Murray

Iran war set for 11/2

"I've got to catch up and get ahead and I expect to do that about 48 hours before the general election" -- McCain
Posted by Murray on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:40:00 PST

I guess we’re the new Inquisitors

The findings of the WorldPublicOpinion.org poll put the United States alongside countries like Russia, Egypt and the Ukraine and lagging far behind allies like Great Britain, Spain and France in how i...
Posted by Murray on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:25:00 PST

hey, they can cook...

"I want to tell you how proud I am to be the President of a nation that -- in which there's a lot of Philippine-Americans. They love America and they love their heritage. And I reminded the President ...
Posted by Murray on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:31:00 PST

How much does a vote co$t

A little tabulaton of how much the telcos paid each representative who voted for immunity: http://www.maplight.org/FISA_June08...
Posted by Murray on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:08:00 PST

the Onion called it

Check out this parody of Bush's 2001 Inaugural Address:http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784?id=null(E xecutive summary: "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over.")...
Posted by Murray on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:18:00 PST

communism ha ha

'What is the difference between communism and capitalism?' 'Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man; communism is the exact opposite.''Capitalism stands on the brink of the abyss. It will soon be...
Posted by Murray on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:07:00 PST

Obama’s tax plan vs McCain’s

If enacted, the Obama and McCain tax plans would have radically different effects on the distribution of tax burdens in the United States. The Obama tax plan would make the tax system significantly mo...
Posted by Murray on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:28:00 PST

Golf Against Gangs

A senior Justice Department official says a $500,000 federal grant to the World Golf Foundation is an appropriate use of money designed to deal with juvenile crime in America."We need something really...
Posted by Murray on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:27:00 PST

McCain sez: withdraw!

[just replace "Lebanon" by "Iraq", and it all works...]The fundamental question is "What is the United States' interest in Lebanon? It is said we are there to keep the peace. I ask, what peace? It is ...
Posted by Murray on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:22:00 PST

what?

(from a Feb 29 radio interview):Peter Maer [CBS News Radio]: "What's your advice to the average American who is hurting now, facing the prospect of $4-a-gallon gasoline, a lot of people facing ... "Bu...
Posted by Murray on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:51:00 PST