Author: Cedwyn

Help Conyers Stop the Patriot Act

cross-posted from my blog And send him some love while you’re at it. From spearheading the effort at holding shrubCo accountable on the Downing Street Memos to demanding no pardons for anyone indicted in LieraqGate, the...

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Video of U.S. War Crimes in Iraq – UPDATED

Absolutely must-see, though abhorrent, documentary from Italian tv. It really is disgusting to watch – the U.S. used white phosphorus and MK77 (similar to napalm) in Fallujah and unquestionably inflicted civilian...

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Freeper File #379 – Dems lied about WMD, too!

cross-posted from dembloggers and my blog I thought this nonsense was over and done with, but it seems the freeperati are dusting off that old saw about how the Dems “lied” about Saddam’s WMD every bit as much...

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Something Fundie This Way Comes

cross-posted from dembloggers and my blog There’s nothing people like shrubya despise so much as not being taken seriously and some of the criticism of the Miers’ nomination bordered on “openly mocking.”...

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Libby’s Arraignment Judge: Reggie Walton

cross-posted from my blog

Like any good Plameaholic, I was poring over the various news reports of Scooter’s indictment and discovered that Judge Reggie Walton will be presiding over the arraignment.  So, who is Reggie Walton?  Well, I couldn’t get to Walton’s bio page, but the cached copy informs us that

Judge Reggie B. Walton assumed his position as a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia on October 29, 2001, after being nominated to the position by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate. Judge Walton previously served as an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1981 to 1989 and 1991 to 2001, having been appointed to that position by Presidents Ronald Reagan in 1981 and George H. W. Bush in 1991. While serving on the Superior Court, Judge Walton was the court’s Presiding Judge of the Family Division, Presiding Judge of the Domestic Violence Unit and Deputy Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division. Between 1989 and 1991, Judge Walton served as President George H. W. Bush’s Associate Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Executive Office of the President and as President Bush’s Senior White House Advisor for Crime.

Don’t throw your monitor out the window just yet; Walton seems to be quite a mixed bag.  

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