Oh my.

Hm...
Very interesting...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against President Bush's signing statements said Monday he would have a bill ready by the end of the week allowing Congress to sue him in federal court.

"We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president's acts declared unconstitutional," Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said on the Senate floor.

Specter's announcement came the same day that an American Bar Association task force concluded that by attaching conditions to legislation, the president has sidestepped his constitutional duty to either sign a bill, veto it, or take no action.

Bush has issued at least 750 signing statements during his presidency, reserving the right to revise, interpret or disregard laws on national security and constitutional grounds.

"That non-veto hamstrings Congress because Congress cannot respond to a signing statement," said ABA president Michael Greco. The practice, he added "is harming the separation of powers."

Bush has challenged about 750 statutes passed by Congress, according to numbers compiled by Specter's committee. The ABA estimated Bush has issued signing statements on more than 800 statutes, more than all other presidents combined.

Signing statements have been used by presidents, typically for such purposes as instructing agencies how to execute new laws.

But many of Bush's signing statements serve notice that he believes parts of bills he is signing are unconstitutional or might violate national security.

Still, the White House said signing statements are not intended to allow the administration to ignore the law.

"A great many of those signing statements may have little statements about questions about constitutionality," said White House spokesman Tony Snow. "It never says, 'We're not going to enact the law.'"

Specter's announcement intensifies his challenge of the administration's use of executive power on a number of policy matters. Of particular interest to him are two signing statements challenging the provisions of the USA Patriot Act renewal, which he wrote, and legislation banning the use of torture on detainees.

Bush is not without congressional allies on the matter. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a former judge, has said that signing statements are nothing more than expressions of presidential opinion that carry no legal weight because federal courts are unlikely to consider them when deciding cases that challenge the same laws.

Two for One Day

One:
PLEASE go see the documentary film An Inconveniet Truth. It is great! Thank you Al Gore! We MUST save our planet.

Two: History is being made. George W. Bush is speaking at the NAACP annual convention. This is interesting! Stay tuned. Solid.

Peace.

IT'S JULY!

IT'S JULY!
HAVE FUN!
BE NICE TO EVERYONE.
PEACE.

Father's Day

There are a lot of fathers in our world.
They have quite a lot in common even tho they don't know it.
The most important part about being a father is being there.
Today we honor fathers. I think we should honor each other every day.
Peace.

Today Is Our Anniversary

Today
is our one year anniversary.
I love you honey.
Peace.

One Day At A Time

When you get knocked down,
simply get up again and again and again.
One day at a time.
Peace.

The Da Vinci Code

DO NOT MISS THIS FILM!
A lot of people on planet Earth saw The Da Vinci Code when it opened last weekend. The film earned about $224 million dollars worldwide in approximately two days.
Apparently people are going to movie theatres to see this film. I know I did, and I highly recommend it. It is a great movie!
Thumbs up! Thank you Ron Howard and everybody who worked on it. Peace.

Will you listen and watch?

George W. Bush speaks to the world tonight. Will you listen and watch?
The Peace Sign Project is in full swing. Simply put, we want everybody to put a Peace sign on their car.
Take care.
Peace.

VERY GOOD NEWS!

ALBANY, May 1 — Ten states, including California and New York, plan to file suit this week to force the Bush administration to toughen mileage regulations for sport utility vehicles and other trucks.

The suit, which the states are to announce on Tuesday, contends that the administration did not do a rigorous enough analysis of the environmental benefits of fuel economy regulations, as required by law, before issuing new rules last month for S.U.V.'s, pickup trucks and minivans. The suit will also claim that the government did not consider the impact of gasoline consumption on climate change when devising the new rules.

While the states have initiated a number of suits over Washington's environmental policies, the new suit is the first to take aim at federal fuel economy regulations. With gasoline reaching $3 a gallon in many parts of the country, there has been a broad outcry for action but little consensus on what to do.

Senate Republicans have proposed a $100 rebate to help taxpayers pay gas bills, a proposal that has been met with criticism even from the right, while President Bush has asked for Congressional authority to revise mileage regulations for passenger cars. He already has the authority to do so for S.U.V.'s and other trucks.

California will be lead plaintiff in the suit, which also includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont, as well as New York City and the District of Columbia.

I would like to know, would you?

How much money is Bush and his friends making off these high gas prices?
Wouldn't you love to know?
www.stillfree.com

Today

Yesterday was Earth Day.
Today is Rob's birthday.
Yesterday George W. Bush came to Indian Wells, California for a republican fundraiser.
How is any of this connected?
Everything is connected. I went to see George W. Bush yesterday, but he declined to see me. I was there with about 200 other people. (www.thedesertsun.com) People of all kinds. None of us liked Bush much. We don't believe he's made Mother Earth a better place. There were five people there who did. Hence the 33% approval rating. It's been quite a wild ride since 2000. Today is Rob's birthday, and Mother Earth keeps on revolving and evolving. I keep trying to speak with Mr. Bush. You should too. Peace. www.stillfree.com
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROB.

