According to Rumsfeld the war on terror will be a long war that could stretch a generation, akin to the cold war. The article, which appears in today’s Washington Post, says what we have been saying all along – the war on terror will be very long. Of course Rumsfeld doesn’t admit to the simple […]
This story keeps going and going. federal judge has resigned from the court that oversees government surveillance in intelligence cases in protest of President Bush’s secret authorization of a domestic spying program, according to two sources. U.S. District Judge James Robertson, one of 11 members of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, sent a letter […]
The LA Times has an article today I find rather disturbing and it gives us a closer look into the way the Republican Party thinks: WASHINGTON  With disputes raging about Iraq, domestic surveillance and the Patriot Act, President Bush faces more resistance from Democrats on a number of his national security policies than at […]
This in via Reuters: Five US soldiers charged with abuse: military Five U.S. soldiers in Iraq have been charged with abusing detainees whom it is claimed they had punched and kicked, the U.S. military said on Monday. “The allegations stemmed from an incident on September 7 in which three detainees were allegedly punched and kicked […]
It took some time, but Ken Mehlman,Republican National Committeechairman, issued a typical statement on today’s indictment. RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman On Today’s Announcement By Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald Contact: Tracey Schmitt WASHINGTON -RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. “Scooter Libby is a good and capable […]
Throughout this weeks events one argument has been echoing over and over again – this is not the time for politics. I have to disagree strongly with that. This is the time for politics. We have seen a collapse in our infrastructure and planning and the politicians are the ones who over see that very […]
During this past weekend, two different events occurred that makes our once great nation appear more as a police state. The first happened in Pittsburgh where a peaceful protest turned violent. The turn of violence was not from the protestors, but from the police. They tased two women, one of which was also bitten by […]
While we are fighting a war in Iraq and a war on terror, we often forget about the other war that has been going on longer than those two combined. That is the war on drugs. This week it has taken a turn for the worse with a break down in diplomatic relations involving one […]
We continue to hear stories of torture from Guantanimo Bay. The administration continues to denounce the claims. They do admit to some “extreme†interrogation tactics that result in good intelligence however. The big question is; If the intelligence is so good then why must we “rig†the trials? Leaked emails from two former military prosecutors […]
Yesterday, London police chased, caught then shot a suspected bomber on the London Subway. Eyewitness accounts of this ordeal have painted a kind of brutal, but almost necessary end to this young mans life. It seems necessary when dealing with terrorists. After all, they could have trigger devices on them and quickly detonate a bomb […]