Politics
Including Iraq, etc.
AP reported today that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the popular former mayor of Mexico City, plans to form a parallel government claiming the election court did not take seriously his claims of fraud in the recent Mexican presidential election.
Obrador's supporters are calling their's the "legitimate government", as opposed to the "official government" presumed to be headed by by Felipe Calderon. Felipe Calderon, apparently elected president of Mexico in a close and hotly…
The US Supreme Court on June 29, 2006 ruled 5-3 the Bush tribunals for Gitmo prisoners were not authorized by Congress and violated international law:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/30/washington/30hamdan.html
The dissenting opinion points out that nothing prevents the Bush administration from seeking Congressional authorization.
Clearly the US Supreme Court remains soft on terrorists, even after adding Alito and Roberts. Isn't it obvious that in order to win this war we have to abandon all the rule of law that previous generations of Americans have died to protect?…
In response to questions about favoring his former employer (the giant oil company Halliburton) with government contracts, Vice President Cheney responded with the incisive retort: F*** You. Afterward, in an interview with Fox News Cheney, rather than apologize, said "I felt better after I did it".
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,123810,00.html
Just one more blow to the American experiment in Democracy. The event inspired the name for this website, where I can say anything that makes me feel better.