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America was founded as a "nation of laws, not of men." But under George Bush, we became a Nation of Lawyers, not of laws.

Long-standing laws say torture is illegal? Screw it! Find some "lawyer" to write a "legal memo" saying it ain't torture until it causes as much pain as organ failure or death.

Congress passes a new law to restrict the President? Screw it! Find some "lawyer" to write a "signing statement" saying the President ain't bound by those damn restrictions.

Unfortunately, Barack Obama has adopted Bush's flagrant contempt for the Constitution, both through "legal memos" and "signing statements."

By Dave Lindorff

I am not a terrorist.

How can I prove this in these paranoid times? Easy. The New York
Department of Motor Vehicles took my $30 payment over the phone to
clear what they said was a record of my NY drivers license having once
been withdrawn, and informed the National Driver Register in Washington
that I’m a good guy deserving of a renewal of my Pennsylvania drivers
license.

Let me explain.

On Wednesday, by a vote of 80-15, the United State Senate killed the Constitution of the United States by legalizing warrantless wiretapping.

The Senate vote follows last Friday's 293-129 vote in the House.

Big Brother is watching you. He is listening to every phone call, reading every email, following every click of your browser.

Big Brother has complete power. You have none.

And every institution in Washington DC thinks that is perfectly fine - the President, Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Corporate Media.

Why? Because they think you should be watched, just in case you decide to overthrow Big Brother.

Your tax dollars created Big Brother. Your tax dollars are protecting him. And there isn't a damn thing you can do about it. Or me.

I just thought you'd want to know.

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." - George W Bush

Much in the same way that US investors were “steered” into rip-off mortgage loans, the entire country has been “steered” into an economic crisis. The question is how to get out of it.

In the subprime loan scandal, unscrupulous brokers conned home buyers with poor credit histories into deals designed to profit lenders and bleed borrowers. Contract “teasers” hid ballooning monthly payments while a lack of regulation allowed the scam to continue unabated. Millions more Americans now face losing their homes.

Without mentioning Reagan by name, Digby describes the way he transformed American politics:

It's not that taxes were ever popular, any more than paying your electric bill is "popular" or buying a new furnace is "popular." But until the GOP hit on their free lunch propaganda they were just considered a fact of life ("death and taxes") as long as the rich weren't perceived to be getting off easy and the government was delivering services to the people. Republican campaign tactics and governance have pretty much destroyed that resigned acceptance by making people believe that taxes are inherently evil and if the government needs to do something it will magically find the money some other way.

A War On Terrorism or a War Of Terrorism?

Reports as usual vary wildly and small wonder that some news sources are trying to pin this on yet another subsidiary of "Al Qaeda". But this wasn't a suicide attack.

The terrorists drove a car, packed with explosives, up to a bus carrying soldiers of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Some reports say that they forced the bus to stop by firing on it with automatic weapons, others that they blocked the road with the car while pretending to have broken down. Either way, they quickly escaped on motorbikes before detonating the car bomb by remote control.

First I invite you to watch this excellent 10 minute speech by George Galloway to the British Parliament on January 27, 2007 in which he delivers a stark warning that Britain is sleepwalking into a catastrophic war with Iran along with the US and Israel. George Galloway was the man who you may remember lambasting the US Senate over false accusations of oil bribes with Saddam.

George Galloway's speech to the British Parliament, January 2007