Ms. Smith Goes to Washington

Archives 2005

Slow Down for the Curves and the Barricades, Too - July 11, 2006

Any More Questions About Kansas and the GOP Circus? - July 11, 2006

Speaking of Honor - July 7, 2006

American Heroes ... From Truth to Trust - July 6, 2006

Enough Arrogance in the DLC To Go Around - July 6, 2006

Short Memories, or No Memories About Real Terrorism Plots - June 29, 2006

The Bush GOP Congress and Their Monkey Business - June 29, 2006

Check Out 'This Is Death - Ed Kashi's Journal of Captivity in the Niger Delta' - June 28, 2006

Here's How They Voted on Kerry-Feingold -  June 22, 2006

And the Eyes Have It - June 15, 2005

Praying, Paying, Preying ... - June 13, 2006

Another "Bring 'em On" by Bush ... More Deaths by Revenge - June 13, 2006

'Political Issue'? Does Bush Have Any Other Kind of Issues? - June 6, 2006

The Rewards of Power in Government ... Did Cheney Mention Them? - May 25, 2006

Welcome to Reality, GOP - May 25, 2006

Have You Heard the News? - May 17, 2006

Internet Ad, and Is It the DLC or the CDL? - May 16, 2006

Unpunished Crimes Never Stop Government Criminals - May 11, 2006

Bush's America Simplified ... From Melting Pot to Rot Pot - May 3, 2006

Freedom Agenda or Comfort Zone? - May 3, 2006

Bush Is Beyond Repair - April 28, 3006

Bush's Law - April 27, 2006

Fake Clinic Cons 17-Year-Old Girl - April 20, 2006

The Return of the Ugly American - April 18, 2006

How to Support the Troops ... If You Don't Give a Damn? - April 11, 2006

When Is Sexual Assault Not a Crime? - April 11, 2006

In DeLay's Own Words ... Re-Setting the GOP Stage with a New Script - April 5, 2006

The Mutation and Mortality of US Morality - April 4, 2006

More Missing in the Report of this Mishap than our Marines - April 4, 2006

Simply Put, Payback Can and Will Be Hell - March 31, 2006

Writing the Final Chapter - March 31, 2006

Round One ... It’s Time to Play 'What’s Under Bush's Shirt' Again - March 31, 2006

Power Through Fraud: ... Why Are Decisions by that Power Considered Honorable? - March 30, 2006

Conservatives, Criminals and Garlic - March 28, 2006

Re-zoning D.C. - March 23, 2006

Check it out: 'Foreign Workers Riot in Dubai' - March 23, 2006

Out of Seinfeld? Naw ... Out of Mind - March 21, 2006

The Telltale Forensics of Criminal Politics - March 20, 2006

A Done Deal Already ... Again a Monopoly - March 10, 2006

Two Young Women Scorned and Scorned and Scorned - March 10, 2006

Judging From Where I Sit  - March 10, 2006

Supreme Court Promoting Violence - March 1, 2006

The Bush GOP Administration Should Pay for Their Mistakes - February 17, 2006

Charge for E-Mail? - February 15, 2006

What Do the Words "Moderate Democrat" Bring to Mind? - February 15, 2006

Democrats, DLC, a Book and a Buck ... Just My Opinion - February 15, 2006

Can You Bruise a Gator? - February 9, 2006

Spying and Subpoenas - February 2, 2006

Activists Sentenced -  February 2, 2006

Gore Vidal on Our Union's State (and Nazis) - February 2, 2006

Filibuster - January 27, 2006

Do We Have To Sue for Voting Records Now? - January 25, 2006

Who Was Abramoff Really Working For? - January 25, 2006

Al Gore and the Democratic Leadership Council - January 19, 2006

Just Follow the Leader - January 18, 2006

'The Hammer has been dropped.  Permanently.' - January 11, 2006

The Consequences of GOP Conservatism ... A Police State Personified - January 10, 2006

It's Okay To Be Gay ... It's Not Okay To Be GOP in DC  - January 9, 2006

How History Gets Transformed ... Just a Comment - January 4, 2006

Bush GOP Democracy ... The Freedom to Kill and Kill and Kill - January 3, 2006

How Do You Weigh an Ego as Large as NYC?  - January 3, 2006

Educating Politicans -- That's the Real Problem - December 29, 2005

What a Letdown ... The Iconic Lowering of the Lowdown - December 29, 2005

Passing Judgment, Punishing Americans ... Bush's GOP America - December 27, 2005

There Oughta Be a Law - December 23, 1005

The Wizardry of War  - December 21, 2005

Cyclops the Private Eye ... And, the Monster in the White House Closet - December 21, 2005

Curiouser and Curiouser ... Who Are These People? - December 20, 2005

The Ghost of Eternal War? - December 16, 2005

List and Petition Every House Mouse ... All 44 of Them - December 15, 2005

A Perfect Example of Bush's America - December 13, 2005

Silent Night - December 12, 2005

Lock the Doors and Bury the Keys, Alongside Our Democracy - December 12, 2005

There's Not Enough Rope in the U.S.  - December 7, 2005

How to Fuel the War on Terrorism? Allow the Terrorists to Escape  - December 6, 2005

