Archive for the ‘Homeland Security’ Category
Monday, June 1st, 2009
By now most of us have heard about the murder yesterday of doctor George Tiller while he attended a church service in Wichita, Kansas. The man police have arrested, Scott Roeder, is alleged to have murdered Dr. Tiller because he provided medical care, including late-term abortions, at his clinic. ...
Posted in Ann Coulter, Civil Rights, General, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Homeland Security, Miscellaneous, Religion, Right Wing Nut, Terrorism | 55 Comments »
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
President Obama spoke this morning to discuss major policy initiatives regarding the handling of terror suspects at Gitmo, national security, and the need for transparency and the rule of law in government. It was a fantastic speech in both content and tenor, fairly discussing the actions and goals of the ...
Posted in BIO, Barack, Homeland Security, Obama, Politics, President, Terrorism, security | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
The Rightwing Spew Machine has sure done a big 180 since January. And it was so seamless. From one day to the next, their slogans changed. Or in some cases, the slogans stayed the same but they meant the opposite of what they meant the day before.
They ...
Posted in Homeland Security, conservative | 24 Comments »
Monday, January 19th, 2009
This is a day of hope and change....for lots of people. Especially Haji Bismullah:
For nearly six years, Haji Bismullah, an Afghan detainee at Guantánamo Bay, has insisted that he was no terrorist, but had actually fought the Taliban and had later been part of the pro-American Afghan government.
Over the weekend, ...
Posted in Afghanistan, Bush, Homeland Security, Legal News, Middle East, Politics, Torture | 18 Comments »
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Is this really possible? After eight years inside this Orwellian dungeon, a few rays of sunshine are starting to poke through the walls. Little shafts of hope. Sanity. The light is almost blinding. What could this mean?
The new Attorney General-designate, Eric Holder, has said that ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Barack, Economics, Environment, Homeland Security | 20 Comments »
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
This NY Times editorial describes how Bush administration official John Yoo attempted, in an elaborate 81-page memo, to provide a paid-in-advance Get Out of Jail Free card for Bushies to engage in wholesale kidnapping, false imprisonment, deprivation of due process, torture, and murder in violation of domestic and international law, ...
Posted in America, Civil Rights, General, George W. Bush, Gonzo's Grab Bag, Homeland Security, Legal News, Miscellaneous, Patriot, Police State, Right Wing Nut, Terrorism, Torture, War, cheney, human rights, security | 2 Comments »
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
I live near the Canadian border. In fact I can see Vancouver Island (British Columbia) from my house. According to some people, that makes me a foreign policy expert. But I digress…
The Border Patrol has a strong presence here, since we’re at an international border. That’s fine. But lately the ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Homeland Security, Immigration, Police State | 4 Comments »
Saturday, September 13th, 2008
A lot of politics always consists of negativity – Monday-morning quarterbacking, dredging up past sins or mistakes, and general finger-pointing that can sound like kids whining, “I’m telling!” It would be more useful to focus on the future and on the positive – what do we want to change? How ...
Posted in 2008 elections, 4000 dead, Agenda, America, Bush, General, Homeland Security, Impeachment, Iraq, Iraq War, John McCain, Middle East, Military, Miscellaneous, Patriot, Politics, Quagmire, Right Wing Nut, Sarah Palin, Terrorism, War, cheney, security | No Comments »
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
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My knee jerk reaction is nope. The 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago was a watershed moment in our history and it appears the various law enforcement groups have taken steps to insure nothing even close to the melee in Chicago will occur in Denver. The ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Civil Rights, Current Affairs, Homeland Security, Police State, Politics | 8 Comments »
Monday, August 4th, 2008
He also hates our troops, especially those whiny ones who complain about being paralyzed. And thirty-nine of Coburn’s fellow Senate Republicans agree with him.
A total of thirty-six bills have been blocked by Coburn. One of his stated reasons is “excessive spending.” Hey, I know how we can fix that.
But more ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Homeland Security, Iraq War, Reid, media | 2 Comments »
