Governor Rod Blagojevich arrested for trying sell a Senate seat! That is so old fashioned.
Politics
More GITMO legal good news
This cheers me up: Judge Declares Five Detainees Held Illegally. I am sure the Bush Administration will fight this till the end. But even with bad guys, we need to follow the law instead of making excuses.
Palin seems to know why they lost
Massive irony alert. I think the Republican ticket represented too much of the status quo, too much of what had gone on in these last eight years, that Americans were kind of shaking their heads like going, wait a minute, how did we run up a $10 trillion debt in a Republican administration? via Palin: [...]
Your VP candidate is so dumb she…
This is going to put Your Mama Is So Dumb jokes in perspective. “If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations,” Palin told host Chris Plante, “then I don’t know what the future of our country would be in terms of First [...]
Senator Stevens is convicted of all 7 counts!
Holy mackerel. Mr. Stevens’s defense was largely built on the notion that many of the goods and services he received were unasked for, and were things for which he had no use. Alaska Senator Is Convicted of Violating Ethics Rules – NYTimes.com. I’m reading it but I don’t believe it. Wonder if he’ll resign? 8 [...]
That was totally expected, no release for those 17
Those 17 not-enemy-combatants that Pakistan handed to the U.S.? An emergency motion blocking their release was granted to the administration. That’s not surprising; I expected that the administration would not have bothered with a court order. I mean, they could have just refused to comply. This whole situation is ridiculous. If this is really an [...]
Will the U.S. actually release these prisoners?
It would be amazing if these Chinese Muslims actually get released. The U.S. has admitted that they are not enemy combatants so I don’t understand what the risk really is.
Don't you worry, the government is on the job
With the House Republicans apparently (it is a closed door negotiation) walking out of the talks, it makes me wonder who exactly wants to do the $700 B bailout? The White House does, but are the Senate and the House acting only because they don’t want to appear ineffective and out of touch? That alone [...]
Just trust us, our track record is good
Why would anyone hesitate to give the Bush administration more cash…? The proposal “does not include the necessary safeguards,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. She called for “independent oversight, protections for homeowners and constraints on excessive executive compensation.” Paulson urges quick action on $700 billion bailout. This might be a “Good Thing” and since [...]
IOC finally orders an investigation
It’s about time. If the rules say you have to be 16 years old the same year as the Olympics, then that’s it. Putting on a 14 year old is just very stupid 1950 style communist government.
