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11.11.2009
73 U.S. Kids Sentenced to Life Without Parole at 14 or Younger, and All Are Black
This is unfortunate. It's the kind of statistic that -- one would hope -- might give the justices pause. Racism has been central to the policies that led to the rise in life sentences for juveniles in the first place -- and not just in Florida. The Supreme Court may rely on legal precedents to make their decisions -- but that does not mean it necessarily learns from history.
10.30.2009
10.27.2009
Rachel Maddow Summarizes The Health Care 'Public Option'
We live in a sad, scared, shitty country, run by cowards, fools and teabaggers.
I want to be adopted by Canada. Living in the US of A is a crime against humanity.
10.26.2009
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5.19.2008
McCain's YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare
Another lying republican, it is getting OLD like McSame no?
5.16.2008
4.25.2008
Dual US / Israeli Citizens Running American Government « The Invisible Opportunity: Hidden Truths Revealed
Today’s conflicts are centered in the Middle East. America needs to balance foreign policies towards oil producing Arab nations with our goal being peace and stability in the region. This places a burden on our government to be even-handed in our dealings with the Arab world and Israel. While the Iraq War was waged on lies about Weapons of Mass Destruction and revenge for 911, the real reason has emerged as a well designed global plan to improve the power and leverage of Israel.Added to this policy is yet another potential blow to American interests and security — the impending War with Iran. This war will be waged for the security of Israel and will be paid for by the blood of American soldiers and the hard-earned money of American citizens whose quality of life is inversely tied to the cost of petroleum.
List of traitors and war criminals:
Attorney General - Michael Mukasey
Head of Homeland Security - Michael Chertoff
Chairman Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board - Richard Perle
Deputy Defense Secretary (Former) - Paul Wolfowitz
Under Secretary of Defense - Douglas Feith
National Security Council Advisor - Elliott Abrams
Vice President Dick Cheney’s Chief of Staff (Former) - “Scooter” Libby
White House Deputy Chief of Staff - Joshua Bolten
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs - Marc Grossman
Director of Policy Planning at the State Department - Richard Haass
U.S. Trade Representative (Cabinet-level Position) - Robert Zoellick
Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board - James Schlesinger
UN Representative (Former) - John Bolton
Under Secretary for Arms Control - David Wurmser
Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board - Eliot Cohen
Senior Advisor to the President - Steve Goldsmith
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary - Christopher Gersten
Assistant Secretary of State - Lincoln Bloomfield
Deputy Assistant to the President - Jay Lefkowitz
White House Political Director - Ken Melman
National Security Study Group - Edward Luttwak
Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board - Kenneth Adelman
Defense Intelligence Agency Analyst (Former) - Lawrence (Larry) Franklin
National Security Council Advisor - Robert Satloff
President Export-Import Bank U.S. - Mel Sembler
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families - Christopher Gersten
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public Affairs - Mark Weinberger
White House Speechwriter - David Frum
White House Spokesman (Former) - Ari Fleischer
Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board - Henry Kissinger
Deputy Secretary of Commerce - Samuel Bodman
Under Secretary of State for Management - Bonnie Cohen
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4.17.2008
How US Capitalism Will End US Military Adventurism
Most Americans know instinctively, beyond the fog of flag-waving and hollow hymn singing, deep in their souls, that the invasion and occupation of Iraq is a crime of monstrous proportions, one committed in their name, with their permission, by those they elected and those they armed and equipped, a crime they could end at any time but do not. Any student of history also recognizes this aggression to be just the latest in a series of heinous crimes committed on innocents around the globe by the modern world's most egregious and dangerous country, a country once blessed, now drunk on power, cursed with addictions to venality, gangsterism, careless obese consumption and usury the likes of which has never been witnessed before. With so much original promise squandered America has allowed itself to become a vampire culture, consuming all it touches including its own natural wealth, its principals and institutions, its legacy, and in a final maddened act of social cannibalism devouring the future of its young and itself.How US Capitalism Will End US Military Adventurism
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4.07.2008
xymphora: Greenwashing American Zionism
A 'perfect storm' is on the horizon for American Jews. It is almost a commonplace, even in the disgusting mainstream media, that one of the main root causes of the American Recession/Depression (it will be a recession for the rich and a depression for the poor and middle classes) is the disruption to the debt markets caused by the necessity of financing the disastrous attack on Iraq using entirely borrowed money. When the other shoe - the fact that the attack served no legitimate American interest, and was entirely a War For The Jews - drops, things might get a bit touchy for a while.xymphora: Greenwashing American Zionism
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4.05.2008
Ritter says White House preparing for war in Iran: Rutland Herald Online
The main target of Ritter's criticisms was an American public that couldn't pass a test on the Constitution and understands little of international history and politics, and refuses to believe the life of an Iraqi is worth as much as the life of an American.Ritter says White House preparing for war in Iran: Rutland Herald Online
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4.02.2008
Paul Craig Roberts: A Third American War in the Making?
The US Congress, the US media, the American people, and the United Nations, are looking the other way as Cheney prepares his attack on Iran.If only America had an independent media and an opposition party. If there were a shred of integrity left in American political life, perhaps a third act of naked aggression--a third war crime under the Nuremberg standard--by the Bush Regime could be prevented.On March 30, the Russian News & Information Agency, Novosti, cited "a high-ranking security source: "The latest military intelligence data point to heightened US military preparations for both an air and ground operation against Iran."Paul Craig Roberts: A Third American War in the Making?
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4.01.2008
U.S. Military Ponders Hiring or Hacking Bloggers | Center for Media and Democracy
"Information strategists can consider clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers or other persons of prominence ... to pass the U.S. message."U.S. Military Ponders Hiring or Hacking Bloggers | Center for Media and Democracy
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3.31.2008
Now do you see?
