Category Archives: Bad Deeds

Bush Lies about the Need for Increased Spying and the Need for Telecom Immunity – Congressman Silvestre Reyes, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to President Bush regarding the ongoing battle over warrantless wiretapping. … Continue reading →

US Customs Agents Can Copy Data From Your Laptop Computer and Other Devices – Customs agents have the prerogative to examine and even copy data from traveling citizens’ laptops they search, CNN’s American Morning reports. “A new alert for travelers: … Continue reading →

Conservatives in Saudi Arabia Ban All Things Red Ahead of Valentine’s Day = Saudi Arabia has asked florists and gift shops to remove all red items until after Valentine’s Day, calling the celebration of such a holiday a sin. Every … Continue reading →

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Lies About Our Surveillance Laws – There are very few opinion venues — if there are any — more brazenly fact-free than the Editorial Page of the Wall St. Journal. They have an Editorial … Continue reading →

Joe Barton (R-TX) doesn’t believe that global climate change exists or if it does Man has nothing to do with it. Perhaps he should talk to the families who lost loved ones in last week’s tornados that ripped through the … Continue reading →

The Senate’s Trillion Dollar Giveaway to Polluters – After years of ignoring global warming, the U.S. Senate is finally considering legislation to cap greenhouse gas pollution. Unfortunately, the Lieberman-Warner bill being advanced by Senate Democrats lavishes up to $1 trillion … Continue reading →

Bill Kristol Says White Women Are a Problem – From the February 3 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.’s Fox News Sunday: BILL KRISTOL: Look, the only people for Hillary Clinton are the Democratic establishment and white women. The Democratic establishment … Continue reading →

Bush Issues Signing Statement to Allow Permanent Bases In Iraq – Signing statement overrules law Congress passed to ban permanent bases. U.S. Troop Reductions in Iraq May Slow or Stop – The Bush administration is sending strong signals that U.S. … Continue reading →

FBI and CIA Using National Security Letters to Spy on Americans – After the 2001 USA Patriot Act loosened the guidelines, the FBI issued tens of thousands of national security letters, a kind of administrative subpoena that compels private businesses … Continue reading →

Fox Host Makes Gay Jokes about Death of Heath Ledger – On Fox Radio, John Gibson used the occasion of the death of actor Heath Ledger to crack jokes about the actor and play clips from his most notable film, … Continue reading →