http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/category_rss/electoralreform As of Wed. 11/26 at 6:00 am the responses to this Impeachment OpEd had grown to over 1,246 The right wingers of both the Democrats and Republican parties were doing their best to ruin the discussion and diss the Constitution. They posted garbage using fake names which kept the right wing Dem/GOP messages on top. For instance the message "Blah.. Blah... Blah... this gets old" repeated many times really got in the way of real discussion. Regardless this is a record for comments on that paper for an impeachment discussion. It is a marvel that the Editorial Board allowed the article to be published. Our thanks to everyone who read it and commented at the newspaper. ----------------------------------------------- PLEASE: FORWARD TO YOUR LISTS NOW ! Thanks e. Suggest we all read and comment on this Pro-Impeachment op-ed piece in the Detroit Free Press today. Earlier the better. Getting to 1,000+ comments might help. Interestingly it is placed high on the paper's website. Is the paper now getting behind impeachment??? The comments have tripled to over 500 in 2 hours. Please add your pro-impeachment hearings comment and forward to your lists asap. Thanks John John H Kennedy, Denver CO impeach Colorado Coalition For economy's sake, Pelosi needs to push for impeachment now BY ROCHELLE RILEY Nov. 25, 2008 For economy's sake, Pelosi needs to push for impeachment now Rep. Nancy Pelosi's ineffectiveness became clear the day she became Speaker of the House and immediately announced that there would be no impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney. Advertisement Guided by politics, she said leading investigations into just how much the Bush administration did - and did wrong - would be divisive. What she didn't express was her worry that too many Democrats faced elimination from the House if they took on the difficult task of proving who knew what, when. But Congress is running out of time to finally make the Bush administration own up to its actions for eight years. If Congress isn't careful, the president who already has issued 171 pardons could also pardon every appointee and employee he has ever had - and their dogs. And then Americans will never find out what happened to our country over the past eight years. Pelosi wouldn't have to start from scratch: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the bravest member of Congress, introduced legislation 11 months ago to impeach the president and vice president. Last January, the House gave a first reading of one of those articles of impeachment. Our own Rep. John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, joined 38 other representatives to sponsor HR 635, which would form a committee to look into whether there are grounds for impeachment. Revive that effort! Last week, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, submitted a resolution demanding that Bush stop issuing "pre-emptive pardons of senior officials in his administration during the final 90 days of office." Nadler said in news reports that he was moved to action by the president's "widespread abuses of power and potentially criminal transgressions against our Constitution" and that he wanted to prevent the "undeserved pardons of officials who may have been co-conspirators in the president's unconstitutional policies, such as torture, illegal surveillance and curtailing of due process for defendants." Nadler is storming the beach; others should join him. If Congress moves quickly and forces the president to focus on impeachment, then he won't have so much time to push through last-minute regulatory changes that will continue to hurt our country and our ideals. He already has pushed deregulation that would allow employers to talk directly with employees' doctors and allow power companies to build polluting facilities close to national parks. Anyone worried that our congressional representatives can't tie their shoes and chew gum at the same time, or cannot focus on the economic crisis and impeachment hearings at the same time, will find that many answers to our economic and global defense problems will come from those hearings. The only question I have for Nancy Pelosi is this: What are we waiting for? --------------- If the House Democrats fail to hold Bush and Cheney accountable, they are unlikely to get you Single payer Healthcare or anything else that will take courage to accomplish. --------------- http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CQDp http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CQDp/commentary#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:02:57 MST http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennedyjohn/CQDp John H Kennedy http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/5e4c96e6db734362f3_l5hmv2v71.jpg John H Kennedy 2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQDp/ OBAMA CITY, JAPAN :  Banners on parade and dancing in the streets with shouts in English "YES WE CAN" KENYA:  Dancing in the streets - 2 days of national holiday declared amid chants of "YES WE CAN" FRANCE:  People pour into the streets of Paris amid dancing and singing there are shouts "YES WE CAN" LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA....ALL OVER THE WORLD: The REVOLUTION has been legitimized, accepted and praised.               WE actually won the 2nd revolution for the United States of America. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CQ88 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CQ88/commentary#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:26:59 MST http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CQ88 The Mad Woman http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/fcb34917d9fd3e3809_u806mvulr.jpg The Mad Woman 2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ88/ NATIONAL PRESS ADVISORY: Call for Palin to donate clothes to local charity Clothing drive launched as Palin to visit Colorado Springs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, November 2, 2008 CONTACT: Michael Huttner (303) 931-4547 Denver/Colorado Springs - ProgressNowAction called on Sarah Palin to donate her campaign clothes to local charities during her visit to Colorado Springs Monday.  