Constitution – Page 10

Real Presidential Material

January 24, 2007January 24, 2007 John Democratic Response, Democrats, Senator Jim Webb, State of the Union

Here is the Democratic response to the State of the Union Address as delivered by Freshman Senator Jim Webb (D-VA). Extremely well written, consise and delivered perfectly.

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Thoughts on The Surge

January 15, 2007March 24, 2008 John Iran, Iraq

I guess the biggest story going on now is the President’s “surge” strategy for Iraq, and their obvious attempts to generate a confrontation iwth Iran. While I have always felt that George and Dick were stupid and dangerous, I have refrained from calling for an impeachment. However, it is clearly time to set loose the dogs. In the past several months more domestic surveilance by the CIA and the Defense Department has come to light. Bush has started to fire Federal Prosecutors who are investigating Republican congressman.

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W Proud Elections Not Cancelled. Huh?

November 13, 2006 John

We should be “proud” that the federal government didn’t cancel our elections? That the Bush administration didn’t use the war as an excuse to interrupt the democratic process? Sounds to me like a tinge of regret he didn’t cancel them.

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Waterboard Rumsfeld?

November 10, 2006 John Abu Ghraib, Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General, CIA, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Guantanamo Bay, rendition, SecDef, Secretary of Defense, torture, War crimes, Waterboarding

Just days after his resignation, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is about to face more repercussions for his involvement in the troubled wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. New legal documents, to be filed next week with Germany’s top prosecutor, will seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld, along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers, for their alleged roles in abuses committed at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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And , Always, Always…Wrong

October 19, 2006August 7, 2007 John george bush, Habeas corpus, Keith Olbermann, Military Commissions Act, torture

Keith Olbermann, on his MSNBC show, has often offered some very insightful special comments at the end of his broadcast. Yesterday’s was especially poignant, so I wanted to share the transcript with you.