Politicians are sleazy, but you already knew that. Take Tom DeLay, for example. DeLay's Texans for a Republican Majority Political Action Committee has been accused of soliciting fundraising dollars for direct legislative action. Several TRMPAC staffers have been indicted for using corporate money to help elect Republican Texas state congressional candidates and then giving those corporations explicit benefits in state legislation. DeLay denies direct involvement, claiming he had only an advisory role with the committee. On the national level, DeLay has been accused of taking illegal trips using foreign lobbyist's money. [Read article]

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Misinformation and the Patriot Act

(U-WIRE) LUBBOCK, Texas - Throughout the last several weeks, and essentially its entire life, the Patriot Act has been the target of a relentless attack. Never mind that it has been used to convict more than 150 terrorists, or even that it has been instrumental in the security of this nation for the past three years, opponents of the bill continually use misinformation and overblown rhetoric to sway public opinion. [Read article]

Liberals concerned with means, not end

This letter is in response to Jeff Beran's letter "Iraqi elections prove liberals wrong." Beran's letter is a perfect example of the ignorance of conservatives. Jeff apparently believes that liberals said that democracy could not be achieved in Iraq. Jeff unfortunately is mistaken. We liberals are more concerned with how democracy would be brought to Iraq. We are not disputing that is could be brought to Iraq. We are concerned with the means, not the simple end. We believe that wars should only be fought when we have to, not when we (Bush) simply wish to. Inventing weapons of mass destruction and drawing false connections between bin Laden and Hussein was a deceptive, immoral scheme the Bush administration employed to get America into an unjust war. Sure we could bomb, invade and take over every non-democratic country in the world, "instilling" peace and democracy, but would that be right? We have seen the sad, unnecessary loss of life in Iraq with the 1,546 American casualties and almost 18,000 Iraqi civilians killed. Is this the right way to instill peace and democracy in a county? No, it's not right. That's what liberals believe. [Read article]