It appears from the photo below that President Bush’s support for a Flag Amendment to criminalize the desecration of the flag could be a cry for help. In this photo, Bush is seen clearly writing on a small American flag. Continue reading “Stars, Stripes, and Signatures: Bush Desecrates the American Flag”
Category: Politics
As China has moved to block YouTube and Western media from filming the crackdown on Tibet, disturbing video clips are emerging as Chinese officials call the Dalai Lama a “monster with a human face.” France is now calling for a possible boycott of the Olympics, which as already been marred by the abuses in Tibet and unhealthy levels of pollution. Continue reading “Videos From Tibet Leak Out Despite Chinese Effort to Block YouTube and Western Media”
Current and former governors of New York and New Jersey appear to be vying for their own sexual reality shows this week, releasing details on affairs that have not been seen in politics since the primaries of Sodom and Gomorrah. Ex-Governor New York Eliot Spitzer, Ex-Governor New Jersey Jim McGreevey, and current New York Gov. David Paterson all have articles this morning on various sexual exploits. Paterson, however, may prove the most interesting measure of current American politics and mores. His is the only one without a criminal component and may not prove as politically lethal. Continue reading “Governors Gone Wild: New York and New Jersey Governors Expose a Wide Array of Sexual Encounters and Legal Complications”
The Supreme Court today will hear arguments in District of Columbia v. Heller, No. 07-290. The lower court decision in Parker v. District of Columbia, 478 F.3d 370 (D.C. Cir. 2007) contained strong majority and dissenting opinions on the question of whether there is an individual right to gun ownership. The odds favor gun owners for the first time in securing a decision that clearly establishes an individual right. Their case is helped along by a bizarre appearance of Vice President Dick Cheney opposing positions of his own administration before the Court. Continue reading “Supreme Court Hears Second Amendment Case As Cheney Opposes His Own Administration on the Question”
Richard “Dickie” Scruggs has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe a judge — a plea that will likely send him to jail and certainly end his controversial but storied career of the “King of Torts.” While another lawyer from his firm also pleaded guilty, his son Zach is still scheduled to go to trial. Continue reading ““Dickie” Scruggs Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Bribe Judge”
Fundamentalist Islamic nations and leaders are speaking of unleashing a new weapon against those who defame Islam: lawyers. Continue reading “Litigating Against Free Speech in the Name of Free Exercise”
With torture and detainees, Attorney General Michael Mukasey has never been viewed as much of a whoopee cushion. However, while speaking at the London School of Economics, Mukasey seemed to tell give a humorous example that seemed to put the Bush administration in the role of the sadist speaking to the al Qaeda masochist. Continue reading “Mukasey Tells Joke About Sadists and the Legal Decisions They Make”
In what is surely going to be fodder for months to come, President Bush responded to a briefing on the difficulties faced in Afghanistan by saying that he is envious of those able to be on the front lines. Given the controversy of his perceived avoidance of combat in Vietnam, it seems a rather curious and belated lust for battle. Continue reading “Belated but Combat Ready: Bush Says He is Envious of Soldiers Fighting on the Front Lines”
In a measure of just how unrepentant our congressional members are over rampant corruption and waste in government, barely one-fourth of the Senate voted to freeze earmarks for just one year. It was a vote of utter contempt for not just government reform but the voters . . . and they are probably right. Continue reading “Only 29 Senators Vote to Suspend Earmarks for Just One Year”
Barack Obama’s Minister, Jeremiah Wright, may have gotten himself into hot water with the IRS. He recently spoke in favor of Obama and against Clinton from the pulpit, a violation of the tax-free status of his church. He may soon learn that the only biblical passage that the IRS endorses is Matthew 22:21: “Render onto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s” Continue reading “Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s Church May Have Tax Problems”
Eliot Spitzer can finally claim some level of restraint. Tehran’s police chief, Reza Zarei has reportedly been arrested naked in a brothel with six naked prostitutes. Before his bust, Zarei was charged with enforcing morals on the city, which he did with vigor. Continue reading “Undercover Bust: Tehran Chief of Police Makes Spitzer Looks Positively Restrained”
The Bush Administration has long been ridiculed by the international community as converting the United States from a leader in human rights to the very symbol of the violation of core principles of human rights. However, few were prepared for the utter hypocrisy of watching the Administration condemn China for its use of torture on the very same time that President Bush vetoed a ban on the use of torture in the waterboarding bill. Now China is using our torture program to defend its own abuses. Continue reading “Bush Legacy: China Defends Its Use of Torture By Citing The Bush Torture Program”
The complications of the faith-based politics seems to be building. First, McCain has been criticized for his support — and warm acceptance of support — from religious bigots and extremists. Now, Obama is facing statements from his minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright that blame the U.S. for 9-11 and encourage blacks to sing “God Damn America” rather than “”God Bless America.” This recent video also shows Wright attacking Clinton. Continue reading “Obama’s Minister: Sing “God Damn America””
The House of Representatives fell 51 votes short of an override of President Bush’s veto of the ban on waterboarding. Continue reading “House Fails to Override Bush’s Veto of Torture Bill”
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia blocked the $5000 a day fines imposed on former USA Today reporter Toni Locy by Judge Reggie Walton for refusing to reveal her sources in stories about the criminal investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks. The lawsuit was brought by Steven Hatfill, a scientist ruined by intentional leaks by government officials. Continue reading “Court Stays Running Fines Against Locy in Anthrax Litigation”