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Duke Cunningham Takes One For the Team

Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham fell on his sword today for the Republican Party. Cunningham won't run for a ninth term in Congress in 2006. He also announced that he will sell his Rancho Santa Fe...

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Zamudio-Rodriguez Died For Your Salad

The LA Times reminds us how far we have to go in this country. Salud Zamudio-Rodriguez died so that a wealthy California grower could maximize the utilization of his farm equipment. He died so you...

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Duke Cunningham the Gift That Keeps Giving (Taking)

Today, the San Diego Union Tribune reports another amazing story about Congress Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Between 2001 and 2003, Cunningham took a very active roll in pushing the Internal Revenue...

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Hack Attack - Fair and Balanced......Not

A recent "news" article in the San Diego Union Tribune purports to discuss the political ramifications of Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham's decision to not seek reelection in 2006. Of course,...

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First Ohio Then America - Help Paul Hackett

In 2000, our country was hijacked by a group of immoral, dangerous political opportunists. In Ohio on Tuesday, we have an opportunity to begin to take our country back from George Bush and his band of...

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Republican PR Firm Helps Sell Iraq

Proving once again that the war in Iraq was designed not to make America safe, but to make Republican businesses rich, it was reported yesterday that the Kurdish Regional Government had hired...

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Test Marketing the Idiot Factor

Over at One Pissed Off Veteran, Farnsworth has an excellent take on the remarkable similarities between Dan Quayle and George Bush. Unqualified brain dead, ne'er-do-wells, who escaped their...

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Let's Ignore Howard Dean

Howard Dean is spreading the word regarding the Republican's embrace of immigration as a key wedge issue in 2006. Illegal immigration is not just an issue in border states, and even if it was, that...

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Kossaks - Need Help In San Diego

In San Diego County, State Senator Bill Morrow's "public forum" for immigrant bashing has been reinstated for Thursday, August 11. Morrow's legal action to force the Carslbad school district to allow...

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Whada' say, Duke? Let's Give Iran a Nuke!

In an interview with the Israeli press, President Bush rattled the saber when speaking of Iran's reopening of its nuclear facilities."Asked if he would consider force, he replied: "All options are on...

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Everyone Please Read This Woman's Letter

From One Pissed Off Veteran , we get linked to a must read letter. The Lexington Herald-Leader printed this letter from Missy Comley Beattie expressing her pain at the loss of her nephew, Marine Lance...

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Spreading the Bushshit

This headline says it all:"Bush begins 5-day push to defend Iraq war" President Bush will miss several bike rides and at least one nap over the next few days as he hits the road to sell the Iraqi war...

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CA-50 "Cunningham Demanded... Bribe"

According to the San Diego Union Tribune, the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego today filed court papers containing the following allegation concerning Congressman Randy "Duke"...

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Cunningham Resignation Watch - Win A T-Shirt

Words Have Power has a new feature for those who wish to play a game of chance. Pick the Day of Duke's Demise and win a Pseudo Revolution T-shirt. Of course, we are talking about the day that...

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Republicans Ruin America's Finest City

San Diego has billed itself as "America's Finest City" for decades. Yet, today San Diego stands on the brink of bankruptcy. Twenty-five years of Republican stewardship have created a city that is broke...

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ID - Stupid Is, As Stupid Does

Recently three prominent Republicans stepped forward and endorsed the teaching of the "notion" of intelligent design as if it were the scientific equivalent of the theory of evolution. President George...

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Spend the Night With Arnold - Government For Sale

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is pulling out all the stops to raise money so that he can tout his phony-baloney ballot measures in a special November election. So far Schwarzenegger has...

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Duke Cunningham - Prince of Pork

More revelations today concerned Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham - the Prince of Pork. The San Diego Union Tribune delves into the details of the process by which Cunningham was able to "earmark"...

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When Political Whores Run Things

Early public opinion polls show the public pretty much evenly divided over the President's handling of the hurricane crisis.  A widely quoted Rasmussen poll done on September 2-3 has the president's...

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What About China?

While President Small Bladder sets his $200 billion corporate relief package in motion along the Gulf Coast, I am reminded that the United States has problems on a global scale unprecidented in our...

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Bush Has A Plan

The patronage cash machine has been fired up in Washington and is already spewing American taxpayer's dollars along the Gulf Coast.  It is hardly a surprise that former FEMA head Joe Allbaugh, arrived...

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CA-50 Support Francine Busby

You can help Democrat Francine Busby in her campaign to represent the people of California's 50th Congressional District. Busby is actively running for the seat currently held by Republican Corruption...

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CA-50 Cunningham's Friends Keep Getting Raided

If you have every done business with Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, I have a bit of advice for you: Don't lock your doors. The feds will just kick them in. Thursday, federal agents (FBI, IRS,...

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The Dirty Dozen (+1)

With so many to choose from and so much corruption, how can anyone come up with just a dozen? Well, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has given it a try and even they had to...

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CA-50 Cunningham's For Sale Sign

San Diego Union Tribune discloses today that, shortly after his appointment to the House intelligence committee in 2001, Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham sent a letter to ADCS Inc. founder and chief...

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Dick Pombo - Another Republican For Sale

Environmental rapist and Republican Congressman Dick Pombo (CA-11) is also a charter member of the Republican Circus of Corruption. According to the Lodi News-Sentinel, Pombo collected $13,000 in...

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CA-50 Busby Campaign Taking Off

Next year, Americans will have the chance to repudiate the Republican Culture of Corruption all across this country. Despite the absolute incompetence of the Bush Administration and blatant corruption...

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Bush Still Won't Act to Help

Today's Los Angeles Times reveals that despite his multiple trips and photo ops in the hurricane devastated Gulf Coast, President Bush is doing virtually nothing to actually help in the recovery...

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Cunningham Not An Isolated Incident

Republican apologists want voters to believe that criminals such as Former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham are aberrations in their ranks. Certainly, most of the Republican members of Congress are...

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Why Does Duncan Hunter Want to Steal A National Park

Congressman Duncan Hunter (CA-52) has had a pretty high media profile lately. In just the last few weeks, Hunter, who is Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, opposed the McCain anti-torture...

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CA-41 Jerry Lewis - More Republican Pay-to-Play

Representative Jerry Lewis' (CA-41) close ties to big buck lobbyists and the expanding Republican earmarking scandal are highlighted in an article appearing at the top of today's San Diego Union...

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CA-4 Doolittle May Have Done-A-Lot

Powerful California Congressman John Doolittle (CA-4) is finding himself under some intense scrutiny in his own district for his ties to Republican rainmaker, Jack Abramoff and Duke Cunningham money...

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Doolittle, Delay, Abramoff - Family Ties

Interest in California Congressman John Doolittle's ties to Jack Abramoff is beginning to shine the light on some very interesting fund raising practices and associations of the powerful Northern...

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CA-50 More Immigrant Bashing

Former San Diego Congressman Brian Bilbray has joined in a lawsuit against the California university system. The Class action lawsuit contends that the children of illegal aliens are allowed to attend...

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10 Years Isn't Enough For Cunningham

Federal prosecutors presented a San Diego court with a recommended sentence for former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham. You can read the entire sentencing memorandum here or check out the San Diego...

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NRCC Swift Boating of Francine Busby

The National Republican Congressional Committee released a television ad in San Diego today that is filled with outright lies and a blatant disregard for the truth that is breathtaking even for the...

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