From the 14 points of fascism:
3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause
The most significant common thread among these regimes was the use of scapegoating as a means to divert the people’s attention from other problems, to shift blame for failures, and to channel frustration in controlled directions. The methods of choice—relentless propaganda and disinformation—were usually effective. Often the regimes would incite “spontaneous” acts against the target scapegoats, usually communists, socialists, liberals, Jews, ethnic and racial minorities, traditional national enemies, members of other religions, secularists, homosexuals, and “terrorists.” Active opponents of these regimes were inevitably labeled as terrorists and dealt with accordingly.
5. Rampant sexism
Beyond the simple fact that the political elite and the national culture were male-dominated, these regimes inevitably viewed women as second-class citizens. They were adamantly anti-abortion and also homophobic. These attitudes were usually codified in Draconian laws that enjoyed strong support by the orthodox religion of the country, thus lending the regime cover for its abuses.
2.09.2008
Here Come the Brownshirts, Again
In a McCain Regime, Cheney will be back in office with another stint as Secretary of War. Norman "Bomb-bomb-bomb-Iran" Podhoretz will be Undersecretary for Nuclear War with General John "Nuke them" Shalikashvili as his deputy. Rudy Giuliani will be the Minister of Interior in charge of Halliburton's detention centers into which will be herded all critics of war and the police state. Billy kristol will be chief White House spokesliar.
10.19.2007
8.14.2007
7.25.2007
Bush's Grandfather wanted the Nazis to win!
The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell Hse & George Bush’s Grandfather, Prescott) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression.
Mike Thomson investigates why so little is known about this biggest ever peacetime threat to American democracy.
Besides the current successful coup from 2000 by his grandson and lying war criminal w.
Mike Thomson investigates why so little is known about this biggest ever peacetime threat to American democracy.
Besides the current successful coup from 2000 by his grandson and lying war criminal w.
10.17.2006
Government Targets American Bloggers As Enemy Propagandists
Government Targets American Bloggers As Enemy Propagandists: "In a speech given Monday, Homeland Security director Michael Chertoff identified the web as a 'terror training camp,' through which 'disaffected people living in the United States' are developing 'radical ideologies and potentially violent skills.'
Chertoff has pledged to dispatch Homeland Security agents to local police departments in order to aid in the apprehension of domestic terrorists who use the Internet as a political tool."
Time to stop the blog.
We are now officially a fascist rogue state.
Chertoff has pledged to dispatch Homeland Security agents to local police departments in order to aid in the apprehension of domestic terrorists who use the Internet as a political tool."
Time to stop the blog.
We are now officially a fascist rogue state.
10.04.2006
Connie Martinson Talks Books: Chalmers Johnson on "The Sorrows of Empire"
| Chalmers Johnson, former professor of political science at UC Berkeley, and professor emeritus of political science at UC San Diego, discusses his book "The Sorrows of Empire." Series: "Connie Martinson Talks Books" [Humanities] | |
9.23.2006
The Doomsday Code
The Doomsday Code: "a growing number of American evangelical Christians reckon they have cracked the code. These End Timers believe that every weird word of Revelation predicts real events. Like a Hollywood sci fi movie they say that any time now the world will end. And when it does, true believers in Christ will be whisked up to heaven in an event called The Rapture while non-believers are left behind on earth to face famine, war, terror and destruction as the forces of good and evil fight to the bitter end.
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Report says Osama succumbs to typhoid
SABCnews.com - world/europe: "'According to a usually reliable source, the Saudi services are now convinced that Osama bin Laden is dead,' the document said. 'The information gathered by the Saudis indicates that the head of al Qaeda was a victim while he was in Pakistan on August 23, 2006, of a very serious case of typhoid which led to a partial paralysis of his internal organs.'"
9.15.2006
Senate Puts Another Nail in the Coffin of the 4th
Another Day in the Empire: "Not only does the bill allow �the attorney general, or anyone he or she designates, to authorize widespread domestic spying, such as monitoring all instant-messaging systems in the country, so long as the government promises to delete anything not terrorism-related,� it also allows �unfettered wiretapping and physical searches without warrants.� "
9.08.2006
False Flag Operations: Declassified Military Documents Show How US Government Planned Terrorist Attacks Against its Own Citizens - Yahoo! News
Is it finally starting to unravel?False Flag Operations: Declassified Military Documents Show How US Government Planned Terrorist Attacks Against its Own Citizens - Yahoo! News: "New York, NY (PRWEB) September 7th, 2006 � As reported by ABC News, stunning military documents codenamed 'Operation Northwoods' were declassified in recent years and show how in 1962, the top US military leaders planned an operation to create terror attacks against its own cities and kill US citizens."
8.26.2006
Israeli strike hits journalists' vehicle - Yahoo! News
Israeli strike hits journalists' vehicle - Yahoo! News: "The front seats of the car were covered in blood and shrapnel had ripped up much of the inside of the vehicle. One of the bulletproof windows was completely destroyed.
The white sport utility vehicle was emblazoned with the Reuters logo and had 'TV' and 'Press' written on it in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
'This is a cold-blooded crime,' "
The white sport utility vehicle was emblazoned with the Reuters logo and had 'TV' and 'Press' written on it in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
'This is a cold-blooded crime,' "
8.25.2006
Bush and Saddam Should Both Stand Trial, Says Nuremberg Prosecutor - Yahoo! News
Bush and Saddam Should Both Stand Trial, Says Nuremberg Prosecutor - Yahoo! News: "SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 25 (OneWorld) - A chief prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at Nuremberg has said George W. Bush should be tried for war crimes along with Saddam Hussein. Benjamin Ferencz, who secured convictions for 22 Nazi officers for their work in orchestrating the death squads that killed more than 1 million people, told OneWorld both Bush and Saddam should be tried for starting 'aggressive' wars--Saddam for his 1990 attack on Kuwait and Bush for his 2003 invasion of Iraq."
