Donald H. Rumsfeld

Rep. Loretta Sanchez, A Future Secretary of Defense?

What do Robert McNamara, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta have in common with Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez?Almost nothing, but just wait.It's highly unlikely that President Barack Obama would ever name Sanchez to be a Secretary of Defense in his administrati ... More >>

The Week in Forgetfulness: Books by Crooks, the Cold War and a Writer to Remember

My kind editor, The Mexican, offered to reimburse me for purchase of the ex-governor of California's memoirs. I considered reading and reviewing the provocatively titled Total Recall:  My Unbelievably True Life Storybut I felt so uncomfortable at even the thought of walking into a bookstor ... More >>

Rothick Art Haus' Revolution?

The latest exhibit, featuring Danny Schutt, can't decide if it's pro-uprising or just likes AK-47s

Donald Rumsfeld: Pay Top Dollar To Eat With Him Tonight, Then Buy His Book And Follow Him On Twitter

"You should buy my book and follow me on Twitter!"​Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is bringing his comedy tour to the Richard Nixon Library tonight. Or maybe he's being honored for something. Or maybe it's part of his book tour. Whatever it may be that is bringing him to O.C., we' ... More >>

Cypress College Recognized for Muzzling Free Speech

Photo by Gregory MiguelA hand-cuffed activist is led away from an anti-abortion protest at Cypress College last year.The independently funded Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression cites the administration of Cypress College on its 18th annual list of the "best" Muzzlers of Fr ... More >>

Rock Em, Sock Em

Giant robot fights look better than ever in Transformers

True Lies

The rise of the bunkumentary

Odds and Ends

Well, it was quite a weekend in Washington D.C. In a previous post, Alex did a fine job of spelling out the facts in the case of ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Predator). The only thing that can be added is that Foley has now headed down a familiar path-- as Josh Marshall puts it: "Ahhh, once again, the l ... More >>

Numbers (Five Years Later)

From a list compiled by the UK newspaper, The Independent: 2,973 Total number of people killed (excluding the 19 hijackers) in the September 11, 2001 attacks 72,000 Estimated number of civilians killed worldwide since September 11, 2001 as a result of the war on terror 2 Number of years since US ... More >>

Rummy "Slimy", Not "Slimmy"

While discussing his new book, Conservatives without Conscience, on Firedoglake's Book Salon, John Dean, who first gained fame as the most honest man in the Nixon White House (which admittedly is a little like being the best ice skater in the Sahara), reminisced about the role of a young Donald Rums ... More >>

Diary of a Mad County

May 10 - May 16

Live Review

Straighter Than Any Emo Haircut:
Angels and Airwaves

Massively Penetrating in Vegas

Looking for something new to do in Vegas? Something that involves breathing in massive amounts of particulate matter blown in from the desert? Something that involves watching yet another bit of idiotic Bush administration defense planning go up in smoke (literally)? Something a little mushroom clou ... More >>

Commie Girl

And the People, They Danced
Danced to the sweet, sweet music of impeachment!

Decoding the Times' cry for help

As R. Scott Moxley observes at the end of his dissection of Dana Parsons' attempt to slap a coat of whitewash on the lazy and error-filled reporting of the Haidl rape case Parsons has filled his L.A. Times column with, the Times has a new slogan for its Orange County advertising: Now More Than Ever. ... More >>

The Kevlar Anniversary

If the Iraq War is so noble, why are Georges kids still on their barstools?

Commie Girl

Make Levees Not War
We go a-visiting at the Nixon Library

Does a Bear Shit in the LA Times?

If you read Monday's Los Angeles "By God" Times Business section (and why would you?), you might've choked on your French Roast when you came on C3's three-quarter page advert announcing the California Bear is missing from the state flag. The gloomy gray gus informed that the Grizzly "grew tired of ... More >>

Letters

"To Answer Your Question About What to Do With the Dog Shit: EAT IT!"

Stop the War

I want to get off

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

Memorial Day 2005

We remember everything

Call Me Irresponsible

Yes, Its Undeniably True

Diary of A Mad County

Diary of A Mad County

Diary of a Mad County

So Now What?

No one said freedom was easy

I Wonder When Youll Miss Me

Defending Bill Clintons My Life

The NASCAR Nazi

Bush is creating an un-American America

Profane and Ass-Shaking

The Doheny fest does it again

Jailhouse Iraq

Brutalizing inmates is a proud American tradition

Empire Falls

Chalmers Johnson on why things that cant go on forever dont

Thats Our Bush!

The presidents re-election campaign kicks off with a shameless 9-11 docudrama

Checklist, Please!

Food at The Orange County Fairpart ew!

To Your Corporate Health

Force Of July

Rumsfeld lobbies locals to celebrate the invasion of Iraq

The Kids Are Not All Right

Letters

This War Was Just Like a Movie

Uh, no its not

Colonial Capitalism

Our Man In Baghdad

Dollars and No Sense

Slick Talk

War College

67 things you might want to know before the bombs drop

Shuttle Diplomacy

Bushies Order Takeout

Of Ants and Men

Dazed and Amused

Gods sixth annual Calleys

The Snake of the Union Address

A preview of the Jan. 29 speech