Trying to defend the indefensible---using criminally scandal ridden private mercenary company Xe, formerly Blackwater, " Obama's State Department emloyed these hypocritical excuses: "The state department did not have to pay overtime or provide benefits or vacation time to the contractors. They were not saddled with extensive travel and housing costs. And they did not have to outfit them with weapons and gear....[and] because the department does not want to be perceived as hiring mercenaries."

DINO Obama administration has embraced the GOP education agenda, trying to privatize public schools and undermining teachers...instead of blaming the teachers, what about putting responsibility on the parents?

Vatican protecting the pontiff against news report that alleges pope was involved in clergy sex abuse cover-up in his former archdiocese of Munich.

A trip down recent memory lane for those hypocritical, deliberately forgetful members of the GOP: lists for Republican offenders, Republican sex scandals, Republican sex offenders, and Bush crimes and scandals.

Pity students in Texas as right wing fundamentalists wield power on Texas Board of Education as it removes Thomas Jefferson in textbooks replacing him with "religious right icon, John Calvin." One comment suggested that it should be the Texass Board of Education.

Revisionist history Bushites all seem to be related to Pinocchio; especially the Rove-Cheney delusional duo.