Another Gate Crasher: Rhonda Ross for Congress (MI-09)

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Sunday August 05, 2007 · 11:56 AM PDT

2007/08/05 · 11:56

I have decided to run for Congress in Michigan's 9th Congressional District.

As a Chemical Engineer and Attorney I have been solving difficult scientific and legal problems for companies and clients for 21 years.

We are facing extremely difficult problems in this country and I am confident that with my background in engineering and law and my personal concern about the direction of this country, that I can be a force for change in Congress.

Rhonda

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Friday July 06, 2007 · 6:29 PM PDT

2007/07/06 · 18:29

The Libby case is different because what Bush did was commute the sentence for someone who was committing a bad act on behalf of Bush (and Cheney).

It isn't that the President exercised his constitutional powers, it is that he is furthering a cover-up. That is the sand in the eyes of Fitz's umpire.

The outrage is over Bush's continuation of the cover-up. Had he not commuted Libby's sentence, then the DOJ may have been able to extract information from Libby as to why he lied in exchange for a lighter prison term.

So, in spite of all of his protestations over the years that he wouldn't comment on the Libby case because it was in the justice system, Bush's action just pulled the rug out from under the Justice System.

Rhonda

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Thursday March 08, 2007 · 12:08 AM PST

2007/03/08 · 00:08

Though most who follow national politics are familiar with how the Republican's K Street Project where people like Tom Delay forced many firms to hire Republican's and fire Democrats -- or lose access to the Republican leadership in the House.

But what seems to have gone quietly under the radar is just how institutionalized and integrated these lobbyists became in Republican circles.

Under the Republican control of the House, the lobbyists when from being on the outside looking in, to actually being on the inside.

For example, Congressman Joe Knollenberg's Chief of Staff is a Washington Lobbyist who has been very influential on behalf of Big PharMA.

Rhonda

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Wednesday February 07, 2007 · 4:25 AM PST

2007/02/07 · 04:25

MSNBCWP reports that the Pentagon is planning to test a "Bunker Buster" Bomb in Nevada.

Recall that on April 8, 2006, Sy Hersh wrote about the DoD planning to use nuclear bunker buster bombs against Iran.

In that same NewYorker article, Hersh said that

One of the military’s initial option plans, as presented to the White House by the Pentagon this winter, calls for the use of a bunker-buster tactical nuclear weapon, such as the B61-11, against underground nuclear sites.

Now the military is determined to test a bunker buster in Nevada. It just doesn't seem coincidental.

Rhonda

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Saturday January 27, 2007 · 8:34 AM PST

2007/01/27 · 08:34

The London Guardian is reporting that the Bush Administration wants to put giant mirrors in space to block sunlight from reaching the earth as a means of protecting against global warming.

I am not kidding.

I know it sounds like a joke, but apparently it is no joke.

Rhonda

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Wednesday August 16, 2006 · 11:46 AM PDT

2006/08/16 · 11:46

I received a mailing today that looks like a piece of campaign literature, reads like a piece of campaign literature, but was mailed under the guise of "official business".

I'm not certain how to import the pdf file here so I started a new blog so I could upload it there. Read More

Bush's Disasterous Foreign Policy is Endangering America's Future

Rhonda

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Thursday August 10, 2006 · 10:53 AM PDT

2006/08/10 · 10:53

After all of the other reasons he gave for invading Iraq failed to hold up to the light of truth, e.g., Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and Iraq was harboring terrorists, arming terrorists, had killed and tortured their own citizens, were conducting evil experiments on puppies, etc.

Then the Bush Administration started to use the line about "fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here". Most rational beings understood that was a false argument.

Terrorists will go where they choose to go regardless of where Bush puts our troops. Read More

Karl Rove Describes How the Bush Presidency is a Failure in Time Magazine

Rhonda

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Thursday June 29, 2006 · 8:33 PM PDT

2006/06/29 · 20:33

In the July 3rd issue of Time, there is a "viewpoint" column by Karl Rove in which he points to all the things that made Teddy Roosevelt a great President, and by contrast illustrate why the Bush Presidency is a failure.

Rhonda

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Friday January 27, 2006 · 8:01 PM PST

2006/01/27 · 20:01

I started to think about the damage that this Administration has done to this Country by ignoring the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and various international laws and treaties such as the Geneva Convention.

Jon Stewart has been very successful in conveying messages through humor and sarcasm. I thought I'd give it a try.

Please let me know if it takes to long to load or if there is another problem and I'll take out the graphic and put in a link. Read More

Open Letter to the U.S. Senate -- Please Vote No on Alito

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Tuesday January 24, 2006 · 5:16 PM PST

2006/01/24 · 17:16

Honorable Senator,

I followed the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Judge Alito with great interest. After listening to Judge Alito's responses -- which were primarily non-responsive responses -- and after reading a number of his opinions and other writings, I urge you to vote NO on his nomination to the Supreme Court. Read More

Alito Should Not Be Allowed On the Court Unless

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Monday January 16, 2006 · 6:02 PM PST

2006/01/16 · 18:02

Alito Should Not Be Allowed On the Court Unless he will state, unequivocably, that if the President has authorized the NSA to spy on Americans as Bush has admitted to doing, that the President is violating the law and that no President is above the law.

He is not going to give any answers on abortion, or civil rights, or the commerce clause. But so what? We already know his position on those issues. We already know that his positions are contrary to, and generally even offensive to, most Americans. Read More

SCOTUS 1972: Prez May NOT Authorize Warrantless Surveillance

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Monday December 19, 2005 · 2:46 AM PST

2005/12/19 · 02:46

In a 1972 case, the Supremes held that even in the face of great harm, the President is not allowed to authorize warrantless surveillance. U.S. v. U.S. District Court, 407 US 297

The case was regarding 3 suspects that were planning to bomb something in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The government surveillance was conducted without a warrant and the DOJ argued that should be acceptable because of the potential danger to national security. The Supremes rejected that argument. Read More

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