The NRDC has sent out an urgent action notice: On March 31st, the House of Representatives is scheduled to debate and vote on a $275-billion transportation bill to fund highway and transit projects over the next six years. The bill is a mix of good and bad, but on the whole is a more reasonable [...]
Archive for March 30th, 2004
Protect the Environment — Act Today
Posted in Environment on March 30, 2004 | 4 Comments »
Poking Fun At Team B
Posted in Iraq, Politics, Satire on March 30, 2004 | Comments Off
Via Stand Down comes Project for the New American Empire: America is in danger of someday not being at war. Neo-conservatives have criticized the incoherent restrictions placed upon the ruling class by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. They have also resisted civil libertarian and peacemaking impulses from within their own ranks. But neo-conservatives [...]
The Cost of Our Decisions
Posted in Politics on March 30, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Body and Soul points out a few. And yes, these are the costs of our decisions. Interventions come with high prices, and we contributed to the extension of the Angola war. That may have been the correct thing to do, it may not. I don’t know enough to say. But we never discuss these decisions [...]
Please, Not That!
Posted in Sports on March 30, 2004 | 2 Comments »
The Packers are apparently going to trade for Tim Couch: The Packers are reportedly close to acquiring quarterback Tim Couch from Cleveland. …snip… He would provide the Packers with the best backup to Brett Favre that they have had in a long time. Favre is expected to play at least one more season, after which [...]
Atrios is Corrupting the Youth of America.
Posted in Culture on March 30, 2004 | Comments Off
At least, that’s Dwight’s story and he’s sticking to it
Why Not Tell The Truth?
Posted in Politics on March 30, 2004 | Comments Off
Kevin Drum wonders why the Bush Administration simply won’t admit that they made mistakes before 9/11: In retrospect, of course we wish we had paid more attention to terrorism. Everybody in the U.S. government does. After all, 3000 people died. It was a terrible misjudgment and a wakeup call for all of us. (I’m sure [...]
Court: Warrants Not Needed To Search Homes
Posted in Legal Issues on March 30, 2004 | 20 Comments »
BUMPED FOR NEW INFORMATION This is scary: It’s a groundbreaking court decision that legal experts say will affect everyone: Police officers in Louisiana no longer need a search or arrest warrant to conduct a brief search of your home or business. Leaders in law enforcement say it will keep officers safe, but others argue it’s [...]
Somebody Spiked Daschle's Wheaties
Posted in Politics on March 30, 2004 | Comments Off
Another powerful speech As Atrios is fond of saying, reward good behavior. More importantly, I wonder how much of this the Bushies have brought upon themselves. Daschle, after all, has hardly been a fire brand. He was practically a Republican for the first couple of years of the Bush Administration. Part of the change, of [...]
Telling the Truth is Hard to Do
Posted in General on March 30, 2004 | Comments Off
This is beyond a normal lie — this trips over the line into outright idiocy: The RNCC wasn’t quoting an editorial. They were quoting a correspondent’s column! (A correspondent is like our other columnists such as Sowell, Will or Novak, or feature writers such as the comics, Dear Annie or opinions page cartoons). The TV [...]
Bush Using CIA For Political Dirty Tricks
Posted in Politics on March 30, 2004 | 10 Comments »
This is disgusting: U.S. officials told NBC News that the full record of Clarke’s testimony two years ago would not be declassified. They said that at the request of the White House, however, the CIA was going through the transcript to see what could be declassified, with an eye toward pointing out contradictions. That is [...]
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