Ultra-Right State of Georgia to Deny Death-Penalty Defendants Counsel

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Saturday November 03, 2007 · 10:05 PM PDT

2007/11/03 · 22:05

In a good reading of just how f***ed up this country is, the New York Times has a new article about the death penalty. It uses an example from the state of Georgia, a state so extreme to the right that ideologically it is little different from fascist Italy. It documents how a judge is being harassed by the stupid Georgia masses and the ultra-right republican legislature for actually being egg-headed enough to claim that defendants in death penalty cases should have adequate counsel. It goes to a national problem, the fact that death penalty defendants often have inadequate counsel. The corrupted Supreme Court has effectively put a stay on executions due to this issue. However, I have no doubt that the ultra-right majority will ensure that no changes occur. Or at least they will ensure that no changes occur that actually make it less likely that the innocent will be executed.

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The state of Georgia has long ago gone off the deep end

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The state of Georgia has long ago gone off the deep end

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50 votes

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The Attacks are Good for Hillary: Giuliani Won't be as Nice

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Thursday November 01, 2007 · 7:21 PM PDT

2007/11/01 · 19:21

First I want to say that I support Hillary's campaign. I have many reasons. She is by far the most electable democrat. She would by far make the best president. But I want to say something here. I am glad that Obama, Edwards and all of the others are being so hard on her. She is the most qualified democrat. No non-incumbent democrat in generations has been as prepared to fight the republican machine as her. This is her final training. Voting starts two months from Saturday. Bush (supposedly) leaves office in 15 months. A Giuliani administration would be worse than the Bush "administration." Giuliani, who is closer ideologically to Cheney than he is to Bush, would finish the job at destroying what is left of the constitution. This isn't acceptable. This country hasn't lasted for 220 years to see some low mayor destroy it. Because of the attacks, Hillary is almost ready to take on the SOB.

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Who do you support for the nomination?

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Who do you support for the nomination?

Hillary Clinton

20 votes

Barack Obama

15 votes

John Edwards

28 votes

Chris Dodd

2 votes

Bill Richardson

3 votes

Joe Biden

1 vote

Other

3 votes

No Second Chances: Mukasey Must Not Be Confirmed

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Monday October 29, 2007 · 8:47 PM PDT

2007/10/29 · 20:47

In his attorney general confirmation hearings, Michael Mukasey refused to say that waterboarding is torture, that torture was unacceptable, and that the president must obey the law. He should be given no second chances. All he has to do now is say some meaningless words, and senate democrats say they will confirm him. Hearings aren't about getting people to say things on the record. As George Bush's raping of the constitution has proven, a promise to abide by the law is meaningless. Hearings are about understanding how the nominee's mind works, and how he is likely to behave. Mukasey showed us everything that we wanted to know when he refused to answer the questions he was asked. For that reason alone, he should not be given a second chance.

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Mukasey should not be given a second chance

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Mukasey should not be given a second chance

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37 votes

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10 votes

The Threat to Our Future Caused By Student Loans

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Saturday October 27, 2007 · 9:17 PM PDT

2007/10/27 · 21:17

I finished college and graduate school a few years ago. I accumulated some student debt in graduate school. Since it affects me, I have been researching the topic. Much of it looks scary, even dangerous. On the one hand, it seems as though the situation is out of control because of the lack of regulation and skyrocketing tuition. On the other hand, I honestly think that a lot of people who take out large amounts of student debt do so unnecessarily and somewhat irrationally. I also am beginning to think that the strain of the student loan system could go the way of the subprime mortgage system. Ultimately, these loans are dragging down an entire generation with debts they will never be able to repay.

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Do you currently have student loans?

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Do you currently have student loans?

Yes

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28 votes

The Corrupted Courts Will Let Bush Destroy Records

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Sunday October 21, 2007 · 5:46 PM PDT

2007/10/21 · 17:46

I was just reading one of the recommended diaries. It says that a judge has ordered Bush to obey the law by not destroying records. Destroying such records would be a clear violation of multiple federal laws. Unfortunately, we are fooling ourselves if we think that the courts ultimately will force Bush to obey the law. If the district court rules against Bush, then either the appeals court or the corrupted Supreme Court will rule that Bush can break the law after all. We are delusional if we continue to deny the obvious, that the last 26 years of republican rule has corrupted the federal judiciary.

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How many liberals are on the Supreme Court?

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How many liberals are on the Supreme Court?

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8 votes

9 votes

None, of course

19 votes

Senate Democrats Capitulate, Cripple Congress and the Constitution

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Friday October 19, 2007 · 6:42 PM PDT

2007/10/19 · 18:42

Senate democrats are doing the impossible with their improbable new majority: they are capitulating to the dictator-in-chief. They effectively authorized war with Iran. They are about to confirm an attorney general who holds the constitution in as much contempt as did Gonzales. And they are going to approve a FISA bill that makes permanent the 6 month extension, only this time with blanket immunity for telecom companies. Why did we elect these people? They all swore an oath to defend the constitution, not to take indefensible positions all to avoid 30 second ads. Their reprehensible actions are threatening the integrity of the institution of congress, and the very legitimacy of the constitution.

