Jeremy Duffy - Awareness Advocate » Bushiness

Welcome Obama, Goodbye Loser

Jeremy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:01:47 +0000

I've been waiting a long, long time for Bush to finally exit from the Presidency. If I had to sum up how I feel right now, I would say it's something like a stab victim feels after the stabbing stops. It's a relief, but a very shallow one.

What I and the rest of us need now is to see whether "Dr. Obama" really has the qualifications and smarts to fix up the hemorrhaging. And while healing is the most important thing, like any other victim, I would also very much like to see the perpetrator brought to justice.

Let's hope that lack of limelight doesn't let Bush and his inept crimes slide into darkness forever.

Part of the So-Called PATRIOT Act Dumped

Jeremy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:05:08 +0000

Until the ruling, recipients of so-called "national security letters" were legally forbidden from speaking out. The letters, usually a demand for documents, or a notice that private records had been searched by government authorities, were criticized as a cover-all for FBI abuses.

It's a good start.

Bush Determined to Be Evil to the Very End

Jeremy — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:33:38 +0000

You would think that Bush would try to do something to help his popularity at the very end in a desperate and mostly futile attempt to make people, the world, and history hate him a little less. Instead, he's busy at work further eroding our privacy, liberty, and the balance of power between gigantic unfeeling corporations and the little guy. He signed into law a piracy act that was not needed and gives more power to the RIAA to do their dirty work.

Thanks Bush!

(H/T to Digg.com for the link)

Bush Reaches Highest Disapproval Rating in History

Jeremy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:01:00 +0000

I should hope so. I would like to think this is the worst it will ever be.

Scathing Review of The Bush Years

Jeremy — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:32:24 +0000

Brilliantly written though not just a little depressing.

And although the president now understands—or so he says—that we must begin to wean ourselves from oil and coal, we have on his watch become more deeply dependent on both.

Good Data About White House E-mail Woes

Jeremy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:53:47 +0000

Here's an article about the White House's struggle with keeping required records:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080824-white-house-memo-no-white-house-email-recovery-this-year.html

Petition to Remove Nancy Pelosi For Taking Impeachment “Off the Table”

Jeremy — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:51:39 +0000

I found this online petition to remove Pelosi for failing to do her job and being a political hack. Even if Congress couldn't pull an actual impeachment (which I believe they could for trying to block investigations of the White House staff alone), then they could still do something.

Make sure you also support Dennis Kucinich's petition for impeachment hearings for Bush and Cheney!

Schneier And U.S. Government Policy for Seizing Laptops at Borders

Jeremy — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:39:57 +0000

Schneier covers the recently released US policy for laptop seizure:

The U.S. government has published its policy: they can take your laptop anywhere they want, for as long as they want, and share the information with anyone they want

Oy. So what does it take to end this horrible trend? Obama? McCain (not likely)? Or something else entirely, and, if so, what?

President Bush Tries to Pardon Himself

Jeremy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:52:38 +0000

This makes me sick. Bush has tried to attach a provision to a bill that would allow him to escape prosecution for his war crimes. How's that for an admission of guilt?

Why Congress Won’t Prosecute Bush

Jeremy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:43:40 +0000

Here's a take that I'm ashamed to admit I hadn't considered: Members of Congress may be protecting Bush because of votes they made previously that might seem to have supported his illegal activities. While it might not end in prosecution, it could end their lucrative Congressional careers.

So, of course key Congressional Democrats who were made aware of these illegal torture and surveillance programs are going to protect the Bush administration and other lawbreakers. If you were Jay Rockfeller or Nancy Pelosi, would you want there to be investigations and prosecutions for torture programs that, to one degree or another, you knew about? If you were Jane Harman, wouldn't you be extremely eager to put a stop to judicial proceedings that were likely to result in a finding that surveillance programs that you knew about, approved of, and helped to conceal were illegal and unconstitutional?

(H/T to Digg.com for the link)