12.31.2007

Bush Gives Pocket Veto to Defense Bill -- Real or Not Real?

"Bush announced he would scuttle the bill with a 'pocket veto' . . . But that can happen only when Congress is not in session . . . And the Senate maintains it is in session because it has held brief . . . meetings every two or three days with only one senator present. The White House's view is that Congress has adjourned."

read more | digg story

Major Media (NY Times) Finally admits something is wrong!

In an important editorial the New York Times finally admits their opinion that their is something drastically wrong with the country. We are losing our freedoms, our constitution is being violated and finally a major media source is pointing a finger - at the White House.

read more | digg story

Class on Gandhi at the Dallas Peace Center starts Sunday 1/6


 
Gandhi class begins at Dallas Peace Center
 
Sunday, January 6, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Gandhi the Man

Join a six-week exploration of the book Gandhi the Man sponsored by the Peace Education Team of the Dallas Peace Center . Free to members of the Peace Center (memberships start at $35). Register online at www.dallaspeacecent er.org or call 214-823-7793. Classes will be held at the DPC

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12.30.2007

Impeachment Resources -- Everything You'd Want to Know


There is also an interesting discussion about removing the Speaker in order to make way for an impeachment investigation. You can read about that here:

http://ladybroadoak.blogspot.com/2007/11/impeachement-update-i-have-said-for.html#c4294549963969413346

Salaries of the bosses for the top 500 U.S. corporations


The SEC has started publishing the salaries of the bosses for the top 500 U.S. corporations. To be on the list, the company must also have filed proxy statements with the SEC this year.

You can display the results in a table or a graph. The graph is interesting because you can compare salaries across multiple corporations.

http://216.12.130.224/compensation/action/main/list.action

12.27.2007

Kansas GOP Chair Brags of Vote Caging Efforts, Successes

His End-of-Year letter describes the GOP plans to identify and challenge voters in the 2008 election cycle.
Bradblog.com
This is illegal.
Call your congress person to ask for prosecution.

read more digg story

How to fight a corrupted government.

This article tells what to do when your government doesn't listen to you anymore.

read more | digg story

Ron Paul is staunchly anti-abortion

"I challenge every candidate who claims to be pro life to support these bills to get the Supreme Court out of the life issue so states can quickly and constitutionally protect the unborn." Any questions?

read more | digg story

Diebold Now Also Under DoJ Investigation

Once-Great, Now-Disgraced American Company Also Facing SEC Probe, Lawsuits, Upcoming 2008 Election Meltdowns. Not to Say We Told Ya So, Diebold Shareholders...

read more | digg story

12.22.2007

UPDATE: New Hampshire phone-jamming scandal

Thw Carpetbagger Report has information gleaned from a new book by a former RNC operative called "How to Rig an Election:"

Following up on yesterday’s item, there’s growing evidence that Bush’s Justice Department intentionally delayed prosecuting Republicans in the New Hampshire phone-jamming scandal in order to delay anti-GOP headlines before the 2004 election.
Just as importantly, there are new insights about the White House’s role in the same criminal controversy.

On the morning of election day 2002, repeated hang-up calls assaulted six phone lines tied to the New Hampshire Democratic Party. Three Republican operatives, including consultant Allen Raymond, eventually ended up in jail for their involvement in the phone jamming scheme. A fourth, former RNC offical James Tobin, will begin a second trial in February. In his new book, Raymond alleges that the scandal goes “to the top of the Republican Party” because “the Bush White House had complete control of the RNC” and there was no way such a risky tactic wouldn’t have been “vetted by” Tobin’s “high-ups.”

12.19.2007

BREAKING NEWS: New Lawsuit Filed against Blackwater Today

Susan Burke files a lawsuit today on behalf of an Iraqi citizen, Dr. Jawad, against Blackwater for an attack that happened on Sept 16 at Nisoor Square in Bagdad. Dr Jawad's wife and son were killed in the Blackwater attack.

Three witnesses related their stories to Burke and her team. The witnesses' accounts appear on Democracy Now! which aired this morning.

Keith Romenard was chief investigator.

Said the witness: "The cars were in a semi-circle. The man in 3rd car started firing 3-4 shots randomly. The man was big with mustache, strong, white, military haircut. He was facing the convoy when he started shooting. "

The witness thought that the man was shooting above the car level, but when he heard a woman screaming "my son, my son!" he went in that direction, The man who was shot was a medical studunt. The woman was holding tight to her son.

The man who had been shot raised his hand not to shoot.

A man in the fourth car in the convoy line shot the mother, dead, using a machine gun. When he started shooting. the cars in front of the civilian cars spread to the sides, he thinks, because they were scared. There was a big red bus and two mini-busses in the convoy.

One car stopped moving . . the driver had been shot. Heavy shooting ensued.

The witness, an Iraqi traffic policeman, hid behind a booth, and was shot at three times. He ran from the booth, crossing the street, and hid behind a small hill. He saw that the first car was shooting at a another car. People got out of the bus and started running, hiding behind the same hill as the policeman. Ali Kalef Salman (SP?) He advised people to run in a specific direction to get away from the shooting. People were running, crying, and injured.

There was also shooting from a helicopter. They threw smoke bombs, shot at civilians and at cars.

The whole incident lasted 10-20 minutes.

Sixteen bodies resulted from the attack.

Bill O'Neill interviewed another witness, also a victim:

The man is a bank employee who was on his way to buy a gift for a new baby. He was driving toward the intersection when heard the sound of a bullet.He got out of the car to see what was going on. He saw two small blue unmarked helicopters and observed one man sitting in the open doorway with his weapon. Both helicopters began circling, one armed man in each helicopter.

He saw a white car start burning, he could see it in the distance. He called his mother on a cell phone to tell her about the burning white car incident; she urged him to come home.

He told the people behind his car to turn around so that they could escape. An armored car began coming towards them. He felt his arm (sic: his hand) and his left leg get hit. He opened the door, because he felt they wanted to kill him. The armored car hit his car, and continued on.

This attack was completely unprovoked.

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Rep.Danny Davis questioned Erick Prince with regard to Blackwater personnel killing innocent citizens; Prince denied that any of his employees were involved in murder, saying only that an accidental ricochet could have occurred.

When questioned about this attack, Prince's account differed from the witnesses' testimony, especially the fact that helicopters were firing upon the cars. Large holes were left in vehicles that could not have been caused by ground fire.

UPDATED: Fire connected to evidence of crimes in the VP's offices?

The breaking news of the FIRE in the Eisenhower office and the news that the Vice President and his staff were involved in deliberations about destroying the CIA tapes are certainly related. *David Addington* who has been named as one involved in the discussions has an office adjacent to the fire, reportedly . . .

