U.S. Acknowledges Use of Waterboarding Senate Democrats demanded a criminal investigation into waterboarding by government interrogators Tuesday after the Bush administration acknowledged for the first time that the tactic was used on three terror suspects. In congressional testimony Tuesday, CIA Director Michael Hayden became the first administration official to publicly acknowledge the agency used waterboarding […]
Before we get lost in the details, it behooves this old liberal southern guy to comment how amazing this picture really is…
I enjoyed watching the returns last night. It was like the Superbowl, as I mentioned. What that means is that I didn’t care about the outcome. I prefer Obama, but I like Hillary too. I’d be pleased to have either one of them at the helm. I used to like McCain, before he jumped on […]
… here in Pickens County, Georgia: While Democrat Barak Obama appeared to have won the statewide election Tuesday, in Pickens, the 2,186 Democrats overwhelmingly chose Hillary Clinton giving her 64 percent of the votes here. The 5,072 Republicans voters the statewide trend choosing Mike Huckabee with 37 percent of the local vote, followed by McCain […]
Huge night for Obama by kos Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 09:08:40 PM PST Obama has, at this point, won 11 states, of 22 in play. Worst-case scenario, he’s already won half. If he picks up Alaska, which I suspect he will, he wins the battle of the states. California is looking like it might […]
Georgia Primary-President Democratic: REPORTING: 83% Candidate Votes % Delegates Obama, Barack 483,349 64% 14 Clinton, Hillary 258,117 34% 8 Edwards, John 14,948 2% 0 TOTAL VOTES 756,414 Republican: REPORTING: 83% Candidate Votes % Delegates Huckabee, Mike 284,508 35% 0 McCain, John 258,604 31% 0 Romney, Mitt 242,995 30% 0 Paul, Ron 23,557 3% […]
It’s early in the night. They’ve called Georgia for Obama with a three way snarl in the Republican Race. But I’m feeling kind of good about things. I’m feeling a little relief from the dark cloud that descended when Bush was re-elected four years ago. I felt then like I had awakened in another country, […]
State ready for first real test of voter ID law, official says The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia’s new voter ID law faces its first major test Tuesday. So does the woman responsible for making sure that the state’s presidential primaries run smoothly. Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel says she’s ready. "So far everything has gone […]
This one is a no-brainer. Essentially, George Bush and Dick Cheney want to extend their fantasied Executive Privilege to everything they touch. Since they asked people to torture prisoners, the torturers are immune. Because they asked the telecoms to spy on Americans, telecoms should be immune. They can break laws without reprisal, being special and […]