Author: magix

As the mother of a Marine, I have made it a point to try to understand the culture of the Marine Corp and what it means to be a Marine. Embedded in the corps is an amalgam of codes under which a Marine must adhere to remain ‘Semper Fidelis’, forever faithful to the Marines.

The Reverend Madison Shockley has a very thoughtful piece over at TruthDig. As the religious right has hijacked Jesus to justify so many less than reverent causes – Shockley helps bring us back to ground or perhaps faith or at least to reconcile us to the historical man, Jesus.

Privately citing deep concerns over the warrantless wiretapping …

one of 11 members of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, sent a letter to Chief Justice John D. Roberts Jr. late Monday notifying him of his resignation without providing an explanation.

Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon joins Republican Sens. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Democratic Sens. Carl Levin of Michigan, Dianne Feinstein of California in calling for a joint investigation by the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary Committees into whether the government eavesdropped “without appropriate legal authority.”

CONYERS INTRODUCES BILL TO CREATE A SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE CRIMES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING GROUNDS FOR IMPEACHMENT