One Step Closer to a Police State:

In an effort to further enhance the imperial presidency, the Justice Department has proposed another measure to increase the level of domestic spying that the government conducts against American citizens in the name of "security." Today's Washington Post tells the story of the move that will allow local and state police around the country to increase their spying and retention of data compiled over any ten-year period.

Naturally, the one form of security officials in any government agency are truly concerned about is their retention of power.

So what's Dick Cheney going to do after January? Well, if he succeeds in privatizing everything that used to be a part of the government, he'll still be president.

The Dude speaks out on the nature of peace: "My administration has been calling upon all the leaders in the—in the Middle East to do everything they can to stop the violence, to tell the different parties involved that peace will never happen." — George W. Bush, Crawford, Texas, August 2001. (You have to wish Cheney was at least a better ventriloquist.)