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American Civil Liberties Union: The Senate passed an unconstitutional spying bill and granted sweeping immunity to phone companies. Obama had promised to filibuster this measure. He didn't. Let's do something!
Freewayblogger: Gas pump blogging
Mugsy's Rap Sheet: High gas prices may prove to be just another tool for stealing elections.
Consortiumnews: Mukaskey is Bush's new Mr. Coverup. He acts more like a crime family consigliere than the chief law enforcement officer of the US.
Where's the Outrage? For everyone over the age of 25, we've been here before. In late 1970s, as oil prices began to skyrocket, we had a debate in this country over oil and energy independence.
Blue Jersey: More confirmation that the GOP and cohort aren't merely insensitive to overt racism when lauding Helms. It's a defining characteristic of the party.
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In advance of the president’s signature, the ACLU announced its plan to challenge the new law in court.
“This fight is not over. We intend to challenge this bill as soon as President Bush signs it into law,” said Jameel Jaffer, Director of the ACLU National Security Project. “The bill allows the warrantless and dragnet surveillance of Americans’ international telephone and email communications. It plainly violates the Fourth Amendment.”
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Yeah and back in the 70's, windfall taxes on oil profits were tried- and guess what, they didn't work. People need to understand that oil companies don't have as much power in the price as you think. Remember, the US dollar is falling and all oil transactions are made in dollars. In terms of Gold, oil's price has remained stable and has NOT skyrocketed. Right away that tells you that inflation is the most powerful reason for oil's price- then you have the constant threats of war and sactions on Iran by the US and Israel, it is really THAT hard to believe that oil prices are going up?
KKKarl Rove was denied executive privilege this morning.
Developing.....
go ACLU!
obama.... you are quite the disappointment.
if you are going to promise hope and change you should really try to live you to your own rhetoric.
status quObama
status quObama
Change we can imagine.
Dr. Matt:
Linky please?
As Kai posted yesterday, "never trust a Chicago pol". Obama is the product of the super-corrupt Crook County political machine. Now that he's locked the nomination, expect more of this type of back-pedaling ( 'barack-pedaling' ?) from him, as his true colors and intentions come through.
However, I'm glad to see that Dick Durbin did the right thing, as opposed to the junior senator from ILLinois, who has spent his entire senate career running for higher office.
displssd @ 6:
It's breaking news on MSNBC.
Samson- @ 4:
Samson
Very well said.
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 8:
Rove skips out on Judiciary Committee hearing.
After Rove proved to be a no-show today, the panel voted 7-1 to rule that Rove’s claims of immunity under executive privilege are invalid.
Let's hear it for
Barack: the Better Boosh
Obama likely will disappoint you pretty regularly...
McCaint? How COULD he disappoint?
what's the difference?
Thugs like booosh, loonCheney and McSame are why I've been a supporter of the ACLU for years.
"Obama had promised to filibuster this measure. He didn’t. Let’s do something!"
Comedy gold.
Erroll @ 9:
thank you
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 8:
...and CNN.com just dissappeared it from their crappy page ...it was there 10 mins ago ...
Whoops, forgot to finish that last one...
Looks like McCain's media is back in full swing.
“Salon’s Walsh: Huffington, Markos
misled readers about Obama:
“He was never the great progressive savior that his fans either thought he was, or Arianna Huffington and Markos Moulitsas peddled to their readers,” says Salon’s Joan Walsh.
>> Supporters become disillusioned after Obama’s
turn toward the right”
He is more to the right than McCain.
At some point, Americans need to ask why the system keeps serving up presidential candidates and then presidents who serve their corporate masters rather than the American people.
American don't reflect much on LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton I, and just how good they were for corporations (especially those in the MIC) and how lousy they were in so many ways for ordinary Americans.
The system's broken and has been for over 40 years.
Yeah, Obama's a big fucking disappointment. Anyone really, truly taken aback?
These assholes continue to take all of OUR rights away while they don't obey the laws themselves. If I didn't obey a subpoena from congress I would be in jail right now.
Amurika the shit hole.
"Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080710/ap_on_go_co/rove_subpoena
Yeah, when he was spewing about change, he was talking about himself.
The delegates should switch to her at the convention.
"The delegates should switch to her at the convention."
Why? Because things would be so different if we had her. If she was the nominee, she would have voted the same way.... They are both shill for corporate america...
The Rude Pundit:
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/
Read today's scribe about Obama -- when you get past Rude's typical vulgarity, he makes good points.
From Yahoo News:
... where it will die a painful death. Pelosi is such a worthless Democrat.
Theguy @ 2:
Oh...so we have rising prices because of inflation...but inflation is low...ask the administration...ask the fed...oil prices have remained stable?...but the oil companies are losing money...so they say....why...cause of rising wages? all that research they are doing? wages have been stagnant for 10 years...fact...research and development...down over the last 7 years...fact...lower corporate taxes...fact....which means more profit....fact...
I agree that there is a "fear" factor built into the price increase. However, speculation is driving prices...speculation due to lack of regulation. Where is the SEC? Where are the regulatory agencies? Packed with Administration cronies? What investments do they hold...could it possibly be in...duuuuh...Petroleum and Natural Gas. Hmmmmm.
getalife @ 21:
Yeah. And they should make Bill the VP nominee. LOL.
Jesse Helms is dead? I guess the news of George Carlin's death was too much for him.
Liberal AND Proud @ 27:
I heard Tim Russert died too.
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