Move America Forward’s Melanie Morgan has the feel-good story of the week about bikers making a show of force in Berkeley to support the Marines, and the inevitable clash between them and the anti-war nuts. Not only that, but she reports this good news:
According to a recent Gallup poll, which states that’s the “lowest ever for any U.S. institution.”
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:
The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder has examined some recent polls and has determined some common themes among them. The first one may surprise you:
That was Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in his dissent on the USSC ruling today that Gitmo detainees have habeas corpus rights.
Today isn’t just a day that Americans across the country will gather in their backyards and hold barbecues – it’s a day that we remember and honor the hundreds of thousands of our fallen heroes, who made the ultimate sacrifice so we can enjoy the freedoms we do today, freedoms that all too many take for granted.
