Looks like the Patriot Act is going down to defeat. Bush has such little sway with the moderates in his party, that they revolted against the controversial provisions in the Patriot Act, you know, the ones that allow the F.B.I. to find out what books you checked out. These provisions that give extended power to organizations like the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. (Whom Bush blames for the massive intelligence failures on Iraq, and why he wasn’t able to act quick enough regarding 9-11 btw), are set to expire at the end of this year.

If the Senate does nothing, the Patriot Act will be gutted of its liberty smashing abilities. The House has already approved all 16 of the controversial and expiring laws, so it’s all up to the Senate.

Senate rules allow the use of a Filibuster, (although Bill Frist [under investigation by the S.E.C.] has threatened to end this Senatorial right), according to traditional Senate rules, you need 60 votes to break a filibuster. This action, known as “invoking cloture” ends debate on the Senete floor and brings the bill or resolution to a vote.

Right now the Senate is split 52-47 on the Patriot Act, making cloture a …

While American’s focus on the Iraq War, a Supreme Court justice is being decided. The Radical Wrong want to slip this anti-abortion pro-corporate crony through the system while no one is looking.

The Washington Post has a current blog on the prevailing views toward Alito. Check it out! You may even see the following comment:

It is absurd to assume that the America of ‘81 or even ‘85 is the same America today. Times have changed, and the polls suggest a noticeable shift in public opinion towards Roe v. Wade. The Democrats have every right to defend the majority viewpoint, and I would hope they would defend other controversial decisions that have become the law such as Miranda or civil rights laws.

The conservative right wing will pull out any excuse to achieve their objective. This LaRue article is another classic case of politics as usual and the constant focus on the tactical battle, rather than the overall strategy.

The bottom line is that the Radical Right want to overturn Roe v. Wade, and will stop at nothing to do so. The Democrats should stick to their guns and hold their ground on what is a law that most American’s have come to …

Recently, the L.A. Times announced it would lay-off 85 staff members, claiming it was due to rising costs and other nonsense. Tribune (The Times parent company) made a fortune off their publishing division, despite a scandal last year where they falsely stated their circulations to increase ad-rates.

The paper has always had a solid core mid-to-left leaning audience, and they have been slowly pushing them away, leaning increasingly to the right, then they blame the whole thing on people’s disinterest in reading the paper, or the internet. While these reasons undoubtedly contribute, one must seriously consider the fact that alienating your audience is bad business. Another Tribune paper, Newsday, is following in the same direction. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Laurie Garrett ripped into Tribune and spoke of the way they ruined Newsday.

The thing that takes the cake was the firing of Robert Scheer, a renowned Liberal opinion writer. His writings were way ahead of the curve on the scandals in the White House, the involvement in Enron and the lies and deceit used to coax America into the Iraq war. How is his accuracy rewarded? They fired him.

Scheer said the following about Johnson (The L.A. …