Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. ~~Mark Twain
By John on Jul 17, 2007 in Congress, Constitution, General, Politics, The Courts | 0 Comments
Dear Senators Mel Martinez and Bill Nelson:
The history of the present King … [George] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
By John on Jul 17, 2007 in Congress, Crime, Culture, Politics, Religion, Right Wingnuts, Society | 0 Comments
Senator David Vitter is the United States Senator who was on the phone records for the D.C. Madame. He went into exclusion for a while, then came to give a brief statement, have his wife pimp for him, and then duck out the back door as if nothing had happened. It was a pretty shameful display.
By John on Jul 13, 2007 in Congress, Gay Issues, General, Politics, Religion, Right Wingnuts, Society | 0 Comments
Some of you may know that James Holsinger has been nominated by Bush to be Surgeon General. So who is this goober (and a goober he is)? He’s the chairperson of the Methodist Supreme Judicial Committee that ruled it was OK for a Methodist minister to keep a gay person from joining his church.
By John on May 25, 2007 in Congress, Corruption, Fun Stuff, Politics, Presidency | 1 Comment
This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen yet on YouTube. It’s an ad for “immunity,” the cure for republican memory loss.
By John on May 24, 2007 in Congress, Corruption, Crime, Politics, Presidency, Society | 0 Comments
Steve Benen, in a post at Crooks and Liars makes an excellent point about the U.S. Attorney firings. It seems that all these high ranking Justice Department officials have been asked who created the list of the U.S. Attorneys to be fired, and none of them know. I guess given Bush’s divine dispensation, it just floated down from heaven.
By John on May 14, 2007 in Congress, Constitution, Culture, Politics, Television, War | 0 Comments
The few time’s I’ve watched Boston Legal, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it, but for some reason it’s never made my “must watch” list. After seeing this, I think I have to set the Tivo to record it. What a great statement.
By John on May 9, 2007 in Congress, Crime, Politics, Society, Travel | 2 Comments
The Department of Homeland Security will move forward with plans to implement the REAL ID Act despite widespread opposition from citizens and state legislatures. But DHS spokesman Russ Knocke said Tuesday that even the states which have already passed laws or resolutions against the act would eventually come around and implement the national identification standards, because the citizens who now oppose it would start demanding it.
By John on May 9, 2007 in Congress, Constitution, Crime, Politics, Society | 3 Comments
Sen. Kennedy’s bill, S. 735, the so-called Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007. The act would, among other things, attach civil liability to anyone whose actions were misinterpreted by authorities as being a hoax and who didn’t immediately notify those authorities about the actual nature of the incident.
By John on Apr 20, 2007 in Congress, Constitution, Corruption, Politics, Presidency, The Courts | 0 Comments
George Christian, executive director of Library Connection, a consortium of 27 libraries in the Hartford, Conn., area, has, since 2005, been fighting a National Security letter request from the FBI for subscription information on patrons of the library system. Because of the way the PATRIOT Act is written, he was only recently, through a court order, un-gagged to be able to testify to Congress about the experience.
By John on Apr 4, 2007 in Congress, Constitution, Politics, Presidency | 0 Comments
I really have not been clamoring for the impeachment of Dick and George Cheney-Bush. I had held out hope that an opposition party in power in Congress might be able to offset the abuses of power wrought by the current administration. Unfortunately, the total disregard by this administration for the Constitution and systems of shared power and checks and balances has become egregious.
By John on Feb 7, 2007 in Congress, Places, Politics, Religion, Right Wingnuts | 0 Comments
Katherine Harris, the unhinged, bible-beating former congresswoman from Florida is still parking her Beemer convertible in a Congressional building, with the 109th Congress medallion still hanging from it.
By John on Feb 7, 2007 in Congress, Corruption, Politics, Presidency, War | 0 Comments
On December 12, 2003, $1.5 billion was shipped to Iraq, initially “the largest pay out of U.S. currency in Fed history,” according to an e-mail cited by committee members. It was followed by more than $2.4 billion on June 22, 2004, and $1.6 billion three days later. The CPA turned over sovereignty on June 28.
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