The Red Wall of Silence

Link: Ex-aides limit testimony on attorneys "Excuse me Ms. Taylor, but your Fuhrerprinzip is showing…" You might have heard the term ‘The Blue Wall of Silence‘ in reference to police propensity to circle the wagons in response to investigations of police misconduct. I think the title is an appropriate sobriquet for what we’re seeing here … Read more

Yay! Another Impeachment Rant

Gabby Giffords came to Drinking Liberally and we all had some good fun. There should be video of the event available here soon. One of the questions that came up was the issue of whether Gabby was open to impeachment of the President and Vice President. During the campaign, she was rather dismissive of the … Read more

Justice for Scooter

Now that Scooter’s jail sentence has been commuted, we can all see the deep respect this Administration has for our system of justice. It doesn’t take a great deal of political acumen to understand what happened here. My mother, about the least guileful or politically cynical person you could imagine, told me that it was … Read more

Gabrielle Giffords at Drinking Liberally on 7/5/7

I gotta say I was somewhat surprised when Gabbi’s office contacted us for a date at Drinking Liberally. I had just tore into her over her vote on the Iraq supplementals that kept the troops in Iraq until at least September. I sent her a letter which I published here outlining my objection and visited … Read more