The Truth is coming out.

Papers: Cheney Aide Says Bush OK'd Leak

AP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide told prosecutors President Bush authorized the leak of sensitive intelligence information about Iraq, according to court papers filed by prosecutors in the CIA leak case. Before his indictment, I. Lewis Libby testified to the grand jury investigating the CIA leak that Cheney told him to pass on information and that it was Bush who authorized the disclosure, the court papers say. According to the documents, the authorization led to the July 8, 2003, conversation between Libby and New York Times reporter Judith Miller.

VERY INTERESTING! HMMMM...............
STAY TUNED.
THIS MAY ONLY BE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

B-Bye Tom Delay

B-Bye Tom Delay, have a nice day.
I hope Tom meets some really nice, new, diverse friends in prison who will teach him new tricks. I wonder if Tom will follow in the footsteps of Jimmy Carter after he serves his prison sentence? The world needs more people like Jimmy Carter! I wish Mr. Delay all the best.
B-Bye!

V For Vendetta

ONE OF THE BEST FILMS I'VE EVER SEEN!

This movie is extremely relevant not only today, but for all time. The acting performances are wonderful. The story is great. The cinematography is amazing. It is neither too long nor too short. It is just right and very satisfying. We really care about these characters. This motion picture is truly a wakeup call.
This movie is relevant not only for our current struggle for truth in government, but for all the battles fought in the past. The performances are powerful, the story timely, the cinematography is stunning.
Please DO NOT miss V For Vendetta.
The message is one we all must embrace.

Thank You George Clooney

I am a liberal. And I make no apologies for it. Hell, I'm proud of it.

Too many people run away from the label. They whisper it like you'd whisper "I'm a Nazi." Like it's a dirty word. But turn away from saying "I'm a liberal" and it's like you're turning away from saying that blacks should be allowed to sit in the front of the bus, that women should be able to vote and get paid the same as a man, that McCarthy was wrong, that Vietnam was a mistake, and that Saddam Hussein had no ties to al-Qaeda and had nothing to do with 9/11.

This is an incredibly polarized time (wonder how that happened?). But I find that, more and more, people are trying to find things we can agree on. And, for me, one of the things we absolutely need to agree on is the idea that we're all allowed to question authority. We have to agree that it's not unpatriotic to hold our leaders accountable and to speak out.

That's one of the things that drew me to making a film about Murrow. When you hear Murrow say, "We mustn't confuse dissent with disloyalty" and "We can't defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home," it's like he's commenting on today's headlines.

The fear of being criticized can be paralyzing. Just look at the way so many Democrats caved in the run up to the war. In 2003, a lot of us were saying, where is the link between Saddam and bin Laden? What does Iraq have to do with 9/11? We knew it was bullshit. Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, "We were misled." It makes me want to shout, "Fuck you, you weren't misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic."

Bottom line: it's not merely our right to question our government, it's our duty. Whatever the consequences. We can't demand freedom of speech then turn around and say, But please don't say bad things about us. You gotta be a grown up and take your hits.

I am a liberal. Fire away.

I'm a liberal too, George. Thank you for all you do. Peace.

Please don't shop at Wal-Mart

I will not shop at Wal-Mart.
I cannot shop at Wal-Mart. I urge you not to shop at Wal-Mart either. Please do not support what they do. It is shameful.
Peace.

Explanation Please

Happy March.
Will somebody PLEASE explain to me how anybody can ever vote for a republican ever again?!
I just don't get it!
Good night and good luck.
Peace.

CRASH

CRASH is a great film.
I give it two thumbs way up. Don't miss this movie. Peace.

Good Night, and Good Luck

Good Night, and Good Luck.
This is a film you must not miss. I give it my highest rating.
It is a very important movie. Don't miss it!
Peace.

Guns!

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.

Harry Whittington, a millionaire attorney from Austin, was ''alert and doing fine'' in a Corpus Christi hospital Sunday after he was shot by Cheney on a ranch in south Texas, said Katharine Armstrong, the property's owner.

He was in stable condition Sunday, said Yvonne Wheeler, spokeswoman for the Christus Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi.

Armstrong in an interview with The Associated Press said Whittington, 78, was mostly injured on his right side, with the pellets hitting his cheek, neck and chest during the incident which occurred late afternoon on Saturday."

This is just one reason why I am anti-gun!