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Category Archives: Creeping Totalitarianism

Ashcroft (partially) deconstructed

Monday, November 5, 2007

There is no end to the sacrifices that I make in service to my readers. Case in point: I forced myself to read John Ashcroft’s Op-Ed piece in today’s New York Times, in which he argues for granting telecoms immunity from suit for co-operating with illegal eavesdropping on Americans.. I wish I had the time […]

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Our liberal media

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. So they say anyway. Every day we see evidence that we haven’t been vigilant enough. Clear Channel Communications, which dominates radio in this country, has silently decreed that Bruce Springsteen’s new album will not be played on its stations. Apparently even its rather cryptic criticisms of our exalted […]

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Another assault on a free press

Monday, October 29, 2007

Please take a few moments to sign this petition asking Congress to roll back the recently imposed postal rates that discriminate against small publications. We really don’t need a world in which the Nation has to pay more to ship its magazines than does People. This issue is to print journalism what net neutrality is […]

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That’s not so hard, is it?

Friday, September 28, 2007

One of the ways in which Bush and the media keep us duped is by the artful use of language, particularly euphemisms. I’ve railed in the past about the use of the term “contractors” in place of the more accurate “mercenaries”. If the correct word were used it would force us to confront the reality […]

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This should be interesting

Monday, September 17, 2007

The Iraqi “government” has cancelled Blackwater’s license to employ “contractors” in Iraq. Seems like Mercenaries R’ Us has engaged in exactly the type of behavior one would expect from an organization that employs thugs that are expressly exempted from the reach of all law, both civil and military: The Iraqi government said Monday that it […]

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Bush prepares to go out Cheney style

Sunday, September 9, 2007

A few weeks ago I predicted we’d be hearing more about Bush’s plans to complete the destruction of the United States of America, starting with the environment, before he left office. I was hardly going out on a limb. Anyone could have predicted it. Today we get a glimpse of some more of the damage […]

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Iran war coming

Friday, August 31, 2007

Must reading at firedoglake. Bush-Cheny want a war with Iran, and the Democrats have played right into Bush’s hands: Throughout this inexorable march to war, the Democratic Congress has done worse than nothing. They’ve voted for resolutions condemning Iran without having the factual basis for knowing what Iran is doing or intends, relying only on […]

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The Prison Industry branches out

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

According to the Christian Science Monitor, farmers are turning to prisoners to harvest their fields, at wages ($2.00 per hours) even an illegal immigrant might turn down. The trend is a result of the crackdown on those very illegal immigrants. We already have the highest documented prison population in the world. If we find ourselves […]

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The limits of term limits

Thursday, August 16, 2007

In what can only be considered a precursor to an attempt to establish a Castro like dictatorship, Hugo Chavez is moving toward amending Venezuela’s Constitution to remove a term limit restriction which present prevents him from serving as President for life. It appears that the chances are good that he’ll get what he wants. No […]

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Use it or lose it

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

More short sightedness from the Democrats, at least according to the LA Times: Democrats are not winning the battle to force Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales from office, stymied by a legal system that gives the Bush administration wide discretion to block investigations of itself. And they are not getting the White House witnesses or […]

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