In answer to the question posed in my last post: Of course! Every American is being surveiled. That is what the real story is here, and the media is once again tilting and spinning away from the real story here. We’ve known about human government employee (including military) spying on groups for a long time […]
Am I one of those Americans the U.S. Government spied upon?
The Pentagon, the NSA, and now, the FBI have all been implicated in the illegal and profoundly un-American campaign to spy upon America’s own citizens. I was not surprised at all by these “revelations.” But I was not sure how to write about this turn of events that would capture the chilling alienation this knowledge […]
Memories of Investigative Journalism
My last post was meant to remind folks that voting irregularities have been being noted by all levels and types of folks for the duration of W’s time in office. But my real motive I am reprinting (below) Bev Harris’ comments on the death of Jack Anderson this past weekend. I cannot help but feel […]
Texas to Florida: White House-linked clandestine operation paid for "vote switching" software
Ran across the Bellaciao site that purports a vote switching program used in Florida suppressed Democratic votes on touch screen voting machines. Of course there are Bush ties and financial links to NASA and the White House. According to a notarized affidavit signed by Clint Curtis, while he was employed by the NASA Kennedy Space […]
Grounds for Impeachment
More smoke and mirrors. Distraction, distraction, distraction. It is never necessary, acceptable, or tolerable for the person filling the office of the President to break the law. The American public was reminded of that point by the impeachment of Clinton. It is a new day. Bush lied under oath. Broken law. Impeachment. Simple. There are […]
The White Man’s Burden (…in Baghdad?)
When I opened my email this a.m. I found this Kipling poem in my inbox. My husband had sent it to me …alas still apropos — as empire and colonies go. The White Man’s Burden Take up the White Man’s burden—Send forth the best ye breed—Go send your sons to exileTo serve your captives’ needTo […]