Sean Hannity decided to have disgraced former representative, Mark Foley, on his show to discuss the Anthony Weiner non-sex “scandal”. Foley, who was forced to resign after sending sexually explicit messages to underage congressional pages, told Hannity that it should not be illegal to send such messages to minors (via Think Progress): This is really […]
There has been this new meme developing since the SOTU address that President Obama somehow breeched protocol or tradition by criticizing the Supreme Court’s decision on allowing unlimited money to flow from corporations to campaigns. This seems to be mostly fueled by the right, including some who are also critical of the decision. I wonder […]
A couple of things really caught my eye yesterday. It seems like so many are quick to jump on President Obama about things he has no control over. First off we have a video that Andrew Breitbart put together of numerous times that President Obama said that the negotiations healthcare should be opened. This has […]
I have had jobs in management and owned my own company, and if anyone blatantly defied something I said needed to be done, they would either be looking for a job or be reassigned to a lessor capacity. So why doesn’t the chief executive of this country follow such a simple business philosophy? When news […]
Remember when this happened back in May? An unusual FBI raid of a Democratic congressman’s office over the weekend prompted complaints yesterday from leaders in both parties, who said the tactic was unduly aggressive and may have breached the constitutional separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government. Rep. William J. Jefferson […]
This brings into light a new and interesting development in the NSA wiretapping scandal: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that President Bush personally blocked Justice Department lawyers from pursuing an internal probe of the warrantless eavesdropping program that monitors Americans’ international calls and e-mails when terrorism is suspected. The department’s Office of Professional Responsibility […]
Here is a story that really makes you wonder: An unusual FBI raid of a Democratic congressman’s office over the weekend prompted complaints yesterday from leaders in both parties, who said the tactic was unduly aggressive and may have breached the constitutional separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government. Rep. William […]
The Bush dictatorship is in full swing and today the Boston Globe takes a look at how it got to this point: President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when […]
Harriet Miers has withdrawn her name as Supreme Court justice nominee. In her letter, the main reason she cited was because of concern over documents relating to her advice she has given President Bush since he has been in the oval office. The following is a copy of her letter: Oct. 17, 2005 Dear Mr. […]
When our forefathers authored our Constitution, the backbone of this great nation, they took careful precautions in it to make sure that one branch would never out weigh the other. They understood the desire man inherits to hold ultimate power and to protect the United States from that, they developed a system of checks and […]