“with liberty and justice for all”

By: Monday November 2, 2009 2:22 pm

an example of how the Pledge of Allegiance is bs.

After the CIA Inspector General Report: Indictment of the Torture Regime is a Winner for the Liberal Left

By: Tuesday August 25, 2009 10:49 am

As long as the White House and US Government torture scandal continues its legal drip, drip, it is becoming clearer and clearer that unlike the difficult issue of health care, providing accountability for the Bush ‘war on terror’ torture regime is, politically, a winning proposition for the center-left as a process as well as an end. That is, the drip drip of its revelations strengthen the republic, the rule of law, and the Obama administration as it carries out other difficult reform projects.

Too Little, Too Late From Powell, Ashcroft and Ridge

By: Thursday August 20, 2009 7:31 pm

Colin Powell, John Ashcroft and Tom Ridge all resigned from the Bush cabinet immediately after the 2004 election. Each had significant differences with Bush policy and was replaced with a more “trusted” Bush insider. How much harm could have been presented if these three had resigned before the election and made public their differences with Bush?

Breaking: Supreme Court Ruling re Ashcroft and Mueller

By: Monday May 18, 2009 11:31 am

Supreme Court has ruled that Ashcroft and Mueller cannot be sued by detainees. Excerpts from page 1 of WAPO article.

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