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  • Do we have any laws in this country?

    How is it possible that the President can do all the things we have learned he can do without any Congressional restraint? Congress passes a law, and the President adds a note at the bottom when he signs it that serves to make the law do the opposite of what Congress intended. Congress authorizes billions of dollars to buy up mortgage securities ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by mthabetz on November 23, 2008

  • Liberal Media Lies

    Political logic augurs a Democratic triumph in looming US elections but Barack Obama’s White House duel with John McCain is still a statistical tie, prompting some to wonder why he is yet to break away. Political logic augurs a democratic triumph? Augur: To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell. What signs or omens are they looking ...
    Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 12, 2008

  • Amazing that Americans Have This Discussion

    Having studied American civics in grade school and high school, and having my doubts that Bush Cheney or anyone else in our current White House similarly learned about American history, traditions, institutions and law, it continually amazes me that this Bush Cheney Presidency has run riot so egregiously. Congress? Lay down. The Courts? Lay ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on July 28, 2008

  • Great Review of Some Important Books . . .

    . . . BOOKS which I think all Americans need to read and consider: Making Government Work, by Fritz Hollings Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values, by Phillipe Sands The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (Hardcover), by Jane Mayer. Terrorism and Democracy ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on July 28, 2008

  • Re: Read Between the Lines: FISA Gets Amended In 2009.

    I'd like to believe the assertion that FISA will be amended next year and that Obama will revert to his previously stated positions once elected... but if you're going to extend to him that generosity, don't you have to do the same for McCain? Maybe everything we have seen of McCain since 2000 has been his politically-expedient shifting of ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by Sneaky Pete on July 10, 2008

  • Barack buyer's remorse

    I've read a lot of these ''here is what Obama needs to do'' articles lately. I agree oftentimes with what I read. I think the author's know their subjects and have great progressive points of view on how this country could and should move forward. The problem with these articles is that the authors write as if they know Obama and know what his ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by kiojn on July 9, 2008

  • Flip-flops, Lies and Smart Tactics

    Thses things are more complicated than a simple catch-all “moving to the right.” I like to categorize all this back and forth.. Is it a: Flip-slop, Slide (willful confusion), Pandering, Lie, Smart Move or Consistent. So here it goes:FISA: The first amendment people battering Barack say that he promised to filibuster if immunity was included in ...
    Posted to Politics by Squeek on July 2, 2008

  • Re: Harm?

    It's a valid question, but consider a counter-example: It is against the law to drive drunk, because intoxicated drivers are statistically far more likely to be involved in accidents that harm or kill people, or damage property. However, if I am determined to be drunk driving, I will (and should be) jailed even if I've harmed nobody, because the ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by ouroborous on June 26, 2008

  • Be Very Afraid

    While I am not at all convinced that the government has told us the truth (or even anything really remotely resembling the truth) about what happened at the twin towers, I am not a huge fan of the so-called “rights” of terrorists either, especially as visualized by those that view the Geneva Convention as the end-all and be-all even ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by jspiers on April 29, 2008

  • Telecom immunity

    Not all telecom companies fell for the bush administration's order to spy on American citizens without a warrant. The one's that took the bait should be held responsible just as the bush administration should be held responsible, which it won't be unless there is some way of prosecuting a former president for illegal actions while in office. At ...
    Posted to Fixing It by AmiBlue on April 3, 2008
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