8.17.2006
Judge nixes warrantless surveillance - Yahoo! News
Judge nixes warrantless surveillance - Yahoo! News: "DETROIT - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate end to it."
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy, as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy, as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
8.14.2006
AlterNet: Blogs: David DeGraw: Sy Hersh: Cheney Helped Plan Israel's Attack on Hezbollah
AlterNet: Blogs: David DeGraw: Sy Hersh: Cheney Helped Plan Israel's Attack on Hezbollah: "Sy Hersh has just released information claiming that the Bush administration, especially Dick Cheney's office, was involved in planning Israel's attack on Hezbollah and considers it 'a prelude to a potential American preemptive attack' on Iran:"
4.29.2006
3.11.2006
American Bar Aassociation
American Bar Aassociation: "We simply cannot allow our constitutional freedoms to become a victim of the fight against terrorism. The proposed Recommendations should be adopted by the ABA House of Delegates in order to strike a proper balance between individual liberty and Executive power. "
2.16.2006
Abu Ghraib - The Sequel - Real Video
Abu Ghraib - The Sequel - Real Video: "With the response to those Danish cartoons and the British Army beatings in Iraq, still running red-hot in the Islamic world, tonight, even uglier images from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
Back in 2004 when the first shocking pictures were originally leaked, the world recoiled in horror, but since then the Bush Administration has fought tooth and nail to prevent the American public from seeing any new images of the treatment of Iraqi detainees, but tonight Dateline reporter Olivia Rousset reveals new photos and videos. Despite the currently overheated international climate, we are showing them because they show the extent of the horror that occurred at Abu Ghraib. A serious warning though - some of the images you're about to see are pretty confronting and may offend some of you.
Broadcast By SBS - Australia - Dateline - 02/15/06
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More Photos; More War Crimes
More Photos; More War Crimes: "How can anyone listen to the glib palavering of the torturer-and-chief as he pontificates on a 'culture of life' that protects the unborn, but leaves others naked and bound, in a pool of blood?
The hypocrisy is nearly as offensive as the savagery.
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The hypocrisy is nearly as offensive as the savagery.
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2.14.2006
The Pentagon’s War on the Internet
The Pentagon’s War on the Internet : "The Pentagon has developed a comprehensive strategy for taking over the internet and controlling the free flow of information. The plan appears in a recently declassified document, “The Information Operations Roadmap”, which was provided under the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) and revealed in an article by the BBC.
The Pentagon sees the internet in terms of a military adversary that poses a vital threat to its stated mission of global domination. This explains the confrontational language in the document which speaks of “fighting the net”; implying that the internet is the equivalent of “an enemy weapons system.'
The Defense Dept. places a high-value on controlling information. The new program illustrates their determination to establish the parameters of free speech.
The Pentagon sees information as essential in manipulating public perceptions and, thus, a crucial tool in eliciting support for unpopular policies. The recent revelations of the military placing propaganda in the foreign press demonstrate the importance that is given to co-opting public opinion. "
The Pentagon sees the internet in terms of a military adversary that poses a vital threat to its stated mission of global domination. This explains the confrontational language in the document which speaks of “fighting the net”; implying that the internet is the equivalent of “an enemy weapons system.'
The Defense Dept. places a high-value on controlling information. The new program illustrates their determination to establish the parameters of free speech.
The Pentagon sees information as essential in manipulating public perceptions and, thus, a crucial tool in eliciting support for unpopular policies. The recent revelations of the military placing propaganda in the foreign press demonstrate the importance that is given to co-opting public opinion. "
2.11.2006
Petrodollars and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: Understanding the Planned Assault on Iran
Petrodollars and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: Understanding the Planned Assault on Iran: "It is important to understand the nature and scale of the war crimes that are being planned—and no less important to recognize that, as in the case of the Bush regime’s assault on Iraq, the pretexts being advanced to legitimize this intended aggression are entirely fraudulent. Unless the lurid fantasies of people like former Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security and now Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton count as evidence—and Bolton’s pronouncements on the weaponry supposedly possessed by Iraq, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela show him to be less acquainted with truth than Jean Harlow was with chastity—there is no evidence that Iran has or has ever had any nuclear weapons development program. Claims to the contrary, however loudly they may have been trumpeted by Fox News, CNN, or The New York Times, are demonstrably false."
2.08.2006
Paul Craig Roberts: Who Will Save America?
Paul Craig Roberts: Who Will Save America?: "We have reached a point where the Bush administration is determined to totally eclipse the people. Bewitched by neoconservatives and lustful for power, the Bush administration and the Republican Party are aligning themselves firmly against the American people. Their first victims, of course, were the true conservatives. Having eliminated internal opposition, the Bush administration is now using blackmail obtained through illegal spying on American citizens to silence the media and the opposition party.
Before flinching at my assertion of blackmail, ask yourself why President Bush refuses to obey the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The purpose of the FISA court is to ensure that administrations do not spy for partisan political reasons. The warrant requirement is to ensure that a panel of independent federal judges hears a legitimate reason for the spying, thus protecting a president from the temptation to abuse the powers of government. The only reason for the Bush administration to evade the court is that the Bush administration had no legitimate reasons for its spying. This should be obvious even to a naif."
Before flinching at my assertion of blackmail, ask yourself why President Bush refuses to obey the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The purpose of the FISA court is to ensure that administrations do not spy for partisan political reasons. The warrant requirement is to ensure that a panel of independent federal judges hears a legitimate reason for the spying, thus protecting a president from the temptation to abuse the powers of government. The only reason for the Bush administration to evade the court is that the Bush administration had no legitimate reasons for its spying. This should be obvious even to a naif."
