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No Child Left Behind reading program is failing – Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON—The $6-billion reading program at the center of President Bush’s signature education law has failed to make a difference in how well children understand what they read, according to a study by the program’s own champion, the Department of Education. Reading First was . . . → Read More: $6 billion later the No Child Left Behind reading program doesn’t accomplish jack shit. This isn’t really news to anyone who’s been paying attention to the Bush administration over the past almost eight years: Hundreds of EPA Scientists Report Political Interference – Union of Concerned Scientists WASHINGTON (April 23, 2008) — An investigation of the Environmental Protection Agency released today found that 889 of nearly 1,600 staff scientists reported . . . → Read More: Hundreds of EPA Scientists Report Political Interference It’s a slow day at work today so I’m getting caught up on my current events. Events such as the recent passage of an anti-torture bill by Congress which Bush promptly vetoed. Congress was unable to get the two-thirds majority needed for an override ensuring that while Bush likes to keep claiming that his administration . . . → Read More: President Bush: The Torture President. Remember back when President Bush first starting asking Congress to pass his various so-called anti-terrorism programs and Congress balked because of the privacy and civil liberties issues that would be impacted? Remember when Bush said, “Not a problem! We’ll set up a Privacy and Civil Liberty Oversight Board to make sure we’re not stepping on . . . → Read More: Bush Administration doesn’t give a shit about your civil liberties. Man, it’s a good thing we don’t have a tax-and-spend Democrat in the White House. Who knows what kind of an outrageous budget proposal they’d submit to Congress? Certainly nothing as restrained as what President Bush has submitted: WASHINGTON – President Bush sent the nation’s first-ever $3 trillion budget proposal to Congress on Monday, contending . . . → Read More: Bush submits record breaking $3 TRILLION budget plan.  Politics  America, bush administration, Economy, incompetence, Politics TRILLION budget plan.">20 comments  Politics America, bush administration, Economy, incompetence, Politics The folks at Think Progress have some good entries up today including this article on the legacy of the Bush Administration. Remember when Ronald Reagan was running against Jimmy Carter and he asked voters to consider whether they are better off than they were four years previously? The House Democratic Caucus applied that same question . . . → Read More: The state of the country after 7 years of Bush Presidency. That’s what a new report by The Center for Public Integrity says the Bush Administration engaged in to sell the American public on the war in Iraq: President George W. Bush and seven of his administration’s top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, made at . . . → Read More: 935 flat-out lies to justify a war. First, a brief bit of history. Cure spooky flashback sequence sound effects: What would war with Iraq cost? – CNN.com, January 2nd, 2003 WASHINGTON (CNN)—The White House is downplaying published reports of an estimated $50 billion to $60 billion price tag for a war with Iraq, saying it is “impossible” to estimate the cost at . . . → Read More: The cost of the war in Iraq just keeps climbing. Congress Committee Releases In-Depth Report on White House Climate Science Manipulation : “The evidence before the Committee leads to one inescapable conclusion: the Bush Administration has engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the public about the dangers of global warming.” So tell us something we don’t already . . . → Read More: New report says Bush Administration guilty of science manipulation. I’ve ranted on many occasions about the slow but relentless assault on the Bill of Rights that the Bush Administration has been engaged in since they came into office, but even I was shocked when I read MonoGlobo’s Bill of Rights: A Timeline. Here’s a couple of examples: October The USA Patriot Act becomes law. . . . → Read More: A timeline of the Bush Administration’s assault on the Bill of Rights. |
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