According to the New York Tmes article published this morning, the four lawyers involved in discussions with the C.I.A. on its interrogation videotapes: Harriet Miers, John Bellinger, Alberto Gonzales and David Addington. Initially, the White House indicated that they recommmended against destruction of the tapes, but now:

"In interviews, several administration and intelligence officials provided conflicting accounts as to whether anyone at the White House expressed support for the idea that the tapes should be destroyed. "

This was arson. I don't believe in coincidences.

Now the question becomes: "Did they set the fire to destroy more evidence or did they do it to distract the nation from the real "fire:" evidence of high crimes by the White House?

Fire erupts in building on White House grounds - The White House- msnbc.com

12.15.2007

Three Members of the Judiciary Committee Call for Cheney's Impeachment


Reps. Wexler, Gutierrez, and Baldwin Call for Cheney Impeachment Hearings By Bob Fertik 14 Dec 2007
 
Three members of the House Judiciary Committee, Representatives Robert Wexler, Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), have issued a joint editorial calling for the Judiciary Committee and Congress to immediately hold impeachment hearings for Vice President [sic] Richard Cheney. The editorial entitled "A Case for Hearings," cites significant allegations made against Vice President Dick Cheney including "deceptive actions leading up to the Iraq war, the revelation of the identity of a covert agent for political retaliation, and the illegal wiretapping of American citizens."
 
The main stream media have all declined to print their op-ed.

12.12.2007

Gitmo Propaganda Team Busted Manipulating Digg, Other Sites

The attacks, exposed this week in a report by the government transparency group Wikileaks, include deleting detainee ID numbers from Wikipedia last month, the systematic posting of unattributed "self praise" comments on news organization web sites in response to negative press, boosting pro-Guantanamo stories on Digg and more...

read more | digg story

Gitmo Propaganda Team Busted Manipulating Digg, Other Sites

The attacks, exposed this week in a report by the government transparency group Wikileaks, include deleting detainee ID numbers from Wikipedia last month, the systematic posting of unattributed "self praise" comments on news organization web sites in response to negative press, boosting pro-Guantanamo stories on Digg and more...

read more | digg story

12.09.2007

The Constitution, Media & Kucinich

Dennis Kucinich, who with the minimal time allotted him, once again rose up beyond the sound bite and put principal ahead of party; argued policy rather than politeness. He has been the dominant voice of integrity on issues of trade, labor, education, environment, health, civil liberties, and the one endlessly determined voice of peace.

read more | digg story

Lawyers charge the CIA tortured their client-secret prisons

Lawyers for a terrorism suspect from suburban Baltimore who's imprisoned at the Gitmo claim they have evidence that their client "was subjected to a program of state-sanctioned torture" while he was in CIA custody for 3 years.The lawyers for Khan are asking a federal court to order the Bush administration to preserve evidence of custody.

read more | digg story

12.08.2007

Destroyed tapes revealed a link between 9/11 and Royal Saudi/ Pakistan

From Digg: stunned his interrogators by charging that two of the men, the King's nephew, and the Pakistani Air Force chief, knew a major terror operation was planned for America on 9/11. It would be nice to further investigate the men named by Zubaydah, but that is not possible. All four identified by Zubaydah are now dead.

read more | digg story

Thoughts on impeachment by moby


all across vermont people are voting to impeach gw bush and dick cheney. the governor of vermont is a republican and a friend of gw bush, and even he has been present when votes have been taken (some unanimously) to impeach bush and cheney.

here's the text from one impeachment vote:

We the people have the power -- and the responsibility -- to remove executives who transgress not just the law, but the rule of law. The oaths that the President and Vice President take binds them to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." The failure to do so forms a sound basis for articles of impeachment. The President and Vice President have failed to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution" in the following ways:

1. They have manipulated intelligence and misled the country to justify an immoral, unjust, and unnecessary preemptive war in Iraq.

2. They have directed the government to engage in domestic spying without warrants, in direct contravention of U.S. law.

3. They have conspired to commit the torture of prisoners, in violation of the Federal Torture Act and the Geneva Convention.

4. They have ordered the indefinite detention without legal counsel, without charges and without the opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention -- all in violation of U.S. law and the Bill of Rights.

When strong evidence exists of the most serious crimes, we must use impeachment -- or lose the ability of the legislative branch to compel the executive branch to obey the law. George Bush has led our country to a constitutional crisis, and it is our responsibility to remove him from office. now hopefully our representatives in congress and the senate will follow the will of the people and begin criminal investigations and impeachment hearings against gw and his administration.

-moby

12.01.2007

Badly Behaving Bush: Another signing statement!

The following article appeared on Boston.com:
Headline: Bush signing statement is first since '06 elections
Date:    December 1, 2007

"WASHINGTON - President Bush this month issued his first signing
statement since the Democratic takeover of Congress, reserving the
right to bypass 11 provisions in a military appropriations bill under
his executive powers."

11.29.2007

CIA operations in Venezuela


  

Apparently the USA is still trying to overthrew democratically elected governments. See <http://www.counterpunch.org/>.

Counterattack as Fateful Referendum Looms


CIA Venezuela Destabilization Memo Surfaces

By JAMES PETRAS

On November 26, 2007 the Venezuelan government broadcast and circulated a confidential memo from the US embassy to the CIA which is devastatingly revealing of US clandestine operations and which will influence the referendum this Sunday, December 2, 2007.

The memo sent by an embassy official, Michael Middleton Steere, was addressed to the Director of Central Intelligence, Michael Hayden. The memo was entitled 'Advancing to the Last Phase of Operation Pincer' and updates the activity by a CIA unit with the acronym 'HUMINT' (Human Intelligence) which is engaged in clandestine action to destabilize the forth-coming referendum and coordinate the civil military overthrow of the elected Chavez government. The Embassy-CIA's polls concede that 57 per cent of the voters approved of the constitutional amendments proposed by Chavez but also predicted a 60 per cent abstention.


Bad Ballot Paper

http://election-reform.org/dan_rather.html

Dan Rather reported on the poor quality of paper used in Florida 2000, when so many problems occurred with hanging and dimpled chads. The ballot paper was inadequate. The suppliers knew it when they heard the news.

Further research projects:

>>Who is responsible for ordering the paper? Upon receipt, doesnt someone quality-check it?

When the paper was returned to the supplier, who photocopied the label and put it back on the roll and reshipped it?

