I'm just trying to figure out who's whose beeyawwtch. The MSM is Corporate America's, the MSM is the President's, the President and the MSM are the MIC/Intelligence/Corporate America's, the Legislature and the Judiciary are the President's, the Legislature is Corporate America's, . . . guess it really doesn't matter because what it is by definition is fascism.

Lawyers like Glen, ACLU, EFF, Lawyers Guild are the only ones in this country that will ever have my unequivocal respect and support. American corporate lawyers (and many Department of Justice ones--laughably Orwellian when you really think about it) are functionary lackeys prostituting themselves for blood money rather than serving justice.

I have ten times the respect for the Pakistani bar that I do for the American bar. Pakistani fascists make a frontal assault on the rule of law and the Judicial branch and their lawyers take to the streets repeatedly. In America they send sternly worded letters and wring their collective hands. They ought to be bringing the wheels of justice to a halt, today. How do I convincingly tell clients to respect the rule of law and that they are getting a fair shake? I guess we should change the civics and law school curriculums in this country to reflect the reality that there is a class of corporate entities, executives, government agencies, bureaucrats, and rich and powerful citizens, that can all invoke "sovereign immunity" when accused of illegality by simply refusing lawful subpoenas with no repercussions or simply asserting the it's a non-justiciable double super secret matter of "national security".

Co-equal branches of government my ass. That the 9th is going to lay down for this is unbelievable. The only circuit that might have defended the rule of law. We sure can't have any faith the Supremes would as currently constituted. I guess Marbury v Madison doesn't mean what I thought it meant. Apparently there's a whole class of activities and individuals in America that are as GG says, "beyond and above the law" and if we allow any degree of transparency even in a closely monitored judicial proceeding we will all most assuredly die horrible miserable explosive radioactive deaths at the hands of [insert your boogeyman du jour].

GG is so right on this and every related subject. I wish you'd get Prof. Lederman on for an interview and see if he's now capitulated too. McLovin' that "change" we can believe in. I should have stuck to my guns and voted for Kucinich--that wily little guy has ten times the backbone of President Obama and isn't afraid to speak the truth and wouldn't compromise basic constitutional principles for political popularity.

Cocktailhag is a guy who wears a fur coat while drinkin' a Full Sail (shoulda been a Dead Guy)? I would've never guessed. Classic. As a P-town native soon to return I couldn't be prouder through. Keepin' it weird. If that's a real fur though it's a real no no in P-town? What are you buddies with the Schumacher clan or something? Bad Cocktailhag bad.

Either way your site looks good and I'm a fan of what you post at GG's place.

I pick "stupid" and "or what" but I wouldn't say it's "all Americans" just the shills and propoganda catapulting stenographers of the MSM.

Somebody should have asked Dough Boy Rove which is it "are we at war or are we in peacetime"? If it's peacetime does that mean we can bring all the kids, moms, dads, brothers and sisters back from the ME and roll back all the draconian laws and policies that were 100% absolutely necessary to prevent us from being murdered in our homes, workplaces, and shopping malls (oh my) by the wily terrarists?

You sir are an eedjit who no doubt keeps company with equally clueless eedjits with very little credibility simply by virtue of wearing a beret. Was it raspberry colored? Did you find it at a second hand store? Did you go in through the out door? Do the horses wonder who you are?

Clearly you have no fashion sense. Too bad you don't have the good sense to go away because you are doing something close to nothing not much different than the day before you hopeless bore. Want some mo fo show?

Query, why do your children need one of those big ol' money wastin' liberul edumacations when clearly dear dad has all the insight they'd ever need in navigating life's pesky little problems? I'm sure they're perfectly prepared for the real world right now what with all their home schoolin and such (h/t to that NC beauty pageant contestant & that Nailin' Palin video I just got in the mail).

Keep it real playa!

"laws of nature and People of The Book . . . " would those "laws" include "slavery" and would "utopian visions" include its ultimate American demise incident to the abolitionist and civil rights movements?

I see things for what they are and I don't think there's anything at all hubristic about calling an eedjit an eedjit. Doesn't mean I wish personal harm to befall you it just means I want to expose your stupidity for what it is--stupid. And it's "the so teh stoopid it burns" crowd in America, of which you are an integral part and likely charter member, that has brought America to its collective knees what with your "seeing rubbish because you want to see rubbish" schtick. So you really do deserve whatever scorn and opprobrium that can be heaped on your narrow shoulders by those slightly more enlightened. Now we wouldn't necessarily treat "teh stoopid" this way, only "teh stoopid" who refuse to accept reality, reason, and empathy, as the natural state of human affairs rather than mindless faith in whatever it is you seem to think and believe you know.