Corruption
The Senate is a series of douchebags
A standing ovation and a fond farewell tribute for the convicted felon Ted Stevens!
What a joke.
Congress votes for warrantless wiretaps, telecom immunity - Obama votes with GOP against filibuster
Barack Obama campaign's official stance on filibustering telecom immunity, before he won the nomination:
"To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies."
Today, Barack Obama voted with the Republicans against filibustering a bill containing telecom immunity.
Looks like the yoonitary executive is here to stay.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
But where says some is the King of America? I’ll tell you Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain. Yet that we may not appear to be defective even in earthly honors, let a day be solemnly set apart for proclaiming the charter; let it be brought forth placed on the divine law, the word of God; let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve as monarchy, that in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other. But lest any ill use should afterwards arise, let the crown at the conclusion of the ceremony be demolished, and scattered among the people whose right it is."When the president does it that means that it is not illegal."
Striking back
This ad will begin running next week. You can give to this campaign here.
update:
The Bush Dog Democrat caucus has just grown to 70.
These people will be challenged, now and again in 2010. We will not forget.
Fox News doesn't care about black people
See the actual torture memo, complete with Bush's signature
See it for yourself (PDF)
Voter Fraud is Illegal? You don't say, Rush?
In case you missed it, Rush Limbaugh, the oxycotin-taking conservative talk radio host, was urging Republicans in Texas and Ohio to skip their party's primary on March 4 and instead cast a vote for Hillary Clinton in order to prolong the fight between her and Barack Obama. And that Tuesday, as media in both states reported, thousands of Republicans did just what Limbaugh and others had suggested -- they changed parties to vote for Clinton.
One problem. That's basically illegal. And now the board of elections is looking into a criminal investigation of the matter.
As the board of election in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where Cleveland is located, launched an investigation into illegal crossover voting in the state's 2008 presidential primary, a big open question remains unanswered: Will county officials go after the ringleaders of apparently illegal electioneering where thousands of Republican voters swore -- under penalty of law -- allegiance to the Democratic Party in order to vote for Hillary Clinton?
The Gay; it does spread like cancer.
The video says it all. From Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern (sallykern@okhouse.gov). People that hold such blatant hatred about fellow human beings shouldn't even be able to have their voices heard, much less hold public office.
Via C & L.
GOP TV ad: Submit to unchecked executive power or EVERYONE WILL DIE
This is despicable. This kind of dishonest fear-mongering and distortion of the actual issue should disqualify the entire party from holding office.
So this is how the rule of law dies
New ad from the Fascist Party of America explaining how the rule of law and judicial oversight helps the terrorists:
Somehow, they forgot to explain why the telecoms need immunity if they acted legally.
update: WSJ lies about telco immunity.
Senate to save poor, innocent telecom companies from the rule of law
Those poor, innocent, helpless telecom companies just wanted to help us out.
Won't someone save them, from the rule of law? Have we no mercy?
If we don't save them from their lawlessness, THE TROOPS WILL DIE!
WE WILL ALL DIE if telecom companies are forced to obey the law. You don't want Americans to DIE, do you?
TPM dares to hope against hope.