George W Bush

Crawford: Filmmaker David Modigliani on Bush-Era Political Stagecraft (Watch the Movie in Full Here!)

Brad Listi | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Karl Rove, David Modigliani, Crawford Texas, Alamo Drafthouse's Rolling Roadshow, George W. Bush, Bush-Cheney, Bob Dylan, Crawford, Movies, D.A. Pennebaker, Cindy Sheehan, Dick Cheney, Prairie Chapel, Crawford Movie, Laura Bush, Brad Listi, Misti Tuberville, Condoleezza Rice, Crawford Peace House, Tom Warlick, Vladimir Putin, Errol Morris, Norma Nelson-Crow, Sxsw, Prairie Chapel Road, Home News
Brad Listi

A hit on the festival circuit, Modigliani's film offers a poignant view of the small Texas town that was transformed overnight when George W. Bush bought his 1,500-acre ranch on Prairie Chapel Road back in 1999.

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Electing Administrations, Not Just Presidents

Rachel Barkow | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Presidential Appointees, Politics News
Rachel Barkow

The President may be a "decider," but most decisions are made elsewhere in the bureaucracy.

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Bush Must Step Down

Ben Cohen | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Financial Crisis, Impeachment, Recession, George W. Bush, Wall Street Crisis, 2008 Election, Politics News
Ben Cohen

The economic mess is something that requires new leadership, and it is of vital urgency that Bush gets out of the way.

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Washington, D.C. Relocating?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Economy, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Political Corruption, Ethics Panel, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Did you happen to catch Sarah Palin tell the Associated Press how "thankful" she is that panel findings show "there weren't any ethics violations, and...

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McCain Holds Auditions for Angry Mob

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Andy Borowitz, G7, George W. Bush, Politics News
Andy Borowitz

"People assume that when we hold a rally, angry white people just magically appear, but that's not the case," said McCain aide Hardin Carley. "The fact is, a lot of planning goes into this."

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Trauma and Change in America

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Howard Gluss, John McCain, Portkeys, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, 9/11, Republican Convention, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

In this radio interview I discuss my ideas about emotional trauma (RD Stolorow, Trauma and Human Existence, Routledge, 2007) and extend them to the collective trauma of 9/11.

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Transforming the Way We Think and Live

Grace Lee Boggs | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Drill Baby Drill, Barack Obama, Economy, Transformation, Great Depression, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Politics News
Grace Lee Boggs

Our times are also perilous because it will take more than vision and liberal politics to win over or at least neutralize some of the social forces being energized by Sarah Palin.

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Bush Makes Financial Crisis Even Worse, WaPo

Washington Post | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hank Paulson, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Economy, George W. Bush, Henry Paulson, Politics News

When it comes to the current financial crisis, it's become pretty clear that an appearance by President Bush doesn't calm nerves. It rubs them raw. W...

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The White House's Final Folly

Eric Margolis | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, White House, Islam, Latin America, Australia, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Washington DC, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Wall Street, Us, Muslim, Iraq, Israel, Europe, China, International, Politics News
Eric Margolis

In its final days in office, the White House has engineered an historic nuclear deal with India that Congress, unaware of the import, approved last week.

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Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Erica Jong | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Dow Jones, Economy, Great Depression, George W. Bush, Business News
Erica Jong

Every time Bush and Bernanke speak the market tanks. Where is the ghost of FDR? Laughing. "I was called a traitor to my class" he says, giggling.

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Carter Slams Bush On Economic Crisis

Reuters | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Economy, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, China, Politics News

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter said on Friday the "atrocious economic policies" of the Bush administration had caused the worst gl...

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War Spending Weighs Down Our 'Genuine Progress'

Jon Raymond | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Recession Fears, Gpi, Gdp, Wall Street Crisis, War Profiteering, Recession, Economy, Bush Administration, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, John McCain, Home News
Jon Raymond

Without defense spending, we see the real picture of the downturn our economy is taking while boosting the military laden GDP.

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America's Shadow Government: Part Two

John W. Whitehead | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Suspension of the Constitution, Ronald Reagan, National Security Presidential DIrective 51, Mount Weather, George W. Bush, 9/11, Donald Rumsfeld, Shadow Government, Cog, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Security Presidential Directive 20, The Cold War, Dick Cheney, Wwii, Authoritarian Government, Peter DeFazio, Martial Law, Constitution, President Bush, September 11th, Office of the Presidency at Mount Weather, Continuity of Government Plan, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

This database reportedly contains the names of Americans who, "often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated."

