http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/blog_rss/terrancecarroll The blog for State Representative Terrance Carroll from House District 7 in Denver. No doubt, many of you have heard or read about Attorney General Gonzales absurd interpretation of the Constitution's habeas corpus provision. In short, the Attorney General, in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, attempted to argue that there is really no such thing as habeas corpus. Does the Bush administration have any shame? Read John Dean's analysis of Gonzales' argument. UPDATE:  You gotta love YouTube!  Here is Gonzales trying to explain his constitutional lunacy to Sen. Arlen Specter. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/C2WY http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/C2WY/commentary#comments Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:34:52 MST http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/C2WY Terrance Carroll http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/ff202f981abae193fe_lj2mv2qv8.jpg Terrance Carroll 4 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2WY/ After watching this news report, it is hard to believe that more U.S. Troops will actually do any good. I was most saddened by the extent our military personnel have been unwittingly tainted by Iraq's sectarian violence. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/C2W4 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/C2W4/commentary#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:35:36 MST http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/C2W4 Terrance Carroll http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/ff202f981abae193fe_lj2mv2qv8.jpg Terrance Carroll 2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2W4/ This is a hard hitting and distrubing animated video narrated by Orson Welles. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/C2JN http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/C2JN/commentary#comments Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:59:08 MST http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/C2JN Terrance Carroll http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/ff202f981abae193fe_lj2mv2qv8.jpg Terrance Carroll 2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2JN/ It only took one abbreviated morning of floor work to realize just how desperate the minority party is in the Colorado State House. It appears their idea of positive and productive agenda for Colorado is to pick unnecessary fights and obstruct the legislative process. I guess desperate times really do call for desperate measures. Representative Joe Stengel and friends wasted about an hour of the people's time arguing over minor changes to the House rules. The House rules are the vehicle which allows us to conduct the legislative process in an orderly fashion. I thought I had seen everything last year when Rep. Stengel led the fight to keep Colorado children from leading the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance each morning. Boy was I wrong. Today, they attempted to disrupt the process by fighting over minor rule changes suggested by the non-partisan legislative staff to improve legislative efficiency and a rule which would allow the House to appoint Select committees to examine in-depth a particular policy issue. At first, I thought Representative Stengel's opening day tirade might have been a momentary lapse into the dark side. However, after the charade of legislative deliberation Rep. Stengel and his fellow Republicans attempted today I am afraid that the people's business will have to fight to make its way through psuedo-intellectual arguments dressed in the guise of legislative deliberation. Stay tuned as I blog away from the Capitol. Terrance http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/CHcx http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/CHcx/commentary#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:30:38 MST http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/terrancecarroll/CHcx Terrance Carroll http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/ff202f981abae193fe_lj2mv2qv8.jpg Terrance Carroll 3 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHcx/