2 1/2 Weeks Until November 7th

Don't forget to vote. Let's reclaim Congress and get some semblence of balance of power back away from these clowns. Of course, that probably won't happen with the use of Diebold machines. Watch the exit polls and actual results very carefully. We've been tricked before, it will probably continue.

More required reading:

Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine

The death of habeas corpus - Another excellent piece by Keith Olbermann:

"Ten, powers not delegated to the United States federal government. Well, they seem to have ended up there anyway. So as you can see, even without habeas corpus, at least one tenth of the Bill of Rights, I guess that’s the Bill of Right, now—remains virtually intact. No. 3 is still safe.

We can rest easy knowing that we will never, ever have to quarter soldiers in our homes as long as the third amendment still stands strong.

The president can just take care of that with a signing statement. "

After Pat’s Birthday - From Truthdig.com. A gut wrenching account of what's wrong with this administration and illegal war.