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Warrantless Wiretapping

Busting The News

September 23, 2009

I read a good one from the associate editor of NewsBusters. NewsBusters is a creatively conservative online site usually chock full of fact-free, wingnut postings.
First, a quick review…
You have probably seen a video clip by now of a sting on multiple ACORN offices by Hannah Giles (playing the prostitute) and James O'Keefe (playing the [...]

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Schrub, The Terrorist

August 21, 2009

Over the past number of years, whenever I suggested that George W. Bush was actually an American terrorist leader, I was quickly reprimanded by those Serious and Grown-up Conservatives who immediately sought to describe the former president as "protecting us from Islamofascists."
Now, former Bush Homeland Security head, Tom Ridge, in a new book, follows [...]

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Jane Harman (D-CA): Bush Co-Conspirator

April 21, 2009

From 2002-2006 Republicans controlled Congress by an ever-so-slight margin, so if Bush-Cheney were to be successful in carrying out their criminal plans against America and some foreign countries, it would take the help of, at least, a few congressional Democrats.
A prime example of the veracity of this claim is found in Senator Jay Rockefeller's [...]

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Righting The Wrongs

January 23, 2009

1) President Obama had a busy day yesterday.
From Dana Priest of the Washington Post….
The military's Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, facility, where the rights of habeas corpus and due process had been denied detainees, will close, and the CIA is now prohibited from maintaining its own overseas prisons. And in a broad swipe at the Bush administration's [...]

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Taking Inventory

January 7, 2009

Ever work someplace where you had to take inventory periodically? Methods of taking inventory have changed dramatically over the last 30 years with the explosion of digital communications….but back in the day, I did it the old fashioned way….hand counting and tallying on a clipboard. One aspect of taking inventory, however, will never change. The [...]

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Trust Us

July 12, 2008

Our nation's Attorney General, John Mitchell, from the year, 1969….
"Any citizen of this United States who is not involved in some illegal activity," he added, "has nothing to fear whatsoever." Link
Mitchell's comment was in reference to this new (at the time) executive power….
The Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1968 expressly legalized electronic eavesdropping for the [...]

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Dependence Day

July 4, 2008

Just in case you have forgotten, or perhaps never heard one talk before, the following is what a true American patriot sounds like….
“I’m pleased we were able to delay a vote on FISA until after the July 4th holiday instead of having it jammed through," said Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), who had been leading the [...]

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Why Bush Can't Accept Supremes Ruling

June 16, 2008

George W. Bush, on hearing the results of the Supreme Court ruling re-instating basic habeas rights to prisoners held for years in Guantanomo and elsewhere…
"It was a deeply divided court, and I strongly agree with those who dissented." He said he would consider whether to seek new laws in light of the ruling [...]

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Not Amnesty Silly, Immunity

March 4, 2008

While we're waiting for the primary results….let's have a bit of fun with those wild and crazy Bush people.
First an overview…
The Congress, currently corrupt to the gills as they represent their constituencies in big business, their only constituency,….is about to return the nation's oversight of the executive branch back to pre-1978 days. And while [...]

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John Boehner: Ohio Embarrassment

February 15, 2008

Unintended irony is comical at times, but this gem from Ohio's disgraceful excuse for a representative, John Boner Boehner, is a…..what is that word…..lulu….
Republicans insist there's no time to waste. "The Democratic leaders ought to be held accountable for their inaction," House Republican leader John Boehner told reporters after the White House meeting. Link
Think for [...]

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