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Denny Hastert Nullifies Special Congressional Election

October 16, 2006 B. John 280 Views 0 Comments Dennis Hastert, Brian Bilbray, California, Francine Busby

On June 13, 2006, Bilbray flew to Washington, DC and was sworn in as a member of the United States House of Representatives by House Speaker Dennis Hastert. On or about June 30, 2006, 17 days after Bilbray was sworn in as a member of the House, Mikel Haas, Registrar of San Diego County, officially completed the audit of election results required for certification, and officially certified the election of Bilbray over Busby based on 163,931 votes cast, of which 2,053 votes were said to be cast on Diebold TSX touchscreens, and the remainder scanned via Diebold Accuvote OS computers.

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The Energizer Bunny of Corruption

October 16, 2006 B. John 377 Views 0 Comments YouTube, FBI, Alberto Gonzales, Kurt Weldon, Wolf Blitizer

Rep. Kurt Weldon is now under investigation for using his position to gain contracts and favorable treatment of his daughters lobbying firm.

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The Great Moral Delusion That Has Become Us

October 16, 2006August 10, 2015 1086 Views 0 Comments homelessness, Homeless

Accomplishing a logic-defying feat, the wealthiest nation in the world has “attained” the highest rate of homelessness amongst developed countries. 3.5 million human beings experience homelessness each year in the United States. Almost a million are homeless every night (1).

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The Gay Cabal In Congress — Good Grief

October 16, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 252 Views 0 Comments Bigots, Cliff Kincaid, Homosexual Agenda, hate, Accuracy in Media

One of the right wing nut jobs is Cliff Kincaid at a group inaccurately called, Accuracy In Media.” This idiot has decided that their is a network of gay democrats that have, over many years, infiltrated the Republican Party and the staff of the Congressional Leadership. I kid you not, this idiot has decided the Mark Foley issue is part of a Democratic dirty trick that’s been in the works for years.

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Letter to Sen. Bill Nelson Re: His Vote on The Detainee Bill

October 12, 2006 B. John 1085 Views 0 Comments Constitution, Thomas Jefferson, Detainee Treatment Act, Senator Bill Nelson, Thomas Paine, torture

The following letter was faxed yesterday to the campaign headquarters of Senator Bill Nelson. Today, I received an email from the office manager there saying she intended to put the letter in his nightly reading box. Let me know what you think.

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The New Republican Scandal Theme

October 4, 2006 B. John 337 Views 0 Comments Bush, republican, Dennis Hastert, GOP, Trent Franks

I can’t seem to get my copy of The Gay Agendaâ„¢, but the Republicans sure can get a theme going

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If Hastert Has To Resign The Terrorists Win

October 4, 2006 B. John 363 Views 0 Comments republicans, Terrorists, Foley, Hastert, Reynolds

I guess you might think I’m doing a parody, but you’d be wrong. So help me, the Republican Congressional Leadership is spinning so hard right now, I think they have made themselves dizzy. In one of the most bizarre “spins” of this whole Foley episode, House Speaker Denny Hastert has managed to blame it all on “terrorists.”

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The Keys To The Kingdom

October 3, 2006September 29, 2018 376 Views 0 Comments Detainees, Habeas corpus, Dictatorship, Due Process, Freedom, Leahy, Specter, facism

With the detainee law, the Republican Senators and Congressmen (with the help of 12 Democrats) basically said to Bush, “Here are the tools to be a dictator, go forth and …have fun with it.” It is the worst legislation ever passed in my lifetime, and I am in my late 40s.

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Waiting For The Black Helicopters

September 30, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 853 Views supreme court, Habeas corpus, cheney, Hamdan, torture, Hamdi, Terrorism, Magna Carta, Gonzales, Rumsfeld, First Amendment, Geneva conventions, Terrorists, Code of Military Justice, Detainees, Fourth Amendment

Buried amongst the untold affronts to the Bill of Rights, the Constitution and the very spirit of America, the torture bill contains a definition of “wrongfully aiding the enemy” which labels all American citizens who breach their “allegiance” to President Bush and the actions of his government as terrorists subject to possible arrest, torture and conviction in front of a military tribunal.

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No Protection For The Innocent

September 28, 2006 B. John 327 Views Terrorism, Bil or Rights, Dennis Hastert, Nancy Pelosi, Terrorist

We’ve heard the rhetoric before. Republicans are repackaging their “tough on crime” speeches as “tough on terror” and complaining that

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So Long To The Constitution

September 11, 2006 B. John 1103 Views CIA, Guantanamo, Interrogations, Toture

What Bush is doing in the run-up to the midterm elections is a disgrace equal to any other scandal of his nasty, incipiently despotic, regime. Using the hallowed anniversary of 9/11, he has demanded Congress pass a law that enables the major terrorist suspects, until now held in CIA secret prisons all over the world, to be transferred and tried at Guantanamo.