Plame on Plame.

She has just begun to speak out. Listen to what she has to say. Gentlewomen and men, I give you..Valerie Plame and KO:

Plame on surviving the Washington spy game
They had no shame, those men that destroyed the trust of the CIA employees. Cheney made them all collateral damage in his little pissing contest.

chris dodd in 2008

Dodd understands America must lead to protect our security not only on Iraq, but also on the rise of state-less terrorist organizations around the world
Chris Dodd is appalled by the current administration’s assault on our Constitutional Rights. That is why Senator Dodd introduced the Restoring the Constitution Act, which would restore habeas corpus and require [...]

kucinich in 2008

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Dennis Kucinich is the only democrat running for President who has voted against authorizing the war in Iraq and against funding its continuation.
Dennis Kucinich is the only candidate for President with a plan for a Universal, Single-Payer, Not-for-Profit health care system.
A corrupt campaign finance system, coupled with vulnerable electronic voting have eroded America’s confidence in [...]

Ten Post Round-Up: Just Another Manic Monday…

A lot of good and interesting reads in the Reader, this morning.
From Sign of the Times:
Kill of soon? Steep decline in oil production brings risk of war and unrest, says new study:
World oil production has already peaked and will fall by half as soon as 2030, according to a report which also warns that extreme [...]

Angels of light or rightwing hate mongers?

By Donatra
Are you sick and tired of Republican attack ads? Are you sick and tired of verbal assaults on twelve-year-old-boys and two-year-old-girls by rich, white fat men who share a basic contempt for change and who practice rhetorical savagery as a virtue? Yeah. I am too. And I think I [...]

Your music video for the weekend..

Another fine creation from Robert at LeftOfCentrist. Enjoy!If you can’t view it here on Sirens..here is the link.

Mukasey is a fan of the “Unitary Executive Theory”

After watching the confirmation hearing for Michael Mukasey the last couple of days, I have come to the conclusion that he is a Bushie of the highest order…just more intelligent than the others in that select group. Watch the exchange between Mukasey and Russ Feingold below regarding Bush and his ability to disobey laws he [...]

Waiting On Our World To Change

I have lost faith in this country’s leaders.
I’m a registered Libertarian, but, because I wanted to see major changes, last November, I dipped my pen on the Democratic side of my ballot (I voted absentee).
I hoped against all reason I have come to understand (that when shown the full light of day, Democrats are no [...]

HISTORY MAY BE REPEATING ITSELF:

PROPAGANDA THEN AND NOW
By PraetorOne and BibleBelted
Throughout the summer of 1938 the Nazi propaganda machine cranked out a steady stream of outright prevarications about Czech persecutions in the Sudetenland. “The German newspapers were filled with accounts of mass arrests of innocent men and women in the Sudetenland and there were the inevitable circumstantial stories [...]

BBC cutting journalist jobs.

Its a bitch when the news division is expected to turn a profit like the entertainment division of most networks and huge conglomerates. But, its a disgusting fact in todays profit-driven world ain’t it?
So, to that end, the BCC will make the majority of the cuts in the division which is supposed to enlighten and [...]