This is an extraordinary letter written by Senator Rockefeller when he was briefed about the wiretaps the New York Times has brought to light [brought to us courtsey of the Talking Points Memo website]: Senator Rockefeller’s Letter to Dick Cheney I don’t know about you, but the word extraordinary feels inadequate. The Senator is clearly […]

The Republican leadership rammed through legislation opening up the Arctic Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling by attaching it to a military spending bill. This came after they failed to convince enough of their own moderates to support drilling as part of the budget bill that was also passed late last night. Drilling for oil in […]

He’s wrong of course, but I doubt that the majority od Americans care. The ‘secret’ wiretaps that the President so vigorously defended today are not essential to the defense of America. Bush always couchs his arguments in absolutes: as in ‘these wiretaps are saving lives and are therefore essential’. He is indulging in his favorite […]