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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

What’s the Big Deal, Anyway?

Matthew of Defective Yeti  has written up a primer on the US Attorney purge. Several pundits are pushing the talking points that US attorneys are political appointments, so firing them for partisan political advantage shouldn’t raise any eyebrows at all.
The technical term for this is bullshit. 
While it’s true that the appointments themselves are political and raise no eyebrows, once in office, [...]

No Comments » - Posted in Crimes Against Sanity, We The Sheeple by Dorothy

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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

Never Overlook the Importance of Oversight

Now that we have a Democratic Congress, we’re starting to see what actual Congressional oversight looks like. From 2002 to 2007, every single call for investigation into any issue has been tabled, postponed or ignored. Every. Single. One.
Pick an issue:
Mark Foley harrassing Congressional pages
Voting irregularities
9-11 lead up and response
Misuse of intelligence
The outing of a CIA [...]

No Comments » - Posted in We The Sheeple by Dorothy

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