Palin, who abused her own power as governor, says McCain will end ‘abuses of power’ in Washington

Well isn't that rich? Anyone else notice the GOP ticket's other historic first? First ticket in history with BOTH candidates previously guilty of ethics violations. How mavericky.

On Saturday, one day after Gov. Sarah Palin was cited by an official state investigation for unethically and unlawfully abusing her power, Sen. John McCain said he would end “abuses [of power]” in Washington as More..president. In another bout of irony, Palin today echoed McCain:

See as a senator, John has confronted the corrupt ways of Washington. And the wasteful spending. And the abuses of power. As president, he’s going to end those once and for all.

And from the Troopergate report:

For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 2952.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act
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California Governor Signs Off On New Protections for Free Speech

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed Assembly Bill 2433 and filled a significant gap in protection for anonymous speech online. Authored by Assemblymember Paul Krekorian and co-sponsored by EFF, the California Anti-SLAPP Project and the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the new law allows speakers who successfully oppose the use of bogus out-of-state litigation to obtain their identities to recover attorneys' fees. Assembly members Sally Lieber and Anthony Portantino co-authored the bill.

One of the most pernicious threats to anonymity is the filing of trumped-up lawsuits as an excuse to force ISPs to reveal speakers’ identities. Once such a lawsuit is filed, speakers who want to protect their anonymity must find a way to pay a lawyer to go to court and prevent disclosure of their personal information. That can be a real hardship—in fact, even the threat of having to go to court may discourage many people from speaking out in the first place.
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Vermont votes to have Cheney and Bush arrested

Vermont votes to have Cheney and Bush arrested. The world wants to have Richard "Dick" Cheney and US President George W. Bush indicted for war crimes. It is time that these white collar criminals face a trial by jury for their treason, failure to honor their oath of office, obstruction of justice, drug dealing, murder, extortion, racketeering, perjury, lying, advocating torture, thieving, promoting prostitution, corrupting the morals of children, manufacturing evidence, international, terrorism, murder, collusion, civil rights violations, racism, genocide, false imprisonment, and other crimes.