If the press is stifled from reporting the inner workings of government...

then how can the media possibly help us clean the corrupt bastards out of office?

I'll tell you how.

The NY Times can go Larry Flynt on their asses.

You're not going to tell me that someone in the media doesn't know the name of every mistress, every escort service, that those clowns are patronizing.

If I were the editor at The NY Times, I'd start running down every lead on every adultery in the deep-dark secret files at the back of the reporters desks.

how do you suppose he was able to stay in office so long-and be fairly blatant about his sexual preferences in a time when homosexuality was still considered a "mental disorder"? It was because of all the dirt he had on everyone else. They didn't dare touch him.

H. Res. 895

more at link:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:3:./temp/~c1... ::

Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

(1) supports efforts to identify, track, and pursue suspected foreign terrorists and their financial supporters by tracking terrorist money flows and uncovering terrorist networks here and abroad, including through the use of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program;

(2) finds that the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program has been conducted in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and Executive Orders, that appropriate safeguards and reviews have been instituted to protect individual civil liberties, and that Congress has been appropriately informed and consulted for the duration of the Program and will continue its oversight of the Program;

(3) condemns the unauthorized disclosure of classified information by those persons responsible and expresses concern that the disclosure may endanger the lives of American citizens, including members of the Armed Forces, as well as individuals and organizations that support United States efforts; and

(4) expects the cooperation of all news media organizations in protecting the lives of Americans and the capability of the government to identify, disrupt, and capture terrorists by not disclosing classified intelligence programs such as the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program.


This is not good in any way. What's your take? I think it bears very close watch.

Remarkable, isn't it?

If only Global Warming were that easy.