11.24.2007

Top Intelligence Officials Question 9/11


Top intelligence professionals from across the political spectrum question the government's version of 9/11

Source: George Washington's Blog, November 20, 2007 Straight to the Source

Former military analyst and famed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg recently said that the case of a certain 9/11 whistleblower is "far more explosive than the Pentagon Papers'" He also said that the government is ordering the media to cover up her allegations about 9/11. And he said that some of the claims concerning government involvement in 9/11 are credible, that "very serious questions have been raised about what they [U.S. government officials] knew beforehand and how much involvement there might have been", that engineering 9/11 would not be humanly or psychologically beyond the scope of the current administration, and that there's enough evidence to justify a new, "hard-hitting" investigation into 9/11 with subpoenas and testimony taken under oath.A 27-year CIA veteran, who chaired National Intelligence Estimates and personally delivered intelligence briefings to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, their Vice Presidents, Secretaries of State, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and many other senior government officials (Raymond McGovern) said "I think at simplest terms, there's a cover-up.

The 9/11 Report is a joke", and is open to the possibility that 9/11 was an inside job. A 29-year CIA veteran, former National Intelligence Officer (NIO) and former Director of the CIA's Office of Regional and Political Analysis (William Bill Christison) said "I now think there is persuasive evidence that the events of September did not unfold as the Bush administration and the 9/11 Commission would have us believe.

All three [buildings that were destroyed in the World Trade Center] were most probably destroyed by controlled demolition charges placed in the buildings before 9/11." (and see this). 20-year Marine Corps infantry and intelligence officer, the second-ranking civilian in U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence, and former CIA clandestine services case officer (David Steele) stated that "9/11 was at a minimum allowed to happen as a pretext for war", and it was probably an inside job (see Customer Review dated October 7, 2006).

A decorated 20-year CIA veteran, who Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh called "perhaps the best on-the-ground field officer in the Middle East", and whose astounding career formed the script for the Academy Award winning motion picture Syriana (Robert Baer) said that "the evidence points at" 9/11 having had aspects of being an inside job .

The Division Chief of the CIA's Office of Soviet Affairs, who served as Senior Analyst from 1966 - 1990. He also served as Professor of International Security at the National War College from 1986 - 2004 (Melvin Goodman) said "The final [9/11 Commission] report is ultimately a cover-up."Professor of History and International Relations, University of Maryland. Former Executive Assistant to the Director of the National Security Agency.

Former military attaché in China. 21-year career in U.S. Army Intelligence (Major John M. Newman, PhD, U.S. Army) questions the government's version of the events of 9/11.

The head of all U.S. intelligence, the Director of National Intelligence (Mike McConnel) said "9/11 should have and could have been prevented"

11.20.2007

Sibel Edmonds Has a Story to Tell

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5260


A lot of credible people and groups are vouching for this woman's
credibility, and amongst them are Senator Chuck Grassley (R), Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Russell Tice (NSA), 60 Minutes (CBS) and the ACLU. It's important to keep in mind that Sibel Edmonds' allegations have been proven true, and none of them have been proven false. She is being silenced to keep the truth hidden from the American public. These are her allegations...

Firstly, she alleges that the translation unit of the FBI -- the one responsible for translating foreign language terrorism '"chatter" into English -- has been infiltrated by foreign spies and is headed by corrupt (at the treason level), U.S. officials. She says that those individuals are purposely mistranslating documents relating to national security, illegally removing documents off premise, purposely misplacing documents within the system, purposely delaying the translation of time-sensitive documents relating to national security, and purposely mislabeling important documents as 'non-pertinent', in order to draw attention off terrorism related activities, and high-level criminal enterprises.

More specifically, she alleges that the FBI had in its possession, as early as April of 2001, documents which detailed the future events of 9/11; down to the date, location, method and perpetrators (al-Qaeda). To her knowledge, the exact hour of the attacks was unknown.

She alleges that those documents were purposely never forwarded to the appropriate counter-terrorism units, because a high-level middle man -- the Court ordered gag prevents her from saying who it is --
refused to have them forwarded. The reason for the refusal, according to the
testimony she gave before the Congress, which was investigated and proven to be true, was that the documents contained peripheral information, unrelated to the upcoming attacks, but which otherwise implicated several high-level U.S.
government officials, foreign countries, and private sector companies, in a
nuclear black-market, money laundering, and the international drug trade.

In other words, 9/11 wasn't prevented because the documents detailing the plot would have also exposed the unrelated, serious crimes of several high-level,
U.S. government officials.

Sibel Edmonds also alleges that former Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert, took bribes from the government of Turkey in exchange for
blocking the Congress from officially recognizing the Armenian genocide of 1915 as a genocide. Finally, she alleges that some of the people silencing her
through the invocation of 'States Secrets', are the very same engaged in the
aforementioned illegal activities. ---The gist of how she discovered all of this
is that when she was brought in as a translator, in October of 2001, she noticed the shoddy work being done on the documents coming through at the time. So she decided to take a look at past translations, and she came upon this evidence. This woman is a patriot to the core. She must not be silenced.

Sibel Edmonds wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibel_Edmonds

11.18.2007


Today I saw America as others must see it. What led me to this eye-opening, nauseating vision was a combination of events:

  • I saw Sicko for the first time on Friday
  • I watched Shock Doctrine by Alfonso Cuaron and Naomi Klein.
  • I watched Grand Canyon.

Two things are clear.

  1. This is a crime that has been perpetrated on us slowly, and has been going on for decades.
  2. They have profited. We have suffered.

Noam Chomsky

Chomsky says the only way to overcome the corporate takeover of America is to organize.

watch video

A Diverse Production for the BBC

The Vision Thing - Chomsky v Marr 3/3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_chomsky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Marr

This video has been uploaded for educational purposes and all rights belong to the BBC / Diverse Production


Copyright © 2007 YouTube, Inc.

Recommended Books

All three of these books cover topics that are urgent and compelling to people who care about our Constitution and returning the rights afforded by it..

The End of America by Naomi Wolf

FrameShop by Jeffrey Feldman

Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein


Disclaimer: I don't actually get to read the entire books--rather, I buy them and read a chapter or two. I do watch the author discussing the book on any number of venues, the most valuable of which is Book TV.

11.16.2007

Impeachment is under active consideration

Scoop.co.nz Thu, 15 Nov 2007 2:03 AM PST
Following a discussion on "War and the Fourth Estate", held in the Ways and Means Committee hearing room on Wednesday night, Rep. John Conyers—Chair of the Judiciary Committee—said that the impeachment resolution against Vice President Cheney is "under active consideration

11.13.2007

FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds - Memos released


According to what I have read recently, Sibel Edmonds, a former translator for the FBI, knows about scandal and corruption that links the smaller scandals that we know of together such as the outing of Valerie Plame.

