US Politics and Current Events

Happy Fourth of July to all the bloggy readers of Dogs & Jeans. I've been away travelling for a week and have not really had much opportunity to produce my normal volume of jackassery. So by way of a birthday tribute to my neighbors to the south, here is a reposting of a past celebration of the Great 50 States. Alaska: It’s bigger than Texas and slightly more hospitable than it’s latitudinal cousins: Canada’s Yukon and Northwest Territories. However, movies and TV shows set in Alaska are usually filmed in Washington or British Columbia. That’s like filming a movie set in Detroit in Mexico ... Read Full Story

By Alan Caruba It’s taken barely half a year to make George W. Bush look good to a lot of Americans who experienced “Bush Derangement Syndrome” or, like myself, were critical of several of his policies while President. I imagine Bush watching the evening news these days and just laughing as he watches Obama just “step in it” every time he encounters the same or some new problem with which Bush dealt. On the issue of taxes, Bush was a dedicated tax-cutter. On the issue of spending, Bush never saw a spending bill he couldn’t sign until deep into his second term. He even ... Read Full Story

By Alan Caruba As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, we will hear about our Founding Fathers, about those who fought our wars to preserve and safeguard our nation, and other men and women who contributed to the nation’s greatness. It is good to look back, but future generations will look back as well and wonder how such a great nation became such a silly nation, the object of scorn and ridicule around the world, challenged by every gangster nation that shares the planet; attacked by Al Qaeda, threatened by North Korea, mocked by Venezuela, insulted by Iran, and sustained by the wealth of ... Read Full Story

By Walter Brasch Dick Cheney has apparently been on a magical mystery media tour. He has sought out and been interviewed by more TV journalists and talk show hosts during the past month than during the eight years he was vice president. The topic is always the same. Torture was done during the Bush-Cheney Administration, and it was effective. Persons held at Guantanamo Bay are evil and should never be released. President Obama's actions are a threat to national security. Cheney claims that because of the actions he and George W. Bush took after 9/11, there were no more attacks upon the United States. ... Read Full Story

After Suffering Back-to-Back Major Defeats at the Ballot Box, the GOP Is Rapidly Imploding as Hard-Line Conservatives Openly Attack Anyone and Everyone Who Do Not Conform to Their Right-Wing Worldview in an All-Out Attempt to Drive Out the GOP's Few Remaining Moderates and Turn the Party Even Farther Rightward Is Republican National Chairman Michael Steele presiding over a dying party? Recent events strongly suggest that the GOP is rapidly imploding, with conservatives appearing hell-bent on ridding the party of its last remaining moderates and taking it even farther to the right -- further alienating the GOP from a growing majority of voters. This was ... Read Full Story