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"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
Patrick Henry
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Entries Tagged as 'News'

On health debate, Moyers urges Obama: “No more Mr. Nice Guy”

September 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Health Care, News, Politics, Republican Lies

On health debate, Moyers urges Obama: “No more Mr. Nice Guy” So here we are, wallowing in our dysfunction. Governed — if you listen to the rabble rousers — by a black nationalist from Kenya smuggled into the United States to kill Sarah Palin’s baby. And yes, I could almost buy their belief that Saddam [...]

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The 5 biggest Republican lies in the Health Debate

August 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Health Care, News, Republican Lies

Newsweek lists five Republican lies/fallacies affecting the health care reform debate. Does the House bill call for mandatory counseling on how to end seniors’ lives sooner? Absolutely not. Will the government be dictating to doctors how to treat their patients? No. Do the bills propose cutting Medicare benefit levels? No on that one, too. Read [...]

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SPECIAL COMMENT by Keith Olbermann: Bush Puts Telecoms Ahead Of American Citizens

February 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Constitution, Mukasey, News, Politics

Pres. Bush demands a law which would clear phone giants from responsibility for government’s unjustified and illegal spying on Americans If you like Keith Olberman you will like his latest Special Comment In a Presidency of hypocrisy; an Administration of exploitation; a labyrinth of leadership, in which every vital fact is a puzzle inside a [...]

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So Many Candidates, So Little Choice? – Update

January 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments · News, Politics, Presidential Candidate

Since my last post on this subject on December 8th several states have had their presidential caucus/primaries. There have been several more debates in which to listen to the candidates. And several have bid farewell to their run for president. Lets start with who has dropped out of the race… Joe Biden One of my [...]

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Thanks Senator Feinstein For Giving Us Michael Mukasey

December 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Constitution, Mukasey, News, Politics

Is anyone really surprised that Mukasey is trying to delay congressional inquiries into the CIA’s destruction of interrogation videotapes? Or that the DOJ is trying to get U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy to “stay out of the matter” Mukasey is nothing more than another Alberto Gonzales, but this time, with some intelligence. Back in [...]

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