That was us

Over at Hullaballoo Digby writes: last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart did a nice little rundown on all the cases where the Obama administration’s promises of “transparency” and adherence to constitutional norms have turned out to be shall we say, a bit opaque. There were those who saw the writing on the wall [...]

The Hypocrisy of Conservatives

There is a right to Privacy. There is no right to  Hypocrisy. -Congressman Barney Frank Everyone has a right to their own privacy. Nobody deserves to have their personal lives, personality, character, and morals judged and analyzed by people who either don’t know them, have never met them, or hardly know them. Politicians are people. [...]

Failbot Pretzel Logic

(This started in the comments of Dakinikat’s morning post but I think it deserves front page attention.) If you want to see some EPIC FAIL check out this post by John Cole. Responding to a WaPo report that Obama is considering issuing an executive order that would “reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely” [...]