I find it interesting that the Supreme Court has given a big thumbs up to the 2nd amendment and a thumbs down to the 4th. ShareThis ...

Jonathan Alter said something very interesting. He said that “currently we have been operating in an unconstitutional environment. In clear violation of the 4th amendment.” ShareThis ...

It is sad when a politician isn’t getting any press. Ralph Nader is one of these guys. He desperately needs some airtime, so he says something really, really offensive to get the press to run it. I thought about it and thought about. Should I post something on Ralph Nader? Then I figured that no one would read it, sure why not. ShareThis ...

Senator Russ Feingold has been right so often, he should have run for president. He is a great man. I wish that he was my Senator. Feingold’s prepared remarks: Mr. President, I strongly oppose H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. This legislation has been billed as a compromise between Republicans and Democrats. We are asked to support it because it is a supposedly reasonable accommodation of opposing views. Let me respond as clearly as possible: This bill is not a compromise. It is a capitulation. This bill will effectively and unjustifiably grant immunity to companies that allegedly participated in ...

Senator Chris Dodd took to the Senate floor last night. (I’ll get the video as soon as it is available) Thankfully, he will oppose the FISA legislation. here’s a portion of what he said: But, as the Intelligence Committee has already made clear, we already KNOW that this happened. We already KNOW that the companies received some form of documentation, with some sort of legal determination. But that’s not the question. The question is not whether these companies received a “document” from the White House. The question is, “were their actions legal?” It’s rather straightforward—surprisingly uncomplicated. Either the companies were presented with ...

Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) released the following statement today in response to the announcement that the Senate this week will consider the compromise legislation that would reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) this week. “This is a deeply flawed bill, which does nothing more than offer retroactive immunity by another name. We strongly urge our colleagues to reject this so-called ‘compromise’ legislation and oppose any efforts to consider this bill in its current form. We will oppose efforts to end debate on this bill as long as it provides retroactive immunity for the telecommunications ...

I will have a very long post on health care very soon but I need to do more research. This isn’t just going to be one of those off the cuff kind of posts. It is clear to me that we need to do something. I’m not sure that McCain or Obama have all of the pieces to the large puzzle that is health care. Here’s Elizabeth Edwards talking about what we need: ShareThis ...

James Dobson believes that if you don’t agree with his interpretation of the Bible then you are distorting the Bible. Unfortunately, for Mr. Dobson, God didn’t give him the power of infinite wisdom or insight. I guess Love thy Neighbor means we all must think and believe what Dobson believes. BTW, the speech that Dobson has his panties in a twist over was give over 2 years ago. The speech was on religious tolerance. No wonder Dobson is so upset. We (or rather he) can’t have religious tolerance because that would put him out of business. Focus on the Family ...

More flooding. I just don’t see this ending any time soon. From MSNBC: The swollen Mississippi River burst another levee Tuesday, submerging farmland and threatening a residential area whose occupants had already moved out in anticipation of a flood. The levee failure near St. Charles comes as teams furiously fill sandbags to reinforce other waterlogged embankments guarding towns still waiting for the arrival of the huge river’s flood crest. (more…) ShareThis ...

I’m not sure that I buy Don Imus’ explanation. Do you? ShareThis ...

You see. George W. Bush isn’t all bad just mostly. President Bush has nominated Lt. General Ann Dunwoody to become this nation’s first 4 star general. She will need to be confirmed by Congress but congratulations to her and all American women as glass ceilings continue to break in this country. ShareThis ...

• Surprisingly, FEMA is getting good grades from midwest flood victims then again midwesterners are really nice people. Good for FEMA, finally.
• What? McCain doesn’t know how to use a computer? Heck, my 4 yo grandson tells me to go to Disney.com and then I need to let go of the mouse. My 72 yo father who died several years ago, could send those racy internet jokes and could type of letter in Word. McCain is running for President and can’t use a computer. Now, who is elitist? I’m guessin’ that Senator McCain has someone do his computer

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I had a long discussion on vice presidential candidates back in February (here and here). Many readers became commenters. It is interesting how nothing has really changed since February. Hardball has a nice discussion on the Vice Presidential candidates with Howard Fineman from Newsweek and Roger Simon from Politico.com. ShareThis ...

Flooding is not just bad it is awful in the midwest. We must stay on this story.  This picture is not from Katrina.  It is from Cedar Rapids, Ia. ShareThis ...

Keith Olbermann chats with Markos Moulitsas the publisher and founder of the DailyKos. They discuss FISA in relation to Netroots and Barack Obama. Now, I have not really pushed Barack Obama in my recent posting on FISA but it is clear that we, Netroots, need a Senator to lead this fight. Chris Dodd? Russ Feingold? Pat Leahy? Hillary Clinton? Now, Hillary is in an idea position to get back into the good graces of the liberal left. She could lead this charge but Barack Obama would be perfect. Is he the leader of the Democratic party? Yes or ...

I really can’t add anything worth while. Keith Olbermann. George Carlin. ShareThis ...

I think that this FISA legislation is very important. Therefore, I contacted McJoan (Joan McCarter) from the Daily Kos to chat about what’s going on and what we can do to help stop this legislature that will not make us safer. The Mark Agrast, from the Center for American Progress, has written a nice piece outlining the many wrongs of this bill. Glenn Greenwald continues his excellent coverage of this issue. Kargo X has also been on this issue. To get involved please check out the following - ...

I’ll repeat my top story - George Carlin died last night of heart failure.

• The Washington Post’s Michael Dobbs who runs their Fact Checker blog has given Barack Obama three Pinocchio’s for his “reversal” on campaign finance. I don’t know. I guess if I was a McCain supporter I would be furious over this. Obama has made the right decision. It will allow him to compete in all 50 states.
• Atlanta Magazine is completely dedicated to the water shortage in Atlanta in specific and Georgia in general. They even delve into the good intentions and

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Senator Hillary Clinton has been spotted at a High School graduation. Now, there are many theories of why Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic nomination. I have written a few myself. But, one of the things that we really see, until the race was over, was a softer more thoughtful side of Hillary. In the NYT there is a great story of the human side of Hillary. How she befriended a woman that she saw in the crowd at the 1992 Democratic convention. This woman, Patricia Williams was in a bad relationship. Hillary gave her the strength to let ...