Because the Fisa/PAA and Telecom Immunity “compromise” vote that just passed in the House today after much backroom dealing (with the telecoms writing the final draft of the FISA “compromise”, it’s rumored) is so very obviously unconstitutional and such a bitchslap to the American People and the Rule of Law, there has to be something […]
Glenn Greenwald at Salon has a pretty complete wrapup of what’s going on with FISA and PAA, the telecomm immunity issue, and the trashing of our Constitution and Rule of Law. And though the tie to Impeachment isn’t made, it’s pretty obvious from the comments that everyone knows that this is a gravy train no […]
The deep pocket Telecomms and Republican fearmongers seem to be swaying the House to vote a backroom deal on FISA which will allow spying on every single one of us with no warrant. How’s that for trashing the Bill of Rights? And it looks like the Telecomms are getting that Immunity none of us want […]
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This just in from Megavote PA:
Articles of Impeachment - Vote Passed (251-166, 16 Not Voting)
The House voted to refer 35 Articles of Impeachment against President Bush to the Judiciary Committee.
Rep. Charles Dent voted NO……
Boy, a lot has happened in a couple years. 251 to 166? Wow. That means that some Repubs stood up to […]
The slashdotters have done a wonderful job of debunking the Nuclear Threat from the Nuclear Warhead blueprints allegedly found on a laptop computer in Switzerland and owned by so-called nuclear smugglers. They first point out that the story in both the NY Times has some inconsistencies with how things geek actually work. The slashdot article […]
According to a bulletin I just received from the Wexler camp, Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced Articles of Impeachment against Bush on 35 separate allegations of High Crimes. Wexler is a co sponsor on these Articles of Impeachment. But in order for the Repuglycan LockSteppers to be overridden, it is CRUCIAL for us, the people, to […]
There’s a disturbing article in the NYTimes this morning entitled Food is gold so billions invested in farming. The article talks about how the Wall Street Weenies are now investing in Farmland and the other infrastructure that farming depends on, such as grain elevators, equipment suppliers, and other essentials for the production of food. From […]
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