From TPM Muckraker:

So, let me get this straight. The Bush Administration urinated all over the Constitution, Human Rights, and every American Citizen’s civil liberties…so this idiot could get a minimum of six months in jail when sentenced?

I have a friend that is serving 8-10 years in prison, but I guarantee you that he’s not part of any plot that led to the death of 3000 Americans. Hamdan WAS, and Hamdan should spend the rest of his life in the clink. Right? He was one of the EVILDOERS.

Years from now, history is going to look at this, and we’ll be reminded who the evildoers were.

Pathetic.

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Senate bill would restrict Bush from secret executive orders.

I’m reminded of Douglas Adams’ idea of public notification. From Hitchhikers:

“But Mr. Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine months.”

“Oh yes, well, as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You hadn’t exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them, had you? I mean, like actually telling anybody or anything.”

“But the plans were on display…”

“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”

“That’s the display department.”

“With a flashlight.”

“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”

“So had the stairs.”

“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”

“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display on the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.’”

Geez, you’d think changing executive orders would be an excellent thing to disseminate through talking points to Fox News, eh? They could start primetime with yesterday’s revisions, a la 1984…unless that’s crimethink?

When a government can arbitrarily change existing law without informing you of the change, yet still hold you accountable, what do you call that?

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President Bush chastised Democrats on Saturday for refusing to allow a vote on whether to lift the federal ban on offshore oil drilling before lawmakers departed for their summer recess.

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The Senate on Thursday passed and sent to the White House legislation that bans lead from children’s toys and seeks to ensure that chemicals posing possible health problems will not end up on toys and articles that kids chew on and play with.

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President Bush issued an executive order that revises the rules for intelligence agencies and strengthens the authority of the national intelligence director, the White House said.

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President Bush’s top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a judge ruled Thursday in an unprecedented dispute between the two political branches of the U.S. government.

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President Bush confirmed Thursday that combat tour lengths for U.S. troops will be reduced to 12 months from 15 months.

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A White House proposal aimed at protecting health-care workers who object to abortion and some birth-control methods has escalated a debate over the balance between religious freedom and patients’ rights.

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President Bush on Wednesday signed a massive housing bill intended to provide mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners and stabilize financial markets.

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