Smart Op/Ed piece by Monica Lewinsky
From Talk Left: ‘Tell Mama’ by Monica Lewinsky
Interesting discussion on a recent, intelligently written Op/Ed piece in the LA Times, written by Monica Lewinsky on the need for parent/child privilege in courtrooms.
Few people are aware that, in our country, parents can be forced to testify against their children and vice versa; there is no parent-child privilege under the aegis of the federal government. We have a husband-wife privilege, a doctor-patient privilege, an attorney-client privilege and even a privilege between priest and penitent. But no comparable confidential boundary is recognized for parent and child.
How Bush’s Proposed Dividend Tax Cut Will Affect You
A chart created by Rep. Henry Waxman, showing how the tax cut will be distributed. For more information and documentation on the statistics in the chart, read this full report.
‘we own you, you don’t have any legal rights’
It happened at Oakland High. The discussion was about the war in Iraq. That’s when two students made comments about the President of the United States. While the exact wording is up for debate, the teacher didn’t consider it mere criticism, but a direct threat and she called the Secret Service.
Bush At War
Right on the heels of Bush in his spiffy military garb, several papers are investigating Bush’s National Guard Service (or rather his lack thereof) during the Vietnam War. Here is some complete coverage of the NY Times, Washington Journal and Globe reports:
Daily Howler Investigation, part 1
Daily Howler Investigation, part 2
Daily Howler Investigation, part 3
Covering Bush’s Ass: White House refuses to release Sept. 11 info
The White House is attempting to block the publication of at 900 page congressional report on the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. They’re claiming that it contains sensitive intelligence information, yet that information is readily available elsewhere on the internet and has been discussed in print and broadcast previously. Excerpt:
The Bush administration also consistently have fought identifying top officials, including the president and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, who may have received warnings in 2001 that bin Laden’s network planned to hijack commercial aircraft. As a result, the report includes vague references to ‘senior administration officials.’
Fraud, Enron, Bush!
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Number of Times Buffy Has Saved The World
Six, according the USA Today. Actually, that’s only in season enders. She also saved the world in midseason, in episodes “Innocence”, “The Zeppo” and “Doomed”. And technically last season, it wasn’t Buffy that saved the world, but Xander, and Giles. So she’s saved in eight times, so far. I’m guessing number 9 is coming in the next couple of weeks.