Happy Constitution Day! Yeah, I don’t feel much like celebrating either.
But I read something today that made me proud to be an Oklahoman (albeit a relatively new one), and gave me a little hope.
The amazing Glenn Greenwald, whose blog you should read if you aren’t already, posted Tuesday on the lack of Congressional oversight in general,… Read the rest
I disagree with some of the finer points (I call myself a progressive, not a liberal, which is a term that came later to mean what it means now), but Herbert is essentially correct here.
September 9, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
Hold Your Heads Up
By BOB HERBERT
Ignorance must really be bliss. How else, over so many years,
This is critical. So please take action RIGHT NOW!!!
Sign MoveOn’s petition and call Congress today.
More info.
FEC Won’t Regulate Internet Politics – Yahoo! News
Expanded explanation of how this affects the netroots.
Michael at Americablog expresses the universal cry of the left as we watch the US decay from the inside.
How can anyone take the US seriously when it claims its fighting for freedom and democracy? Bush supports a military coup in Venezuela because he finds the democratically elected leader annoying? Our allies in the Middle East are Saudia Arabia
