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Hey John, Congress doesn't have an army or navy either…

When the courts make unconstitutional decisions, we should not enforce them. Federal courts have no army or navy? The court can opine, decide, talk about, sing, whatever it wants to do. We're not saying they can't do that. At the end of the day, we're saying the court can't enforce its opinions.

So sez John Hostettler at a Christian Coalition meeting. US Congressman John Hostettler.

This is a democracy?

A Dem (Vo) unseated an incumben GOoPer (Heflin) in Texas this year. Won the vote, won the recount. Now Heflin is going to contest the vote in the (GOP-controlled) house. By Texas rules, the house can, among other things, use their subpoena powers to investigate a whole hose of things and/or wipe the election results and re-run the entire thing.

Vo won by 32 votes, if he is not seated in the House, then we have extant in our country today a totalitarian one-party government … a GOoPer "right to rule" that supersedes any popular vote to the contrary.

Kevin Sites' Open Letter to the Devil Dogs of the 3.1

Kevin Sites posts in his blog about what happened the day he filmed the marine executing the wounded Iraqi. Powerful stuff.

Getting drafty in here?

We tried to warn them, but they just wouldn't listen.

Coming soon to a young kid near you: the draft.

We are committing war crimes

via the use of napalm, white phosphorous, and other incendiary devices (napalm by any other name still smells the same). don't forget to add in the cluster bombs.

Obviously there are outrages on all sides, but [i]we[/i] are supposed to be the good guys. We are held to a higher standard. We bear the brunt of shame.

Bush Twins denied seats in NY restaurant

Talking to my friends in NYC (70+% of the city went Dem), this sounds highly plausible.

Also, highly awesome.

Freemans, tuesday night the 16th of nov. the bush twins , along with 2 massive secret service men, tried to have dinner. they were told by the maitre'd that they were full and would be for the next 4 years. upon hearing, the entire restaurant cheered and did a round of shots… it was amazing!!! [Ed: We're hearing that this is actually true.]

Second Verse, Same as the First

Welcome back to the 70s. Gov't spying and corruption. Evil, mendacious, murderous war criminals in power.

And nonviolent student protests.

According to Ruth, four students walked into the office at 2:00 p.m. and promptly informed the Army recruiters that they were protesting its presence on campus and refused to leave until it shut down.

The plan was for the group to get arrested, said UW-Madison sophomore and fellow sit-in participant Ashok Kumar. "I feel like peaceful, nonviolent, non-cooperative protest is the best way."

If they bring back hushpuppies, I am outta here.

Preznit Kills Pell Grants, Gets Yacht

… that's the advert sound bite I would be running, anyway. Dems, get on it!

The Senate voted 65-30 for the legislation late on Saturday that sets aside funds for a range of priorities including a presidential yacht, foreign aid and energy. It is one of the final pieces of work for the 108th Congress and they may return to finish a spy agency overhaul before the end of the year.

GOP Busted Trying to Backdoor Anti-Privacy Provision

A provision was 'slipped into the bill' by 'some staffer'. The provision apparantly allowed certain Chairs of Senate committees to have access to anyone's IRS data (like the Texas DA going after DeLay).

At the request of Rep. Ernest Istook of Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee, a special provision was inserted into the bill which allows the Chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees or their “agents” to review any American's tax return with no restrictions whatsoever.

GOP to College Students: Go Cheney Yourselves

"The exact impact of the new rules is difficult to predict, but had the new formula gone into effect last year, it would have prevented about $270 million from being spent on Pell grants, the nation's primary scholarship program, the Congressional Research Service found. Many students, perhaps more than a million, would have received smaller grants, many education experts estimated. And about 84,000 students would have lost their Pell grants altogether, the research service reported."

Anti-Abortion Language Added To Spending Bill

and a hearty welcome goes out to our new government, the American Taliban.

House and Senate negotiators have tucked a potentially far-reaching anti-abortion provision into a $388 billion must-pass spending bill, complicating plans for Congress to wrap up its business and adjourn for the year.

The provision may be an early indication of the growing political muscle of social conservatives who provided crucial support for Republican candidates, including President Bush, in the election.

Federal law now says that hospitals and health care providers who receive taxpayer money must offer abortion counseling to women who ask about it. Catholic hospitals are now exempt from the law; the provision in the spending bill would allow all hospitals and health care providers to refuse to comply.

The language would also allow hospitals and health care providers to opt out of state and local laws that require them to provide abortions, abortion counseling or referrals.

… and here you all thought it wasn't going to be so bad. I mean, what can one preznit and Congress do, right?

Cancel Your WaPo Subscription

This weekend, they published this raging anti-gay piece in their Sunday magazine thing.

Make 'em pay, cancel your subscription.

Great. We're Raiding Hospitals and Mosques Now

I'm sure this will hep with the hearts and minds thing. (Here's the hospital raid piece).

Why Iraq Will End as Vietnam Did

That, of course, was precisely the problem. In private life, an adult who keeps beating down on a five year old ? even such a one as originally attacked him with a knife ? will be perceived as committing a crime; therefore he will lose the support of bystanders and end up by being arrested, tried and convicted. In international life, an armed force that keeps beating down on a weaker opponent will be seen as committing a series of crimes; therefore it will end up by losing the support of its allies, its own people, and its own troops. Depending on the quality of the forces ? whether they are draftees or professionals, the effectiveness of the propaganda machine, the nature of the political process, and so on ? things may happen quickly or take a long time to mature. However, the outcome is always the same. He (or she) who does not understand this does not understand anything about war; or, indeed, human nature.

In other words, he who fights against the weak ? and the rag-tag Iraqi militias are very weak indeed ? and loses, loses. He who fights against the weak and wins also loses. To kill an opponent who is much weaker than yourself is unnecessary and therefore cruel; to let that opponent kill you is unnecessary and therefore foolish.

Foolish, weak, and losers… yep, that pretty much sums up this administration.

Bush Confronts New Challenge on Issue of Iran

JFC.

In an eerie repetition of the prelude to the Iraq war, hawks in the administration and Congress are trumpeting ominous disclosures about Iran's nuclear capacities to make the case that Iran is a threat that must be confronted, either by economic sanctions, military action, or "regime change."

Hmm… feeling a bit drafty in here, isn't it?

Special thanks go to the 59 million dipshits who voted for this guy's second term. I hope you ignorant jackasses get exactly what's coming to you. You asked for it, you got it, you deal with the consequences.