sigh

I called the DC offices of Obama, Lofgren, and Pelosi. I hope it does some good.

Posted at June 19, 2008 2:26 PM in response to "Bipartisan" Solution on Surveillance Unveiled

While I could wish this would result in another Amistad, I suspect it won't.

Posted at May 30, 2008 2:18 PM in response to Guantanamo Judge Dismissed

Just goes to show you... if you want to be in This Man's Army, you can break into a guy's house, and steal his money at gunpoint... but you can't kiss him.

Posted at April 21, 2008 1:50 PM in response to Army, Marines Accepted Higher Numbers of Ex-Felons in 2007

Pardons can be made before any crime is charged (according to Wikipedia, and by the precedent of pardoning, en masse, those who went to Canada instead of Vietnam -- I'm sure there are others, of course).

Posted at March 28, 2008 6:35 PM in response to Siegelman: Rove's Fingerprints "Are Smeared All over The Case"

Doing it, with a judge who has decided a Presidential signature is the only thing required to make a law.

Posted at March 10, 2008 12:46 PM in response to House Panel Files Suit against White House

The lack of "machine" in Texas is why I've been glad the contest is continuing -- I"m hoping that after both candidates do their best to get people organized and excited, then whoever wins will be able to keep them organized and excited through the general election.

Maybe it's just a pipe dream.

Posted at February 27, 2008 6:16 PM in response to Texas, A Perplexing And Complex State, Is Anybody's Ball Game

"Oh, ho, ho, irony! Oh, no, no, we don't get that here. See, uh, peole ski topless here while smoking dope, so irony's not really a, a high priority." -- Roxanne

Substitute "sarcasm" for "irony," and "torture" for "ski," and "ignoring the Constitution" for "smoking dope," and you can perhaps see why it wasn't immediately clear.

Posted at February 27, 2008 6:13 PM in response to Texas, A Perplexing And Complex State, Is Anybody's Ball Game

The "final holdout" had agreed to break the law.

That's what it boils down to: the telcos have been worried about being hit with expensive lawsuits because they chose to break the law at the behest of the administration. And now, the administration says, all of the telcos are again willing to do so.

I wonder what assurances they were given.

Posted at February 24, 2008 3:25 PM in response to Admin Officials: Never Mind

Why does no-one bring up the pre-9/11 warrantless wiretapping that was going on?

Posted at February 21, 2008 6:58 PM in response to Bush: "No Compromise" on Surveillance Bill

Have any of the pro-torture politicians been asked if they would approve of police "smacking around" a suspect, or if it's okay to "waterboard" a witness in, say, a rape case?

Posted at February 15, 2008 4:51 PM in response to Lieberman: Waterboarding is OK by Me