Saturday, April 18, 2009  Executive Power Grabs Done For;
Pirates  Power Line keeps claiming that Obama shouldn't accept
any credit given to him by the media for the successful
resolution of the "Pirate Crisis" last week. Those yokels, and
the right wing media in general, should get a grasp on what
exactly they mean by executive power. One moment, they're
decrying Obama claiming any credit for anything; the next, they
defend Bush's over-reaching claims of executive privilege. Come
on Power Line, the executive either controls everything or he
doesn't, pick one.  Monday, January 5, 2009  roland burris -
"the magic man"  The Senate is stupid to not seat Roland Burris.
His appointment was made by a legally sitting governor acting in
within the bounds of his authority. With the bunch of yahoos
we've elected in the past 12 years, let Roland Burris take a
stab in the Senate (unintentional Julius Caesar reference). We
don't even have habeas corpus anymore, and the press is throwing
a fit about some half-concocted hin