14 June 2008
boumediene v bush: scotus declared section 7 of the military commissions act of 2006 unconstitutional
click here to download the opinion 134 page .pdfjustices in the majority:
- John Paul Stevens,
- Anthony M. Kennedy,
- David Hackett Souter,
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
- Stephen G. Breyer
rethuglicans all
- Chief Justice John Roberts - george w. bush appointee
- Antonin Scalia - ronnie raygun appointee
- Clarence Thomas - george h.w. bush appointee
- Samuel Alito - george w. bush appointee ====
click here to download the military commissions act 39 page .pdfsection 7 begins at the bottom of page 37
louisiana congressmen voting for the military commissions act:
- piyush "bobby" jindal - rethug
- rodney alexander - rethug
- richard hugh baker - rethug
- charles boustany - rethug
- jim mccrery - rethug
see house roll call vote 508.
excerpt from salon.com
The Military Commissions Act of 2006 was -- and remains -- one of the great stains on our national political character. It was passed by a substantial majority in the Senate (65-34) with the support of every single Senate Republican (except Chafee) and 12 Senate Democrats. No filibuster was even attempted. It passed by a similar margin in the House, where 34 Democrats joined 219 Republicans to enact it. One of the most extraordinary quotes of the post-9/11 era came from GOP Sen. Arlen Specter, who said at the time that that the Military Commissions Act -- because it explicitly barred federal courts from hearing habeas corpus petitions brought by Guantanamo detainees -- "sets back basic rights by some 900 years" and was "patently unconstitutional on its face" -- and Specter then proceeded to vote for it.
The greatest victim of the 9/11 attack has been our core, defining constitutional liberties. Of all the powers seized by this administration in the name of keeping us Safe, the power to imprison people indefinitely with no charges and no real process is the most pernicious.
Passage of the Military Commissions Act was spearheaded by John McCain, who was anointed by cowardly Senate Democrats to speak for them and negotiate with the White House. Once McCain blessed the Military Commissions Act, its passage was assured. Barack Obama voted against it, and once its passage appeared certain, Obama offered an amendment to limit it to five years. That amendment failed, rendering the MCA the law of the land without any time limits. ~ read more
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13 June 2008
pastor james david manning: a call to arms for white people of truth
pastor manning says that black people always walk around with a chip on their shoulder because they are black daring anybody to say anything to them. pastor manning says that our society has been hijacked and kidnapped and pushed into a corner and so no one can say anything publicly about black people without being called a racist and a bigot. pastor manning says that we cant have a true and meaningful dialog about race in this country because you cant speak your mind or the truth.
pastor manning says that black peoples problems have nothing to do with white folk or slavery. pastor manning says this is hurting the black race and its destroying the white race.
SHOCK: tim russert dead
main stream media gas bag; liar, zionist puppet, propagandist and on and on gets his reward...
Russert, 58, was vacationing with his family in Italy, he returned last night. Collapsed while recording a track at bureau in DC...
msnbc: nbc's tim russert dead at 58
watch we are change confront this coward in january 2008
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see also
eric hufschmid
the media criminals
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sb672: house passes 56 yeas 43 nays
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE JIM TUCKER CALLS LOUISIANANS OPPOSED TO THE LEGISLATIVE PAY RAISE EXTREMISTS AND THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS 'DRAWING THE LINE'
TUCKER: ...BLOGGERS HAVE THE AUDACITY TO PUT A PICTURE OF MS. DUPLESSIS CAR ON THE BLOGS....
more later...
dum-o-crats considering running gun-grabber gallot against rethug turn-coat; bush enabler rodney alexander
judas h. priest! cant the dum-o-cratic congressional campaign committee find someone with a little bit more integrity to run against ratney rodney? (see link)
state rep. rick gallot's values are not louisiana fifth congressional district values. rick gallot is an opportunist and rick gallot is a gun grabber. rick gallot voted, in committee, for sb672 the massive legislative pay raise fraud bill. [UPDATE rep. gallot voted for the legislative pay raise bill on house final passage] that right there should be enough to show anyone that rep. gallot is just another legislative criminal.
tell the dum-o-crats to find someone with integrity for a change.
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sb672 house to hear legislative pay raise bill this morning
UPDATE: 11:28 am cdt HOUSE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:00 P.M. CDT
SB672 - all====
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****state house set to convene at 8:30 a.m. cdt****
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go to: http://legis.state.la.us/then click 'in progress'
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direct link to house chamber:
http://legis.state.la.us/video/video.asp?roomid=110
12 June 2008
local cop blogger warns of wave of church break-ins
a rapides parish sheriff's deputy who styles himself - 'pawpaw' - writes that his church was recently broken into and so have several others that rpso is aware of.
read more
11 June 2008
pineville, la. scientist discovers new species of mite in pineville
dr. john moser, a research entomolgist from pineville, louisiana discovered around 27 new species of mites in his back yard while studying fire ants for fun.
picture of louisiana state senator ann duplessis mercedes benz
UPDATE: from the sunday 06 july 2008 baton rouge morning advocate:Duplessis: Photos of her car misleading
State Sen. Ann Duplessis said the legislative pay raise issue was skewed by those who do not believe elected officials are credible.
As an example, she pointed to the photo of her Mercedes that popped up on the Internet before the governor vetoed the pay raise.
Duplessis, D-New Orleans, said the car is part of her compensation package as a banker.
“It’s a 10-year-old, broken down vehicle,” she said. ~ source
heres a photograph (courtesy of brian mcnabb and the louisiana action council) of louisiana state senator ann duplessis' car. the license plate reads "senate district 2" senator duplessis is the author of sb672 the bill which will give louisiana legislators a 300% ++ pay raise.considering that senator duplessis represents the impoverished lower ninth ward of new orleans and seeing that the value of her ride is worth more money than many of her constituents will see in five or ten years or more, senator duplessis seems to be doing quite well for herself on the current legislative salary or maybe shes a coupon clipper or something. or maybe, someone needs to investigate her and find out where she got the money to be tooling around in a mercedes benz.
source: autotrader.comsee also
the sb672 label in the footer of this post
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dana blankenhorn linked here
see
louisiana: what we care about
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baton rouge rocks! linked here
see thread
this legislature will go down
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kalb reports jimmy 'the wizard' faircloth lawsuit story
mike 'the tosser' magnoli (we call him the tosser cos hes always 'tossing it' back to the studio) plays catch up to the blogosphere and reports whats only been out here for a couple of days.
see also
central la politics blog
so far, the advocate only media to report faircloth story
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sb672 to be heard friday morning 13 june 2008
sb672 the massive fraud bill in which the criminal louisiana legislature intends to give themselves a massive 300% ++ pay increase is truly an instrument of legislative criminal genius. sb672 will tie legislative pay to a large percentage of a united states congressman's pay and when congress gets a pay raise then the louisiana legislators get one too -- automatically - no need for any further legislation to effect it.
around 5:33 pm cdt, sb672 was reported to the house and not surprisingly the shameless and ethically troubled state representative jeff arnold moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill on its third reading -- then rep. arnold moved for the house to hear the bill on friday 13 june 2008.
speaker tucker just announced that the house will meet early friday morning around 8:00 or 9:00 a.m.
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