tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33216152012-02-16T12:58:40.369-08:00This is my pile of ramblings about George W. Bush's treatment of the Constitution and general politics.Madisonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-86551954094832436252007-04-12T10:29:00.000-07:002007-04-12T10:56:03.333-07:00

The John Glenn E-mailI got this e-mail forwarded to me by a friend of mine who forwarded it with enthusiasm.I wrote all this out and then decided not to send it back to Chad. Whenever I send replies to e-mail forwards that I think are ridiculous or full of false information I often get ridiculed and taken off the e-mail list, and I haven't seen Chad in about 5 years so coming from a near

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-29654348706459454882007-03-27T14:45:00.000-07:002007-03-27T14:45:12.992-07:00

Gonzales leaves press conference earlyAttorney General Alberto Gonzales dashed out of a Chicago news conference this afternoon in just two and a half minutes, ducking questions about how his office gave U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald a subpar rating.Feeling the pressure?

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-16879574117578085282007-03-27T14:24:00.000-07:002007-03-27T14:24:15.553-07:00

The Raw Story | House strips Bush of US Attorneys appointment authority"In a 329-78 vote last night, the House of Representatives followed the Senate and stripped President George W. Bush of the authority to appoint United States Attorneys on an interim basis, ending the ability of the Bush administration to do an end run around the Senate in putting controversial US Attorneys in office. The

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-46316724156541601332007-03-26T22:08:00.000-07:002007-03-26T22:08:25.297-07:00

Daily Kos: AL-Sen: Introducing Ron SparksReally revealing post on how good Ron Sparks is--suggests he could and should run against and beat Sen. Sessions who would wipe Bush's ass if he asked.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-20615686726290553352007-03-26T21:53:00.000-07:002007-03-26T21:59:07.718-07:00

Where I stand on presidential candidates as of now:Richardson is someone I like a lot. He's experienced with domestic affairs, foreign affairs, and energy policy. He worked for Clinton. He's a governor. Plus, he's hispanic and the Democrats need to lock down that vote right now, before Bush does it with his broken-ass Spanish. Obama and Edwards are neck and neck for me. Edwards is a good

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-57402802868748774712007-03-26T21:41:00.000-07:002007-03-26T21:53:40.621-07:00

This whole attorney scandal is sort of confusing to me.As far as I can understand the issue, and there's a lot of seedy underbelly to grasp here, its that the firings were indeed political--which is fine--but possibly terribly unethical (to stop prosecution of GOPers or punish attorneys for not prosecuting Dems even when the evidence was not there), and that Gonzalez and many others lied about it

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-38951241778100126262007-01-28T15:49:00.000-08:002007-01-28T15:50:23.631-08:00

Some quotes I took off my facebook profile (Ann Coulter is no longer a hot topic, but I still hate her) and didn't want to lose:"Conservatives believe man was created in God's image, while liberals believe they are gods. All of the behavioral tics of the liberals proceed from their godless belief that they can murder the unborn because they, the liberals, are themselves gods. They try to forcibly

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-82165878489677686052007-01-25T02:18:00.000-08:002007-01-25T02:20:16.623-08:00

An e-mail to John Gibson of FOXnews, in regards to this story.How, in the journalistic cess pool that includes Bill O'Reilly and the Fox & Friends crew, has John Gibson managed to become the lousiest, most pathetic reporter at FOXNews? Maybe before slandering potential Presidents you should engage in fact checking. Journalists practice this all the time. Even ones with liberal slants. When you

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-72133757299477260872007-01-24T19:47:00.000-08:002007-01-24T19:49:50.777-08:00

John Edwards Live Webcast Q&AWatched this online tonight. Pretty good stuff. Edwards was speaking from New Orleans and of course talked about how Bush managed to not mention Katrina last night.Some people asked question about college funding, he said he wanted to create a program that pays for one's freshman year of college as long as the student works, and if possible expand this program to

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-62607225610719550682007-01-23T22:24:00.000-08:002007-01-23T22:26:44.944-08:00

The State of the UnionI was surprised that Bush mentioned nothing his social conservatives would like to hear him talk about--abortion, gay marriage, stem cells. He mentioned immigration but its pretty well accepted that his base doesn't like his immigration plan too much.He didn't mention the Gulf Coast either.I'm glad he's taking a look at energy, but I'm skeptical because he gave that big

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-65180654526723447362007-01-23T14:58:00.000-08:002007-01-23T15:02:17.766-08:00

Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the prosecuting attorney in the Scooter Libby trial, posted this on his blong today. The link to Fitz's blog is on the right. The link to Jason Leopold's article is here.Sixteen Words and the Trial of Scooter LibbyBy Jason LeopoldFour years ago this month, President Bush, in his State of the Union address, said, "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-87108356697304329372007-01-15T01:39:00.001-08:002007-01-15T01:39:46.659-08:00