The groups also launched a statewide clothing drive calling for its members to donate clothes to local charities for low-income women. "We call on Palin to donate a share of her $150,000 in clothing while she is in Colorado," stated Michael Huttner, Executive Director of ProgressNowAction.org, the state's largest online advocacy organization.  "We ask Palin to join us in calling for donations of professional clothing attire to local charities for low-income women." Sarah Palin, who is expected to arrive in Colorado Springs on Monday afternoon, continues to defend spending upwards of $150,000 on her wardrobe since she was nominated. ("Governor Palin defends clothing tab" Fox News, Tampa Bay, 10/26/2008) "McCain and Palin's enormous spending on her wardrobe demonstrates how out of touch they are with taxpayers and the average Coloradoan," stated Huttner.  "Palin should know better than to visit a tax-conscious community like Colorado Springs without at least donating part of her clothes to a local charity." ProgressNowAction is sending an email to its members to donate to "Dress for Success" which provides professional clothing attire and career advice to low-income women. The public can join them by dropping off professional business style clothing attire, no denim or casual clothes, weekdays between the hours of 8:30am-4:30pm to: Dress for Success, Colorado Springs Women's Resource Agency Inc. 750 Citadel Drive East Suite 3117 Colorado Springs, CO  80909 or Dress for Success, Denver 1510 N. High Street 2nd Floor Denver, CO  80218 # # # http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/al/CQ8L http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/al/CQ8L/commentary#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:29:03 MST http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/al/CQ8L Alan Franklin http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/1b6fb917dd91e10cc0_ge5omv53a.jpg Alan Franklin 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ8L/ The McCain Campaign is out answering the internet blogosphere again. A continuation of the policy of smoke and mirrors... "SO, Mr. McCain, what about the Economy?"   "uh, uh, HEY! Look over here...Obama stubbed his toe and he didn't bleed - proves he's a vampire!!! Afterall,we knew he had to be... He runs with alien terrorists from MARS!!!!! The Washington Post has films of the landing and met with their leader..... We are demanding right here and now....RELEASE THE FILM!!!!!" YES McCAIN and his Campaign are LIKE BUSH in one major way... They will SAY anything (LIE); They think WE are STUPID; And when all else fails, blame the Democrats! http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CQ8Z http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CQ8Z/commentary#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:15:10 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CQ8Z The Mad Woman http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/fcb34917d9fd3e3809_u806mvulr.jpg The Mad Woman 271 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ8Z/ Amendment 54 is a free speech issue. Free speech is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. There's a reason it is the first amendment. Without freedom of speech, you cannot protect any of the provisions of the Bill Of Rights. Here are commentaries from Colorado newspapers. The Rocky Mountain News The ban applies not just to the agency the contractor is doing business with but to any state or local candidate or party. We can't fathom why, say, a paving contractor in Weld County would be considered corrupt if he and his partners donated to a state House candidate on the Western Slope, or the Democratic Party. It gets worse. The amendment applies not only to the contractor, but also to "immediate family members," including spouses, children, siblings, grandparents, in-laws, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and domestic partners. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/01/the-gag-amendment/ (continued) http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CQ8h http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CQ8h/commentary#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:55:51 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/richardmyers/CQ8h Richard Myers http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/d7a21bd1f5de483e15_fkshmvxwd.jpg Richard Myers 1 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ8h/ Reports are coming in that Barack Obama's Colorado appearances today were record breaking. One Democratic Party insider says that the Denver Rally pulled in over 100,000 supporters. I was within a softball toss of Barack in Fort Collins. One early estimate claims 45,000 attended; it sure looked like a lot more than that to me.  The Eastern half of the CSU Oval was filled with people, and more were crowded into the Southwest quarter of the Oval. If I were priviledged enough...I would paste in one of my low-res pictures of the crowd.  But, even Barack said that the setting was incredible.  The trees surrounding the Oval were in full color. Barack's message has evolved, even from the acceptance speach at Mile High.  Focused, positive and thoroughly inspiring. I was struck by several uses of "the future" today.  Each time was full of hope and desire for the best for all Americans.  Barack's comments were on-target for a number of topics:  the economy, healthcare, primary education, secondary education, jobs and how John McCain is out of touch. The program started with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance and an a capella performance of the National Anthem.  Betsy Markey gave one of her best speaches as did Governor Bill Ritter. Other news organizations will have a full transcript of the speach.  The press contingent was impressive.  But, news coverag does not compare to being there...being there to see the future President. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CQ8V http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CQ8V/commentary#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:40:01 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CQ8V Ralph T http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/22970b0cb82ab5861b_e6yymv1de.jpg Ralph T 1 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ8V/ We have operatives in this country committing massive election fraud. But it's not ACORN . http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/agadorspartacus/CQ8M http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/agadorspartacus/CQ8M/commentary#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:47:51 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/agadorspartacus/CQ8M Agador Spartacus Agador Spartacus 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ8M/ AP Poll - Setup for a Stolen Election? AP Poll "Tightens" Race to a Point Michael Collins The Associated press came out with a remarkable poll Thursday .  