The Bear on Mar 30 2006 | Filed under: Need to Know
Looking at survey data that show overwhelming support for a crackdown on illegal immigration and opposition to a guest-worker program and amnesty, the Judiciary Committee decided to tell the American people to shove it.
The Bear on Mar 30 2006 | Filed under: Need to Know
There’s nothing like the sight of 500,000 protesters on U.S. turf, demanding rights in Spanish while waving Mexican flags, to stir Americans from their siestas.
The Bear on Mar 30 2006 | Filed under: Need to Know
The cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad were deeply offensive to Muslims, and so thousands protested around the world in the usual restrained manner: rioting, torching, killing, etc.
The Bear on Mar 30 2006 | Filed under: Need to Know
The five judges testifying before the committee said they could not speak specifically to the NSA listening program without being briefed on it, but that a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act does not override the president’s constitutional authority to spy on suspected international agents under executive order.
The Bear on Mar 30 2006 | Filed under: Need to Know
Once upon a time, no one whipped up conservative rage like Ted Kennedy. Back in the day, the senator from Massachusetts wasn’t just a misguided Democrat — he was the Liberal Great Satan, a genuine menace to all things good and holy.
The Bear on Mar 29 2006 | Filed under: Political Quote of the Day
Re: 500,000 pro illegal immigration demonstrato…
The Bear on Mar 29 2006 | Filed under: Need to Know
There are some 200 million of us who do not want to be living in a Northern Province of Mexico. Most of the arguments for not enforcing our immigration laws are exercises in frivolous rhetoric and slippery sophistry, rather than serious arguments that will stand up under scrutiny.
The Bear on Mar 29 2006 | Filed under: Need to Know
The Senate is attempting to legislate into the teeth of the will of the American public. The Senate Judiciary committeemen — and probably a majority of the Senate — are convinced that they know that the American people don’t know what is best for them.
The Bear on Mar 29 2006 | Filed under: Need to Know
A lot of people like The New York Times have a lot invested in sustaining the belief that there was no connection between Al Qaeda and Saddam. They would rather choose ignorance than the thought that there might have been a connection and Bush was right.
The Bear on Mar 29 2006 | Filed under: Need to Know
Many believe that Congress should make sure that an independent body, with no ax to grind, checks the documents and releases every last one that can be made public safely.
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