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Justice Department Continues the Assault on Justice

August 20, 2008 B. John 242 Views 0 Comments Attorney General, Attorney General Guidelines, FBI, Michael Mukasey, senate, Senators

Most likely it will come as no surprise that the Bush Administration’s Justice Department continues it’s assault on freedom and the Constitution. According to a report in the Washington Post, the Justice Department is about to issue guidelines for starting FBI investigations that a number of U.S. Senators believe could lead to innocent Americans being spied upon by government agents or informants, “all without any basis for suspicion.”

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Election Roundup for 08-07-2008

August 7, 2008 B. John 194 Views 0 Comments Barack Obama, Democrats, Dick Cheney, FEC, Federal Elections Commission, george bush, John McCain, Political Fundraising, republicans

I thought I’d consider a single post to provide my observations on the election shenanigans for this first full week in August.

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The Anthrax Questions

August 3, 2008 B. John 329 Views 0 Comments 9/11, Anthrax, Bruce Ivins, Dick Cheney, False Flag, Gleen Greenwald, Iraq, Pat Leahy, PATRIOT Act, Salon, Tom Daschle, War

Glenn Greenwald has an excellent article up at Salon.com discussing the unresolved issues around the 2001 anthrax incident. As everyone knows Bruce Ivins committed suicide earlier this week as a Grand Jury prepared to indict him in connection with the anthrax incident. Ivins had been a top anthrax researcher at a U.S. Government research facility for 18 years. So seven years after the incident, and after having to pay a settlement to one falsely accused researcher, we’re to believe the government had an airtight case against Ivins witnessed by his apparent suicide.

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Cathy Castor Telephone Townhall

July 31, 2008 B. John 122 Views Cathy Castor, House of Representatives, Townhall Meeting

Yesterday I received an automated call announcing a telephone town hall meeting with Congresswoman Castor. I was told the call would come between 6:30 and 7:00 pm.

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Weekly Weirdness for July 4th, 2008

July 5, 2008 B. John 274 Views 0 Comments African National Congress, ANC, DHS, florida, Marijuana, Naked, Nelson Mandela, Palmetto, Pot, South Africa, Terrorist, U.N., United Nations

All the weird stuff from the weekend ending on Friday, July 4th, 2008.

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The 4th of July, 2008

July 4, 2008 B. John 216 Views 1 Comment 4th of July, Freedom, george bush, Independence, Jesse Helms, Patriotism, Thomas Jefferson

Today is a day or ironies. George Bush is visiting Thomas Jefferson’s beloved Monticello on this the 232nd anniversary of our declaration of independence from a king named George. As Jefferson warned that Americans would have to be ever on their guard against those who might turn the presidency into the tool of their “elected despotism,” I doubt he would be greeting Bush. And Jesse Helms, father of the politics of division, died today.

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The Tears Continue for Our Once Great Nation

July 2, 2008 B. John 249 Views 0 Comments Bush, cheney, Chinese, Guantanamo Bay, Interrogations, torture

The New York Times is reporting that military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an interrogation class on a chart showing various “coercive” techniques for use on prisoners. What the trainers did not reveal, and may not have known, was that their chart had been copied an Air Force study of Chinese Communist techniques used during the Korean War to obtain false confessions from American prisoners. Whoohoo, we’re on a roll now.

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Darwin on Today's Economy

April 10, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 239 Views 0 Comments Charles Darwin, Dick Cheney, Economy, george bush, Oil Prices, Recession

Reuters has a report from The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Economic Policy Institute showing that, “Since the late 1990’s average incomes have declined 2.5 percent for families on the bottom fifth of the country’s economic ladder, while incomes have increased 9.1 percent for families on the top fifth.” That got brought home to me tonight when I went to grab a bite to eat, and saw a couple have to forego eating so the kids could. More on that later in this story. One of the Deep Thoughts on this site is a quote from Charles Darwin, who said, “If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.” It doesn’t take much to help people, but the current crooks and liars running this government are hell bent and determined to not only forego providing that help, but in enriching their wealthy friends at the expense of those who can least afford it. One of the Deep Thoughts on this site is a quote from Charles Darwin, who said, “If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.” It doesn’t take much to help people, but the current crooks and liars running this government are hell bent and determined to not only forego providing that help, but in enriching their wealthy friends at the expense of those who can least afford it.

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Airline Safety – Disaster Waiting to Happen?

April 8, 2008 B. John 170 Views 0 Comments Airline Safety, Airlines, FAA, Safety Inspections, Southwest Airlines

USA Today has a story about the whistleblowers turning up the heat on FAA Administrators concerning their coziness with the airlines.

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The Real Importance of Telecom Immunity to the Cheney Administration

March 14, 2008September 29, 2018 B. John 218 Views 0 Comments Alberto Gonzales, Andrew Card, FISA, george bush, James Comey, John Ashcroft, Marty Lederman, Telecom Amnesty

Well, the House seems to be sticking to their guns, and not passing a FISA bill that will grant immunity to the telecom industry for illegal spying. This is critically important, because it’s the last best hope to have the illegal surveillance activities of the current Cheney Administration see the light of day. During a press conference on February 28, George Bush finally went rogue on Dick, and accidentally told the truth about the reason for telecom immunity.

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Two Inauspicious Anniversaries Today

January 11, 2008 B. John 227 Views 0 Comments ACLU, Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, Iraqi Parliament, Legislation, S. 1469, senate, Troop Surge

Today marks two auspicious anniversaries. The ACLU is reminding everyone that the national nightmare that is Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp received it’s first detainees six years ago on the 11th, and on the Jan. 10 last year, Bush announced his Troop Surge in Iraq. Which has reduced violence some, but has not accomplished it’s actual stated goal.