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Re: Obama Attacks on McCain-Palin Pay Off

spencer — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:08:16 -0000

Hey, indie:
I guess you haven't seen the video; McCain...drumroll please...LOVES ACORN!
In his own words, at an ACORN rally:
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/20...

Re: The Midnight Regulation Express

spencer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:49:13 -0000

well, the Congressional Review Act of 1996 should help this underground war between Obama and Bush right now. According to Politico, "The law contains a clause determining that any regulation finalized within 60 days of congressional adjournment — Oct. 3, in this case — is considered to have been legally finalized on Jan. 15, 2009. The new Congress then has 60 days to review it and reverse it with a joint resolution that can’t be filibustered in the Senate.

In other words, any regulation finalized in the last half-year of the Bush administration could be wiped out with a simple party-line vote in the Democrat-controlled Congress."

This can be the Holy Grail to beat back the Bushies, who have infected the bureaucracy with these well-hidden regs, that now number over 200, as of this writing.

Re: SERE, CIA, and Stress Positions As Sleep Deprivation

spencer — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:17:06 -0000

didn't Addington, Haynes, and Rizzo go to Gitmo in Sept., 2002 to put pressure on interrogators to use harsher methods?
Source is the Sen Armed Services Comm. Report, Dec 2008
It's the 1st time that I've seen Addington's direct involvement in this, besides OLC.

Re: Fox is Not News

spencer — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:58:04 -0000

According to the Politico (admittedly, not the most neutral source, but it does have some interesting quotes), the DNC is steering away from Fox-sponsored debates.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0407/DNC...

Re: Norm Coleman: Midnight Toker

spencer — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:53:54 -0000

Wouldn't there be video of his graduation somewhere? I'd put out that question to anyone in MN.