<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Inspector General quits at State Department : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/"/><tagline>Inspector General quits at State Department : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-11-18T15:01:44+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Inspector General quits at State Department]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/43568/1/" /><id>43568</id><summary><![CDATA[Inspector General quits at State Department]]></summary><issued>2007-12-07T19:31:07+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-07T19:31:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[No departure details given for man accused of impeding Blackwater probe<br/><br/>In addition to recusing himself from matters related to Blackwater, Krongard also said he is no longer involved in corruption investigations related to the flawed construction of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, a $600 million project that is beset by logistical delays and security concerns.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/" /><id>13292</id><summary><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></summary><issued>2007-03-16T00:24:47+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-16T00:24:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:<ul style='list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px;'><li class='li'>Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys<br/><li class='li'>Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths<br/><li class='li'>Lack of accountability</ul>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19102/1/" /><id>19102</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></summary><issued>2007-05-05T02:10:12+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-05T02:10:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''<br/><br/>Or something like that.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[FBI: Blackwater Killings Unjustified]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41599/1/" /><id>41599</id><summary><![CDATA[FBI: Blackwater Killings Unjustified]]></summary><issued>2007-11-14T09:35:50+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-14T09:35:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The New York Times cited unidentified civilian and military officials in reporting for Wednesday's editions that the killings of at least 14 of the 17 Iraqi civilians shot by Blackwater personnel guarding a U.S. Embassy convoy were found to have been unjustified and violated standards in place governing the use of deadly force.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blackwater 'Blood Money' Angers Iraqis]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55095/1/" /><id>55095</id><summary><![CDATA[Blackwater 'Blood Money' Angers Iraqis]]></summary><issued>2008-03-20T20:02:14+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-20T20:02:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[At least two Iraqi families of victims killed by Blackwater security guards in September tell ABC News they have refused compensation offered by the company.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13275/1/" /><id>13275</id><summary><![CDATA[New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings]]></summary><issued>2007-03-15T21:53:33+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-15T21:53:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Just breaking, MTB has obtained excerpts from the leaked emails suggesting the WHite House targeted federal attorneys for firing because they were not &quot;Bush loyalists&quot;<br/>Another Bush administration scandal, lies and cover-ups. <br/><br/>This update provides access to the actual email and may be the first place on the Internet to find it.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush Spy Bill Stance Called Fear-Mongering]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50706/1/" /><id>50706</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush Spy Bill Stance Called Fear-Mongering]]></summary><issued>2008-02-15T07:59:05+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-15T07:59:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The administration admitted that the sweeping domestic surveillance originated in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. However, declassified documents obtained by the National Security Archive and testimony that is part of these lawsuits suggest the National Security Agency program was put into place shortly after Mr. Bush was inaugurated, long before 9/11.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Senator Reveals Secret Bush Legal Opinions]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/43574/1/" /><id>43574</id><summary><![CDATA[Senator Reveals Secret Bush Legal Opinions]]></summary><issued>2007-12-07T20:50:24+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-07T20:50:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Whitehouse said that as a member of the Intelligence Committee, he had examined &quot;highly classified secret legal opinions&quot; issued by the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, which the administration used to get legal support of its surveillance program.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush Aware of Advisers' Interrogation Talks]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57980/1/" /><id>57980</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush Aware of Advisers' Interrogation Talks]]></summary><issued>2008-04-12T09:38:01+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-12T09:38:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;Well, we started to connect the dots in order to protect the American people.&quot; Bush told ABC News White House correspondent Martha Raddatz. &quot;And yes, I'm aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Blackwater USA ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18663/1/" /><id>18663</id><summary><![CDATA[Blackwater USA ]]></summary><issued>2007-05-01T22:04:56+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-01T22:04:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Blackwater USA is the most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world.<br/>(you didn't know about this?)