Well, I'm shocked too. 4 updates in 4 weeks. I guess Mac Hall really did wake me up a little. I don't know if I'm going to accelerate my pace with the Pie2k updates or just try to maintain, but I'm certain that I don't want to go back to monthly (or occasionally bi-monthly) updates. I've also been thinking that it's been about a year and a half since the last site redesign, so it might be about time to change the look around a bit. I've been doing redesign stuff at work recently, so I'm kind of "in the groove" for redesigning stuff.
     Speaking of updates, however, you should definitely swing by the Pie2k Store for new bumper stickers! I'm terrible at marketing this sort of stuff, but you can see the 3 new ones on the image on the right, and you can get a closer look in the store. They're $3.99 a piece ... not terribly expensive at all. So be a doll and spend a few bucks. Or if you know somebody who will like them, pass the link along.
     Beyond that, if you haven't been watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann, this is the time to start. The death of Habeas Corpus is probably one of the most important issues that faces us, and Keith is pretty much the only commentator on national TV who seems to give a damn. I know that journalists on the evening news are obsessed with offering only facts devoid of opinion... but it's a fact that the Military Commissions Act destroys Habeas Corpus, and a fact that Habeas Corpus is necessary to ensuring almost every other right we enjoy as American citizens.
     As always, Fox News' treatment of the story is almost flattering to the President. "Now the law states that the military will be responsible for trying captured terror suspects — the guys in Gitmo." Actually, Bill, the law states that the military will be allowed to try anybody declared by the President to be an unlawful enemy combatant, the criteria for which are entirely at the President's own discretion. The military is also under no obligation to conduct the trial, they have the ability to hold the prisoner indefinitely without ever conducting any sort of trial. Yeah, I know that it's not explicitly stated that they do, but since the prisoner has no right to appeal his treatment, he therefore has no ability to ensure his trial ever takes place. Whoops. That's what happens when laws are written around political expediency, not around real national necessity.