CLICK TO READ: Experts Dismiss Scare Over Bird Flu by Diane Chun, The Gainesville Sun
More scare tactics at work? Gary Butcher, a man of apparently impeccable credentials, is spending his time speaking to panic-stricken govenment officials and industry groups, in an attempt to dispell the myths of avian influena, or "bird flu":
"'The emphasis of all my work has changed to dealing with this madness,' Butcher said Friday, while briefly back at his office on the UF campus in Gainesville. 'Realistically, avian influenza is not a threat to people, but everywhere you go, it has turned into a circus.'
Dr. Marc Siegel, a practicing internist and associate professor of medicine at the New York University School of Medicine, is one physician who isn't buying into the scare scenario.
'If anything is contagious right now, it's judgment clouded by fear,' Siegel said.
And if Americans are scared of avian flu now, Siegel continues, 'imagine what will happen if a single scrawny, flu-ridden migratory bird somehow manages to reach our shores.'
That, he maintains, is how the fear epidemic - as opposed to a flu pandemic - spreads."
Read the whole article by clicking on the link above. Then decide for yourself whether the bird flu scare has any wings or is just another diversionary tactic of the fear-fostering Bush gang.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Reuters AlertNet - U.S. Senate backs oil drilling in Alaskan refuge
CLICK TO READ: Reuters AlertNet - U.S. Senate backs oil drilling in Alaskan refuge
Bye bye Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Hello big oil profits.
Bye bye Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Hello big oil profits.
Second Judge Out for DeLay Trial - Yahoo! News
CLICK TO READ: Second Judge Out for DeLay Trial - Yahoo! News
How long will this farce of a political ping pong match go on?
Abu Ghraib general says fault goes high
CLICK TO READ: Seattle Post Intelligencer: Abu Ghraib general says fault goes high by Sam Skolnik
"Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, the highest-ranking Army officer to be punished for the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, said Tuesday night that blame for the incident should go as high as Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld."
Well, heck (said with my best Bushie drawl), WE knew that. It has become clear as the whites of the insurgents' eyes--this administration espouses, condones, and promotes torture. Even though it has been proven not to work as a method of gleaning information. Even though it is against international law. Even though it is immoral and reprehensible. And, worst of all, while wrapping pro-torture in a rationale of "keeping America safe", our soldiers are put at at even greater risk--if captured, they are now sure to be treated reciprocally. Not to mention the fact that our torture policies are accomplishing the insurgents recruiting for them, putting all of our troops at even greater risk.
Are we, as Americans, willing to allow this to continue in our names?
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Food Stamp Cuts Are On Table
CLICK TO READ: Washington Post:Food Stamp Cuts Are On Table by Jonathan Weisman
The food stamp measure is just one of several provisions in an expansive Congressional budget-cutting package that critics say unfairly targets the poor and disadvantaged, especially poor children.
"House Republicans are pushing to cut tens of thousands of legal immigrants off food stamps, partially reversing President Bush's efforts to win Latino votes by restoring similar cuts made in the 1990s."
And that's just the beginning.
"The Senate is also set to vote on its version of the budget-cutting package, which would not cut food stamps. The smaller measure, with $39 billion in savings, has broad reach, affecting Medicare, Medicaid, agriculture programs, private pension plans and energy."
And there's more where that came from. It really all boils down to the fact that fiscal responsibility is once again falling on the shoulders of those least able to bear it. And the richest 1% of our citizens? They get more than a pass. They get another tax break. Wow, ain't Bush-onomics great?
"The problem is the interrelationship between cutting taxes, which no matter what you do will be viewed as cutting taxes for the rich, and reducing programs for the poor," said moderate Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-Del.). "It's that simple."
Sure is. Compassionate Conservativism strikes again.
The food stamp measure is just one of several provisions in an expansive Congressional budget-cutting package that critics say unfairly targets the poor and disadvantaged, especially poor children.
"House Republicans are pushing to cut tens of thousands of legal immigrants off food stamps, partially reversing President Bush's efforts to win Latino votes by restoring similar cuts made in the 1990s."
And that's just the beginning.
"The Senate is also set to vote on its version of the budget-cutting package, which would not cut food stamps. The smaller measure, with $39 billion in savings, has broad reach, affecting Medicare, Medicaid, agriculture programs, private pension plans and energy."
