Hominid Views

My very own Representative, Congressman Jay Inslee, is introducing a bill later today to impeach Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Here is a media report (via Think Progress):

and here is Keith Olbermann’s take:

As Jonathan Alter says…”Gonzo is gone-zo.”

Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, the President and Grand Poobah of the Corrupt Bastards Club, had his house raided by the FBI and IRS on Monday:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service raided the Alaska home of Senator Ted Stevens on Monday in search of evidence about his relationship to a businessman who [...]

A New York Times editorial nicely sums up the controversy over Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the internal domestic spying dispute:

As far as we can tell, there are three possible explanations for Mr. Gonzales’s talk about a dispute over other — unspecified — intelligence activities. One, he lied to Congress. Two, he used a bureaucratic [...]

From the NY Times:

A 2004 dispute over the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program that led top Justice Department officials to threaten resignation involved computer searches through massive electronic databases, according to current and former officials briefed on the program.
It is not known precisely why searching the databases, or data mining, raised such a [...]

Headzup: Bush uses his ultimate power.
Max Blumenthal works the Christians United for Israel conference (hat tip Lee):

U.S. hires slave labor. No…really…slave labor (via ThinkProgress).
Colbert interviews Anthony Romero from the ACLU (via OneGoodMove).
Dick Cheney is Worst Person in the World!
Headzup: Harriet Meiers with spunk (and a gun).
From the WTF file: NBC White House correspondent [...]

What kind of craziness do you get when you combine a Reagan-appointed former commandant of the Marine Corps with a former lawyer in the Reagan White House and give them space in the Washington Post to commenting on George W. Bush’s recent Executive Order on detainee treatment?
Let’s begin with the title: War Crimes and the [...]

I listened to some of Alberto Gonzales’ testimony, streaming CSPAN-3, on Tuesday. Previously I had listened to Comey’s chilling testimony about the showdown in John Ashcroft’s hospital room. I had listened live to Gonzales’ testimony in which he asserted there was no disagreement between the White House and the Justice department over [...]

From Reuters:

The White House threatened on Wednesday to veto a broad agriculture law being drafted in Congress, which the administration said misses a major chance to overhaul U.S. farm policy in dire need of reform.

Are they serious?
Everything—and I mean EVERYTHING the Bush administration has “overhauled” has either turned into a steaming pile of [...]

A recent post got me thinking about party affiliation. Specifically, I was wondering how party affiliation has changed over the last couple of years. Over this time, the Bush administration has tarnished the Republican brand in so many ways. Has this translated into a loss of Republican identity?
An [...]

Last week George W. Bush tied Nixon when he sunk to a record low 26% approval in the Harris Poll.
Another week, another record. This time it is an American Research Group (ARG) poll where Bush has sunk to to a record low 25% approval, and a record high 71% disapproval [...]

A couple of days ago Chris Grygiel at the Seattle PI Strange Bedfellows blog wrote about a recent Moore Information poll that shows a very close race between Christine Gregoire and her likely challenger Dino Rossi. Chris points out that…

Moore Information primarily does polling for Republican candidates. Democrats will say their numbers and [...]

More evidence that the terrorists are winning without ever setting foot in the U.S.:

A suspicious looking box found near Lewis-Gale Medical Center Thursday afternoon was, in fact, a remote weather station that had been affixed the tree by an employee and not an explosive device.
The box, which was constructed with putty and wires, was [...]

Olbermann on White House coverups.
Jon Stewart returns from hiatus—to a pile of news (via ThinkProgress).
Impeach the Bastards (via OneGoodMove).
Headzup: Bush takes a test.
Stephen Colbert on fear and
The blaming Sen. Clinton file:

Keith Olbermann and Richard Wolfe: Eric Edelman was behind Sen. Clinton smear.
The Young Turks on Edelman’s bullshit
Keith Olbermann with a special commentary [...]

More unprecedented lawlessness from the Bush administration. From the Washington Post:

Bush administration officials unveiled a bold new assertion of executive authority yesterday in the dispute over the firing of nine U.S. attorneys, saying that the Justice Department will never be allowed to pursue contempt charges initiated by Congress against White House officials once the [...]

Rassmussen (which is a right-leaning polling firm) released a poll yesterday on what party Americans trust:

Even on Taxes, traditionally a political strong point for the GOP, voters continue to trust Democrats more than Republicans.

Here is the Reader’s Digest condensed version of the report:

Issue

Democrats

GOP

Net Dem. Advantage

National Security

44%

45%

-1

Taxes

43%

41%

+2

Education

41%

37%

+4

Abortion

42%

37%

+5

Immigration

39%

33%

+6

Economy

47%

40%

+7

War in Iraq

48%

38%

+10

Social Security

47%

34%

+13

Ethics & Corruption

44%

27%

+17

Healthcare

50%

33%

+17

Man…has BushCheneyCo™ ever trashed the [...]