Has General Petreaus ever accounted for all those armaments that went missing, under his watch? No disrespect (it's treason to disrespect a member of the military) - just asking'.

Posted at June 30, 2008 6:39 PM in response to Obama's Patriotism Speech Stresses Life Story, Criticizes MoveOn

So, in his speech about patriotism Obama parrots the right's criticism of MoveOn.Org, and the dirty hippies from the sixties (whose civil disobedience is largely responsible for the fact that a (partly-) black man has a chance of becoming President, today) - pretty much denegrating our patriotism, while decrying others' questioning of his.

He, now, also supports (illegally) repealing the Fourth Amendment, by supporting the FISA bill.

In addition, he disavows Wesley Clark for making a perfectly valid point about the fact that having SERVED in the military doesn't automatically qualify someone to be in charge of it.

Next he'll be agreeing with Hillary that McCain has the experience to be president which he himself lacks.

This is who we need as president? Change? From what to what?

Posted at June 30, 2008 5:17 PM in response to Obama's Patriotism Speech Stresses Life Story, Criticizes MoveOn

Huzaifa Parhat was being held in Gitmo, for what? Being a Muslim? My god, how many others are there, like him? How many are being held in places of which we know nothing?

How many American citizens are incarcerated, right now, under the same "law" that eliminated Habeas Corpus, to begin with? We may never know....

Posted at June 24, 2008 5:41 PM in response to The Daily Muck

If this was a Republican congress versus members of a Democratic executive refusing to show up in response to a subpoena, I can GUARANTEE you the Republicans would already have them cooling their heels in a local jail. They have no qualms about using their power.

Why the Democrats refuse to perform their Constitutional DUTY, is beyond me.

Posted at June 24, 2008 5:33 PM in response to Judge: Why Litigate When You Can Arrest?

"We know his bottom line..." What does that mean? Does it mean he won't pander to the likes of Jerry Falwell & Pat Robertson whom he once dissed? Or, that he'd never condone the use of torture by the United States, because he himself had been tortured? Or that he won't want to make Bush's economically disasterous tax cuts permanent, after opposing them in the first place? And on, and on. Just what is his "bottom line"? Cohen never says

Posted at June 24, 2008 3:27 PM in response to WaPo's Richard Cohen: McCain's Flip-Flops Matter Less Than Obama's Because McCain Was POW

None of the candidates for Federal office is making an issue of the private military the Bush administration & corporations have created - can't say I blame them, Blackwater has more firepower and fewer constraints than the US military.

This stuff's not new, just more blatant than with previous administrations. At least we USED to have the illusion of a government of, by & for the PEOPLE. The Bush administration really could be the best thing that ever happened to us, if we all wake up and start working together to reclaim this country for human beings.

Posted at June 23, 2008 1:22 PM in response to Blackwater's Automatic Weapons Collection Gifted to Local Sheriff

I think it's kinda cute that Douglas Feith gets to decline testifying before congress because he doesn't want to be in the presence of somebody who hurt his feelings. That's better than claiming some sort of executive privilege.....

Posted at June 20, 2008 3:42 PM in response to The Daily Muck

There should never have been even the slightest debate of this bill, by the Congress of the United States, whether controlled by Democrats or Republicans; it should have been rejected out-of-hand as patently Unconstitutional. And there certainly is no reason for a Democratidally controlled House to "compromise" away the Fourth Amendment.

Their job is not to keep us safe. Their job is to keep us FREE, by upholding the Constitution against all enemies foreign & domestic. They have become the very definition of a "domestic enemy".

Posted at June 20, 2008 3:35 PM in response to FISA Debate Gets Underway In The House

What about the government employees who paid for them? Surely someone in the Department of Defense is responsible for making sure they're getting what they pay for?

How does that work?

Posted at June 20, 2008 3:15 PM in response to 22-Year-Old Arms Dealer Arrested

Surely five Supreme Court justices who reinstated Habeas Corpus for us would reinstate the Fourth Amendment. Can't the plaintiffs suing the telecoms appeal, on behalf of all of us?

Posted at June 20, 2008 1:30 PM in response to Dems Vent Opposition To Surveillance In Today's FISA Debate