Letters are here:

http://www.thememoryhole.org/spy/edmonds_letters.htm

Read her site:

http://www.justacitizen.com/

The ACLU covers her case and offers video of her testimony to Congress:

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/18828res20050126.html

11.07.2007

Congress Is completely out of touch

Proving that members of Congress really are completely out of touch with the rest of us, on Tuesday:
  • 185 Republicans voted to force a debate on the impeachment of Dick Cheney

  • Democrats voted against the debate.

Somehow both parties thought that an open debate about the crimes of Dick Cheney would somehow embarrass.... the Democrats?

Here is what happened:

As promised, Kucinich requested a floor vote on H.Res. 333 , and asexpected, Steny Hoyer moved to table the bill. And then all hell broke loose as 165 Republicans voted with Kucinich and 85 other brave Democrats to force a debate on impeachment and thereby embarass Nancy Pelosi. To block that debate, Hoyer moved to send H.Res. 333 back to theJudiciary Committee, and that motion passed with the support of all but5 Democrats (Kucinich, Bob Filner, Marcy Kaptur, Maxine Waters, and Ed Towns). A live blog of the proceedings is posted athttp://impeachcheney.org/

Or you can read a colorful account by another blogger (but beware the foul language)So what do we do next to move impeachment forward?
1. Call the House Judiciary Committee at 202-225-3951 and demandhearings on H.Res. 333.
2. Email all of the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee:http://www.democrats.com/topelosiandjudiciary
3. If you live in the district of a House Judiciary Committee member,call their office and tell them you're a constituent and you wantimmediate hearings on H.Res. 333. Then join your Congressional DistrictImpeachment Committee http://democrats.com/cdic-find and organize a HonkToImpeach rally http://www.democrats.com/honktoimpeach in front of your Representative's district office. Then keep up the pressure on your Representative every way you can, including letters tothe editor, calls to local talk shows, and pointed questions at everycommunity forum attended by your Representative.4. If your Congress Member is not on the Judiciary Committee, ask themto cosponsor H Res 333:http://www.democrats.com/impeach-cheney-congressional-record5. Start a media campaign including op-ed articles on impeaching Cheney,letters-to-the-editor about the Kucinich resolution, and informationalpicketing in front of the offices of local media, particularly inDetroit for Conyers and NY City for Nadler. Media activism kit:http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/748 And ask the talk shows to givethe Republicans the impeachment debate they claim they wanted:http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/10846. Ask pollsters to poll the public on impeachment, especially ofCheney: http://www.democrats.com/impeachment-poll-petition7. Watch for updates and notice of a national conference call with Rep.Dennis Kucinich at http://impeachcheney.org/
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11.05.2007

Top Censored stories of the year

This is a high-level list--for details follow the link.
# 1 No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person”
# 2 Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
# 3 AFRICOM: US Military Control of Africa’s Resources
# 4 Frenzy of Increasingly Destructive Trade Agreements
# 5 Human Traffic Builds US Embassy in Iraq
# 6 Operation FALCON Raids
# 7 Behind Blackwater Inc.
# 8 KIA: The US Neoliberal Invasion of India
# 9 Privatization of America’s Infrastructure
# 10 Vulture Funds Threaten Poor Nations’ Debt Relief
# 11 The Scam of “Reconstruction” in Afghanistan
# 12 Another Massacre in Haiti by UN Troops
# 13 Immigrant Roundups to Gain Cheap Labor for US Corporate Giants
# 14 Impunity for US War Criminals
# 15 Toxic Exposure Can Be Transmitted to Future Generations on a “Second Genetic Code”
# 16 No Hard Evidence Connecting Bin Laden to 9/11
# 17 Drinking Water Contaminated by Military and Corporations
# 18 Mexico’s Stolen Election
# 19 People’s Movement Challenges Neoliberal Agenda (Free Trade through Central and South America)
# 20 Terror Act Against Animal Activists
# 21 US Seeks WTO Immunity for Illegal Farm Payments
# 22 North Invades Mexico
# 23 Feinstein’s Conflict of Interest in Iraq
# 24 Media Misquotes Threat From Iran’s President
# 25 Who Will Profit from Native Energy?

FW: A message from Ramsey Clark: War on Iran would be supreme international crime

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Subject: A message from Ramsey Clark: War on Iran would be supreme international crime

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IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY! NO NEW WAR AGAINST IRAN!
A message from Ramsey Clark

Tomorrow, November 6, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is scheduled to bring to the House floor a resolution (H. Res 333) calling for the impeachment of Dick Cheney. The privileged resolution has priority status for consideration on the House floor, and is co-sponsored by 21 other representatives. ImpeachBush wholeheartedly supports the impeachment of Dick Cheney, as well as all other high officials guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Below is an important message from Ramsey Clark.

We need your help now. Click this link to make an urgently needed donation.
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Dear Susan,

President George Bush plans to attack Iran. From coast to coast, the people of this country are demanding impeachment, which may be the only way to stop him. We are acting now because a failure to impeach Bush with Vice President Cheney and other civil officers for crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity may condemn the world to war without end. Has he not made it clear that he intends to attack Iran?

Again and again he has threatened Iran with attack if it does not abandon its nuclear program and act to please him. The threat, like the use of force against a nation, is a violation of Article 2.4 of the Charter of the United Nations just as the threat of assault, like assault itself, is a crime in all legal systems. President Bush has unilaterally imposed the most comprehensive economic sanctions within his power against Iran, excepting of course the purchase of Iranian oil. Sanctions are crueler than the colonial whipping post because they harm infants, children, the elderly and the infirm

11.04.2007

Thought Crimes are Homegrown Terrorism???


The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 , titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007.

The following summary is provided by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan government entity that serves Congress and is run by the Library of Congress. The summary is taken from the official website THOMAS.

Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

  • Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to add provisions concerning the prevention of homegrown terrorism (terrorism by individuals born, raised, or based and operating primarily in the United States).
  • Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to:
  1. Establish a grant program to prevent radicalization (use of an extremist belief system for facilitating ideologically-based violence) and homegrown terrorism in the United States;
  2. Establish or designate a university-based Center of Excellence for the Study of Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism in the United States; and
  3. Conduct a survey of methodologies implemented by foreign nations to prevent radicalization and homegrown terrorism.

  • Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to prevent ideologically-based violence and homegrown terrorism from violating the constitutional and civil rights, and civil liberties, of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.

