Black History Month is Coming
Coretta is dead.
Jesse is being lynched and beaten by
republicans. And I don't feel so great myself...
The Jesse Jackson piñata thing kind of reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite. Which made me google the movie. Which lead me to this book:
. And if a 134lb man can be a sumo champion, then I guess we can whoop this country into
Civil Rights 2.0.
Vote 4 Pedro
for better, for worse
The U.S. Army in Iraq has at least twice seized and jailed the wives of suspected insurgents in hopes of "leveraging" their husbands into surrender, U.S. military documents show. - AP
Who hates whose freedoms?
iraq
I am always a bit freaked
When something like the
Alito-8 rears its' ugly head. Wtf? Robert Byrd!? Maybe it's just because I'm reading the
Gangs Of New York... but I think Tammany Hall is here to stay.
fill-ma-buster
apparently the president thinks we are all as dumb as he
I have news for him. We aren't. And there are more of us.
THINK PROGRESS has a good posting on the DOJ's
bullpuckery. Basically the Justice Department says the president can do whatever he wants. We know that not to be true. Were it true, it would be time to tear down our government. Anyone who thinks otherwise is being not only unpatriotic, but cowardly.
That's right. I said it.
18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(f))
who spiked the punch?
IMPEACHMENT...
Unfortunately not even the other party of record is REALLY trying for this. As one congressman I heard say (paraphrased) 'It would be difficult and w/o a majority in either house it would not happen.' They choose to look forward to the next two elections to make a difference. I am not sure that is not being
too prudent. It reminds me of the dems going all center and trying to out GOP the GOP. All it does is alienate the left and create a win-win situation for the right. Even if they lose they have a much more centrist and kow-towed opposition. Don't ask-don't tell, the defeat of universal health care, NAFTA, GATT... These things didn't happen during a republican administration. If we are going to shy away from a fight based on "we might lose" rather than reasons of "right and wrong" (like impeachment) then we are setting ourselves up for failure.
impeachment
scAlito vote delayed 1 week!
Strike now, the iron is hot.
NEW ACTION PAGE TO FILIBUSTER ALITO:
http://www.nocrony.comCALL YOUR SENATORS RIGHT NOW at 888-818-6641, 888-355-3588 or
800-426-8073. Posts that contain
Scotus per day for the last 30 days.
Get your own chart!UPDATE:
Whip Count Here (DKos)scALITO
International Commission of Inquiry On
Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration
New York on Jan 20-22
"When the possibility of far-reaching war crimes and crimes against humanity exists, people of conscience have a solemn responsibility to inquire into the nature and scope of these acts and to determine if they do in fact rise to the level of war crimes" war criminal
Attention
(or should that be "achtung?")
"We either went there and asked for the approval or, if there was an emergency and we had to do it beforehand, then we filed within three days afterward and gave them a chance to second guess it..."Bill Clinton on Nightline.
Not that it matters in 2005. Because G. W. Bush is the president. Unless you take in to account that he lied and said Clinotn broke the law.
In other news... The
other day when I was wondering about the out W might have by saying the NSA was wiretapping previous to his order, apparently that was wrong too. Or at least that's what is being reported to be the NSA story now. Click on the Wingnut above and see the documentation on
Daily Kos.
NSA
John Lewis' response to my response
The
other day I wrote the N Georgia congressman. He wrote me back.
January 9, 2006
Mr. doombilly
Yonder St
Charlotte, NC
Dear Mr. Doombilly:
Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns about the
controversial domestic eavesdropping program that was secretly authorized
by President Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. I appreciate your
interest in this issue and am glad to have the benefit of your views.
I, too, am extremely troubled by the revelation that President
Bush authorized secret domestic surveillance operations without warrants
and beyond the authority of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
(FISA). As you may know, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service
issued a report in early January which concluded that the
Administration’s justification for warrantless eavesdropping conflicts with existing
law and hinges on questionable legal arguments, a conclusion that is
shared by a number of notable Constitutional scholars.
I believe strongly that this matter deserves a thorough
Congressional investigation, and if the Administration’s actions are found to be
illegal, President Bush must bear the appropriate consequences. You
may also be interested to know that in addition to calling for
Congressional hearings, I, along with several of my House colleagues, have sent
correspondence to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Professional
Responsibility requesting that they do an internal investigation into
the role played by DOJ in the domestic surveillance program.
Make no mistake, terrorism is a serious threat and I believe that
our government must do all that it can to protect our citizens from
additional terrorist attacks, however I believe we can do so without
abandoning the principles that have guided our nation for more than 200
years. The freedoms and protections guaranteed by our Constitution and
Bill of Rights have made us the envy of the world. We must restore and
protect those freedoms lest we forever change our system of government
into something the framers of the Constitution tried desperately to
avoid.
Again, thank you for taking the time to weigh in on this issue. I
hope you will continue to contact me on issues of importance to you.
Sincerely,
John Lewis
Member of Congress
Georgia imPEACHES
I don't know anyone in Iraq
But this picture from
http://www.iava.org/index.php kind of gets to me. When I read
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk I was safe and sound making maps for the taxman. IT's almost kind of amusing (if it wasn't so damng sad) to see someone who is probably in harm's way reading a book whose title emplores the world to do them in.
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
Mr Tice, Your Swift Boat Is En Route
How long before the smear starts on this cat?He seems like a decent fellow.
(May 5, 2005 - After his dismissal for blowing the whistle) "In a time of danger, literally brought to our very shores, abuses such as these, should not be tolerated," said Tice, speaking at a press conference following a meeting with congressional staffers. Source: PulseJournal
See Also: Official Wire Toot toot
harrrrumphhhhhffft!!!
Now I am a little concerned with todays revelations
(WaPo and NYT) that the NSA was apparently spying on everyone before Bush told them to. The reason this bothers me is that W probably unofficially told them to prior to officially telling them to. At some point, someone with half a wit in the NSA probably said to themselves,"hmmmm, maybe I should get this felony in writing, before we all end up in federalpoundyouintheassprison?" Which was kind of smart. If that is what happened. The downside is that the WhiteHouse might just say that it was all the NSA's idea all along. And that a "few bad apples" went to far in surveilance.You know, how many Generals got frog-marched over that Abu Ghrahib place (where-we-don't-torture)?
No Spying Authority
More Proof That NASCAR is Just A Bastion for Inbred Retards
Go here. That f*cked up piece of crap link comes from the IAVA -
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. But of course, what network does this show on? The scum soaked halls of FOX, home for the ChickenHawks.
Armchair Jack Offs
Abramoffokkuh Update
"Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for all my actions and mistakes," Abramoff said, addressing the judge. "I hope I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I've wronged or caused to suffer." Source AP
Oh I don't think this motherf^cker would live long enough to repent. He'd have to live 1000 years.
scumtag
Will Waiting Fill?
I'm just reading
this here book and waiting for the details of
Abramoff's Squeal Deal.
Need a good graphic to make sense of the magnitude of slime this clown is involved with? Try the
WaPo. abraham jackoff
