Yearly Archives: 2008

Republican Treasurer Embezzles Hundreds of Thousands From Congressional CommitteeBy Ben Pershing / Washingtonpost.com / March, 13, 2008 National Republican Congressional Committee officials acknowledged publicly today that they have found discrepancies in their books of more than a million dollars and … Continue reading →

Friends and fellow history buffs: The first of my two-volume history of the Texas Rangers, “The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821-1900” (New York: Forge Books, 496 pages, $29.95) will be published March 18. I am humbled that some … Continue reading →

Tarot by Kate 512-454-2293www.tarotbykateinaustin.comkate_braun2000@yahoo.com “In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it…”Thursday, March 20, is the Vernal Equinox, also named Spring Equinox, Lady Day, Ostara, Oestra. Thursday is Thor’s Day; Thor is the Norse god of war. Lady … Continue reading →

Lying Politicians Make Me Wanna Scream The Real Spitzer Lessons: The Truth About Political Liars HurtsBy Joel Hirschhorn, published Mar 13, 2008 All politicians are liars. Successful Republican and Democratic politicians are the biggest liars. Every time you vote for … Continue reading →

Ashley Alexandra Dupre, AKA KristenNew York Sex Worker Organizations Respond to Spitzer ScandalBy Desiree Alliance New York, NY – In the last few days, Governor Eliot Spitzer has publicly admitted to being associated with an escort agency and has resigned … Continue reading →

Public Is Less Aware of Iraq Casualties, Study FindsBy Karen DeYoung, Washington Post Staff WriterThursday, March 13, 2008; Page A12 Twenty-eight percent of the public is aware that nearly 4,000 U.S. personnel have died in Iraq over the past five … Continue reading →

Moko at play at Waikokopu Bay, Mahia, this summer. Moko the dolphin rescues beached whales By BBC News / March 12, 2008 A dolphin has come to the rescue of two whales which had become stranded on a beach in … Continue reading →

The Iraq Follies: Eighteen things you’ve already forgotten about the media’s flawed coverage of Iraq.by Greg Mitchell In putting together my new book, So Wrong for So Long, on Iraq and the media, I revisited the good, the bad, and … Continue reading →

Keith Olbermann: Special Comment on Hillary Clinton Olbermann Says Clinton “Campaigning Like a Republican”By Keith Olbermann / MSNBC / March 12, 2008 Finally, as promised, a Special Comment on the presidential campaign of the Junior Senator from New York. By … Continue reading →

“All the Money You Make Will Never Buy Back Your Soul”By Ron Jacobs 12/03/08 “Counterpunch” — — -Recently, the Boston Globe reported that the Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) had set up an offshore company to hire close … Continue reading →

Joseph Stiglitz won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001.Winners of Iraq War : Oil Companies, Defense Contractorsby Joseph Stiglitz / Toronto Star / March 12, 2008 With March 20 marking the fifth anniversary of the United States-led invasion of … Continue reading →

John McCain runs for George Bush’s third termBy Juan Cole Based on his policies and the company he keeps, this year’s Republican presidential candidate sounds a lot like the guy who ran in 2000 and 2004. March 12, 2008 | … Continue reading →