And there's more where that came from. It really all boils down to the fact that fiscal responsibility is once again falling on the shoulders of those least able to bear it. And the richest 1% of our citizens? They get more than a pass. They get another tax break. Wow, ain't Bush-onomics great?
"The problem is the interrelationship between cutting taxes, which no matter what you do will be viewed as cutting taxes for the rich, and reducing programs for the poor," said moderate Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-Del.). "It's that simple."
Sure is. Compassionate Conservativism strikes again.
AIR THE IRAQ WAR TRUTH
CLICK TO READ: Put the Truth on the Air, Democracy For America
"Americans across the nation, those who have been touched by the Iraq war, shared their stories with Democracy for America this week. These stories are searing, heart-rending glimpses of the forgotten consequences of the Bush administration's botched war. These are our brothers and sisters, our fathers and mothers -- and they deserve to be heard."
Listen to their stories." Click on the link above.
Anti-Bush Protests Mark Reelection
CLICK TO READ: CBS News | Anti-Bush Protests Mark Reelection | November 2, 2005
QUOTE: "I think people have a sense that history is turning right now. It's kind of a Rosa Parks moment."--World Can't Wait supporter and author Larry Everest
"The 22nd Amendment ensures that a new commander in chief will be sworn in on Jan. 20, 2009. But some Americans aren't willing to wait that long...."
Do you get the feeling that things have ratcheted up a notch in terms of our fellow Americans' impatience with the multitude of Bushie fiascos? Or is it just my wishful thinking?
-- The Unknown Candidate
t r u t h o u t - William Rivers Pitt | It's Still There
CLICK TO READ: t r u t h o u t - William Rivers Pitt | It's Still There:
"Harry Reid's so-called 'stunt' on the Senate floor this past Tuesday - invoking Rule 21 to create a closed session, during which he demanded an investigation into how we were dragged to war in Iraq - brought the issue of the never-found weapons of mass destruction back into the daylight. It's about damned time.
This ball of thorns is three years old now, and we have come nowhere near addressing its roots.
Recall, if you will, George W. Bush's State of the Union address from January of 2003. In that speech, he told us that Iraq was in possession of 26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulinum toxin, 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent (500 tons equaling one million pounds, by the way), 30,000 munitions to deliver the stuff, mobile biological weapons labs, and uranium from Niger for use in Iraq's advanced nuclear weapons program.
The page on the White House web site detailing the existence of all this stuff is still there, by the way. None of the weapons they described in such dire tones actually exist, but that page is still sitting there in all its glory."
"Harry Reid's so-called 'stunt' on the Senate floor this past Tuesday - invoking Rule 21 to create a closed session, during which he demanded an investigation into how we were dragged to war in Iraq - brought the issue of the never-found weapons of mass destruction back into the daylight. It's about damned time.
This ball of thorns is three years old now, and we have come nowhere near addressing its roots.
Recall, if you will, George W. Bush's State of the Union address from January of 2003. In that speech, he told us that Iraq was in possession of 26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulinum toxin, 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent (500 tons equaling one million pounds, by the way), 30,000 munitions to deliver the stuff, mobile biological weapons labs, and uranium from Niger for use in Iraq's advanced nuclear weapons program.
The page on the White House web site detailing the existence of all this stuff is still there, by the way. None of the weapons they described in such dire tones actually exist, but that page is still sitting there in all its glory."
In the Company of Friends - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com
CLICK TO READ: In the Company of Friends by Richard Wolffe and Holly Bailey - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com:
"Bush may be besieged by charges of cronyism, but they don’t seem to have affected his picks for a panel assessing intelligence matters....
President Bush last week appointed nine campaign contributors, including three longtime fund-raisers, to his Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, a 16-member panel of individuals from the private sector who advise the president on the quality and effectiveness of U.S. intelligence efforts. After watching the fate of Michael Brown as head of FEMA and Harriet Miers as Supreme Court nominee, you might think the president would be wary about the appearance of cronyism--"
Click on the link above for the whole, wholey unbelievable story.
"Bush may be besieged by charges of cronyism, but they don’t seem to have affected his picks for a panel assessing intelligence matters....
President Bush last week appointed nine campaign contributors, including three longtime fund-raisers, to his Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, a 16-member panel of individuals from the private sector who advise the president on the quality and effectiveness of U.S. intelligence efforts. After watching the fate of Michael Brown as head of FEMA and Harriet Miers as Supreme Court nominee, you might think the president would be wary about the appearance of cronyism--"
Click on the link above for the whole, wholey unbelievable story.
