http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:46:08 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:46:08 “Guantanamo at Home”: Muslim American Syed Fahad Hashmi Held in 23-Hour Solitary Pretrial Confinement for Over Two Years in Case Resting on Plea-Bargaining Government Informant

http://www.democracynow.org/images/story/38/17738/hashmi-web.jpg


One day after President Obama trumpeted the achiev... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/53 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:36:16 You all may remember that since President Obama took office, the Pentagon torture dead enders spammed the media with fake numbers for Gitmo detainees returned to "the battlefield". Keith made short work of that report. Then, there was more general push back against Obama's decision to close Gitmo ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/52 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:25:50 This isn't to let dead beat parents off the hook or any adult that could have taken a step. They are responsible.

But, this thread has made me remember how much of a second "job" hiding our poverty was for me while I was in my early teens right through high school.

I have no idea where I got ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/51 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:51:24 [i]"I cannot sit here idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham." -- Dr. King, 16 April 1963[/i]

The news of your choice to honor Rick Warren with the privilege of delivering your inaugural Invocation -- a day that so many of us worked for with every wit, penny or h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/50 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:36:22 I sent Mr. Schaeffer a list of questions to follow up on his interview with Amy Goodman this morning:

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/10/13/former_mccain_supporter_accuses_the_senator

And he was gracious enough to get right back to us.

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sf: Your book, [b]Crazy... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/48 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:13:15 Kristof Still Doesn’t Get the Anthrax Story: The Justice Department, Bush Science and Our Sorry Press

In his unapologetic apology to Steve Hatfill yesterday, Nicholas Kristof warned that the press should err on the side of sharing what it knows over the consequences to an individual should that ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/47 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:31:48 Remember that week before last, Junkdrawer, suffragette, Mabus and I pointed out that Bruce Ivins could not be in Princeton at 5pm if he was in Frederick at 4:30 or so. That was in response to a WaPo story where FBI claimed he took off work early to mail anthrax. Glenn Greenwald wrote it up this w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/46 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:07:32 What the FBI Knows: For Bruce Ivins and for us

[i]“I don’t think the FBI knows what the FBI knows” – Richard Clarke testifying before the 9/11 Commission[/i]

In the summer of 2001, two hijackers were renting lodgings from an FBI asset in San Diego, California. But the FBI couldn't be bothere... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/45 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:33:55 Back to the Future: Speaker Christine Pelosi names David Addington Co-Chair, Office of Congressional Ethics.

July 26, 2018

Press Release: "The Office of Congressional Ethics is essential to an effective ethics process in the House,” said Speaker Pelosi. “This bipartisan board of outside expe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/44 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:05:19 My feet in the air: Congressional Recidivism, the Guantanamo Variations

[i]“I did hang on chains for five days. When the doctor come to check if I was okay, if I can survive or not, then they put me back down. And, if they say okay, then they put me back up again.” -- Murat Kurnaz testifyin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/43 Wed, 21 May 2008 23:21:21 Happy trails, Robin
A response to Robin Morgan’s “Good-bye to all that #2”
Elizabeth Ferrari

US elections 2008: [i]The women's movement must condemn the sexist attacks on Hillary Clinton and must also unite to reject her candidacy anchored in racial division and pseudo-masculinist bullying.[/i]... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/42 Mon, 05 May 2008 18:41:40 They're at it again, the politicians, trying to make us think we're not only not on the same side, but that we have nothing in common and that we wouldn't even like each other if we met up, by accident, in line at the grocery store. Who they think this will benefit is beyond me -- except, it probab... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/41 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:13:20 Mr. Castro, Senator Obama, and the Case of Don Siegelman

Fidel Castro has now officially stepped down in Cuba, and the candidates seeking their party’s presidential nomination have weighed in on this event.

For those of us who follow events in Cuba, it’s surprising to hear Senator Obama echoin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/40 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:58:11 Swiftboat on the Rocks 3: He’s not a dictator?

For anyone who hasn’t had time to keep up, the news is that the peaceful, progressive leader of Venezuela lost the vote on constitutional reforms in a transparent and orderly election. (Meanwhile, the ex-KGB violence prone leader of Russia stole ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/37 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:11:19 http://www.opednews.com/images/oped_headline1.gif

November 16, 2007


Swiftboat on the Rocks: the failed smearing of Hugo Chavez

By Elizabeth Ferrari

By now, the American public knows that Hugo Chavez is a dictator, that he suppresses free speech and that he shoots college students that ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/36 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:01:55 for their extended family. Family is broken up, six deported with one child who is an American citizen.

The Forgotten Victims of the California Wildfires: Undocumented Migrant Workers


Andrea Guerrero of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium says law enforcement deported evacuees and che... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/35 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:19:05 (I put this together from the info on babylonsister's thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1941046
Feedback always appreciated. ef)


Is Freedom’s Watch PNAC in populist drag?

According to the AP, Freedom’s Watch is new conservative group o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/33 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:49:28 09/27/07

I may be wrong but it's likely that the impeachment demonstration we held in San Francisco on September 15 was the largest one outside of D.C. My friend, an entrepreneur with a laptop, a cell phone and a credit card, got us all together again to spell out “Impeach” with our bodies and fi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/32 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:22:48 [b][i]Nancy, this is our table and Sami al-Haj is dying on it.[/i][/b]

We’ve tried to talk to you in every possible way we know how. You aren’t listening. In July, you asked us to wait until September for the Petraeus report. (“I’ll see you in September . . .”)

You asked us to wait for a se... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/31 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:34:47 (Feedback much appreciated. Beth)

[h2][b]Pelosi’s Fear of Flying: The Immediate Consequences of Aiming Low on Impeachment[/b][/h2]

This week, we as a nation find ourselves in a surreal political position. We are awaiting the results of the “Petreus” report as if that report were actually an... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/29 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:54:31 unwelcome here. I'm not "concerned" -- I'm pissed. And while that's my problem, I want to know what we can do to change that.

In all honesty, I haven't seen most of what has upset people. This week has been super busy for me and I haven't been paying very close attention -- sorry.

DU is a bi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/27 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:41:41 Our forum has been corrupted, co-opted and sent off task by that grifter.

We're taking it back, today.

She was banned from this forum for a reason, not the least of which was her abusiveness.

She has ripped off people who in good faith wanted to fund election reform.

She has betrayed and... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/25 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:19:33 I followed as closely as I could yesterday the conversation you tried to have with each other. And first, I want to thank you for your work. Without you, our national conversation on the topics of war and peace, accountability and human rights would be in a deeper ditch than the one Cindy camped o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/24 Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:10:34 When St. Ronnie died, this whole country was subjected to an entire week of bullshit. And we were nice. We didn't want to disrespect the dead or the grieving family. We tried to ignore the damage he'd done to our country and we tried to be respectful.


Meanwhile:

The corporate media "forgo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/22 Fri, 18 May 2007 00:38:56 Today, thousands of Americans all over the country demanded impeachment. I posted links to all the actions reported to DU near the end of this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x778664

Do a Yahoo! or Google search. The Cone of Silence has... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sfexpat2000/21 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:48:31