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Nancy Pelosi says the CIA is full of trickery. O rly? Nancy Pelosi is trying a novel strategem to juke accusations she knew about the Bush adminstration's decision to legalize torture. She was lied to. Specifically, she says the CIA misled Congress. From a story in the New York Times : Under fire from Republicans for what she knew about harsh questioning of terror detainees, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday asserted that the C.I.A. had misled Congress about its techniques, even as she acknowledged that she had learned in 2003 that the agency had subjected suspects to waterboarding. At a tense press conference, ... Read Full Story

Pelosi Backs Off Set Rates for Public Option By ROBERT PEAR Published: October 28, 2009 In the history of health insurance the government negotiations with the pharmaceuticals for the President Bush presription plan rank with the most ridiculous moments in the history of this country. To the outsider, it would seem almost as if Bush wanted to destroy both Medicare and the economy with that particular bill. In this Part D prescription bill, the government decided to give the Pharmaceuticals whatever prices they wanted and didn’t even try to get the best prices for either the taxpayers or the government. Now, with this public ... Read Full Story

(Getty Images) CBS golf announcer David Feherty revealed himself to be crazy, ballsy, and generally lacking in all sense of socially acceptable things to write in a column he penned for local Dallas mag D Magazine. The column welcomes former-President George W. Bush back to Texas and goes on to spew hate speech about two of the country's most prominent Dems. From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this, though: despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he ... Read Full Story

Updated: May 10, 2009, 17:52 PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.(AP) CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty apologized Sunday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for a morbid joke that went bad in a Dallas magazine. Feherty, one of the most popular golf analysts for his sharp wit and self-deprecating humor, was among five Dallas residents who wrote for "D Magazine'' on former President George W. Bush moving to Dallas. "From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this though,'' Feherty wrote toward the end of his column. "Despite how the conflict has been ... Read Full Story

Updated: May 09, 2009, 19:12 PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.(AP) CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty came under sharp criticism Saturday for a joke he wrote in a Dallas magazine article that suggested American soldiers would be just as likely to knock off House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Harry Reid as they would Osama bin Laden. Feherty was among five Dallas residents who wrote for "D Magazine'' on former President George W. Bush moving to Dallas, where the former Ryder Cup player from Northern Ireland has been living the last dozen years. "From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, ... Read Full Story