ACLU Opens New Fronts in Domestic Spying Case
Give the ACLU Credit. Not content to simply file in federal court, the ACLU has opened new fronts on the war against illegal wiretapping and "strip mining" of US telephones.ACLU Files Lawsuit in...
View ArticleLies, Pathological Liars, and the Leaker In Chief
Tip of the hat to ThinkProgress for reporting on another case where the President blatantly lied to the American Public: You've got to see this. Tony Snow spills the beans on another case where the...
View ArticleNetroots: Redefining the Democratic Movement
kos quotes Hartford Courant columnist Paul Bass:The Bush administration values Joe Lieberman because he has been a crucial ally in efforts to free Enron-style corporate crooks from regulation, transfer...
View ArticleStarving the Theocracy: A Modest Proposal
The Detroit Free Press recently published IRS tells churches to stay out of abortion politics, an article originally published by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader:SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The Internal Revenue...
View ArticleThis I Believe
Lost in the passion and fury of raucous and self-serving debate, in the posturing of servile politicians, in the public pandering to the basest of motivations, in the laundering of votes for campaign...
View Article2006 Election Issues: Terrorism
The 2006 Election year cycle is beginning to heat up, witness the recent cynical efforts by the Republican majority to force symbolic votes on standard right wing wedge issues:Gay marriage...
View ArticleBBC Reports: Iran behind Rice's Mid-East tour
While the American media has been obssessed with the Foley affair, and its coverup by the Republican leadership, John Leyne asks in an article in the BBC News dated 10/06/06:Why did Condoleezza Rice...
View ArticleAlberto Gonzales & The Dog That Didn't Bark
Sherlock Holmes in the short story "Silver Blaze" solves the mystery by observing that the dog didn't bark, deducing from the lack of evidence that the intruder was not a stranger.And in this strange...
View ArticleThe Power Of The Purse
It's time to change the rules.The power of the purse is the ability of one group to manipulate and control the actions of another group by withholding funding, or putting stipulations on the use of...
View ArticleAsk Your Congressman, Sandra Fluke Edition
The outpouring of support for Sandra Fluke and the public calls for advertisers to quit supporting Rush Limbaugh's hate speech is inspiring.But don't stop with advertisers and Clear Channel.Ask your...
View ArticleOH-16 Whose Side Are You On?
Dear Congressman Renacci,In recent days, the Republican talk show host Rush Limbaugh has characterized the Georgetown law student who gave testimony to Congress in favor of comprehensive preventative...
View ArticleThoughts On Sandy Hook
I don't know why this time, unlike last time, or the time before, or the time before, is different. Another mass killing spree. Another deranged shooter. But it is different, because this time, the...
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