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Shari'a In The U.S., Update: Right-Wing Silence
It's been a week now since the report about Blackwater owner Erik Prince and the lawyers for Blackwater's sister company Presidential Airways asking a federal court in Florida to rule in their favor in a lawsuit based on Shari'a law. I stated that I figured the conservative pundits who have been so vocal about opposing the introduction of Shari'a ( Read more... ) -
This Week's Favorite Hypocrites
One: The fanfic writer who espouses that all copyrighted material is free game for him to play with, including and especially Harry Potter, then vents fury when anyone copies and pastes his material elsewhere with attribution but without his permission, and occasionally using characters he created for their own fanfic. (Pretty standard stuff, ( Read more... ) -
Not An Alternate Universe
As I've done in the past with terrorism, I decided to go hunting up quotes that prominent Republicans made about executive privilege when it was a Democrat, Bill Clinton, who was invoking it against them.
- We start with White House mouthpiece Tony Snow, who wrote in an op-ed piece titled "Executive Privilege is a Dodge" that appeared on March 29, ( Read more... )
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If You're Not Doing Anything Wrong, What Do You Have To Be Afraid Of?
So it seems that Speaker of the House Denny Hastert supports the PATRIOT Act until its ramifications hits one of his own.
Now he's worried about the Executive branch overstepping its checks-and-balances authority. Welcome to the PATRIOT world, Speaker!
Hastert tells President Bush FBI raid was unconstitutional
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Immigration News
I don't know how many folks noticed this juxtaposition of stories about Mexico in the news these past couple of days, so I thought I'd point it out myself.
First...
Mexico Condemns U.S. Border Fence Plan
Meanwhile...
Mexico Works To Bar Non-Natives From JobsIf you're an American working in Mexico, you may be required to check in regularly with ( Read more... ) -
Republicans Versus National Security
President Bush, when he once denied that the Executive Branch was doing warrantless wiretapping ( Read more... )