Name: Terry Turner
Weblog: watchingwashington.blogspot.com
Articles: 54
First Published: Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Last Published: Friday, December 23, 2005
Currently listing articles 54-1:
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Carter, Clinton, and Clearing Up Some Confusion.— Carter and Clinton may have eavesdropped, but that still doesn't make it, or Matt Drudge, right.
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Spying Scandal Questions— President Bush claims the domestic scandal hurts national secuirty. Really, it's his own job security at stake.
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Hard Times & Political Theatre of the Absurd— Timing was everything in the response to Katrina — at least in front of the cameras.
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Getting Those Priorities Straight— More than 40,000 homes are destroyed in New Orleans, and President Bush singles out one.
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Patriotism Lite, Still Less Fulfilling— Flags and lip service are all the support some Americans can muster.
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"Patriotism Lite"— Is America at war — or just the American military?
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What Did You Do in the "Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism," Daddy?— If something isn't working, try re-branding it. Changing the name of the "War on Terror."
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Time to Cross the Bridge— It's called "the weakest point in America's defense against terrorism."
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Justice O'Connor Retires: Supreme Decision— Where to turn in the fight over the next Supreme Court Justice.
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What's Next After Sandra Day O'Connor?
— The President will likely act in six hours to name a replacement — but it'll take all summer to fight it out.
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Throwing Himself on a Hand Grenade — And Shooting His Party in the Foot— A week when nothting went right for the right.
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Rove Rewrites History
— The Congressional Record doesn't back up Karl Rove's claim of a divided America on 9/11.
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Hillary, By the Book— Will the new Hillary book be another Unfit for Command, or a Fortunate Son?
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George W. Bush vs Bill Clinton in 2008?— There's a bill before Congress to repeal the 22nd Amendment — which limits Presidential terms.
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Going Ape at the Kansas Board of Education— The Kansas Board of Education is behaving like a bunch of unevolved apes in their debate over teaching evolution.
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The Revolving Door: From the White House to Exxon— A White House aide who altered scientific reports to downplay the effects of global climate change is taking a job with Exxon-Mobil.
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Schiavo Autopsy Report Backs Husband— The Terri Schiavo autopsy report has been released.
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Diploma Tie Up— A Maryland high school is tying up 17-year-old Thomas Benya's diploma — for wearing the wrong kind of tie.
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Bill O'Reilly, Rearranging the Deck Chairs— Screaming head Bill O'Reilly's "The Battle for American Values Cruise" has sunk.
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Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and 1,347 Days— It has now been 1,347 days since 9/11. That's how many days there were between Pearl Harbor and V-J Day.
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The $1.5 Million Bus Stop— Pork barrel for a posh bus stop in Alaska — paid for with your money.
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Pork for the Road— There's enough pork in the Senate's highway bill to earn it a Presidential veto.
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A Red Letter Day— ...
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Ethics & Sour Grapes— Sinclair Broadcast Group is up in arms over an ethics award handed to one of its former employees.
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Your $9 Million PR Education— The Education Department has used $9 million of your money to sell itself to you.
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Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty— Why accuse a politician of kicking puppies when one admits to killing kitties?
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Blaming the Messenger— If we ignore the horrors of war they won't go away. They'll still be there. We'll just be ignorant.
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Attacking Health Care— Washington's beginning to figure out what working Americans and our bosses have been complaining about for years.
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Payback— Democrats and Republicans exchange the same battle cry as both cry over unfairness in politics.
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Everyone Talks About the Weather, And This Senator Plans to do Something About It— Sen Rick Santorum (R-PA) wants to get rid of the freebies.
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Suddenly, There's No Delay for the Ethics Guys— Republicans on the House Ethics Committee must be feeling the heat.
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You'll Pay Billions — And Still Pay More at the Pumps— You'll shell out $22 billion in tax breaks and corporate welfare to big energy companies through Washington's new energy bill.
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Dang Judges, Looking at International Law and Using That Internet Thingy
— Rep Tom DeLay (R-TX) takes on the judges in case he has to face them.
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That Painting Would Defend the Homeland a Lot Better on That Wall— It takes a lot of silk flowers and artwork to keep the Homeland safe.
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Pulled Pork— The latest Pig Book tallies up $27.3 billion in pork barrel spending.
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Congress Gets Around — On Your Dime— Congress members have spent nearly $24 million of your money traveling around the world over the last 11 years.
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Big Game Hunters in the Senate's Sights— Your tax dollars effectively subsidize big game hunters on their safaris.
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The Internets Will be "The Next Big Thing"— A $1 million study on the Internet has finally been turned in to Congress, seven years after they asked for it.
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White House Firetrap— Labeling the White House Press Room a "firetrap" could get the media kicked out of the White House altogether.
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"The Influence 50"— ...
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Road Hogs
— Spend $284 billion in Washington and you can almost taste the pork in there somewhere.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
— Foxes join the henhouse guard dogs for dinner.
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Medicine & Money— The company behind the Senate Majority Leader's family fortune could profit from a bill the Senate Finance Committee's writing.
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Chasing Down the Windfalls— FactCheck.org takes some wind out of the Wall Street windfall argument.
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Crime Doesn't Pay — And Justice Doesn't Collect— For every buck in federal fines and restitution — the Justice Department lets 96 cents slide.
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The Terror Threat Below— Exploring the terrorist threat to America's sewers.
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Vicious Cycle— ...
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Shooting the Messenger— ...
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You Gotta Spend Money to Spend Money— Your local tax dollars could be used to keep Washington from saving your federal tax dollars.
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Social Security vs. Medicare— ...
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Poor Man's Cocaine— ...
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Congress' Paid Vacations— Washington winters can be so bleak. What better time for a Congressman to blow town for some sunny clime or a ski vacation — and
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The VA has to Want to Help Itself— Nearly two decades to fix problems and the Department of Veterans Affairs is failing in the clutch.
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Tom Ridge — Private Citizen, Pork Salesman
— The former Director of the Department of Homeland Security is on the lecture circuit, telling business how to cash in on your tax dollars --
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