Dear Reader: For archival purposes, I have divided my long list of articles into
sections:
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"Diaries"/"Memos," peeks into
the personal thoughts of US and other world leaders.
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The "Shallow Throat"
Conversations, where a high-ranking GOP mole spills the beans about
what's really going on inside the Bush Administration.
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The "Dummies"/"Primers," where
truths are revealed in a form that may seem familiar to those who've
read the "... for Dummies" books.
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Satires, Fantasias & Parables,
where various fictions take us closer to the reality behind actual
events.
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Essays and Analyses. In
this, the longest of the sections, all commentary is
reverse-chronologically listed, meaning the most recent appear first and
then work their way back.
My
favorite articles are listed separately here.
Enjoy!
The "Diaries"/"Memos"
A Peek Inside Sarah Palin's Diary. (December 22,
2009)
Peeks Into the Diaries of the Candidates and Hank Paulson.
(October 7, 2008)
Inside Bush's Diary: Lame Ducks & Lame Dems
(July 22, 2008)
Rove's Diary: Just Try to Stop Me,
Coppers! (August 7, 2007)
Inside Alberto Gonzales' Diary:
My Dementia Defense (April 24, 2007)
Inside
Rove's Diary: Strangle That Censure Baby.
(March, 2006)
Scooter
Libby's Diary: Come And Get Me, Coppers! (November 1, 2005)
Karl Rove's Diary:
Escaping the Lame-Duck Trap. (June 7, 2005)
Rove's Modest Proposal: How to Initiate a
Stealth Draft. (January 4, 2005)
Rove's
Election Diary: Taking Care of the Blue People.
(November 8, 2004)
Rove's Campaign Diary: "Time for Those
'Surprises'!"
(July 13, 2004)
Inside Karl Rove's Diary:
Spinning the Web of Victory (January
13, 2004)
Inside Bush's Diary: "Things Are Spinning Out of Control!" (October
21, 2003)
Inside Karl Rove's Diary:
"Things Aren't Going So Well" (September
2, 2003)
A Peek Inside Bush's Post-War Diary: "F*** Impeachment!" (June 16, 2003)
Paul Wolfowitz's Confidential Memo on Post-Iraq Plans -- A
Satire (April 14, 2003)
Inside Donald
Rumsfeld's Diary:
Damn Powell! Let's Roll!
(March 13, 2003)
Inside Saddam Hussein's War Diary:
Hot Damn! It's Showtime! (January 16,
2003)
Inside
Karl Rove's Election-Night Diary. (November
6, 2002)
Saddam
's Diary:
"I Don't Have to Show
You No Stinkin' Anything!" (August
8, 2002)
Inside Bush's Diary: The Sucking Sound of Quicksand.
(July 25, 2002)
A Peek Inside Dick Cheney's Personal
Diary. (June 20, 2002)
Confidential Memo from Kenny Boy to Georgie Boy:
"Welcome to the Club!" (May 24, 2002)
A Peek Inside Colin Powell's Personal Diary.
(May 3, 2002)
Another Peek Inside Osama bin Laden's Diary.
(March 29, 2002)
Inside Bush's Diary: Bobbin' and
Weavin' Over Enron. (January 29, 2002)
A Peek Inside Osama bin Laden's Diary.
(January 9, 2002)
A Peek Inside Bush's Personal Diary: Notes on the War.
(November 27, 2001)
The "Shallow
Throat" Conversations
"Shallow Throat" On Obama and GOP Obstructionism
(January 27, 2009)
"Shallow Throat": Is Obama Turning Into Bush Lite?
(May 27)
"Shallow
Throat" On Obama and GOP Obstructionism (January 27)
"Shallow Throat": McCain Is a "Catastrophe Waiting to Happen"
(August 12, 2008)
"Shallow Throat" Sizes Up the Dem/GOP Candidates.
February 5, 2008)
"Shallow Throat": Dems' Cave-In Is Truly Scary.
(May 27, 2007)
"Shallow Throat":
Playing Chicken on the Big Stage. (April 2, 2007)
"Shallow
Throat": Don't Let Dems Drink Bush's Iraq Kool-Aid. (December
28, 2006)
"Shallow
Throat" on Nov. Vote: It's Now or Never. (August 8, 2006)
"Shallow Throat" on the GOP Meltdown: Turn Up the Heat!
