Ed McMahon dies in LA at 86

Jun 23, 2009 - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ed McMahon, the loyal "Tonight Show" sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86. - 6 Comments

Final vote on "clean energy" bill

Jun 26, 2009 - FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 477 (Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined) H R 2454 RECORDED VOTE 26-Jun-2009 7:17 PM QUESTION: On Passage BILL TITLE: American Clean Energy and Security Act Ayes Noes PRES NV Democratic 211 44 1 Republican 8 168 2 Independent TOTALS 219 212 3 ---- AYES 219 --- Abercrombie Ackerman Adler (NJ) Andrews Baca Baird Baldwin Bean Becerra Berkley Berman Bishop (GA) Bishop (NY) Blumenauer Boccieri Bono Mack (R) Boswell Boucher Boyd Brady (PA) Braley (IA) Brown, Corrine Butterfield Capps Capuano Cardoza Carnahan Carson (IN) Castle (R) Castor (FL) Chandler Clarke Clay Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Connolly (VA) Conyers Cooper Courtney Crowley Cuellar Cummings Davis (CA) Davis (IL) DeGette Delahunt DeLauro Dicks Dingell Doggett Doyle Driehaus Edwards (MD) Ellison Engel Eshoo Etheridge Farr Fattah Filner Frank (MA) Fudge Giffords Gonzalez Gordon (TN) Grayson Green, Al Green, Gene Grijalva Gutierrez Hall (NY) Halvorson Hare Harman Heinrich Higgins Hill Himes Hinchey Hinojosa Hirono Hodes Holt Honda Hoyer Inslee Israel Jackson (IL) Jackson-Lee (TX) Johnson (GA) Johnson, E. B. Kagen Kanjorski Kaptur Kennedy Kildee Kilpatrick (MI) Kilroy Kind Kirk (R) Klein (FL) Kosmas Kratovil Lance (R) Langevin Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Lee (CA) Levin Lewis (GA) Lipinski LoBiondo (R) Loebsack Lofgren, Zoe Lowey Luján Lynch Maffei Maloney Markey (CO) Markey (MA) Matsui McCarthy (NY) McCollum McDermott McGovern McHugh (R) McMahon McNerney Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Michaud Miller (NC) Miller, George Moore (KS) Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Murphy (CT) Murphy (NY) Murphy, Patrick Murtha Nadler (NY) Napolitano Neal (MA) Oberstar Obey Olver Pallone Pascrell Pastor (AZ) Payne Pelosi Perlmutter Perriello Peters Peterson Pingree (ME) Polis (CO) Price (NC) Quigley Rangel Reichert (R) Reyes (R) Richardson Rothman (NJ) Roybal-Allard Ruppersberger Rush Ryan (OH) Sánchez, Linda T. - 19 Comments

NY Times Smacked for Not Questioning Pentagon Story

Jun 07, 2009 - By CLARK HOYT -- NY Times Public Editor When the Times brought Hoyt on, it described him as 'readers' representative', to respond to complaints and comments from the public and monitors the paper's journalistic practices. This is his op-ed on the latest 'detainees returning to battlefield' claims. ------------------------------------------------------- WHEN former Vice President Dick Cheney assailed President Obama’s plan to close the prison at Guantánamo last month, he used ammunition plucked right from that morning’s Times. - 0 Comments

What Can Bush Teach Us?

Mar 21, 2009 - What Can Bush Teach Us? by Ralph Nader George W. Bush is hitting the lecture circuit. - 1 Comment

The Greatest Greatness of George W. Bush

Jan 07, 2009 - Wednesday 07 January 2009 by: William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Columnist To: George W. Bush From: Your biggest fan Re: Your imminent unemployment Greetings, Mr. Bush. I was sorry to hear about the passing of your cat, India. - 4 Comments