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a midnight comment…

GOP Leader Rebuts Hastert on Foley Boehner and Reynolds said their offices learned of the Foley e-mails months ago from Rep. Rodney Alexander (R), who sponsored the page from his northeastern-Louisiana district. "Rodney Alexander brought to my attention the existence of the e-mails between Mark Foley and a former page of Mr. Alexander’s," Reynolds said […]

a house divided…

I went to the ABC news site out of curiosity about how they got hold of the emails to Mark Foley. The reporter on the story was Brian Ross. I didn’t find the answer to my question, but while I was there, I noticed the comments to the first story. Here are just a few, […]

a broken covenant…

Woodward Book Reveals Potholes For White House It looks like the Woodward book may be the gift that keeps on giving… In another revelation from Woodward’s book, the Agency’s George Tenet and Cofer Black became so concerned about a possible Al Qaeda strike against the United States during the months before 9/11 that they requested […]

responsibility…

Putting GOP Interests Over Child Safety Is NOT Acceptable … The adults in this situation, who were apprised of the problem, ought to have intervened on these kids’ behalf.  I’m sorry, but there it is.  And from what I can tell, the GOP leadership has devolved into "woulda, coulda, shoulda" this morning — with Boehner […]

guilty as charged…

STATE OF DENIAL Behind Public Optimism on Iraq, Administration Had Doubts We’re so used to the kind of thing Woodward documents here from the Bush Administration that we may miss the larger point of his revelations. This is Treason, plain and simple: Section. 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War […]

more about the assault on the judiciary…

For my last post, I read some of the ideas of Robert Bork, the Reagan nominee for the Supreme Court who was not confirmed by the Senate. One thing I read was the transcript of an interview with Bork at the Hoover Institute where he was a visiting fellow. Bork is also a fellow at […]

the war on the judiciary…

Gonzales Cautions Judges on Interfering Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who is defending President Bush’s anti-terrorism tactics in multiple court battles, said Friday that federal judges should not substitute their personal views for the president’s judgments in wartime. He said the Constitution makes the president commander in chief and the Supreme Court has long recognized the […]

oh, this is really an eye opener…

Click on the seal to read about Abramoff and his White House friends   

more lamentations…

Rushing Off a Cliff There is not enough time to fix these bills, especially since the few Republicans who call themselves moderates have been whipped into line, and the Democratic leadership in the Senate seems to have misplaced its spine. If there was ever a moment for a filibuster, this was it. We don’t blame […]

have mercy! …

House approves warrantless wiretap law