Judicial branch to the Cheney branch: follow the law
A judge ordered VP Dick Cheney to preserve records. Cheney claims that he is not part of the legislative or executive branch. If so, then the judicial branch has no power over him.
Opinion
Road to Nowhere opens in Alaska
A $25 million road built by Gov. Palin “is ideal for road races and hunting and possibly some commercial development.” Palin to Congress: thanks, but yes thanks.
War in Nigeria
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) attacked another Shell pipeline. Shell cannot provide enough oil to meet its contract obligations.
Ethnic cleansing in Iraq, not the surge, decreased the violence
Satellite images show that the violence in Baghdad ended because Sunnis and Shiites killed or scared off the neighbors they did not like. The “surge” provided “a seal of approval.”
Palin uses partisan attacks to criticize partisan politics
Without the slightest irony, Palin blamed the democrats because the non-partisan National Coalition to Stop Iran Now uninvited Palin to speak at a rally.
NJ holds teen drivers accountable
NJ will no longer allow provisional drivers to plea bargain on driving offenses. “[T]eenagers spoke openly about their willingness to flout motor vehicle laws because of lax consequences.”
S.Korea to withdraw from Iraq
South Korea will withdraw all of its troops from Iraq by December. Don’t they know that if they don’t fight the terrorists in Iraq then the Koreans will have to fight the terrorists at home?
SEC bans short-selling of financial company stocks
The SEC is looking for someone to blame and the scapegoat of the minute is the investor. When prices go up, who gets the credit? When prices go down, who gets the blame?
Polluted water kills 2 million each year
We allow companies to pollute the water and it kills 2 million people each year. We then pay 400 billion dollars to companies to clean up the water. Why not just stop the pollution?
How to fix the financial crisis
Why are we surprised that we have a crisis when we keep giving money to the system that produces the crisis?