America Has Fallen to a Jacobin Coup - by Paul Craig Roberts
America Has Fallen to a Jacobin Coup - by Paul Craig Roberts: "The English-speaking world has not seen such power since the 16th and 17th centuries when the Court of Star Chamber became a political weapon used against the king's opponents and to circumvent Parliament. The Star Chamber dispensed with juries, permitted hearsay evidence, and became so reviled that 'Star Chamber' became a byword for injustice. The Long Parliament abolished the Star Chamber in 1641. In obedience to the Bush regime, the U.S. Congress resurrected it with the PATRIOT Act. Can anything be more Orwellian than identifying patriotism with the abolition of habeas corpus?"
Bush Has Crossed the Rubicon - by Paul Craig Roberts
Bush Has Crossed the Rubicon - by Paul Craig Roberts: "There is today no constitutional party. Both political parties, most constitutional lawyers, and the bar associations are willing to set aside the Constitution whenever it interferes with their agendas. Americans have forgotten the prerequisites for freedom, and those pursuing power have forgotten what it means when it falls into other hands. Americans are very close to losing their constitutional system and civil liberties. It is paradoxical that American democracy is the likely casualty of a 'war on terror' that is being justified in the name of the expansion of democracy."
Another Day in the Empire
Another Day in the Empire: "The vicious Straussian neocons will likewise deal with their enemies as they mobilize against Phase Two (attack Iran) of the Master Plan to sow chaos and murder in the Muslim Middle East. Oliver North, working diligently from the basement of the Reagan White House, did not collaborate with FEMA to set up camps for illegal immigrants, but rather official enemies. And if you believe the CIA has established its flying torture circus of sadism strictly for Muslim goat herders and taxi drivers, you should think again. For the Straussians, there is no difference between Muslims and domestic opponents of the Bush administration."
1.21.2006
Yahoo! News Message Boards World News
Yahoo! News Message Boards World News: "Theodore Roosevelt -- no greater superpatriot -- said in 1918 during the First World War: 'To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.'
During the Second World War, within a couple of weeks after Pearl Harbor, Senator Robert A. Taft, 'Mr. Republican,' took the same line: 'I believe that there can be no doubt that criticism in time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government..... Too many people desire to suppress criticism simply because they think it will give some comfort to the enemy.... If that comfort makes the enemy feel better for a few moments, they are welcome to it as far as I am concerned because the maintenance of the right of criticism in the long run will do the country more good than it will do the enemy, and it will prevent mistakes which might otherwise occur.'"
During the Second World War, within a couple of weeks after Pearl Harbor, Senator Robert A. Taft, 'Mr. Republican,' took the same line: 'I believe that there can be no doubt that criticism in time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government..... Too many people desire to suppress criticism simply because they think it will give some comfort to the enemy.... If that comfort makes the enemy feel better for a few moments, they are welcome to it as far as I am concerned because the maintenance of the right of criticism in the long run will do the country more good than it will do the enemy, and it will prevent mistakes which might otherwise occur.'"
1.04.2006
Judge Rejects Gov't Claims on Detainees - Yahoo! News
Judge Rejects Gov't Claims on Detainees - Yahoo! News: "'The
Department of Defense has failed to come forward on this motion with anything but thin and conclusory speculation to support its claims of possible retaliation,' Rakoff wrote.
The AP filed its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Defense to have government documents related to military hearings for Guantanamo Bay detainees made public.
Dave Tomlin, the AP's general counsel, applauded the judge's decision."
Department of Defense has failed to come forward on this motion with anything but thin and conclusory speculation to support its claims of possible retaliation,' Rakoff wrote.
The AP filed its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Defense to have government documents related to military hearings for Guantanamo Bay detainees made public.
Dave Tomlin, the AP's general counsel, applauded the judge's decision."
1.03.2006
Paul Craig Roberts: a Gestapo Administration
Paul Craig Roberts: a Gestapo Administration: "Compared to Spygate, Watergate was a kindergarden picnic. The Bush administration's lies, felonies, and illegalities have revealed it to be a criminal administration with a police state mentality and police state methods. Now Bush and his attorney general have gone the final step and declared Bush to be above the law. Bush aggressively mimics Hitler's claim that defense of the realm entitles him to ignore the rule of law."
12.28.2005
STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD
STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD: "STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD"
12.25.2005
Ralph Nader: Talkin' About the "I"-Word
Ralph Nader: Talkin' About the "I"-Word: "Yet the case for impeachment is so strong that, recently, hardly a day goes by without more disclosures which strengthen any number of impeachable offenses that could form a Congressional action under our Constitution. An illegal war, to begin with, against our Constitution which says only Congress can declare war. An illegal war under domestic laws, and international law, and conducted illegally under international conventions to which the US belongs, should cause an outcry against this small clique of outlaws committing war crimes who have hijacked our national government."
12.22.2005
Is our president a liar?
Is our president a liar?: "
'He is President, Not A King' Russ Feingold
Was he lying then or is he lying now? Either way he is a liar.
Must watch video: ."
'He is President, Not A King' Russ Feingold
Was he lying then or is he lying now? Either way he is a liar.
Must watch video: ."
12.21.2005
Sen. Robert Byrd: No President is Above the Law
Sen. Robert Byrd: No President is Above the Law: "The President claims that these powers are within his role as Commander in Chief. Make no mistake, the powers granted to the Commander in Chief are specifically those as head of the Armed Forces. These warrantless searches are conducted not against a foreign power, but against unsuspecting and unknowing American citizens. They are conducted against individuals living on American soil, not in Iraq or Afghanistan. There is nothing within the powers granted in the Commander in Chief clause that grants the President the ability to conduct clandestine surveillance of American civilians. We must not allow such groundless, foolish claims to stand."