It claimed that the presidential race had tightened from the consistent leads Obama has shown over the past weeks to become one of those "too close to call" national elections.  Their poll, conducted by German polling firm GfK, showed 44% for Obama and 43% for McCain. How could this be?  In the Real Clear Politics average of major national polls, Oct 24, Obama's average lead is 7.5%.  The four national polls conducted on the same days as the AP poll show an average 9.2% Obama lead.  The polls after the AP "tightening" effort shows an 8.7% Obama lead.  Clearly the AP-GfK poll is an exception or outlier, as those are called. Yet the AP presents this as news, not opinion http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CQ8g http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CQ8g/commentary#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:47:54 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CQ8g Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQ8g/ The Rocky Mountain News weighs-in this morning with a good report on the growing revelations of the GOP voter suppression agenda. Curiously, this shows in Colorado as a fight between the GOP Secretary of State and two strong GOP County Clerks. The County Clerks, Republicans Scott Doyle (Larimer) and Pam Anderson (Jefferson), are holding the line for what is right and just in the face of CD-6 Candidate and Secretary of State Coffman's fixation on a questionable policy. This year's election controversy is increasingly looking like valid charges of radicals in the GOP deliberately using technicalities and irrational procedural hoops to deny eligible citizens the right and opportunity to vote. The contemporary "voter fraud" cries of the GOP are a manufactured issue with the sole purpose of suppressing likely Democratic voters. There is no problem other than the radical conservatives seeing their political clout wither with each succeeding election. The facts of the miniscule number of REAL cases of Federal and State voter fraud charges and convictions in recent history defy the hysteria of the GOP. Doyle and Anderson are providing leadership and good public policy for all of Colorado. Too bad that there is some other influence keeping Mike Coffman from recognizing, and acting on, that good example. Maybe it is too much for him to run for Congress and be responsible for a fair election. Read the Rocky's full story online at: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/oct/22/secretary-of-state-stands-by-registration-check/   http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CQk2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CQk2/commentary#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:16:34 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CQk2 Ralph T http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/22970b0cb82ab5861b_e6yymv1de.jpg Ralph T 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CQk2/ Call for Musgrave to Reimburse Taxpayers for Campaign Visits:   Musgrave requested trip, not simply White House   For Immediate Release Saturday, October 18, 2008 Contact:  Michael Huttner (303) 931-4547 cell  Denver  -- ProgressNowAction called on Rep. Marilyn Musgrave to immediately reimburse taxpayers for the unethical and possibly illegal visits by Bush political aides to support her 2006 re-election bid.  The group pointed out that Musgrave still has on her website evidence that she requested the visits, working deliberately with the Bush Administration.  "We call on Musgrave to immediately reimburse taxpayers for her unethical and possibly illegal visits by Bush political aides on the taxpayers' dime," stated Michael Huttner, Executive Director of ProgressNowAction, Colorado's largest online progressive advocacy organization.  A report released by the House Committee on Government and Oversight Reform shows that Rep. Marilyn Musgrave directly benefited from the improper and unethical use of taxpayer money to support her 2006 re-election bid.  "Musgrave's website still shows how  she  brought a Bush official to help her, under the guise of a public forum," stated Huttner.  "Instead of pointing fingers, Musgrave should take responsibility for her unethical and possibly illegal actions."  Musgrave, on her own official house website, still shows her May 19, 2006 release entitled: "Veteran's Secretary Addresses Colo Vets At the Request of Rep. Musgrave". Her release describes how she "requested", "brought" and "hosted" a forum during her 2006 re-election campaign.  Click to see this release: http://musgrave.house.gov/News/DocumentQuery.aspx?Year=2006   The House report shows that Rep. Musgrave abused taxpayers help for her 2006 campaign on four separate occasions: To see the full House report click: http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2222 ### http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/al/CZCG http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/al/CZCG/commentary#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:43:28 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/al/CZCG Alan Franklin http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/1b6fb917dd91e10cc0_ge5omv53a.jpg Alan Franklin 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZCG/ Voter Fraud - The Dog that Didn't Bark Michael Collins Also published at the ACLU Blog of Rights We're having our quadrennial encounter with the menace of voter fraud.  We are to believe that gangs of undocumented aliens and the unemployed will vote illegally or, if registered, on multiple occasions .  They'll do this to capitalize on the fraudulent registrations secured by paid operatives who can't make money in any other way.  We're told that this alleged pattern is a menace to democracy. This is not a new part of the political dialog.  The charges have been around for decades.  They've been revived with real vigor over the past eight years. