Oliver Stone, Please Come to a White Courtesy Telephone

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Friday April 21, 2006 · 5:36 AM PDT

2006/04/21 · 05:36

(Or, He ain't heavy, he's just Big Brother)

It's not every day you find yourself in the middle of a real live conspiracy theory, but that's where I was last week -- and for all I know I'm still there now. It's not a funny story, but it is surpassing strange.

It started when I read a post on Daily Kos from a blogger who believed the Department of Homeland Security was spying on him because his Sitemeter statistics included a visit from someone at DHS.gov.

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Bush Gone Wild

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Tuesday September 13, 2005 · 5:09 PM PDT

2005/09/13 · 17:09

President Tours the Crescent City After the Storm

MSNBC News Services
Updated: 2:24 p.m. ET Sept. 12, 2005

NEW ORLEANS -- President Bush got his first good look at the city devastated by Hurricane Katrina yesterday.

Wearing a necklace of brightly colored beads and a headdress made from ostrich feathers, the Commander in Chief did an impromptu second-line shuffle while riding down Bourbon Street in the back of a US Army half-track.

"Woo-wee, par-tay!" cried Bush. "I love NOLA! Where are all the hotties?"

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Republicans Seek Shelter From the Storm

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Wednesday September 07, 2005 · 1:49 PM PDT

2005/09/07 · 13:49

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September 7, 2005 - 21:10 GMT

WASHINGTON, DC -- As camera crews document the carnage left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Republican leaders were seen on the rooftops of the Rayburn and Dirksen buildings on Capitol Hill, signaling to passing aircraft and pleading to be rescued from the Bush Administration's floundering agenda.

"The political floodwaters are rising," cried out one grey-haired Senator to reporters inside a Fox News helicopter. "Can't someone please help us?"

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War Is Hell - But Justifying It Is Even Harder

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Thursday August 25, 2005 · 9:08 PM PDT

2005/08/25 · 21:08

War Is Hell - But Justifying It Is Even Harder

White House Wonks Work Feverishly on Reasons for War

By Dan Broomkin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 26, 2005; Page A05

WASHINGTON DC, Aug. 26 -- It could pass for any DC office. Clean-cut college graduates with rolled-up sleeves hustle between cubicles lit by the glow of computer screens. Eager young men and women huddle around conference tables to debate ideas while graybeards with thinning hair watch with approval.

But these are no ordinary Beltway policy wonks. Their mission? To generate fresh new rationales for the war in Iraq. And with public approval for the war at its lowest ebb, their job is getting tougher by the minute.
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Pat Robertson Issues Updated List of Commandments

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Tuesday August 23, 2005 · 4:36 AM PDT

2005/08/23 · 04:36

Pat Robertson Issues Updated List of Commandments

23 August 2005 - 12:23 GMT

AP -- Following his controversial statement calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, TV evangelist Pat Robertson has issued a modified version of the 10 commandments.

"After a long and careful consultation with the Creator, we have decided that there are now only 9 commandments," said the former US presidential candidate.

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PlameGate: The Movie

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Thursday July 28, 2005 · 12:29 PM PDT

2005/07/28 · 12:29

It's the biggest scandal since Iran-Contra, if not Watergate. So it's no surprise that Hollywood is showing a keen interest in the Valerie Plame Affair, with the hopes of turning it into another All the President's Men, or at least a TV mini series. Here's a guide to the scandal's major players, and who'll be playing them.

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Bush's Secret Short List for the Supreme Court

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Friday July 15, 2005 · 9:30 AM PDT

2005/07/15 · 09:30

While the burgeoning PlameGate scandal threatens to consume the Bush inner circle, other members of the administration have been quietly whittling down the list of potential nominees to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. An anonymous source, speaking on quadruple super secret cross your heart and hope to die background, has revealed the names of the White House's top picks. Here they are, in order of preference:

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The truth about Rove and PlameGate

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Wednesday July 13, 2005 · 7:22 AM PDT

2005/07/13 · 07:22

So. For the past 24 hours I have been obsessed with Karl Rove and "PlameGate." (Please lord, let us finally have a scandal without somebody appending `gate' to the end of it.) But it seems most bloggers and many mainstream reporters are missing some major points, which I shall now happily bloviate upon.

* Rove is probably not the primary source for the Plame leak. Remember that Robert "NoFacts" Novak cited "two senior administration officials." (That's code for "people whose names you would recognize." Anonymous sources don't get any higher.) The offhand way Matt Cooper brought up the topic - at the end of a two-minute conversation about something else - suggests he merely used Rove to confirm a story he got elsewhere. No journalist who could land a job at Time would base a major story on a sentence or two. But he would do it to confirm an anonymous source, if the confirmation came from a grand poobah. That's Rove.

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White House Press Secretary Slowly Roasted Over a Low Plame

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Tuesday July 12, 2005 · 11:07 AM PDT

2005/07/12 · 11:07

White House press secretary Scott "Don't ask, Don't tell" McClellan held a press conference yesterday in which he was pummeled with questions about Karl Rove's connection to the Valerie Plame scandal. Here's a brief but illuminating excerpt from that press conference (for a more complete transcript, see Editor and Publisher's story):

Q: Does the president stand by his pledge to fire anyone involved in a leak of the name of a CIA operative?

MCCLELLAN: I appreciate your question. I think your question is being asked related to some reports that are in reference to an ongoing criminal investigation. The ongoing criminal investigation that you reference is something that continues at this point, which is to say, it ongoes.

While that investigation is ongoing, the White House is not going to comment on it, nor is it going to comment on comments it had previously commented upon, while the investigation was also ongoing, which it still is.

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What W Really Meant to Say Last Night

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Tuesday June 28, 2005 · 8:35 PM PDT

2005/06/28 · 20:35

Update [2005-6-29 10:8:32 by the witlist]: Thank you and good evening. I am pleased to visit Fort McBragg, home of the army and other military things. My greatest responsibility as President is to protect the American people from the truth, and your responsibility is to protect me from them. We thank you for your service, your courage, and your sacrifice. America is grateful – and so is your Commander-in-Chief. Unfortunately, Dick Cheney couldn’t be here tonight, so they sent me instead.

(That was a joke. Karl thought it would be a good idea to start with a joke. Lighten the mood.)

The terrorists who attacked us – and the terrorists we face – hate freedom, reject tolerance, and despise all dissent. Do not be fooled into mistaking them for members of the Republican Party. These people wear towels on their heads and sleep with camels. Republicans wear bowties and sleep with their mistresses. Towels... bowties. Camels... mistresses. It’s something I think about every day.

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PBS Rocked by New Scandal

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Monday June 27, 2005 · 7:40 PM PDT

2005/06/27 · 19:40

Associated Press

27 June 2005 -- 03:38 GMT

WASHINGTON, DC -- Ken Tomlinson, the controversial Bush appointee who heads the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, has come under fire for hiring another Republican consultant to report on alleged bias in long-running PBS programs.

The Associated Press has learned that ex-Republican pollster Maynard Krebs was secretly paid $14,567 to watch the popular Sesame Street program and report on signs of avian bias.

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Corrections to "Rove Lashes Back at Critics"

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Monday June 27, 2005 · 6:45 PM PDT

2005/06/27 · 18:45

Gentle Readers:

Due to irregularities in the editing process, the previous entry, "Rove Lashes Back at Critics," contained several errors of omission and commission that may have offended the delicate sensibilities of our readers. We would like to take the opportunity to correct the entry at this time. Read More

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