Politics – Page 33

Bill Nelson Continues His Assault on The Constitution

August 7, 2007September 1, 2008 John Bill Nelson, FISA, S.1927, senate, Senator Jim Webb

Well, S.1927, An Act To Amend The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 passed the Senate and House, with a bunch of weak kneed Democrats rushing to its support. Unfortunately I’m not surprised to find that Florida Senator Bill Nelson has voted in favor of the amendment. The Senator has consistently cast votes hostile to the Constitution and with the Bush Administration. I can only guess he’s been promised a bed in the bunker during the coming coup.

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More Constitutional Erosion

July 29, 2007 John FISA, george bush, president, Surveillance, Terrorism, Terrorists

In his weekly radio address Bu$h demanded that Congress update the laws governing electronic surveillance. Now why would George give a damn about whether the law is up-to-date or not. It’s not like the Cheney/Bush Administration is following any of the laws anyway.

Election Politics

Edwards Proposes Tax Changes

July 29, 2007 John John Edwards, Taxes

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards on Thursday unveiled a plan that would increase taxes for the wealthy and create tax breaks for the middle class.

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News for the Week Ending July 22, 2007

July 29, 2007 John 7-18-2, Bar Exam, California, Courts, Homosexual Marriage, Juveniles, Lawyers. Litigation, Long Beach, Massachusetts, mother, Murder

This post summarizes various smaller news items of interest that I found during the week of July 23, 2007.

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So Long to JetBlue-Caves to O’Reilly

July 22, 2007 John Airline, DailyKox, Fox News, JetBlue, O-039Reilly, YearlyKos

JetBlue sponsored, among many other things, YearlyKos. This is a grass roots convention of progressive bloggers and activists. JetBlue shows Fox News in flight, Their new CEO contributed $2,100 to Mitt Romney’s campaign, and they advertise on Fox. Yet when Bill O’Reilly finds they sponsored a progressive convention, he attacks…so JetBlue. And instead of standing up for their sponsorship, and pointing out how much they support Fox, they cave in and have their logo removed from the YearKos website.