Author Archives: Jeff Fecke

Worst Bush Moments: #5, "Bring it On"

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

In the spring of 2003, as it was starting to become clear that Iraq would not, in fact, be a cake walk, George W. Bush said the following to the growing insurgency there: More than 4,000 American troops have died … Continue reading →

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Worst Bush Moments: #6, "Heckuva Job, Brownie"

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

I actually have some sympathy for Mike Brown. By all accounts, he meant well. He simply wasn’t qualified to serve as the director of FEMA. He was an attorney and a judge of horse shows; he had no experience running … Continue reading →

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Food to Avoid

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Well, maybe it’s just jelly time: Federal health authorities are urging consumers to avoid eating foods that contain peanut butter until they can learn more about a deadly salmonella outbreak. But the FDA says there’s no indication of problems with … Continue reading →

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Black People Love Us!

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

You know, it is the year 2009. The Civil Rights Act is 45 years in the past, and in that time, there have been a whole bunch of African-American legislators and cabinet officials, not to mention staffers and aides and … Continue reading →

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Donuts. Is There Anything They Can't Do?

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

So as you may have heard, Barack Obama is going to be sworn in as our nation’s 44th president on Tuesday, and while that’s an important historical event, it’s also a reason for America’s businesses to use the moment for … Continue reading →

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Worst Bush Moments: #7, The Push to Privatize Social Security

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Historians will rightly point to Hurricane Katrina, and George W. Bush’s disastrous lack of reaction to it, as the moments the wheels came off his administration. But it’s important that we not forget that the Bush Administration was already on … Continue reading →

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Worst Bush Moments: #8, The Appointment of Alberto Gonzales

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Is Alberto Gonzales the worst Attorney General in American history? It depends – who’s Alberto Gonzales again? I’m afraid I can’t recall. Unfortunately, though a great deal of evidence has been presented by this committee that Alberto Gonzales was a … Continue reading →

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Sometimes a Great Notion

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

So when last we left our plucky band of Colonials and their Cylon allies, the ragtag fleet had made it to Earth. Earth! Birthplace of James Dobson and George W. Bush. Earth! Where the dollars are double, but so is … Continue reading →

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Ze Plane!

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

I doubt I’m the only person who’s thought of that Far Side cartoon when hearing about the plane crash in New York City today; happily, while at least one bird appears to be dead, all humans appear present and accounted … Continue reading →

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Worst Bush Moments: #9, Abu Ghraib

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Abu Ghraib is far from our only national stain; Guantánamo is arguably worse. But Abu Ghraib was the wake-up call for many of us, the first proof of what we had feared, that we were, in fact, engaged in torture … Continue reading →

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