The Big Tent
I want to clarify what I want all Democratic candidates to say to the public. I want to define what I mean when I say we are, or should be, and can be, the Big Tent Party. I want all our candidates,...
View ArticleGore Belches Twice; Once Loud, Once Quiet
Sorry for the vulgarity (title updated to something hopefully less crass) but it seems that any and all actions taken by the former VP are now being scrutinized as possible signs that he will/will not...
View ArticleAn American Torture Victim
A story about the young man from Germany who was tortured by his American jailers before he was found to be innocent and was released after more than four years in Guantanamo surfaced in today’s issue...
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Amy Winehouse: Addiction Controlled & She's Blonde
A year ago our favorite jazz/blues contralto, now 24, went into the deep end. Heroin addiction presented with severe weight loss, disconnect, and the "blood itch" symptom that goes with withdrawal....
View ArticlePrisoners Setting Up Chairs for McCain in Alabama
What's a candidate to do when he can't find enough volunteers to set up chairs and tables before a fundraising event? Why, obviously, allow local functionaries to supply prisoners for that purpose....
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Jeff Sessions: Progressive Patriot Candidate
or Proudest Defender of Our Constiution as I like to call him (they are both jokes) From the Guy who brought us this comment, The civil libertarians among us would rather defend the constitution than...
View ArticleNIOSH: Unsafe working conditions in prison? Get a union
They're just criminals - so why should we care about how they are treated in The Big House? In fact, if we can get "Onshore outsourcing at offshore prices" by using prison labor, what's the problem?...
View ArticleNot Another Katrina Please: Evacuate the Prisoners Now!
Unbelievable. Despite an ominous statement from the National Weather Service that people remaining in Galveston during Hurricane Ike face "certain death", the Houston Chronicle reports that 1,000...
View Article1000 Prisoners and Deputies Still in Galveston Jail?
Will tomorrow's headline be: 1000 prisoners and seputies dead in Galveston Jail? I just read where the Galveston Sherrif's Department has refused to evacuate over 1,000 people from the one-story...
View ArticleMcCain has lost his mind (updatedx3, now with VIDEO), update w/comment
Oh my god. This idiot is insane. We all joke that he's like Guiliani in some ways. With Rudy, it was "Noun, verb, and 9/11." With McCain, it's "Noun, verb, and POW." Not convinced? Check THIS out......
View ArticleMcCain Loses It: Calls Americans 'My Fellow Prisoners'
Woops: The video's already front paged! No need to recc! This is the kind of mental mixup that really makes you wonder what is truly going on inside of John McCain's mind. Here he is, campaigning in...
View ArticleBush / McCain legacy
It has been mentioned in recent articles and multiple comments by John McCain that due to recent events in Iraq that the 2008 troop Surge has worked and that history may show that Bush and company...
View ArticleThe Other Detainees in the “War on Terror”
Little Alex in Wonderland: 10,000 are detained in Iraq without evidence, but Gitmo remains the sexy topic.
View ArticleLori Berenson Update
Below, in the main body is a Dec. 31, 2008 email update from the parents of Lori Berenson, who is a US political prisoner in Peru. For more background on her case, check out this 2001 article by Media...
View ArticleHolder Attorney General Non-Prosecution Assurance Controversy Part 2
What we do know is that several Republican Senators tried to get Holder to make as broad an assurance as possible that he would not prosecute certain offenses and that Senator Bond was one of those...
View ArticleLawyer says Guantanamo abuse worse since Obama
This From Reuters: By Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) - Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has worsened sharply since President Barack Obama took office as prison guards "get their kicks in" before the...
View ArticleJustice Abhors A Vacuum: Prosecution, or Chaos
Beyond the necessity of reestablishing rule of law in American government, the moral imperative of seeking justice for victims, and the expedience of restoring American honor and dignity in the eyes of...
View ArticleBush Administration's Craven Misuse Of The USS Bataan
I just read a post by Solly Mack on the Democratic Underground site where I learned for the first time that the USS Bataan was used as one of the Bush administration's prison ships. The US has admitted...
View ArticleU.S. Drops Title of "Enemy Combatant" on Gitmo Detainees
The Justice Department just released this: In a filing today with the federal District Court for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice submitted a new standard for the government's...
View ArticleThe Bachmann Diaries Continue -GITMO Detainees Goingt Straight to Minn.
I wrote a diary last night about Bachmann and her Thomas Jefferson revolution comments over the weekend. Well in what seems like will turn into the Daily Bachmann Watch - I just read where she...
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