http://politisoft.com Contribute to Democracy Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:30:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://politisoft.com/2009/05/04/springtime-at-the-white-house-2/ http://politisoft.com/2009/05/04/john-king-flu-and-politics-dominate-sunday-talk/ "Despite mounting outrage over the use of the DNA database, the government insists that DNA can play an essential role in fighting crime. The Home Office says that between April 1998 and September 2008 there were more than 390,000 crimes with DNA matches." http://politisoft.com/2009/05/04/police-to-destroy-dna-profiles-of-800000-innocent-people/ When asked if Georgia would be better off as an independent nation or as part of the United States, 43 percent of Republicans in the state selected independent nation, according to a poll published Friday. http://politisoft.com/2009/05/04/poll-almost-half-of-georgia-gop-think-state-should-secede/ http://politisoft.com/2009/05/04/president-obama-to-introduce-international-tax-code-reform/ http://politisoft.com/2009/05/04/sestak-says-hes-not-sure-specters-a-democrat-yet-2/ http://politisoft.com/2009/05/04/political-hot-topics-monday-may-4-2009/ John Yoo, the author of one of the infamous Aug. 1, 2002, "torture" memos that formed the legal basis for so-called "enhanced" interrogation techniques against high-level terrorist detainees, used a statute governing health benefits when he provided the White House with a legal opinion defining torture. http://politisoft.com/2009/05/04/how-a-health-benefits-law-was-used-to-write-the-torture-memo/ http://politisoft.com/2009/05/03/sestak-says-hes-not-sure-specters-a-democrat-yet/ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is working to buffer lawmakers from federal investigators.Special legal protections for politicians encourage unethical conduct. http://politisoft.com/2009/05/03/speaker-pelosi-blocks-investigations-of-corrupt-democrats/