PERRspectives: Barking Mad Archives

Barking Mad Archives

	Barking Mad, Vietnam Do Over Edition These are just some of the developments this week that made me barking mad: A new Iraq National Intelligence Assessment was conveniently released just before General David Petraeus is conveniently supposed to testify to Congress on September 11th. Despite the report's findings that the Iraqi government teeters on the brink of collapse and will experience continued high levels of sectarian violence, the AP concludes this supports President Bush's surge policy. (Even Republican John Warner called for a U.S. withdrawal.) And... more Posted on August 24, 2007 \| Comments (1)

	Barking Mad, Giuliani Narcissism Edition These are just some of the things that made me barking mad this week: Despite the pompous claim by Rudy Giuliani that he was at Ground Zero "as often, if not more, than most of the workers," a review of his mayoral archive showed he was at the Word Trade Center site only 29 hours between September 17, 2001 and December 16, 2001. Speaking of Rudy Giuliani, aside from the likes of Joe Conason and Fred Kaplan, the self-proclaimed mayor... more Posted on August 17, 2007 \| Comments (1)

	Barking Mad, Mittmo Edition The past week produced another torrent of conservative outrages. The revelations of Alberto Gonzales' hospital visit to browbeat John Ashcroft, the celebration of the late Jerry Falwell, and the implosion of Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank were just some of the developments that made me barking mad. Alberto Gonzales continued to dissemble over the U.S. attorneys purge and President Bush's illegal NSA domestic surveillance program. On Tuesday, Gonzales blamed his outgoing deputy AG Paul McNulty for having "most of... more Posted on May 18, 2007 \| Comments (1)

	Barking Mad, Gonzo Edition Beginning this Friday, Perrspectives is introducing a new feature, Barking Mad. While others offer Friday cat blogging (for example, here and here), Barking Mad combines a quick survey of the outrages of the week with photos of my ill-tempered Corgi, Zoe. These are just some of the people and issues that, well, pissed me off this week: Ersatz Republican Rebels. After NBC hyped the group of supposed GOP moderates who took President Bush to the woodshed on Iraq on Tuesday,... more Posted on May 11, 2007 \| Comments (2)