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  • Cheney’s Response A Concern In GOP Public Statement On Shooting Urged
    17 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Jim VandeHei and Peter Baker
    Vice President Cheney’s slow and unapologetic public response to the accidental shooting of a 78-year-old Texas lawyer is turning the quail-hunting mishap into a political liability for the Bush administration and is prompting senior White House officials to press Cheney to publicly address the issue as early as today, several prominent Republicans said yesterday.
    The Republicans said Cheney should have immediately disclosed the shooting Saturday night to (…)

  • "Support Our Troops": GOP Words v. Actions
    17 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Linda Barney Burke
    America’s military strongly leans Republican, with President Bush winning a 57 to 41 percent majority of the veterans’ vote in 2004.
    But how well do Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress really support our troops, especially those returning from America’s wars?
    "We have a responsibility to our men and women in uniform, who deserve to know that once our politicians vote to send them into harm’s way, our support will be with them in good days and in bad days," (…)

  • Deadeye Dick Isn’t a Lone Gunman Democrats Shoot Their Own, Too
    17 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By DAVE LINDORFF
    Dick Cheney may have demonstrated his ability yet again to go after the wrong target when he bagged his hunting companion instead of his quarry, but the Democratic Party leadership is proving to be even more treacherous in the field than Deadeye Dick.
    Party leaders, including Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) recently pressured Cindy Sheehan not to mount a primary campaign against California Senator Diane Feinstein, a woman who has betrayed party principles, such as they (…)

  • "Cheney’s Got A Gun" - Learn To Sing America’s New Favorite Tune
    17 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    If you love how America makes fun of its serious issues (instead of actually doing something about them), then you’ll absolutely adore this song about Dick Cheney’s latest shooting incident.
    Most of us are idiots and we’re all fixing to die anyway so come on everybody - learn the words, join in together and let’s sing this song!
    CHENEY’S GOT A GUN!
    (sung to the tune of Aerosmith’s "Janie’s Got a Gun")
    Produced by The Bob Rivers Show
    Dick Cheney’s got a gun Dick Cheney’s got a gun (…)

  • Judge Orders Surveillance Info Released by Bush Admin
    17 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Thursday, February 16, 2006 WASHINGTON - A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Thursday to release documents about its warrantless surveillance program or spell out what it is withholding, a setback to efforts to keep the program under wraps.
    At the same time, the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said he had worked out an agreement with the White House to consider legislation and provide more information to Congress on the eavesdropping program. The (…)

  • An Arrogance of Power
    16 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By David Ignatius Wednesday, February 15, 2006; Page A21
    There is a temptation that seeps into the souls of even the most righteous politicians and leads them to bend the rules, and eventually the truth, to suit the political needs of the moment. That arrogance of power is on display with the Bush administration.
    The most vivid example is the long delay in informing the country that Vice President Cheney had accidentally shot a man last Saturday while hunting in Texas. For a White House (…)

  • Articles of Impeachment for President George W. Bush for High Crimes and Misdemeanors
    16 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Articles of Impeachment for President George W. Bush for High Crimes and Misdemeanors
    WHEREAS, United States House of Representatives rules allow for setting a federal impeachment in motion by charges transmitted from the legislature of a State or territory; and
    WHEREAS, The State of Florida and the former territory of Mississippi have established precedent by referring such charges to Congress, which in each case resulted in Congress ordering a Committee to investigate and report on the (…)

  • Drunken Neo-Cons with Shotguns?
    16 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    ...from Lawrence O’Donnell:
    “How do we know there was no alcohol? Cheney refused to talk to local authorities until the next day. No point in giving him a breathalyzer then. Every lawyer I’ve talked to assumes Cheney was too drunk to talk to the cops after the shooting. The next question for the White House should be: Was Cheney drunk?
    I have never gone hunting with ultra-rich Republicans on a Saturday afternoon, but I have seen them tailgating at Ivy League football games, so it’s hard (…)

  • Porter Goss’ Op-ed: ‘Ignotum per Ignotius’!
    16 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Sibel Edmonds (a.k.a. whistleblower)
    Dear Mr. Goss, the timing of your recent op-ed in the New York Times interestingly coincides with the upcoming congressional hearing by the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats & International Relations on National Security Whistleblowers. Your comments are predictably consistent with the pattern of “preemptive strikes” you and the administration have been keen on maintaining. I do not blame you for your opposition to (…)

  • MAINSTREAM MEDIA TOUT "MAGIC PELLET" THEORY : HOLD THE THIRTY YARD LINE !
    16 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    The coverup lines have been drawn . The "official legend" of Vice - President "Quail ’s" Big Misadventure is now set in stone. The Imperial Warlord shot poor Mr. Whittington from thirty yards using pellet spray and a peashooter. Those journos who dissent and dare question this new "Magic pellet " Theory face censure , blacklisting and demotion to the farthest outposts of rural America. Doesn’t covering the the latest sewer Commission meeting in Juneau , Alaska sound thrilling to you (…)