Boxer Tells Inhofe An Inconvenient Truth

post from Crooks and Liars on 21 March 2007 09:30:11 PM. © Crooks and Liars

During today's hearings on global warming, global warming denier James Inhofe was asking Al Gore questions, but didn't want to hear the answers because he thought the responses would take "too much time". Barbara Boxer then explained to Inhofe how things work in Senate now.&nbspDownload (80)&nbsp| Play (130) &nbspDownload (19)&nbsp| Play (57)Boxer: "You're not making the rules. [...]

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First Circuit Tosses Republican Phone Jammer's
Conviction

post from TalkLeft on 21 March 2007 09:15:00 PM. © TalkLeft

RNC Regional Director James Tobin's phone jamming conviction has been reversed. It's remanded for a new trial. The opinion is here. (pdf).

Tobin was sentenced to 10 months in prison on charges of telephone harassment. But the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled that the statute under which Tobin was convicted "is not a close fit" for what Tobin did and questioned whether the government showed that Tobin intended to harass. A Justice Department spokesman said prosecutors were reviewing the decision, and did not say if they planned to appeal.

The Government will now decide whether to appeal.

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An Inconvenient Reminder

post from Firedoglake on 21 March 2007 09:01:32 PM. © Firedoglake

While we are distracted by the excitement of Alberto Gonzales' imminent resignation, and the upcoming Constitutional Showdown™, we must never forget that AL GORE STILL LIVES! And he is determined to sacrifice all human wealth and industry[...]

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DeLay's delusion

post from Daily Kos on 21 March 2007 08:59:25 PM. © Daily Kos

This passage from this diary by ryeland is hilarious, describing a scene during a Chris Matthews' interview of Tom DeLay today:

Matthews grilled DeLay about passages in his book where he apparently ripped into fellow corrupt Texan Dick Armey, eventually asking the Hammer about describing Armey as "drunk with ambition." DeLay denied writing that. "I wrote that he was 'blinded by his ambition.'" Matthews starts flipping though the book and finds the "drunk with ambition" quote and reads it to Bug Man. And DeLay keeps denying it. Finally, Chris hands the book to Tom and tells him to read it himself. DeLay looks down, pauses, and says "I don't have my glasses."

I still laugh when I read that paragraph, and I've re-read it like ten times. I can't wait for the transcript and video to show up.

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What Theyre Doing With Their Tax Cuts II: Letem
Build Fireplaces

post from The Strange Death of Liberal America on 21 March 2007 08:48:11 PM. © The Strange Death of Liberal America

Photo: Oscar Hidalgo for The New York TimesIn a previous post on the scandal at Walter Reed this site reported on the penchant for those who benefited from George W. Bush’s tax cuts to blow their money on expensive bottles of wine–many of them costing more than both my cars put together. Now from [...]

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What Theyre Doing With Their Tax Cuts II: Letem
Build Backyard Fireplaces

post from The Strange Death of Liberal America on 21 March 2007 08:48:11 PM. © The Strange Death of Liberal America

Photo: Oscar Hidalgo for The New York TimesIn a previous post on the scandal at Walter Reed this site reported on the penchant for those who benefited from George W. Bush’s tax cuts to blow their money on expensive bottles of wine–many of them costing more than both my cars put together. Now from [...]

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C&L Donation Drive Day 1

post from Crooks and Liars on 21 March 2007 08:30:40 PM. © Crooks and Liars

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Who's to blame for the 18 day gap

The French are making much of the 18 day gap in Justice Department emails discussing the US attorney firings. They say it?s highly suspicious that no one at Justice mentioned the firings between the date when the firings were originally scheduled to be conducted, Nov 15, and a date just 3 days before the firings actually occurred.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the Demislamunistofascists would undermine our national security by questioning the veracity of Our Leader and Inquisitor General Gonzales, the Iron Fist of the Conservative Christianist Cultural Revolution. It?s what they do. But I must admit that I?m very taken aback by the fact that they would so openly and apologetically support Al Qaeda.

And they are helping Al Qaeda. We know that, because Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confessed to erasing those 18 days worth of emails. He hoped that it would weaken Our Leader, so that his allies in Congress would succeed in their plan to put "In Mohammed We Trust" on our money.

I?m sure there will be those who won?t believe this explanation. They?ll point to Mohammed?s detention at Gitmo and say it would be impossible for him to hack into Justice?s network. Unfortunately, that?s just not true. Using a makeshift computer system composed of the silver platters, tea services, caviar spoons, champagne bottles and Direct TV dishes provided to each Gitmo detainee, he was able to defeat Justices network security with the help of no more than five outside number 3 Al Qaeda officials.

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Wacked

Anyone catch the Bugman on Hardball pimping his new book? He's gone round the twist:MATTHEWS: You say [Dick Army] was "drunk with ambition."DELAY: Actually that's not what I said. What I said was "blinded by[...]

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Did Renzi probe lead to attorney firing

“Last September, CREW named Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) as one of the most corrupt members of Congress in our report, “Beyond DeLay.” Last October, the Associated Press reported that Renzi was under federal investigation for a land deal. In December, Paul Charlton, the U.S. Attorney in Arizona who was investigating Renzi, was fired. [...]

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