FISA

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Goes To the Movies: The Dark Knight

August 1, 2008 - My wife wanted to go out last night. My choices were taking her some place expensive to eat or a movie. Since I really wasn't in the mood to discuss some minor defect in our relationship over and over again I opted for the movie. I don't see...

From The Room: Netroots Nation 2008: Caucus Refugee

July 25, 2008 - The other day I broke the story on the Netroots Aryan Nation. Bill O'Reilly echoed my thoughts, declaring the Netroots as hateful as the Nazis...

From The Room: Gore Proves Global Warming by Sweating Profusely, and Nine Other Things I Learned at the Netroots Nation/KKK Gathering

July 22, 2008 - (Written in satire. A literal translation for the tonally impaired is available upon request.) This weekend I went to Austin, Texas, to attend the third annual Netroots [Aryan] Nation, the convention formerly known as...

From The Room: Fascism Is the New Black

July 21, 2008 - Hey there, Movie Fans! I went to the movies this weekend, like all of you, to see the Dark Knight. And like all of you, I knew that if I arrived less than an hour before the show started, I wouldn't be able to sit anywhere at all. So...

FAQ: FISA bill

July 10, 2008 - By now, we all know the Senate has approved the bitterly contested rewrite of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, overhauling rules on secret government eavesdropping and shielding telecommunications companies from lawsuits. Sounds pretty cut and dried, right? Well, do you know what...

News For Kids: How a law stops being a law

July 11, 2008 - Hey kids! Remember a couple years back when we found out that the president was breaking the law by illegally wiretapping citizens anytime he felt like it? Well, as of this week...

From The Room: FISA: Your Silent, Watching Best Friend!

July 10, 2008 - You may not have heard because it's not really being covered by the news, but the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has been passed! And--this is the awesome part--telecom immunity. That means that corporation...

From The Room: Obama's Subconscious Explains His FISA Stance

July 10, 2008 - The crowd roars as Obama takes the stage in a local town hall somewhere in middle America, where people know their neighbors, and the word "value" still means something other than a goddamn dollar sign. He is in rare form: eloquent, poised, truly transcendent. He addresses the roaring crowd...

From The Room: Notes from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Weenie Nation

June 25, 2008 - I am going to pull an Obama and preempt anyone who might call me insensitive by saying up front that I am not insensitive and anyone who calls me names for this blog is really the insensitive one. I am trying to do a service to young men here! I...

Barack Obama is the political a-hole that the Democrats have been praying for

June 24, 2008 - Evidence is building that Barack Obama is as crafty as a Republican. His support of President Bush's FISA bill caused Glenn Greenwald to write, "Obama's willingness to embrace that rancid framework... i...

From The Room: Rock Against Telecom Immunity!

March 27, 2008 - A song for the telecom companies that broke the law and complied with the administration's domestic spying program to play while they put you on hold. Enjoy "Free Evenings and Weekends." (click the play button below...

Telecom companies are being sued and there's nothing you or your iPhone can do about it

March 5, 2008 - This week, President Bush spoke to the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) seeking amnesty for the corporations that helped the government "listen in" on communications without the muss and bother of warrant...

From The Room: Telecom Terror TV

February 15, 2008 - ...