Facts and Falsehoods about Filibusters & Voting for Judges
Friday April 29, 2005
Last night on Hardball, Senator Joseph Biden (D-NJ), a 6-term senator and student of US Senate history, told host Chris Matthews that until 1948, the Senate required a 100% vote ... Read More
Sen Joseph Biden, Colorful & Outspoken Leader, Presidential Contender
Thursday April 28, 2005
Last week, Senator Joseph Biden, Jr. (D-NJ) vehemently objected to the Bush nomination of ultra-brash John Bolton to become US Ambassador to the UN. In voicing his objections, Biden was ... Read More
Reid Surprises Republicans With Post-Filibuster Relief for All Americans
Tuesday April 26, 2005
A Washington Post-ABC News poll over the weekend showed that 66% of Americans oppose changing Senate rules to make it easier for Republicans to confirm's Bush judicial nominees. Only 26% ... Read More
Male Escort Turned Right-Wing Reporter Had Unusual White House Access
Monday April 25, 2005
The Jeff Gannon/James Guckert scandal may once again rear its salacious head with startling new allegations about the male-escort-turned-reporter and his extraordinary access to roam the White House during George ... Read More
Americans Decry Senator Frist's Abuse of Religion for Political Gain
Thursday April 21, 2005
I'll never understand why Republicans think God has joined their ranks, and dissed all other political parties. They seriously don't seem to understand that God doesn't join political parties.
This ... Read More
John Edwards Proposes Values-Based Tax System
Wednesday April 20, 2005
I received an email from a John Edwards staffer who thought I might be interested in a speech on taxes that Mr. Edwards, 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate and former ... Read More
Democratic Senators Force Due Diligence Delay on Bolton UN Nomination
Tuesday April 19, 2005
At this moment, I am watching Republican leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee try to muzzle democracy by ramming through the nomination of the abrasive John Bolton as ... Read More
Bush Budgets: Failing to Protect US Children from Sexual Predators
Monday April 18, 2005
"The kidnapping and murders of nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford and 13 year-old Sarah Lunde are so horrible that words fail me. The loss of these two bright , wonderful kids is ... Read More
Does Bush Really Want Democratic Progress in Iraq?
Friday April 15, 2005
Iraq is a violent mess, with no "democracy" in sight. From Reuters news service yesterday....
"Sunni guerrillas took at least 60 people hostage in an Iraqi town near Baghdad on Friday ... Read More
Bush Opts for Estate Tax Repeal as Way to Erode Social Security
Thursday April 14, 2005
Speaking of taxes...today is April 15...President Bush and the Tom Delay-led House of Representatives want to entirely repeal the federal estate tax. Yesterday the House voted 272 to 162 to ... Read More
Sen Feingold Announces Untimely Divorce, May Affect Presidential Race
Wednesday April 13, 2005
US Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) is considered a viable candidate for the Democratic nomination for the 2008 race for the presidency. He's a principled leader whose legislative passions include fiscal ... Read More
Iraq War Progress By the Numbers: It's Not Pretty
Monday April 11, 2005
As the US War in Iraq enters its third year, Congress will soon debate the Bush Administration request for another $82 billion of US spending and war efforts there. That ... Read More
Daily Show's Jon Stewart Wins Top Journalism Award
Friday April 8, 2005
Jon Stewart, comedian and host of Comedy Central cable show ,The Daily Show, won a prestigious Peabody Award yesterday for his coverage of the 2004 presidential election.
The George Foster ... Read More
Bush Wants $82 Billion More for Iraq, Afghan Wars
Thursday April 7, 2005
Next week, the Senate begins debate on the Iraq-Afghanistan Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill (or, as I call it, the MMI bill, More Money for Iraq), which is the Bush Administration ... Read More
Americans Say Iraq Situation on Wrong Track
Wednesday April 6, 2005
General Wesley Clark, retired four-star Army general, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO from 1997 to 2000 and 2004 Democratic nominee candidate for the presidency, testified today before the House Armed ... Read More
Bush Most Disapproved President in 50 Years
Tuesday April 5, 2005
Can we stop erroneously dubbing President Bush as a popular president? He's the most unpopular president in over 50 years....thank God! The American people are, indeed, smarter than Republican neocon ... Read More
Closing Public Libraries - A Death Knell of Democracy
Monday April 4, 2005
The Salinas, CA public library will close at the end of 2005 unless donors soon contribute $3.2 million to replace funds taken by the state/federal government from city revenues.
In ... Read More
Senator Hillary Clinton, the Woman Who May Be President
Friday April 1, 2005
Last night, I attended the 5th annual Educating the Heart dinner given by the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) was slated to receive an award for ... Read More