“Oh, I was kidding, Gitmo isn’t so bad after all!”

15 Jun

Posted by MacRanger as Gitmo

Poor baby….
“Several human rights groups Friday raised concern over the US government’s intent to repatriate a Guantanamo prisoner to Libya, despite his fear that he will be tortured.
“The US is ignoring (Abdul Rauf) al-Qassim‚Äôs credible fear of torture by relying on a promise of no torture from Libya, a country with a documented record of [...]

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McNulty’s right hand man resigns

15 Jun

Posted by MacRanger as DOJ, Gonzales

Another sign that Gonzales is winning the coup:
“A senior Justice Department official who helped carry out the dismissals of federal prosecutors said Friday he is resigning. Mike Elston, chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, is the fifth Justice official to leave after being linked to the dismissals of the prosecutors.
Elston was accused [...]

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Afternoon Funnies

15 Jun

Posted by MacRanger as Elections, Media leaks, News, james risen, leaky leahy, traitor times

Just across the wires from the Traitor Times - written no less by one of the chief traitor journalist of our time.
“A Republican senator blocked a vote in the Judiciary Committee on whether to authorize subpoenas to the Justice Department to obtain secret legal opinions and other documents related to the National Security Agency‚Äôs program [...]

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Why won’t Bush quit?

15 Jun

Posted by Harold C. Hutchison as Barack Obama, Conservatism, racism

MacRanger wonders why the Senate - and President Bush - are going to try again. There are several reasons. Part of it is because President Bush has his dander up after five years of abuse from his “allies” on this issue. Face it, one can only take so much of being called [...]

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It’s time for a time out on the immigration debate

15 Jun

Posted by MacRanger as Barack Obama, abuse of power

Peggy Nooman:
“A little love would go a long way right now. We should stop putting newcomers in constant jeopardy by blithely importing ever-newer immigrants who’ll work for ever lower wages. The ones here will never get a sure foot on the next rung that way.
We should close the border, pause, absorb what we have, and [...]

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Now we’re journalists!

15 Jun

Posted by MacRanger as bloggers, first amendment, media

At least according to William Safire, speaking on proposed legislation to protect bloggers as well as media type against revealing sources in their stories with the Free Flowing of Information Act.
“William Safire, a longtime New York Times columnist and former Nixon administration speech writer, praised the bill’s current definition because he said it focuses on [...]