Why Wasn't Bush Willing to Break the Law to Protect New Orleans?

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Friday December 23, 2005 · 11:13 AM PST

2005/12/23 · 11:13

So, according to the White House and their letter to Congress, Bush has the inherent constitutional authority to do essentially whatever is necessary to further our national security.

But, remember the initial days after Katrina. Bush was supposedly helpless to act because the Governor of Louisiana had not requested the right kind of federal assistance. Remember? The law prevented Bush from just taking action on his own. Remember? Of course, we know now that all of that was a lie because the documents reveal that Blanco had made all the appropriate requests. But, now, in light of the arguments this Administration makes to try and explain why Bush has not broken the law with respect to the warrantless roving wiretaps, the hypocrisy is so thick I feel like I cannot breathe. More, and a question, on the flip. Read More

Conserve Fuel -- End NASCAR

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Friday September 23, 2005 · 3:25 PM PDT

2005/09/23 · 15:25

So, today, the governor of Georgia urges the school boards to take two early snow days and close school so as to conserve fuel. Can he be serious? What kind of first-world nation draws the choice as one between education or fuel conservation? That's idiotic.

What isn't idiotic though is to question the need for NASCAR racing. How many thousands of gallons of fuel are wasted so that cars can be raced around in circles for the amusement of a percentage of the population.

When will some brave politician come out in favor of ending NASCAR to conserve fuel for really important uses?

My LTTE was published. (Update from yesterday)

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Wednesday September 07, 2005 · 7:28 AM PDT

2005/09/07 · 07:28

Yesterday, I posted a diary that set out the LTTE I sent to the paper here in Memphis. With a few very minor edits, they published it. I set the text out below as published, but, I want to reemphasize that it is incredibly important for all of us to make sure to get the message out through the editorial pages. Why do I want to reemphasize that? Because alongside my letter was a letter essentially saying that anyone who criticizes the President right now is as bad as the looters.

The text of my published letter in The Commercial Appeal is below the fold: Read More

My LTTE: "Fire Chertoff. Fire Brown. Then Resign."

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Tuesday September 06, 2005 · 10:06 AM PDT

2005/09/06 · 10:06

So I open my local paper today, and a letter to the editor jumps out from the page from someone trying to lay the blame for the aftermath at the feet of the local officials, claiming that local officials have the "primary responsibility" for dealing with this type of disaster.

I have copied the text of my own letter to the editor that I sent today below. I know I am preaching to the choir, but we must do what we can to make sure the letters pages of our papers tell the truth of this situation: Read More

Imagine what Patrick Fitzgerald's grand jury is thinking right now . . .

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Saturday September 03, 2005 · 7:06 PM PDT

2005/09/03 · 19:06

For the last few days, words have mostly failed me. I spend the day mostly angry and sad and feeling fairly powerless. I have given as much money to the Red Cross as I can. I have read as much about what is going on as I can. I have tried to communicate what is going on to anyone in earshot who will listen. But mostly, I just feel powerless to do anything of real import. Read More

Progress not DeLay

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Monday April 11, 2005 · 7:12 PM PDT

2005/04/11 · 19:12

There it is. Three words. Short. Sweet. To the point. Everything that I think the Dem candidates need in a theme for the 2006 congressional elections. "Vote for Progress not DeLay. Vote for [insert Dem name here]."

I wrote a diary a month or so ago that offered up an idea for tying together the national campaign to retake the House. My idea involved every Dem candidate for the House being strongly encouraged by the DCCC and/or the DNC to run a campaign for "Progress" not "Congress." So that their campaign stickers/sign/buttons, etc. said "___ for Progress" instead of "___ for Congress." Read More

[Insert Candidate Name Here] For Progress

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Thursday March 10, 2005 · 8:46 AM PST

2005/03/10 · 08:46

This is my first diary, so, to the extent you can, be gentle.

I think there are many of us who are in agreement that we need to nationalize the 2006 congressional races in order to have a legitimate shot at retaking control of the House. I think even more of us agree that W's second-term "Contract on America" (TM someone smarter than I) provides substantial fodder for a nationalized congressional effort that focuses on the buyer's remorse that America will soon/may be already experiencing given that W's priorities have been: (1) phasing out SS; (2) taking away the right of consumers to sue; and (3) taking away the right of normal folks to claim bankruptcy protection, etc.

Here is my idea that I submit for discussion/debate/cogitation. What about a concerted push to convince the DCCC to push each and every one of the Dem candidates in 06, instead of having campaign banners, signs, etc. that read, for example, "Jane Smith for Congress" those materials would all read, for example, "Jane Smith for Progress." [A little more below. . .] Read More

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