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“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it compromises and develops the germ of every other.”

“Alberto Gonzales is saying, basically, there are problems of which he cannot speak, for which he is responsible yet not to blame, and that he is the only one who can clean up the mess that he can neither confirm or deny exists. Let me try to put this in schoolyard terms, if I may: [...]

From Media Matters: “On the July 24 edition of Fox News’ Special Report with Brit Hume, on-screen text identified Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) as a Democrat during a report from chief Washington correspondent Jim Angle about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ July 24 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The text appeared during footage of Specter [...]

Here is another story along the same theme as yesterdays. In King George W.: James Madison’s Nightmare author Robert Scheer frames George W. Bush as the president that our founders warned us about. George W. Bush is the imperial president that James Madison and other founders of this great republic warned us about. He lied [...]

The New York Times ran a great editorial today about the power of the purse to curtail the presidential power to make war. If you read what some of the Founding Father’s wrote you would think they were addressing President Bush. “The founders were particularly wary of giving the president power over war. They were [...]

This morning on CBS’s Face the Nation, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich advised fellow conservatives not to talk about President Bush’s record. “President Bush is not the future. He’s not a solution. He doesn’t solve Social Security. He doesn’t solve Medicare. He doesn’t solve the economy. He doesn’t solve the environment. He doesn’t solve education. [...]

In a shameful move, one that clearly shows their utter contempt for women and minorities in this country, Republicans in the Senate try to block the minimum wage increase. Senator Kennedy expressed his disdain toward the other side of the aisle in his statement shown below: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SicFn8rqPPE] Some of these amendments are in the form [...]

Ok, so someone must be lying. After my last email from Verizon where they can neither confirm or deny any participation with the NSA I read this article where Verizon says it didn’t give NSA customer phone records. I must say I’m certainly glad that Verizon hasn’t been giving out my phone records. If they [...]

I read the article the other day about Verizon, Southwest Bell and AT&T handing over my phone call records to the NSA. My first reaction was disbelief. Why would Verizon want to risk annoying their customers. So, I fired off an email to their customer support. Here is the response. Dear Verizon Customer, Thank you [...]