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Eric Holder revealed that he had approved of rendition — essentially, legalized kidnapping — apparently more than once during his tenure as President Bill Clinton’s deputy attorney general.

Of course this been done by both “republicans” and “democrats” for quite a long time.. Most people don’t realize the CIA kidnaps people from others countries, transfers them [...]

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Oddly I don’t see Mccain even though he belongs in here. Of course, so do many others, I guess you can only make a picture so big.

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40 billion on top of the 100 billion in loan guarantees. On top of this, Ken Lewis (BoA’s CEO), claimed in Oct 2008 they didn’t even need any bailout money, but it was their patriotic duty to accept it.
So did they know in Oct 08 that Merrill Lynch was [...]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget17-2009jan17,0,4472460.story
Chiang said he had no choice but to stop making some $3.7 billion in payments in the absence of action by the governor and lawmakers to close the state’s nearly $42-billion budget deficit. More than half of those payments are tax refunds.

BEIJING — Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistle-blowers and all manner of muckraking citizens who dare to challenge the authorities: dispatch them to the local psychiatric hospital.
Read the rest online: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/world/asia/09china.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

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Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the insurer whose bonuses and perks are under fire from U.S. lawmakers, offered cash awards to another 38 executives in a retention program with payments of as much as $4 million.
The incentives range from $92,500 to $4 million for employees earning salaries between $160,000 and [...]

The people who created this committee clearly had no idea how to feign concern to appease the masses.
Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law professor who chairs the Congressional Oversight Panel, which is monitoring the Treasury’s spending of the bailout money, appeared this afternoon before a House commmitee to testify about the report — better characterized as [...]

“Congress wanted to guarantee that the $700 billion financial bailout would limit the eye-popping pay of Wall Street executives, so lawmakers included a mechanism for reviewing executive compensation and penalizing firms that break the rules.
But at the last minute, the Bush administration insisted on a one-sentence change to the provision, congressional aides said. The change [...]

In the past several years climate change crusaders have become even further indoctrinated with the belief that climate change is man made even though there is no “evidence” this is the case.
I personally would love to hear evidence beyond that of Al Gore’s supposed “documentary”. Not only are his claims absolutely false, he also claims [...]

Incredible… We shouldn’t be giving any bailouts, let alone to a credit card company.

“They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios…”

I just wonder what defines a terrorist? Wanton killing of innocent civilians? Or has it become something else? Has it transcended to the mere accusations of terrorism? Notice they even admit their evidence in some(read that: most, or all) cases wouldn’t get a conviction in our courts due to the method in which they extracted [...]

Many people were against the recent slew of bailouts that have been proposed and in some cases, passed.
In order to understand why government bailouts are bad other than “we pay for it”, we have to review some other concepts first and analyze how things should be and how things currently are.
The fundamental problem with government [...]

A bill passed in Florida called: Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up for All Students Act (Fla. Stat. section 1006.147) which makes a daring attempt to protect your children.
According to the article the following things could be examples of “bullying”:
Teasing;
Social exclusion;
Threat;
Intimidation;
Stalking;
Physical violence;
Theft;
Sexual or racial harassment;
Public humiliation; or
Destruction of property.
Teasing? Social Exclusion? Attempting to “protect” your children from [...]

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I’m sure most people remember the Terri Schiavo case in 2005. This case was extremely controversial at the time. While this is old news, I would like to revisit the “Darling Memo” to see the role played by the office of Senator Martinez.
The Darling memo was also called a list of “talking points” by Senator Martinez; [...]

From time to time, I will post things completely unrelated to senators in Florida. Some things are too important not to mention.
For example, a new law in Flint Michigan, is making it illegal to “sag” your pants. Some “saggers” cite fashion as the reason they sag, others just don’t own a belt or are plumbers. [...]

Hello Senator Martinez,
I appreciate your prompt response on this issue. You always seem to respond quickly and effectively; I respect that. I have no doubt you work tirelessly to further what many would believe to be in our country’s best interest. I do understand why many people feel this legislation should pass, however, when targeting someone reasonably believed to be [...]

Below is a response to the recent comments I received from you:
Dear Mr. Meehan:
Thank you for contacting me regarding foreign intelligence surveillance. I appreciate hearing from you and would like to respond to your concerns.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978 provided the U.S. intelligence community with a framework to regulate the collection of [...]

The new FISA legislation, for those who haven’t read about it, approves immunity for the telecom industry involved in the illegal wire-tapping program the Bush administration started, as long as the telco gets a letter from the presidential administration saying the action was appropriate. This is a dangerous precedent to set. No administration has the [...]