Thursday, October 5, 2006
Smoke and Mirrors Following the Foley Scandal
Thursday the news broke about the questionable behavior of Representative Foley. Friday he resigned from office. Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday we followed a variety of "new" news about Foley in the press. Wednesday the FBI decided to seal his office and confiscate his computers. Beautiful, just beautiful. The Foley machine / Republican machine had more than six days to remove files, clean up hard drives, and remove traces of inappropriate behavior. Isn't it great to see the FBI and...
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Sunday, October 1, 2006
Florida's Rep. Foley Provided the Best Darn Quotes!
Until yesterday, Foley was a deputy whip for the House Republicans and a co-chairman of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus. A Web site for the bipartisan group states that it was formed to "create a voice within Congress" on that issue and to operate a hotline for tips about "online child sexual exploitation" that could be passed to law enforcement agencies. At a White House Rose Garden ceremony on July 27, President Bush hailed Foley and some other House and Senate...
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Thursday, September 28, 2006
Abraham Lincoln’s Greatest Regret
Following the Civil War, when asked about the greatest regret of his presidency, Lincoln said he deeply regretted suspending habeas corpus. Today, the Republicans of our US Senate have once again suspended habeas corpus. Where is the conscience of the Republicans of our country? Why isn’t every US citizen screaming against such an unwise action? The Bush administration has done more damage to our Constitution and to our rights as citizens, as well as to our standing in the world community, than...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Bipartisan Iraq Study Group – No Details Until After Election
The good news is Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) pushed for the creation of the Iraq Study Group. According to Wolf they “put together by top think tanks at the behest of Congress to come up with ideas about the way forward in Iraq ”. James A. Baker III, co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group, visited Baghdad two weeks ago. The bad news is [according to Baker] the recommendations will not be forthcoming until after the November elections, in an effort to keep the group above the political fray. (Too bad...
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Saturday, September 16, 2006
Bush Avoiding Charges of War Crimes?
Bush has recently been demanding the passage of legislation to restate Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. Many are asking why. These conventions have been in effect since 1947, and never has the U.S. felt the need to pass independent legislation to address “ambiguities” [per Bush] in Article 3. A Senate committee last week rejected Bush’s proposed strategies for interrogating and trying enemy combatants. Bush came back at them with both barrels, typical “my way or the highway” mentality, and...
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