President Bush has gone on the offensive for the confirmation of Michael Mukasey, his nominee for attorney general. His tactic? Calling any senator who insists Mukasey give real answers to questions on torture and wiretapping — you guessed it — soft on terrorism.
Having served as a top federal prosecutor and judge, Michael Mukasey is perhaps the best-qualified nominee for […]
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I have enjoyed reading, but haven’t always agreed with, Jerry Pournelle’s opinions since I started reading his Chaos Manor column in BYTE magazine in the early eighties. This week he let fly at our friends over at FEMA. This article deserves a full reading and some deep thought.
We’ve all seen the preposterous "Press Conference" in […]
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You might keep in mind as you read this, the current effects of the drug resistant strains of viruses. They have been at least partially caused by the same spirit of profit maximization over in the pharmaceutical industry. OK, lets be honest and call it what it is, greed.
Please, let us at long last start […]
The phone companies are on the verge of being let off the hook for handing over customers’ private records to the government without a warrant. One Senator, Jay D. Rockefeller (D-WV), holds the key to making sure phone companies are not rewarded for their bad behavior.
American voters strongly oppose amnesty for phone companies. (1) But instead […]
Opening in theaters nationwide [Friday, October 19, 2007], the feature film Rendition is about the CIA kidnapping of a fictional character, Anwar El-Ibrahimi. Unfortunately, the practice of extraordinary rendition is all too real.
The unlawful practice of “extraordinary rendition,” abducting foreign nationals for detention and interrogation in secret overseas prisons—has been used by CIA operatives since […]
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It is about damn time Congress got interested in this.
Blackwater USA’s controversial private security work in Iraq and Afghanistan quickly came under heavy criticism at a congressional hearing Tuesday, with Democratic lawmakers reciting problems with State Department oversight of the firm and calling for broader contractor accountability by the U.S. government.
"I know many of you believe that […]
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It would appear that Bob Dylan knew what he was talking (singing) about after all. Times certainly have changed since the sixties.
Unfortunately, when it comes to politics, they don’t seem to have changed for the better. Could you imagine, even in your wildest dreams, today’s crop of politicians saying anything like what is contained in these quotes?
We […]
Two federal courts handed down stunning victories for civil liberties last week, starkly rejecting White House abuses of power through the Patriot Act and broad use of secrecy claims to dodge public accountability.
In the only legal challenge ever brought regarding the National Security Letter (NSL) provision of the amended Patriot Act, a New York federal […]
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While the departure of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, one of the worst attorneys general in our nation’s history, certainly gives all of those who cherish freedom and justice something to celebrate, our work is far from over.
Leaders in Congress need to know that Gonzales’ resignation doesn’t wipe away this Administration’s ongoing abuses of power […]
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According to WakeUpWalMart.com we taxpayers foot the bill for Wal-Mart’s greed and lack of good corporate citizenship.
Costs to Taxpayers
The estimated total amount of federal assistance for which Wal-Mart employees were eligible in 2004 was $2.5 billion. [The Hidden Price We All Pay For Wal-Mart, A Report By The Democratic Staff Of The Committee On Education And […]
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