Addington Can’t Answer Congress’ Questions Because “al Qaeda Might Watch CSPAN”

David Addington Doesn’t Know What “Unitary Theory” Means

John Yoo Can’t Bring Himself to Say the President Can’t Bury Someone Alive

The Obama campaign’s past two weeks

(I had a long chat at another site, in which every single issue Glenn deals with in this article was brought up. I mean every single one. Hell, even OpEd News has apparently refused to publish my response to Olbermann’s Special Comment (Opps, strike that. They put it up this morning, heehee). Glenn’s article is dead on in it’s assessment of what is happening here. His conclusion that this drift away from the core liberal values of our Party will hurt Obama’s chances are correct. There is a movement on the Obama site, from 9,000 of his supporters, to hold Obama to his original objection to this horrible FISA Bill. Let’s hope those grassroots organizers carry more weight with Sen. Obama than the weak kneed Olbermann/Dean approach. Let’s hope Greenwald gets to his ear somehow as well.)

by Glenn Greenwald here.

Keith Olbermann delivered a “Special Comment”last night on Obama’s support for the FISA bill and, to his credit, attempted to address many of the criticisms that had been voiced regarding his prior comments. He seemed to abandon the idea that Obama harbors a Secret Plan to prosecute telecoms and instead urged him to adopt and then announce such a plan. Olbermann also assailed “the idea of handing a get-out-of-jail-free card to corporations who had approached definitional fascism by breaking the law in concert with the Bush Administration,” and pointed out — correctly — that Obama will be attacked by the GOP as Soft on Terrorism no matter what he does. In general, Olbermann’s commentary about Obama’s FISA position was much more critical, in both senses of the word.

Still, there are numerous, glaring flaws with the fantasy that Obama will criminally prosecute telecoms, which I’ve already described in detail and will only summarize here. That the FISA bill only immunizes telecoms from civil but not criminal liability isn’t some mystical discovery generated by John Dean’s Talmudic examination of the fine print, but rather, is something that was crystal clear and known to everyone for a long time. Indeed, from the start, the Bush administration only proposed, and telecoms only sought, immunity from civil — not criminal — liability. That’s because criminal prosecution would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, and beyond that, Bush could and likely will simply pardon telecoms from prosecution before he leaves office (nobody who has watched the last seven years would believe that Bush would be deterred because pardons are deemed by courts to be technical admissions of some level of guilt, and those asserting that pardons can’t be issued until there are charges brought simply don’t know what they’re talking about).

More importantly, the FISA bill is dangerous and destructive for reasons having nothing to do with the telecom immunity provisions (i.e., the warrantless eavesdropping powers it vests in the President). Even if Obama did follow Olbermann’s plan — and is there anyone, anywhere, who believes there’s any chance he will? — it still wouldn’t remotely justify Obama’s support for this heinous bill.

A Plague O Both Your Houses!

by Scott Creighton

The game is over and we are sped, dear Friends. Finally, the democratic leaders and followers of “Our Branch” of government has willfully and maliciously sided with the side their bread is buttered on leaving us dry and wondering what is too come.

The 4th amendment is dead. May it rest in peace.

“The Fourth Amendment guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, and was designed as a response to the controversial writs of assistance (a type of general search warrant), which were a significant factor behind the American Revolution. Toward that end, the amendment specifies that judicially sanctioned search and arrest warrants must be supported by probable cause and be limited in scope according to specific information supplied by a person (usually a peace officer) who has sworn by it and is therefore accountable to the issuing court.” Wiki.

These are the votes. Learn them and remember them.

Today, Freedom, when asked about his mortal wound, was quoted as saying…    

      No, ’tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a 
   church door; but ’tis enough,’twill serve. Ask for me 
   tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am 
   peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o’ both 
   your houses!

9/11 First Responders Need Our Help

http://www.fealgoodfoundation.com
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Meet the Next Vice Cheney

the first thing I ever posted on this site exactly one year ago was written in early Jan. 2007:

Preparing the New Regime in it I say “And there they are.  Side by side.  Lieberman and McCain, a pseudo democrat and a republican veteran, ready to be molded, processed, and field tested for a 2008 ticket of unity. ”

Liebermanmustgo.com 

If we don’t do something before the next rigged election, this will be the next Vice President. 

Changing the Economics of Television Journalism

found on John Perry’s site, here.

the Real News Network 

Reid Opposes Fillabuster: Wants to Get Amensty Bill Passed

John Perry: John Conyers is Still Failing America

Johnperryonline.com