Quisling Democrats Just Don't Get It--THEY WILL NOT FIGHT [Poll]
Raw Story just put up a story on how Democratic senators and their staffs are really upset at what they consider to be a disasterous and self-defeating political stunt by Russ Feingold's in proposing...
View ArticleIt's the Constitution, Stupid
Russ Feingold's censure resolution was the logical outcome of his remarkable exercise of March 1, when, after the passage of the Patriot Act, he read the text of the U.S. Constitution out loud on the...
View ArticleDefeatist? Who's Defeatist? [w/POLL]
Yesterday, Armando posted a thought-provoking diary that got a lot of attention and was on the Rec List for most of the day, Defeatist. It was about how he felt that, by criticizing Democratic senators...
View ArticleBattling The Red-State of Mind
Crossposted on Truth 2 PowerYesterday I called up the Senate to support the Censure motion. I was actually happy to find that I couldn't get through to Senator Feinstein, Kerry or Feingold as their...
View Article1776 and 2006 (Subtitled: Adams and Feingold)
I saw 1776 this weekend--the 1972 musical comedy that is, about what took place at the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia during the weeks preceeding the drafting, approval and signing of the...
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Al Gore: Let a Special Counsel investigate Warrantless Wiretaps
Remember this gentleman? Why not let someone like him get to the bottom of the NSA wiretapping controversy?
View ArticleNewsweek Censure Poll: Watch the Wording
So last week's Newsweek poll supposedly found that more Americans oppose censure than support it. But compare the wording of the censure question in the Newsweek poll to the wording of the censure...
View ArticleThe Circular Firing Squad Over Censure Continues
Looks like our wonderful Democratic senators--current and would-be--continue to not only NOT support Russ Feingold's call for censure, but to criticize him and it openly with a series of lame and...
View ArticleTime to Talk War Crimes
From Bob Parry at consortiumnews.com:Time to Talk War Crimes The Nuremberg trials after World War II established universal rules against aggressive wars, principles that George W. Bush willfully...
View ArticleWhy the NSA wiretapping is a waste of time and effort
In his recent newsletter, cyber security expert Bruce Schneier discusses why programs such as the NSA wiretapping programs are ineffective
View ArticleNPR Plays Down Support for Censure
[Also see folkbum's "Mara Liasson's 'impeachment backlash': I call BS"] Friday night on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered", host Michele Norris introduced a story and interacted with...
View ArticleFeingold Shames Specter Into Holding Hearings
Can we please give Mr. Feingold some mojo!Letting Feingold Be Feingold He was awesome answering questions Chris Wallace threw his way on Faux News. He was unflappable and unwavering in his conviction...
View ArticleCitizen punctures Bush bubble, says Bush should be "ashamed" of his...
Who let this guy in?President Bush, told by a critic he should be ashamed of his policies, defended the government's secret eavesdropping program Thursday and said he would not apologize for listening...
View ArticleAmendment 4 Blues
Should a Director of the Central Intelligence Agency be required to be familiar with the Bill of Rights?
View ArticleChickenshit Democratic leadership strikes again
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi pledged "just investigations, no impeachment," and doesn't even list the the NSA warrantless wiretapping as a specific targets of investigation, in talking to NBC...
View ArticleHayden Promises No More Leaks
Gen. Hayden, who engineered the illegal, warrantless, domestic spying program is being transferred to the CIA. The men who he cites as references are both lauded by Bush for their incompetencies or...
View ArticleSupport Qwest!
I'll be honest, I don't really know anything about this company. But Qwest took a principled stand against our gov't, despite enormous pressure. They should be congratulated, not just with thanks,...
View ArticleWhy the Law must be enforced, even on you, Mr. President
In a perfect world, the government wiretapping would not worry me. Governments are the only organizations that, in theory, work purely for the benefit of those they serve. They don't try to make money,...
View ArticleSHUT DOWN Congress NOW
That's it. This the last straw. Hearings on the signing statements, the wiretapping, this new story about the data mining or whatever the fuck it is of phone records, must be held immediately!
View ArticleArlen Specter Makes Loud Noises Once Again [w/Poll]
Once again, in the wake of recent revelations in USA Today that the NSA has been illegally compiling a database of Americans' phone records, we're witnessing our healthy democracy in action, with...
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