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This morning, 105 Democrats voted for the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, including our own Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) (R-UT). This legislation is unconstitutional and a total capitulation to White House claims of unlimited executive power. It also stymies future efforts to investigate the full extent of the Bush administration’s illegal surveillance activities. [...]

By now, of course, all but the inexplicable few understand that Bush and his cronies are gigantic liars.
Perhaps more egregious is the complicity of so many right-wing Senators and members of Congress. I don’t exclude democrats either. Our very own Jim Matheson played along as well.
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes [...]

Bruce Wilson argues that the new, improved Washington County Growth & Conservation Bill (PDF), co-sponsored by Rep. Jim Matheson and Senator Bob Bennett, is a triumph of grass roots activism. On the other hand, the executive director of Citizens for Dixie’s Future, Paul Van Dam, thinks the bill falls short of what the Vision [...]

by hilage
Here’s a little recap you can send around to your Republican friends who are hearing what they want to hear from the media.

After five years, 4,000+ US dead , 40,000+ US casualties, and at least 500,000 Iraqi dead and countless wounded – not to mention several million displaced – the current situation is [...]

Cutting through all the noise surrounding the primaries, is the remarkable apathy toward the republican candidates.
Here is a summary of turnout by party so far.
IOWA: 236,000 Democrats and 119,000 Republicans
NEW HAMPSHIRE: 284,000 Democrats and 233,000 Republicans
MICHIGAN: 593,000 Democrats and 867,000 Republicans (NOTE: Republicans had a primary with delegates at stake. Democrats did not)
NEVADA: 114,000 Democrats [...]

I see that Joe Lieberman has at long last completed his transformation into a Republican in everything but name.  Lieberman, only 7 years ago the Democratic nominee for Vice President is apparently coming out in support of John McCain for president.
Within the context of his career and his past behavior, this makes perfect sense.  Lieberman [...]

What’s left to say about the disaster that is Crandall Canyon? The federal government and a strident, political mine owner tell us they know what they’re doing. They refuse help from a highly-trained, unionized mine rescue team. They ignore reports showing continuous, human-induced seismic activity in the mountain. Now, after more than a week of [...]

From Arianna Huffington:
It was another trying week for those of us who prefer our Democrats with vertebrae. Terrified that a terrorist attack that the GOP could pin on them might happen over the Congressional recess, Senate and House Democrats approved a White House-crafted bill expanding the president’s ability to eavesdrop without a court order. [...]

Let me begin by saying I apologize. I’ve been gone promoting my new movie, hob-nobbing with Hollywood bigshots and lowlifes, and basking in the human-induced tanning machine that is southern California for a while (note driving with the top down and AC off to prevent damage to ozone-layer but lack of hands-free cell headset to [...]

Disclaimer: I do not know this person, and have no reason to believe he was emoting his inner-most feelings about George W. Bush or Dick Cheney. It is entirely possible he was simply getting ready to shake hands…

…with Orrin Hatch, which he did seconds later.
Unfortunatly, I ran out of film.

I’ve grown so weary of being reminded of the disaster that has befallen this country thanks to Bush et. al. I want to lash out and blame everyone who voted for him. They are all around us here.
The Boston legal video reminds us that we must also blame democrats. Jim Matheson is a [...]

Capitol Hill seems to specialize in taking even the most straightforward issue and converting it into legislation so freakish that there are valid reasons to vote for it or against it. Take for example yesterday’s roll-call vote on HR 1591, the emergency supplemental funding request that included $100 billion for the occupation of Iraq, [...]