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZCg http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZCg/commentary#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:18:54 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZCg Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZCg/ I was just listening to former Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder on a radio show. He made a critical and brilliant observation about John McCain. His evaluation of the Sarah Palin selection rests on that decision as an indicator of how McSame would later decide on the people to fill the other leadership positions in a supposed McSame mis-administration. This is a powerful indictment of a candidate for president of the US when the nation so despirately needs a clear change of direction. The specter of Sarah Palin equivalent appointments throughout the US Executive Branch shows no chance of reforming, and certainly not reversing, the criminal excesses of the past seven years. There will be no resolution to the US Attorney firings, and little hope of removing the fraudulently hired radical right-wingers who have been peppered throughout the Department of Justice to undermine, rather than enforce, the law. This demonstrated decision-making pattern by John McCain is a screaming warning to America. No other fact shines so brightly than the selection of Sarah Palin to confirm that McSame is the incarnation of a third, and perhaps more devastating, term for the G.W. Bush policies. Considering everything you find important, think your retired relatives who will be hurt if McCain succeeds and leads America down the path of more for the wealthiest and less for the rest. Victory in the race for the White House is critical, but top to bottom electoral victories on the ballot is equally important for our communities and state. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZB9 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZB9/commentary#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:22:03 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZB9 Ralph T http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/22970b0cb82ab5861b_e6yymv1de.jpg Ralph T 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZB9/ This was not the one-word headline I expected to see in this morning's Foreign Policy magazine Morning Brief email.  Similarly, the Financial Times brought gloomy articles confirming the depth of the current fiscal decline.   "Falling by more than 20 percent over seven straight trading days, the U.S. stock market's recent performance now meets the standard definition of a crash."  - FP Morning Brief, 10 October 2008   this is the first attention grabbing fact from FP.  Realistically a seven point consecutively repeated 20% downward trend line is what I've always called a "death-slide."    It's a very effective way to get the attention of executive decision-makers and mid-level managers.  I've seen motivation and attention to detail factors show a marked increase.   "Investors have lost an estimated $8.4 trillion dollars so far this year, with the Dow Jones industrial average sinking another 678 points or 7.3 percent Thursday."  - FP Morning Brief, 10 October 2008  My proposal is to add this figure to the existing National Debt burden enacted by the current occupant of the White House.  In addition to being a condemning legacy of this presidency, it should be a lesson in who, and how, to elect the next president.   Personally, I'm watching the value of my supposedly solid Federal employee Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) account in a similar decline.  Holding a large percentage of my shares in a Standard & Poors 500 fund isn’t such a happy place at the moment. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZBF http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZBF/commentary#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:22:20 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZBF Ralph T http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/22970b0cb82ab5861b_e6yymv1de.jpg Ralph T 1 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZBF/ Election 2008: The Difficulty Stealing It This Time Image cc New 2008 Democratic Primary Voters Are The Key to Election Protection Michael Collins "Scoop" Independent News (Wash. DC)  There's one major obstacle blocking a theft of the 2008 presidential election.  It's highly significant and challenges even the most devious minds.   That obstacle is "net new" Democratic primary voters in 2008.  "Net new" Democratic primary voters represent the difference between primary turnout in 2004 and 2008.  More on that in a moment. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZBZ http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZBZ/commentary#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:03:55 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/mcollins/CZBZ Michael Collins http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/de387ab49951f25772_vdkmvykob.jpg Michael Collins 75 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZBZ/ Either Disney has gone to a new generation of Animatronics or we now have proof of pod people taking over the country........ Is SARAH PALIN For real? http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CZGh http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CZGh/commentary#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:21:26 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CZGh The Mad Woman http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/fcb34917d9fd3e3809_u806mvulr.jpg The Mad Woman 1 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZGh/ Sarah Palin's training and experience as a TV personality dominated her performance last night. It was a theatrical performance. She stuck to her script and provided no more than the kind of idle chatter expected of a small-market TV news sub-anchor. We now have the answer why she has been so distant and untouchable for the past few weeks. The McCain team has been prepping and coaching her at an unprecedented level. She did not demonstrate the depth and scope needed to rise to the level of serious consideration of filling the job of VP, and certainly not reach any level of assurance that she is competent to follow fragile John McCain into the Oval Office. The GOP is so off-course to continue to promote her presence on the ticket as qualified in any sense of the word. The dodge and weave she demonstrated