Arizona Congressional Delegation’s Website Disclosures
Citizen journalists from the Sunlight Foundation evaluated congressional Web sites to determine whether they provided three kinds of information: Access to basic information on what our elected officials do in Congress (the bills they sponsor, the committees they serve on) information from or access to any of the legally-required disclosures they have to file (on … Read more
Drinking Liberally 3/29
Drinking Liberally will be happening again this Thursday, as it does every Thursday, starting at 6pm (you can drop in later, we’re generally there for at least 2-3 hours) at the Shanty on 4th Ave. (401 E. 9th Street). This week, we are joined by Mohur Sidhwa, the 1st Vice Chair of the Pima Democratic … Read more
Details On the Administration’s ‘Basis’ For USA Charton’s Firing
U.S. Attorney Charlton in Phoenix was fired for "repeated instances of insubordination, actions taken contrary to instructions, and actions taken that were clearly unauthorized." Documents released by the Administration also include a chain of e-mails from August 2006 in which Charlton tried to reach Gonzales to persuade him the death penalty was inappropriate for the … Read more
What One Person Can Do
“I’m only one person, what can I do?” How many times have you heard that, or said that yourself? It’s an attitude foreign to the American character, and to a great extent it is the reason we are where we are today. I remind you of the words of Margaret Mead, "A small group of … Read more
Congressional Oversight Authority and Severe Blows to the Head
Many GOP members and pundits need to be examined by a neurologist. They apparently have suffered severe short-term memory loss of a degree that would indicate severe head trauma. They are claiming that the subpoenas and testimony under oath demanded of the White House Counsel, Chief of Staff and other key staff members is an … Read more
MoveOn moves in with Pelosi | Salon News
I was annoyed by MoveOn’s decision to deal with Iraq war legislation in a pragmatic and incremental fashion. I see a fundamental disconnect between their grassroots organizing and rhetoric on the one hand, and the pragmatic lobbying that led them to endorse Pelosi’s rather weak bill on the other. A similar annoyance among many of … Read more
But My Lawyer Said I Could!
The excuse most often offered by the Bush Administration for many of its blatantly illegal acts, including torture, secret detention, extraordinary rendition, and the use of signing statements to refuse to enforce selected parts of Congressional legislation, is that these actions were justified as legally defensible, or simply legally non-controversial, by the Administration’s attorneys, including … Read more
