Posted in Alito, Clarence Thomas, Conservatives, Constitution, Fascism, Politics, Supreme Court, ethics, exploitation, greed, inteligent design, radical right on May 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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The Supremes led by Justice Alito writing for the majority found in favor of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company on a narrow interpretation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 disallowing years of gender discrimination in which the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company underpaid one Lilly Ledbetter on average around $6000 per year [...]
Posted in Bush, Conservatives, Constitution, Gonzales, Iran, Politics, Postmodernism, White House, ethics, hubris, liberties on May 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Clipped from Atlantic Online, this story references Alberto Gonzales’ sinister involvement in the March 2004 warrantless eavesdropping program even after the program was declared unlawful by then AG John Ashcroft, himself no constitutional bargain.The whole article is worth the time to read as it outlines the hubris of the Bush administration as they flaunt [...]
Posted in Bush, Constitution, Department of Education, Friends, Gonzales, Karl Rove, Politics, Reading First, Spellings, White House, Wolfowitz, World Bank, cheating, ethics, hubris, power on May 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales testified last week that the effort was limited to eight U.S. attorneys fired since June, and other administration officials have said that only a few others were suggested for removal.
If, as reported in the Chicago Tribune, the number of federal prosecutors suggested for dismissal was closer to 26 than the [...]
Posted in Alabama, American Taliban, Constitution, Libertarians, Politics, beliefs, ethics, liberties, rights on May 10, 2007 | 10 Comments »
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So I guess the ALDHS would classify Thomas Jefferson as a terrorist! Such rhetoric must stem from the complete lack of understanding of limited constitutional government. In any case, such labeling and name calling has no place in the American democracy.
The article went on to say:
If I’m not mistaken, the idea that [...]
Posted in Bush, Congress, Constitution, Iraq, Politics, War, White House, presidency on April 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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The debate is an ancient one. Where does sovereignty rest? Is the sovereign concept embedded in the voice and actions of the leader(s) (the crown) of nation-states or does sovereignty rest in the voice of the people and/or the elected representatives of the people.The Bush White House opts, it seems to me, [...]
Posted in Bush, Conservatives, Constitution, Culture, Politics, White House, gun control, guns, presidency, shooting on April 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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clipped from harpers.org
The leading newspaper in the Spanish-speaking world, Madrid’s El Pa’s, puts the blame squarely on the National Rifle Association and reproduces a photograph of Charlton Heston brandishing a rifle. “[C]ontrol measures,“ writes that paper, ”are systematically challenged by an abusive interpretation of the Second Amendment—which was written before there was a National [...]
Posted in Agamben, Bush, Conservatives, Constitution, Fascism, Politics, Postmodernism, Radical, White House, abortion, beliefs, bigotry, religion on April 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, upheld the national ban on a midterm method of ending pregnancies sometimes referred to as partial birth abortion. The decision clears the way for states to pass new laws designed to discourage women from having abortions.
Of course President Bush could not keep silent on this [...]
Posted in Christianity, Constitution, Culture, Politics, gun control, guns, religion, shooting on April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Reporting for Reuters, Andrea Hopkins writes:
By all accounts, the prayers started even before the gunshots stopped at Virginia Tech university, and the pleas to God from grief-stricken survivors of the massacre have continued ever since.
“God cares about Virginia Tech,” said Megan Martin, 24, joining about a dozen fellow students in a traveling prayer vigil [...]
Posted in Bush, Constitution, Politics, RNC, Rove, White House, presidency on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Steve Holland reporting for Reuters writes:
White House political adviser Karl Rove was embroiled in a new controversy over potentially missing e-mails on Friday, the latest twist in the firings of eight U.S. prosecutors last year.
The White House disclosed that the Republican National Committee in early 2006 took away Rove’s ability to delete e-mails sent [...]
Posted in Bush, Classroom Practice, Conservatives, Constitution, Department of Education, Educational Policy, Educational Reform, Literacy, NCLB, Politics, Spellings, education, school reform, teaching on April 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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From Time.com
The first three months of the new Democratic Congress have been neither terrible nor transcendent. A Pew poll had it about right: a substantial majority of the public remains happy the Democrats won in 2006, but neither Nancy Pelosi nor Harry Reid has dominated the public consciousness as Newt Gingrich did when the [...]
Posted in Bush, Christianity, Conservatives, Constitution, Philosophy, Political Theory, Politics, bigotry, pop culture on April 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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Appearing in the Peninusla Clarion. The writer demonstrates a profound misunderstanding of both the point of the first amendment and the history of ‘In God We Trust’ as a jingoistic slogan. Now I suppose it is okay for a citizen to be ignorant but for an editor to actually choose this [...]
Posted in Bush, Cheney, Constitution, Pelosi, Politics, Syria, War, diplomacy, peace on April 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In a feed from REUTERS, Yahoo News reports:
President Bashar al-Assad met a Republican member of the U.S. Congress on Thursday, a day after Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ended a visit to Syria that was criticized by the White House. The official news agency said the meeting between Assad and Darrell Issa, a member [...]
Posted in Bush, Constitution, Culture, Fascism, History, Iraq, Politics, War, military on April 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In Baghdad, official control over the news is getting tighter. Journalists used to walk freely into the city’s hospitals and the morgue to keep count of the day’s dead and wounded. Now the hospitals have been declared off-limits and morgue officials turn away reporters who aren’t accompanied by a Coalition escort. Iraqi police refer reporters’ [...]
Posted in Bush, Constitution, History, Iraq, Military Spending, Pelosi, Political Theory, Politics, War, diplomacy on April 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Writing in the Washington Post, Peter Baker reports:
“He strode alone into the Rose Garden and complained that “it has now
been 57 days” since he asked Congress for more money for the Iraq war
and still has not gotten it. For President Bush, the fight over
war-spending legislation has become the only talking point — an
opportunity, his strategists [...]
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