VirusHead - Mutating bits of contagious discourse, because language is a virus.

The roundup of the news that catches my eye and matters to me is focused around a national theme, as it often is.
We are too easily misled and kept in the dark. When we see a bit of light, it is too easy to cover our eyes. We have been progressively desensitized, but we’re [...]

The US Senate has voted not even to consider upholding habeas corpus those designated an “enemy combatant” by the U.S. government (that could be you or me, folks).
This means that anyone can be held - STILL - for an indefinite amount of time without even being told why they are being detained (”arrested” “held” “imprisoned” [...]

There are some Senators who drive me nuts, but nobody more so than Joe Lieberman. Some years ago, I used to have a modicum of respect for the guy as a moderate. Now he’s a snake. At least my more-red-than-red Senators here in Georgia, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, are predicable in their unthinking Bush [...]