"Top" Stories (Whatever That Means) of 2005

Here's a list of some of the stories I think were important in 2005, and that beg some attention in 2006.

January 1, 2005: The "stingy" US response to the tsunami.
January 21, 2005: Cheney tips his hand on Iran.
January 22, 2005 (although you could make an entry any day): Bush's lies, obfuscation, manipulation, spin, talking points, etc.
January 26, 2005: US links Venezuela to terrorism.
February 1, 2005: Chavez becomes a hero for opposing Bush policies.
February 8, 2005: The BULGE.
February 15, 2005: Targeting journalists in Iraq?
March 1, 2005: ACLU sues Rummy over torture (where HAS this story been?).
March 7, 2005: Targeting journalists, part II...
March 9, 2005: Chavez warns Bush not to attack Venezuela.
March 13, 2005: Bush's propaganda.
March 19, 2005: The spineless media.
March 21, 2005: Terri Schiavo (vs Sun Hudson--more right-wing hypocrisy)
April 6, 2005: John Paul II was not a Republican.
April 11, 2005: Hiding US dead and wounded.
April 12, 2005: Bush frenches Musharraf.
April 13, 2005: Fundamentalist stupidity.
April 15, 2005: US support for terrorism.
April 19, 2005: Ratzinger.
April 19, 2005: Close the School of Assassins.
April 22, 2005: FBI protects Osama bin Laden's "right to privacy."
April 28, 2005: Global terror increases.
April 28, 2005: Income inequality increases.
May 2, 2005: Downing Street memos.
May 2, 2005: Pat Robertson is an idiot.
May 11, 2005: Iraq becomes a "terrorist factory."
May 12, 2005: Iraq becomes a drug-trafficking depot.
May 16, 2005: Telesur.
June 2, 2005: US support for Colombian terrorists?
June 8, 2005: Bush's culture of death.
July 7, 2005: Why do they hate us so much?
July 18, 2005: Why does the right-wing hate America so much?
September 6, 2005: Katrina.
September 8, 2005: Surprise!!! Bush lies!!!
September 13, 2005: Bush's nosedive. (Also here, just for fun)
September 30, 2005: My take on the US right.
October 1, 2005: Bush back on bottle?
October 11, 2005: Pat Robertson is a moron.
October 18, 2005: Bush nosedive continues.
October 18, 2005: Judith (p-tui!) Miller.
October 25, 2005: "We don't do torture." But don't pass a law that doesn't allow us to torture.
October 27, 2005: Fitzgerald.
November 3, 2005: My book.
November 14, 2005: More Bush bullshit.
November 22, 2005: 20,000 protest School of Assassins.
November 30, 2005: More Bush propaganda.
December 17, 2005: Signs of hope?
December 19, 2005: The "New Axis of Evil" grows.
December 30, 2005: Is Iran next?


And, of course, all year long: TORTURE.