and, yes, all of the fears of those of us who were talking about a quiet, hidden "coup," were not only justified, but were much worse than we imagined... If history gets this recent era right, future textbooks will have to show that the US narrowly averted a carefully planned but thorough and unmist...

I had to repost this from a post that was placed here a few short posts ago so that all can stay abreast of the latest in the battle to prove whether this slug is even a U.S. Citizen: What's really strange to me in light of all of this--the fact that he's slithered his way into this position with th...

at 1:05, it's a bit longish, but damn well worthwhile... Bush has a sneering contempt for the law He says that on his say so alone he can identify anyone in the United States as creating a "significant risk of undermining reconstruction program in Iraq, or political reform by creating a risk that an...

We can't fight on all fronts at once. The Economy is a runaway train.Corruption is commonplace.Religious zealots threaten us with Theocracy.Racial tensions are being fueled from every direction.And through it all we are pissing in the only place we can all call home, our planet.Hmmm, I guess I've gr...

kevin drum offers up blogger bmaz' thoughts about why... [T]he reason the telcos don't care all that much about the lawsuits being pursued against them is because they almost certainly signed indemnification agreements with the feds back in 2001. Such agreements would force the federal government to...

a call to action... Americans no longer have an understanding of what it means to be free, we’ve become so accustomed to big brother’s hand that torture, spying without warrants, and engaging in illegal wars of aggression are to be expected. Many of the candidates running for president campaigne...

this is the last fucking straw... why do we bother...? the country is totally at the mercy of criminals... ordinary citizens...? screw 'em... The Senate voted Tuesday to shield from lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on their customers without court permission...

There are many individuals, groups and even nations that have pledged never to forget the Holocaust. Anyone who lives just about anywhere automatically identifies the phrase "Never Forget" with this cause. Even folks who say the Holocaust never happened know the phrase.And yet, we have totally forgo...

bring it on... President Bush may soon have a new reason to avoid left-leaning Vermont: In one town, activists want him subject to arrest for war crimes. A group in Brattleboro is petitioning to put an item on a town meeting agenda in March that would make Bush and Vice President Cheney subject to a...

the philadelphia inquirer... The charges against Cheney are not personal. They go to the core of the actions of this administration, and deserve consideration in a way the Clinton scandal never did. The American people understand this, and a majority supports hearings, according to a Nov. 13 poll by...