http://www.riggshill.com/locomule/index.php Nudging The Leviathan Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:27:21 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 jake@riggshill.com jake@riggshill.com en Paul Krugman: Let’s say this slowly: the Bush administration wanted to use 9/11 as a pretext to invade Iraq, even though Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. So it tortured people to make them confess to the nonexistent link. There’s a word for this: it’s evil. http://www.riggshill.com/locomule/index.php?p=254 R.I.P. U.S.A. September 13, 1787 - July 9, 2008 http://www.riggshill.com/locomule/index.php?p=253 I thought that when martial law came upon us, we'd know it. Silly me. I figured there'd be tanks in the streets and full-auto weapons on every corner. Silly me. Instead the suspension of the Constitution comes in the guise of secret memos: ... our Office recently concluded that ... http://www.riggshill.com/locomule/index.php?p=252 From The Scotty Show, Now With Dana: Better, Prettier Lies Told With A Whiter Smile: Q And last thing. Senator Obama is saying speculation is a big part of this. The administration seems to reject that; Secretary Bodman over the weekend saying in Saudi that speculation really is not the issue ... http://www.riggshill.com/locomule/index.php?p=251 "Given the grave threats that we face, our national security agencies must have the capability to gather intelligence and track down terrorists before they strike, while respecting the rule of law and the privacy and civil liberties of the American people. There is also little doubt that the Bush Administration, ... http://www.riggshill.com/locomule/index.php?p=250 The moral of this story is that the Constitution applies to everything our government does, always and without exception. Ours is a government of limited powers, and if We the People have not granted the power to act through the Constitution, then the government has no power to act. ... http://www.riggshill.com/locomule/index.php?p=249 The politicians seem surprised at the spiraling economy and never entertain the idea that their policies may be to blame. As consummate bureaucrats, their only response is to enact even more policies, culminating in the overreaching Directive 10-289. The absurd act is riddled with contradictions and double-speak, such as the ... http://www.riggshill.com/locomule/index.php?p=248 The short version: Sheehan and crew talk with Conyers and they don't like what he had to say. In fact they so don't like what he had to say that they were willing to park their keesters in his office until they were hauled away by the Capital police. And now ... http://www.riggshill.com/locomule/index.php?p=247 From here:I’ll give this to President Bush. He makes no pretense when he disses. He would not meet with Sheehan to define for her the “noble cause” for which her son Casey died or tell her why he had said it was “worth it.” Conyers, on the other hand, was dripping ... http://www.riggshill.com/locomule/index.php?p=246 Think of it - the Attorney General of The United States Of America is accused (ever so politely mind you) by several Senators from the very same United States of America of perjury. Perjury. Lying under oath. Lying to Congress. Lying to U.S. Senators under fucking oath! Think about that again: ... http://www.riggshill.com/locomule/index.php?p=245