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Bush Watch
The Bush administration has shown a remarkable lack of regard for civil liberties and simple honesty. In addition, the man is an idiot. Now that Bush has been re-elected, anyone who defends our civil liberties is facing a difficult four years. These Rants chronicle the ongoing exploits of this near-fascist regime.
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- ACLU Gearing Up for Bush's Second Term
2004.11.19 (Fri) 17:26
Almost as soon as President Bush was re-elected for a second term, two things happened at the ACLU. First, they experienced an unprecedented surge in donations and membership requests, and second, the [»]
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- Senate Republicans Add Abortion Clause to Spending Bill
2004.11.21 (Sun) 14:29
This is exactly what we are ranting about on this site. It would be bad enough to try to pass this anti-abortion legislation on its own, but bundling it with the all but must pass spending bill should [»]
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- Sign the ACLU's "Refuse to Surrender" Pledge
2004.11.22 (Mon) 18:26
Today, the ACLU has asked all Americans to sign a simple pledge stating that we refuse to surrender our freedom. In the face of the Bush administration's history of disregard for civil rights, as well [»]
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- Preaching Abstinence Won't Help
2004.11.28 (Sun) 15:03
In a move that shocked nobody, President Bush's initiative to increase abstinence education for young people was funded at $131M in the omnibus spending bill passed last week. This represents an incre [»]
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- Leave it to Beaver
2004.12.04 (Sat) 12:12
A recent post by PZ Meyers entitled What women are supposed to want got us thinking about something we've touched on before — the apparent agenda of the Religious Right, and the Bush Administrat [»]
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- What Don't You Get About "No Ten Commandments"?
2004.12.17 (Fri) 20:59
By now, the news of an Alabama judge wearing the Ten Commandments on his judicial robes when presiding over trials has surely made its way to all corners of the political world. Apparently, Roy Moore' [»]
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- Armstrong Williams and the Media Whores
2005.01.08 (Sat) 14:01
Armstrong Williams is, apparently, a well-known conservative television and radio commentator and columnist. That was news to us, but then he does seem to be just another conservative shill, and we te [»]
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- Thoughts on Newdow - Why the Little Things Matter
2005.01.09 (Sun) 13:31
A few days ago, we reported that Michael Newdow had refiled his lawsuit seeking to have the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegience where Congress implanted them in 1954. We fully supp [»]
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- Planet of the Bushes
2005.01.16 (Sun) 23:00
A reader of ours, Steven, seems concerned about the direction Bush's America is taking — we share that concern wholeheartedly. Steven brought up Bush's recent statements regarding the public per [»]
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- Rice Under Fire - Alas, Only a Flesh Wound
2005.01.19 (Wed) 16:13
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart reported last night on the confirmation hearings aimed at installing Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State in the second Bush Administration. The committee voted 16-2 [»]
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- The Inaugural Address - Off the Cuff
2005.01.21 (Fri) 20:11
So Bush and his cohorts had a big party yesterday; and George got to make a big speech. His speeches are always impressive, in that it's truly amazing to see a man of his intellectual capacity string [»]
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- Urge Your Senators to Vote "No" on Gonzales
2005.01.26 (Wed) 20:20
A Senate vote to confirm Alberto Gonzales as the next Attorney General is fast approaching. It is inconceivable to us that this man could even be considered for the position of Attorney General given [»]
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- Senate Confirms Gonzales, Predictably
2005.02.04 (Fri) 19:31
No, it wasn't a surprise that Alberto Gonzales was confirmed by the Senate to be the next Attorney General, but that doesn't make it any less tragic, embarrassing, and horrific, and it doesn't make us [»]
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- Ten Commandments Cases to Begin This Week
2005.02.27 (Sun) 23:02
Two Ten Commandments cases — Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky — are scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court beginning this Wednesday, March 2. For our part, we [»]
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- Gonzales Announces a List of Bad Ideas
2005.02.28 (Mon) 20:49
What do you get when you appoint an asshole who rubber stamps torture as your Attorney General? Shit like this, as reported on Yahoo News: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Monday he would move a [»]
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- Torture Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld to be Announced
2005.02.28 (Mon) 21:54
According to a press release found on Progressive Newswire, the ACLU and Human Rights First will hold a press conference tomorrow, March 1, at 10:30AM EST in Washington, DC to announce a lawsuit again [»]
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- Some Ten Commandments SCOTUS Links
2005.03.04 (Fri) 11:57
As we noted earlier this week (and as most people who visit this site no doubt knew), the Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday regarding government displays of the Ten Commandments. The post-gam [»]
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- Another Group That Wants It Both Ways
2005.03.12 (Sat) 17:47
It seems that the Salvation Army wants to have their discriminatory cake and eat it too. As reported via the Wall of Separation (the blog of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State): I [»]
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- Terri Schiavo: What's the Next Move?
2005.03.22 (Tue) 12:03
Let's recap the recent events in the Terri Schiavo debacle. Despite the proper findings of the Florida courts, Congress decided to stick their noses into the personal lives of a group of people who ar [»]
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- Terri Schiavo: The Next Moves (and Daddy Jeb)
2005.03.23 (Wed) 19:56
In a very short span of time, Terri Schiavo's parents seem to have run through their options. Again. But boy howdy did lots of politicians get lots of press out of it! Let's recap the activity of the [»]
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- Terri Schiavo: What We Learned
2005.03.31 (Thu) 23:28
Earlier today, what was left of Terri Schiavo died in a Florida hospice room. Her feeding tube had been out for two weeks. While we have repeatedly argued for the government to allow this day to come, [»]
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- Spring Training Begins...
2005.04.02 (Sat) 01:10
...and Dubya sure knows how to pick a line-up!... [»]
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- So, When Does the Backlash Come?
2005.04.13 (Wed) 21:27
We've been wondering lately when the backlash against the growing Christian theocracy in the United States is going to come. Of course, it isn't a foregone conclusion that any backlash will happen, bu [»]
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- Abuse of the Recess Appointments Clause
2005.08.07 (Sun) 16:13
So as we expect most of you already know, Bush gave John Bolton an "interim" appointment to the United Nations as soon as the congressional adjournment was called. We can't say that this was a shock t [»]
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