From a column by Jonathan Turley in The Los Angeles Times:
In his [Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey's] twisting of legal principles, the attorney general has succeeded in creating a perfect paradox. Under Mukasey’s Paradox, lawyers cannot commit crimes when they act under the orders of a president — and a president cannot commit a crime [...]
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Director: Alex Gibney
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Rated R (Restricted)
Label: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2008-11-18
Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme
Calvin Trillin
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128 pages
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
Paul Krugman
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224 pages
It was in the late 1940s when, as a pre-teen, I first heard the word “bigotry.” Washington State had restrictive liquor laws. No Sunday sales. You could not carry a drink in a bar. If you wanted to change tables you had to call for a barmaid (hey, it was 60 years ago) to take [...]
Here is a part of a rant by David Michael Green posted on CommonDreams.org that you really should read:
Regressives like to call people like me Bush-haters, and so it is important to address that claim before proceeding, because the entire intent of hurling that label at the president’s critics is to undermine their credibility. If [...]
It’s too bad that Romney’s “Faith in America” speech is even necessary, but he felt pressured into it and delivered it yesterday.
Here’s what he got right:
Today, I wish to address a topic which I believe is fundamental to America’s greatness: our religious liberty.
…I am an American running for President. I do not define my candidacy [...]
From John Nichols’ latest column describing remarks by Carl Bernstein about how Bush’s presidency is far more damaging to our country than Nixon’s presidency.
Unlike the often crude and conniving but unquestionably intelligent and highly-engaged 37th president, Bernstein says of Bush: “He’s lazy, arrogant and has little curiosity. He’s a catastrophe…”
But that is not the worst [...]
Tomorrow our glorious leader will take it up the ass instead of us.
President Bush will undergo a “routine” colonoscopy Saturday…
Snow told reporters Friday that Bush will have the procedure done at his Camp David, Md., mountaintop retreat.
The last time Bush had colon and rectal cancer surveillance was on June 29, 2002. Doctors then advised him [...]
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Former Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey submitted his written responses to questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Here’s what he had to say about events leading up to the Alberto Gonzales’s late-night visit to Ashcroft’s hospital bed in an effort to get him to renew the warrantless NSA wiretap program:
Vice President Cheney told [...]
Back in January when Bush was feeling all bipartisan and conciliatory because he’d just got thumped in the mid-term elections, he thought he’d try and make nice with the new Democratic majority by ceasing his illegal NSA wiretap program and start obeying the surveillance laws outlined in FISA.
King George has changed his mind:
Senior Bush administration [...]
As expected, Bush vetoed the “Emergency” War Funding Bill sent to him by Congress. He objected to the timetables for withdrawal.
Congress will have to reconvene to come up with a bill more agreeable to Bush, who wants to retain what has essentially been unlimited power to wage a never ending war.
So should the Democratic Congress [...]
