George Bush Jr


The melting Arctic photos Bush tried to hide

More than 1000 spy satellite photos of Arctic ice have been recently declassified by the Obama Administration, providing pretty compelling - and terrifying - evidence of rapidly melting ice.

First the neo-cons praise Iran, now they want to bomb them

With the protests in Iran ebbing away, get ready for a change in approach from the neo-cons. Yesterday they sung the praises of the Iranian people. Now they want to bomb them.

Video of the Day: “Nerd Prom” becomes “Golden Globes” under Obama

Obama’s administration injected energy into this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association. dinner, transforming an event labelled the “nerd prom” into something more akin to the Golden Globes, says Variety.

Video of the Day: Reporters prefer Obama to Bush, the proof

This video, put together by Politico’s Patrick Gavin, is making the rounds showing two presidential visits to the White House briefing room.

Spain can take George Bush to court

A Spanish judge has announced a formal criminal investigation into Bush officials involved in torture policy.

Huffington: How we respond to torture will define us

How the US responds to the revelations about the Bush administration’s use of torture will define the country, writes Arianna Huffington.

Thiessen: Torture made us safer

The interrogation tactics used on terrorism suspects made the US safer, writes a former Bush staffer.

The story behind the torture memos

The circumstances in which the US torture memos were prepared and the process that led to their release may prove even more significant than their actual content.

Guy Rundle: Will Obama’s Chavez moment cost him?

So we are in topsy-turvy land. Obama is acting as the Prez should act, if he’s the genuine leader of an imperialist power.

In the wake of war crimes

The blogosphere reacts to President’s Obama release of the Bush torture memos.

Guy Rundle: Obama is failing

Only the most blinkered Obamaniac would be getting any joy from The One’s current performance.

Guantanamo: be the evil you want to see defeated

Mahatma Gandhi once said: “Be the change you want to see”. But in George W Bush’s so-called “war on terror”, the extreme opposite applied, writes Irfan Yusuf.

Bob Carr bats for his mate Conrad Black

Why would the former Labor premier of NSW appeal for the freedom of such an undeserving swindler as Conrad Black? Alex Mitchell writes.

American Idol: Obama’s TV ratings success

President Obama continues to be the biggest drawcard in US apart from the Super Bowl. He’s certainly a bigger drawcard than Fox TV’s American Idol, writes Glenn Dyer.

Rundle: the Obama reign begins

The Obama administration has hit the ground running, writes Guy Rundle.

The Humpty Dumpty gang should take their great fall over Guantanamo

Throughout the Bush years, politicians and the media, both in Australia and abroad, have been prepared to play brazen Alice in Wonderland games with definitions, writes Jeff Sparrow

Bush’s final presser: A Crikey wrap

Outgoing US President George W Bush has given his final press conference, defending his record but conceding he made many mistakes.

Bush’s final press conference

Watch George W. Bush’s final press conference.

Business briefs: Jobs market mayhem … Bush’s nightmare

Jobs market mayhem … economists to blame … Bush’s economic nightmare

Bush’s final presser: A Crikey wrap

Outgoing US President George W Bush has given his final press conference, defending his record but conceding he made many mistakes.

Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks

Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.

Farewell to Dubya, worst president ever

Our laughter at the idiot who was cunning enough to steal the US presidency died in our throats as he set about inflicting profound damage on the rest of the world, writes Bernard Keane.

Farewell to Dubya, worst president ever

Our laughter at the idiot who was cunning enough to steal the US presidency died in our throats as he set about inflicting profound damage on the rest of the world, writes Bernard Keane.

George W. Bush: Midnight toker

Much like an end-of-season footy trip, George Bush is ramming through a series of dubious last-minute rules that could be difficult to repeal, writes Ruth Brown.

Rundle: Dubya’s last days

Dubya is almost jaunty these days, as the sand runs out of the hourglass on his disastrous reign, writes Guy Rundle.