Taking a HARD look at the Business of Politics

There’s a lot going on right now on the Telecomm/Big Media front.
Murdoch. Ugh. Don’t even wanna go there. I hope the FCC starts to do something about this manure. It stinks.
Harold Feld has a wrap up of the humongous heap of paper out of the FCC that documents the Spectrum Auction Rules. It’s a […]

Allyn Gibson posts some interesting thoughts regarding Pete Stark’s “coming out of the closet” with his “nontheism”.
I’ve been an atheist (or nontheist - the latest term for “I don’t believe in God”) ever since I can remember - I don’t now nor have I ever had any need for that sort of dogma in my […]

According to this article in the Seattle Times, there’s a very real possibility Foley will be able to use Campaign Money to pay his legal defense fees and PR bills. The article goes on to state:
Whether Foley will be able to spend his contributors’ donations on defense lawyers and publicists will depend on how the […]

Caroline just posted a comment on the Political Vine Site which links to a story by Andrew Bolton on The Hill. The Bolton article details exactly how the Foley scandal was broken to the press, and debunks much of the SPIN Republicans are trying to put into play to defuse this Republican Debacle.
Bolton states that […]

This just in from CNN– “Former Rep. Mark Foley was molested by a clergyman when he was between the ages of 13 and 15, his attorney said Tuesday amid allegations that the congressman exchanged inappropriate e-mails and instant messages with teen congressional pages.” According to Foley’s attorney, Foley is not a pedophile, and never touched […]

ABC News broke the story that resulted in Fla. Rep. Foley’s Resignation. Foley had, for years, been emailing and IM-ing underage boys in the congressional page program about sex in a really sick way. Most of these kids were 15 and 16, and there was more than one involved. The FBI is investigating.
Now, if that […]

The House just approved the warrantless wiretapping law (H.R. 5825) King Bush needed to start the ball rolling toward his pardon for his illegal and unconstitututional wiretapping activities. This is a major crap on the Laws of our Land, and political grandstanding by the currently Republican controlled house, who are calling it a test before […]

Drum roll please . . . . . and, according to the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the 20 MOST corrupt members of Congress (and 5 honorable mentions) are:
* Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
* Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)
* Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)
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