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What is Executive Privilege? and why Bush can’t hide behind it

Posted on March 25th by Dan.
Feel free to read through the Constitution (its posted on this site), but you wont find any mention of “Executive Privilege;” the notion that communications between the President and his staff ...

Rwanda Rising or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Coalition Governments

Posted on March 4th by Dan.
Since we last heard from Rwanda, the ethnic fueled genocide had reached its end. The two warring groups, the Hutu and the Tutsi, had actually ceased fighting. Rwanda today ...
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Iraq: A Different Country

Posted on January 28th by Dan.
Sabrina Tavernise from the NY Times reflects on how Iraq has changed in the past 2 years. This is a very enlightening look at the interior of the country and ...

Webmerica’s State of the Union

Posted on January 24th by Dan.
My fellow Americans... It would be remiss to say America hasn't made more than her fair share of mistakes this year. The situation in Iraq has regressed beyond all reasonable predication. ...

Stephen Colbert on The O’Reilly Factor and Vice Versa - Videos of Both

Posted on January 20th by Dan.
This is really a great dichotomy that provides plenty of entertainment. Not sure there's too much substance to these videos, my only question is... why is O'Reilly so hostile all the ...
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The End of Bush’s Domestic Wire Tapping Program

Posted on January 18th by Dan.
In a victory for law and civil rights, the Bush Administration has conceded jurisdiction of their domestic wire-tap program to the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. This means that, once again, ...

US Pays Condolence Money to Families of Civilians Killed/Injured

Posted on January 17th by Dan.
You can't put a price on life... or can you? The US government, or more specifically the Department of Defense, has been paying money to the families of innocent civilians killed or injured ...

Video - Hussein’s Co-Defendants Hanged

Posted on January 15th by Dan.
Saddam Hussein's half-brother and the chief judge under his Baath Party regime followed him to the gallows early Monday, hanged for their roles in the killings of 148 men and boys after ...
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Cheney: Credit Checks Aren’t Illegal - Arrogance Trumps Law Again

Posted on January 14th by Dan.
Why does this man insist that examining private banking information without permission is a legitimate use of the government's power? I'm not arguing that this shouldn't be done... In fact, ...