http://www.polianna.com/ PoliAnna.com monitors and reports on political news, exposing lies in right-wing media. Copyright 2004-2005 Citizens for Sound Media Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:38:05 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/blog/archives/2005/11/07/kilgore-campaign-used-faked-spliced-robo-calls Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:38:05 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/10/30.taxes.shtml Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:31:06 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/10/30.Wingnut.watch.2.shtml Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:07:09 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/10/30.wingnutwatch.shtml Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:06:48 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/10/30.plame.shtml Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:18:40 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/10/30.Miers.shtml Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:36:55 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/10/30.taxes.shtml Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:31:06 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/10/15.taxtherich.shtml As part of our "Death and Taxes" series we will continue to debunk wingnut tax economics. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:08:37 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/10/14.green.shtml Right wing commentary on the environment is like klan lit on civil rights - it's just wrong. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:01:25 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/10/14.harriet.shtml Despite the fun we're all having watching them turn against each other, we need to beware of the underlying assumptions taken as Gospel. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:46:13 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/09/23.misc.myths.shtml Why the Right is way wrong on energy. Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:18:15 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/09/23.Moredeathandtaxes.shtml The Right must have run out of good reasons for the estate tax’s repeal this week, because they have gone back to the same boring tall-tale about the death of family farms. Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:43:14 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/09/23.judges.shtml Senate Democrats, who audaciously believe they have a right to know something about the nominee for the highest judicial position in the nation before they vote to confirm him. Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:43:14 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/09/24.democracy.shtml Democracy is great, and we all love it, ok. So shut up already. But what we don't love is Rightwing jingoism. Especially when it's used to marginalize dissent. Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:43:31 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/09/24.katrina.shtml It’s unfortunate that it took a natural disaster to bring the media into poor urban neighborhoods. Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:04:52 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/09/9.Disaster.shtml A natural and political disaster Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:33:01 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/09/9.gas.shtml Katrina lays bare our nation's need for a new energy policy Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:40:24 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/09/9.Judgemenot.shtml A calculated political move that enables Bush to limit the number of confirmation battles. Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:01:52 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/09/9.death.taxes.guns.shtml When did the "straight-talk express" derail? Sun, 25 Sep 2005 16:34:16 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/29.chickenhawk.macho.shtml Painting lipstick on a pig, or "why don't they enlist"? Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:41:54 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/31.evolution.shtml The ID monkeys go bananas Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:54:11 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/29.rockandroll.shtml Bob Dylan and Nirvana are not neocons Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:55:52 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/29.Liberal.Media.shtml Still looking for someone to blame Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:44:01 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/07.roberts.shtml Conservatives' faith-based approach to John Roberts belies the importance of this nomination -- and they know it. Sun, 07 Aug 2005 12:48:23 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/5.bolton.shtml It’s been a busy week for the foreign policy propagandists on the right. Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:15:00 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/6.Medicaid.shtml Why a government-run, single-payer system is good for business, and good for you and me. Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:21:52 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/5.ecology.shtml Conservatives are impervious to logic on the subject of the environment. Surely it’s just a happy coincidence that there are powerful vested interests that stand to benefit from these principled positions they take. Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:08:27 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/5.monkey.business.shtml To evolve, or not to evolve. Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:30:55 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/5.stemcells.shtml Unless Pfizer discovers that embryonic stem cell research cures erectile dysfunction, there is little reason for optimism that private companies will make meaningful progress in embryonic stem cell research. Sun, 07 Aug 2005 17:26:06 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/6.Money.shtml Why conservative economic reporting is dangerous and wrong Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:34:21 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/6.CAFTA.Shtml Bad trade legislation and conservative pork. Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:41:24 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/07.federalist-society.shtml It's not the membership. It's the ideological agenda. John Roberts may or may not be an "active member" -- but the real question is whether he signs on to the group's radical movement ideology. Sun, 07 Aug 2005 16:01:28 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/07.fringebytes.shtml Nutty morsels from the lunatic right. R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., the editor of the American Spectator and a man with too many doubled consonants, writes ... "Now there does not seem to be a great deal of intelligence on the left, only anger and name-calling Sun, 07 Aug 2005 18:39:33 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/7.toplies.shtml Cliff Kincaid writes: "One of the fascinating questions about the Valerie Plame affair is why Joseph Wilson lied about his wife's role in sending him on that mission to investigate the Iraq-uranium link." What, you expect him to out his own wife? Sun, 07 Aug 2005 18:47:06 +0000 http://www.polianna.com/2005/08/07.rightwing.shtml What the groups are up to. This week, it's all about stem-cells. Dr. Al Weir of the Christian Medical and Dental Association says: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:44:21 +0000