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Talking about Oil execs defend huge profits before Senate - Oil & energy- msnbc.com

Wed, 21 May 2008 19:51:04 GMT

The oil companies profit has grown nearly 400% in the last four years but they (the oil companies) claim that it's not their fault! Of course the person claiming that makes 12 million dollars a year so his view may be influenced by all that money. It's about time our government stepped in and protected us. Gas is not a luxury item where the "Law of supply and demand” can be allowed to play out at the corporate direction, gas is a necessity to get to work, the kids to school even to buy food so why has it taken our government so long to even start asking questions? Maybe it has to do with our current President's post White House employment plans?

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Talking about Democrats' fears of long fight rise - The New York Times- msnbc.com

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:43:00 GMT

If the Superdelegates overturn the will of the people when picking the next Democratic presidential candidate I will vote Republican! The people choose, not a small group of people, but all the people! I support Obama for President but should the popular vote give the candidacy to Clinton so be it. As long as the people and not the Democratic Party decide.

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Talking about Justice Dept.: Waterboarding no longer legal - Security- msnbc.com

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:57:55 GMT

Well its about time! Although I think all American citizens if not all goverment officals already know that. You can't condone torture and still pretend to be one of the good guys.

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Justice Dept.: Waterboarding no longer legal - Security- msnbc.com
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Talking about More power for executive: Will it last? - The New York Times- msnbc.com

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:32:56 GMT

It is my fervent hope that the next president of the United States will in fact, return the offices of the president and vice president to their “proper” place in the government of our country and work to pass definitive laws that will keep future, “would be dictators” from ignoring the laws of the land they were elected to govern. Please, who ever is elected President, remember that a signing statement may not be used to exempt the executive branch from obeying that law, and no amount of security need preempts the need for judicial and legislative oversight. The Executive branch is only one of three equal branches of our government. A fact that our current president and vice president apparently are either unaware of or choose to ignore.

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More power for executive: Will it last? - The New York Times- msnbc.com
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Talking about Bush: Iran report a 'warning signal' - The White House- msnbc.com

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:00:26 GMT

Even if this report is true and not another example of the kind of information Bush produced as a excuse to invade Iraq. Bush lacks the credibility both nationally and internationally to make any meaningful use of the report’s information. Thus is a liar paid for his deceit. We would all do well to remember that a single lie casts the shadow of doubt over a thousand truths.

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Talking about McCain finds sympathy on torture - The New York Times- msnbc.com

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:46:01 GMT

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" because it’s still a rose and torture is torture even when you call it “aggressive interrogation techniques’ as some members of the senate, republican candidates and our president like to call it. It doesn’t matter what you call it, a “surge” is a troop build up and aggressive interrogation technique equals torture. The bottom line for me is this, we, the United States are either the good guys or we are not! I want us to be the good guys because if we’re not we are just like all the nations we condemn and I want to be better than that. But, maybe that’s just me, maybe our country is really not better than that, maybe we are the bad guys, how else can you explain the number of government officials who can’t or won’t call torture, torture. We need to return to a state where we can hold our heads up international and say with pride we don’t do that, we don’t do that here and we don’t condone it anywhere. We need to conduct our selves ethically.

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McCain finds sympathy on torture - The New York Times- msnbc.com
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Talking about Bush backs Mukasey on waterboarding - The White House - MSNBC.com

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:01:24 GMT

Let’s be very clear on this WATERBOARDING IS TORTURE! Waterboarding is the practice of repeatedly near drowning of the victim and if a nominee for Attorney General of the United States doesn’t know that or is so weak that he afraid to say to congress, categorically that under his watch the U.S. will not engage in this kind of torture then he has no business asking to be Attorney General, because the Attorney General must always be the first and last and best defender of the LAW.

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Bush backs Mukasey on waterboarding - The White House - MSNBC.com

Talking about For many blacks, Clinton or Obama? - The New York Times - MSNBC.com

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:52:44 GMT

This is an interesting article! It does however, point out a mistake that a lot of voters make. A lot of voters vote emotionally, along gender or race or party lines and thats a mistake! There should be one and only one criteria for voting for any elected official, and that should be "I believe that he or she will do his or her best to perform in a manner that supports the laws under which our country was founded and will protect our freedom every moment they are in office. Thats what I think. OH by the way I fully support Obama!

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For many blacks, Clinton or Obama? - The New York Times - MSNBC.com

My Apology

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:23:25 GMT

I'm sorry that I've been away for a while but I lost my job and that tends to change your routine. I will try to get back to this blog more often.

