Positive Universe Abstracts

…but a press statement prepared by Vienna explicitly backs closure of the camp.

… I’ll meet you ’round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend…

Was it my imagination, or did I see the ghost of Joe McCarthy heading into the RNC headquarters the other day?

We will succeed even more with Feingold’s Censure if MORE back him up–popular and Congressional–REGARDLESS of a win–this sustained debate will be a win! And Feingold’s success is surprizing in one case after another! Blogger, Connie

“Bush has admitted he is ignoring FISA…The big question is whether there will be an “October Surprise” - a dramatic event that will bump up Bush’s currently dismal polling numbers, and help his party. Right now, Republican friends tell me they are doing all they can to keep the mid-terms from being a referendum on Bush. They know they have a better chance if they focus on local races - absent an October Surprise. If you have any knowledge of how White Houses operate, you can be sure they are working night and day to pull off such a surprise. If they do it, Bush will get away with his lawlessness. If not, he and Cheney are in for two very bad years. They have earned them.”

John W. Dean, a FindLaw columnist, is a former counsel to the president.

“While Congress did reassert itself vis-à-vis Nixon, now it’s abdicating more and more of its power to the executive. I think it’s a very dangerous thing: Congress is allowing itself to be minimized, while the President is claiming more unchecked power.”

ANOTHER CALL TODAY TO IMMEDIATE ACTION:

(Second from MoveOn.org)

Tell your Senators to support Senator Feingold’s resolution to censure President Bush:

“Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org Political Action”

As a first step, Congress must censure a president who has so plainly broken the law. This is not something that can or should be swept under the rug. Tell your Senators now to support Senator Feingold’s resolution.