CREW Sues DHS Over Continuing Katrina Cover-Up
Contact: Naomi Seligman Steiner of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, 202-588-5565
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /U.S. Newswire Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today sued the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over its continued refusal to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on Katrina-related issues.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /U.S. Newswire Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today sued the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over its continued refusal to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on Katrina-related issues.
US plans to 'fight the net' revealed
A newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the US military's plans for "information operations" - from psychological operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks.
Alexis DeTocqueville in Democracy In America
“The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.”
Thx Allan!
Thx Allan!
Majority in U.S. Say Bush Presidency Is a Failure, Poll Finds
A majority of Americans said the presidency of George W. Bush has been a failure and that they would be more likely to vote for congressional candidates who oppose him, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll.
Stand and Deliver
Excerpt: On Tuesday, in front of countless cameras and reporters, Bronx Congressman José Serrano (D-NY), Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Álvarez, and Citgo President and CEO Félix Rodríguez announced that affordable oil to heat homes would be available to low-income communities in the Bronx.
Impeachment hearings: The White House prepares for the worst
From Insight Mag, the magazine of the Washington Times, so no partisan politics here!
Iceland the First Country to Try Abandoning Gasoline
Iceland wants to make a full conversion and plans to modify its cars, buses and trucks to run on renewable energy — with no dependence on oil.
Wash Post deletes hundreds of comments to ombudsman's blog entry
From AMERICAblog:
Wash Post deletes hundreds of comments to ombudsman's blog entry, claiming comments were filled with "hate speech" - Official record says otherwise
by John in DC - 1/19/2006 06:20:00 PM
The Washington Post's embattled ombudsman, Deborah Howell, responded to critics today on the Washington Post blog. Readers posted a lot of comments in response. And at 4pm today, the Post deleted all the comments and wrote the following explanation:
As of 4:15 p.m. ET today, we have shut off comments on this blog indefinitely.... there are things that we said we would not allow, including personal attacks, the use of profanity and hate speech. Because a significant number of folks who have posted in this blog have refused to follow any of those relatively simple rules, we've decided not to allow comments for the time being.
Wash Post deletes hundreds of comments to ombudsman's blog entry, claiming comments were filled with "hate speech" - Official record says otherwise
by John in DC - 1/19/2006 06:20:00 PM
The Washington Post's embattled ombudsman, Deborah Howell, responded to critics today on the Washington Post blog. Readers posted a lot of comments in response. And at 4pm today, the Post deleted all the comments and wrote the following explanation:
As of 4:15 p.m. ET today, we have shut off comments on this blog indefinitely.... there are things that we said we would not allow, including personal attacks, the use of profanity and hate speech. Because a significant number of folks who have posted in this blog have refused to follow any of those relatively simple rules, we've decided not to allow comments for the time being.
Democrats to probe 'day trading' allegations?
Our old friends Frist and DeLay up to no good? Can it be?
Did Bush and Abramoff Have Lunch?
More details here:
http://www.texasobserver.org/showForPrint_new.asp?ArticleID=13
http://www.texasobserver.org/showForPrint_new.asp?ArticleID=13
Wisdom From James Madison
"Of all the enemies of true liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies and debts and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few."
"In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds are added to those of subduing the force of the people. The same malignant aspect in republicanism may be traced in the inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of war, and in the degeneracy of manner and of morals engendered in both. No nation can preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
James Madison
from an article below and props to Allan for the heads up:
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0908-07.htm
"In war, too, the discretionary power of the executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds are added to those of subduing the force of the people. The same malignant aspect in republicanism may be traced in the inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of war, and in the degeneracy of manner and of morals engendered in both. No nation can preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
James Madison
from an article below and props to Allan for the heads up:
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0908-07.htm
Al Gore Rips The Executive Branch
Gore spoke today (Happy MLK day by the way!) to call for "the appointment of a special counsel to pursue the criminal issues raised by warrantless wiretapping of Americans by the President." Its a long speech but well worth reading. Another excerpt below.
"A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government. Our Founding Fathers were adamant that they had established a government of laws and not men. Indeed, they recognized that the structure of government they had enshrined in our Constitution - our system of checks and balances - was designed with a central purpose of ensuring that it would govern through the rule of law. As John Adams said: "The executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them, to the end that it may be a government of laws and not of men." "
"A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government. Our Founding Fathers were adamant that they had established a government of laws and not men. Indeed, they recognized that the structure of government they had enshrined in our Constitution - our system of checks and balances - was designed with a central purpose of ensuring that it would govern through the rule of law. As John Adams said: "The executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them, to the end that it may be a government of laws and not of men." "
US Biomedical Research under Siege
Commentary in Cell from Sir Paul. Subscription required.
Some of the text can be seen here:
http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/?page=engine&id=458
Some of the text can be seen here:
http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/?page=engine&id=458
New Years Eve in Vienna!
The family spent a week in Wien over New Years and we had a blast visiting wine bars, drinking Budvar, eating schnitzel and attending a concert by der Wiener Philharmoniker! That's me and my bro in the photo.
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