Talking about Attorney General Gonzales resigns - Politics - MSNBC.com

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:06:25 GMT

The rats are deserting the sinking ship! That’s a good thing, because it makes it easier for congress to limit the damage this administration can perpetrate while still in office. That Gonzales was a flunky for the administration is so evident it need not be discussed; he thought his job was about increasing the president’s power, when, he of all people should have known his job, like every other government employee’s job, is to protect the rights and freedoms provided to the population by the constitution! Our forefathers divided our government into three parts to protect us from dictators, if each branch watches over the other and each needs approval from the other it protects us. For hundreds of years this worked just fine, then along came the Bush administration and in its alleged wisdom decided that the constitution was just a suggestion and the division of power that is at the bed rock of our government was wrong and that civil liberties were what the administration could take away when they pleased and that the laws of the land didn’t apply to them. Our president has repeatedly used his signing statement to say fairly bluntly that He can interrupt any law in any way he chooses. The Gonzales resignation is not about the first Hispanic Attorney General resigning, it’s about one more prop for a rogue regime being brought under control and the reduction to the threat level to our way of life.

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Talking about Mine cave-in kills 3 rescue workers - U.S. Life - MSNBC.com

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:42:18 GMT

There are few things I admire more than courage, but selflessness is one of them. Three heroes lost their lives trying to save six of their brothers! "Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for another" There must be a special place in heaven for fallen heroes.

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Bush Still Wields the Threat of Terrorism

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:22:56 GMT

The Democratic Congress caved, because they were afraid of being seen as “soft of terrorism” and gave in to what could possibly be called presidential terrorism. The executive breach of our government continually tries to curtail, suppress and deny our rights and civil liberties. Let us spy on you and we will protect you for attack, just give up a little more of your freedom and we will protect you from attack, just accept a little more repressive form of government and we can protect you from attack! But, who will protect us from the attack on our freedom and liberty, who will protect us from the man who would be king? I had hoped that the congress would, but they are all more worried about getting reelected than about the job they are suppose to do, it doesn’t matter the domestic spying without any judicial or congressional oversight is antithesis to the American Ideal of freedom, as long as they get reelected and their party remains in power. Congress is letting a couple of would be petty dictators redefine our government and how it is suppose to operate to suit they warped idea of power, because they are afraid.

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Bush Still Wields the Threat of Terrorism By JIM RUTENBERG

Published: August 7, 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/washington/07assess.html?ex=1344139200&en=8b0fc44c63894931&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Talking about A Law-Abiding Pedophile? - Newsweek National News - MSNBC.com

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:27:18 GMT

I hate this man, as a father I want to tear out his heart with my bare hands but as an American I am required to protect his civil liberties. What he does is sick and reprehensible but so far it’s not illegal and so must be considered free speech and must be protected by the laws of the land. It’s simple we can not allow situational enforcement of the laws of free speech. Because there are very few people I would trust to decide for me what is OK from a moral and intellectual stand point, remember censorship can be a sick and reprehensible act also. If he ever offers advice or how to kidnap or molest a child we should throw the book at him but for right now just watch him until he makes a mistake, watch him closely! Having said all that if I ever saw him in the park with his camera I might be tempted to, at the very least, speak quite sharply to him and leave it to him to explain to the doctors how his camera got there. Just my thoughts on this disturbing issue.

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A Law-Abiding Pedophile? - Newsweek National News - MSNBC.com

Talking about Sister of suicide victim sues ‘Dateline’ - TELEVISION - MSNBC.com

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:08:58 GMT

It is too bad that this woman lost her brother! But, I can't really feel sorry that he killed him self! You see he took the coward's way out after he had been caught soliciting children for sex on the internet and worse then just being a pedophile, he was a public servant, a member of the law enforcement community, an officer of the court, someone who is suppose to protect children not abuse them. So yeah, it sucks that she lost her brother, but I’m OK with one less pedophile in the world.

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Talking about Olbermann: All hail the prophetic gut! - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - MSNBC.com

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:53:11 GMT

I love the way this guy writes! He continues to say things that I think but much better than I could say them. When Chertoff say that he, Felt in his gut that we were in for another terrorist attack, I thought “Oh great more Bush administration level intelligence along the same line of there are WMDs in Iraq. What we have here is just another attempt by the government to foster a culture of fear in the United States. The problem they are having accomplishing this is that they think that the people of the United States are stupid and will react positively to something as patently implausible as anyone gut guesstamation on terrorism. You would think that after billions of dollars and years illegal infringement of the laws of the land they could do better the Chertoff’s gut! What next, the mystic meaning of one of Bush’s dreams?

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Olbermann: All hail the prophetic gut! - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - MSNBC.com

Talking about Plane crash hero: 'I walked in as far as I could' - TODAY: People - MSNBC.com

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:52:10 GMT

This is not the kind of thing I usually blog about, but in this day and age when our heroes are all to often entertainers and sports figures we need to occasionally see what a real hero looks like. So here he is folks, a genuine honest to God real hero! I know, it’s his job to be brave and I know he has been trained to walk through fire but as any one who has ever been in dire situations will tell you even the best trained, bravest individuals can break in the face of this kind of danger. He didn’t! He deserves to be proud and we should hold him up as a shining example of courage and bravery!

