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President George W. Bush has not exactly been a hero to civil libertarians, what with the data mining, wiretapping and library snooping. But he may just have redeemed himself. Thanks in part to the efforts of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, it is now safe for Nicole Richie to drop the F bomb on broadcast...
...organs or activities'"--the definition of indecency that the FCC and the courts have used. The decision cited Bush's remark to British Prime Minister Tony Blair last summer, in front of a live mike, that Syria needed to "get Hizballah to stop doing this s___," as well as Cheney's hearty invitation to Senator Patrick Leahy, "Go f___ yourself." (The court could have cited Bush's remark, later reported by TIME, from March 2002 when war in Iraq was allegedly still a last resort: "F___ Saddam. We're taking...
...that is precisely the danger here. Fury begets fury. Poison from the right-wing talk shows seeped into the Republican Party's bloodstream and sent that party off the deep end. Limbaugh's show-where Dick Cheney frequently expatiates-has become the voice of the Republican establishment. The same could happen to the Democrats. The spitballs aimed at me don't matter much. The spitballs aimed at Harman, Clinton and Obama are another story. Despite their votes, each of those politicians believes the war must be funded. (Obama even said so in his statement explaining his vote.) Each knows...
...United States District Judge Reggie Walton sentenced Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, following his conviction in March of lying to federal investigators about leaking the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. Libby was also fined $250,000. He will appeal the punishment, though Walton will not decide until next week whether to allow Libby to remain free during the appeal or send him to prison almost immediately. President Bush has said he will not address the issue of a pardon for Libby at least until the appeals process is exhausted...
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