12.13.2005
Bush Trashes Constitution, Few Notice
Another Day in the Empire: "Before he was “elected” (appointed) in 2000, Bush “joked” about dictatorship and said it would be fine and dandy by him so long as he was the dictator. Now we have this authoritarian cretin on record trashing the Constitution and the corporate media does not take note and for obvious reason—the corporate media is owned by the same “free trade” (unhindered depredation) marauders and amoral charlatan neolibs that own the government and just about every whore (politician) in Congress."
Bush Threatens to Unleash Terrorists
Another Day in the Empire: "CIA-MI6-Mossad terrorists, the sort who fantastically plot complicated and impossible (for goat herders) terror attacks from caves in one of the most backward and poverty-stricken countries in the world. As we know, if we pay attention, all of the Bush era terror attacks—striking New York, Washington, Bali, Madrid, and London—were executed by intelligence “services,” using dim bulb Muslim patsies as fall guys in order to kindle World War IV, as envisioned by the Straussian neocons and their Israeli Zionist mentors."
Paul Craig Roberts: the Defenders of Torture
Paul Craig Roberts: the Defenders of Torture: "The reason that the Bush administration and the neocons defend torture is that, having launched an illegal invasion and created an American police state, they are desperate for 'evidence' of the terrorist threat in order to justify their illegal and unconstitutional policies.
The only way to obtain this 'evidence' is to torture people until they confess to the plots that are invented for them. A steady stream of confessed 'terrorists' serves to justify the police state that has been created. "
The only way to obtain this 'evidence' is to torture people until they confess to the plots that are invented for them. A steady stream of confessed 'terrorists' serves to justify the police state that has been created. "
12.12.2005
Capitol Hill Blue: Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper'
Capitol Hill Blue: Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a goddamned piece of paper': "“I don’t give a goddamn,” Bush retorted. “I’m the President and the Commander-in-Chief. Do it my way.”
“Mr. President,” one aide in the meeting said. “There is a valid case that the provisions in this law undermine the Constitution.”
“Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”
I’ve talked to three people present for the meeting that day and they all confirm that the President of the United States called the Constitution “a goddamned piece of paper.”"
12.09.2005
Top 11 reasons Dubya planned to bomb the al-Jazeera network
Too Stupid To Be President: "Top 11 reasons Dubya planned to bomb the al-Jazeera network
11. Wanted to send a message to CBS.
10. Ran out of anthrax.
9. Promised Rupert Murdock a lucrative, 'no-bid' contract.
8. Al-Jazeera White House correspondent tried to ask a 'follow-up' question.
7. It's only terrorism when it's done to us.
6. Attorney General advised that he couldn't torture the al-Jazeera staff.
5. Al-Jazeera website linked to a flash animation depicting Dubya as dim-witted.
4. 'Philosophy of life' doesn't extend to journalists.
3. Thought he needed a diversion from the U.S. use of chemical weapons in Fallujah.
2. al-Jazeera ran colorized version of 'It's a Wonderful Life.'
1. Osama bin Laden wasn't there."
11. Wanted to send a message to CBS.
10. Ran out of anthrax.
9. Promised Rupert Murdock a lucrative, 'no-bid' contract.
8. Al-Jazeera White House correspondent tried to ask a 'follow-up' question.
7. It's only terrorism when it's done to us.
6. Attorney General advised that he couldn't torture the al-Jazeera staff.
5. Al-Jazeera website linked to a flash animation depicting Dubya as dim-witted.
4. 'Philosophy of life' doesn't extend to journalists.
3. Thought he needed a diversion from the U.S. use of chemical weapons in Fallujah.
2. al-Jazeera ran colorized version of 'It's a Wonderful Life.'
1. Osama bin Laden wasn't there."
12.08.2005
Nobel Laureate Pinter Assails Bush, Blair - Yahoo! News
Nobel Laureate Pinter Assails Bush, Blair - Yahoo! News: "In his lecture, which focused more on politics than literature, Pinter launched a ferocious tirade against Bush and Blair, saying they were responsible for tens of thousands of deaths in the Iraq war.
'How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described as a mass murderer and a war criminal? One hundred thousand?' he asked in a hoarse voice.
'We have brought torture, cluster bombs, depleted uranium, innumerable acts of random murder, misery, degradation and death to the Iraqi people and call it 'bringing freedom and democracy to the Middle East,'' Pinter said.
The Nobel committee has not shied from rewarding writers who make a stand against authority, notably in rewarding the literature prize to Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn in 1970.
Horace Engdahl, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, introduced the lecture by saying Pinter was delivering 'his free words such as a writer has a right to say them.'
Pinter accused the United States of supporting 'every right wing military dictatorship in the world' after World War II, from Chile to the Philippines.
'The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them,' he said. 'It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good. It's a brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis.'"
Yes, Mr. Pinter, I, and those that visit this site often, know this all to be true.
'How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described as a mass murderer and a war criminal? One hundred thousand?' he asked in a hoarse voice.
'We have brought torture, cluster bombs, depleted uranium, innumerable acts of random murder, misery, degradation and death to the Iraqi people and call it 'bringing freedom and democracy to the Middle East,'' Pinter said.
The Nobel committee has not shied from rewarding writers who make a stand against authority, notably in rewarding the literature prize to Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn in 1970.
Horace Engdahl, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, introduced the lecture by saying Pinter was delivering 'his free words such as a writer has a right to say them.'
Pinter accused the United States of supporting 'every right wing military dictatorship in the world' after World War II, from Chile to the Philippines.
'The crimes of the United States have been systematic, constant, vicious, remorseless, but very few people have actually talked about them,' he said. 'It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good. It's a brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis.'"
Yes, Mr. Pinter, I, and those that visit this site often, know this all to be true.
