-- Teddy Roosevelt, August 31st, 1910
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Showing posts with label America. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Quote Of The Day - Independence Day Edition
July 4th, 2012
"Our country, this great republic, means nothing unless it means the triumph of a real democracy, the triumph of a popular government, and, in the long run, of an economic system under which each man shall be guaranteed the opportunity to show the best that there is in him."
-- Teddy Roosevelt, August 31st, 1910
-- Teddy Roosevelt, August 31st, 1910
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
A Nightmare Next Door
Jan 17th, 2012
by F. Grey Parker
I didn't have time to read much over the last day and a half. Unlike last year, I didn't have time to publish anything about MLK Day. I slept through the South Carolina GOP debate. Our world was turned upside down over the last 2 days.
At a little before Midnight on Sunday evening, my doorbell rang. I got out of bed, grumbling mildly, expecting to see a friend who occasionally drops by at that hour. Instead, standing in front of me, there was a policeman.
"When was the last time you saw your next door neighbor?" he asked hurriedly.
by F. Grey Parker
I didn't have time to read much over the last day and a half. Unlike last year, I didn't have time to publish anything about MLK Day. I slept through the South Carolina GOP debate. Our world was turned upside down over the last 2 days.
At a little before Midnight on Sunday evening, my doorbell rang. I got out of bed, grumbling mildly, expecting to see a friend who occasionally drops by at that hour. Instead, standing in front of me, there was a policeman.
"When was the last time you saw your next door neighbor?" he asked hurriedly.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The End Of Troy Davis
Sept 21st, 2011
by F. Grey Parker
UPDATE 10:15pm CST - Troy Davis was executed at 11:08pm EDT
9:45pm CST via ABC:
"The U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-minute stay of execution for Troy Davis after a delay to weigh arguments."
There was no physical evidence in his case. He was convicted on the basis of eyewitness testimony only for the killing of an off-duty police officer. 7 of the 9 witnesses against him have recanted. There are multiple allegations of police intimidation in the investigative phase. What's more, there is another suspect. It is more likely that this other suspect committed the crime.
The fight to prevent this miscarriage of justice has not merely been the latest cause celebre of committed opponents of capital punishment. For example, here is former F.B.I. direstor William Sessions:
"What quickly will become apparent is that serious questions about Davis’ guilt, highlighted by witness recantations, allegations of police coercion and a lack of relevant physical evidence, continue to plague his conviction. Last summer, an extraordinary hearing ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court to answer these questions instead left us with more doubt.
At Davis’ evidentiary hearing, witnesses called by Davis recanted trial testimony and made allegations of police pressure. Others testified that an alternative suspect had confessed to them that he committed the crime. One eyewitness testified, for the first time, that he saw this other suspect, a relative of his, commit the crime. Police witnesses for the state of Georgia alternatively asserted that the original trial testimony was the true version of events and that it was elicited without coercion."
For more background, here is last week's (very belated) CNN report:
More than a million informed Americans have acted on Mr. Davis' behalf. To no avail. Yesterday, the Georgia Board on Pardons and Paroles basically said "who cares."
And now, this.
by F. Grey Parker
UPDATE 10:15pm CST - Troy Davis was executed at 11:08pm EDT
9:45pm CST via ABC:
There was no physical evidence in his case. He was convicted on the basis of eyewitness testimony only for the killing of an off-duty police officer. 7 of the 9 witnesses against him have recanted. There are multiple allegations of police intimidation in the investigative phase. What's more, there is another suspect. It is more likely that this other suspect committed the crime.
The fight to prevent this miscarriage of justice has not merely been the latest cause celebre of committed opponents of capital punishment. For example, here is former F.B.I. direstor William Sessions:
"What quickly will become apparent is that serious questions about Davis’ guilt, highlighted by witness recantations, allegations of police coercion and a lack of relevant physical evidence, continue to plague his conviction. Last summer, an extraordinary hearing ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court to answer these questions instead left us with more doubt.
At Davis’ evidentiary hearing, witnesses called by Davis recanted trial testimony and made allegations of police pressure. Others testified that an alternative suspect had confessed to them that he committed the crime. One eyewitness testified, for the first time, that he saw this other suspect, a relative of his, commit the crime. Police witnesses for the state of Georgia alternatively asserted that the original trial testimony was the true version of events and that it was elicited without coercion."
For more background, here is last week's (very belated) CNN report:
More than a million informed Americans have acted on Mr. Davis' behalf. To no avail. Yesterday, the Georgia Board on Pardons and Paroles basically said "who cares."
And now, this.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Quote Of The Day
July 18th, 2011
"There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America."
-- Otto von Bismarck
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Quote Of The Day
July 2nd, 2011
"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. "
-- Theodore Roosevelt
-- Theodore Roosevelt
Friday, May 13, 2011
Quote Of The Day
May 13th, 2011
Too Late.
"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Too Late.
-- Thomas Jefferson
Saturday, May 7, 2011
A Guy Who Knows
May 7th, 2011
The truly brilliant John le Carré (David Cornwell) talks 21st Century politics, propaganda and the realities of secret intrigues in the age of globalization. If you aren't aware of his background prior to writing the best and most honest spy novels of the last 50 years outside of Graham Greene's work, he was an intelligence operative. He actually is a guy who knows. Enjoy the full hour from Democracy Now.
The truly brilliant John le Carré (David Cornwell) talks 21st Century politics, propaganda and the realities of secret intrigues in the age of globalization. If you aren't aware of his background prior to writing the best and most honest spy novels of the last 50 years outside of Graham Greene's work, he was an intelligence operative. He actually is a guy who knows. Enjoy the full hour from Democracy Now.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Jon Stewart Takes On The Zero Taxed Corporations
March 29th, 2011
Jon Stewart: "I know the Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are people. But I didn't realize those people were assholes."
Jon Stewart: "I know the Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are people. But I didn't realize those people were assholes."
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