(May 16, 2006)
"Shallow Throat": Do Dems Have a Death-Wish?
(January 17, 2006)
"Shallow
Throat": Ratchet It Up, Take 'Em Down. (November 8, 2005)
"Shallow Throat:" Wounded,
Cornered Animals are Dangerous. (June 21, 2005).
"Shallow Throat": Reports from the Slimy Bush World.
(February 22, 2005)
A Gleeful Shallow Throat Reveals
"Rehnquist's Defeat-Bush Memo." (September 6, 2004)
Shallow Throat to Kerry:
Don't Torture Bush, Just Abuse Him.
(June 23, 2004)
Shallow Throat to Dems: "One Chance, Don't Blow It"
(February 10, 2004)
"Shallow Throat" Tells How Bush Can be
Defeated in 2004. (September 30, 2003)
"Shallow Throat" Advises Democrats to Bring It On Big-Time.
(July 18, 2003)
"Shallow Throat" Returns to Tell Dems How to Take Bush Down.
(May 12, 2003)
"Shallow
Throat:" Bush & Co. Arrogance Will Lead to their Undoing.
(December 11, 2002)
"Shallow Throat" Savages Dem Leaders and Reveals Bush
Strategy. (October 16, 2002)
"Shallow Throat"
Reveals Bush & Co.'s Weak Spots. (June 9, 2002)
The
"Dummies"*/"Primers" Parodies
A Current Events Primer,
May-2005 Edition. (May 17, 2005)
A Primer in Quagmires: The Iraq &
Vietnam Debacles. (January 11, 2005)
Bush's 2004 Scandals for Dummies.
(June 8, 2004)
Current Events for Dummies.
(November
18, 2003)
Us-Iraq Policy for Dummies.
(April 28, 2003)
2002 Politics Summed Up for
Dummies. (December 19, 2002)
Bush's War on Iraq for Dummies.
(October 4, 2002)
The Bush 9/11 Scandal for
Dummies (June 1, 2002)
The Intifadeh and Israel for Dummies
(April 16, 2002)
"The Middle East for Dummies"
(March 18, 2002)
"The 'War on Terrorism' for Dummies"
(March 3, 2002)
*Editors' Note: We
recently received an email letter from John Wiley & Sons, publisher of the
"...For Dummies" books, demanding that Crisis Papers stop using that title
in our parodies. We have agreed to do so. We are listing the old titles
here, as that is how they were published at the time both at Crisis Papers
and on numerous other websites over which we have no control. John Wiley &
Sons is the official holder of the trademarked title "For Dummies," and we
now have so indicated on all the Weiner articles to which we have access that have used that term.
Satires, Fantasias
& Parables
Bush's Testimony Before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
(June 10, 2008)
Bush
At His Shrink: The Lame-Duck Session. (May 20, 2008)
A Western Fable:
Waist-Deep in the Big Muddy (Again). (March 25, 2008)
George's Christmas Carol.
(December 18, 2007)
Bush At His Shrink: The Nightmares Continue.
(September 11, 2007)
The
Post-CheneyBush "Restoration."
(June 26, 2007)
GOP Elders Take That Long Walk to the White House: Transcript.
(January 30, 2007)
Dick Cheney's "Modest Proposal" to Round Up More Troops (Satire).
(January 16, 2007)
Chestnuts Roasting in an Iraqi Fire (A Fantasia).
(November 28, 2006)
Bush's Post-Election Session With His Shrink.
(November
14, 2006)
"The Flying Wi-Fi" --
Working Out the Bugs (September 12, 2006)
Bush Awards Himself the Medal of Freedom.
(August 23,
2006)
Five
Intercepted NSA Communiques Revealed (Fiction) (July 4,
2006)
Cheney Testifies before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(May 23, 2006)
Bush Visits His Shrink,
Session #2. (April 11, 2006)
Bush Takes Heat on Oprah's Couch (A Satire)
(February 7, 2006)
Those
Secret Torture-Prisons: A Modest Proposal. (December 13)
Flash: GOP Swept from Power in 2006: Impeachment Looms. (May
31, 2005).
