Tag Archives: Bush/Cheney
Blackwater and Justice
Read Scott Horton’s analysis of Blackwater and its ties to the Bush Administration. So much is wrong with the relationship between Blackwater and the political party of the President that I don’t know where to start. We are dealing with … Continue reading
Prosecutorial Misconduct in Dixie
Law and order my ass. Scott Horton’s continuing series on the political prisoner and former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. This series began back in June 2007 and is required reading for all those interested in the politicizing of the DOJ … Continue reading
Legal Fiction (or Justice in the Former Cheerleader’s America)
Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick lists the Bush administration’s dumbest legal arguments of the year. Its stunning when you put them all together. The breadth of the stupidity and crass arrogance befits any banana republic. Shame. Its difficult to pick a favorite, … Continue reading
Hint of the Day
One of the qualities most often cited by people who voted for the Former Cheerleader after 2000 election was that he was the kind of guy they would like to have a beer with. NOTE TO AMERICAN VOTERS: Reverend Huckabee … Continue reading
Cheney Impeachment Hearings?
Three Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee (Robert Wexler (D., Fla.), Luis Gutierrez (D., Ill.) and Tammy Baldwin (D., Wis.)) are calling for the hearings into the impeachment of Dick Cheney go ahead. Last month, the House of Representatives … Continue reading
The Dark and Treacherous Dick and His Bizarro World of Truth
Scott Horton’s interesting and informative analysis of the CIA Tape Destruction Scandal links to two very important pieces about the cover up of the destruction of the tapes and its possible ramifications. Who may be at the end of this … Continue reading
Sullivan’s Best of Series (Torture Edition)
Andrew Sullivan reposted his excellent, and well documented argument against Torture. His write up from earlier this year, about the Former Cheerleader’s Administration use of “enhanced interrogation” is at once compelling and horrifying. Some graphic images are included in the … Continue reading
A Hopefule Sign? … Don’t hold your breath … cowards and war criminals
Maybe, just maybe, their is hope for the Republicans, and the Senate in general (but I’m not holding my breath). Lindsay Graham questioned BG Hartmann, the legal adviser at Gitmo about waterboarding. Graham deserves credit for pressing the issue. Sen. … Continue reading
The Vichy Democrats … A New Posse of Abrogationists is in Town
A little over one year after the American people took the Congress out of the hands of the Republicans, we find out the party given the responsibility to check the authoritarian rule of the Former Cheerleader and his Gang of … Continue reading
