In a last-minute action just before leaving to campaign for the upcoming midterm elections, the Senate passed the Secure Fence Act, which authorises 700 new miles of fence on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Tag archieven: Verenigde Staten
De Verenigde Staten van Amerika is een land van grote contrasten. Ik schrijf over hun technologische innovaties en politieke tegenstellingen.
Zie ook presidenten:
#40 Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
#42 Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
#43 George W. Bush (2001-2009)
#44 Barack Obama (2009-2017)
#45 Donald Trump (2017-2020)
#46 Joe Biden (2021-2024)
#47 Donald Trump (2025-2029)
That Axis of Evil
When George W. Bush made his first State of the Union Address “Speech to the Nation” in January 2002, he deployed the expression “axis of evil”. Thanks to his own foreign policy, Bush helped bring his own nightmare to life. But the president’s biggest act of axis-enhancement was tying up our military in Iraq and …
O’Reilly: North Korea wants to influence the November election
Neo-cons in the US are having a great time exploiting the ‘explosive situation’ in North Korea. The more spin they can add to their newsbulletins, the merrier. Bill O’Reilly is one of many nitwits who thinks America really is the center of the universe: the reason North Korea is causing trouble is that it wants to influence the November election.
Olbermann: “Why does habeas corpus hate America”
Last week the US government approved a law that will get rid of the habeas corpus and provides president Bush with the necessary tools to keep torturing prisoners. Keith Olbermann just can’t let this news be covered up.
Wartime Catchphrase Generator
Everyone who agrees that George W. Bush never can utter too much bullcrap, can make the POTUS himself say even more nonsense with the Wartime Catchphrase Generator.
Land of the Free
En dan vergeten we nog even dat de Amerikaanse overheid gisteren een wetsvoorstel goedkeurde dat de habeas corpus afschaft en president Bush bovendien de toelating geeft tot folteren. Dat allemaal in het kader van de War on Terror War of Terror (danku Borat). Ik zou graag willen uitdrukken hoe spijtig ik het vind dat een …