Rumsfeld
Gets Grilled at Truth & Reconciliation Hearing,
(March 22, 2005)
Probing
for Answers to What Ails Us: The Incident (Fiction).
(March 8. 2005)
Secret Rightwing Agenda Unearthed &
The Liberal Resurgence (Fiction?) (February 15, 2005)
Bush's Inaugural Address -- After a Spritz of "B.S. Away!"
(January 18, 2005)
Bush
Rehearses for Debates: The Mysterious Transcript.
(October 27, 2004)
The Great Pall & Its Fall: A
Not-So-Grim Tale. (September 13, 2004)
Transcript of Bush/Cheney Testimony Before
the 9/11 Commission -- A Satire. (April
27, 2004)
Up, Up and "B.S. Away!"
(April 13, 2004)
"B. S. Away!" -- The Miracle Truth-Spray
(February 17, 2004)
How War was Averted at the
Last Minute: Bush's "Victory" Speech. (March
13, 2003)
Spot on the Johnny: The
Latest Anti-Terror Weapon. (December 29, 2002)
Advance Draft of Bush's Astounding 9/11-Anniversary
Speech. (August 22, 2002)
The "Alice Documents": Inside the Mideast Negotiating
Room. (April 10, 2002)
A Candid Interview With President Bush: A Fantasia of
Hope. (March 26, 2002)
The "Shallow Throat" Documents: A Pre-9/11 Scenario.
(February 21, 2002)
GOP
Anger at President Gore's War Actions. (November 15,
2001)
What
Bush Should Have Said. (October 14, 2001)
Essays and
Analyses
2010
Drifting Toward Catastrophe: A Seven-Headed Beast.
(January 26, 2010)
Behind the Veils of Power: Hope for Progressives. (January
12, 2010)
2009
2008
Great Trauma As a Great Teacher: Peering Into the New Year.
(December 16)
The
Moral Imperative to Change "The System"
(December 9, 2008)
For
the GOP, Economic Meltdown May Have Happened a Wee Bit Early.
(December 2)
When a Country Gets Lost -- And Finds Its Way Back
(November 25)
Getting
Through the Coming Depression. (November 18)
Progressives Have Leverage NOW: Use It Or Lose It.
(November 11).
This
Election Could Transform the Country, the GOP, and Capitalism.
(October 28)
A 10-Point Primer for Wavering Voters. (October 21,
2008)
Foundational Dry-Rot the Work of Greedy GOP Termites.
(October 14)
Twenty-Six Things We Now Know Seven Years After 9/11.
(September 9)
Violating Someone's "Sphere of Influence" Can Be Dangerous.
(September 2).
Lies
and Criminality About Justice Department and Georgia -- "So?"
(August 19)
Letter
to Democrats Abroad: The Weird Presidential Race at Midsummer.
(August 5),
McCain's Painful Dilemma: Iraq as Vietnam 2.0 (July 29)
McCain and Obama Campaigns Bedeviled by Iraq
(July 15)
The Coming Attack on Iran: A
Perfect Storm of Madness (July 1)
Homage to Izzy Stone: Secrets & Lies
(June 24)
Increasing Signs of GOP Desperation. (June 17)
Sidney Pollack, Scott McClellan, and the Wars for Oil.
(June 3)
Dumpster-Diving for GOP Quotes (And Their Hidden Meanings).
(May 20)
"What's With
Your 'Crazy' U.S. Politics?" -- A Letter to European Friends.
(April 29)
Impeachment
Now Or Apocalypse Later?
(April 22)
Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine": Corporatism in Extremis. (April
15)
Things That
Go Bump in My Night. (April
1)
Peace May Be
Possible In the Post-Bush Middle East.
(March 18)
Better Buckle Up! -- CheneyBush's Final 10 Months.
(March 4)
Beyond CheneyBush: A Realistic
(Cynical?) View of Change (February 19)
The Sputtering But Still
Dangerous CheneyBush Juggernaut.
(January 29)
On Running Mates & Other
Election Matters.