Is Rove a Security Risk?
CLICK TO READ: Is Rove a Security Risk? by Jonathan Alter - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com
"Because he disclosed Plame’s CIA identity to reporters, the Bush aide could lose his clearance."
Could lose his clearance? SHOULD lose his clearance! AND his job!
But we all know how likely THAT is ... NOT!
"Because he disclosed Plame’s CIA identity to reporters, the Bush aide could lose his clearance."
Could lose his clearance? SHOULD lose his clearance! AND his job!
But we all know how likely THAT is ... NOT!
Rove's Future Role Is Debated
CLICK TO READ: Washington Post: Rove's Future Role Is Debated
White House May Seek Fresh Start In Wake of Leak
By Jim VandeHei and Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writers
More gossip about whether or not Rove can survive the ongoing leak investigation. How much of a liability is he to Bushie? The saga continues...
White House May Seek Fresh Start In Wake of Leak
By Jim VandeHei and Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writers
More gossip about whether or not Rove can survive the ongoing leak investigation. How much of a liability is he to Bushie? The saga continues...
Alito: The Wolf At The Door
CLICK TO READ: TomPaine.com - Alito: The Wolf At The Door by Kate Michelman:
"For two generations of post-Roe women, illegal back-alley abortions have been a relic from an unenlightened past. These women have been able to control their reproductive life. For them, reproductive choice has been a fundamental, constitutional right and protection from government intrusion into their private health decisions assumed. But all that is now in danger; all that could change with the confirmation of Judge Alito.
And just so there is no confusion--that is exactly what is at stake."
"For two generations of post-Roe women, illegal back-alley abortions have been a relic from an unenlightened past. These women have been able to control their reproductive life. For them, reproductive choice has been a fundamental, constitutional right and protection from government intrusion into their private health decisions assumed. But all that is now in danger; all that could change with the confirmation of Judge Alito.
And just so there is no confusion--that is exactly what is at stake."
Why Would Libby Lie?
CLICK TO READ: TomPaine.com - Why Would Libby Lie? by Dennis Kelleher:
"If Libby lied, why would he?� The prosecutor unknowingly answered that question at his press conference.� He said, if the reporters testified when they were issued subpoenas in August 2004, 'we would have been here [holding a press conference] in October 2004 instead of October 2005.'
October 2004 was a mere month before the presidential election on Nov. 2, 2004.� Amazingly, in all the timelines of the leak investigations, there is no mention of the presidential election in November 2004 or that the basis for the war in Iraq was a key issue in that election."
"If Libby lied, why would he?� The prosecutor unknowingly answered that question at his press conference.� He said, if the reporters testified when they were issued subpoenas in August 2004, 'we would have been here [holding a press conference] in October 2004 instead of October 2005.'
October 2004 was a mere month before the presidential election on Nov. 2, 2004.� Amazingly, in all the timelines of the leak investigations, there is no mention of the presidential election in November 2004 or that the basis for the war in Iraq was a key issue in that election."
Donald Rumsfeld: My Goodness Gracious. There Was No Cabal!
CLICK TO READ: The Washington Note Archives - Donald Rumsfeld: My Goodness Gracious. There Was No Cabal!
Check out Rummy's response to a reporter's question about whether he and Vice President Cheney were in charge of a secret cabal to manipulate public policy for the Iraq War.
Bush War Policy Is Now in Play - Los Angeles Times
CLICK TO READ: Bush War Policy Is Now in Play - Los Angeles Times
"WASHINGTON — For months, the politics of the Iraq war have been frozen in place, with stalwart Republicans defending President Bush's policy and most Democrats shunning a direct challenge.
Now the ice has begun to crack."
Let's hope so. Let's hope that crack splinters and widens and floods the neo-cons right out of the White House.
"WASHINGTON — For months, the politics of the Iraq war have been frozen in place, with stalwart Republicans defending President Bush's policy and most Democrats shunning a direct challenge.
Now the ice has begun to crack."
Let's hope so. Let's hope that crack splinters and widens and floods the neo-cons right out of the White House.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
t r u t h o u t - GOP Investors Trying to Break Up Knight-Ridder Newspapers
CLICK TO READ: t r u t h o u t - GOP Investors Trying to Break Up Knight-Ridder Newspapers
"A group of investors from Florida, who are regular contributors to Bush and GOP National Committee, are trying to break up the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain. Knight-Ridder is one of the few truly independent mainstream news sources that provides truly independent coverage and investigative journalism. Knight Ridder includes the Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as major papers in Northern California, Miami and many other cities.
