Jonathon Turley, professor of Law for George Washington University, gave a very stern opening statement. He said the President has committed a crime by ignoring FISA. While we can argue his motivation the issue of the law is certain. He went into details of when he worked for the NSA as a law clerk and […]
Some quick sound clips from this morning’s hearings on the NSA spying conducted by house Democrats. First it should be noted that the Republicans have once again forced the Democrats to hold the hearings in the basement. They said no committee rooms were available and as John Conyers pointed out, “it is odd for them […]
OK. This has to be one of the most ridiculous things I have read in ages. Via the Cincinnati Enquirer: Abramoff’s dad furious at Clooney jab By Erica Solvig The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – The father of controversial Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff is responding to actor George Clooney for what […]
Tomorrow at 11:00 am est., C-Span will cover the House Democrat hearings live on C-Span 1. If you are near a T.V. be sure to check it out as it should give us more insight into the controversial program. If your not near a T.V. but on line you can always view it at http://www.c-span.org […]
With all the press on thedisastrous Medicare changes, isn’t it about time for Bush to go out and talk about his “great” plans he has for Social Security? Imagine the problems the nation would be facing if we let the Republicans get their hands on that government service? We would have seniors living in the […]
The governor who beat out Republican Jerry Kilgore in Pennsylvania this past November has been selected to give the Democrats response to this year’s State of the Union Address: WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, and Democratic Governors Association Chair New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson […]
Now we learn of allegations of wide-spread insider trading occurring in our nation’s capital: After a comment by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) on Air America’s Majority Report Wednesday evening, RAW STORY has learned that House Democrats are pushing the ethics committee to investigate allegations of congressional offices providing privleged information to Wall Street investors. An […]
Watch out what you Google for because the FEDS are now interested in Google’s records. Fortunatley the company is prepared to fight in order to protect the privacy of their users. The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order Google to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guarded […]
One of the problems with Bush’s wiretapping that isn’t discussed in the public forum much is how he notified Congress of the program. There are clear laws that require the President to seek the advice and consent of Congress and now it appears he even broke those laws: WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 – A legal analysis […]
SurveyUSA has released their January 50-state tracking poll for Bush’s approval rating and it is not looking good. Currently there are only 11 states that put Bush at a 50% or greater approval rating. His overall average is 41%. The interesting part is five states that voted for Bush in 2004 are now strongly against […]