October 18, 2006:

Last night on Countdown with Keith Olberman, Keith had one of those segments that should be broadcast on network TV, interrupting all programming like the President does with his State of the Union Address. Unfortunately it was not broadcast on every household in America, and thus the American people are kept unaware of the imperial powers the Congress has granted the President. And, in his speech, President Bush states that "the U.S. does not torture", even though we do, and we made sure of it by greenlighting certain tactics that were previously considered illegal, but in classic Bush doublespeak, he says one thing, while the Government not-so-secretly does the opposite.

You can actually see the frustration in Law Professor Jonathan Turley's face as he explains the implications of these events.

You can view the video at CrooksandLiars.com. Here is an excerpt:

Turley: "People have no idea how significant this is. Really a time of shame this is for the American system.—The strange thing is that we have become sort of constitutional couch potatoes. The Congress just gave the President despotic powers and you could hear the yawn across the country as people turned to Dancing With the Stars. It's otherworldly... People clearly don't realize what a fundamental change it is about who we are as a country. What happened today changed us. And I'm not too sure we're gonna change back anytime soon."

October 11, 2006:

Study claims that 655,000 civillians have died in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. This number includes not only those killed by war violence, but due to poor living conditions under Iraq's still fragile infrastructure. Disgusting.