May 2006

Well things are really heating up in DC:

Law enforcement officials executed search warrants Friday on the house and office of the CIA's outgoing executive director, the FBI said.

The agency's third ranking official, Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, has been under investigation by the FBI, IRS, Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the CIA's inspector general, said FBI spokeswoman April Langwell in San Diego.

Under a sealed warrant, officials searched Foggo's Virginia home and his office at the CIA's Langley, Va., campus, Langwell said. She could provide no other details.

The FBI and other agencies have been investigating whether Foggo improperly intervened in the award of contracts to a San Diego businessman and personal friend, Brent Wilkes, who has been implicated in a congressional bribery scandal.

This should make for some real interesting talk on the Sunday morning talk shows.

There is talk of investigations, legislations and lawsuits into the NSA wiretapping program. We are in a war on terror and we must support those who are defending our freedoms by infringing upon them.

Considering we could be looking at a loss of jobs over this I believe it is time for Americans to step up and make their contribution to Bush and his program designed to "protect us".

I suggest the following. Everyone needs to start making phone calls. Call whoever you can think off. Hell - hang up and call them back a few times. Need to know the time? Call that number.

The whole idea is that we make sure those dedicated workers at the NSA have plenty of data to mine through should they not be able to get these records anymore. They say this is the biggest database in the world but I have trouble believing that. With the help of everyone out there we can make sure this does become the biggest database.

Just please make sure you are making legal calls. Don't call strangers and hang up or breath heavily for them. The person on the other end of the line might not enjoy that one. Make sure the calls are to people you know and make sure you use different numbers. Go for cell phones, home, work. You can even use that fax line and talk to them from that.

If someone really wants to help out these hard workers at the NSA then go ahead and get the phone numbers changed. They like a challenge and a few million number changes is the kind of puzzle that will help keep them entertained.

The Republicans have once again said "fuck middle America" and spent their time giving tax breaks to the rich:

The Senate gave final approval Thursday to a $70 billion election-year package of tax cuts that will extend lower rates for investors and also save billions for families with above-average incomes.

The Senate passed the measure by a 54-44 vote, clearing it for President Bush's signature.

The legislation provides a two-year extension of the reduced 15 percent tax rate for capital gains and dividends, currently set to expire at the end of 2008.

It also will extend for one year recent changes to the alternative minimum tax — originally aimed at making sure the wealthy pay at least some taxes — to prevent it from hitting more upper middle-income families.

Basically for the common American family they will save $20 a year. For the upper families (those over $1 million a year income), they will save $42,000 a year. Well gee now I feel better. That 20 bucks won't even fill the gas tank. Take that 20 and shove it up your ass Congress.