Their reporters had the rare distinction of being able to see through the Bush Administration's smokescreen before the Iraq invasion. Their stories in 2002 and 2003 predicted everything that has subsequently happened in Iraq - based upon leaks provided to them by career State Department and Defense Department staff."
Click on the link above for more.
"A group of investors from Florida, who are regular contributors to Bush and GOP National Committee, are trying to break up the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain. Knight-Ridder is one of the few truly independent mainstream news sources that provides truly independent coverage and investigative journalism. Knight Ridder includes the Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as major papers in Northern California, Miami and many other cities.
Their reporters had the rare distinction of being able to see through the Bush Administration's smokescreen before the Iraq invasion. Their stories in 2002 and 2003 predicted everything that has subsequently happened in Iraq - based upon leaks provided to them by career State Department and Defense Department staff."
Click on the link above for more.
The Seattle Times: Nation & World: U.S. denies U.N. group access to detainees
CLICK TO READ: The Seattle Times: Nation & World: U.S. denies U.N. group access to detainees
The neocons can't hide the truth forever. But they sure as heck don't stop trying.
The neocons can't hide the truth forever. But they sure as heck don't stop trying.
t r u t h o u t - David Swanson | I Can't Wait
CLICK TO READ: t r u t h o u t - David Swanson | I Can't Wait
Remarks for World Can't Wait Rally at White House, Wednesday, November 2, 2005.
David Swanson is creator of MeetWithCindy.org, co-founder of the AfterDowningStreet.org coalition, a writer and activist, and the Washington Director of Democrats.com. He is a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, and serves on the Executive Council of the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, TNG-CWA. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, Media Coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as Communications Coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson obtained a Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia in 1997. His website is www.davidswanson.org.
Experts Say America Is Losing War on Terror by David Morgan, Reuters
CLICK TO READ: Experts Say America Is Losing War on Terror by David Morgan, Reuters
"Washington - US terrorism specialists Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon have reached a stark conclusion about the war on terrorism: the United States is losing."
Geez. Big surprise. I wasn't aware we needed an "expert" to point this out at this late date. Sigh.
"Washington - US terrorism specialists Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon have reached a stark conclusion about the war on terrorism: the United States is losing."
Geez. Big surprise. I wasn't aware we needed an "expert" to point this out at this late date. Sigh.
t r u t h o u t - Maureen Dowd | Chain, Chain, Chain of Cheney Fools
CLICK TO READ: t r u t h o u t - Maureen Dowd | Chain, Chain, Chain of Cheney Fools
As only Maureen Dowd can put it:
"One of the most confounding aspects of W.'s exceedingly confounding presidency is his apparent unwillingness to consider that anyone who ever worked for him - and was in any way responsible for any of the disasters now afflicting his administration - should be jettisoned. This is not loyalty. This is myopia. Where is a meddling, power-intoxicated first lady when we need one?"
Anti-Bush Protesters Gather in Argentine Resort Ahead of Americas Summit
CLICK TO READ: Anti-Bush Protesters Gather in Argentine Resort Ahead of Americas Summit
How come our probing news media isn't reporting this?
How come our probing news media isn't reporting this?
iNoodle.com--The Neocon Agenda: Will We Undermine It? Or, Is Democracy Dead?
CLICK TO READ: The Neocon Agenda: Will We Undermine It? Or, Is Democracy Dead? by Sean M. Madden
"Will the American and British people demand -- not wish, hope or plead for, but demand -- that their ransacked, just-barely ostensible, and corporatized democracies be exchanged for the real McCoy, true democracies built upon solid foundations of truth, law and mutual respect, so that democracy itself may live?"
"Will the American and British people demand -- not wish, hope or plead for, but demand -- that their ransacked, just-barely ostensible, and corporatized democracies be exchanged for the real McCoy, true democracies built upon solid foundations of truth, law and mutual respect, so that democracy itself may live?"
The Raw Story | Senate Intelligence chairman quietly 'fixed' intelligence, and diverted blame from White House over Iraq
CLICK TO READ: The Raw Story | Senate Intelligence chairman quietly 'fixed' intelligence, and diverted blame from White House over Iraq
Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush issued an order to the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the State Department, and his cabinet members that severely curtailed intelligence oversight by restricting classified information to just eight members of Congress.
Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush issued an order to the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the State Department, and his cabinet members that severely curtailed intelligence oversight by restricting classified information to just eight members of Congress.
What Judy forgot: Your right to know - Los Angeles Times
CLICK TO READ: What Judy forgot: Your right to know - Los Angeles Times
'"THE MOST intriguing revelation of Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald's news conference last week was his assertion that he would have presented his indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby a year ago if not for the intransigence of reporters who refused to testify before the grand jury. He said that without that delay, "we would have been here in October 2004 instead of October 2005."
Had that been the case, John Kerry probably would be president of the United States today."'
'"THE MOST intriguing revelation of Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald's news conference last week was his assertion that he would have presented his indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby a year ago if not for the intransigence of reporters who refused to testify before the grand jury. He said that without that delay, "we would have been here in October 2004 instead of October 2005."
Had that been the case, John Kerry probably would be president of the United States today."'
Washington Post: DeLay Loath to Doff His Leadership Hat
CLICK TO READ: DeLay Loath to Doff His Leadership Hat by Jonathan Weisman:
A good sign: even the members of his own party don't want DeLay hanging around: "'Ethics is everything,' Shays said. 'If you don't have a strong moral standing, if you don't have an ethical foundation, you just crumble.'"
A good sign: even the members of his own party don't want DeLay hanging around: "'Ethics is everything,' Shays said. 'If you don't have a strong moral standing, if you don't have an ethical foundation, you just crumble.'"
Truth About Torture - Newsweek World News - MSNBC.com
CLICK TO READ: Truth About Torture by Michael Hirsh - Newsweek World News - MSNBC.com
"Army Capt. Ian Fishback is plainly a very brave man. Crazy brave, even. Not only has the 26-year-old West Pointer done a tour in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, he has had the guts to suggest publicly that his boss, Donald Rumsfeld, lied to Congress."
"Army Capt. Ian Fishback is plainly a very brave man. Crazy brave, even. Not only has the 26-year-old West Pointer done a tour in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, he has had the guts to suggest publicly that his boss, Donald Rumsfeld, lied to Congress."
An Open Letter to All Progressive Organizations
I was talking to a university student this morning about why more people don't turn out for peaceful protests against the Bush administration's policies and the War in Iraq. She brought up an interesting point that should be considered by those organizations involved in conceiving these events. Over half of the people in our coutnry are middle class or lower class. They can't AFFORD to leave work in order to attend a protest for risk of losing their jobs should they do so. As a result, the current protest population is composed largely of upper-class whites. The protests organized for today have asked people to "stand down" and leave their jobs in order to attend an event. My suggestion to progessive organizations who are frustrated by low turnout: In planning your events, think "inclusive". How do you help those who WANT to particpate do so, given the fact that many of them are near the poverty level and cannot just "take off from work" any time they like. More candle-light vigils perhaps? More weekend protests? Or perhaps a whole NEW kind of protest devised specifically to ENCOURAGE the inclusion of these Americans?
Progressive organizations are doing a fairly good job of talking about the problems of the middle class and the poor. But they have been sorely lacking in policies and actions to help them. The middle and lower classes of this country have traditionally been the base of progressive organizations. But, due to neglect, they have become disinfranchised.
Thanks to the policies of the Bush regime, more middle class Americans are falling into the lower class, while the divide between the wealthy and the middle class is widening at an alarming rate. Progressive organizations must both address these concerns in their policies and find ways to help these forgotten citizens become engaged in the progressive movement. If they can find a way to do so, their efforts will be rewarded significantly.
My Way News-Pentagon: Top al-Qaida Operative Escaped
CLICK TO READ: Pentagon: Top al-Qaida Operative Escaped by Alicia A. Caldwell
How convenient! A man once considered a top al-Qaida operative escaped from a US-run detention facility in Afghanistan. As such, he will no longer be available to testify against the soldier who allegedly mistreated him, a defense lawyer involved in a prison abuse case said Tuesday. Hmm. Anyone smell a fish?
How convenient! A man once considered a top al-Qaida operative escaped from a US-run detention facility in Afghanistan. As such, he will no longer be available to testify against the soldier who allegedly mistreated him, a defense lawyer involved in a prison abuse case said Tuesday. Hmm. Anyone smell a fish?
