Monthly Archives: December 2006

Swiftboat Veterans and POWs for Truth violated the Federal Election Campaign Act They failed to register as a political committee with the Commission, did not report contributions and expenditures as a political committee to the Commission, knowingly accepted individual contributions … Continue reading →

Tom DeLay has a Blog “to provide Americans with a new meeting place where such opinions and viewpoints might be better shared, discussed and debated”, but Democrats will be filtered out – At first, the filter was manual, so posts … Continue reading →

Bill O’Reilly says “we are going to level that country (Iran), because you … need gasoline to live” Republican “Do-Nothing” Congress Tries To Give Itself a Raise On Final Day – Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi of California and Sen. Harry … Continue reading →

Richest 2 percent own more than half the world Study shows that the richest 2 percent of adults own more than half of global wealth, while the bottom half own only 1 percent. Tony Snow Doesn’t Answer a Single Question … Continue reading →

CONDITIONS OF DETENTION… UNPRECEDENTED IN THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM Jose Padilla was denied access to counsel for 21 months. His lawyers argue that he has been so damaged by his interrogations and prolonged isolation that he suffers post-traumatic stress disorder … Continue reading →

U.S. Assigns Secret ‘Terror Scores’ to Travelers Without notifying the public, federal agents for the past four years have assigned millions of international travelers, including Americans, computer-generated scores rating the risk they pose of being terrorists or criminals. Travelers are … Continue reading →

Charlie Savage states in Hail to the chief: A close look at key moments in Cheney’s career — from his political apprenticeship in the Nixon and Ford administrations to his decade in Congress and his tenure as Secretary of Defense … Continue reading →

The Bush administration proposed to ease public reporting requirements for companies that handle or release toxic chemicals That plan – now shelved because of pressure from Democratic senators – would have raised the threshold for reporting releases of toxic chemicals … Continue reading →