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Setting a final due date for the White House to answer the subpoenas they have been avoiding. From Leahy’s letter to the President’s Counsel (Alberto’s old job). As you know, on June 27, 2007 the Senate Judiciary Committee served subpoenas on the White House Office, the Office of the Vice President, the National Security Council, and the . . . → Read More: Leahy finalizes subpoena deadline A bogus comparison… You’ve probably never heard of Rebecca Nurse, but bear with me for a moment. Nurse . . . → Read More: Fred Thompson and the Salem Witch trials Hey, not to worry …. not a “chick” article on relationships, but on the lack of commitment seen in service suppliers these days. How come all the obligations are on my side of the contract? Or to put it differently, don’t vendors have any obligation to deliver what they promise? From SunRocket, my VOIP provider: As previously reported, . . . → Read More: On commitment In his “Political Observations,” written years before he served as fourth president of the United States, Madison went on to underscore the dangers of an imperial presidency bloated by war fever. “In war,” Madison wrote in 1795, at a time when the young republic still faced its share of dangerous enemies, “the discretionary power of . . . → Read More: Madison and The Imperial Presidency In the aftermath of the shootings in Virginia, I want to remind people to turn their horror and sorrow to constructive actions. Apparently a very disturbed person was responsible for these deaths, but a very disturbed person who had easy access to guns. One good source of information on gun control is the Brady Center , . . . → Read More: Gun Control The Albequerque Journal is reporting that Domenici went over Attorney General Gonzalves’s head to get US Attorney Inglesias fired. Not a pretty picture Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias was fired after Sen. Pete Domenici, who had been unhappy with Iglesias for some time, made a personal appeal to the White House, the Journal has learned. See Robert Kennedy, Jr’s post on his father’s speech on the Vietnam War. It is uncannily relevant today. A sampling I do not want–as I believe most Americans do not want–to sell out American interests, to simply withdraw, to raise the white flag of surrender. That would be unacceptable to us as a country and as a . . . → Read More: On war |
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