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  • Brutal crimes against the Iraqis usually end with minor sentences:
    15 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    From time to time, the soul of some justice and kind people stands up to show to the world the extent of abuses done by the invading forces in Iraq. While the whole world is astonished by such photos or videos, the British and USA governments take the opportunity to show to the world that they are sincere to the Iraqis and thus they call for investigation and will send the accused persons to a trial. Then after lengthy maneuvering, the court will end up with minor sentences that are too (…)

  • RED ALERT: SEVERE RISK!
    15 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WASHINGTON — President Bush has full confidence in Michael Chertoff and has not considered asking the homeland security secretary to step down after criticism of his performance on Hurricane Katrina, the White House said Tuesday.
    "Secretary Chertoff is doing a great job," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said, answering a reporter’s question about Chertoff. "The president appreciates his strong leadership. He is someone who is committed to doing everything he can to protect the (…)

  • Contradictions & LIES: Another Photo Summary about Katrina
    15 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    "But let’s be clear about the facts," she [White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend] said. "As you know, President Bush was highly engaged in the preparation and response effort, beginning when Katrina was a tropical storm off the coast of Florida."
    "The White House was clearly in a fog," said Rep. Christopher Shays (news, bio, voting record), R-Conn., a member of the committee that produced the report. "The president was clearly misinformed."
    More defiant than (…)

  • Historic Imperative for Impeachment of a Criminal Regime: Ramsey Clark & Ralph Nader
    15 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Letter from Ramsey Clark: Impeachment Means the People Still Have the Power The New York Times Ad Was a Great Success! Help Place More! Dear Bravo,
    Impeachment is the most important issue facing Constitutional government in the United States. Impeachment will determine whether the American people will hold the Bush administration accountable for its High Crimes and Misdemeanors: the supreme international crime — a war of aggression, rampant militarism, torture, surreptitious laws and (…)

  • A*M*E*R*I*C*A a poetic redux
    15 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    (with apologies to Van Dyke) I loved thine once clean skies not groves of fungous’d trees or droughted plains. The rivers with poison’s seep the flooded canyons deep, thine clearcut mountains steep, All that remains. The politicians, bought they poor with less than nought migrating to the West. Thy foul disgusting "Prez" (who speaks to God,he says) O land which once was fair That...I loved the best!

  • Holy Terror, Batman: Caped Crusaders vs. Bin Laden
    15 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    "Holy Terror, Batman!" The Caped Crusader Targets Al Qaeda in a Forthcoming Graphic Novel Feb. 14, 2006 - Beware, terrorists! The Caped Crusader is targeting a villain more sinister than the Joker - Osama bin Laden.
    At the WonderCon 2006 comic-book convention in San Francisco last weekend, legendary comics writer and artist Frank Miller revealed that Batman would hunt down bin Laden and al Qaeda in his next DC Comics graphic novel.
    In "Holy Terror, Batman!" the Caped Crusader goes after (…)

  • Attention Wascals: Beware the Bald Guy with the Bird Gun! Cartoon Roundup
    15 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Cheney Shooting Victim Suffers Heart Attack Feb 14 2006
    Harry Whittington, the man US Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot while hunting, suffered a minor heart attack after pieces of birdshot lodged in his heart, doctors said.
    Doctors said there were no immediate fears for the life of the 78-year-old lawyer, who was accidentally shot by Cheney on Saturday during a hunting party.
    A spokesman for the Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial in Corpus Christi, Texas, said the hospital (…)

  • Lobbyist Told Reporter of Nearly a Dozen Contacts With Bush
    15 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Jim VandeHei Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, February 10, 2006; Page A08 President Bush met lobbyist Jack Abramoff almost a dozen times over the past five years and invited him to Crawford, Tex., in the summer of 2003, according to an e-mail Abramoff wrote to a reporter last month.
    Bush "has one of the best memories of any politicians I have ever met," (…)

  • Top Ten Myths About the Illegal NSA Spying on Americans
    15 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    LEGAL ANALYSIS: Bush’s "terrorist surveillance program" plainly violates the clear language and intent of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and is inconsistent with Americans’ fundamental First and Fourth Amendment rights.SOURCE: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) MYTH: This is merely a “terrorist surveillance program.” REALITY: When there is evidence a (…)

  • Man shot by Cheney has ’silent’ heart attack
    14 February 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Man shot by Cheney has ’silent’ heart attack Controversy erupts over White House handling of hunting accident news
    Updated: 4:23 p.m. ET Feb. 14, 2006 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident has some birdshot in or touching his heart and he had “a silent heart attack” Tuesday morning, hospital (…)