Posted on July 11th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The must read of the day today is this piece by Chris Hedges, in the L.A. Times: Stop the new FISA:
If the sweeping surveillance law signed by President Bush on Thursday — giving the U.S. government nearly unchecked authority to eavesdrop on the phone calls and e-mails of innocent Americans — is allowed to stand, we [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Civil Rights, Congress, Democrats, George W. Bush, House of Reps, In The News, National Security, News Media, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Terrorism
Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Alegre
I worked all day and then went in to make phone calls as part of a Women For Hillary phone bank this evening. I just got home and I’m zonked, and since I’ve been thinking of this old diary of mine from Feb. over the past few days, I thought this was a good time [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Politics, Presidential Primaries
Posted on May 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The polls are tightening in North Carolina and Barack Obama’s lead seems to be dwindling just days before the primary there.
Not long ago, Mr. Obama was perceived to hold such an advantage that some Democrats here wondered whether Mrs. Clinton would bother to compete vigorously. But the candidates intensified their efforts in the final weekend [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Polls, Presidential Primaries, State Politics
Posted on March 29th, 2007 by Robert Stein
This morning evokes thoughts of our 34th President, Dwight David Eisenhower. He died on this day, March 28, 1969, thirty-eight years ago.
Not much of an anniversary, but in this time of Bush, Cheney, Rove and Gonzales, the man everybody called Ike is more and more a reminder of a lost American decency.
I met the general-turned-politician [...]
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Filed under: Iraq, Karl Rove, Politics, Republicans
Posted on September 20th, 2006 by Donnie McDaniel
I recently sent an email to Pamela and others about this soldier. The cancer he had had me wondering about things. The type and how rare along with how it might be received really got to me.
Cross Posted from The Katrinacrat Blog.
Another soldier is gone, but he will not be forgotten. Sgt. Dustin Decol [...]
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Filed under: Breaking News, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Iraq, Terrorism, Veterans Issues