Tire Giant Firestone Hit with Lawsuit over Slave-Like Conditions at Rubber Plantation - Yahoo! News
Tire Giant Firestone Hit with Lawsuit over Slave-Like Conditions at Rubber Plantation - Yahoo! News: "At Firestone, 'all of the workers are poverty-stricken Africans, enduring extremely inhuman conditions under the constant guard of American and now Japanese overseers who live in the finest houses in Liberia, looking down on the field hands from their verandahs and the company's private golf course,' the group says.
By contrast, 'most of the workers have never been off of the plantation and do not even know that the world has moved on and slavery has been abolished.'
The company denies the use of child labor and claims that its jobs are among the highest paying in Liberia. But right activists who have visited the plantation attest to the desperation and fear conveyed by Firestone's workers.
'I have seen six people living in one room, without any toilet, electricity, or running water,' Jerome Verdier, an environmental lawyer from Liberia, told OneWorld. 'The company has no justification whatsoever to keep on exploiting those people.'"
By contrast, 'most of the workers have never been off of the plantation and do not even know that the world has moved on and slavery has been abolished.'
The company denies the use of child labor and claims that its jobs are among the highest paying in Liberia. But right activists who have visited the plantation attest to the desperation and fear conveyed by Firestone's workers.
'I have seen six people living in one room, without any toilet, electricity, or running water,' Jerome Verdier, an environmental lawyer from Liberia, told OneWorld. 'The company has no justification whatsoever to keep on exploiting those people.'"
12.04.2005
Dave Lindorff: US War Crimes List Keeps Growing
Dave Lindorff: US War Crimes List Keeps Growing: "In fact, an instruction manual used by the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, tells senior officers it is against the 'laws of war' to fire the incendiary weapon at human targets. This document, first disclosed by the UK Independent, reports that the Army manual 'makes clear that white phosphorus can be used to produce a smoke screen, but that 'It is against the law of land warfare to employ WP [white phosphorous] against personnel targets.''
So besides being a war crime, this is also a US crime."
Is there any doubt still, as to what this country has devolved into?
So besides being a war crime, this is also a US crime."
Is there any doubt still, as to what this country has devolved into?
Paul Craig Roberts: the Grave Threat of the Bush Administration
Paul Craig Roberts: the Grave Threat of the Bush Administration: "On November 27 Walter Pincus reported in the Washington Post that the Pentagon is expanding its domestic surveillance activity and that all sorts of proposals are afoot to allow military agencies to spy on law-abiding Americans and to build secret dossiers on citizens. The demand for police state powers is said to be necessary in order to fight the 'war on terror.'"
Mike Whitney: the Pentagon's Domestic Spying Operation
Mike Whitney: the Pentagon's Domestic Spying Operation: "An alarmed Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore) said, 'We are deputizing the military to spy on law-abiding Americans in America. This is a huge leap without a congressional hearing'.
Is this the first time that the naïve Wyden realized that the war on terror is actually directed at the American people?
The expanded powers of the Pentagon were presented in a proposal by a presidential commission headed by Lawrence Silberman and former Senator Charles Robb, two members of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the 9-11 'whitewash' commission. The CFR, a 4,000 member amalgam of elites from the military, industry and media, was the driving force behind the Iraq war, as well as, enthusiastic advocates of the national security state. Their recommendations will allow the military to assume the traditional role of law enforcement and by giving it the authority to 'carry out domestic criminal investigations and clandestine operations against potential threats inside the United States'.
Oh, yeah; and the Pentagon will be involved in the 'apprehension, or detention of individuals suspected' of criminal offenses.
This is a giant step for removing dissidents and political enemies while further militarizing the country."
Is this the first time that the naïve Wyden realized that the war on terror is actually directed at the American people?
The expanded powers of the Pentagon were presented in a proposal by a presidential commission headed by Lawrence Silberman and former Senator Charles Robb, two members of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the 9-11 'whitewash' commission. The CFR, a 4,000 member amalgam of elites from the military, industry and media, was the driving force behind the Iraq war, as well as, enthusiastic advocates of the national security state. Their recommendations will allow the military to assume the traditional role of law enforcement and by giving it the authority to 'carry out domestic criminal investigations and clandestine operations against potential threats inside the United States'.
Oh, yeah; and the Pentagon will be involved in the 'apprehension, or detention of individuals suspected' of criminal offenses.
This is a giant step for removing dissidents and political enemies while further militarizing the country."
Niranjan Ramakrishnan: Questions for the President
Niranjan Ramakrishnan: Questions for the President: "12. Mr. President, some US government officials now admit, after initially denying it, that White Phosphorus was used in the Battle of Fallujah. Do you accept responsibility for its use, as Commander-in-Chief. If so, can you tell the American people what steps you are taking to punish the people who used it, given that its use by Saddam Hussein's forces was condemned by our own reports during the '80's?"
11.30.2005
Racial Poverty Gaps in U.S. Amount to Human Rights Violation, Says U.N. Expert - Yahoo! News
Racial Poverty Gaps in U.S. Amount to Human Rights Violation, Says U.N. Expert - Yahoo! News: "'Resource constraints have limited the reach of the assistance programs and social discrimination has aggravated the problems in many situations resulting in poverty clearly seen as a violation of human rights,' Dr. Arjun Sengupta declared after visiting the United States last month.
'If the United States government designed and implemented the policies according to human rights standards much of the problem of poverty could be resolved,' he added.
Dr. Sengupta, an expert on human rights and extreme poverty of the world body's Commission on Human Rights, said he chose to visit the United States because he wanted to illustrate that extreme poverty was not only prevalent in developing countries, but a phenomenon that is found in most nations in the world, according to U.N. officials.
