the more things change- the more they don’t
most of us started blogging during a time when we had no other way to fight against what we saw as the fascist takeover of our democratic republic. we signed petitions, emailed our ‘represenatatives’ in congress, and tore apart the falsehoods, lies and propaganda being perpetuated in the media. we were the truth line- tenuous [...]
Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Detained by US Homeland Security
USA Homeland Security detained Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Maguire in mid May as she entered the US at a Houston airport. According to information provided by the Free Gaza Movement, Maguire was returning home to Northern Ireland from a three day conference she hosted in Guatemala with three sister Nobel Peace Laureates: Rigoberta Menchu, [...]
They are not above outright lying to us.
And that fact just totally pisses me the hell off. The obvious, blatant lies being spewed by The Big Dick CheneyTM, Boss Limbaugh, Michael Steele, Boehner, et. al. are just incredibly disingenuous..and outright fuckery. Cheney used a noun, a verb and 9/11 over 20 times this morning during his stint.
I missed The Big O’s speechifying [...]
The smartest guys in the room? I don’t think so…
When Enron fell apart, our nation tried to make sense of it. Congress critters tried to pass laws that guaranteed nothing like that ever happened again. Enron caused, by their actions in CA to manipulate the energy industry, the death of a very good friend of mine. We had rolling blackouts almost daily that summer [...]
Iraq Is Ready. Will We Let Them Have Their Cities Back?
Iraq wants the United States to get out of their cities. They are grown up now and feel confident they can run the place by themselves. Seems the agreement that was made a while back needs to be honored.
The embarrassment to the Iraqi government would be huge if US troops remained to do the work [...]
If You Get Confused…Have Mercy On The Criminal
I am seeing the new administration more and more poorly as the days go on. The criminality of not pursuing the torturers and their bosses comes to mind today.
Government Mule. 12/28/07 Beacon Theater NYC
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Bakersfield’s Witchhunt-A documentary by Sean Penn
“There is no crueler tyranny than that which is exercised under cover of law, and with the colors of justice …” - U.S. v. Jannotti, 673 F.2d 578, 614 (3d Cir. 1982)
Penn’s newest documentary is based on the District Attorney’s office here in Kern County.What it’s really about are the individuals that were arrested, tried [...]
Nuremberg for the Defense
The recent release of CIA memos that graphically details US government directives in prisoner of war (POW) torture, has caused a great deal of controversy and sparked vitriolic debate. The rancor lined up (as expected) straight along partisan lines, with the right vehemently defending the Bush policies and the left demanding justice. The fact that [...]
Bravo Bob Cesca!
His latest HuffPo piece..is spot friggin on:
But it’s not just Bush administration officials they’re defending here. Extrapolating what the torture superfans are suggesting, they appear to believe that in light of the threat of terrorism, any administration should be able to torture, including the current president. In other words: they’re simultaneously accusing President Obama of [...]
proof positive of human nature
many folks believe that human beings are born good. i disagree. i think we have to work hard to be good people and do the right thing. hence, all of the wars, global pollution, etc. now, that doesn’t mean that everyone on the planet is inherently a criminal- but you don’t need to be if [...]
Oh, For God’s Sake.
How fitting is it that the GOP and other assorted rightwing nutters are planning nationwide tea parties protesting taxes? TEA stands for “Taxed Enough Already,” presumably protesting rich people taking on a bigger tax liability due to Obama’s common sense.
While the GOP are obviously ripping off the Boston tea party idea, where in 1773 disgruntled Americans threw [...]
Obama backs BushCo on warrantless wiretapping?
First video is Professor Turley’s take on this new development and the legal ramifications. The second is KO and Howie Fineman discussing this newest fresh hell.
Let me see if I have this correct. President Obama’s administration is supporting BushCo’s wiretapping program and their defense of said program by invoking ‘government secrecy‘ aka the almighty States [...]
News Digest: Bush admin OLC memos released in early March
The rule of law was severely compromised under the George W. Bush administration. But President Barack Obama’s Department of Justice determined to release a significant number of Office of Legal Counsel legal memos in early March. This post is for use as a reference to what the most important investigative bloggers wrote about the events [...]
Professor Turley on the Spanish Inquisition.
He also talks about the failure of torture as a method to gather evidence..and the Big Dick Cheney and how Obama and Holder might be protecting The Shrub and the Big Dick from prosecution.
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Geithner wants super powers…
Not like Superman of course, more like Bush43. Oh, and Benny Bernanke wants them too! From the NYT article on the subject:
The Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, agreed with Mr. Geithner that Congress should grant the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve new powers. Mr. Bernanke told members of the House Financial Services Committee that [...]