throughout the night was infuriating. The WingNuts succeeded in their pre-emptive intimidation of Gwen Ifill. Necessary and justified follow-ups and clarifications were obviously by-passed by Ifill to avoid post-debate vilification by the Radical Right. Palin's few clear pronouncements on security and foreign policy issues were deplorable. The casual mention of moving the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem is a toxic position that surely pleases the American Radical Religious Right (i.e., Talibangelist Mullah Dobson), but is an idea that has been known for decades to be immeasurably inflammatory to every Muslim influenced government in the world. By side-stepping the question on nuclear weapons and nuclear non-proliferation she definitively disqualified herself in this election. The balance between deterrence and pre-emption has been horrifically blurred by the current mis-adminstration. Sarah made it even murkier. Sarah Palin's performance last night was too close to the narrow, partisan message of the GOP Convention and totally devoid of any promise of potential to serve in the highest executive office. The best that could be offered is that she's now completed the crash course of study to be a good spokesperson for the McCain campaign. Competently reciting talking points with no further depth or capability. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZGp http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZGp/commentary#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:48:32 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/ralphtrenary/CZGp Ralph T http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/22970b0cb82ab5861b_e6yymv1de.jpg Ralph T 2 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZGp/ The Department of Justice has the historic role of advocating for the people of America and is not just the legal arm of the administration.  This dual role has led to conflicts because of the inherent conflict.  However what has transpired during Mr. Bush's occupation of the White House has been the transformation of the Department of Justice into being only an advocate and justifier of the political and policy aims.  The other side has been willfully ignored.  This can be clearly seen in the politicization of the firings of nine U.S. Attorneys. This has not been a major news story by the corporate media for many months.  But I caught this little item via Talkingpointsmemo.com's Kate Klonick writing : Alberto Gonzales, the former attorney general who oversaw the Justice Department during the firings of nine U.S. attorneys, won't be presently referred to a grand jury for his role in the affair... The only good is that the door won't be entirely closed.  She continues: Attorney General Michael Mukasey is preparing to name a prosecutor from within the DOJ to continue the work of the Offices of Professional Responsibly and the Inspector General, the same sources told the Post . The corruption within the Department of Justice continues to this day.  As far as I can see there has been no meaningful reform within the Voting Rights Division nor in the Civil Rights Division's of the Department of Justice under Mukasey's tenure but the exact opposite.  Mukasey has continued policies of empahasizing "voter fraud" and not has implemented policies to combat "voter disenfranchisement" in states that are aggressively using HAVA to "scrub" voters from registration rolls in the upcoming election.   Mukasey is "slick justice" and had hoodwinked Senators Schumer and Feinstein during his confirmation hearings.  Unfortunately it is the people of America who must suffer from the infirm hand of Mukasey's continuing policies of injustice. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennethdebacker/CZMl http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennethdebacker/CZMl/commentary#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:44:44 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/kennethdebacker/CZMl Ken Ken 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZMl/ After watching her on CBS with Couric, I am no longer concerned that she would be a heart beat away from the presidency if McCain died in office. By any standard, she showed herself to be brain dead, so the presidency would go to the Speaker of the House. http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/bullwinkle/CZMK http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/bullwinkle/CZMK/commentary#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:45:09 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/bullwinkle/CZMK Doc Martin Doc Martin 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZMK/ The Fools on the Hill...... I love that those all-knowing Grand Wizards of all things important, sitting on the Hill in D.C., are JUST figuring out what many have known for 10 friggin' years. The so-called housing bubble, that churn and burn growth of a market based on air, was the ONLY thing propping up an economy that has needed to do an adjustment since 1998; Staved off by the Republicans in their bids to keep the sleazy corporatists going without oversight..... UNFETTERED GROWTH without any natural controls is called CANCER.... http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CZMZ http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CZMZ/commentary#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:46:38 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/Jan/CZMZ The Mad Woman http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/fcb34917d9fd3e3809_u806mvulr.jpg The Mad Woman 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZMZ/ David Letterman Skewers John McCain over his Campaign Suspension: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E&eurl=http://cajunboyinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/09/letterman-rips-old-asshole-mccain-new.html http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/KevlarLiberal/CZMN http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/KevlarLiberal/CZMN/commentary#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:30:26 MDT http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/KevlarLiberal/CZMN Kevlar Liberal http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/profile_picture/27da3aa426a47b5f56_f3bmv2g7x.gif Kevlar Liberal 0 http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/comment_rss/CZMN/