http://normanbliss.com/blog Blog On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:53:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the months before 9/11, thousands of American citizens were inadvertently swept up in wiretaps, had their emails monitored, and were being watched as they surfed the Internet by spies at the super-secret National Security Agency, former NSA and counterterrorism officials said. The NSA, with full knowledge of the White House, ... http://normanbliss.com/blog/?p=75 No people ever recognize their dictator in advance. He never stands for election on the platform of dictatorship. He always represents himself as the instrument of the “A Free America,” “Service to the Lord,” or some other useful, supercilious buzzwords. You can depend on the fact that our Dictator is one ... http://normanbliss.com/blog/?p=73 Growing Problem for Military Recruiters: Parents Rachel Rogers, a single mother of four in upstate New York, did not worry about the presence of National Guard recruiters at her son’s high school until she learned that they taught students how to throw hand grenades, using baseballs as stand-ins. For ... http://normanbliss.com/blog/?p=72 House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to announcement this afternoon by Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA) that he would resign from the House of Representatives after pleading guilty to conspiracy and tax charges: “Mr. Cunningham accepted a bribe to perform an official act – an ... http://normanbliss.com/blog/?p=71 Leave My Child Alone! The New Recruitment It is not a surprising confluence of events — opinion polls show support for the Iraq War waning and military recruiters working harder to fill their quotas. In November, 2005, the Government Accountability Office released a study which showed, “the military is falling far behind ... http://normanbliss.com/blog/?p=69 ONE BILLION $1,000,000,000 The next time you hear someone in government rather casually use a number that includes the word “billion”, think about it. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend. One advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its releases: A billion ... http://normanbliss.com/blog/?p=64 Rove Potion Number Nine I took my troubles down to Tom DeLay He’s that dude with the insect spray He’s got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine Sellin’ little bottles of, Rove Potion Number Nine I told him that I sucked at pol-i-tics I’ve been this way since 1996 He looked at my palm and he ... http://normanbliss.com/blog/?p=61 Where do we go from here? “I think we’re in a moment when political pundits and students of politics are not quite sure what the environment will be in 2006, whether we’ll have this deep polarizing divide,” Bennett says. Burgess, of the Conflict Research Consortium, says he’ll continue working on ... http://normanbliss.com/blog/?p=59 Bush orders staff to attend ethics briefings. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House staffers will be required to attend briefings next week on ethics and the handling of classified information after the indictment last week of a senior administration official in the CIA leak probe, the Washington Post ... http://normanbliss.com/blog/?p=58 Bush’s Popularity Reaches New Low 58 Percent in Poll Question His Integrity For the first time in his presidency a majority of Americans question the integrity of President Bush, and growing doubts about his leadership have left him with record negative ratings on the economy, Iraq and even the war on terrorism, ... http://normanbliss.com/blog/?p=57