Things sure are weird in this country. People will just accept the oddest things. I wonder how long it will be before DHS can copy all photos and papers you take on a trip? They can seize and copy your entire laptop every time you cross the border. Next time you come back into the [...]
Politics
So they want us to leave or what?
From the UK Timesonline website: The remarks appeared to boost Mr Obama but left the White House and the McCain campaign with a dilemma. The Republican candidate’s representatives found themselves in the extraordinary position of implying that the Iraqis did not really mean what they were saying. Iraq: we want US troops out in two [...]
Now they try talking
The President of Iran is a nut. But apparently our government now realizes that sometimes we have to speak with nuts to move things along. It worked with North Korea, wonder what took them so long?
Good read re warrantless wiretapping
Salon has a good write up on Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation Inc. v. Bush from one of the lawyers involved. If you are a “Get them before they get us” type, don’t bother reading. If you think everyone has to obey the law (meaning me, you, you, and especially YOU), then it’s a long read but [...]
U.S. Supreme Court surprise
No way. I’m posting the image from CNN’s website but I could swear it says U.S. Supreme Court says detainees at Guantanamo Bay have constitutional right to challenge their detention in civilian courts. I see this headline and I can’t help but wonder “Yes, but what’s the catch?”
She's losing and behaving badly
The CNN page says it all: Pledged delegates up for grabs, Clinton says. Senator Clinton is losing and continues to behave badly.
This cartoon says it all
Sometime politicians make it too easy for the cartoonists. Ben Sargent’s political cartoons can be found here. Some people regard this as a referendum on prostitution and that Spitzer should not resign because of this. A friend of mine would call this “Darwin’s waiting room”. The soon-to-be ex-governor is just too stupid to work here. [...]
Hillary is cooked
I was hoping that Senator Clinton would somehow be able to out-hope Senator Obama but her getting angry like this is just another coffin nail in her campaign.
Crazy people on the Supreme Court
Normally, a nut as a judge is just odd. If he makes enough bad calls he gets pulled off the bench. Some really odd people have been on the bench for years. The “debate” about water boarding is ridiculous. It’s torture, no arguement about it. The U.S. government tried and convicted other people for doing [...]
Will Rudy drop out?
NBC 4 is saying that Rudy has not said he is dropping out but apparently in his Florida concession speech he kept referring to his campaign in the past tense. Here’s hoping he pulls the plug.