This bill is one of the most blatant attacks against the Constitution yet and actually ***defines thought crimes as homegrown terrorism.***

If passed into law, it will establish a commission and a Center of Excellence to study and defeat so called thought criminals. Unlike previous anti-terror legislation, this bill specifically targets the civilian population of the United States and uses vague language to define homegrown terrorism.

Amazingly, 404 of our elected representatives from both the Democrat and Republican parties voted in favor of this bill. There is little doubt that this bill is specifically targeting the growing patriot community that is demanding the restoration of the Constitution. Look at the definitions of violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism as defined in Section 899A of the bill.

11.03.2007

Order to abuse prisioners came from Bush


When military investigators questioned Erie County Judge Michael E. Dunlavey about reported prisoner abuse during his tenure at the Guantanamo Bay camp for suspected terrorists, Dunlavey told them he got his "marching orders" from President [sic] Bush, according to a new book ["Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond,"] about U.S. policies regarding torture.

10.18.2007

Who I Am



I'm a whale-savin' hybrid-drivin' recyclin' letter-writin' kind of a gal.
In my America, Kucinich would be President, Dick Cheney would be in an asylum for the especially evil, and Rumsfeld, Gonzales, and George W. Bush would all be in jail for violating the Constitution and their other various crimes.

9.29.2007

Anthrax Attacks Linked to the Bush Administration?

Remember how, right after 9/11, the anthrax attacks began, and targeted mostly liberals and Democrats, and the media tried to link it to Iraq? Interesting links are emerging. This is from the Glenn Greenwald blog on Salon.com

ABC and Brian Ross -- back in October and November 2001 -- were the driving force, really the exclusive force, behind news reports strongly suggesting that Iraq and Saddam Hussein were responsible for the anthrax attacks on the U.S. There are several very important issues arising from those events which I strongly believe merit real attention. This post is somewhat lengthy because it is vital to set forth the facts clearly.

Last week, I excerpted several of the Saddam-anthrax reports from ABC and Ross, but there are others. ABC aggressively promoted as its top story for days on end during that highly provocative period of time

Now, think about this.
  • Who had a motive to link it to Iraq? (knowing all that we know now~)
  • Who had the contacts, and opportunity, to leak the information to people who ABC would use as sources?
  • Who would send anthrax to Democrats and members of the media who are perceived as left of center--but not to any Republican?
Read the rest of Greenwald's blog here:
http://letters.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/.html

9.24.2007

Dan Rather's Downfall Smells Rovian

My gut instinct tells me that Rove et al forged the documents and made sure that they got into Rathers hands in order to take him down --just like the same players had the yellow cake documents forged to help justify this disaster of a war with Iraq.

Ambassador Joe Wilson exposed that lie, and we see what happens to the truth-tellers.

The Bushes have always perceived Dan Rather as a threat because he is an honest man, a serious reporter who could have stopped George Bush from stealing the election.

What they took from Rather was the very things that threatened Bush's rise to power: Rather's credibility, and ultimately, his position.

I am confident that someday, someone from the Native Texan Bush team will come forward and expose their involvement in this; perhaps even recounting the story of a trip to the National Guard post to destroy certain documents.

I've cracked the Bush Code!

BUSH IS telling the truth when he talks about money matters. I listened to him this morning, speaking about the budget and economic matters. It's his Fortune Cookie strategy. Instead of adding the words "in bed" . . .
 
ANSWER:
 
You add "for the rich" after every statement. Only then does what he says make sense and rings true to a person like Bush.

9.23.2007

In Defense of the Move-on Ad: Its Important Message

http://jeffrey-feldman.typepad.com/

People who found the Move-on ad "disgusting" may have missed the point. Petreasis simply the latest in a long line of "good soldiers" who have been told to put lipstick on the pig.

He is the Colin Powell of the moment.

9.21.2007

BETRAYAL OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS: 1999 to PRESENT

Kudos to Snowpuppy over at Alternet.org
 
This makes no attempt to be comprehensive.

1999: The US Senate fails to uphold a single motion to challenge voting irregularities and widespread voter disenfranchisement in Florida.

Congress and Senate allow the Supreme Court to appoint a president, rather than counting the votes or holding a new election.

2001: The Bush admin cuts anti-terror funding.

Bush remains on vacation in Crawford, TX despite warning of impending bin Laden attack from CIA, and fails to raise alert levels for the FAA, Ports, major cities - anywhere. Claims the threat was "too vague" to be actionable.

The entire bin Laden family is escorted and flown out of the US without thorough questioning despite a no-fly condition.

Anthrax attacks on Democrats in the Congress and Senate and news media outlets while the US Patriot Act is hastily considered and passed - the first steps in gutting the Bill of Rights and the US Constitution.

2002: The Bush admin diverts the US towards attacking Iraq, and away from bin Laden.

2005: Despite warnings caught on AP video, Bush denies hearing warnings about potential Katrina aftermath, and remains on vacation even as New Orleans was drowning.

2006-2007: Newly elected Democratic Congress fails to show any more backbone than the previous, Republican-led Congress, and continues to enable the most corrupt administration in American

9.06.2007

Salon: Former CIA officers report Bush 'didn't give a fuck about intelligence'

<img src=http://www.antiwar.com/photos/perm/bush-tenet.jpg vspace=5 hspace=5 align=right border=1>

Months before the Iraq invasion, President Bush apparently ignored a 2002 Oval Office briefing in which CIA director George Tenet provided the president with intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, according to former Clinton advisor and Salon columnist Sidney Blumenthal.

Reporting in <a href=http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/06/bush_wmd/> Salon</a>, Blumenthal writes that according to his sources, two former CIA officers,"Bush dismissed as worthless this information from the Iraqi foreign minister, a member of Saddam's inner circle, although it turned out to be accurate in every detail. Tenet never brought it up again."

Blumenthal also adds that ..

http://rawstory.com//news/2007/Salon_Former_CIA_officers_report_Bush_0906.html

Hey, I just saw this article over at RawStory.com I thought you might like. Check it out!

8.20.2007

Another DOJer Leave His Post

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003959.php

8.16.2007

Things to do when you have lost your wallet

Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer  
to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice! A  
corporate Attorney sent the following out to the employees in his  
company.

 1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put "PHOTO  
ID REQUIRED."

 2 When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card Accounts,  
DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead,  
just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the  
rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as  
it passes through all the check processing channels won't have  
access to it.

 3.. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home  
Phone. If you have a POBox use that instead of your home address.  
If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your  
SS# printed on your checks. (DUH!) You can add it if it is  
necessary. But if you have It printed, anyone can get it.