(January 22)
New
Hampshire: U.S. Elections Still in SNAFU Mode.
(January 15)
Two Roads Diverging in 2008:
Which Way Will We Go? (January 8)
2007
Bush's Nuclear-Boogeyman Scam
(December 11)
Annapolis & "The Surge":
Spinning a Legacy.
(December 3)
CheneyBush Burned Again: Too
Near the Plame."
(November 27)
Robert Redford, Julie Taymor: America At War.
(November 20)
Perversions of Power.
(November 13).
Incremental Steps to "The
Revolution". (November 6)
A "Two-Headed Party."
and the
Power of a Dime. (October 30)
But WHY Are Our Dem Leaders Such
Timid Wimps? (October 23)
Will Democrats Commit Political Suicide in 2008?
(October 16)
Looking
to the 2008 Election: Confusion, Anger, Hope.
(September 18)
Twenty-Two Things We Now Know
Six Years After 9/11.
(September 4)
CheneyBush's "Mercenary"
Legions. (August 28)
Bush Bunker Crew's Legacy: "Dangerous Losers"
(August 21)
A News Quiz: Real or Fake?
(August 14)
Rove's Diary: Just Try to Stop Me,
Coppers! (August 7)
Art As Vaccine Against the CheneyBush Virus.
(July 31)
Do You Get It NOW?
July 24)
Inside
Bush's "Surge" Diary: Slip-Slidin' Away"
(July17)
Impeaching the Shadow Master.
(July 10)
National-Security Breaches: Time
for Impeachment. (July 3)
The
Post-CheneyBush "Restoration." (June,
26)
Dems' Timidity May Cost Them Dearly in 2008.
(June 19)
Bush Scandals: It's the Politics, Stupid.
(June 5)
Thuggery
in Iraq & In a Hospital Room. (May 22)
The Roots of Disaster:
Impeachment As Remedy. (May 15)
A
Meditation on the Building of Walls. (May
8)
Diving Deeper Into the Muck
of Bush Scandals. (May 1)
Noose Tightens on the Bush
Bunker Crew (April 17)
Revealing Quotes from "Loyal
Bushie" Land (April 10)
The
Iraq Debacle & Abu Gonzo. (March 27)
FBI
Lawlessness: "If You Build It, They Will Come"
(March 13)
"Imperial
Life in the Emerald City": Origins of the Iraq Disaster.
(March 6)
Cheney Is Recklessly "Bob"-ing
Iraq & Iran. (February 27)
Deja Vu All Over Again: Quagmire Alert.
(February 20)
On
the Lip of the Vortex: Surging to Disaster.
(February 13)
In the Land of Our (Founding) Fathers.
(February 6)
Ten
Things Learned Since Dems' Election Victory.
(January 23)
Surging
Towards Bethlehem: How to Stop the Madness.
(January 9)
2006
Exiting the Rat-Hole: Iraq & CheneyBush
(December 12)
The
Limits of Euphoria in a Political Dogfight. (November 21)
The Perfect Storm of Citizen Revulsion.
(November 10)
URGENT! Karl Rove's Last-Minute "Robocalling" Tactic to Steal the
Election. (November 6)
Choose the
Future: Which Victory Story Will Run? (November 7)
Why Voting for Dems Is a Requirement: Pre-Election Scenarios.
(October 31)
Traveling the "National-Security" Route to November 7th.
(October 24)
It's Even Worse, And Better, Than We Thought:
An Address to Democrats
Abroad. (October 17)
The "F" Word and How To Escape
From Its Clutches. (October 3)
Gearing Up for Rove's
Pre-Election "Surprises." (September 26)
Control the Dictionary, Control the World.
(September 19)
Twenty Things We Now Know Five Years After 9/11 (August 30)
Bush & Co.: Desperate Desperados. (August
15)
The Fast Lane To Fascism: A Review of John
Dean's
"Conservatives Without Conscience."
(August
1)
From Bombs in Beirut to the Ballot Box in November.
(July 25)
The dangers and
glories of manipulating reality. (July 18).
Fracturing the Bush Base: A Compassionate Approach.
