If it was the Marlins, you wouldn’t see people in Florida getting up at 5 a.m. And if it was the Yankees — well, their fans aren’t real. They just buy the […]
The Reyes Doctrine: speak loudly and cower like a whipped cur
On February 14 Silvestre Reyes, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, crawled up in Dubya’s grille and dropped some righteous nard-stomping pro-democracy rhetoric on his punk ass. We were […]
Quotabull
I believe my current participation could be a distraction. — major league baseball pitcher and accused steroids and HGH cheat Roger Clemens, in withdrawing from a scheduled appearance at an “event, which […]
"We will not fear George W. Bush"
President Bush yesterday took as harsh a one-two beatdown as he has endured in the entire seven cynical, corrupt years of his doomed presidency. First Silvestre Reyes, Chairman of the House Permanent […]
A FISA Quotabull
Liability protection is critical to securing the private sector’s cooperation with our intelligence efforts. … The Senate has passed a good bill and it has shown that protecting our nation is not […]
FISA Failure Postscript: The battle continues
By Martin Bosworth I live in Washington, D.C. For those who don’t know, that means I have no Senator or official Representative to speak for me in Congress. I have a shadow […]
Sen. Clinton fails own standard; time to end her campaign
Feb. 12, 2008 The Honorable Hillary Clinton United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Sen. Clinton, When I stepped into the voting booth in the New York state primary Feb. 5, I […]
Telecom immunity: how stupid do you think we are?
It’s FISA Day in your Senate – amazing how this was scheduled for Potomac Primary Day, huh? – and Matt Browner Hamlin has the agenda up at Holdfast. My big issue is […]
Quotabull
He’s about as much an outdoorsman as Woody Allen. He can’t row. — Dr. O. H. Frazier of the Texas Heart Institute, a longtime collaborator of artificial heart pioneer Dr. Robert Jarvik […]
Shadow war: AT&T versus Verizon for control of American communications
By Martin Bosworth Right now the Senate is embroiled in debate over whether or not to grant the major telecom companies (chiefly AT&T and Verizon) retroactive immunity for their participation in the […]
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