I haven't written anything in a while. In my absence, Christmas happened, the democrats took control of congress, and Bush fucked us all once again.As far as the surge goes, if you check my past posts, YES, I was a surge supporter--always against the Iraq war but a surge supporter. But in the meantime, after I read numerous articles on numerous generals crying out, "The surge is a bad idea," I

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-80298753054780690192007-01-04T10:23:00.000-08:002007-01-04T10:29:00.029-08:00

Obama and Cocaine In one of his books Sen. Barack Obama admitted to using marijuana and suggest he might have tried cocaine. Conservative pundits are up in arms about this. This is because they are hypocritical pieces of shit. George W. Bush did tons of cocaine and struggled with alcoholism. The latter he admitted to. The former he did not. President George W. Bush got a DUI which was

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1167933789510845162007-01-04T10:03:00.000-08:002007-01-04T10:03:09.620-08:00

New York Daily News - Home - W pushes envelope on U.S. spyingWASHINGTON - President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant, the Daily News has learned. The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued a "signing statement" that declared his right to open people's mail under

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1165529173639510262006-12-07T14:06:00.000-08:002006-12-07T14:06:14.246-08:00

The Iraq Study Group reportSO the Iraq study group report came out yesterday and suggested that America withdraw from Iraq by 2008 and start talking to Iran and Syria about helping us out.I have always been against the war on Iraq. I hated it from the outset, I thought it was started for stupid reasons (and, as we found out later, false, made up reasons as well), with some ulterior motives on

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1164127118595222272006-11-21T08:38:00.000-08:002006-11-21T08:38:38.606-08:00

Democrats Plan Series of Votes on Ethics Reforms - washingtonpost.comhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/20/AR2006112001233_pf.htmlPelosi's plan for the house is to take their ethics reform business and distribute each rule change as an individual bill for a freshman Dem Representative. Blue dogs would get the budget balancing section as their bill, etc. So there's a

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1164125838347375702006-11-21T08:17:00.000-08:002006-11-21T08:17:18.410-08:00

U.S. Considers Raising Troop Levels in Iraq - New York TimesI don't think this is such a bad idea, really. I'm all in favor of leaving that country, and getting the hell out. but I'd like to think that when we do we give the Iraqi gov't a fighting chance. Maybe 20,000 troops stabilizes a few cities. I know its risking the lives of American soldiers but we're in a war. A war that with a country

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1164006873053065282006-11-19T23:14:00.000-08:002006-11-19T23:14:33.850-08:00

Well.The democrats won. I was estatic for a couple of days. And, for the most part, still am. Despite Kerry's total embarassment in the days before the election I looked forward to the outcome. I was happy to see it.I thought, certainly, the democrats, learning from the egregious mistakes of their GOP predecessors would do their best to not beat their chests with power. I can handle Pelosi.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1159974695000701012006-10-04T08:11:00.000-07:002006-10-04T08:11:35.533-07:00

Rocky Mountain News: Man Tells Cheney His Iraq Policy is "Reprehensible," Arrested by Secret Service for AssaultThis seems fair.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1159422212003263622006-09-27T22:43:00.000-07:002006-09-27T22:43:32.013-07:00

Another Allen teammate recalls deer head incident | Salon NewsSenator Allen must have really hurt some people in his career--this is like the fourth person to come out and say that he did racist stuff since the "macaca" incident...I'd hate to be in his racist shoes.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1159421974181089872006-09-27T22:39:00.001-07:002006-09-27T22:39:34.190-07:00

A UN Security Council terrorism expert study says Iraq has caused more terrorFrom AMERICAblog, who took this from Reuters:"In a second blow to the president, a new U.N. report said the Iraq war was providing al Qaeda with a training center and fresh recruits, and was inspiring a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan hundreds of miles away."Bleak.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1159421953360007712006-09-27T22:39:00.000-07:002006-09-27T22:39:13.380-07:00

A UN Security Council terrorism expert study says Iraq has caused more terrorFrom AMERICAblog, who took this from Reuters:"In a second blow to the president, a new U.N. report said the Iraq war was providing al Qaeda with a training center and fresh recruits, and was inspiring a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan hundreds of miles away."Bleak.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1159421935587213512006-09-27T22:38:00.000-07:002006-09-27T22:38:55.616-07:00

A UN Security Council terrorism expert study says Iraq has caused more terrorFrom AMERICAblog, who took this from Reuters:"In a second blow to the president, a new U.N. report said the Iraq war was providing al Qaeda with a training center and fresh recruits, and was inspiring a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan hundreds of miles away."Bleak.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1159307726909902122006-09-26T14:55:00.000-07:002006-09-26T14:57:45.733-07:00

The Raw Story | Video: Olbermann defends Clinton, revokes Bush 'free pass'I love Keith Olbermann. Check out this video (deals with Clinton's lashing out at a FOXNews reporter Sunday)."Had I in one moment surrendered all my credibility as a journalist, and been irredeemably humiliated, as was [FOXNews reporter Chris Wallace], I would have gone home and started a new career selling seeds by

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1159307254344756442006-09-26T14:47:00.000-07:002006-09-26T14:47:35.053-07:00

Newsweek puts American's heads in the sand (of Afghanistan)Newsweek pulled the "Losing Afghanistan" cover they used for all their international editions this week and instead we Americans have some personal interest story on the cover.What the hell, Newsweek? Think we can't handle the truth, or are you just afraid? If you cover the story right it should just be good facts anyway, its not your

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1148422566130140882006-05-23T15:16:00.000-07:002006-05-23T15:16:06.223-07:00

The Raw Story | FCC says they cannot investigate NSA data miningWell, at least we still have congressional oversight...