(June 27)
A
Graduation Report: Dems Need to Sharpen Up. (June 20)
"Groundhog Day" in Asia: Unwinnable Wars.
(June
6).
What's Important:
The Seven Pillars of Misrule. (May 30)
How to
Keep Democrats From Blowing the November Election. (May 9)
Bushism
as Greek Drama: "Hubris" and "Tragic Flaws"
(April 25)
Stop Us Before We Kill Again (April 18)
Bush's
Grand Game: A "PNAC Primer" UPDATE (April 4)
Anti-Semitism and the New "Jews." (March 21)
The Middle
East Muddle: Is Peace Still Possible? (March 14)
Conservatives
Are Jumping Ship: Bush Is Going Down. (March 7)
Slicing Away Liberty: 1933 Germany, 2006 America.
(February 21)
Pushing Them Off the Precipice of Power
(February 14)
Reforming the Democrats -- Or a Third Party? (January
31)
Weaving the "Why?" Strands: The Bushevik Tapestry
(January 24)
Fear,
the Future & the Other F-Word. (January 10)
12 Political Insights: A 2006 Starter-Kit (January 3)
2005
The
Would-Be Dictator: How We Got to This Awful Place. (December 20)
It's Time
to Play Beat-the-Bully. (December 6)
Santa Baby, Please Make These Wishes Come True (November 29)
Extreme
Bush: The Good, Bad and Ugly (November 22)
Solving the Media Puzzle: A Day in the Life.
(November 15)
Good Night, and Good Luck" -- Joe McCarthy Rides Again.
(October
18)
Before
the Plamegate Deluge: Honoring Our Journalistic Heroes. (October 11)
"Suppose...": Arguments for an Impeachment Resolution.
(September 28)
GOP
Heavies Work the "O.J. Dodge" (Satire) (September
14)
To Those Who Voted for Bush: Do You Get It Now?
(September 6)
Twenty Things We Now Know Four Years
After 9/11. (August 30)
A Cancerous Tumor in the Body
Politic: Time for Surgery (August 16)
U.S. Leaving Iraq? -- It's Still the Politics, Stupid.
(August 3)
Rove-Plame Scandal Leading to Deeper White House Horrors?
(July 19)
A Powerful Man Glimpses His Demons.
(July 12)
Political Pot Pourri:
Rove, Impeachment & The Supremes. (July
5)
15
Things Learned About Bush&Co.: An Impeachment List.
(June 28).
Building a New "Movement": The Downing Street Memos.
(June 14)
Open Letter to Troops Serving in Iraq.
(May 3)
The
2006 Election Is Happening Right Now. (April
26)
Leapfrogging from the Sahara to Germany: What Does "Progress" Mean?
(April 19)
Rove's
Tricky Decoy Dump. (March 22)
Bush to U.N.: Screw You! -- Mad Dog Bolton's Nomination.
(March 15)
Bush's Weird Tour: A Letter to European Friends.
(March 1)
Taking on the American Taliban.
(February 8)
Post-Inaugural Crimes & The Progressive Posse.
(January 25)
2004
Rummy's
Gotta Go -- But Will Bush Hit the Delete Button?
(December 21)
A
Southeast Asia Diary: Post-Election Travels. (December 14)
Bush Heads for the Bunker.
(November 30)
To
European Friends: Explaining the 2004 Election Disaster.
(November 23)
Let
the Rumpus Begin! -- An Oppositional Strategy.
(November 5)
The
Three Faces of Election Eve: Choose Your Future.
(November 1)
Seismic
Shifts for Both Parties on November 2.
(October 25)
Reflections on Loss: My Mom, My Country's Soul.
(October 18)
Primer for the Undecided: Why It's Kerry.
(October 11)
The Two Historical Paths on November 2 -- Choose One.
(October 4)
25 Things We Now
Know, Three Years after 9/11. (August 30)
The White House
Horrors:
Why a Kerry Vote is the only Rational Option. (August 23)
Bush's
AWOL Scandal: Let's Break
Through the Media Barrier. (August 9)
Letter to European Friends:
America's Weird Election Dance.
(July 26)
Learning from George & Martha: The Art of Slip-Sliding.
(July 19)
Warning: Parallels Between Germany in '33 and America Today.
