Provided in full by MSNBC… Ultimately I think this speech was a worldwide call to unite in the War on Terrorism, and in that respect I think it could help him. What did you think?

Do we really think that this many people could be a threat to our national security? From AFP: A watch list of suspected and known terrorists, compiled by the US authorities, has ballooned and contains more than one million names, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday. The ACLU said it derived that figure from [...]

Those were the words from President Bush to world leaders at the recent G8 Summit…and the response was understandably shocked. From the Telegraph: The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.” He then punched [...]

I’m sure you’ve heard the reports of what this process actually feels like (a slow drowning), so I’ll spare you Hitchens’ explanation. Instead, let’s look at the aftermath… The interrogators would hardly have had time to ask me any questions, and I knew that I would quite readily have agreed to supply any answer. I [...]

Given our lack of attention to this region, is it much of a surprise that the former regime is getting stronger? A new Pentagon report says the Taliban has regrouped after its initial fall from power in Afghanistan. The new report offers a rather dim view of progress in the nearly 7-year-old war, declaring that [...]

As hinted at yesterday, it’s happening and this decision will no doubt have far reaching consequences… The announcement came after North Korea handed over a long-awaited accounting of its nuclear work to Chinese officials on Thursday, fulfilling a key step in the denuclearization process. Bush called the declaration a positive step along a long road [...]

Could this be a sign that our policy of engaging in carrot and stick diplomacy actually worked? From the Washington Note: Tonight, The Washington Note confirmed that the Bush administration will “ask Congress” to de-list North Korea from America’s “terrorist watch list.” This request will be made on Thursday — if there are no last [...]

Remember my post today about McCain’s $5,000 a car tax break giveaway to the auto manufacturers who make and sell zero-carbon emissions cars? If so, do you recall how I said it was a bad idea, and that he should instead be proposing giving consumers tax breaks because incenting consumption is the only way we [...]

What in the world was Charlie Black thinking? Because not only did he suggest the contents of the title, but he also talked about an assassination helping McCain’s cause too? Big time error here… Charlie Black, an adviser already in the spotlight for his past lobbying work, is quoted in the upcoming July 7 edition [...]

Why? I’ll give you one guess… LONDON (Reuters) – Oil surged to a new record high on Monday of nearly $140 a barrel, propelled by weakness in the U.S. dollar which offset the bearish impact of plans by Saudi Arabia to boost output. Folks, how much longer can we ignore that our monetary losses and [...]

And considering we have about 26,000 troops in Afghanistan, the overall percentage proves that Afghanistan has been a much, much deadlier place for quite some time. Not surprisingly, I found this news in a story about an attack by the Taliban that freed hundreds of inmates from an Afghan prison: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – U.S. and [...]

I’m sure many in the Bush administration are probably remembering that old saying, “Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true.” Because while we freed the Iraqis from Saddam’s control and helped them get elections going, guess what they’re doing with this newfound influence? From Washington Post: BAGHDAD, June 13 — The Bush [...]

How did the BBC find out what happened to untold billions in Iraq, but we somehow haven’t yet? I’ll be checking this out later tonight, so I’ll have more thoughts then.

Apparently, the BBC has been able to find where some of it went… The search for the missing billions also led the programme to a house in Acton in West London where Hazem Shalaan lived until he was appointed to the new Iraqi government as minister of defence in 2004. He and his associates siphoned [...]

And this idea comes from no less than the Conservative government… Canadians will be offered bicycles, public transit passes or cash if they agree to scrap their old gas-guzzling vehicles, the government said on Wednesday. Ottawa says five million of the 18 million cars and trucks in Canada were made before 1996, when tougher emissions [...]

Folks, $4 gas isn’t going away any time soon. From the AP: NEW YORK (AP) – Oil prices made their biggest single-day leap ever Friday—clearing $139, dragging the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 400 points and raising the once-unthinkable prospect of $150 oil and even higher gas prices by the Fourth of July. The meteoric [...]

Looks like we’re ready for a new approach, and what’s even more telling is how evenly divided Republicans are on this issue. Again, I point to the parity in the Republican numbers as a sign that McCain could have a lot of problems in the fall against an Obama foreign policy doctrine of enemy engagement. [...]

This is very good news, but what about the billions we continue to spend over there with no discernible gain? Remember, lowered troop deaths doesn’t mean political progress, it just means there’s more security and fewer families devastated stateside. From Reuters: U.S. troop deaths in Iraq fell to their lowest level last month since the [...]

On the President’s tendency to lie to himself… On misleading the American people… On being part of the propaganda campaign to sell the war… On knowing that the book would have an impact… Frankly, this doesn’t sound like a guy who’s afraid of speaking his mind. I wonder if he will indeed testify, especially about [...]

After the administration threw Scott McClellan under the bus in the Plame affair, you knew this had to be coming. But most revealing is his inside info about the Iraq war. Politico details some of his assertions: • McClellan charges that Bush relied on “propaganda” to sell the war. • He says the White House [...]