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  • How do you like your democracy now, Mr. Bush?
    29 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Hamas’ stunning victory underlines the contradictions and hypocrisies in Bush’s Mideast policies.
    By Juan Cole
    Jan. 27, 2006 | The stunning victory of the militant Muslim fundamentalist Hamas Party in the Palestinian elections underlines the central contradictions in the Bush administration’s policies toward the Middle East. Bush pushes for elections, confusing them with democracy, but seems blind to the dangers of right-wing populism. At the same time, he continually undermines the (…)

  • Clevelanders to Conduct "Spy-In" to Bring Attention to Illegal Domestic Spying
    28 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    In response to the news that the Pentagon has illegally spied on the Northeastern Ohio Anti-War Coalition (NOAC), Clevelanders will gather outside the Federal Building at 1240 East Ninth Street on Monday, January 30 at 7:30 AM to conduct a spoof "spy-in" on the U.S. government. Participants will dress in Hollywood-inspired spy outfits and pretend to spy on the Federal Building with cameras, binoculars and other gear often associated with espionage activities.
    A partial database from the (…)

  • My Latest Fax to Bush
    28 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    To President Bush,
    I find it very interesting that whenever you need a distraction such as the illegal eaves-dropping issue, up pops Osama bin Laden. While you once said of him that you would capture him “dead or alive” which turned into, “I do not know where he is, he is not important and is not our priority” he has become your ally, that is if he is still alive and where Americans will run around as if the sky is falling. Me, I just shrug my shoulders since I feel that this government (…)

  • Bush picks Abramoff prosecutor for federal judgeship, removed from case
    28 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Washington — The investigation into Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Republican lobbyist, took a provocative new turn Thursday when the Justice Department said the chief prosecutor in the inquiry would step down next week because he had been nominated to a federal judgeship by President Bush.
    The prosecutor, Noel Hillman, is chief of the department’s Office of Public Integrity, and the move ends his involvement in an investigation that has reached into the administration as well as into the (…)

  • BUSH TAKES AFFIRMATIVE ACTION : A SUMMONS TO GREATNESS?
    27 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    George’s Curious Appointments .
    Examples Abound
    1) Viveca Novak of Time Magazine , no relation to Bob , proffers allegedly exculpatory testimony that pundits speculate will aid Karl Rove in his so far successful life long attempt to avoid the dreaded indictment. Viv’s hubby is nominated by President Bush for a term on the Federal Election Commission.
    2) Catherine Martin’s husband Kevin Martin , replaced Colin Powell’s son , Michael, as Chmn. of the FCC. Ms. Martin was (…)

  • My Fax to Bush After Reading: A SOLDIER OF TRUTH HAS FALLEN: In Memory of Specialist Doug Barber
    27 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    To President Bush,
    Every single day, I pray that we make it through the next three years with you ruling this country. I have serious doubts that this republic will survive. There are so many indications that it will indeed fall. But, I pray anyway.
    But tonight, my prayers are with Specialist Douglas Barber who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom although, I do not see signs of a free Iraq. Why are my prayers with him? It is because he took his own life while suffering from PTSD after (…)

  • Capitol Area to be Allowed for State of the Union Protest
    27 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Organizers of a planned protest during President Bush’s State of the Union address next week reached an agreement yesterday with law enforcement officials and will now be allowed to use the area around the U.S. Capitol Reflecting Pool for their demonstration.
    The demonstrators had initially been offered the Reflecting Pool area on the west side of the Capitol as a protest site but then were told that the site had been reclassified as part of the security perimeter for the day of Bush’s (…)

  • Study Finds Rich-Poor Income Gap Growing
    27 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By MARK JOHNSON
    The disparity between rich and poor is growing in America as the federal minimum wage has remained flat for years, union membership has declined and industries have faced global competition, according to a study released Thursday.
    The report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute, both liberal-leaning think tanks, found the incomes of the poorest 20 percent of families nationally grew by an average of $2,660, or 19 percent, over (…)

  • BOLIVIA: Indigenous Leaders, Women Head New Cabinet
    27 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Franz Chávez
    LA PAZ, Jan 24 (IPS) - Reforms to Bolivia’s current "neoliberal" free-market policies and the fight against corruption and red tape announced by incoming President Evo Morales, an Aymara Indian, were put in the hands of a cabinet made up largely of indigenous people, trade unionists and women.
    Bolivia’s first-ever indigenous president, sporting the same red, grey, white and blue sweater that became famous on his tour to Europe as president-elect, swore in his new cabinet (…)

  • Iran’s Oil Exchange Threatens the Greenback
    27 January 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Bush administration will never allow the Iranian government to open an oil exchange (bourse) that trades petroleum in euros. If that were to happen, hundreds of billions of dollars would come flooding back to the United States crushing the greenback and destroying the economy. This is why Bush and Co. is planning to lead the nation to war against Iran. It is straightforward defense of the current global system and the continuing dominance of the reserve currency, the dollar.
    The claim (…)