(July 5)
Bush's
Torture Deceit: What "Is" Is. (June 29)
No
Other Way to Say This: Torture Memos Reveal Fascist Mentality.
(June 15)
Quicker
than Viet Nam; Worse than Watergate. (June 1)
Ellsberg's "Secrets" and Bush's War...
(May 25)
Time
Out! A Pause for Longer-Range Thinking. (May 18)
Horrid Thoughts about Horrid Leaders.
(May 4)
Bush Scandals Are Roiling:
Turn Up the Heat! (April 6)
Bush&Co. Want Us to "Move On" --
So Why Not Take Him Up on It? (March 16)
The
America I Live In: Notes for the Campaign. (March 2)
The Progressive Primary Dilemma: K, K or E?
(February 24)
How We Got Into This Imperial Pickle:
A PNAC Primer. (February 3)
Robert S. McNamara, Colin Powell
and "The Fog of War" (January 27)
A Quick Pat on the Back --
Now Into the 2004 Trenches. (January 6)
2003
My New Year's Revolutions.
(December 23)
It's Time for Plame-Case Reporters
to Out the Administration Leakers! (December 16)
East Coast/Left Coast: The Throbbing
Political Pulse. (December 2)
Handicapping the 2004 Race: Wazzup, Democrats. (November 11)
There Is No "Road Map" to Peace, Only the
Hard Road Not Taken. (October 14)
A Heartening Visit to Texas, Home of the
Original Bush Whoppers. (September 20)
Bush's Foreign Policy: "There Must Be Some
Way Out of Here" (September 20)
America Two Years after 9/11: 25 Things We
Now Know. (August 19)
The
Past Is Present: Watergate, Vietnam & Iraq. (August 5)
On
the Advisability of Holding One's Nose When Voting. (July 14)
Re-Lighting the Torches of America's Soul. (June
30)
Germany In 1933: The Easy Slide Into Fascism. (June 9)
How
We Got Into this Imperial Pickle: A PNAC Primer. (May 26)
Depression -- And Its Activism Antidote --
Will Lead to Bush's Downfall. (April 7)
Anyone Detect a Familiar Odor in the Air?:
The Vietnam Connection. (March 31)
A
Vietnam-era Dad Talks to His Protesting Son. (March 24)
Open letter to Bush: You are disgracing America: Resign or Be Impeached.
(March 20)
How to Swagger & Bully Your Way to
Disaster: Bush's Foreign Adventurism. (March 6)
Letter to the Grandkids: How Did We
Get to War With Iraq? (February 27)
Bush Knows the Jig is Up: So
Let's Hurry on to Baghdad. (February 20)
Artistic Sign Language: Signs of the
Coming Bush Fall. (February 13)
Arrogance: What is it Good
For? Absolute Disasters! (February 6)
The Five Fingers of Focus: Examining Bush
& Co.'s Real Motives. (January 30)
Ellsberg's 'Secrets' and Bush's War: An
Intersecting History. (January 9)
2002
Through a Glass Lightly: 10 Hopeful
Cracks in the Bush Facade. (December 5)
Open
Letter to the Fledgling 'Movement'
(November 22)
The
Election Results: Which News Story Would you Prefer to Read
November 6? (October 25)
It's Crank-It-Up Time! An Urgent
November 5th Call to Action. (October 11)
An American Jew's Open Letter to Hanan
Ashwari: Is Mideast Peace Still Possible?
(September 2)
The Charnel House Future: Why Bush Must Be Stopped Now.
(September 2)
Twenty Things We've Learned Nearly One Year After 9/11.
(August 1)
The Tarantula Tango: Despair & Hope in the Body Politic.
(July 9)
Talkin'
About the F-Word (Redux). (June 24)
Why Is America Behaving This Way? -- A Letter to
European Friends. (May 17)
Time Out! A Pause for Longer-Range Thinking.
(April 25)
An American Jew Talks About His Shame.
(April 3)
Focusing the Anger: An Open Letter to Democrats &
Progressives. (February 8)
George W. and "The Vision Thing"
(January 24)
2001
Talkin' About the F-Word
(December 5)
