Here are what some of the liberal blogs are posting:
The
Independent: (Via The Raw Story) 'Man
Faces Execution for Being in Car with Killer' - A 30-year old man, Kenneth
Foster, is set to be executed today for a murder which he not only did not
commit, but which the authorities in Texas accept was carried out by another man
in 1996. The trial judge, the prosecutor, and the jury that sentenced Mr Foster
to die admit that he did not murder the victim Michael LaHood. But, under a
controversial "law of parties", in Texas an associate of a perpetrator
can be found co-responsible in a capital case. The law imposes the death penalty
on anybody involved in a crime where a murder occurred.
The murder occurred as Foster was sitting in a car some 30 metres away with
three other passengers – but prosecutors said there was a conspiracy to commit
the crime and therefore he deserved a death sentence. Since Foster's original
trial, the other passengers – none of whom was tried under the law of parties
– have testified that Foster had no idea a shooting was going to take place. Read
on...
My
Left NutMeg: 'How to Really Save New Orleans' - Any discussion
of rebuilding New Orleans must take into account this alarming reality: New
Orleans is sinking.
"The city will be completely surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico just 90 years
from now. ... That's the projection, because we are losing land on the
Mississippi Delta at a rate of 25 to 30 square miles per year. That's two acres
per hour that are sinking below sea level," says [Tim] Kusky, [a professor
of earth sciences at St. Louis University].
That process could only be slowed, in theory, by massive restoration of
wetlands.
The geological forces that, over the centuries, created the area we now know
as New Orleans were drastically changed in the 20th century by levees along the
Mississippi River. These levees diverted the silt, sediment and nutrients that
created the Mississippi Delta out into the continental shelf. Without the steady
flow of sediment, the Mississippi Delta - including New Orleans, the wetlands
and barrier islands - will likely disappear under water by the end of this
century.
It's already happening,
with devastating effects: Read
on...
Crooks
& Liars: 'Homeland Security Expert Asks: What could we do with
$456,278,478,000?' - It’s hard to get an accurate estimate because the
[cost of occupying Iraq] mounts so rapidly every minute. Can’t help wondering
how much farther along the [Gulf Coast] rebuilding would be, how much more could
be spent to improve public education, insure the 43 million Americans without
health insurance, ad nauseum. Great legacy you’re leaving, George.
National Security budget priorities. Chart from The National Priorities Project.
TPM Muckraker:
'Prosecution: Siegleman Obstructing Justice From His Cell' - Former
Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman (D) has already been convicted of a crime, and he and
his co-defendant are in jail pending an appeal of their convictions. But
according to a prosecutor on the case, Siegelman's efforts at getting his
conviction overturned have crossed the line into obstruction of justice.
Speaking during a hearing for former Siegelman aide
Nick Bailey, Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Feaga said Siegelman and Scrushy had
been doing things from behind bars to "manipulate events" - acts that
could be considered a crime.
The Huffington Post:
'UPDATED: Carlson claimed that after incident in a public
bathroom, he assaulted the man who "bothered" him' - On the August
28 edition of MSBNC Live, hosted by MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams,
Tucker Carlson, host of MSNBC's Tucker, asserted, "Having sex in a
public men's room is outrageous. It's also really common. I've been bothered in
men's rooms." Carlson continued, "I've been bothered in Georgetown
Park," in Washington, D.C., "when I was in high school." When
Abrams asked how Carlson responded to being "bothered," Carlson
asserted, "I went back with someone I knew and grabbed the guy by the --
you know, and grabbed him, and ... hit him against the stall with his head,
actually." Read on...With VIDEO
My Comment: I'd like to know Carlson's definition of
"bothered", is it "coming on to you", or "grabbing
you" ? In my opinion, if you assault someone for "hitting" on
you, that's just "bashing"
Think
Progress: 'White House Preparing Strategy To 'Water Down' Pessimistic
Reports From Iraq' - The Washington Post reports that a draft version
of the Government Accountability Office’s upcoming report on Iraq will deliver
a “strikingly negative” assessment of the situation in Iraq. The report
contradicts the administration’s claim that sectarian violence is decreasing,
stating that “the number of attacks against Iraqi civilians remains
unchanged.”
The leaked draft version of the report was sent to the Post by an individual
who was concerned the White House may try to “water down” its conclusions.
The concern comes on the heels of a report that Gen. David Petraeus
“softened” the judgments of the recent National Intelligence Assessment on
Iraq and comments by Rep. Tom Davis that the White House would probably
“tweak” the “Petraeus report.” The Post explains: Read
on...
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