Bad Blog: Left Out In America

"Liberalprogressive" is one of those bloggers who apparently only posts when there is something extra dopey to say.

May 19, 2006:

"OK, I was listening to Al Franken on Air America Radio and he played a clip from Hayden's hearing testimony ..."

Okay, that inspires confidence ...

She continues:

"But apparently, Hayden doesn't think that the 4th amendment of the US Constitution says anything about probable cause. He recognized that searches of citizens' homes, papers and persons cannot be conducted without warrants, but didn't think that the probable cause was necessary."
(LOiA)

What can Hayden be thinking? It's almost as though he's more familiar with the topic than the blogger.

Orin Kerr:

In his essay, Adam argues that Hayden’s view is correct. Adam is quite right, as is General Hayden. The Fourth Amendment requires that warrants cannot issue without probable cause, but it does not impose some kind of universal probable cause requirement. As the Supreme Court has stressed repeatedly, the requirement of the Fourth Amendment is that searches and seizures must be reasonable.
(source)

Not every search, seizure, or arrest must be made pursuant to a lawfully executed warrant. The Supreme Court has ruled that warrantless police conduct may comply with the Fourth Amendment so long as it is reasonable under the circumstances. The exceptions made to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement reflect the Court's reluctance to unduly impede the job of law enforcement officials.
(Encyclopedia of Everyday Law)

Our poor clueless liberal quotes the Fourth Amendment, then (somewhat later) proclaims:

The constitution clearly says that the government needs a warrant AND probable cause to surveille us.
(LOiA)

She also includes some ravings about how Hayden isn't worthy to serve in the administration because of his view of the Fourth Amendment. She probably sees nothing wrong when she casts her votes based on her own flawed understanding of the Fourth Amendment.
Sad, really.

Next entry, June 14, 2006 (imagine what she'd write if she posted daily or more):

A couple of weeks ago I very excitedly posted that Jason Leopold at Truthout.org reported that Karl Rove was indicted by Patrick Fitzgerald for perjury.
(LOiA)

Watch out for news stories using anonymous sources.
Leopold's scoop never materialized. Fitzerald wrapped up the investigation after indicting Libby on perjury and obstruction charges. Richard Armitage finally admitted that he told Fitzgerald early on that he leaked Plame's identity.
Liberalprogressive dedicates her post to proclaiming her faith that the reported indictment was based on good information, and wraps up predictably:

I, for one, hope that Fitzgerald actually uncovers the real story behind who outed Ms. Plame and why and indicts everyone involved.
(LOiA)

Sounds like she wants your head, Armitage.

And finally, this gem of a post entitled "Grand Old Pedophiles---To Catch a Congressional Predator"

The truth of this scandal begins simply with the acts of one man, the acts of Florida Republican Mark Foley. He had sexually explicit conversations via the internet, not with gay men, but with children, teenagers involved in the congressional page program.
(LOiA)

As of this writing, two former pages (both over 18) have had lewd IM conversation with Foley published. There isn't any evidence for liberalblogger's accusations against Foley other than misleading news reports. News sources have claimed that Foley had these conversations with males under the age of 18, but two of those claims have proved incorrect.
Other evidence may come to light, but I don't trust liberalprogressive's prescience.

Here's more brilliance:

The extreme religious right wing of the republican party is not afraid of gay-bashing. They are trying to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay people from marrying. In 2004, they saw to it that anti-gay legislation was on the ballots in many states to motivate their base to vote. That is gay-bashing.
(LOiA)

Why is it that people think that gay people are prohibited from marrying? Don't they read the news? Don't they watch TV? Can't they remember Governor McGreevy?

After the 2004 confession, McGreevey divorced his wife and now lives with his partner, Mark O'Donnell, who attends Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church with him in New York City.
(Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Liberalprogressive, your blog is bad. Welcome to Bad Blogs' Blood.