Hypocrisy truly knows no bounds

So on Wednesday, the Senate heard and referred to the Judiciary Committee the ‘Marriage Protection Amendment,’ (SJ 43) the text of which reads:
Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or [...]

I’m trying not to hate

So in my last post, I had to hit Senator Obama a little bit.  I’m afraid I have to do it again.  Actually, I’m gonna do it by proxy.  Thanks to Steve Benen at The Carpetbagger Report for doing it for me.  Read this:
Obama announces support for FISA ‘compromise’
The “compromise” reached today, spearheaded by my [...]

The Constitution has finally prevailed

Yesterday, the Constitution won.  In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said that prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay have the right to have their cases heard in US courts, granting them the writ of habeas corpus.  Writing for the majority in Boumediene v. Bush, Justice Anthony Kennedy said, “Liberty and security can be reconciled; and in our [...]

On Patriotism and the First Amendment

I’ve been off grid for a week, vacationing in the land of Mickey and sunshine.  Returning to the frozen northeast, I find that the political world is turning its myopic brain back to the issue of patriotism as related to Barack Obama and his non-flag-pin-wearing-self.  In an AP article this morning, the question of Obama’s patriotism [...]