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Crab Apple Jack Cafferty (the incarnation of Dennis the Menace’s “Mr. Wilson“) says the one question he wants the senators to ask Judge Alito is this:
(Paraphrased) Is it against the law for President Bush to authorize NSA eavesdropping against Americans without a court order?
Yes or no, Judge Alito?
Jack is betting that not a single senator will ask the question. In the next hour, though, he wants you to e-mail him, and let him know what you think. E-mail: caffertyfile@cnn.com
For talking points, as if you’d need them, see “One-Man Rule.”
(Oh wait. There’s a press conference on the spina bifida baby from Iraq. Thanks to the U.S. in Iraq, who brought her here for successful surgery. It’s in 10 minutes. Stay tuned. … Please, cynics. Hold your tongues. Do not mention the close to 100,000 Iraqis, many of them children, that we’ve killed since 2003. Okay, Ducky … I’ll give you two minutes…)
P.S. Jeff Toobin, the CNN legal analyst (and New Yorker writer), just called the Democrats “spunky.” Cute.
My poor senators. Today alone, I’ve sent e-mail to them through NARAL, True Majority, and UCC (Pastor Dan’s group).
<<Is it against the law for President Bush to authorize NSA eavesdropping against Americans without a court order? <p>
Yes or no, Judge Alito? >>
Here’s a new “No to Alito” tool:
Write a letter to the editor of your local paper and contact your congress critters — all with one click.
Also: Moveon.org gathered 300,000 signatures in their Anti-Alito petition — in a day!
They’re shooting for 500,000, please sign if you haven’t already:
Move On.org’s stop Alito petition
People for the American Way have sent over 60,000 signatures to their Anti-Alito petition to the Senate:
Save the Court Petition
American Rights at Work also
Oppose Alito Petition
Defending the Constitution’s Stop Alito Petition
http://ga3.org/…
Democratic anti-Alito petition:
Democratic Party’s Reject Alito Petition
Stop the NRA is also getting in on the party:
Stop the NRA’s Oppose Alito Petiton
And while you’re at it: sign Planned Parenthood’s anti-Alito petition, too:
Planned Parenthood Petition
NARAL is shooting for 500,000 signatures, please add yours:
Naral Anti-Alito Petition
And don’t forget: urge Congress to support Plan B:
Plan B Petition
Yes, you can never have enough spunk. Nice way to make Dems appear childish by using language to marginalize both them and their concerns about Alito. But then, I forget: to the media it’s all one big game anyway.
That refers to Toobin’s framing of Democrats.
Here’s my email to Jack:
I’d go beyond the NSA question specifically and ask Judge Alito if he sees any limits to Bush’s claims to be able to disregard the law whenever he deems it conflicts with his authority as Commander in Chief. After all, in a recent signing statement Bush executed contemporaneously with signing the McCain Anti-torture bill, he effectively indicated his intent to disregard the prohibition against torture whenever he felt like it.
why is Abrams talking about the cruise ship? Shouldn’t he have guests for the hour to talk about the SCOTUS?
Did you know that Neocon Supreme Eliot Abrams is his cousin?
Thanks, Susan. I’ve e-mailed Cafferty.
If I am not mistaken, Mr. Danger has decreed that it is a crime to suggest he has committed a crime.
Now on to Baby Noor. Sorry if I made you wait longer than two minutes, Zarq was working on the Al Qaeda anti-Alito petition and needed help with some spellling.
I think it is wonderful that Baby Noor is getting her surgery. There was a piece on CNN just the other day about all the Baby Noors in the hospitals there who chase around CNN personnel begging for their children to be helped.
Before the US destroyed Iraq, of course, Baby Noor, like other children born with spina bifida, could have been operated on right there in Baghdad.
Thank you. I find the gooshy-goo coverage appalling, even though the video of that baby make me love her instantly … she is a bright spirit!
Yes, those babies could have been cared for in Baghdad. And the Cubans could have sent their fabulous doctors and nurses over there, if it weren’t so dangerous or Cuban help unwelcome. Just an example … there were so many possibilities.
Why couldn’t that mother get to a normal hospital?
I saw that story as well and it made me incredibly mad. There are hundreds of Iraqi kids with cancer, birth defects, etc., who have no hope of receiving treatment, let alone the VIP treatment that baby Noor is receiving. God help them. And shame on the media and the administration for turning this tragedy into a PR stunt.
Another day in paradise . . .
US troops seize award-winning Iraqi journalist
Monday January 9, 2006
The Guardian
American troops in Baghdad yesterday blasted their way into the home of an Iraqi journalist working for the Guardian and Channel 4, firing bullets into the bedroom where he was sleeping with his wife and children.
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Abduction of American Reporter in Iraq Blacked Out By U.S. News Outlets
Monday January 9, 2006
By Joe Strupp
NEW YORK The abduction of a Christian Science Monitor reporter in Iraq on Saturday was not disclosed by major U.S. media outlets for nearly two days after the Monitor requested that the incident, and the reporter’s name and affiliation, be withheld. A translator was killed in the incident and the reporter, now identified by the Monitor as Jill Carroll, is still being held.
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Veteran ‘NY Times’ Reporter Dies After Robbery
Sunday January 08, 2006
By E&P Staff
Veteran New York Times reporter David E. Rosenbaum, 63, died Sunday evening from injuries suffered in a street robbery in Washington, D.C., while walking near his home two nights earlier, police said.
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Knight Ridder Sale Looks More Likely, As Does Industry Impact
Monday January 9, 2006
By Jennifer Saba
NEW YORK While doubtful at first, the sale of Knight Ridder seems to be very real. The San Jose Mercury News reports that this week, Knight Ridder executives begin meeting with potential buyers, a process that will take about three weeks. A final decision by the board is at least two months away.
Jack tells it like it is. We need an old crab getting pissed on the air. He has been doing that more and more. Thanks Susan for the email. I sent one off pronto.