George W. Bush was all set to go and torture Switzerland with his views when several human rights groups spoke up, asking for him to be arrested and investigated on grounds that he propagated torture. No, not with his mispronunciations. They mean with his waterboarding tactics, for one thing.
Last week was the anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. For friends and family members of the thousands of Americans and allies killed or wounded in that struggle, or of the tens of thousands of Iraqis killed, wounded or displaced, it probably wasn't a happy one. We don't know whether these ... More >>
CNN got ahold of the updated book All The Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writing, and it reveals lots of pain and suffering Bush felt on behalf of his beloved son, the 43rd President, George W. Bush. "My heart went out to him" after Hurricane Katrina, writes dad. "Here is a guy wh ... More >>
NBC recently brought to light the Obama Administration's policy of conducting drone attacks on civilians "even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U.S." so long as "an informed, high-level" official thinks they're warranted. This is apparently ap ... More >>
Reporter Kurt Eichenwald has created quite a buzz with his op-ed piece in yesterday's New York Times alleging failure by George W. Bush's administration to adequately respond to numerous warnings from the CIA of an impending Al Qaeda terrorist plot prior to the 9/11 attacks. In the article, Eichenw ... More >>
Appearing at an event at the Bellagio in Las Vegas this week, former President George W. Bush shed some light onto what he was doing at the time of the Osama Bin Laden raid. When he heard of Osama Bin Laden's death, ABC News reports, Bush said he "was eating souffle at Rise Restaurant with La ... More >>
Barbara Bush, the half of George W. Bush's twins not on the Today show, stars in a new Human Rights Campaign video in support of marriage equality, "publicly breaking ranks with a father who, as president, pushed for a constitutional amendment banning such unions," according to the New York Times. B ... More >>
Power corrupts, in some cases way more than others. Here, in ascending order of awfulness, are the politicians who've abused their privilege the most horribly, staining their records with terrible policies and crappy excuses.
In an otherwise softball-filled sit-down with Jay Leno, former President George W. Bush said he regretted speaking about the Iraq war in front of a banner that read "Mission Accomplished" (in addition to flying over the Hurricane Katrina damage and some "blunt" language). He probably says the ... More >>
Two weeks after releasing a promotional video on Youtube for his upcoming autobiography, Decision Points, George W. Bush has spoken out against the esteemed website. According to WBEZ radio, the former president explained to the crowd of representatives from the Commercial Financial Association t ... More >>
When We Go Upon the Sea imagines bourbon-swilling Dubya under arrest
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Is George Bush the Antichrist? A guide to Armageddon Author:P. Stephen Hanchett ... More >>
After his first year, Obama shows his true face
The hot topic in Washington this week is President Obama's upcoming speech at West Point on Tuesday, which is expected to call for deploying 30-35,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. Just ahead of the Sunday news shows, the Senate Foreign Relations committee chaired by John Kerry has releas ... More >>
As part of MSG Entertainment's "Minds That Move The World" speakers series, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have agreed to hold what is portrayed as a debate on February 25 at Madison Square Garden. The topic will be whether chocolate ice cream is yummier than vanilla. Ha ha, no, they'll disc ... More >>
Fuck mortgage-backed securities, default credit swaps, AIG, Fanny Mae, Freddy Mac, Alan Greenspan, George W. Bush, Citigroup, Chrysler, Washington Mutual, Bernie Madoff, Sir Allen Stanford, Henry Paulson, Timothy Geithner, suicide loans, TARP, GM, Wells Fargo, Jerome Kerviel, al-Qaeda, Iran, Osama b ... More >>
"I'm a lefty," Obama said as he signed his first Presidential document. "Get used to it." Some people never will. Rightbloggers found their own ways to celebrate the Inauguration. Michelle Malkin, for example, passed the morning with an "Inauguration cliche count... plus: Obamedia Orgy Watch." "New ... More >>
(Updated) George W. Bush celebrated Martin Luther King Day by commuting the sentences of two Federal agents who seriously wounded* a Mexican. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean shot up unarmed illegal immigrant Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila as he fled, and then conspired to cover up ... More >>
The Bush Error is finally ending, and many of you may see this as the end of a national nightmare. For reporters, it's the end of a dream presidency. Apparently, George W. Bush has decided to heed the Constitution, for a change, and leave office after two terms. In doing so, he's pointedly igno ... More >>
Screw the public. We need you to bail out the press by staying in office.
. . . It's just Will Ferrell
The hit Broadway musical Avenue Q is having a contest to replace the song lyric which says that everything in life--including George W. Bush--is only for now. I think they should keep it; it's more relevant than ever! But they insist on finding a replacement lyric, and to get press, they've enlist ... More >>
Has Bush contributed to the increase in murder among black youths? People scoffed when Kanye stated that "George Bush doesn't care about black people," but a new study by criminologists at Northeastern University in Boston shows that the "Bush administration grant cuts to local police and juveni ... More >>
Thanks to Bush and Obama, the National Security Agency now knows more about you
Much has been hidden from the new president by the Bush team
The Chicago troupe brings their absurdism into town
Building a case for a prosecution that likely won't happen
Sometimes titles don't lie
The butcher of Tibet, and America's sporting president
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