 4.. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do  
both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what  
you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone  
numbers to Call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I  
also carry a Photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or  
abroad. We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed  
on us in stealing a Name, address, Social Security number, credit  
cards.
> Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my  
Wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieve(S) ordered  
an Expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit  
card, had A credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer,  
received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record  
information online, and more. But here's some critical information  
to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know:

 5.. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards  
immediately. But the key is having the toll free numbers and your  
card Numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you  
can find them.

 6.. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your  
credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit Providers  
you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an Investigation  
(if there ever is one).

 But here's what is perhaps most important of all: (I never even  
thought to do this.)

 7.. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations Immediately  
to place a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social  
Security fraud line number. I had never heard of doing that until  
advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit  
was made over The Internet in my name. The alert means any company  
that checks your Credit knows your information was stolen, and they  
have to contact you by Phone to authorize new credit.

 By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the  
theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the  
Credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I  
knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional  
damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this  
weekend (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead  
in their tracks.

 Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your  
wallet, if it has been stolen:

 1.) Equifax: 800-525-6285

 2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 888-397-3742

 3.) Trans Union: 800-680-7289

 4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line): 800-269-0271

 PASS THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR FRIENDS.

13 years ago, Dick Cheney knew what an Iraq invasion would be like

8.07.2007

This Week's HORROR Story


Just wondering what your thoughts are about the passage of the extension of warrantless surveillance, voted on by both Repubs and Dems.

I feel betrayed. Oh sure, I know why they did it. Repubs and the administration told 'em that a terrorist strike is coming and the Dems figured if they voted against it, we'd all scream at them, and they'd lose their seats.

Take a DEEEEEEP Cleansing Breath. Meditate.

I have to remind myself:

We, you and I, have the power to end This American Nightmare--if we remember
and acknowledge that we have the power to do so. And we must act on it.

AND

They are afraid of *us*--we, the people of the United States. Americans.


Bush and Cheney call the Constitution irrelevant!?


I have no religion to speak of. It has no name; it does not have an institution-- no brick-and-mortar storefront, no teaming masses willing to tithe 20% to God's front-man: that preacher in his Caddy.

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.


Did you notice that the first two goals were Justice and Peace (Tranquility--what is more peaceful than Tranquility?) JUSTICE FIRST!

To paraphrase Michael Moore, "Dude, where is that 'more perfect union' ?? "

It took us over 200 years to build, improve and nurture, but just a few years for it to disappear. I would never have guessed that our democratic condition was ephemeral.

With great sadness, I bid you adieu.
-S

8.05.2007

Bush's Executive Order Puts U.S. on Escalation Path with Syria and Iran

Kucinich Blasts Bush Executive Order on Lebanon
August 4, 2007 (LPAC)--An executive order that President Bush issued on Thursday holds that anyone deemed to be undermining "Lebanon's legitimate and democratically elected government or democratic institutions..." constitutes "an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States."
The order, which freezes the assets of any person determined to be such a threat, is aimed at Syria, which the Bush Administration claims is trying to retake control of Lebanon.Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) rightly charged, yesterday, that the order is "reckless and dangerous" and "would further hurt the United States' standing in the world." Kucinich noted that the French are trying to organize a national unity government in Lebanon, and that Syria is on record supporting that effort.
"The Bush Administration is trying to block national unity and continue with its strategy to destabilize the region by targeting Syria and Iran, instead of seeking a diplomatic resolution. The administration is using the same rhetoric and political posturing that led to the unjustified war against Iraq" and is "putting the United States on a path of escalation with both Syria and Iran," he said.

8.03.2007

Kerfuffle on the House Floor!! Kerfuffle alert!!

Just tuned in to C-SPAN to observe much unhappiness on the floor.

Republicans' computer displays are not working properly. They were told that they could use any of the functioning computers to check their votes. Steny Hoyer is suggesting that they vacate the vote (to adjourn for the day, proposed by Heather Wilson).

The engineers are working on fixing the system.

The Repubs are pissed, David Dreier in particular.

Hoyer suggests that they suspend until the system is fixed, which would cause a delay.

FISA issue and funding the Minnesota bridge are to be considered later today. Hoyer proposes to fund the bridge replacement first .

Joe Barton showed up and suggested that the minority leader show the Repub total to the majority leader and the Majority Leader would check the number that was on his computer display. If the two numbers match, they would accept the vote.

Then Boehner shows up, basically overruled the idea on the floor, said they would suspend the vote and wait for the computers to be fixed.

The dispute on agriculture funding bill last night seems to have soured the Repubs attitude. They're petulantly dealing with the business of the day because the Rs walked off the floor the nightbefore. Rs made an effort to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving food stamps and welfare benefits. Repubs won the vote, they claim. They say that the Dems changed the vote to ensure that immigrants would continue to receive the benefits."

So say the Repubs. The spin is the bill takes medicare benefits away from the elderly and gives the benefits to illegal immigrants. (Lou Dobbs will be shouting about this one.)

Dude, what is wrong with Marsh Blackburn's face? It looks like she has a reverse raccoon mask. I'm just sayin.' She is saying that the bill gives priority to non-citizens over American citizens.
Obey caused the House to be shut down for four hours on Tuesday?

Repubs are saying the Dems have an imperial tone. ANd that the vote was cheated on. Dems are saying that amendments were out of order, Gingrey on Tuesday introduced them.

I don't have the full picture, I just see what the angry Repubs are saying.

EWWWW it's JEB. I went to high school with him.

Dems cut Medicare to seniors, [laced a tax on every non-government insurance plan so that immigrants could get food stamps and housing benefits.

Seems to me that everyone should get the same benefits, citizens and non-citizens. We're all humans. The system is broken. It was before the vote. It still is after the vote.

I would like to think that the Dems have a plan and a good reason for doing what they did.

All this speechifying took place at 10:20am this morning.

Senior's out-of-pocket costs may double.

Bilbray--Dems broke the rles, bend over backwards to ensure that "illegals" (sic) get benefits.

Taxpayers dollars should not go to "illegals." (sic) This guy is still calling immigrants "aliens."


Mike Pence discussed a vote a few years ago when run by Republicans, a vote held open for 3 hours for Medicare benefits until it won.

Apparently last night, a vote on funding welfare benefits was closed. At the time that the gavel fell, the Repubs won the vote. They say the vote was reopened.

Have we reached a point where we see the Dems have had effing ENOUGH!! of the White House manipulating rules the way they want, so that they don't have to testify; ignorning the rule of law.

Do we see now the Dems using the powers that they have to send a message? How do you like THEM apples.

Is that what is going on?