Democracy Now! | Cheney Taps Torture Memo Author to Replace Scooter Libby
CLICK TO READ: Democracy Now! | Cheney Taps Torture Memo Author to Replace Scooter Libby
A revealing Amy Goodman interview with Murray Waas, an investigative journalist and one of the leading reporters in the CIA leak case. He co-authored an article in the National Journal on Sunday about David Addington. MUST READ.
A revealing Amy Goodman interview with Murray Waas, an investigative journalist and one of the leading reporters in the CIA leak case. He co-authored an article in the National Journal on Sunday about David Addington. MUST READ.
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld sees growth in Gilead stake - Oct. 31, 2005
CLICK TO READ: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld sees growth in Gilead stake - Oct. 31, 2005
Wow, it just doesn't stop, does it? Imagine the conversation:
Rummy: I know how to deflect the media off of the Plame investigation. I've got a great strategy!
Bush (anxious to leave for his 2,000th vacation of the year): Hurry up. This better be good, I'm late for my vacation.
Rummy: Oh, it's good. We create FEAR, PANIC, and PANDEMONIUM over the Bird Flu. Then, when all this Plame nonsense is forgotten, we make out like banchies. Guess who makes Tamifu? (he laughs a Butthead-like laugh) Gilead!
Bush: (On his way out the door and laughing a Beevis-like laugh). Rummy, ma good ol' boy, ya did it agin. Heh heh heh.
Wow, it just doesn't stop, does it? Imagine the conversation:
Rummy: I know how to deflect the media off of the Plame investigation. I've got a great strategy!
Bush (anxious to leave for his 2,000th vacation of the year): Hurry up. This better be good, I'm late for my vacation.
Rummy: Oh, it's good. We create FEAR, PANIC, and PANDEMONIUM over the Bird Flu. Then, when all this Plame nonsense is forgotten, we make out like banchies. Guess who makes Tamifu? (he laughs a Butthead-like laugh) Gilead!
Bush: (On his way out the door and laughing a Beevis-like laugh). Rummy, ma good ol' boy, ya did it agin. Heh heh heh.
Abortion Case From 1991 May Be Central in Confirmation - New York Times
CLICK TO READ: Abortion Case From 1991 May Be Central in Confirmation - New York Times
READ THE ARTICLE ABOVE AND WEEP--
Ladies, get ready to kiss your abortion rights goodbye. And, the rest of you had better be paying attention as well. Based on early information about Alito, every hair on our collective bodies should be standing on end. Alito's legal opinions seem to be far from mainstream. According to Ben Brandsel of MoveOn.org, here's a summary of just some of the core protections Alito would threaten:
"BASIC RIGHTS FOR WORKING FAMILIES--
As a judge on the Appeals Court, Alito issued a ruling to gut the Family and Medical Leave Act, which guarantees most workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a loved one in an emergency. The Supreme Court effectively overturned that ruling in 2003—but if Alito were on the Supreme Court he would pose a grave threat to the basic rights of working families.
CIVIL RIGHTS (in the workplace and beyond)--
In separate cases, Alito wrote dissenting opinions that would have made it essentially impossible to prove employment discrimination based on race or disability. He was overruled and harshly criticized by his colleagues, but if he were on the Supreme Court he could turn back the clock on decades of progress in securing civil rights for minorities and the disabled.
A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE--
Alito's judicial record and published views make him widely regarded as a sure vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. The extremist anti-abortion group Operation Rescue (who opposed Harriet Miers) responded to Alito's nomination today by saying: "Roe's days are numbered...We are trusting that we are now on the fast-track to derailing Roe v. Wade as the law of the land."7 If Alito were on the Supreme Court, reproductive freedom would be in serious jeopardy.
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES--
In one significant case, Alito wrote a dissenting oppinion that would have allowed an unauthorized strip search of a woman and her 10 year-old daughter, in their own home, without a warrant. Again, Alito was outvoted and strongly criticized by his fellow judges, but if he were to join Thomas and Scalia on the Supreme Court he would pose a grave threat to civil liberties and individual freedoms."
READ THE ARTICLE ABOVE AND WEEP--
Ladies, get ready to kiss your abortion rights goodbye. And, the rest of you had better be paying attention as well. Based on early information about Alito, every hair on our collective bodies should be standing on end. Alito's legal opinions seem to be far from mainstream. According to Ben Brandsel of MoveOn.org, here's a summary of just some of the core protections Alito would threaten:
"BASIC RIGHTS FOR WORKING FAMILIES--
As a judge on the Appeals Court, Alito issued a ruling to gut the Family and Medical Leave Act, which guarantees most workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a loved one in an emergency. The Supreme Court effectively overturned that ruling in 2003—but if Alito were on the Supreme Court he would pose a grave threat to the basic rights of working families.
