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Obama Explains FISA Position

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Bush, Congress, Law, Terrorism, Transparency, United States, Video

More about his decision…

I know at least one of my fellow bloggers here at Donklephant strongly disagrees, and while I understand and appreciate the views of those who think this FISA legislation is still a gross violation of our civil liberties, the previous incarnation of this bill earlier this year (without tougher restrictions on telcoms) [...]

June 25th, 2008 | Permalink| 18 Comments »

Bush To Appease Sudan Government

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Bush, McCain, The World, Transparency

Saying one thing and doing another has been the hallmark of this administration, but the ring is particularly hollow when it comes to Bush’s nonsensical “appeasement” talk.
Take our handling of the Sudan situation for example…
Sometime in the next few weeks, a special envoy of President Bush plans to meet with Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, [...]

May 27th, 2008 | Permalink| 11 Comments »

Support The Blogger Protection Act of 2008

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Blogging, Democrats, Law, Legislation, Media, Money, Republicans, Transparency

I’m not usually a big advocacy guy, but this is an important piece of legislation and I’m writing about it today in hopes that it gets wide bi-partisan support across the blogosphere.
Recently, the FEC created rules that protect bloggers from campaign finance laws, but they don’t constitute any binding law that extends that protection indefinitely. [...]

April 3rd, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Errol Morris’ Standard Operating Procedure

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bush, Cheney, Ethics, Iraq, Military, The Politics Of Film, The War On Terrorism, The World, Torture, Transparency, Video, War

The award winning documentarian trains his patented eye on the events that happened at Abu Ghraib prison in a film coming out on April 25.
From watching the following clips, as well as Frontline’s searing Bush’s War, a pretty clear picture emerges and makes it incredibly difficult for the Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld to put [...]

March 31st, 2008 | Permalink| No Comments »

Hillary’s Team Demands Obama Release His Tax Returns

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, Money, Taxes, Transparency

And two minutes later he does!
This is pretty funny. Hillary spokesperson Phil Singer blasted out an email at 11:23 insisting that Obama release his tax returns for back years,
Exactly two minutes later, at 11:25, Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor emailed out word that Obama had posted his tax returns for 2000-2006 on his campaign web site. [...]

March 25th, 2008 | Permalink| 14 Comments »