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  • More Proof that Bush is delusional re: Iraq’s "free" elections
    28 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    My friend from Baquba visited me yesterday. He brought the usual giant lunch of home cooked food he always brings when he comes to see me. I’m still eating it, actually. I had it again for dinner tonight. Ah, the typical Iraqi meal.
    He owns four large tents, and rents them to people in his city to use at funeral wakes, marriage parties, tribal negotiation meetings and to cover gardens, among other things.
    During the Anglo-American invasion of his country back in the spring of 2003, when (…)

  • Presidential Concerns
    27 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    President Bush is off to less than a flying start in his second term. Besides the success of the elections in Iraq on Sunday, he has a slew of nagging problems, any one of which might derail his presidency.
    With that thought in mind, I sat down and wrote up a list of the things George W. Bush might be worried about. They are roughly in order of importance. I hope he’s taking notes because I don’t think he will last all four years of his second term unless he addresses at least some of (…)

  • No, honestly, its not an occupation...
    27 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    THE BUSH administration and its media cheerleaders will declare the “dawning of democracy” in Iraq no matter what happens on January 30. They hope that enough Iraqis manage to cast ballots that the results lend legitimacy to the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
    But the elections on January 30 have nothing whatsoever to do with democracy.
    U.S. generals claim that the residents of only four of Iraq’s 18 provinces may not be able to “fully participate” in the voting. “Good news,” wrote antiwar (…)

  • Kucinich: Iraq Elections Will Be A Farce; No International Election Monitors in Iraq
    26 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Kucinich: Iraq Elections Will Be A Farce; Closest International Election Monitors Will Get Will Be Amman, Jordan In Letter To Secretary of State Rice and Ambassador Negroponte; Kucinich Cites Lack Of International Monitors
    WASHINGTON — January 26 — Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) today said that Iraqi elections, to be held on Sunday, will be a farce. In a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and John Negroponte, the United States Ambassador to Iraq, Kucinich cites a total (…)

  • Bush Talks A Good Game, Leaving Results To Speak For Themselves
    25 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Bush Talks A Good Game, Leaving Results To Speak For Themselves John Hanchette January 25, 2005 Olean, NY - Some observations on current events before I get back to shoveling snow ... President George W. Bush’s inaugural speech, though somewhat more stirring than I expected, was a bit confusing to me. In using the words "free" or "freedom" more than 25 times, and in describing the spreading of liberty and democracy as "the calling of our time," Bush seemed to be saying he’s not afraid of (…)

  • Communist success in Italy backfires on Prodi
    25 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Tony Barber in Rome
    An experiment in holding US-style primary elections has backfired for Italy’s centre-left opposition by denting the image of moderate reformism that party leaders deem vital to defeat Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, in 2006.
    To the surprise of opinion pollsters, and to the dismay of many centre-left leaders, a self-declared gay Catholic hardline communist, emerged as the winner this week in a primary contest to choose the opposition’s candidate to run for (…)

  • Air America Now In 45 Markets
    25 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Air America Now In 45 Markets Radio’s Bush-Bashing Air America Is Back In Fighting Form Julia Angwin and Sarah McBride January 20, 2005 Today’s inauguration of President George W. Bush may depress many Democrats, who had hoped to take back the White House this year. But at Air America, the upstart liberal radio network, there’s at least some cause for celebration.
    Coinciding with the presidential ceremonies, Air America will launch its brash Bush-bashing talk-radio format onto the (…)

  • The Last(?) Word on the Ohio Recount of Presidential Votes
    24 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Richard Hayes Phillips 1 hour radio interview Monday 1/24
    Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D., statistician who’s been researching and documenting election fraud and other anomalies on a precinct-by-precinct basis will be interviewed tomorrow, Monday, January 23 on Radio Inside Scoop.
    Time: 3pm EST streaming online at: http://www.radioinsidescoop.com
    The Last(?) Word on the Ohio Recount of Presidential Votes Guest: Statistician Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D., whose expert documentation and (…)

  • Parsing the President’s Speech - Should we take W literally?
    22 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://www.dtmagazine.com George W. Bush, inaugurated as president on January 20, gave a post-inauguration speech that left many people and pundits puzzled and perplexed. The president spoke in very lofty terms, using the word "freedom" no less than 28 times. Following is the text of the speech with my interpretation interspersed in Bold Red.
    President George W. Bush’s Inaugural Address - 1/20/05
    Vice President Cheney, Mr. Chief Justice, President Carter, President Bush, President (…)

  • Why don’t We Organize Our Own Paper Ballot Election?
    21 January 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Why don’t We Organize Our Own Paper Ballot Election?
    We who believe that the vote was stolen could organize a paper-ballot-only un-official election. One where every eligible voter was allowed to vote. One where all votes were counted in public with multiple witnesses from every group and the press. One where each precinct announced it’s totals after tally, with completely public tabulation.
    If there are really over fifty million of us who believe the election was a lie propagated by (…)