'The case of the United States was particularly interesting as it presented an apparent paradox: as the wealthiest country on Earth, with higher per capita income levels than any other country, the United States has also had one of the highest incidences of poverty among the rich industrialized nations,' Dr. Sengupta said."
'If the United States government designed and implemented the policies according to human rights standards much of the problem of poverty could be resolved,' he added.
Dr. Sengupta, an expert on human rights and extreme poverty of the world body's Commission on Human Rights, said he chose to visit the United States because he wanted to illustrate that extreme poverty was not only prevalent in developing countries, but a phenomenon that is found in most nations in the world, according to U.N. officials.
'The case of the United States was particularly interesting as it presented an apparent paradox: as the wealthiest country on Earth, with higher per capita income levels than any other country, the United States has also had one of the highest incidences of poverty among the rich industrialized nations,' Dr. Sengupta said."
11.23.2005
Mike Malloy :: View topic - This isn't the real America - Jimmy Carter
Mike Malloy :: View topic - This isn't the real America - Jimmy Carter: "Of even greater concern is that the U.S. has repudiated the Geneva accords and espoused the use of torture in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, and secretly through proxy regimes elsewhere with the so-called extraordinary rendition program. It is embarrassing to see the president and vice president insisting that the CIA should be free to perpetrate 'cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment' on people in U.S. custody. "
11.22.2005
Pierre Tristam: the Justice Deficit
Pierre Tristam: the Justice Deficit: "Embarrassing? No. Lawmakers getting caught smoking crack in a Vegas whorehouse is embarrassing. Lawmakers endorsing a counterfeit war that has killed almost 2,100 American soldiers and more than 30,000 Iraqis, that will soon have cost more than the entirety of the Vietnam War, that has no end in sight and that keeps being defended, by most of those very lawmakers, as a battle protecting American freedom and birthing Iraqi democracy (the two biggest lies of this poison-ridden war) -- those things aren't embarrassing; they're criminal. "
CNN.com - More War Crimes - Nov 22, 2005
CNN.com - U.S.: Al-Jazeera bomb story 'outlandish' - Nov 22, 2005: "Top Bush administration officials, particularly Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, have been sharply critical of Al-Jazeera in the past.
When U.S. troops went back into Falluja in November 2004, Rumsfeld called the network's account of civilian casualties during the American push to retake the city 'outrageous nonsense' and 'vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable.'
An Al-Jazeera reporter was killed and three other employees were wounded by an American airstrike during the U.S. push into Baghdad in 2003.
American bombs struck the network's Kabul office during the U.S. assault on Afghanistan in 2001.
During the 1999 air campaign over Kosovo, U.S. warplanes targeted Yugoslavia's state television network. NATO officials argued it was a legitimate target as the propaganda arm of the Yugoslav government."
When U.S. troops went back into Falluja in November 2004, Rumsfeld called the network's account of civilian casualties during the American push to retake the city 'outrageous nonsense' and 'vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable.'
An Al-Jazeera reporter was killed and three other employees were wounded by an American airstrike during the U.S. push into Baghdad in 2003.
American bombs struck the network's Kabul office during the U.S. assault on Afghanistan in 2001.
During the 1999 air campaign over Kosovo, U.S. warplanes targeted Yugoslavia's state television network. NATO officials argued it was a legitimate target as the propaganda arm of the Yugoslav government."
Paul Craig Roberts: Lies and Official Secrets
Paul Craig Roberts: Lies and Official Secrets: "Consequently, the US and UK governments invaded a country for reasons that were different from the fabricated reasons used to make the case to the public. Thus did the highest officials in the two governments commit a plethora of crimes.
Under the Nuremberg standard, it is a war crime to initiate military aggression.
It is a criminal act both in the US and the UK to commit military forces to action under false pretenses.
Many aspects of the conduct of the war are criminal. Torture, murder of civilians, corruption in contracts. Prosecutors could build a list of charges against President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and Prime Minister Blair."
Under the Nuremberg standard, it is a war crime to initiate military aggression.
It is a criminal act both in the US and the UK to commit military forces to action under false pretenses.
Many aspects of the conduct of the war are criminal. Torture, murder of civilians, corruption in contracts. Prosecutors could build a list of charges against President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and Prime Minister Blair."
11.20.2005
Research Dispels Bush Claims That Tax Cuts Create Jobs - Yahoo! News
Research Dispels Bush Claims That Tax Cuts Create Jobs - Yahoo! News: "'No workers have really benefited from
President Bush's tax policy,' says Gloribell Mota, a bilingual education specialist at UFE. 'But Blacks and Latinos have suffered disproportionately.'
The study shows that African American unemployment remains about twice as high as that of White workers. Moreover, it indicates no sign of growth in quality jobs (defined as paying at least 16 dollars per hour and including health benefits and a pension plan) for workers from any racial background, including Whites.
Last year, one million people fell below the poverty line, a disproportionate number of them children, while the number of billionaires rose to 374, the study says, adding that the number of people living in poverty rose from 11.3 percent in 2000 to 12.7 percent in 2004.
The study also shows that the percentage of American workers benefiting from employment-based health insurance was down from 63 percent in 2000 to less than 60 percent in 2004. This despite the fact that U.S. workers are spending more than 1800 hours per year at work while their counterparts in other technologically advanced nations work for 1600 hours a year--a difference of five full work weeks."
President Bush's tax policy,' says Gloribell Mota, a bilingual education specialist at UFE. 'But Blacks and Latinos have suffered disproportionately.'
The study shows that African American unemployment remains about twice as high as that of White workers. Moreover, it indicates no sign of growth in quality jobs (defined as paying at least 16 dollars per hour and including health benefits and a pension plan) for workers from any racial background, including Whites.
Last year, one million people fell below the poverty line, a disproportionate number of them children, while the number of billionaires rose to 374, the study says, adding that the number of people living in poverty rose from 11.3 percent in 2000 to 12.7 percent in 2004.
