The definition of “anticlimactic” - Hillary is in
Posted on January 20, 2007 - Filed Under News, Politics As Usual, War On Terror | 4 Comments
AP: Clinton Launches 2008 White House Bid
NEW YORK (AP) - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton embarked on a widely anticipated campaign for the White House on Saturday, a former first lady intent on becoming the first female president. “I’m in and I’m in to win,” she said on her Web site.
Clinton’s announcement, days after Sen. [...]
Never thought I’d link to the Nation
Posted on January 20, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | 8 Comments
But Scott Sherman has an extensive piece about the ACLU’s internal controversies that have sprung from executive director Anthony Romero’s hypocritical strong-arm tactics resulting in a purge the organization of dissent, “datamine” his donor base and make a string of dictatorial decisions.
The Nation: ACLU v. ACLU
Tension at the upper echelons of the ACLU has [...]
Say it ain’t so…what did he call Pelosi?
Posted on January 20, 2007 - Filed Under News, Politics As Usual, War On Terror | 13 Comments
Media Matters, jump to action! “Conservative Media Bias Alert.”
In this ho-hum story about the latest White House-Mimi spat, was a little unexpected nugget.
Reuters: War of words continues over Iraq
Pelosi, a California liberal who earlier this month became the first woman to lead the House, insisted on Friday that Democrats would never deny funding to [...]
Bar Owner not Allowed to Set Dress Standards for Entry to his Private Property?
Posted on January 20, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | 2 Comments
We read:
“The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a bar owner over his policy of barring people who wear their hair in cornrows, dreadlocks or twists.
In a federal lawsuit, the Virginia chapter of the ACLU says the Kokoamos Island Bar, Grill and Yacht Club’s policy amounts to racial discrimination because it singles out hairstyles usually [...]
