The Supreme Court yesterday joined the rest of the U.S. Government in protecting the rights of major corporations to fuck U.S. citizens. The nine learned folks in black robes took exception to the punitive damages levied by a jury against ExxonMobile for the reckless actions that caused the environmental catastropy called the ExxonValdez oil spill. The [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Surprise: Supreme Court sides with Exxon!
Posted in Environment, Politics, Supreme Court on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Follow the money…
Posted in Money, Politics on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you have any doubt that House Democrats who changed their positions on Telecommunications Amnesty did it for any reason other than pure self-interest should check out this report by MapLight.org (Money and Politics).
88 percent of the Dems who changed to supporting immunity (83 Dems of the 94) received PAC contributions from Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint [...]
Voice crying in the Wilderness!
Posted in Bush Law-breaking, Democratic Capitulation, Politics on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Rutland Herald ran my rant about the FISA bill fiasco in today’s edition. Not that my voice amounts to anything more than a sneeze in a tornado. The Philadelphia Inquirer also commented on this horrible legislation and what it means for Democrats:
It’s incredible to hear Democrats try to justify their capitulation on grounds that [...]
Democrats capitulate again! Obama MIA!
Posted in Politics on June 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Well, it is now done. The House has approved passage of the amended FISA bill — the one that virtually assures immunity to law-breaking telecommunications companies and grants new powers of surveilance to the president. There is no way to sugar-coat this: Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer are sell-outs. They are a disgrace. They are [...]
Democratic telecomm whores
Posted in Media, Politics on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, the Democratic leadership of the House is selling out to the telecommunications industry and rolling over for George W. Bush just as the Democrats in the Senate did in March. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is ramming through a so-called “compromise” FISA bill that will ensure law-breaking telecommunications giants (and big Hoyer campaign supporters) [...]
Why the habeas corpus ruling matters!
Posted in Politics on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The truth is, I don’t even know exactly what habeas corpus means, other than it guarantees that anyone imprisoned by the government has the right to have a court hear the evidence and rule as to whether or not that imprisonment is justified. This seems like a fair idea to me. I do not trust [...]
Kucinich acts… where the hell’s the rest of Congress?
Posted in Media, Politics on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday Dennis Kucinich brought articles of impeachment against George Bush and Dick Cheney. Of course this has not received a lick of media coverage, nor has it stirred the Democrats in the House or Senate into action. Only in America can a president be impeached for lying about a blow job, while his successor gets away [...]
One more reason we’re less safe under Bush
Posted in Politics on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
George Bush has squandered American lives, money, international prestige, and honor in what he claims he must do to make us safer. But it is all a smoke screen.
Here’s more evidence. The Bush administration forced the exodus of many of our most experienced nuclear weapons experts from key roles in the State Department. Why. Retribution. [...]
Stop beating around the Bush!
Posted in Impeachment, Politics, Vermont on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Senate Intelligence Committee has issued a report concluding that “President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and other top officials promoted the invasion of Iraq with public statements that weren’t supported by intelligence or that concealed differences among intelligence agencies.” (McClatchy Washington Bureau.)
Let’s cut through the euphemisms. George Bush is a liar, and by George [...]
Don’t complain about gas prices while driving 70 mph!
Posted in Environment, Politics on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
According to this article, driving 55 mph instead of 70 can save as much as 60 cents a gallon. Also, re-introducing the 55 mph national speed limit could reduce fuel consumption by 20 percent! Where’s the political will to do THAT?
Oh, yeah, and then there’s this breaking news: GM has just realized that people might [...]