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Talking about Does outrage over Libby have an outlet? - Politics - MSNBC.com

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:28:13 GMT

Is anyone surprised? I’m not, I’d bet Libby’s not! I’d bet the Vice President said it would be so and the President made it so. Libby got his freedom for being a good administrative lackey and keeping his mouth shut. These men, and yes, I hold more than just Libby guilty for the leak, endangered an agent for the federal government and not for any high purpose, but simply to punish her husband for publicly disagreeing with the president’s plans for Iraq. It’s just one more arrogant act for an executive branch that has always acted as if they were above the law and that the rules didn’t apply to them. Our President holds the processes that have allowed the United States to become the great country it is, in contempt. He does not respect the law, the governing processes, civil liberties or the American people why would anyone be surprised that he would further cheapen his Presidency with this commutation.

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Does outrage over Libby have an outlet? - Politics - MSNBC.com

Talking about White House rejects subpoenas - Politics - MSNBC.com

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:03:30 GMT

I guess that we all know that if you want to look like you've done something wrong all you have to do is fail to comply with a congressional subpoena and try to cover your failure with "executive privilege" and a lot of legalize that means "I don't want to and you can't make me". If you have nothing to hide you should welcome the opportunity to prove yourself. But, by this time you all know that I think the White house has a lot to hide. Oversight of the Executive breach is the right and the duty of every Congress and is part and parcel of the checks and balances that our forefathers, in their wisdom put in place to protect us the American people from politicians that would use their power to pervert the office they were elected to hold and the oath they swore. It has, in my opinion, never been more important for us to know that Congress is exercising its oversight duties, then it is today with our government in the hands of a few men who know neither the true meaning of duty or honor.

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White House rejects subpoenas - Politics - MSNBC.com

Talking about WP: Cheney reshaped limits on interrogation - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:55:49 GMT

This is a very long article, but it does a good job of spelling out exactly what kind of a man sits in the number two spot of our country. He is a man who believes that torture is OK, that the ends justify the means, and that the morals of this country should be compromised because we are at war. He believes in secret prisons and conditional human rights, He believes that due process is a fiction that he can ignore, He believes in an executive monarchy that need not honor any new judicial and legislative restrictions and that should congress attempt to limit the Commander in Chief’s war making powers he has the right to disregard those limits. He believes that he and the president should be allowed to run the country any way they see fit.

It will not surprise any of my readers to know that I disagree! Can you believe that we, the world’s most active proponent of human rights would ever, ever need to debate the right and permissible forms of torture that our president can use? Our vice president thinks that water boarding, repeated near drowning, is a good dunking and a no brainer in his book. As an American I believe that torture can NEVER be justified, you can’t do something wrong no matter what your reason and have a good result. I believe that the executive branch of our government is and should be bound and controlled by the same checks and balances that have always protected us, the American people from would be dictators and politicians who have delusions of grandeur. While I agree that Congress should not be allowed to control a President during a war emergency the Executive branch should never have the power to ignore the directives of Congress unless a state of emergency exists.

I also think that Dick Cheney and I have very different ideas of what America and freedom and liberty should look like.

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WP: Cheney reshaped limits on interrogation - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com

Talking about Bush to veto stem cell bill Wednesday - Politics - MSNBC.com

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:37:26 GMT

Once again our President has said he will use the power of his office and his party, to prevent science from helping Americans who desperately need help. Just to feed his Christian based megalomania he will veto a bill that has the clear support of the American people, the majority of congress and a true scientific potential to work miracles. He claims that this is so America does not fund the destruction of embryos. What does he thinks happens to all the unused frozen embryos that are the by product of the fertility clinics? In his tiny mind does he imagine them being forever preserved by the companies that make a living out of the TEMPORARY storage of embryos. They are not! Should the client stop paying for storage and not claim them they are destroyed. So the only thing the President’s veto will accomplish is to keep those embryos from being used to help people who could be cured by the research that could and should be done. The end result of his veto will be that these embryos, that will never become people anyway, will be destroyed and wasted.

What is wrong with the Republicans in Congress? How long will they blindly support this small minded, pseudo religious, ego maniacal man who sends thousands of America's young people into harms way, while fanatically protecting tiny, little bits of frozen protoplasm, to the detriment of the American people? Can you support Bush’s veto and still be true to your oath of office or am I naïve to believe that oaths given before God still matter to our politicians.

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Bush to veto stem cell bill Wednesday - Politics - MSNBC.com