by Tom Engelhardt
Looked at realistically Osama bin Laden’s intervention in our presidential election was undoubtedly an act of immediate organizational weakness, not strength. Had he had been capable of orchestrating the bringing down of another American tower or its equivalent, he certainly would have done so, but it was no less ingenious for that. His last major intervention, his self-scripted action-adventure film in real time, The Humiliation of America, cost his organization (...)
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Osama’s Surprise Osama bin Laden as Global Shock Jock
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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Cherie Blair lambasts Bush
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
by Tisha Steyn
London - Cherie Blair, wife of the British Prime Minister, has criticised the policies of the US President George W Bush, attacking his stance on terrorist prisoners and gay rights, according to media reports here on Sunday.
Blair, a lawyer on a lecture tour of the United States, was condemned by supporters of the US President after a speech to Harvard law students in Massachusetts which contained a stinging rebuke to Bush, the Scotland on Sunday newspaper reported on (...) -
Revealed: Blair’s secret mission to woo Kerry
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington and Francis Elliott
Tony Blair has sent one of his closest advisers on a secret peace mission to mend relations with John Kerry, the United States presidential challenger, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.
News of the confidential meeting comes as the campaign enters its final 48 hours, with the candidates running neck and neck. Mr Blair is concerned that he will appear isolated if George Bush loses in Tuesday’s poll, because of his support for the (...) -
Bin Laden dancing to Bush’s tune
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
TEHRAN (MNA) — Only four days before the U.S. presidential election, suddenly a suspicious tape of Osama bin Laden is mysteriously “dropped off” at the Aljazeera office in Pakistan, warning of another September 11.
As the Republicans have been dogged by criticism of the futile attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq, the disappearance of hundreds of tons of explosives in Iraq, and rising speculation about the possibility of vote-rigging, the airing of the videotape by the Aljazeera network seems (...) -
OSAMA’S ’GIFT’ FOR BUSH BACKFIRES IN POLLS
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
by Anthony Harwood In Boston GEORGE Bush and John Kerry were tied in polls last night, suggesting Osama bin Laden’s terror tape had not swung voters.
One Republican strategist labelled the tape "a little gift" for Mr Bush for focussing voters’ minds on terrorism - the party’s strongest issue.
"Anything that makes people nervous about their personal safety helps Bush," he said. But polls yesterday put support for the rivals at 46 per cent each - the same as last Sunday.
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Post-Election Sticker Shock
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
It’s not too soon to talk about the problems the winner of Tuesday’s election will face. One of the biggest is the hemorrhaging cost of the war in Iraq.
The Bush administration, which got an early $25 billion down payment for the new fiscal year with the certainty of asking for more, has left the 2005 war budget’s bottom line conveniently blank until after the voters have spoken. But the estimates already circulating say that the president will have to ask for as much as $70 billion more (...) -
2004’s Scariest Halloween Costumes
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
With a chill in the air and frost on the pumpkins, it’s the spookiest time of the year. Out of a trunk from the attic and a bag from the cellar, 2004’s Scariest Halloween Costumes are here!
by Dan Savage and David Schmader
Photographs by John E. Hollingsworth
A Do-It-Yourself Guide to This Season’s Quickest, Least Expensive, and Spooky-Ookiest Halloween Costumes
Florida’s Electronic Touch-Screen Voting Machines
Give Democrats in your neighborhood the chills with this adorable (...) -
Why Bush will restart the draft if re-elected
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
7 commentsA major terrorist attack could easily serve as the pretext for setting the draft in motion.
By Sen. Tom Harkin
President George W. Bush may or may not have a secret plan to reinstate the draft. But this is besides the point. The deteriorating facts on the ground in Iraq, plus the Bush doctrine of acting pre-emptively and unilaterally against hostile regimes, will soon leave him no choice. If Bush is re-elected, he will have to restart the draft.
Indeed, Bush has already imposed stage (...) -
Halliburton Contracts Bypassed Objections
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By T. Christian Miller, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanders awarded a lucrative contract extension to Halliburton Co. this month by circumventing the organization’s top contracting officer, who had objected to the proposal, according to documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times.
Bunnatine Greenhouse, the Corps of Engineers’ chief contracting officer, questioned a decision by commanders to award a contract extension to Halliburton, the oil services (...) -
Nader Camp Voting for Kerry : Break through Bush Blindness
1 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
Please Broadcast this to Anyone you know who may be "Undecided":::
Nader’s Former Advisors & Former Running Mate Winona LaDuke Urge Support for Kerry!!!
In Swing States— Start Swinging!
Some of us love Ralph Nader. Some hate him. Some voted for him in the last presidential election. Some of us did not. But now let’s join together on Tuesday to vote Bush out of office. That means voting for Kerry.
I’ve recently joined Noam Chomsky, Phil Donahue, Barbara Ehrenreich, Jim (...)