Why Don’t You?
Despite my cynicism and anger about some of Obama’s decisions – I do think he is someone to vote for and not a simple vote against the establishment.
Category: Politics
McCain Watch – Stumpy McStumpster
I mean, really? Q: “So no contraception, no counseling on contraception. Just abstinence. Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?” Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “You’ve stumped me.”[From McCain Stumbles on H.I.V. Prevention – The Caucus Blog – NYTimes.com] I have no words for this. The man is dumb as dirt.
Ah, the Sweet Sweet Smell of a Police State
There has been a rash of arrests and raids in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area as the Republican National Convention gets underway. Here’s one of the higher profile arrests: ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her …
Where’s the Mad Cow Disease Beef?
So, say you raise beef and you want to assure your customers that your product is safe and mad cow disease free. And let’s just say you want to spend your own money to test all of your cattle. You can’t. Beef exporters are banned from testing their cattle for mad cow disease without approval …
No Excuses for this kind of Politics
*Sigh* A few months later, Biden signed a letter that urged the Justice Department “to prosecute individuals who intentionally allow mass copying from their computer over peer-to-peer networks.” Critics of this approach said that the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America, and not taxpayers, should pay for their own …
Land of the Free?
This is beyond ridiculous-ville and heading into scary totalitarian-land: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed its ruling on USA v Arnold this past Friday that Customs and Border Protection agents are free to seize your laptop at the border without probable cause. On July 10 the 9th Circuit denied the petition for en banc …
Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights The conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added. Article the first [Not Ratified] After the first enumeration required by the first …
Justice Scalia as Mouthpiece for GOP
(Flying the true colors of his flag: partisanship and lies) Important information the next time someone tries to argue against Habeas Corpus and actual Justice in relation to Guantanamo Bay: A new report from the Seton Hall University School of Law explodes the myth that some 30 detainees released from Guantanamo Bay prison have “returned …
With Democrats Like These Who Needs Republicans
(Jellyfish: Exactly the same amount of vertebrae as the Democratic Party) I can’t really write about the FISA events of the day without getting in a rage, but if you don’t know what happened today, if you don’t know that the 4th Amendment has been gutted and that the Congress has just sent a message …
Attention Must be Paid
The other day I read a piece by Laura Flanders in which she wondered, in the wake of Tim Russert’s death, what would happen if journalists demonstrated the same level of emotions and pain toward other deaths, asking: I know it’s possibly a subversive thought for all those deluded believers of objectivity in journalism — …