Posted on November 14th, 2008 by Michael Stickings
From the S.F. Chronicle:
The California Supreme Court has asked state Attorney General Jerry Brown to reply by Monday to lawsuits challenging the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage — a sign that the justices are taking the cases seriously and will not dispose of them quickly.
A good sign indeed. As Governor Schwarzenegger himself put it this [...]
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Filed under: California, Equal Rights, Michael Stickings
Posted on December 25th, 2007 by Robert Freedland
I read a nice comment (December 23, 2007 9:15 am) from a reader called “Tenacious G” regarding the Manitowoc creche controversy. (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter).
It is succinct and deserves preservation and perusal. I wish all of my friends a very Merry Christmas! But I also look forward to a 2008 in which we as Americans [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on December 17th, 2007 by Hank Edson
The Facts
The facts are despicable, criminal, worse than animal, just absolutely ugly. In 2005, 20-year-old Jamie Leigh Jones of Houston, Texas had just signed on to work in Iraq for a Halliburton subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR), one of the private military contractors most used by the United States military. Just two days after [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on December 17th, 2007 by Darrell Prows
Here’s a little trip down memory lane from the “Freedom of Information Act” entry in Wikipedia. Watch the scenery very carefully and see if anything looks familiar.
Following the Watergate scandal, President Gerald R. Ford wanted to sign Freedom of Information Act-strengthening amendments in the Privacy Act of 1974, but concern about leaks (by his chief [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Darrell Prows
Ashcroft firm stands to make millions…
The law firm of former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft could earn as much as $52.2 million helping the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey monitor a leading knee and hip replacements manufacturer, according to recent SEC filings. Ashcroft’s law firm is among five legal teams whom U.S. Attorney Christopher [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on November 7th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Some how this seems likes just desserts to me… The conservative authors who penned propaganda pieces like “Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry,” “Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America’s National Security,” and “Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush Is Winning the War on Terror” [...]
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Posted on August 23rd, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Last week I posted a couple of pieces (here and here) about a letter John Conyers sent to the Kerry/Edwards campaign about the voter fraud lawsuits. Today, John Conyers has a post on his blog saying he is proud of Kerry/Edwards for staying involved.
Fighting for Every Voter
A few more words about an issue that is [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Elections
Posted on August 19th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Yesterday I posted a copy of John Conyers’ letter to Kerry/Edwards regarding the Ohio Voter Fraud cases. Unfortunately Conyers’ letter started a firestorm. Anyone on PDA’s email list or frequents DU, knows what I am talking about. Today John Conyers’ posted a piece on his blog about Paul Krugman’s OP/ED, which Ron posted about earlier [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Elections, John Kerry
