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NYT: Did Bush initially authorize unwarranted taps?
New York Times — … Mr. Bush has acknowledged authorizing surveillance without a court order of communications between people abroad and people in the United States. That alone violates the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Domestic spying without a warrant would be an even more grievous offense. The question cannot be answered because Mr. Bush…
After Downing Street can’t buy an impeachment poll
ByMikaelAfterDowningStreet.org has been attempting to purchase a poll to see what Americans now want regarding impeachment from major polling companies Harris, American Research Group and Ipsos but cannot get anyone to do one. June 2007: Harris does online poll on impeachment but does not publish results. June 14, 2007: CNN’s polling director comments on impeaching…
[Video] Impeachment On the Table at Portland Town Hall
“At the Town Hall Meeting with House representative Earl Blumenauer in Portland. On 9/23/07 the subject of Impeachment was continuously brought up at this meeting. One of the last speakers to speak was Bonnie Tinker who is a reporter for the Portland Alliance and one of the Seriously Pissed Off Grannies. She eloquently gets those…
Are They Serious?
By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Today’s topic is credibility – specifically, recent claims by certain high-ranking present, former and perhaps soon-to-be-former Bush administration officials. The aim is to answer a simple question: Should we believe these three Bush loyalists if they tell us that rain falls down instead of up, or should we look out…
Whatever Happened to ‘We the People’?
By Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishing The following is an excerpt from Thom Hartmann’s new book, Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America’s Original Vision. We the people The traditional American liberal story is the story of We the People. As Americans, the most important part of our social identity is…
