Adjusting for Inflation, Gas Prices are Lower now than at the Bush administration’s Peak

Jim Cook 3/25/2012
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Who advised the Republican Party to argue that they should be put back in charge of the White House because gas prices are high? Gas prices are undoubtedly high, but as the Washington Post documents, when you adjust for inflation …

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When Is A Liberal Not A Liberal?

Peregrin Wood 2/9/2012
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the next time you meet one of your “liberal” friends who starts talking about how wonderful Barack Obama is, you do not turn your head away sheepishly and change the subject of the conversation. You say to your friend, “I thought you were liberal, but I don’t understand how any liberal can support the terrible right wing policies that Barack Obama has been promoting.”

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Under Obama, Patriot Act Sneak-and-Peek Outpaces Bush Use (and is mostly about Drugs)

Jim Cook 2/6/2012
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Remember George W. Bush? Remember thinking that a vote for Barack Obama would be a vote to bring the Homeland Security state of George W. Bush under control? Well, think again. According to federal law, the Administrative Office of the …

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Rocky Anderson Compares Barack Obama To Gerald Ford

Truman 1/14/2012
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The comparison Rocky Anderson makes is apt: Like President Ford, Barack Obama helped the President who came before him evade legal responsibility for serious crimes that were committed in the White House. Just as Gerald ford let Richard Nixon off the hook, Barack Obama let George W. Bush off the hook.

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Obama Is Worse Than Bush On Rule Of Law, Says Rocky Anderson

jclifford 12/22/2011
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Rocky Anderson reminds me that Obama’s troubling disregard for America’s constitutional rights was made quite clear during the 2008 presidential election. We spent a great deal of time here at Irregular Times during the summer and autumn of 2008 discussing Barack Obama’s support for the terrible FISA Amendments Act – a law that gave immunity to telecommunications corporations for breaking federal law by providing government spies with information about millions of Americans’ private communications data.

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White House Says No to Over the Counter Plan B Pill. Which White House?

Jim Cook 12/20/2011
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This month, the Bush Administration prioritized election politics over the empirical findings of scientists, nixing over-the-counter access to Plan B medication that prevents pregnancy. President Bush’s Secretary of Health and Human Services overruled the recommendation of an expert panel at …

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Rocky Anderson Asks Independents To Question Authority

jclifford 12/4/2011
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What if, in 2012, political independents discover a new dimension and swing, not toward either the Democrats or Republicans, but to Rocky Anderson?

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Slavish Conservative Bootlicking: Let Government Do Anything to Keep 1 Person Safe

Jim Cook 10/24/2011
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James Delingpole sarcastically takes the New York Times to task for telling the world about Bush’s secret, illegal and unconstitutional warrantless wiretapping program that spied on innocent people.  His 296th Way to Drive a Liberal Crazy is: 296. Praise the …

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144th Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Play Who’s the Socialist on Taxes

Jim Cook 8/11/2011
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James Delingpole and the conservative media publisher Human Events have teamed up to blast out #223 from Delingpole’s book, 365 Ways to Drive a Liberal Crazy. Here’s a scan of the appropriate page out of Delingpole’s book: You’ll notice that …

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Why Has Obama Expanded The Use Of Mercenaries In USA Wars?

Peregrin Wood 7/31/2011
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Under President Obama, the use of mercenaries by the U.S. government is expanding. Last year, there were 22,000 mercenaries in Afghanistan and Iraq. This year, there are 28,178 mercenaries in Afghanistan and Iraq – an increase of 28 percent. To counter this trend, Jan Schakowsky and Bernard Sanders have introduced legislation in the House and Senate to prohibit the use of mercenaries for security roles that have been traditionally been filled by the military.

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Rand Paul Does Better Than Most Senate Democrats On Patriot Act

jclifford 5/24/2011
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Only 4 Senate Democrats voted no to cloture on the Patriot Act extension. Max Baucus, Mark Begich,Jeff Merkley, and Jon Tester joined Rand Paul in voting to stop the advance of the renewal of the worst powers of the Patriot Act. Good for them.

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Justice Denied By Supreme Court Refusal To Hear Torture Case

ITimes 5/17/2011
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The victory for George W. Bush and Barack Obama comes in the form of an end to a lawsuit by people who were kidnapped by the U.S. government and subjected to extraordinary rendition – the shipping of the victims to foreign governments that are known to use torture against prisoners. The Supreme Court of the United States has refused to consider the case.

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Elevated Means Something Again: Terrorist Threat Level Dropped to Zero

Jim Cook 5/5/2011
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el·e·vat·ed adj. raised up, especially above the ground or above the normal level – Random House Dictionary el·e·vat·ed adj. the lowest terrorist threat level during the years of 2001-2010 – George W. Bush Administrative Dictionary If we’re speaking English, an …

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94th Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Keep Bush’s Surveillance-War Team and Call it Change

Jim Cook 5/1/2011
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As Jake Tapper of ABC News points out, 3 out of 4 of President Barack Obama’s “new” 2011 team in charge of worldwide spying and war were leaders in President George W. Bush’s team conducting worldwide spying and war: David …

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To Protest Obama continuation of Bush policies, Seize DC September 10

Jim Cook 4/30/2011
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Citizens for Legitimate Government is not calling for Americans to come to the National Mall, walk around a bit, listen to speeches and go home. They are not organizing a protest with permits arranged by the National Park Service. On …

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Looking Back: Ten Classic Exasperations from the Bush Years

Jim Cook 4/6/2011
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Since the beginning of the year James Delingpole has been shooting out ways to drive liberals crazy every day with “Oreo” jokes and false quotations galore, but we think that approach is pretty cheap. If you really want to know …

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The War to End Torture that Didn’t End Torture

Jim Cook 4/6/2011
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“People are no longer disappearing into political prisons, torture chambers, and mass graves” – President George W. Bush speech on Iraq, May 1 2004 Human Rights Watch report on detention inside Iraq’s Green Zone, 2011: Recent interviews by Human Rights …

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Obama Embraces George W. Bush’s Kangaroo Courts

jclifford 4/5/2011
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As a new President, Obama had the opportunity to open up the government and show what had actually been going on. He had the opportunity to hold accountable those who had violated the Constitution and federal law. Instead, Obama decided not to confront the problem. In doing so, he made himself a part of the problem.

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