The study also shows that the percentage of American workers benefiting from employment-based health insurance was down from 63 percent in 2000 to less than 60 percent in 2004. This despite the fact that U.S. workers are spending more than 1800 hours per year at work while their counterparts in other technologically advanced nations work for 1600 hours a year--a difference of five full work weeks."
11.19.2005
VDARE.com: 11/12/05 - Power Uber Alles
VDARE.com: 11/12/05 - Power Uber Alles: "What a hypocritical spectacle the Bush administration and the Republican Party have made of America. They boast of 'freedom and democracy' while they destroy habeas corpus and practice torture.
Americans must recognize the Bush administration and the Republican Party for what they are. They are tyrants. They are bringing evil to the world and tyranny to America.
According to the Washington Post (Nov. 11), there are 750 detainees at Guantanamo. These people have been held for 3 or 4 years. If the Bush administration had any evidence against them, it would be a simple matter to file charges.
But the Bush administration does not have any evidence against them. Most of the detainees are innocent travelers and Arab businessmen who were captured by warlords and armed gangs and sold to the Americans who offered payments for 'terrorists.'
The reason so many of them have been tortured is that the Bush administration has no evidence against them and is relying on pain and the hopelessness of indefinite detention to induce self-incrimination. The Bush administration is desperate to produce some 'terrorists.'
What has become of the American people that they permit the despicable practices of tyrants to be practiced in their name? The Bush administration is in violation of the US Constitution, the rule of law, the Geneva Convention, the Nuremberg Standard, and basic humanity. It is a gang of criminals. The Republican Party is so terrified of losing power that it supports a tyrannical administration that has brought shame not just to the Republican name but to all Americans.
When a Republican next campaigns, all he can say is 'vote for me because I want power to lock you up and torture you.'
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Paul Craig Roberts is the author with Lawrence M. Stratton of The Tyranny of Good Intentions : How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice.
Americans must recognize the Bush administration and the Republican Party for what they are. They are tyrants. They are bringing evil to the world and tyranny to America.
According to the Washington Post (Nov. 11), there are 750 detainees at Guantanamo. These people have been held for 3 or 4 years. If the Bush administration had any evidence against them, it would be a simple matter to file charges.
But the Bush administration does not have any evidence against them. Most of the detainees are innocent travelers and Arab businessmen who were captured by warlords and armed gangs and sold to the Americans who offered payments for 'terrorists.'
The reason so many of them have been tortured is that the Bush administration has no evidence against them and is relying on pain and the hopelessness of indefinite detention to induce self-incrimination. The Bush administration is desperate to produce some 'terrorists.'
What has become of the American people that they permit the despicable practices of tyrants to be practiced in their name? The Bush administration is in violation of the US Constitution, the rule of law, the Geneva Convention, the Nuremberg Standard, and basic humanity. It is a gang of criminals. The Republican Party is so terrified of losing power that it supports a tyrannical administration that has brought shame not just to the Republican name but to all Americans.
When a Republican next campaigns, all he can say is 'vote for me because I want power to lock you up and torture you.'
COPYRIGHT CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.
Paul Craig Roberts is the author with Lawrence M. Stratton of The Tyranny of Good Intentions : How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice.
11.16.2005
FRONTLINE: the torture question: watch the full program online | PBS
FRONTLINE: the torture question: watch the full program online | PBS: "In mid-August, a FRONTLINE documentary crew made the perilous journey to the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Entering the 280-acre compound in the middle of the night, escorted by helicopters and a convoy of armed Humvees, the crew was following 50 detainees fresh from the battlefield. As they were ordered to kneel in formation on the concrete floor, one detainee nervously asked the FRONTLINE cameraman, 'Is this Abu Ghraib?' The answer brought a shudder."
11.15.2005
Alison Weir: Memo to Jon Stewart on Torture
Alison Weir: Memo to Jon Stewart on Torture: "Dirani said he was interrogated around the clock for a month by six people, including a man known only as George, who threatened him, cursed him and repeatedly squeezed his testicles 'until I felt I would die,' Dirani said.
One day a uniformed soldier nicknamed 'Kojak' came into the room and dropped his pants, and George told Dirani the soldier would sodomize him if he did not talk, Dirani said.
Days later, Dirani was shackled and pushed down onto a bench, he said. 'I couldn't see or resist ... I was raped by the soldier. He said he would rape me, and he did,' he told the court.
'Two or three days later they started raping me with a police baton,' he said. 'It's impossible to describe the pain. I yelled to high heaven.'"
Still wonder where the soldiers from Abu Ghraib got there ideas?
11.13.2005
GOP memo touts new terror attack as way to reverse party's decline
GOP memo touts new terror attack as way to reverse party's decline: "Comment: This document adds to the mountanous pile of smoking gun evidence of government complicity in staged terror attacks and other false flag operations. It has now been declassified, as we already knew, that the Gulf of Tonkin never happened. It was staged to get us into Vietnam. Operation Northwoods was the official US government plan to carry out 9/11 style attacks against the American people and blame it on foreign enemies as a pretext for war.
Read below as governmental leaders salivate over how wonderful a devastating terror attack would be against the American people for their policies, it would force us to accept total enslavement. It goes on to talk about our sorrow and pain and how it could be directed. I've been reading Capitol Hill Blue for years and they are one of the most impeccable sources we have found."
11.12.2005
Asia Times Online :: Follow the drugs: US shown the way
Asia Times Online :: Central Asian News and current affairs, Russia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan: "After the Taliban were ousted from Kabul in late 2001, opium production skyrocketed again, breaking all-time production records in 2004. Hundreds of tons of Afghan heroin are now transported annually to Europe, corrupting the continent's systems further - and much of it passes through Tajikistan."
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