Barack Obama has not just passively failed to end religious discrimination in federally-funded employment. Obama has actively blocked efforts to end the religious discrimination.
John Mica’s speech was significant in that it implicitly accepted the idea that offshore drilling is risky, and should not be rushed into.
The Geneva Conventions, which have the force of law in the United States, require government to investigate officials who organize programs of torture. Why won’t Attorney General Eric Holder comply with the law?
Rep. John Conyers‘ remarks on July 24, 2009 to the National Press Club concerning investigations of unconstitutional behavior by members of the Bush administration (my transcription of public NPC video): Eric Holder must appoint a special counsel to review the Bush administration abuses of power and misconduct. A criminal probe: he’s got to do that. [...]
The following four Democratic members of Congress decided that accountability for Bush’s high crimes would have to be sacrificed… for the sake of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
President Barack Obama is openly violating the law in order to cover up torture. Will Democratic senators like Whitehouse, Leahy and Feingold do anything about it, or will they continue to solely focus on the Bush presidency, which is conveniently finished?
The revelations about Pelosi’s early and ongoing involvement in the Bush Administration’s torture plans create a test of the integrity of the Democrats in the House of Representatives.
Is Patrick Leahy right? Is enforcement of the law truly divisive? If so, why are ordinary criminal prosecuted for their crimes?
What can the Democratic Congress do to make sure that diplomacy, and not warfare, is the focus of the new Obama Administration?
A staffer with the Bob Lord for Congress campaign sent me a communication today suggesting that I might want to write a little something about how that kooky John Shadegg fella pronounces the word nuclear “nookyular”… just like George W. Bush! I have to admit, it is kind of funny, at least in a juvenile [...]
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