Open Scandal

Open Scandal has reported, on numerous occasions, about the Republican Scandal’s abuse of the term “patriotism” for their own benefit. It is obvious we are not alone in thinking this. Washington Post guest columnist Mike Ghouse sees these trends in the controversy surrounding plans to build a muslim mosque near Ground Zero in New York city: “Who are [...]

Karl Rove is a pasty, white American. He represents to many liberals and various other minority voting blocks who possess essential information that extends beyond the occasional TV video byte or the parasitic editorial written in the hometown news rag, as a man of intense loyalty and unwavering devotion to the corporate state and the [...]

WikiLeaks has released over 90,000 records becoming the biggest leak in U.S. History. The report details an abundant amount of civilian causalities ranging from unarmed motorists (in effort to protect from suicide bombers) to remnants of air strikes. On two noted occasions, a bus full of civilians had been gunned down to include children on [...]

The horror surrounding the dismissal of an outstanding public employee, Shirley Sherrod, yesterday (July 20, 2010), is an excellent example of a cable news(?) network embarking on a deliberate political policy to scare white middle class, low information voters into believing that the Obama White House has allowed radical blacks to infiltrate his administration and, [...]

“Now, I know what the Republicans are thinking. They’re thinking why don’t they just sell some stock,” said Alan Grayson (D).   “Or if they are in deep, deep trouble.. maybe they can sell one of their yachts”. His impassioned speech on the House floor indicated that they (the Republicans) are not really in touch with [...]

In an effort to tell the truth about the disorganization, fracturing and overall wastefulness of our government, two writers from the Washington Post have embarked on a journey to expose the many bureaucracies in the non-goverment side of the US Intelligence community .In a series being called “Top Secret America”, Dana Priest and Bill Arkinare reaveling the secrets of [...]

Paul IV, born Gian Pietro Carafa (1476-1559) was, like most popes born during the Reformation, a product of an illustrious and influential family. Incredibly severe, even many of the prevailing Cardinals of his time disliked him, making his eventual elevation to the papacy a surprise. Carafa believed that the Church suffered from heresy both within [...]

On a sun-soaked peak in Acadia National Park Friday, President welcomed the weekend like a man who knows he’s had a good week. If president Obama’s happiness stems from a belief that he is delivering on campaign promises to bring about “change”, then that happiness is well deserved, but only technically. While one cannot blame Obama for the watering [...]

In Episode 20 of FactCheck Radio, we look at misleading ads in three governors’ races. We start with allegations about mobsters and missing millions in Illlinois; explore a mysterious ad chock-full of distortions in Alabama; and we end up in Florida, where last week we saw a misleading ad from one candidate in the GOP primary, and this week we debunk misinformation from his opponent. For more on the stories discussed in this episode, see: Loans to Mobsters, Ties to BP?