Month: July 2008

As reported by Mel Frykberg in The Electronic Intifada, 8 July 2008, the story of a Palestinian village that took on the Israeli military using, of course, nonviolent protest. Many Americans have never heard about such protests,...

The Dodd amendment to strike retroactive immunity from the FISA bill failed by a vote of 32-66. No Republicans voted for it because no Republicans give a damn about civil liberties outside of the second amendment. Thirty-two...

As we wait for the many coming books, I’m sure more will be surfacing, as many try to cleanse their souls, of these last eight years plus, in seeking their higher kingdom, we might have the time to take this seemingly...

If you guessed Congress, or more specifically, Democrats in Congress, I’m sorry to disappoint you. However, you would be correct if you guessed that other, activist branch of government conservatives and Republicans are so...

Yeah, The fix is in. It goes down today, the vote on FISA. Just imagine, Senators Leahy and Feingold aside, there’s not an ounce of principle to be found. Senators are helping to conceal a crime – in plain view,...