This month, the Bush administration sets a national record for the longest known period of detention of US citizens in defiance of the Constitution and in violation of legal due process. Only twice in history have any US presidents behaved so shamefully and with such arrogance – in both cases, the act is remembered as [...]
Archive for January 3rd, 2006
A Record Which Will Live in Infamy
Posted in Culture, General, Legal Issues, Politics, Terrorism on January 3, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Three Technical Questions
Posted in Bloggin, Science on January 3, 2006 | Comments Off
Ipod Help. I bought my wife an iPod for Christmas, and she loves it. She does not, however, love iTunes as it seems that it doesn’t have as much of the kind of music that she enjoys as other services do. Rhapsody, in particular, has a selection that matches her taste. However, when we use [...]
Not a Patisian Issue
Posted in Legal Issues on January 3, 2006 | Comments Off
One of the Bushies’ talking points is that only people on the left are concerned about Bush’s illegality. That is nonsense. Former Reagan officials and stalwart conservatives like Bob Barr have all come out against this illegal action. And now conservative icon William Safire joins the chorus. There is a break down on this issue, [...]
Bush Retreating from "Plan for Victory"
Posted in Iraq on January 3, 2006 | Comments Off
Not only is Bush surrendering in Iraq (see previous post), he is doing so one month after he touted a victory plan that called for just the opposite of his current plans: The Post story neglected to mention Bush’s “National Strategy for Victory In Iraq,” which was released just one month ago. Recall, in that [...]
Bush Surrenders Iraq
Posted in Iraq on January 3, 2006 | Comments Off
Bush has declared that he has lost in Iraq: The Bush administration does not intend to seek any new funds for Iraq reconstruction in the budget request going before Congress in February, officials say. The decision signals the winding down of an $18.4 billion U.S. rebuilding effort in which roughly half of the money was [...]
What Kind of Enemies
Posted in Bloggin, Culture on January 3, 2006 | Comments Off
Egregious Charles asks a good question the comments of my Worst Americans post: A philosophical question: You’ve got one guy who commits harm due to acting on sincere but wrong beliefs, like Forrest’s belief in the superiority of the white man and the need to keep the black undermen down, and another who commits harm [...]
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