
Tonight's citations are listed after the jump...
Authorization for use of military force (pdf)
Chuck Hagel says time to wind down in Afghanistan
GOP senators criticize Susan Rice after meeting
Executive Order 13491 -- Ensuring Lawful Interrogations
Obama Orders Secret Prisons and Detention Camps Closed
President Obama nominates third Republican to his cabinet
February 12, 2009 - Gregg Withdraws as Commerce Secretary Nominee
Obama To Nominate McHugh For Senior Army Post
Obama Nominates GOP's Jim Leach to Lead National Endowment for the Humanities
Republican Anne Northup Tapped to Fill Final CPSC Commissioner Spot
In Cheney's Shadow, Counsel Pushes the Conservative Cause
Cheney aide Addington rises at Heritage
Influential Bush Administration Lawyer to Head Heritage Legal Shop
It's Our War - Bush should go to Jerusalem--and the U.S. should confront Iran.
Bill Kristol says Iraq War will last 2 months
FLASHBACK: Bill Kristol Wanted Chuck Hagel To Be Vice President
Still a potent gay rights voice, Barney Frank dials back opposition to Chuck Hagel nomination
After Ticketmaster Glitch, Inaugural Ball and Parade Tickets Sell Out Early





How long will it take us to reverse all the damage done to this country by the Bush administration? The debt accrued, the endless wars, the damage to our economy and domestic manufacturing. Both Manhattan and New Orleans were decimated under his watch. New Orleans has never recovered from this.
Torture. Spying on Americans. Launching Orwellian wars. Holding prisoners off of US soil for the sole purpose to avoid Constitutional protections for those prisoners.
When will this end? How much longer must these policies be carved into the fabric of American society?
I am tired of us as a nation debating which bad policy idea we should pursue first, and which bad policy idea we should acquiesce on, and allow to harm our nation. I want us to start pursuing policies that will make things better.
Has anyone around here noticed that we get very little of that? My question to you is what are you going to do about it?