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It would seem to me that we, as a country, pretty much have our plate full right now. Two endless wars, an impending environmental and economic disaster on the Gulf Coast, high unemployment, and an economy still struggling to recover should be about all we can handle, one would think. But hey, there's always room for some good, old fashioned empire-building and military intervention into whatever nation we choose. After all, we can so why...

In the 'Be Careful What You Ask For You Just Might Get It' Department comes this from Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog concerning Joe Lieberman's proposal to strip citizenship from Americans affiliated with foreign terrorist organizations:"Lieberman's law would amend an earlier statute that details other things that can cost you citizenship: Serving in the army of a foreign state, pledging allegiance to a foreign state, and so on. In those cases the...

The Department of Homeland Security made a quick arrest in the attempted Times Square bombing after putting him on the No-Fly list on Monday.  Republicans took no time in finding something to twist into a negative - that the Pakistan-born naturalized U.S. Citizen was read his Miranda rights.  They overlooked the fact that the attempt was thwarted and the suspect was found and arrested swiftly. Former Presidential Candidate John McCain said that it was a big mistake...

We're all familiar with the shenanigans of Westboro Baptist Church.  From protesting outside soldier's funerals holding signs that say "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" to protesting outside the Obama children's private school to running a disgusting website that I won't link you to because I like you too much, this guy is the very definition of an out of control extremist prick.  He believes that the Iraq war is God's punishment for America's tolerance of...

I don't have the words to express my disgust with this attack on Department of Justice lawyers from the Liz Cheney-led group that goes by the name of Keep America Safe, more aptly named Keep America Scared. Shameful, despicable, and contemptible aren't strong enough. Adam Serwer at The American Prospect appropriately called it "The New McCarthyism." For those who may not have seen it, here's the video:So now lawyers who defend people accused of being...

Just as the right scrambles to blame yesterday's plane crash into a building in Austin, TX as a left wing nutjob, about 600 people as of the time of this publication have joined a group called "the Philosophy of Joe Stack" on Facebook. The discussions on the page paint Stack as some kind of "hero" for committing an act of terrorism that " is no different than what was going on in this same land...

President Obama, in the name of the Nobel Peace Prize, put a stop to this, NOW:"MARJA, Afghanistan -- An errant American rocket strike on Sunday hit a compound crowded with Afghan civilians in the last Taliban stronghold in Helmand Province, killing at least 10 people [the number now stands at 12], including 5 children, military officials said....The strike came after American Marines and Afghan soldiers had been taking intense small-arms fire from a mud-walled compound...

We've heard the cries that "it's time to stop being politically correct and start profiling Muslims at airports!" I contend that it would be an ineffective practice that would make us less safe from terror attacks. When we go through security checkpoints at the airport, every single passenger passes through a metal detector. Shoes are removed and x-rayed. Belongings are scrutinized with x-ray technology by trained security personell. Those that look suspicious, those that...

It's no secret by now that I've been disappointed in some of the actions of the Obama administration. None more so than their continuation of the Bush/Cheney policies of dealing with those accused of terrorist activities. I expected much better from a president who professed to be something of a Constitutional scholar, and the administration bowing to pressure over the weekend from those who are against trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 4 others in New...

The latest on the airport body scanners:"A privacy group says the Transportation Security Administration is misleading the public with claims that full-body scanners at airports cannot store or send their graphic images...The TSA specified in 2008 documents that the machines must have image storage and sending abilities, the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said...In the documents, obtained by the privacy group and provided to CNN, the TSA specifies that the body scanners it purchases...