Why does Harry Reid heart the Telecom’s?

Money of course..lots and lots of it. From Glen Greenwald’s column at Salon:
Then again, AT&T is the second largest contributor overall to officials in Congress, having poured into the Beltway a total of $38 million in campaign contributions for the election cycles for which these records are available. Verizon is in [...]

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 [...]

The Fog of Fear…

The NYT has a good Editorial read up this morning. It addresses the Bush administration’s propensity to find something, anything…to drum up their fear factoring in order to gain more power to spy on Americans. The title is: Spies,Lies and FISA. From the second paragraph of the editorial:
There is no truth to any of those [...]

TAIL GUNNER JOE = REPUBLICANS 2007 Part 3

This is the final installment in this series of conversations with Uncle Abe. We hope you have enjoyed visiting with Siren’s resident historian, I know I did.-Dusty
The Beginning of the End: Joe McCarthy Self-Destructs and the After Effects of McCarthyism
Having already attacked the Truman Administration for being soft on Communism, McCarthy leveled the same [...]

Senators Leahy and Dodd reintroduce Habeas Corpus Restoration Act

From Leahy’s government website, an excerpt of his remarks:
Last year, Congress committed an historic mistake by suspending the Great Writ of habeas corpus — not just for those confined at Guantanamo Bay but for millions of legal residents in the United States. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing in May on this bill illustrated the [...]

flying the ‘friendly’ skies

i may have mentioned this at my blog recently, but this is a real problem for some folks. no- not being kicked off of a plane for inappropriate clothing– being on the ‘no fly list’ for no reason. i really don’t know how the government finds the time- what with arresting protesters and [...]

Terror Database catches few terrorists but does catch Anti-war Activists very well.

Almost 20,000 people ended up, for whatever reason, in the govt’s terrorist database. That..is a lot of people wouldn’t you say?
Get this…the govt wants to ‘open up’ the list to private entities. You know, we contract so fucking much of our needs out these days, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the fuckwits wish to make [...]

The problem with fuck-ups in power is…

 
…fuck-ups with power.

Blink.
How the fuck is a bitch supposed to trust the same government that has fucked up just about everything to do anything right?
My nerves are fried…the simplest of news item now inspires terror as a bitch contemplates the minions in charge actually trying to be in charge!
Example – the Pentagon will power down [...]

Jose Padilla found guilty on all counts.

Per MSNBC: Jose Padilla was convicted of federal terrorism support charges Thursday after being held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant in a case that came to symbolize the Bush administration’s zeal to stop homegrown terror.
Padilla and co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi face life in prison because they were convicted [...]

WTF..sign Feingolds Censure amendment..

 

The site to do that is here. I know it ain’t squat, I am not daft my dear reader. But it makes me feel like I did more than blog and bitch about it.
I am anticipating the next round of protests and marches..I am SO there..I haven’t been to one in a couple of months [...]