National Security Letters and You
One of the most egregious violations of our constitutional traditions in the so-called PATRIOT Act is the power of issuing National Security Letters given to the FBI. These letters allow the FBI to harvest massive amounts of private and confidential information without a warrant, judicial review, any means to challenge the demands’ validity, or any … Read more
Sniping from Petraeus’ Skirts
I’m like a dog with a particularly nettlesome bone with this issue. I seem unable to move on… Anyhow, the Resident has given me fresh energy to worry my bone. He made a scurrilous final question comment during yesterday’s press conference claiming essentially that Democrats hate the military. He’s not alone in saying such things, … Read more
Strokes and Raps
This Stroke goes out to Rep. Gabby Giffords, my Congressperson. Gabby fought for expansion of health care to children from families with low incomes through SCHIP. Americans United For Change recognized her stand on the issue and cut a radio ad supporting her because she has been targeted by the insurance industry as a result … Read more
Huge Upset in the Making in NH?
The Manchester, New Hampshire Republican Committee reports that their GOP straw poll resulted in an astounding win for Ron Paul with 66% of the vote. The next nearest competitor was Fred Thompson with just 10%! This points to a possible upset in NH far more disruptive of the GOP status quo than McCain’s 1999 upset … Read more
Drinking Liberally on KXCI
For the vast majority of you who likely missed it, here’s a podcast of me on KXCI’s ’30 Minutes’ talking with guest producer Elaine Schramm about Drinking Liberally. For those of you readers who haven’t heard of Drinking Liberally or attended one of our parties, please visit the mother site or the local site. Listen … Read more
Leave Petraeus Alone!
Heh! This is a hoot. Some of you will be familiar with the media squall over an emo kid named Chris Crocker who bawled his eyes out on YouTube over the negative buzz on Britney’s big come-back performance; for those of you who have a life, and haven’t clue what I’m on about, click the … Read more
