Final vote was 273-156. The sick Republicans were cheering when the override failed. Glad to see they find illness and death involving children as something to cheer for. 44 Republicans voted with Democrats and two Democrats crossed over. The most upsetting part of this is it shows that the “House of Representatives” doesn’t represent the […]
Glenn Greenwald has all the disguising details. I think most important is this part: Let’s just describe very factually and dispassionately what has happened here. Congress — led by Senators, such as Jay Rockefeller, who have received huge payments from the telecom industry, and by privatized intelligence pioneer Mike McConnell, former Chairman of the secretive […]
For years right wingers would taunt out the fact that Democrats were in the minority. That minority was very slim though. Both times Bush won the White House, it was so damn close. So these same wingnuts who so boldly reminded us of our minority status over the past several years now find themselves in […]
Bush during his press conference, talking about Russia’s diplomatic reform; “I emphasis to them that checks and balances are important”. Why yes they are Mr. Bush! Mr. Putin – to learn about these checks and balances, just watch George Bush. Whatever he does – do the opposite. Also wipe “executive privilege” from your vocabulary.
That is what this administration has been good at. The latest comes in the form of Social Security: Come January, the nation’s nearly 50 million Social Security recipients will see the smallest cost-of-living increases in their monthly checks in four years, even though they are paying significantly more for such items as food, energy and […]
Twelve Army captains that have served in Iraq penned an op-ed in today’s Washington Post calling for the immediate withdrawal of our troops. Here are some highlights from it: What does Iraq look like on the ground? It’s certainly far from being a modern, self-sustaining country. Many roads, bridges, schools and hospitals are in deplorable […]
That is exactly what this is: Verizon Communications, the nation’s second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers’ telephone records to federal authorities in emergency cases without court orders hundreds of times since 2005. The company said it does not determine the requests’ legality or necessity because to do so would slow […]
Awww – via Think Progress: From: “Michelle Malkinâ€To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDate: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:04:58 -0400Subject: Re: Michelle no longer on the Factor?I made the decision to quit appearing on the O’Reilly show in response to the poor handling of the Geraldo Rivera matter (the staged “apology†on The Factor was a complete farce). I won’t […]
It is time for a full criminal hearing into the Bush White House. Here is the latest revelation on the NSA wiretapping: A former Qwest Communications International executive, appealing a conviction for insider trading, has alleged that the government withdrew opportunities for contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars after Qwest refused to participate in […]
Perhaps we should ask Rush: In a sweeping indictment of the four-year effort in Iraq, the former top American commander called the Bush administration’s handling of the war incompetent and warned that the United States was “living a nightmare with no end in sight.†In one of his first major public speeches since leaving the […]