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Another Day of Criticisms - Another Day of Deflection - A Rudderless Nation

Well, another day and another bunch of criticisms from every angle. We have the left, who criticizes Clinton for being too center, we have the right, who criticize Clinton for being too left, and we have the center criticizing Clinton because she is . . .. Wait a minute.

Clinton says she would cede some presidential powers

Source: Reuters

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton accused President George W. Bush in an interview published on Tuesday of a "power grab" and said she would cede some executive powers if elected.

Congress Urged to Address State Secrets Privilege

Source: fas.org

If foreign terrorists set out to undermine confidence in the American legal system as an arbiter of justice, they could hardly do more damage than the Bush Administration has done by its use of the "state secrets" privilege.

Senate Neocons Provoke Iran

Source: The Nation

Listen up. Can you hear the drums beating for a third war?

An Imperial Presidency

Source: fff.org

Who is to blame for an imperial presidency? How did so many Americans, especially members of Congress, come to view as normal giving one public official seemingly limitless powers to plunge the nation into war? And how did Americans come to accept a foreign policy of permanent wa …

It's Not Just the Presidency

Source: LewRockwell.com

A couple of days ago I was talking to a Peruvian friend who works for a U.S.-based internet company. He was telling me about the incredible amount of bureaucracy and paperwork that he and the company have had to take care of so that he would be able to get paid.

Cheney Opts for Monarchy

Source: The Nation

Dick Cheney has left little doubt about the branch of government he would prefer to serve in: the monarchy.

Bush, Congress Could Collide On Iran

Source: Common Dreams

Taking military action against Iran could put President Bush on a collision course with Congress, leading Democrats and a Republican lawmaker cautioned Friday following Bush's threat of unspecified consequences for alleged Iranian meddling in Iraq.

Perpetual War to Sustain a Perpetual Empire Pt. 1

I never would have thought I would tell somebody to read a novel two or three times but due to recent events, I now think more than ever that every American should go to their local book store, purchase "1984" by George Orwell, and read it two or three times a year.

Bush Isn't Spying on al Qaeda ... He's Spying on You

Source: AlterNet.org

The dispute over whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales committed perjury when he parsed words about George W.

Polls down, integrity questioned, Cheney hits airwaves

Source: McClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Facing his lowest approval ratings ever and increasing scrutiny about the secrecy with which he operates, Vice President Dick Cheney is making the media rounds this week unapologetically backing some of the White House's more controversial actions.

Ben Franklin seems to think that Dick Cheney is part of the Executive Branch

Source: State Department

This is accessed via a link from the state department web site and appears to show the Vice President clearly in the executive branch, or at least that is what they are telling our kids.

Cheney Says He Is A 'Unique Creature,' Refuses To Say He Is Part Of Executive Branch

Source: Think Progress

in an interview with CBS News' Mark Knoller today, Cheney refused to say he was a member of the executive branch: Mark Knoller: Are you part of the executive branch, sir?

Laws of War: Iraq

The Code -- Media mouthpieces must not bring legal fact to the Bush political fantasy. The legal realm must be kept invisible. All emphasis is to be placed on everything being politics-as-usual.

MoveOn.org Challenges GOP Hopefuls

Source: Yahoo! News

The Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch and MoveOn.org have launched a vital campaign to put restoration of the Constitution on the agenda for Democratic presidential candidates -- just as the conservative American Freedom Agenda movement has done for Republican  …

Harriet Miers's Contempt of Congress: Are Conservatives About To Neuter Congress, While Claiming Full Legal Justification for this Separation-of-Powers Violation?

Source: FindLaw.com

President George Bush has issued an instruction to his former White House counsel Harriet Miers to defy the House Judiciary Committee's subpoena.

Senate Panel Cuts Funds for Office of Vice President Dick Cheney

Source: shadow-media.org

A senate panel has taken exception with the claims of the Vice President claiming not to be of the Executive Branch, or an agency in the Executive Branch.

A Country's Past Is Unearthed, and Comes Into Focus - New York Times

Source: The New York Times

On the stretch of land where the Declaration of Independence was signed, the Constitution drafted and the Liberty Bell first tolled, pre-Independence Day crowds peered from a wooden platform into a 10-foot-deep dirt hole that is revealing more complex notions of the nation's hi …

Bush Vacates Supreme Court Decision

Source: thephoenix.com

President Bush has vacated a 1974 Supreme Court ruling made in the wake of Watergate.

Bush's Popularity So Low, Commuting Libby's Sentence Won't Hurt Him

Source: Guardian Unlimited

At least you can say, after the many stumblings of the Bush administration, that it was unexpected.

Powell Tells Of Dysfunctional White House, "We Werent Aware Of The Advice Cheney Was Giving"

Source: Think Progress

In the stellar Washington Post expose on Dick Cheney, the public learned that key presidential aides were often intentionally kept out of the loop on important decisions by the Vice President.

Do The Democrats Have The Backbone?

Source: idealthoughts

With the expected White House refusal to comply with Congressional Subpoens, the Democrats and even Republicans are faced with the question of having the backbone and ability to set aside partisan politics considering the Republicans history on insisting in transperancy within th …

White House Asserts Executive Privilege

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

The White House also had offered a compromise in which Miers, Taylor, White House political strategist Karl Rove and their deputies would be interviewed by Judiciary Committee aides in closed-door sessions, without transcripts.

Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency

Source: The Washington Post

Dick Cheney is the most influential and powerful man ever to hold the office of vice president. This series examines Cheney's largely hidden and little-understood role in crafting policies for the War on Terror, the economy and the environment.