Quote of the day
A true outrage:
Filibuster bluster – PLUS: Leftroots continue to express disappointment with BO’s latest FISA stance
For all that talk yesterday of a Democrat filibuster on the FISA compromise in the Senate, it wasn’t even close:
Senators Dodd, Feingold, and Reid set to filibuster House-approved FISA bill
… because they don’t want telecoms to have retroactive immunity from lawsuits (via Memeo):
Only 12% of Americans have “confidence in Congress”
According to a recent Gallup poll, which states that’s the “lowest ever for any U.S. institution.”
The fun never stops :)
I came home this evening after a busy afternoon at the 8-5, started catching up on the news shortly thereafter, and haven’t been able to stop laughing since. Why? Well, it all centers around the story about the agreement reached today between Democrats and Republicans in the House on the FISA bill, which has been stalled for quite some time now thanks to numerous disagreements, among them immunity to telecoms:
Kucinich: I’m not giving up on impeaching Bush and Cheney
Even though the last time around he voted against his own measure, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Moonbattia) is vowing to fight on with more articles of impeachment against President Bush if he has to in order to get Congress to ‘act.’ Via Mary Ann Akers at WaPo’s “Sleuth” blog: