From a column by Jonathan Turley in The Los Angeles Times:
In his [Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey’s] twisting of legal principles, the attorney general has succeeded in creating a perfect paradox. Under Mukasey’s Paradox, lawyers cannot commit crimes when they act under the orders of a president — and a president cannot commit a crime […]
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The Mukasey Paradox
Published by March 4th, 2008 in Politics, bush, constitution, U.S. Govt and mukasey. 0 CommentsOnline Pharmacy
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The Disingenuous Times
Published by February 10th, 2008 in Politics, bush, U.S. Govt, senate, civil liberties, FISA and rockefeller. 0 CommentsToday’s New York Times editorial expresses their concerns about last week’s Senate debate of the FISA Amendments Act of 2007.
The Senate debated a bill that would make needed updates to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — while needlessly expanding the president’s ability to spy on Americans without a warrant and covering up the unlawful spying […]
Nice Rant Professor Green
Published by December 28th, 2007 in Politics, bush, constitution, cheney, Fascism, U.S. Govt and deficit. 0 CommentsHere is a part of a rant by David Michael Green posted on CommonDreams.org that you really should read:
Regressives like to call people like me Bush-haters, and so it is important to address that claim before proceeding, because the entire intent of hurling that label at the president’s critics is to undermine their credibility. If […]
Corrupt to the Core
Published by September 19th, 2007 in Politics, bush, congress, U.S. Govt and corruption. 0 CommentsInspectors General work in an office that was set up by The Inspector General Act of 1978. The IG office is supposed to investigate all branches of the federal government and report all findings of fraud and abuse to department heads and to Congress. It’s also supposed to be non-partisan, independent, and objective while performing […]
Our Government is Broken
Published by August 9th, 2007 in Politics, bush, congress, constitution and U.S. Govt. 0 CommentsFrom John Nichols’ latest column describing remarks by Carl Bernstein about how Bush’s presidency is far more damaging to our country than Nixon’s presidency.
Unlike the often crude and conniving but unquestionably intelligent and highly-engaged 37th president, Bernstein says of Bush: “He’s lazy, arrogant and has little curiosity. He’s a catastrophe…”
But that is not the worst […]
The Tyranny of King George
Published by July 4th, 2007 in Politics, bush, Impeachment, cheney, Fascism and U.S. Govt. 0 CommentsSelections from the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from […]
Make not Mistake: Vice President Dick Cheney is not an executive bound by rules pertaining to the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government
And according to this ABC story, he claims he does not have to comply with a request from the Information Security Oversight Office to review his document classification records.
Bill Leonard, head of the […]
Sceptical of Stupid Structures
Published by June 12th, 2007 in Politics, Church & State, U.S. Govt, Bill of Rights and Drink. 0 CommentsThe Atlantic Monthly article on European and American shifts in secularism/religion is a good history and a good analysis. In the long haul I think that scepticism will probably carry the day but a lot of new “crusades” will be undertaken – but the banners will be only symbolic because they serve a political and […]