Dems Vote To Restore Habeas Corpus

Well, it's about time! Habeas Corpus goes to the essence of who we are as a people and is fundamental to the organizing principles that our Founders established as the working blueprint for America.

It speaks to our identity as a people and sustains and renews our national soul. It is the essential light and beacon that leads us out of darkness and into the light of truth and freedom.

And, most importantly, it forms the basis for all of the other rights and privileges that too many Americans have foolishly taken for granted. For the truth is, without Habeas Corpus, we have nothing but a set of nice sounding words that lack the force to produce and sustain their promises.

All who oppose reinstating Habeas Corpus should be publicly condemned in the most public and embarrassing manner legally possible. It is unconscionable that a congressman or woman, who has taken the oath to "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution of the United States of America, would want to suspend or nullify Habeas Corpus. They should be literally tossed out on the street and told to "Get lost. We don't need your kind here.".

Legislators: A Time for Principled Action on Iraq is Now

"Key Democrats To Vote Against Bill That Excludes Iraq Timetables"

There is a time when principle should trump or overwhelm any inclination or propensity to embrace some "calculated compromise" approach. And this is it.

I am sure that before the Dems caved to Bush, the leadership was looking ahead to the 2008 elections and what the impact would be. It's obvious that they were more concerned over how their refusal to fund Bush's war of choice would go over in the public's eye. And with the type of mainstream media that we have at the moment, I really don't blame them for thinking that way.

But this is a clear example where one has to assert one's principles and do what is fundamentally right. The people respect difficult decisions that are made on the basis of "authentic" considerations. They disrespect those made for purely "practical considerations" when those considerations trump a more principled course of action. The latter shows true leadership. The former, a type of crass political calculation.

It's time the Democratic leadership show some authentic leadership. Regrettably, our politicians have shown an alarming and increasing inability to connect with their primary constituency over the past several decades as corporate influence has outstripped fundamental principles of democracy...And it's very, very depressing.

Will Republican Attempts to Pass Blame for Iraq Succeed?

And how long will we hear that tired, pitiful, hypocritical refrain from the Bush Republicans -- that the Democrats are "cutting and running" and are defeatist?

Let's revisit the facts, shall we? First of all, this was not a "war of necessity". It was a war of "choice", the reasons of which were completely fabricated by a deceitful and devious Bush administration. Our focus should've remained on capturing or killing Osama bin Ladin and destroying his al Qaeda network in Afghanistan. Instead, our idiot president, at the urging of Darth Cheney and his neocon cohorts, pushed for an invasion of Iraq. Not only did we invade a country unnecessarily, but the effort was so badly mismanaged, that our doom was sealed -- not by the Democrats -- but by the architects and supporters of the invasion -- the Bush administration and his cadre of Republican supporters! It is they who created the condition of defeat by their arrogance and gross mismanagement.

Remember when Colin Powell told Pres. Bush, "This war will be "your baby" ...Be ready to accept the consequences"? Well, it's time that Bush accepts his responsibility and stops trying to pass the baton of his failure on to future presidents.

Here it is, now four years later, and we are suffocating in a quagmire of Bush's making. And here they are -- the Bush Republicans -- trying to attach the blame for their monumental failure on the Democrats.

It appears that Bush Republicans seem more concerned with their party's prospects in the next election than in what is best for the future of America! Once again, "image" over "substance".

So, Republicans, stop your nonsense. The truth couldn't be any clearer. You've made a historic blunder. Instead of further depleting our national treasury and ruining countless more lives on this failed "experiment", show some courage and admit the mistake and make an earnest effort at mitigating what has become a national nightmare.

Ultimately, it is not the Democrats who will be judged as "unpatriotic". No, It will be those Republicans who cynically cling to the notion that they can pass the blame to the Democrats for the failures of their president.

Bush Administration To Face True Measure of Justice

Please allow me to wax philosophic for just a bit. We all recognize that certain injustices have occurred within the Bush administration. In this context, let me share with you the philosophy behind my unshakable belief that these injustices will ultimately be dealt with in a convincing, thorough, and satisfactory manner.

Yes, justice will be served. This optimism or idealism that I am about to speak of is born of a certain metaphysical or spiritual understanding -- a sort of "Tao of Physics" as applied to principles of justice -- a cosmic merger of spirit and science. It is in this "natural law" that I firmly believe and place my trust.

Justice will prevail. Universal justice is a force, much like gravity. An autonomic, self-governing force completely free of corruptive influence. It is inescapable and inevitable. Where there is imbalance, a force ensues to restore the balance. It is as water, perfectly filling the emptiness or void. It completes what needs completing. It heals that which has been unjustly violated, in perfect measure and with perfect timing. It restores order, balance, and harmony in the universe. This is the nature of things. It is the inherent beauty of existence.

Universal Justice is a perpetual process or force that is applied without equivocation and with perfect symmetry and mathematical precision!