CIVIL RIGHTS (in the workplace and beyond)--
In separate cases, Alito wrote dissenting opinions that would have made it essentially impossible to prove employment discrimination based on race or disability. He was overruled and harshly criticized by his colleagues, but if he were on the Supreme Court he could turn back the clock on decades of progress in securing civil rights for minorities and the disabled.
A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE--
Alito's judicial record and published views make him widely regarded as a sure vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. The extremist anti-abortion group Operation Rescue (who opposed Harriet Miers) responded to Alito's nomination today by saying: "Roe's days are numbered...We are trusting that we are now on the fast-track to derailing Roe v. Wade as the law of the land."7 If Alito were on the Supreme Court, reproductive freedom would be in serious jeopardy.
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES--
In one significant case, Alito wrote a dissenting oppinion that would have allowed an unauthorized strip search of a woman and her 10 year-old daughter, in their own home, without a warrant. Again, Alito was outvoted and strongly criticized by his fellow judges, but if he were to join Thomas and Scalia on the Supreme Court he would pose a grave threat to civil liberties and individual freedoms."
Labor Dept. Is Rebuked Over Pact With Wal-Mart - New York Times
CLICK TO READ: Labor Dept. Is Rebuked Over Pact With Wal-Mart - by Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times
"The Labor Department's inspector general strongly criticized department officials yesterday for "serious breakdowns" in procedures involving an agreement promising Wal-Mart Stores 15 days' notice before labor investigators would inspect its stores for child labor violations."
"The Labor Department's inspector general strongly criticized department officials yesterday for "serious breakdowns" in procedures involving an agreement promising Wal-Mart Stores 15 days' notice before labor investigators would inspect its stores for child labor violations."
CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons
CLICK TO READ: Washington Post: CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons
Debate Is Growing Within Agency About Legality and Morality of Overseas System Set Up After 9/11
By Dana Priest
Washington Post Staff Writer
Who is the terrorist? And who is the terrorized? The Bushies have become what they profess to despise. They continue to commit war crimes while condemming the tactics of "evil ones". The hypocracy of this regime would be laughable if it wasn't so horrific. The crimes of this administration grow daily. When, when will we stand together and say, "ENOUGH!" Where is America's conscience? Where are America's ethics? They are inside each of you. And as citizens it is up to each of you to make your voices heard. --The Unknown Candidate
Think Progress � VIDEO: Reid Closes Down the Senate
CLICK TO WATCH: Think Progress � VIDEO: Reid Closes Down the Senate
Watch Harry Reid "Give 'em Hell" in action in Quicktime.
Give 'Em Hell Harry | National Security Must Come Before Politics
CLICK TO READ: Give 'Em Hell Harry | National Security Must Come Before Politics
Read the Senate speech that we have been waiting to hear for far too long. Harry Reid has started the ball rolling in the right direction, but the ball is still rolling up a long hill. Let's do all we can to support him. Write letters to the editors of your local papers. Write and call your representatives. We need to position this as a non-partisan issue and stress its importance to ALL Americans, regardless of party affiliation.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - SEND A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO HARRY REID
CLICK HERE: Send a message of support to Harry Reid
Late this afternoon Senator Harry Reid forced the Senate into an extraordinary closed session to discuss the manipulation of intelligence on Iraq and subsequent cover-up that led to the indictments last week. Click on the link above to show Harry Reid you stand with him and support an investigation into how the administration handled--or mishandled--intelligence on Iraq. Make your voice heard. It's important--to preserve our Democracy--that we each speak up in support of this investigation.
Watch it on line: John Pilger's, Breaking The Silence
CLICK HERE TO WATCH: John Pilger's, Breaking The Silence
A hard hitting special report into the "war on terror" by
Award winning journalist John Pilger
The entire film is available at the above link. Warning: it will make you very uncomfortable. And well it should. Because the terror of this hypocritical war is etched in our names with the spilled blood of our children and of innocent Iraqi civilians.
Watch the film. Look at the images. Listen. Think. Is this the same America we grew up in? Is this what America has become?
What are you prepared to do about it?
