Executive Power Grabs Done For; Pirates

Power Line keeps claiming that Obama shouldn't accept any credit given to him by the media for the successful resolution of the "Pirate Crisis" last week. Those yokels, and the right wing media in general, should get a grasp on what exactly they mean by executive power. One moment, they're decrying Obama claiming any credit for anything; the next, they defend Bush's over-reaching claims of executive privilege. Come on Power Line, the executive either controls everything or he doesn't, pick one.

roland burris - "the magic man"

The Senate is stupid to not seat Roland Burris. His appointment was made by a legally sitting governor acting in within the bounds of his authority. With the bunch of yahoos we've elected in the past 12 years, let Roland Burris take a stab in the Senate (unintentional Julius Caesar reference). We don't even have habeas corpus anymore, and the press is throwing a fit about some half-concocted hint of corruption on the part of Roland Burris. Let's put a full team on the court this time around, and not let an entire state go without half of its senatorial representation for even five minutes.