Daily Archives: March 2nd, 2006 «

 

NSA Surveillance Program ‘scandal’ – update

Posted by: ST on March 2, 2006 at 11:15 pm » 37 Comments

Regarding the NSA ‘scandal’, victory could be on the horizon for the President – read my post at Blogs For Bush for more info. Related Toldjah So posts: Congressional probe of NSA surveillance may not happen afterall Admin briefs Congress on NSA surveillance Thomas Sowell on the NSA ‘scandal’ controversy NSA ‘scandal’ fallout: convicted terrorist [...]

 

Americans oppose UAE port deal

Posted by: ST on March 2, 2006 at 10:18 pm » 35 Comments

… and the Republicans are losing ground, according to the latest Fox News poll: NEW YORK — Most Americans oppose allowing a Dubai company to run some U.S. ports, even as a majority understands the U.S. would continue to control port security, according to a new FOX News poll. One in four sees the United [...]

 

Senate votes to renew Patriot Act

Posted by: ST on March 2, 2006 at 9:33 pm » 11 Comments

After all the blustering and handwringing, the Senate voted 89-10 today to renew the Patriot Act: WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday gave its blessing to the renewal of the USA Patriot Act after adding new privacy protections designed to strike a better balance between civil liberties and the government’s power to root out terrorists. [...]

 

The Katrina kerfuffle, part deux

Posted by: ST on March 2, 2006 at 9:21 am » 64 Comments

Note: *scroll down for updates* ————- The blogosphere is abuzz this morning regarding the story about a ‘secure’ (hah!) goverment tape as well as seven days of transcripts obtained by the AP show disaster officials warning the President and Homeland Security head honcho Michael Chertoff about the very serious threat Hurricane Katrina posed to New [...]

 

Scary stuff

Posted by: ST on March 2, 2006 at 8:55 am » 70 Comments

Want to hear what it sounds like to have a fanatical anti-America high school teacher trying to indoctrinate a classroom full of teenagers to hate America? Click here to listen. To classify this as disturbing would be an understatement. It reminds me a lot of the political indoctrination that was attempted here as well as [...]