I'm not one to think we should impeach people lightly, or for political reasons, but this is clearly an instance where it is necessary. He has really messed up, and clearly broken the law.

Sign the petition to impeach Gonzales.

From Bill Scher, blogger for the Campaign for America's Future. An interesting post looking at the religion in politics issue from a different perspective.

A good quote:

Lots of ink has been spilled about how Democrats and liberals suffer from a "religion problem" -- a perceived hostility towards Christianity and religion in general. But Pew Research Center exit poll data from the 2006 midterm elections shows the opposite.

Democrats crushed Republicans among secular voters, broadly defined as those who attend church seldom (favoring Democrats 60% to 38%) or never (67% to 30%). Republicans retained strong support among those who attend church more than weekly. But among those who only go weekly -- the larger portion of the religious vote -- the Republican lead shrunk from 15 points to 7.

Read the whole thing here

I'm about week late on this one. Still worth posting because, its extremely telling, and there is a good chance you didn't know it happened.

The 100 Hours agenda is now in the hands of the Senate.

Madame Speaker Pelosi and the house democrats stood together passing clean, strong and progressive bills. Accomplishing this in the Senate is where the campaign faces its toughest challenge.

Already we've seen the right-wing conservatives demanding us to "Stay the Course"... or worse.

Bob Geiger and the AFL-CIO Blog broke this important story.

Two weeks ago 28 ultra-conservative Senators attempted to completely eliminate the minimum wage.

Brazenly ignoring the clear demands of the voters, they didn't just try to stop the much needed minimum wage increase, they wanted to destroy the federal minimum wage all together.

It is time working America gets their long over due raise. No, it's past time and we need to make that clear.

As Senator Jim Webb so eloquently stated in his rebuttal to President Bush's State of the Union....

Tonight we are calling on this President to take similar action.... If he does, we will join him. If he does not, we will be showing him the way.

So the same goes for Senator Republicans. Follow the will of the people, or we will be showing you the way.

Great new video from CAF

I know my blogging has been too light these weeks. I have at least two posts in my head and will try to get them out later tonight!

Haven't seen it, probably won't but this seems a little far fetched. Actually it screams of a persecution complex that is all to common in the right-wing fundamentalist camp.

Read more about how penguins hate America

Makes me wonder what we would have heard about other seemingly innocuous films or children's entertainment if the right-wing noise machine had been in full swing for longer.

The spin and damage control has already begun. This morning conservative pundits, are trying the same tired old strategy. When in trouble, blame it on “the gays”. As Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council states, "…when you hold up tolerance and diversity, this is what you end up getting." Saddening, but unsurprising that even in the face of such an outrage as a Congressmen using his position of power to prey on our children, zealot conservatives go into attack mode blaming everyone but those at fault.

Despite arguments that a repressive and intolerant ideology, that is radical moral conservative, made a breeding ground for this behavior (another case of ‘priests syndrome’) there is a legitimate and very real responsibly that falls on the shoulders of the republican leadership. Once again, instead of looking out for those whom they are to serve, the Republican power machine only protected their own interests.

This GOP leadership has taken care of itself only, and failed the American people time and time again. This has consequences for America. Due to the corruption and cronyism in the conservative elites there is increased terrorism, hundreds of thousands stranded in the Gulf, kids priced out of college, senior citizens unable to pay for their medications, an continued demand on foreign oil….

One year ago Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. I was living in Rochester, MN at the time, far away from the waters. I watched the news and saw the tragic response to Katrina. The response as others have pointed out was not an accident. It was not a surprise. It was a direct expression of the conservative governing strategy of Bush and the "my goal is to cut government ... down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub"-republicans in Congress.

Soon after landfall I moved to DC. The area was still a mess and people were still trying to relocate. I took a train out to DC and on the way meet two people who were trying to escape the city. They had gone to a couple other places already and were looking for a new home. Going to live with one of their mothers if I remember correctly. They had nothing with them from New Orleans except the cloths there were still wearing.

The storm was a horrible event, the response was the disaster.

Lots of people are talking about the event today. Campaign for America's Future has a bunch of stuff up on the new Straight Talk Live.

Joe Loserman

Lamont's upset victory sends a clear message.

Voters are turning against the failed policies of the Bush administration, and the Congress that has rubber stamped them - particularly the debacle in Iraq.

Lieberman says he wants to go to Washington to "get things done." But he's already been getting things done. He's the champion of the Iraq war, corporate trade deals, capital gains tax cuts, off-the book stock options, privatization of Social Security, and political interference in Terry Schaivo's private tragedy.

In refusing to heed the verdict of the voters, Joe Lieberman just doesn't get it.

As Joe has done in the past he'll put his own selfish desire to stay in the Senate above all else.

"Holy Joe" made a sports analogy in his "concession" speech last night. But Joe this isn't the first half of a match. It's the play offs and there is no double elimination.

Joe hasn't just turned against the Democratic party, he has turned against Democracy.

This is a scary article. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is only concerned about suppressing whistleblowers and not about the legitimate issues raised by those whistleblowers. He supports turning a blind eye to possible crimes committed in the secret CIA detention centers. Read the whole article its scary: link