What a Wasteland We've Become - December 6, 2005

Can the Democratic Party Survive Middle-of-the-Road Politics Today? - December 6, 2005

Through the Eyes of the Corruptible Bush GOP ... Blame the Victims - December 5, 2005

A Strange Pill To Swallow - December 5, 2005

'Fumigate' Should Be the Last Gate - December 1, 2005

Bush's Florida ... The Last Leg of the Wildcat Woolly West Side Shows? - December 1, 2005

Bush GOP, Legislators of the Lean and Mean - November 30, 2005

How Do We Bathe a Whole Nation? - November 30, 2005

When Dirty Tricks Become Detonators - November 29, 2005

Preparedness? This Guy Should Be Working on a Chain Gang - November 29, 2005

This Tickles Me Plum To Death - November 28, 2005

Lord Black and Today's World of White Collar Corruption - November 18, 2005

What Do I Want for Christmas? Bush GOP and FEMA Held Accountable - November 18, 2005

The Blame Game -- No Winners, and the Losers are Dead Silent - November 16, 2005

Veterans Deserve Respect . . . and More from the Bush GOP Administration - November 11, 2005

Americans to the Bush GOP . . . This is What We Think - November 10, 2005

The Butterfly or "Preying" Mantis Effect in Politics - November 9, 2005

Vote Fraud Determines Elections, not Voter Fraud - Florida and Ohio Again? - November 7, 2005

Actually, It's the U.S. that has Slipped and Tripped on its Own Hubris - November 4, 2005

The Bush GOP . . . "Wham! Wham! Thank You Democrats" - November 2, 2005

Can't Win the Honest Hearts and Minds? . . . Use Blackmail - November 1, 2005

Suppressing Voter Registration ... and Other Insults to The American Way - October 27, 2005

A Couple of Thoughts on "Liberals" and "Progressives" - October 20, 2005

Re 'Cheney cabal hijacked foreign policy' . . . - October 20, 2005

Miers ... Democrats ... Full Discovery? - October 7, 2005

Bush . . . The Proud Commander in Chief of US Torture Units . . . - October 7, 2005

Sharing a Letter I Sent to Zogby About a Poll 10/4/05 . . . - October 5, 2005

How to Build a Deeply Dedicated House of Cards . . .  - October 5, 2005

Saving Democratic Seats While Getting Kicked in the Ass . . .  - October 4, 2005

A Simple Minded, Southern Sermon from the Senate . . .  - October 1, 2005

Mr. Bush's Compassionate Conservative Counterfeiters  - September 28, 3005

A Blind Man's Bluff - September 22, 2005

Tony Blair 'Relished' Sending British Soldiers Off to War  - September 19, 2005

Taking Responsibility ... Should We Spell That Out for the GOP? - September 16, 2005

The Bush GOP Gifts to the Dems That Just Keep On Giving . . .  - September 15, 2005

Louisiana Military Shipping Out to Iraq - September 9, 2005

Great BBC Report on Bush GOP's Death and Destruction in the US . . . - September 6, 2005

The Fallen not yet Buried . . . Bush Reloads and Shoots Again . . . - September 6, 2005

Bringing Accountability Back to Government - September 2, 2005

Feeling Vulnerable? . . . You Should Be . . . - August 31, 2008

The Wrong Approach ... - August 12, 2005

We Court-Martial Heroes and Condone Treason  - August 2, 2005

Slogans? How About "From the White House to the Big House"? - August 2, 2005

Frist Frantic to Be First - August 1, 2005

Patriotic GOP Vote for the Patriot Act ... and a few Dems ... July 25, 2005

Does Miller Fear Her Source More Than Jail? - July 6, 2005

Civil Rights for All . . . Where? Canada . . . - June 20, 2005

How Much Is That Doggie From the White House? - June 27, 2005

Responsible Government? - June 24, 2005

Burning Iraq Okay ... Burning Flag Not Okay ... Brilliant, Just Brilliant - June 23, 2005

Apologies Are Best Served Up With Justice - June 20, 2005

Cutting Throats and Payrolls in Iraq - June 9, 2005

Kay Bailey Hutchison, the NRA and Character - June 2, 2005

Terrorism ... Bush's Pyrrhic Victory - May 31, 2005

The Perfect Candidate - May 18, 2005

Schwarzenegger Takes His Snake Oil on the Road - May 18, 2005

PBS, Moyers, Murdoch ... Free Speech? - May 18, 2005

Debunking the Bunkum ... - May 17, 2005

"Justice" by Design - May 16, 2005

How Bush May Get to Mars - May 13, 2005

Friends and Enemies ... Who's Who? - May 10, 2005

What's Funny ... What's Not - May 6, 2005

Terrorism and the Cry of Wolf ... - May 5, 2005

Stealing our Thunder! - May 4, 2005

Killing Us Softly - May 2, 2005

Rave On Bright Light Through this Dark Night . . . Rave On - April 29, 2005

Republican Rules of Their Games . . . Less Rules, More Rulers - April 29, 2005

Compromise for the Democrats ... Hellfire & Damnation for the Rest of Us - April 28, 2004

Good, Bad, Right, Wrong . . . Human Behaviors? How About the Basics . . . - April 28, 2005

When In The Right Wing Clutches . . . Microsoft Went Soft . . . - April 27, 2005