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January 28, 2006

Plummer and I wrote this short film for the Huffington Post. If you're familiar with the KING KONG production diaries or the featurettes found on DVDs, you'll get it. Enjoy!

Watch here.

11:06 AM | Comments (0) | Posted By Bob Cesca

January 26, 2006

So the White House claims they circumvented the FISA law because it didn't allow them to do what they wanted, but when a law was proposed to relax FISA restrictions, the Bush administration opposed the law.

The Washington Post.

The Bush administration rejected a 2002 Senate proposal that would have made it easier for FBI agents to obtain surveillance warrants in terrorism cases, concluding that the system was working well and that it would likely be unconstitutional to lower the legal standard.

The proposed legislation by Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) would have allowed the FBI to obtain surveillance warrants for non-U.S. citizens if they had a "reasonable suspicion" they were connected to terrorism -- a lower standard than the "probable cause" requirement in the statute that governs the warrants.

It's only a matter of time before an NSA whistleblower reveals that Bushie wanted to spy on political enemies. There's no other reason why they'd circumvent the law in this case -- either a law that's too strict for them, or a version of the law with lesser restrictions. It's all politics. And they're going down for it.

08:33 AM | Comments (0) | Posted By Bob Cesca

January 25, 2006

Oh, CNN. What's wrong with you? You're hiring Glenn Beck and Bill Bennett, and your anchors are stupids.

Miles O'Brien: "Most people favor the president's domestic spying program." American Morning, 01/25/06

Duh what? Most people? 51 percent DON'T want it, Miles. Read something before you open your mouth.

Write to Miles here.

08:10 AM | Comments (0) | Posted By Bob Cesca

ARG has the bad news, Bushie. That's right -- the polling company is called "ARRRGGG!"

08:05 AM | Comments (0) | Posted By Bob Cesca

January 24, 2006

Bush in a recorded message played during yesterday's fetus festa:

You believe, as I do, that every human life has value, that the strong have a duty to protect the weak, and that the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence apply to everyone, not just to those considered healthy or wanted or convenient . . . These principles call us to defend the sick and the dying, persons with disabilities and birth defects, all who are weak and vulnerable.

And we rewind to just before Christmas:

Yesterday the senate narrowly passed a budget bill to cut $40 billion dollars of federal spending by ending funding for foster care, child support and student loans. The bill would also impose new fees on Medicaid recipients and new work restrictions on state welfare programs . . . Vice President Dick Cheney cut short his trip to the Middle East in order to cast the tie-breaking vote.

08:41 AM | Comments (0) | Posted By Bob Cesca

Via Kos:

"I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." -- President Bush, September 1, 2005

WASHINGTON-- The Homeland Security Department was warned a day before Hurricane Katrina hit that the storm's surge could breach levees and leave New Orleans flooded for weeks or months, documents released Monday show.
-- Newsday, January 23, 2006

Well, doy. Mr. Bill knew the levees would break. But when in doubt... lie.

08:39 AM | Comments (1) | Posted By Bob Cesca