Speaker Pelosi said nothing was done wrong last night.

7.25.2007

Bush Approval Rating at Record Low

Bush Hits 25% Approval

According to a new American Research Group poll, just 25% of Americans approve of the way President Bush is handling his job as president and 71% disapprove. These are record lows for the survey.

When it comes to Bush's handling of the economy, 23% approve and 73% disapprove.

Source: http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/

7.24.2007

Man Arrested for Talking to Cheney

http://cliffschecter.blogspot.com/2007/07/man-walked-up-to-dick-cheney-calmly.html

7.20.2007

Old-line Republican warns 'something's in the works' to trigger a police state


Muriel Kane


Friday July 20, 2007


Thom Hartmann began his program on Thursday by reading from a new Executive Order which allows the government to seize the assets of anyone who interferes with its Iraq policies.
He then introduced old-line conservative Paul Craig Roberts -- a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Reagan who has recently become known for his strong opposition to the Bush administration and the Iraq War -- by quoting the "strong words" which open Roberts'
latest column: "Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran."

"I don't actually think they're very strong," said Roberts of his words. "I get a lot of flak that they're understated and the situation is worse than I say. ... When Bush exercises this authority [under the new Executive Order] ... there's no check to it. It doesn't have to be ratified by Congress. The people who bear the brunt of these dictatorial police state actions have no recourse to the judiciary. So it really is a form of total, absolute, one-man rule. ... The American people don't really understand the danger that they face."

7.18.2007

Cheney's Energy task force EXPOSED

Finally, we learn who was involved in the energy task force. I know you'll be shocked *SHOCKED* to learn that oil and gas CEOs, Kenny-boy Lay, and other high-powered Republicans and election contributors comprised most of the members.

Were any alternative energy notables consulted? Check it out.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003714.php

7.16.2007

Fear-mongering in Australia

http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2007/July/theworld_July425.xml§ion=theworld&col=

Bush like Hitler, says first Muslim in Congress

ALSO from Raw Story:

Bush like Hitler, says first Muslim in Congress

http://rawstory.com/

Bush in favor of military action against Iran before leaving office

From Raw Story:

Bush in favor of military action against Iran before leaving office

A British newspaper alleges "the balance in the internal White House debate over Iran has shifted back in favor of military action" before President George W. Bush leaves office.

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Paper_Cheney_pushes_for_military_action_0716.html

7.15.2007

E-voting bill: HR811

From Rob at OpEdNews.com:

A group of election integrity activists from PA and NJ went to a Rush Holt Town meeting. They asked him about his e-voting bill HR 811, and he admitted that the machine and software companies had won.

 

Democracy lost. 

It is time to march with our sledgehammers!!

 

 

7.14.2007

Nine Dems, all men, Stood with Bush

These nine Democrats voted against the bill to bring the troops home--because they agree with Bush:

John Barrow D-GA-12th
Dan Boren D-OK-2nd
Christopher Carney D-PA-10th
Brad Ellsworth D-IN-8th
Tim Holden D-PA-17th
Jim Marshall D-GA-8th
Jim Matheson D-UT-2nd
Vic Snyder D-AR-2nd
Gene Taylor D-MS-4th

What motivates each man's vote?

-Fear of losing the next election?
-True conviction that we can still "win" in Iraq? (And what is their reasoning, exactly?)

I'm going to find out.

7.10.2007

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"The White House is in panic mode."

-- A senior Bush administration official, to ABC News, about recent defections by Republican senators on President Bush's Iraq policy.

7.04.2007

Prescription for rage against the machine

"Stupid pet tricks" on the David Letterman show

7.02.2007

Freaking News - President Bush commutes prison sentence for Lewis 'Scooter' Libby

>> Freaking News - President Bush commutes prison sentence for Lewis
'Scooter' Libby<<

ARGH!!!! " . . . And equal justice for all." Bah! Bush and Gonzales
have turned this on its head. Together they have murdered the justice
system. Lady Justice is in a coma in Walter Reed Hospital where she will
most likely expire.

Compare Libby's crimes to Martha Stewart's. >>Implementing Cheney's
agenda of retribution against a whistleblower who exposed one of the
biggest lies behind the war by outing his wife from the CIA--a
treasonous crime.<<
versus the crime of >>insider trading<<.

Which person should pay the larger penalty?

How will Libby learn from his mistake if he doesn't even serve time?

http://www.votetoimpeach.org/


Even freakin' Paris Hilton served time.

No Justice, No Peace

Bush just commuted Scooter's sentence.
Once again, there is one America for the elite, the wealthy, the well-connected, and another America for the rest of us.

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7.01.2007

Impeachment Resources

Learn. Watch. Join in. Take Action.

Join in:
www.impeachbush.org/
www.impeachbush.tv/
www.impeachpac.org/
www.a28.org/ www.afterdowningstreet.org/
www.technorati.com/tag/impeach/
www.democrats.com/impeach
www.impeachforpeace.org/ImpeachNow.html/
Do-it-yourself impeachment kit.
www.impeach07.org/
Watch a video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT6Zhx0q8xs
Learn about the case for impeachment
http://www.sevenstories.com/
MEET ABOUT IT
http://www.impeachbush.meetup.com/
FREEWAY BLOGGING
http://www.theimagefactory.com/
Cheney is so special in a satanic kind of way, he has his own impeachment drive:
www.impeachcheney.org/
http://www.kucinich.us/
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB3JTYfOulk
Article: www.slate.com/id/2169292/
Brad Blog: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4733
Andrew Sulliven: http://www.andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/06/impeach-cheney.html







Express your sentiments on your auto:
http://www.impeachribbon.com/
Car magnets (Caution: Mine was stolen--maybe it would be safer in a blue state)
http://www.pressforprogress.com/
Car magnets

Meet the Press this morning

Sen Patrick Leahey appeared on Meet the Press this morning.
Bush says he is not involved in the US Attourney scandal. So where does Executive Privilege come in?

Will they hold the Pres, etc, in contempt of Congress? It has to be voted on by the Congress.

The most critical members of the politicization of the Justice Department are former prosecutors.

The President offered up several people for interview, but under too many conditions: they would be intervewed behind closed doors by only a select group of officials, not the whole committee'; not under oath, no transcript, and Congress would not be allowed to them again.

White House stated they lost several million emails. Leahey knows, and stated"You can't erase emails."

Now they have found them. Why haven't they turned them over yet? Well, they're looking at them.

With regard to interviewing members of the Executive branch, Leahey is even offering to give them the questions ahead of time!

Now what--now that the Executive branch has invoked Executive Privilege? The next step is to determine whether Executive privilege claim is legit. It appears it is not.