A hard hitting special report into the "war on terror" by
Award winning journalist John Pilger
The entire film is available at the above link. Warning: it will make you very uncomfortable. And well it should. Because the terror of this hypocritical war is etched in our names with the spilled blood of our children and of innocent Iraqi civilians.
Watch the film. Look at the images. Listen. Think. Is this the same America we grew up in? Is this what America has become?
What are you prepared to do about it?
Video report: Grilled Neo Con
CLICK HERE TO WATCH Video report: Grilled Neo Con
Watch this 3 minute video of award winning journalist John Pilger interviewing 'part time public servant' Douglas Feith about congressional documents linking Saddam Hussein to America's WMD and civilian deaths. Note in particular when someone yells out, " stop the tape!"--and why.
Watch this 3 minute video of award winning journalist John Pilger interviewing 'part time public servant' Douglas Feith about congressional documents linking Saddam Hussein to America's WMD and civilian deaths. Note in particular when someone yells out, " stop the tape!"--and why.
Bigger Than Watergate
CLICK TO READ: Bigger Than Watergate by Ted Rall
Bush-Cheney Traitors Deserve Prison, Impeachment
Rall: "It's like a case of vehicular homicide: Did Bush and his goons hit Plame on purpose or was it an accident? Either way, I want them off the road."
Bush-Cheney Traitors Deserve Prison, Impeachment
Rall: "It's like a case of vehicular homicide: Did Bush and his goons hit Plame on purpose or was it an accident? Either way, I want them off the road."
Democrats Force Senate Into Closed Session Over Iraq Data - New York Times
CLICK TO READ: Democrats Force Senate Into Closed Session Over Iraq Data - New York Times
IT'S ABOUT TIME!! Maybe, just maybe, we'll finally, eventually, get to the truth about the corruption in this White House that led to an illegal, pre-emptive war in Iraq and a White House-condoned policy of torture.
IT'S ABOUT TIME!! Maybe, just maybe, we'll finally, eventually, get to the truth about the corruption in this White House that led to an illegal, pre-emptive war in Iraq and a White House-condoned policy of torture.
TomPaine.com - The World Can't Wait
CLICK TO READ: TomPaine.com - The World Can't Wait by Russ Baker
Bush's support is flagging. Indictments abound. And tomorrow, protests are scheduled around the nation. Could this be the start of something big?
Bush's support is flagging. Indictments abound. And tomorrow, protests are scheduled around the nation. Could this be the start of something big?
t r u t h o u t - Kristof: What Did Cheney Know, and When Did He Know It?
CLICK TO READ: t r u t h o u t - What Did Cheney Know, and When Did He Know It? by Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times
Kristof: Mr. Cheney, tell us what happened. If you're afraid to say what you knew, and when you knew it, then you should resign.
Kristof: Mr. Cheney, tell us what happened. If you're afraid to say what you knew, and when you knew it, then you should resign.
Kucinich Uses Resolution Of Inquiry To Demand Documents From White House Group That Developed Strategy To "Sell" War | AfterDowningStreet.org
CLICK TO READ: Kucinich Uses Resolution Of Inquiry To Demand Documents From White House Group That Developed Strategy To "Sell" War | AfterDowningStreet.org
Click on the link above to email or call your congress member and to co-sponsor the Resolution of Inquiry introduced by Congressman Dennis Kucinich demanding that the White House turn over all white papers, minutes, notes, emails or other communications kept in the White House Iraq Group (WHIG).
World Can't Wait | Drive Out the Bush Regime
CLICK TO READ: World Can't Wait | Drive Out the Bush Regime
"TOMORROW IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE BUSH REGIME!" MOBILIZE NOV. 2ND IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
Another Lost Opportunity - New York Times Editorial
CLICK TO READ: Another Lost Opportunity - New York Times:
"Anyone who imagines that the indictment of Lewis Libby and the legal troubles of Karl Rove will be a cue to bring fresh ideas to the White House should read the signs. With more than three years to go in this term, the bottom line is becoming inescapable. Mr. Bush does not want to change, and perhaps is not capable of changing. The final word on the Supreme Court is yet to come, but the message about the presidency could not be more disheartening."
"Anyone who imagines that the indictment of Lewis Libby and the legal troubles of Karl Rove will be a cue to bring fresh ideas to the White House should read the signs. With more than three years to go in this term, the bottom line is becoming inescapable. Mr. Bush does not want to change, and perhaps is not capable of changing. The final word on the Supreme Court is yet to come, but the message about the presidency could not be more disheartening."
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