Congress Frozen and Fossilized? There appears to be no other conclusion to be reached but the members of this august body have indeed bought into big business interests and the power of lobbists by accomplishing nothing while continuing pathetic efforts to convince us they are doing something to earn their keep. Join us for commentary on Chris Floyd's "Democratic Process- Another Day, Another Capitulation", addressing the most recent energy bill and our comments on FISA and other legislation.
Stories Not To Be Missed: That would be Alternet's "2007's Top 10 Rights and Liberties Stories", published December 14. We discuss two of them: "In Violation of Federal Law, Ohio's 2004 Presidential Election Records Are Destroyed or Missing" by Steven Rosenfelt , backed up with Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman's "Ohio Secretary of State confirms 2004 election could have been stolen", published December 15 on
www.AfterDowningStreet.org, and "Life in Solitary Confinement: 12,775 Days Alone" by Brooke Biggs, posted on April 17. Trust us. This is a must-listen segment. We'll address the other eight stories in due course.
Politics: Learn with us as we comment, at various times, on Mitt Romney's appearance with Tim Russert on Sunday's Meet the Press, Fred Thompson's little visit with Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation, and Mike Huckabee's claim to a non-existent theology degree as exposed by Steve Benen in "Has Huckabee Been Lying About Having a Theology Degree" published Friday in The Carpetbagger Report. Oh, and then there's the theory that the demo nomination has already been decided, as opined by Joel Hirschhorn's piece, "Obama versus Clinton versus Plutocracy" published in Friday's
www.informationclearinghouse.com. Additionally, we (and Chris Floyd) have some comments about Guiliani's apparent misplaced claim of identity with former President Reagan.
Arrogant Administrative Tentacles Have No Limits?: Whew, buddy! We have two topics here: AP's Matt Apuzzo's "Federal Judge Told Not to Ask About CIA Tapes", published December 15 and H. Josef Hebert's "EPA Pushed to Lower Reporting Standards" published in Wednesday's
www.myway.com . If you want to learn more, you'll simply have to listen up. Warning: not a pretty segment.
In case you might be bored: We found a fabulous stress reliever in Nick Turse's "A Tomdispatch Holiday One-Stop Shop From Hell", published Thursday. Great holiday shopping ideas. But so are some items in our store. Go there. Hurry!
We'll be back Thursday, December 20. Unless otherwise engaged. Comments, questions, ideas, and spreading of the word are both welcome and appreciated.
