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Missy Beattie lives in New York City. She's written for National Public Radio and Nashville Life Magazine. An outspoken critic of the Bush Administration and the war in Iraq, she's a member of Gold Star Families for Peace. She completed a novel last year, but since the death of her nephew, Marine Lance Cpl. Chase J. Comley, in Iraq on August 6,'05, she has been writing political articles.
SHARE Friday, February 17, 2006 Tripping Our Sensory Breakers
Lately, we've been deluged with political fallout. The truth is the inundation began when Bush "assumed" the presidency.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 16, 2006 Waiting for the Quails to Come Home to Roost
So Cheney had a bad day. He should think about the endless bad days endured by families of those killed in his war.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 9, 2006 Boo
When Bush feels the heat, he tells us a tall tale.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, February 8, 2006 Nicknames
We've always nicknamed our presidents and their associates. George Bush could be called many things--all bad.
SHARE Tuesday, February 7, 2006 Fast Times at the Capitol Complex
A neutered Senate and a forceless mainstream media provide no checks and balances on a power-crazed president.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, February 6, 2006 Bush Step Down Now
Cindy Sheehan asked me to deliver her message at the Bush Step Down Rally in DC. In the pouring rain, a huge crowd gathered.
SHARE Friday, February 3, 2006 Imagine
The mounting cost of the war could do so much for peace.
SHARE Monday, January 30, 2006 Tending the Pieces of Our Hearts
Oprah forced James Frey to come clean. When will the Bush Administration be accountable?
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 28, 2006 The Smirking Scott McClellan
McClellan takes the stage to mock John Kerry's lifestyle.
Yeah, Scott, Bush is one of us.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 24, 2006 The Texas Sidestep
If I e-mailed Chris Matthews, I'd tell him this: It's hard to listen to Bush. It's difficult to watch him speak. But, perhaps, there's method to the president's good-ole-boy talk?