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The Legacy Continues

Harvey Edwards | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Troopergate, Flip-Flop, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, 2008 Election, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics News
Harvey Edwards

A McCain-Palin ticket will continue the policies of Bush and will put our country in harm's way which will be detrimental to our life, liberty and the pursuit of hope for a safe future.

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Hunting Licenses

Charles J. Brown | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: George Wallace, Herman Talmadge, John McCain, Eugene Talmadge, Election 2008, Lester Maddox, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Home News
Charles J. Brown

Over the past week, we have seen a coarsening of political discourse in this country that hasn't been seen in forty years.

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The Iraq War Hits Wall Street

The Real News | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, The Three Trillion Dollar War, Politics News
The Real News

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Republican Presidents Always Ones Responsible For National Debt

Thomas J. Cady | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Bill Clinton, National Debt, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Economy, George W. Bush, 2008 Presidential Race, 2008 Election, Presidents, John McCain, Home News
Thomas J. Cady

The Republican presidents have consistently borrowed huge sums of money and spent it on things that have provided no return to the American people. Huge military build ups and wars do not add to the economy, they diminish it.

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A Question of Faith

Dan Pasternack | Posted 10.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Religulous, Religion, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Bill Maher, Bill Maher Religulous, Living News
Dan Pasternack

Bill Maher's new film "Religulous" is important -- not because I agree with Mr. Maher's opinions, but because I find his fundamental mission to call into question the certitude of all organized religions monumentally necessary. I'd even say it was God's work.

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Obama and America's Promise

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Herbert Hoover, Landslide Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Landslide, Indiana, George W. Bush, Politics News
Jacob Heilbrunn

At a moment when America is facing financial woes that can only be compared to those it faced after the October 1929 crash, Obama, like FDR, offers the promise of a young, vigorous leader.

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Who Would Want To Be President in These Times?

Bob Starks | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Debates, Economy, 2008 Presidential Race, Job Losses, John McCain, Social Security, Economic Crisis, Inauguration Day 2009, George W. Bush, Federal Programs, Bailout Bill, Barack Obama, American World Image, Rising Unemployment, Foreign Relations, Nafta, Wall Street Collapse, Foriegn Economics, Medicare, Medicaid, Politics News
Bob Starks

After all of the cheering and congratulations on Inauguration Day, the new president will have to face the reality of the end of an era of prosperity and American world domination.

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Goodbye Good Times, Hello Waltons?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Depression, George W. Bush, The Waltons, Conservation, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Recession, Green News
Kerry Trueman

How will you dress for the Bush Depression this winter? Me, I'm counting on my slightly tattered but super-toasty flannel-lined OshKosh overalls -- so old they were actually made in OshKosh.

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Resurrective Ideology In An Age Of Trauma

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mourning, 9/11, Post-Traumatic Stress, George W. Bush, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

In the wake of 9/11, Americans became much more susceptible to resurrective ideologies that promised to restore the grandiose illusions that have been lost.

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McCain's Desperate Smears Signal His Failure as a Leader Under Pressure

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Lies, John Mccain Debate, Mccain Keating Five, John McCain, Rasmussen Poll, David Brickner, George W. Bush, Jeremiah Wright, John Mccain Suspends Campaign, Palin Alaska Independence Party, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Palin Witchcraft, Obama Speech Race, Swing States, Joe Vogler, Sarah Palin Debate, Sarah Palin, Bill Ayers, Financial Crisis, Bush Smears Mccain, Alaska Independence Party, Sarah Palin Lies, Mccain u.s. Council of World Freedom, John Mccain Financial Crisis, Mccain Desperate, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

McCain's decision to personally smear Obama with lies and distortions should go down in history as the final nail in his political coffin.

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Come To Ohio! What We Can Learn From 2004 - And What We Can Do In 2008

Sandi DuBowski | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2004 Election, New Orleans, Inauguration Day, George W. Bush, Virgo, Mccain, Barack Obama, America Coming Together, Birthday Party, Activism, John Kerry, Voters, Ohio, Columbus Ohio, Vote Today Ohio, Katrina, Ken Salazar, Gwen Moore, Trembling Before G-D, Politics News
Sandi DuBowski

This election created a whole new generation of activists. We have energy and we have numbers. Justice will prevail. A people awakened cannot be put back to sleep.

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What I Learned At The Sarah Palin Rally Before They Threw Me Out!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Women's Health Clinics, Abortion Rights, George W. Bush, Cheerleader, Sarah Palin Vice President, Prisoner of War, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, California, Christian Fanatics, 1996 Olympics, John Kerry, Bill Ayers, High School, Republicans, Domestic Terrorism, Eric Rudolph, Carson, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

I'd rather be thrown out for the truth than group-hugged for a lie.

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