Monthly Archives: November 2007

Cornyn was ranked by the National journal as the fourth-most Conservative United States Senator in their 2006 rankings.

Mortgage Mess: Uh-oh. It’s Enron All Over Again – Just as Enron’s off-balance-sheet vehicles were propping up its stock price by camouflaging the company’s real financial results, so structured investment vehicles were inflating the credit market by providing demand for … Continue reading →

Senior Executive at News Corp. Encouraged Lying to Federal Investigators to Protect the Presidential Aspirations of Rudy Giuliani According to Judith Regan – Judith Regan, the former book publisher, says in a lawsuit filed today protesting her dismissal by the … Continue reading →

On this Veterans Day there’s an email floating around suggesting we all send a Christmas card or letter to a recovering soldier at Walter Reed. Nice idea, easy to do and, sadly, pointless. Because of security concerns Walter Reed cannot … Continue reading →

US Intelligence Deputy Says It’s Time for America to Redefine Privacy – As Congress debates new rules for government eavesdropping, a top intelligence official says it is time that people in the United States change their definition of privacy. Privacy … Continue reading →

Cheney Tried to Stifle Dissent in Iran National Intelligence Estimate in Order to Gain Support for His Militarily Aggressive Policy – A National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran has been held up for more than a year in an effort … Continue reading →

The Price of War: Many Homeless are Veterans – More than 25 percent of the homeless population in the United States are military veterans, although they represent only 11 percent of the civilian adult population, according to a report to … Continue reading →

Diebold Recommends ‘Rescheduling Elections’, Calling Voters to ‘Re-Vote’ as Part of Memory Card Failure Procedures – Diebold’s recommendations which “appear to border on the absurd,” that should voting machine memory cards be lost, “elections must be re-scheduled.” Or if they … Continue reading →

Oh, The Irony: White House Tells Pakistan To Never ‘Restrict Constitution’ To Fight Terror – Question at Press Briefing concerning Pakistan: Is it ever reasonable to restrict constitutional freedoms in the name of fighting terrorism? Ms. Perino (White House Press … Continue reading →

I believe this nation will only survive as a republic by upholding all the extraordinary and very thoughtful measures our Founding Fathers, of the late 1700s, established in our Constitution. I also believe, as they did, that “we the people” … Continue reading →