It turns out that Supreme Court nominee Alito wrote in 1985 that he wanted Roe v. Wade to be overturned as being reported by the Associated Press: WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito wrote in a June 1985 memo that the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion should be overturned. In a recommendation […]
Rep Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is now threatening to block the Patriot Act because of the extension: Via Raw Story: Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Frank James Sensenbrenner (R – WI) has rejected a Patriot Act compromise reached by the Senate. The Senate had agreed to extend controversial provisions of the […]
The story of Bush authorizing spying on citizens has really snow balled into the story of the day. This just came out on theAP: Bush Approved Eavesdropping, Official Says By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer President Bush has personally authorized a secretive eavesdropping program in the United States more than three dozen times since October […]
While we hear reports of our economy doing good, we are presented with a harsh reminder of what outsourcing has done to our nation. This from theAssociated Press: General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it plans to nearly triple the number of cars it produces in India to meet growing demand in the South Asian country. […]
The Associated Press is reporting that al Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, Al-Zarqawi, may be amongst the dead from a gun fight that erupted between our forces and insurgents held up in a house in Mosul. This of course would be an expected victory for Bush. There is a problem though. We have heard these rumors […]
More bad news for Republicans. This courtesy of the Associated Press Scanlon Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud By PETE YOST, Associated Press Michael Scanlon, partner of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was charged Friday with conspiring to defraud Indian tribes the two were representing of millions of dollars. In a one-count criminal information filed by the government, […]
Democrats mustard enough support today to defeat a bill to fund health, education and social programs. The bill was defeated because it would actually hurt the nation’s poor. Twenty-two republican’s, mostly moderates, joined the Democrats to defeat the bill. This is just further signs of the GOP unity failing. One big factor could be the […]
By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer The recent indictment of Vice President Cheney’s top aide has struck a nerve with the American public. Four in five, 79 percent, said the indictment of former Cheney aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby on perjury and other charges is important to the nation, according to a poll by the […]
Delay is continuing his cry baby defense. Now he wants his trial moved out of Travis County. This from ABC News: Lawyers Wrangle Over DeLay Trial Locale Prosecutors Arguing Against Rep. Tom DeLay’s Request for Change of Venue Say He Could Get a Fair Trial The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas – Travis County is not […]
Heres an update on my previous postRove = Offical ‘a’. This is the Associated Presses report on this issue: ‘Official A’ Stands Out in Indictment By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer In a sign of the trouble lingering for the Bush administration, the indictment handed up Friday in the CIA leak probe refers to someone […]