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Archive for July, 2007

you know if you make the top link on drudge, you’re doing your job.

America’s first Muslim congressman has provoked outrage by apparently comparing President George W Bush to Adolf Hitler and hinting that he might have been responsible for the September 11 attacks. Read the rest of this entry »

claims ‘woman or african american’ candidate would give GOP ‘hope’.

puh-leeze.

breaking at thinkprogress: reid and dems to force filibuster on iraq vote.

From Reid’s speech:

Republicans are using a filibuster to block us from even voting on an amendment that could bring the war to a responsible end. They are protecting the President rather than protecting our troops.

They are denying us an up or down — yes or no — vote on the most important issue our country faces. Read the rest of this entry »

oh god, this is like fucking christmas time for jasonC. it really is. first vitter, right-wing hypocrite deluxxx, gets busted. next it’s florida republican, and mccain campaign chair, bob allen, busted for offering $20 to an undercover cop to blow him.

“On 11 July 2007 at approximately 1533 hours I was conducting a plain clothes investigation in the area of 10 Broad Street (Space View Park). I observed a white male driving a silver 4 door Toyota pull into the driveway, which is a roundabout, twice within a matter of moments. I recall this because I was conducting surveillance in an attempt to capture a burglar in a nearby condominium and I was concerned about counter-surveillance.

“I observed Allen walk into the men’s restroom … I then observed Allen leave the restroom and walk towards a park bench. I then entered the bathroom to adjust my police radio. On my way out of the restroom I almost bumped into Allen who was on his way into the restroom again. Allen changed his course of direction when he saw that I was leaving the restroom and went back towards his park bench. I talked with the other officers again and then entered the bathroom and began washing my hands. Allen entered the the restroom behind me and proceeded into the first stall. Read the rest of this entry »

wait… actually, you don’t got to be shitting me–we saw this coming all along. still, the blood boils.

President Bush commutes the prison term of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney.

must be rough to be a criminal in the white house these days.

it surprises me, though, that this was done today and not on a friday at 2am or something like that.

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sitting here, pondering executive power and the bush administration, a thought came to my mind. if president bush were convicted of a crime while still serving his office, do you think he would claim the right as all-powerful-commanderguy to pardon himself? and do you think the washington post would tell us he’s absolutely right? and further… do you think barrack and hillary would parse their words and let him do it, so as to not upset our fickle “democracy”? Read the rest of this entry »