Birmingham Blues

Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter nails it. Bush broke the law — end of discussion. Go read.
Hat tip to AmericaBlog.

George W sent Alberto Gonzales out this morning to explain why he actually does have the authority to spy on US citizens. George is starting to remind me of my kids when they do something stupid. The eight-year-old will ask if she can go to the neighbor’s house to sell Girl Scout cookies. [...]

Weren’t Republicans the ones who were supposed to get government off our backs? But hey, we’re at war, so I guess it’s okay if the President spies on US citizens. His defense? He’s the President, so he can do whatever he wants, and anyway, the White House briefed Congressional leaders. But [...]

About twenty members of Alabamians for a Moral Budget gathered at the Vance Federal Building in downtown Birmingham on Wednesday to protest budget cuts that hurt the poor. Trying to convince our Republican senators to go against the party line is an uphill battle along the lines of climbing Mt. Everest, but I applaud [...]

The White House is defending George W’s statement this week that Tom DeLay is innocent of criminal charges, saying he was exercising “presidential prerogative”. What the heck is that supposed to mean? Should the (Republican) judge now drop all charges just because W has spoken?
The Prez isn’t big on consistency:
“We don’t [...]

Richard Scrushy, former CEO of HealthSouth, is suing the company for more than $70 million. This after he oversaw massive fraud at the company, screwing employees and shareholders in the process, and then played the religion and race cards to get acquitted — he and his wife started their own TV show so they could [...]

UPDATE: Unofficial results show Pam is the winner! Results will be certified on Monday.
Today’s your last chance to vote for Pam’s House Blend as best LGBT Blog in the 2005 Weblog Awards. Pam keeps us informed, amused, and sometimes horrified regarding LGBT issues, and she’s a must-read for me every day. [...]

If this weren’t so sad, it would be funny. According to Karen Hughes, our goal is to make it clear we are a nation of laws and we don’t mistreat detainees. But the House is delaying a vote on the ban, passed 90-9 by the Senate, until it gets its marching orders from [...]

UPDATE: It didn’t happen today. Darn!
Raw Story is reporting that Patrick Fitzgerald is briefing the grand jury today in hopes of getting an indictment of Karl Rove for lying to investigators.
When asked Wednesday what the prosecutor was briefing the grand jury about, Randall Samborn, Fitzgerald’s spokesman, said he had no comment and “can’t [...]

Good! Maybe they’ll sell to someone who isn’t too cheap to keep their best players. I’ve been a Braves fan since I was a kid, when I fell asleep at night listening to them on my yellow plastic radio with the wire antenna hanging off the back. That was in the days [...]