How Washington's Right-Wing Wrecking Crew Robbed Us Blind

AlterNet by Thomas Frank | Aug. 6, 2008 (Opinion)

this spectacular episode of misrule has coincided with both the political triumph of conservatism and with the rise of the Washington area to the richest rank of American metropolises. In the period I am describing, gentlemen of the right rolled through the capital like lords of creation. Full Story »

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by David B. Brooks - Oct. 1, 2008

There is little better evidence supporting the contentions of this article than the just reported $79 Billion surplus of cash held by the Iraq government as compared to our growing deficit and floundering economy. The American public need a lot of "education" to help them wake up to the fact we have been had by the ideologists on the right over the last quarter century.