I was originally going to write this in as part of the last “In Defense of the Constitution” post, but after I realized that, once again, my writing on the First Amendment was getting to be long and detailed enough on its own, I decided to split it up. Originally, this post was supposed to…
If Afghanistan is our generation’s Vietnam, this is our generation’s Pentagon Papers; oh wait, just about every political observer out there has called it that already. Anyway, if you haven’t heard about it yet, the website Wikileaks.org is causing quite a stir in government circles this summer. Most notably, the organization became notorious due to…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=8967183" src="d/4/7/f/Palestinians_Protest_against_c247.JPG?adImageId=13057270&imageId=8967183" width="500" height="317" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well this is a mess for anyone who was hoping for the latest attempt at peace between Israel and the Palestinians. In case you haven’t heard about it by now, early this morning, Israel intercepted the “Freedom Flotilla”, an attempt by human-rights activists to…
I’m sure just about all of you have heard about the controversial Arizona law formally known as SB1070 by now. The law, signed over a month ago, essentially requires Arizona police to question anyone about their immigration status if they have “reasonable suspicion” that someone stopped or arrested is an illegal immigrant, according to the…
[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] By now, most of you have probably heard: on Thursday night the Senate passed Wall Street Reform after a debate that had proceeded remarkably smoothly up until the last week or so. In fact, throughout the whole process, not much out of the ordinary for what the people should expect of the…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=8445054" src="0/5/1/9/Clinton_Gates_And_75d2.jpg?adImageId=12194679&imageId=8445054" width="500" height="333" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Peace in the Middle East; it has been a dream shared by millions throughout the last several decades, and it may finally be time for it to be achieved. Of course, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical about this possibility, but this…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=*&iid=8377424" src="5/9/0/1/Obama_Signs_Health_28c7.jpg?adImageId=11889420&imageId=8377424" width="500" height="328" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well, I know you probably don’t like the lack of posts as much as I hate the lack of time I’ve had to write them recently. Well, I still have very little time on my hands, but I’m making time to write this; sure,…
[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] If there were ever an unfortunate name to have in politics, it would be the situation that Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) currently faces. As head of the House Rules Committee, she is being given the dubious honor of having a dubious idea to pass health care reform in the House of Representatives…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=Obama&iid=8092353" src="7/7/1/0/Activists_Protest_Outside_d96b.jpg?adImageId=10738625&imageId=8092353" width="500" height="324" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] You have to hand it to them: these protesters can be pretty clever at times. Obviously, this refers to the attempt to inject some bipartisanship into the nasty healthcare debate Congress has been having for the better part of a year now in today’s…
[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Lately, it seems like healthcare reform is like a zombie: it just keeps coming back to life when everyone thinks it is dead. Today Yesterday (dang clocks and my workload!) President Obama finally put his own two cents into the debate. The President had to come up with something to revive his…
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