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Probes Torture Memo Legality]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58913/1/" /><id>58913</id><summary><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Probes Torture Memo Legality]]></summary><issued>2008-04-18T21:21:56+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-18T21:21:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;The abject failure of legal scholarship in the Office of Legal Counsel's analysis of torture suggests that what mattered was not that the reasoning was sound, or that the research was comprehensive, but that it delivered what the Bush administration wanted,&quot; Whitehouse said.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush to relax protected species rules]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/72019/1/" /><id>72019</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush to relax protected species rules]]></summary><issued>2008-08-11T16:03:44+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-11T16:03:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[McClellan blames Bush for CIA leak deceit]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/42132/1/" /><id>42132</id><summary><![CDATA[McClellan blames Bush for CIA leak deceit]]></summary><issued>2007-11-20T17:22:58+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-20T17:22:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President d**k Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative.<br/><br/>*me awaits the inevitable argument from the RED side.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[George &quot;Dubya&quot; Bush Countdown Timer]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/22218/1/" /><id>22218</id><summary><![CDATA[George &quot;Dubya&quot; Bush Countdown Timer]]></summary><issued>2007-05-31T09:53:30+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-31T09:53:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Simply put, how long it will be until G.W. is no longer president of the United States.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Wolfowitz Gets New Job At State Department]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/48416/1/" /><id>48416</id><summary><![CDATA[Wolfowitz Gets New Job At State Department]]></summary><issued>2008-01-25T22:29:56+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-25T22:29:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The move by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice marks a return to government for Wolfowitz, a conservative with close ties to the White House. As deputy defense secretary under President Bush, he was a major architect of the Iraq war.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[ Off-color Bush featured in coloring book]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20208/1/" /><id>20208</id><summary><![CDATA[ Off-color Bush featured in coloring book]]></summary><issued>2007-05-13T22:36:13+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-13T22:36:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[U.S. President George W. Bush shows up in some very non-presidential situations in the new &quot;Off-Color Coloring Book: The Bush Years.&quot; Whether Bush is shown dressed as a cheerleader or drinking beer, the coloring book portrays the president in an unflattering light that its authors said is simply good-natured fun.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The REAL 'State of the Union' Address.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11482/1/" /><id>11482</id><summary><![CDATA[The REAL 'State of the Union' Address.]]></summary><issued>2007-02-24T02:03:41+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-24T02:03:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Once again, America and the world has been bush whacked by president George W. Bush. Here is his state of the union address, only a bit... more honest this time. You gotta love the ability to cut/ paste reality. political, comedy, news.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China cracks down on corruption]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/4226/1/" /><id>4226</id><summary><![CDATA[China cracks down on corruption]]></summary><issued>2006-10-24T03:01:49+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-24T03:01:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[China has punished more than 17,500 officials in the first eight months of this year on corruption charges, according to state news agency Xinhua.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bush Nominates Homophobic Fundie for Surgeon General]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/24010/1/" /><id>24010</id><summary><![CDATA[Bush Nominates Homophobic Fundie for Surgeon General]]></summary><issued>2007-06-15T17:51:27+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-15T17:51:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Again, Bush chooses ideology over competance, selecting Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr., who wrote a paper for the Methodist Church in which he compares human sex to pipe fittings.<br/>To wipe your ass with the paper, download the pdf here: <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politi...mosexuality.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politi...mosexuality.pdf</a></div>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[59 Reasons why Bush Sucks]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/68223/1/" /><id>68223</id><summary><![CDATA[59 Reasons why Bush Sucks]]></summary><issued>2008-07-09T18:09:27+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-09T18:09:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[There are so many reasons to oppose four more years of George W. Bush it can be hard to keep them all straight. And so we provide you with this handy guide, listing 60 reasons (in no particular order) why this administration sucks major butt.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chavez calls Bush &quot;the devil himself&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/767/1/" /><id>767</id><summary><![CDATA[Chavez calls Bush &quot;the devil himself&quot;]]></summary><issued>2006-09-22T02:35:20+01:00</issued><modified>2006-09-22T02:35:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stunned delegates at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday by calling Bush &quot;the devil himself&quot; and saying he left the smell of sulphur hanging in the chamber from his appearance the previous day.]]></content></entry></feed>