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• • 23 Jan 06
  • 3:58 pm

  An imperial presidency is indeed in the making. A filibuster would enable Congress to challenge the Executive branch from steamrolling over the Constitution. I hope they will exercise their options. " Alito Filibuster: It Only Takes One" By Robert Parry Consortiumnews.com Sunday 22 January 2006 "With the fate of the U.S. Constitution in the balance, it's hard to believe there's no senator prepared to filibuster Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, whose theories on the "unitary executive" could spell the end of the American democratic Republic." last two concluding paragraphs: "A disciplined filibuster focused on protecting the Constitution and the Bill of …

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• • 23 Jan 06
  • 4:01 pm

  This entire editorial is worth reading, let me see if it fits: "Ominous Sign: The President's Growing Disregard for the Law" The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Editorial Friday 20 January 2006 " President Bush's latest tool for disrespecting the Constitution, Congress and the American people, used more than a hundred times so far, is the presidential signing statement. That statement is normally a few words that a president says when he signs a bill passed by Congress. In the past it was an occasion for the president to congratulate legislators who had been particularly active in passing the bill and to praise …

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• • 23 Jan 06
  • 5:25 pm

  Will it be "God Bless America"? or "Long Live the King!"? "The White House has tried to create an air of inevitability around this nomination. But there is no reason to believe that Judge Alito is any more popular than the president who nominated him. Outside a small but vocal group of hard-core conservatives, America has greeted the nomination with a shrug - and counted on its senators to make the right decision. The real risk for senators lies not in opposing Judge Alito, but in voting for him. If the far right takes over the Supreme Court, American law and …

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• • 29 Dec 05
  • 3:03 pm

  That's right. Diebold makes ATM paper receipts, what's the big deal about giving voting machines a paper trail? Lotsa info at: http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

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• • 03 Jan 06
  • 12:16 pm

  The "losers" are the American voters. I'd sooner trust my purple finger than an unsecure, recordless, electronic machine, manufactured by donors to the Bush campaign.

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