So it seems things are going well for us, the people who care about the future of this nation as free and fair. The scandal of Jack Abramoff is spreading. This is good because we are cleaning out the scum of the nation. I predict this goes right up to some higher ups. Abramoff’s business partner Adam Kidan is squealing. Moving on. Bush has admitted in recent speeches that he went to war on improper intelligence and that he takes full responcibility…is an impeachment far off? Unfortunately for this nation, probably not. He is so weak politically that he cant even manage to veto an anti-torture bill. Thats right, after months of pressure, the McCain amendment banning cruel and degrading behavior looks like its going to pass. It is an insult to every soldier that has been a POW in America for our president to threaten to veto an act that serves to enforce high moral standards. Moving on. Iraq seems to have held its trigger finger off the bomb long enough yesterday to hold an election. While this is probably not going to solve every problem they have, it is a good sign. Lets hope that when they figure out that they all cant be in charge that a civil war doesn’t break out. And what might be the best news of the day, our media seems to be waking up and realizing that its job is to fuck with the man. The new York times and others are reporting that Bush authorized big brother like secret survielance on thousands of Americans ILLEGALLY! Its time to wake up people. Sleeping through our civil duties is going to get us all killed/thrown in jail/turned into zombies/turned into slaves. To close, it seems even some of our leaders are waking up. There is a threatened filibuster of the USA PATRIOT act renewal bill is in the works. Lets hope they can pull it off.

MONTHS after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President George Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others within the US, to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying.

Vice President Dick Cheney lobbied Republicans against the legislation, saying prohibitions against torture already exist in U.S. law. The White House threatened to veto the entire defense appropriation bill if the measure was included.