Bush, Cheney, Rove, Gonzales, et al -- are not immune from the justice principle. No one is. They will not escape. It is inescapable. It applies to all without prejudice. Yes, all of us. This is the true Dept. of Justice.

So, it is incumbent upon all of us to be mindful of what we think, say and do. There are consequences. And they are unavoidable. So while we clamor for justice within our normal political reality, take a certain amount of solace from the fact that ultimately, justice will be served in perfect measure.

Allegiance to GOP in Decline

Is anyone really surprised by this shift? The only statistic that continues to defy logic in my mind is the 35% of so-called Americans who continue to give their allegiance to the Bush regime.

After all of the idiocy, corruption, incompetence and betrayal to our constitutional principles that this administration has displayed, you would think that those who continue to be loyal to Bush would be just his ultra-elite base -- the wealthiest 2% of so-called Americans. Clearly, the other 33% are clueless about the real thrust and direction that Bush has taken our country or, perhaps, they simply philosophically prefer a closer approximation to fascism as their national identity.

Certainly, those outside of the 2% ultra-elite, the remaining 98% of our population are not being served by this Administration's focus, philosophy, or policies.

This administration has demonstrated itself to be anti-thetical to everything that Americans have traditionally held dear -- freedom, privacy, fairness, rule of law, civil rights, liberties, habeas corpus, checks and balances, three separate but equal branches, etc., etc., etc.

America, as a whole, has suffered greatly at the hands of president Bush and co-president Cheney. History will record these "Bush/Cheney years" as one of the darkest periods in our nation's history.

Bill Gates Shows No Allegiance to U.S. Roots

Here is a man, Bill Gates, who made his billions largely as a direct consequence of the opportunities, benefits, rights, and priveleges that are derived from American citizenship.

His citizenship enabled him to solicit and enlist the support and cooperation of his fellow citizens in helping him to create and market his products to an American market comprised of American citizens who purchased his products in huge numbers.

And now, 25 years later, after having become the wealthiest person on the planet, he wants to make it more difficult for those same American citizens to enjoy the same benefits and priveleges that helped to catapult him to unparalleled levels of financial success?!

So watching him lobby Congress for the right of American businesses to hire from an immigration pool of "unlimited SKILLED workers" created within me a growing sense of disgust and despair -- despair over the increasing plight of American workers in this new age of "corporate globalization".

More and more I am finding myself feeling less like a citizen and more like a "unit of production" hopelessly embedded in a market-based economy with no national boundaries and no sense of national sovereignty. Where is a sense of national pride? More importantly, where is our sense of national "self-preservation"? It seems to be quickly vaporizing in Corporate America's lustful quest for profit maximization on a global stage.

The sense of a "national identity" and of having a vested interest in American citizenship is quickly being supplanted by a growing and looming sense of hopelessness and despair amidst a culture dominated by corporate greed and malfeasance.

More and more I feel as though our very lives and dreams have little to no significance as they are officially subjugated to the needs and desires of a corporate elite that has no sense of community, allegiance, or gratitude to the country of its origin. There is no patriotism in this paradigm. It is vapid and soulless

The war on the middle class rages on. It's an outrage and a shame. And, to put it bluntly, it sucks!

Will Bush Be Exposed As A Total Fraud?

Of course, everyone knows about Pres. Bush's promise to fire anyone found to have been involved in the leak of Valerie Wilson's identity. And now we hear that conservatives are pressing for a presidential pardon?! What total trash! These are the very same people that would have loved to have lynched Pres. Clinton for lying about a personal relationship! The hypocrisy is unbelievable!

The bottom line is that Pres. Bush will not only not fire those who have already been exposed as co-conspirators in the leak, but he'll probably pardon Libby to protect himself and others within his administration from prosecution.

And let us once again be reminded that this is all from the president who in 2000 campaigned on the promise that he would "restore honesty and integrity to the Oval office". What a load of shit! What a sad and pitiful joke. What a sad and pitiful man. What a sad and pitiful administration. But it is we -- Americans -- who are paying the price for their treachery and incompetence! Our legislators need to hold these people to account!

Americans have been living a national nightmare ever since Bush/Cheney stole the election in 2000, and then again in 2004. This group of toxic, incompetent miscreants seem to be doing everything within their power to destroy all that Americans hold dear.

I am confident that historians will conclude that the Bush/Cheney administration is, without a doubt, the absolute worst administration to have ever served this country.

Don't let the little weasel, Pres. Bush, slither away without having to face the tragic consequences of what he has done to America. Hold him accountable! His daddy, along with a pathetic army of conservative enablers, should not be allowed to rescue the little misfit from having to face the truth about the real and tragic consequences that his poor judgements and decision making have had on the nation, Iraq, and the world at large.

And as far as Faux News is concerned, who cares? We all know that they are a joke and not to be taken seriously.