12:01 am | William Rivers Pitt
My bar has been running this neat gimmick for several years now. If you drink every kind of beer they have in the place - about 130 labels when you combine the bottles, the taps and the unutterably wretched stuff they keep buried under the dumpster out ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: A Study in Constant Motion
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 10:35 am | William Rivers Pitt
"We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve," said George W. Bush during a press conference in December of 2003. "And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: A Major Event
Sunday, 22 October 2006, 12:53 am | William Rivers Pitt
A lot of smart people have been saying for several years now that the number one tactic deployed by the GOP during moments of political stress is simple and straightforward: they aim to scare the almighty Hell out of the American people. More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Like the Mafia, Only Dumber
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 2:35 pm | William Rivers Pitt
"The 5 Stages of Republican Scandal." As follows: 1. "I have not been informed of any investigation or that I am a target." 2. "I am cooperating fully, but this whole thing is a political ploy by the Democrats." 3. "I'm SHOCKED by the mistakes made ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: The Wretched Years
Monday, 16 October 2006, 12:37 am | William Rivers Pitt
George W. Bush gave a press conference this past Wednesday in an attempt to snatch back the conversation from North Korea's nukes and Mark Foley's instant messages. A reporter from CNN asked him about the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: The Loser
Thursday, 12 October 2006, 11:18 am | William Rivers Pitt
There are some kinds of history presidents just don't want to make. Nixon sure didn't want to be the first president to resign the office in disgrace. Johnson didn't enjoy being forced to fold his hand. Hoover couldn't understand why so many laid the depth ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: The Tipping Point
Friday, 6 October 2006, 3:11 am | William Rivers Pitt
Let's see. Anything important happen over the last several days? Seventeen American soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Saturday. Dozens of civilians have died in the last few days as the sectarian civil war in Baghdad reaches new and horrific ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: In Case I Disappear
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 12:15 am | William Rivers Pitt
I have been told a thousand times at least, in the years I have spent reporting on the astonishing and repugnant abuses, lies and failures of the Bush administration, to watch my back. "Be careful," people always tell me. "These people are capable ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Terrorism and the Republican
Friday, 29 September 2006, 10:31 am | William Rivers Pitt
Former CIA Director James Woolsey was on CNN Tuesday evening to road-test a new talking point regarding Iraq and the so-called "War on Terror." The emergence of portions of a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) has served to blast all the ... More >>
Will Pitt: The Deep Breath Before the Plunge
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 10:25 am | William Rivers Pitt
I was flipping through the channels on my television a few days ago to see if there was a baseball game on somewhere. When I got into the 20s on the channel numbers, I did what I always do: I started punching the change-channel button with vigor so ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: Swiftboating the Swiftboaters
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 12:47 am | William Rivers Pitt
The Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth were back in the news last week, brought up by Massachusetts senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry. Asked in an interview with the Examiner about the effect of the Swift Boat group on his campaign, ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: The Absurd Season
Monday, 18 September 2006, 12:14 am | William Rivers Pitt
The period before any significant election has been called "the silly season" for years now, and for good reason. Take the run-up to the 2004 election, for one recent example. The occupation of Iraq was spiraling into chaos, American soldiers and Iraqi ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: The Day After the Day
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 2:04 pm | William Rivers Pitt
The anniversary has passed, and with it went an ocean of televised words and images to mark the day. I can't be sure, of course, because I marked the day by refusing to turn on my television. I didn't care to commemorate the occasion by wallowing ... More >>
William Rivers Pitt: The Other War
Saturday, 9 September 2006, 9:16 pm | William Rivers Pitt
Most people in the United States haven't given a moment's thought to the war in Afghanistan in a very long time. That war is over, we are told, and we won. The Taliban was routed, and al Qaeda lost a safe haven. Seventy-four families have had a different ... More >>
