( This guy's mind is long since gone )

FBI Director Pushes to Renew PATRIOT Act Surveillance Powers | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet:Earlier this month, the ACLU released a report taking stock of the USA PATRIOT Act, almost eight years after its passage. The study, titled "Reclaiming Patriotism," identifies key sections of the law that codified the most radical abuses of power under ( Read more... )

Ok first of all, I want you to take a good careful look at the byline on that article. Click on the link and then come back here when you stop laughing.

Op-Ed Contributors - Restore the Senate’s Treaty Power - NYTimes.com:Like past presidents, Mr. Obama will likely be tempted to avoid the requirement that treaties must be approved by two-thirds ( Read more... )

.What should McCain do about Cheney? - Jonathan Martin - Politico.com:In an interview he gave to the Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes in 2006 for Hayes’ biography, “Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President,” McCain said: “I will strongly assert to you that he has been of enormous help to this president of ( Read more... )

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of ( Read more... )

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Then he gets smacked down by Bill Moyer

No, it would not appear that Kucinich is back in the Presidential race, which was my first question when wyldraven showed me this article.

Rep Kucinich calls for Bush Impeachment(WAPO)
Kucinich Delivers Articles of Impeachment and CNN does nothing

Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) [OpenCongress] [GovTrack][Congress.org] [House.Gov] [Wikipedia] ( Read more... )

( 11 of them in fact )

Vermont Secessionists Meet with Racist League of the South | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet:From 1777 until 1791, Vermont was an independent state complete with all the trappings -- a constitution, a flag, even a mint to pump out its own money, the Vermont copper. But in 1791, Vermonters happily joined the new United States. Now, some of the ( Read more... )

courtesy of wyldraven here

The Weekly Standard:Pam Hess, the UPI reporter who gave us this extremely moving and persuasive glimpse of the liberal case for the war in Iraq, asked if timetables for withdrawal "somehow infringe on the president's powers as commander in chief?" Mitchell's less than persuasive answer: "Congress is a coequal branch of ( Read more... )