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 [...]

tear it down!

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What is the 86 Days campaign?
86 days separate two infamous dates: October 17th marks the first year anniversary of the Military Commissions Act (MCA) and January 11th marks the anniversary of the first detainee held at Guantánamo Bay. We will protest and organize during these 86 days and need you to join us!
 
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THE 14 CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM Pt.2

PART 2 DISDAIN FOR THE RECOGNITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
(Is George W. Bush a Sociopath?)
By PraetorOne (Brandon)
Will someone please explain how George W. Bush can call himself a Christian and still endorse torture as a legitimate tool of American foreign policy? Will someone please tell us how a purported believer in the teachings [...]

blog for burma

What is it about the underdog that appeals to the american sense of justice? Since our revolution, and when it suited us, we have always supported the underdog in foreign relations. Not that it’s a bad thing, necessarily, but i think sometimes we miss the bigger picture. When most folks think about [...]

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 [...]

putting it all together

the blogosphere has been pretty busy of late- what with all of the corruption oozing out of the government and whatnot. ever wonder why it is only just seeping out now? i do- but then again i tend to be suspicious in nature. so- a recent recap has seen at least 14 [...]

shameful

i posted about this at life’s journey too- h/t to my buddy dan’l over at the future was yesterday:
 
“One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted.
Or worse.
For daring to report illegal arms sales, Navy veteran [...]

Michael Vick and the ‘sport’ of dog fighting

Monday, the dog-dookey finally hit the fan for Michael Vick, quarterback for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcon franchise. He sucked it up and dealt with the criminal charges pending against him. If you recall, when these charges were first brought against Vick, his attorneys were holding news conferences left and right, waxing poetic about how innocent [...]

The Boogeyman Under Bush’s Bed

By now everyone knows that a criminal court in Miami (Broward County, specifically, from which all the jurors were likely to be drawn), convicted Jose Padilla & 3 others of conspiracy to do all sorts of awful things.
Things that never actually happened, by the way.
Bush & Alberto Gonzales, especially (who took time out from [...]

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 [...]