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Senate democrats should prevent the confirmation of Mukasey

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Senate democrats should prevent the confirmation of Mukasey

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62 votes

Disagree

9 votes

2005 Bill Signed Into Law, Wasn't Passed by House

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Wednesday October 17, 2007 · 6:46 PM PDT

2007/10/17 · 18:46

In 2005, congress voted on a bill, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The bill was signed into law in February of 2006. The bill was passed by the senate, but not the house. And yet it is the law of the land. This was the bill that sought to "save" $40 billion over five years (compare that to the $2 trillion tax cuts and the $1.5 trillion federal budget) by cutting medicare, medicaid, welfare and student loan spending. Ultimately it hasn't reduced the deficit. The constitutionality of the law is being challenged in the courts, but we can ll be certain that the corrupted courts will rubberstamp this as they have every other piece of republican despotism.

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Saturday October 13, 2007 · 6:27 PM PDT

2007/10/13 · 18:27

I have been reading about the passage of the Armenian Genocide resolution which has made news. It has caused riots, worldwide debate, the recalling of an ambassador, and anger throughout Turkey. And it was just a committee that passed this resolution, not even the entire house. I think that the house should pass this, and the senate should do the same. It is true that it could cause serious diplomatic damage and strain relations with Turkey. But it is time that this country started doing what once made it loved throughout the world: standing up for people who can't stand up for themselves. We have to stand on principle, even if we could suffer short-term damage to our own standing because of it.

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The house and senate should pass the Armenian genocide resolution

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The house and senate should pass the Armenian genocide resolution

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33 votes

Disagree

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Blanket Warrants are Not Acceptable (FISA Bill)

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Wednesday October 10, 2007 · 6:11 PM PDT

2007/10/10 · 18:11

According to a new Washington Post article, congressional democrats have settled on a FISA bill that would be almost as bad as the FISA "fix" that was passed in late July. The bill was passed by the house judiciary committee today. This bill would allow "blanket warrants" to be used. A single blanket warrant could be used to eavesdrop on anyone without court review. These amount to the FISA court, rather than congress, authorizing unlimited warrantless surveillance. This is unacceptable. And the "administration" can continue their illegal activity for up to 45 days (the prior standard was 72 hours) before a blanket warrant has to be approved. This war against the constitution cannot be allowed to continue. Democrats have to stand up. Democrats have to realize that we put them there for a reason, and we aren't going to stand by while they continue to be derelict.

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Blanket warrants are acceptable

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Blanket warrants are acceptable

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4 votes

Disagree

30 votes

Dems to Make 6 Month FISA Extension Permanent!

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Monday October 08, 2007 · 8:41 PM PDT

2007/10/08 · 20:41

According to this New York Times article, congressional democrats are on the verge of approving a permanent "fix" to the FISA law, that is nearly identical to the 6 month extension they passed in late July. This is beyond belief. They are so afraid of 30 second ads calling them weak on terrorism that they are going to rape the constitution in the name of political strategy??? What good are they? If they are so scared, in this environment, of being called weak on terrorism, then why the hell did we elect them in the first place???

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Saturday October 06, 2007 · 6:42 PM PDT

2007/10/06 · 18:42

The first term of the Roberts/Scalito Supreme Court was relatively calm. Not much changed that term. So many decisions were handed down with large majorities that people talked of a new unified age of the Supreme Court. People even had the balls to compare Roberts to the greatest Chief Justice of all time, the consensus-seeking John Marshall. And then the second term came. And in it, we saw hard right decision after hard right decision. The ultra-conservative majority seems to have adopted the "philosophy" of the courts' chief intellectual lightweight (and whiner), Clarence Thomas. That "philosophy" is that stare decisis (the Marshall-era doctrine of respecting precedent) doesn't exist. I think we are about to live in an age of tyranny by krytocracy (rule by judges), in which reality is relative, precedent is irrelevant, and any policy that advances the electoral prospects of the GOP becomes Supreme Court doctrine.

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A new fascism can emerge from the Supreme Court

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A new fascism can emerge from the Supreme Court

Of course

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Limbaugh: 'Phony Soldier' like a Suicide Bomber

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Wednesday October 03, 2007 · 6:16 PM PDT

2007/10/03 · 18:16

In response to Limbaugh's claim that soldiers who oppose the occupation are "phony soldiers," votevets.org put out this ad. In the ad, an Iraq vet named Brian McGough responds to the "phony soldier" claim. McGough, who suffered a traumatic brain injury due to a bomb in Iraq, ends the ad by saying, "until you have the guts to call me a phony soldier to my face, stop telling lies about my service." In a response to the ad, Limbaugh claimed that McGough can't think for himself, and then compared him to a suicide bomber.

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Rush Limbaugh is a disgusting animal

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Rush Limbaugh is a disgusting animal

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Ultra-Right State of Georgia to Deny Death-Penalty Defendants Counsel

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No Second Chances: Mukasey Must Not Be Confirmed

The Threat to Our Future Caused By Student Loans

The Corrupted Courts Will Let Bush Destroy Records

Senate Democrats Capitulate, Cripple Congress and the Constitution

2005 Bill Signed Into Law, Wasn't Passed by House

House, Senate Should Pass the Armenian Genocide Resolution

Blanket Warrants are Not Acceptable (FISA Bill)

Dems to Make 6 Month FISA Extension Permanent!

The Coming Supreme Court Tyranny

Limbaugh: 'Phony Soldier' like a Suicide Bomber