The spy, John Towery, told the activists that there are still spies in their midst. Anyone feeling paranoid?
Democracy Now! broke this story yesterday:
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
quote of the day
"Legalization [of marijuana] is not in the president's vocabulary, and
it's not in mine," - Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House's
Office of National Drug Control Policy.
it's not in mine," - Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House's
Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Audit the Federal Reserve!
Will Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) actually succeed in having our nation's secretive central bank audited? His bill has at least 244 co-sponsors, so it just might happen.
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
ass-kisser, suck-up David Gregory
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Text of Gregory's email begging Gov. Sanford to appear on NBC's Meet The Press:
"Let me just say [my show] is the place to have a wider conversation with some context about not just the personal but also the future for [Sanford] and the GOP... So coming on Meet The Press allows you to frame the conversation how you really want to...and then move on. You can say you have done your interview and then move on. Consider it."
Text of Gregory's email begging Gov. Sanford to appear on NBC's Meet The Press:
"Let me just say [my show] is the place to have a wider conversation with some context about not just the personal but also the future for [Sanford] and the GOP... So coming on Meet The Press allows you to frame the conversation how you really want to...and then move on. You can say you have done your interview and then move on. Consider it."
Friday, June 26, 2009
typo on Fox News?
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford disappeared for 5 days. His staff said he was on a solo hike on the Appalachian Trail. As it turns out, using taxpayer funds, he was visiting his mistress in Argentina. According to Fox News, Gov. Sanford's a Democrat, but in real life, he's a Republican. An innocent mistake...
But wait! Back in 2006, Fox News employed this very same tactic when former Republican Representative Mark Foley was embroiled in a scandal involving sexual instant-messages to teenage male pages.
In an April 2003 IM, Foley and a teen reportedly describe having orgasms. Congressman Foley then explains to the young lad that he has to go back to work and vote. "What was Foley off to vote for?" Alex Cockburn wrote at the time, "That evening the House voted on HR 1559, Emergency War Time supplemental appropriations. Just another wargasm in the life of Empire."
Monday, June 15, 2009
State Secrets: Smell the Obama Difference
President Obama has been repeatedly invoking the state secrets defense to prevent our government and corporations from being held accountable for their roles in cases of torture and spying, the very same practice candidate Hope & Change criticized Bush for overusing.
The state secrets privilege was Obama's justification for opposing multiple lawsuits brought against the government and phone companies for Bush's warrantless spy program.
Hell, he even outdid Bush on the illegal wiretapping lawsuit brought against the government by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In April, Obama aped the Bush camp's claim that the state secrets privilege protected the Bush administration from any lawsuits for illegal spying. Then Obama took it a step further than even Bush with a claim of "sovereign immunity" barring ANY lawsuits for government spying unless there is "willful disclosure" of the information obtained. Simply put, Obama is claiming that the government has the right to spy on our phone calls or emails without a pesky warrant as long as what's found out isn't publicized on purpose.
Most recently, Obama is attempting to have a lawsuit brought against Jeppesen Dataplan, a Boeing subsidiary, dismissed in order to protect state secrets. Five men, claiming to be victims of extraordinary rendition, are suing the flight-planning company for aiding the CIA in the abduction and flying of them to secret prisons in other countries where they were tortured. Keep in mind, Obama isn't invoking state secrets regarding specific evidence here. He wants the whole suit tossed out.
It should also be noted that the extraordinary rendition program of outsourcing torture hasn't slowed down one bit under Obama.
The state secrets privilege was Obama's justification for opposing multiple lawsuits brought against the government and phone companies for Bush's warrantless spy program.
Hell, he even outdid Bush on the illegal wiretapping lawsuit brought against the government by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In April, Obama aped the Bush camp's claim that the state secrets privilege protected the Bush administration from any lawsuits for illegal spying. Then Obama took it a step further than even Bush with a claim of "sovereign immunity" barring ANY lawsuits for government spying unless there is "willful disclosure" of the information obtained. Simply put, Obama is claiming that the government has the right to spy on our phone calls or emails without a pesky warrant as long as what's found out isn't publicized on purpose.
Most recently, Obama is attempting to have a lawsuit brought against Jeppesen Dataplan, a Boeing subsidiary, dismissed in order to protect state secrets. Five men, claiming to be victims of extraordinary rendition, are suing the flight-planning company for aiding the CIA in the abduction and flying of them to secret prisons in other countries where they were tortured. Keep in mind, Obama isn't invoking state secrets regarding specific evidence here. He wants the whole suit tossed out.
It should also be noted that the extraordinary rendition program of outsourcing torture hasn't slowed down one bit under Obama.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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