If not, Congress will vote to decide whether to hold the White House in contempt of Congress.

On Justice John Roberts: Leahey voted to confirm him. He voted to confirm Roberts because he didn't want him to be confirmed on a party line vote. Leahey is extraordinarily disappointed on how they threw out Brown v. Board of Education so cavalierly.

6.27.2007

This is a GREAT resource for progressive news


http://www.goleft.tv/

Check out the video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr talking to Greg Palast about caging and the Republicans.

WHY IS THIS NOT THE TOP STORY ON CNN, NBC, and CBS?? WHAT IS WRONG WITH MAIN STREAM MEDIA??? This caging list denied 3 million voters their actual votes in the 2000 election. This caging list, AIMED AT BLACK AND HISPANIC VOTERS, cost Gore the election.



WHY ISN'T CHENEY'S ATTEMPT TO CREATE A 4TH BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT CAUSING OUTRAGE (besides at my house)??

6.05.2007

On Impeachment - Questions and Concerns

What are the rules surrounding impeachment?

Does an impending impeachment curb an official's ability to exercise their powers in any way?

If not, perhaps Congress ought to submit a bill to suspend any elected officials' powers while they are under indictment or in impeachment proceedings.

I think of these people (Bush, Cheney, Gonzales) and wonder --if these are the things that they choose to do out in the open in front of God and everybody--what might they do if any of the effective restraints on their actions were to be removed? Where are they holding back? What would they do if there were no Congressional balance at all? (Given the last vote to fund the war--methinks we're already there.)

I am concerned that the circumstances in which the ruling cabal finds itself could cause the members to discount any remaining restraints on their actions that they had felt to date. (An impending impeachment might have the effect of a person "letting loose while he still can".)

Legal boundaries appear to have been no barrier to their actions. The Republican philosophy is : "I am the President. That makes it legal." Ahhh, yes, an ugly holdover from the Nixon years. Would Nixon have approved torture?

What if impending impeachment loosens their restraints, they lose their common sense, and they use their almost limitless powers to do something heinous while they still have the chance.

What would that something be?

Would it have to do with Iran?

God help us all.

On Libby's sentencing

Iit sounds like Libby will have to put in at least a year in the clink before he would be pardoned.

5.30.2007

So much for the "self-regulating" US legal profession

"State-bar associations are never going to take the lead". http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Some_attorneys_think_Gonzales_may_be_0530.html

Is it any wonder that America's lawyers have done nothing about this reckless, illegal White House and their unAmerican activities? They've refused to prosecute this President and VP. They refuse to regulate their own, and don't you know it--that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Lawyers have to take an oath to defend the Constitution.
So, why do they remain silent?

Step up, legal community! Let's see some indictments against people who know of the illegal conduct, but refuse to consider disbarring Gonzalez. If Gonzalez isn't going to be challenged, widen the net and challenge those who are not doing their jobs to defend the Constitution.

Make the American legal community explain why they refuse to prosecute this sitting VP and President outside impeachment.

Think about it: Prosecuting US government officials, outside impeachment.

1. Lazy lawyers can be prosecuted by a Grand Jury.
2. Some states allow voters to sign petitions to get grand juries empaneled.

If the legal profession won't break their silence to do this, it's time for We the People to defend our beloved Constitution.

http://indictdickcheney.blogspot/

5.28.2007

Dem party gets new name

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5.20.2007

Wolfowitz -- is there something they've left out?

Wolfowitz is MARRIED?!
Did you ever hear about his wife and three kids on mainstream news? The media always called her his girlfriend as though they were single and dating. (And wasn't it easy to see Wolfowitz as a single man? )
But wait, there's even more:

5.14.2007

Another one hangs up his brown shirt


Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty says that he will resign.

5.13.2007

Have You Ever Seen Such a Diverse Set of Scandals from a Single Administration?

As reported by WMR on May 10:
 
Vice President Dick Cheney, while CEO of Halliburton, was a client of the escort service of DC Madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey. In addition, one of Cheney's closest military advisers and friends was also a client of the DC Madam's Pamela Martin & Associates escort service. Cheney used the escort service while he was a part time resident of the posh Ballantrae section of McLean, Virginia. 
 
 
Did ABC really kill the story? Inquiring minds want to know.
 
If I were to write a book, I'd use this title:
 
Son of a Bush: Administration of a Thousand Scandals
or
A Scandal a Day Keeps the Press Unfocused
 
 

Someone's fantasy overtook the news at CNN yesterday

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/05/12/open-thread-470/

4.16.2007

The French Knew

http://in.news.yahoo.com/070416/137/6emny.html

PARIS (Reuters) - French secret services produced
nine reports between September 2000 and August 2001
looking at the al Qaeda threat to the United States,
and knew it planned to hijack an aircraft, the French
daily Le Monde said on Monday.

4.07.2007

Is there any truth to 'the enemy would follow us here?'



Is there any truth to 'the enemy would follow us here?'It's become President Bush's mantra, his main explanation for why he won't withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq anytime soon. In speech after speech, Bush insists that "this is a war in which, if we were to leave before the job is done, the enemy would follow us here." But is it true? The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/17038910.htm (c) 2007 McClatchy Washington Bureau and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.  


3.05.2007

Hearing on Firing of U.S. Attorneys

Tomorrow:

> C-SPAN Radio Highlights
>
> * Senate Judiciary Cmte. Hearing on Firing of U.S. Attorneys (10am) -
> LIVE
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> C-SPAN3 Highlights
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> * Senate Judiciary Cmte. Hearing on Firing of U.S. Attorneys (10am) -
> LIVE
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2.25.2007

Who I am

Liberal and an idealist, I am passionate about the loss of our peaceful lives, the loss of our rights and liberties at the hands of fear-mongering power-abusers, about the abdication of responsibility by our elected officials, abdication of their service to their constituents in lieu of service to corporate interests and the almighty dollar to perpetuate their continued non-service.
 
It's broken folks, and the system can't fix itself. What are we gonna do?

2.21.2007

U.S.Army General Says Flight 77 Didn't Hit Pentagon

U.S.Army General Says Flight 77 Didn't Hit Pentagon

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2.02.2007

FBI agent testified that he and Libby discussed outing Plame

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FBI agent testified that in Libby's second FBI interview, Libby admitted that he and Cheney may have discussed outing Valerie Plame Wilson to the media as a tactic to discredit her husband, Joe Wilson.

For retribution exacted to those who tell the truth, for obstruction of justice, and for all of the other evils perpetrated at the top of government.

IMPEACH!!


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