Sen. Feinstein (D-CA) took to the senate floor earlier this afternoon to discuss the White House’s firing of US Attorneys around the country and decision to appoint replacements without senate approval. See the video here.
Ahhhh, good analogy. This from an article in the Charlottesville Daily Progress on the debate in the Virginia House of Delegates over an apology for slavery …
Some delegates believe an apology is unnecessary and a sign of too much political correctness.
âThe present commonwealth has nothing to do with slavery,â said Del. Frank D. Hargrove, R-Glen Allen, whose ancestors were French Huguenots who came to America in search of religious freedom.
How far do these calls for apologies go, wondered Hargrove, a member of the House Rules Committee that could take up McEachinâs resolution as early as Wednesday.
âAre we going to force the Jews to apologize for killing Christ?â Hargrove wondered. âNobody living today had anything to do with it. It would be far more appropriate in my view to apologize to the Upper Mattaponi and the Pamunkeyâ Indians for the loss of their lands in eastern Virginia, he said.
Maybe Dinesh D’Souza has something to say about this.
Okay, we’ve got some background here on that little-known provision of the Patriot Act that facilitated the federal prosecutor purge. Seems it only took the White House four months to start putting the new power to use.
Late to the party: Now President Bush says Saddam’s execution looked like “kind of a revenge killing.”
Wasn’t as fun saying it on day one, bud.
Good thinkprogress catch: Note crew lamest bunch in the universe.
“What’s an appropriate way to dissent?”
NBC’s David Gregory stumps Tony Snow.
Shocking. Abramoff pal and lobbyist Grover Norquist lobbies against senate ethics bill.
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And there she goes. Carol Lam, US Attorney in San Diego, who prosecuted Duke Cunningham and was continuing her investigation into Bush appointee Kyle “Dusty” Foggo at CIA, has resigned.