Today President Bush called for the confirmation of Michael Mukasey as opposition continued to mount. Continue reading “Bush Calls for Mukasey’s Confirmation Without Confirmation of Waterboarding Stance”
Category: Politics
For many liberals and civil libertarians, the Senate Democrats have long been the political equivalent of the Italian army: They are best seen on parade. Continue reading “Senate Democrats Have One Last Chance To Address Torture”
The White House continues to try to spin the presumptively false testimony of Michael Mukasey before the Senate. Continue reading “New Spins on Mukasey Testimony”
Never a great defender of the constitutional rights as a senator, Sen. Craig will now raise an important challenge to the constitutionality of his arrest. Continue reading “Craig Will Argue Constitutional Argument”
The White House has issued a defense of Judge Mukasey’s presumably false testimony that he was unaware of the techniques used in waterboarding — the favorite form of torture employed by the CIA. Continue reading “White House Issues Implausible Defense of Mukasey’s Allegedly False Testimony”
The New York Times has qouted Majority Leader Harry Reid in an extraordinary statement and suggests that Democrats will not fight on the principle of torture — or another civil liberties issue in the last six years. Continue reading “Democratic Majority Leader Reid Says Torture is Just One Issue and Would Not Bar Mukasey”
FEMA is still trying to recover from its almost criminal negligence during the Katrina disaster. Eager to court good news on its California efforts, however, FEMA showed equally bad judgment in staging a news conference in which staffers posed questions like reporters without revealing the deception to the public. Continue reading “FEMA Fakes News Conference Using Staff Members as Faux Reporters”
The UN Environment Program’s fourth Global Environmental Outlook is out and it is bleak. Continue reading “U.N. Commission Warns Global Warming and Over-Population Now Threat to Human Survival”
For many, the campaign of Rex Duncan, an Oklahoma legislator, upset at receiving a free Koran (or Quran) was just an example of one highly bigoted individual. Continue reading “Additional Lawmakers in Oklahoma Return Korans — But Not Bibles — In Condemnation of a Religion”
President Bush has only recently back off of his long opposition to the theory of global warming, once even rejected his own scientists support of the theory as “junk science.” Now, however, it has been disclosed that the White House cut out testimony to Congress that revealed the scope of the dangers of global warming to citizens. Continue reading “White House Barred Release of CDC Testimony on Global Warming to Congress”
The attorney general nominee’s evasive remarks on ‘water-boarding’ should disqualify him from the job. Continue reading “Mukasey’s Confirmation: A Vote about Torture”
Oklahoma state Representative Rex Duncan is leading a campaign against the supply of copies of the Koran as part of a larger gift from the Governor’s Ethnic American Advisory Council. Continue reading “Oklahoma Legislator Objects to State-Supplied Koran — But Not the Bible”
Sen. Craig has reported that he is tapping into campaign funds to pay his legal fees. Continue reading “Sen. Craig Uses Campaign Funds for Criminal Case”
With financial and political support of democratic leaders, particularly Raum Emanuel, the military will add to its controversial Marine run high school with high schools for the other services: Continue reading “Military to Expand Role in Running Public High Schools”
A federal magistrate has rejected claims from the White House and recommended the issuance of a court order against the White House to ensure the preservation of e-mails. Continue reading “Federal Magistrate Calls for Court Order to Preserve White House Emails Over Administration’s Objections”