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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | yesterday
You neglected to mention something that BJ Lawson would do that David Price hasn't. Price was against the war from the beginning and did not support the Patriot Act (or its subsequent revision). Moreover, I appreciate that you think he's going to vote in line with the Constitution, but what does that mean? Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich both make the same pledge, but they have very different interpretations...
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Alternet (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The ACLU reports that agents spent 288 hours monitoring private organizing meetings, public gatherings and events held in several churches.
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The Sideshow (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The entire Massachusetts delegation voted against the Patriot Act, but now the state is about to grant itself the same powers - not to combat terrorism, but to go "further protect children". The Talking Dog : " Certainly, don't tell it to me, sayeth U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson, who denied the motion of GTMO detainee and alleged "OBL driver" Salim Hamdan for a stay of his show-trial military...
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BlondeSense (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
For those who do not know the basis of The Shock Doctrine, Klein introduces how the writings of Milton Friedman and his underlings at the Chicago School of Economics has writ large literally over all of the federal government’s dealings both here and abroad. The key concept: (O)nly a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend
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Fact-esque (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Boston Globe is reporting that the Massachusetts legislature - which is full of local Blue Dog conservatives due to the political situation here - is about to pass a law that is virtually identical to FISA except that it...
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Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Certainly in many other areas -- particularly the aggressive assertion of executive powers in setting up military tribunals and designating citizens "enemy combatants," as well as various surveillance powers under the so-called Patriot Acts -- the Bush White House has displayed all the signs of attempting to reacquire powers lost to the executive branch in the 1970s … a belated "Nixon's revenge," as...
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Crime & Federalism (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
How did Fogel v. Collins, No. 06-15395 (9th Cir. June 27, 2008) (opinion) escape the blogosphere's attention? In Fogel, a 22-year-old Nevada City resident painted his van with some interesting messages: The words 'I AM A FUCKING SUICIDE BOMBER COMMUNIST TERRORIST!' were painted in block letters on the back of the van above the rear window. On the rear window...
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
You are not the sole arbiter over things Constitutional. Just so you know I agree with you about the Patriot act reauth. vote. However, I am willing to forgive humans a little more easily than you, particularly humans that are as caring and thoughtful as Congressman Miller. He earned those ratings through his years of other votes that uphold civil liberties. He was one of the first Congressman to...
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
about it. Your position is way too narrow and overly strict, imo. He could be PERFECT on every other piece of legislation and he'd still be awful because of his vote on The PATRIOT Act. Have you ever held elected office? Person County Democrats
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
It's THE PATRIOT ACT! That's a pretty damning vote. There's no excuse for it. That's not just "one or two specific votes," it's something that cannot be just forgotten or forgiven no matter what the rest of his record looks like. He could be PERFECT on every other piece of legislation and he'd still be awful because of his vote on The PATRIOT Act. It's that bad and dangerous of a law.
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
That's great and all, but he still voted to reauthorize the PATRIOT Act and for the REAL ID. But really, you just proved my point. My point was that we shouldn't pat members of Congress on the back for protecting the Constitution just SOME of the time, yet here you are screaming the praises of Miller for rankings by lobbying groups that aren't perfect. Not to mention that judging people by rankings...
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
It's too Brad Miller voted to reauthorize the PATRIOT Act and for the REAL ID. We need to stop patting these guys on the back just for doing the right thing and protecting the Constitution SOME of the time. That's unacceptable. Take a look at the guy's record. Now we're pretending Brad Miller is some great protector of the Constitution? BS. Not to mention that there's more to the Constitution than...
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Arkansas Watch (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
The Senate has passed a wiretap bill allowing the government blanket access to your private phone and internet records without a warrant, in violation of the Constitution. Each Senator and Congressman who voted for this bill has broken their oath of office. They know they can get away with it because the major media is controlled by the same big corporations that want the bill passed. The bill
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Teknosis (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Bush Declares State Of Emergency In a completely media silent even George Bush signed an Executive Order June 28th which, according to the patriot Act, gives him martial law capability and the ability to bypass the congress in order to...
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darkbreed | 12/23/2007
Through the research and personal testimony of over a dozen internationally distinguished authors, journalists, doctors, and military experts you will begin to understand the massive and ceaseless control projected onto an unsuspecting populace by a government that may have finally crossed the line from a representative republic to a fascist empire CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO!
