Promises, promises

1. WASHINGTON (AP-OBAMA) "The Obama administration, siding with the Bush White House, contended Friday that detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights.

"In a two-sentence court filing, the Justice Department said it agreed that detainees at Bagram Airfield cannot use U.S. courts to challenge their detention. The filing shocked human rights attorneys.

"'The hope we all had in President Obama to lead us on a different path has not turned out as we'd hoped,' said Tina Monshipour Foster, a human rights attorney representing a detainee at the Bagram Airfield. 'We all expected better.'"

Surprise!

2. In the Bible, Cain was the bad brother who killed Abel, the good brother. In California, the newest bad guy is Abel, that's State Senator Abel Maldonado, R- Santa Maria, who provided the winning vote on the tax-raising budget. His crime was not his betrayal of the Republican Party, but his failure to honor his written pledge not to raise taxes. So much for integrity.

3. The Ninth U.S. "Circus" Court has struck down a law banning the sale of violent video games to juveniles. My God, what were they thinking? Hah! Thinking?