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The Case for Impeachment Why we can no longer afford George W. Bush Posted on Monday, February 27, 2006. An excerpt from an essay in the March 2006 Harper’s Magazine. By Lewis H. Lapham. SourcesA country is not only what it does-it is also what it puts up with, what it tolerates. -Kurt Tucholsky On December 18 of last year, Congressman John Conyers Jr. (D., Mich.) introduced into the House of Representatives (…)
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Harper’s Magazine Presents The Case for Impeachment Why we can no longer afford George W. Bush
27 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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NSA Whistleblower Warns Government Has Another Spy Program That Is Even Worse
27 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
3 commentsRussell D. Tice, the NSA whistleblower that sparked a national controversy by revealing that the government has been conducting wiretaps without warrants, is now warning that the government has another spy program that he considers to be even worse. According to the United Press International, Tice believes the government has already used the spy program to violate the Constitutional rights of millions of Americans.
Unfortunately, Tice can’t tell anyone about the spy program other than to (…) -
THE WORLD THAT DICK BUILT
27 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
By Sheila Samples
This is the guy who pulled the trigger of the gun that fired the round that hit his friend that ruined the hunt and shed some light on the world that Dick built...
Four days after blasting 78-year-old hunting partner Harry Whittington in the face, neck and chest with birdshot, vice president Dick Cheney emerged from his fortified bunker to make a snarling, unapologetic taped announcement to Fox News’ Brit Hume that basically amounted to what he did on his own time was (…) -
Monsters, Inc.
27 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentMonsters, Inc. by Sam Bostaph, February 24, 2006
In 2001, an animated film from Pixar Animation Studios was released and became extremely popular with both adults and children. Monsters, Inc. is set in the city of Monstropolis, where all monsters live. A corporation that gives the title to the movie employs “scarers,” monsters who venture out of the city every night to enter the human world through the closets of children. Their job is to scare children into screaming because the screams (…) -
The Bush Abramoff Connection
27 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentLittle known facts about Bush’s close connection to Abramoff
Abramoff Bragged of Ties to Rove
Abramoff talked of his access to Rove and cited his relationship with Susan Ralston, Rove’s administrative assistant. Before joining the White House staff, Ralston was an assistant to Abramoff.
Bush Removed Abramoff Prosecutor- TWICE!
In 2003 Abramoff was being investigated, but lucky for him, Mr. Bush took the prosecutor off the case. Then in Jan 2006, Bush did it again! The news came out (…) -
“Best Director” Oscar for Ports Brouhaha Production
27 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
It’s been surreal! Suddenly, the mostly conscience-challenged U.S. Congress in recent history sprang upright into bipartisan action on all fronts. Its members held press conferences, did talk shows, while its chairpersons called their respective committees to hearings. In unison, they demanded, along with the Media, immediate answers from the Bush-Cheney Gang. No, it wasn’t asking about how it had dragged the nation into the dreadful Iraqi War based on a pack of lies. (1) Hell, no, that’s (…)
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Bush corporatizing your jobs
26 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
5 commentsBush Corporatizing the Private World
By Peter Fredson
February 26, 2006
We have seen it all before .... Many times! We have listened to dastardly lies from his entire cabinet. We have actually heard him say “9/11” hundreds of times to scare the public into doing his will. We have watched him surround Osama bin Laden on several occasions and then outsource or fail to capture him after spending millions of dollars on missiles, spies, allies.
We have watched little black Condi lie her (…) -
A day of National liberation : Is V-D Day approaching ?
26 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentIs the reign of the darkness finnally coming to an end ? If Cheney ,as reported, has hidden 250 incriminating E -Mails , it’s Bye-Bye Birdie for the drunken Lone Gunman of Armstrong Ranch . Bill Buckely, George Will , Paul Weyrich, Peggy Noonan ,Paul Craig Roberts, Bruce Bartlett, Francis Fukyamama, all neocons - past or present - have had enough of carrying this 240 pound sack of manure on their backs . Roberts , aka Paul of Catharsis ,wants to be done with the (…)
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Bush’s ’fine’ economy sees millions go hungry WALL STREET David Nason
26 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBUSINESS Bush’s ’fine’ economy sees millions go hungry WALL STREET David Nason February 27, 2006 GEORGE W. Bush went to Milwaukee last week to talk more about America’s addiction to oil. But before turning to his latest obsession, the President gave a precis of the US economy.
Bush declared the economy "strong and gaining steam" and rattled off the positives — a healthy 3.5 per cent growth rate; unemployment down to 4.7 per cent; more than 4 million new jobs created in the past 30 (…) -
Archbishop of York attacks Blair
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Archbishop of York attacks Blair
UPI | February 25 2006
LONDON: John Sentamu, the Ugandan-born Archbishop of York, says British Prime Minister Tony Blair endorses "Idi Amin-style" practices by the United States.
Sentamu believes Blair should have taken a stronger stand against the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo, the Times of London reported. The prime minister called it an "anomaly."
"By declaring ’war on terror’ President Bush is perversely applying the rules of engagement that (…)