People we like fall upon hard times. People we hate get what they deserve.
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Posted in Political on Oct 1st, 2009
(Guardian) Six lobbyists for every member of Congress as healthcare industry heaps cash on politicians to water down legislation. America’s healthcare industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to block the introduction of public medical insurance and stall other reforms promised by Barack Obama. The campaign against the president has been waged in part [...]
Posted in Livejournal, Political on Apr 7th, 2009
(Salon.com) When Congress immunized telecoms last August for their illegal participation in Bush’s warrantless eavesdropping program, Senate Democratic apologists for telecom immunity repeatedly justified that action by pointing out that Bush officials who broke the law were not immunized — only the telecoms. Here, for instance, is how Sen. Jay Rockefeller justified telecom immunity in a [...]
Posted in Political on Jan 20th, 2009
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the [...]
Posted in Political on Nov 5th, 2008
I love the smell of democracy in the morning. Smells like… victory.
Posted in Political on Nov 4th, 2008
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Posted in Political, Technology on Aug 15th, 2008
(New York Times) AT&T is “carefully considering†monitoring the Web-surfing activities of customers who use its Internet service, the company said in a letter in response to an inquiry from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. While the company said it hadn’t tested such a system for monitoring display advertising viewing habits or committed [...]
Posted in Political on Jul 11th, 2008
(Wred) The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit Thursday over a controversial wiretapping law, challenging the constitutionality of the expanded spy powers Congress granted to the president on Wednesday. The federal lawsuit was filed with the court just hours after Bush signed the bill into law. The ACLU is suing on behalf of journalist and [...]
Posted in Political on Jul 3rd, 2008
Imagine, if you will, a theft steals a candy bar from a convenience store. The clerk suspects that the thief lives in a large apartment complex nearby. So the clerk approaches the apartment complex management and demands the keys to all the homes in the complex so that he can search them for the thief [...]
Posted in Political on Jun 25th, 2008
Last week, on June 20, the House of Representatives approved a compromise bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). The bill sets new electronic surveillance rules that effectively shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits resulting from the government’s warrantless eavesdropping on phone calls and viewing of emails of private citizens in the [...]
Posted in Political on Feb 12th, 2008
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Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Barrasso (R-WY) Bayh (D-IN) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Carper (D-DE) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Corker (R-TN) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) [...]
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