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147894364468321422006-05-17T12:32:00.000-07:002006-05-17T12:32:44.470-07:00

Think Progress » Big Oil Launches Attack On Al GoreGood for them, I hope they get that liberal bastard, who *also* claims that the world is round *AND* that homosexuality isn't a disease.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147894088481890042006-05-17T12:28:00.000-07:002006-05-17T12:28:08.533-07:00

cbs5.com - Judge: Documents On AT&T Surveillance AllowedGood stuff. The judge ordered, though, that the documents remain sealed until they figure out if they contain trade secrets.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147779356348744772006-05-16T04:35:00.000-07:002006-05-16T04:35:56.350-07:00

Talking Points Memo: Is the NSA program just a criminal leak investigation?Maybe. Read that link.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147779209173179122006-05-16T04:33:00.000-07:002006-05-16T04:33:29.236-07:00

INTEL DUMP blog goes into (speculative) detail on NSA programInteresting read about how the NSA program is actually used and why you shouldn't worry. I'm not saying I think the NSA should have a massive database with all the phone calls I've ever made on it, but this guy does make some good arguments.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147720969024591422006-05-15T12:22:00.000-07:002006-05-15T12:22:49.760-07:00

truthout's Jason Leopold likes the Rove indictment story a whole lotFollow that link and notice Leopold's been after this story for a while. Summed up by this quote from MediaBlog:"Patrick Fitzgerald might or might not indict Karl Rove soon. But if he does, Leopold will only be right in the sense that a broken clock is right twice a day: He always says the same thing."

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147719496142262212006-05-15T11:58:00.000-07:002006-05-15T11:58:16.310-07:00

AMERICAblog reporting CNN isn't covering NSA-Spying-on-Journalists StoryWell, they're not the only ones (though they do keep playing a video of Bill Cosby talking about America's decline as 'news'). Even the affected parties, the New York Times and the Washington Post aren't covering it as far as I can tell. I can't even find anything on Foxnews.com or MSNBC...I'll give them the benefit of the

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147716805662147932006-05-15T11:13:00.000-07:002006-05-15T11:13:25.713-07:00

Salon's intelligence expert guesses that next we'll see cellphone and Internet traffic being loggedGood, this is good. Now I feel safe from terrorism.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147715923927395852006-05-15T10:58:00.000-07:002006-05-15T10:58:43.926-07:00

Muckraked: Qwest’s NSA Stance Attracting New CustomersGood for them! I would switch if I a) owned a home phone or b) lived in an area they served.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147715284995615632006-05-15T10:48:00.000-07:002006-05-15T10:48:04.996-07:00

Pat Robertson says NSA wire-tapping a "tool of oppression."It's a strange, strange day when Pat Robertson and I agree on something.Check out that article. He also criticizes Republicans pretty harshly (though something tells me he isn't exactly pushing for Democrats to take over Congress.)

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147714864651751232006-05-15T10:32:00.000-07:002006-05-15T10:41:06.450-07:00

ABCNews: NSA using phone records to root out journalist's sources.This is probably one of the scarier things that I've ever seen. Chilling, Orwellian. I can't understand why other people aren't more terrified. Notice the comments at the bottom: most of them are *pro* putting journalists/leakers in jail! Whistleblowers--going to jail! For Whistleblowing!I'm appalled, really. It just seems

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147678864047135192006-05-15T00:38:00.000-07:002006-05-15T00:41:04.056-07:00

The Washington Post has reminded us that the Bush administration, if you can even call it that anymore, can't stop lying. Negroponte lies here, Bush said after the first NSA revelation that calls within the United States were not monitored...Got the scoop from Americablog.

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147666405238368272006-05-14T21:09:00.000-07:002006-05-14T21:13:25.240-07:00

Americablog is reporting that Bush is sending the National Guard to the Mexican border. The blogger there sees this as a bad idea. I don't know what liberals have against maintaining our borders. I, especially in this day and age, consider myself a liberal, and it beats the shit out of me what problem anyone could have with securing our borders against illegal immigration, as the Bush fear

Madisonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321615.post-1147578022131798932006-05-13T20:40:00.000-07:002006-05-14T21:09:13.490-07:00

I am a liberal, and a dirty one at that, but I don't understand why some liberal blogs post up reports about the military's recruiting problems as if they are victories for the left. Sure, maybe they prove a point, a lack of faith in Bush and his war, maybe. But they're not *victories*, they're far from it. It sucks for America, and it sucks for our soldiers.

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