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  • Unbelievable...
    1 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    “Not only can they not find WMD in Iraq,” I commented to E. as we listened to the Bush speech, “But they have disappeared from his speeches too!” I was listening to the voiceover on Arabiya, translating his speech to Arabic. He was recycling bits and pieces of various speeches he used over two years.
    E., a younger cousin, and I were sitting around in the living room, sprawled on the relatively cool tiled floor. The electricity had been out for 3 hours and we couldn’t turn on the air (…)

  • MSNBC ’expert’ and US puppet Iraqi Prime Minister are lying to US: The Iraqi People want US to leave
    1 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    While Americans were President Bush’s primary target audience for his nationally televised address to the nation on Tuesday, Iraqis were also very interested in what he had to say.
    Walid Phares, a terrorism expert for MSNBC and senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, joined MSNBC’s Amy Robach on Wednesday to discuss how Bush’s words may be playing in Baghdad, Basra and all around Iraq.
    "Days ago I had met with the (Iraqi) prime minister at a meeting here in (…)

  • Tony Blair just as bad as Bush: Denies facts in Downing Street Memo-continues to link 9/11 to Iraq
    1 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Blair denies US rushed to war
    INTERVIEW: The British prime minister said ensuring victory in Iraq is more important than debating the case for invasion, especially when memos are taken out of context
    British Prime Minister Tony Blair firmly denied that the Bush administration signaled just months after Sept. 11 that a decision was made to invade Iraq, saying he was "astonished" by claims that leaked secret memos suggested the US was rushing to war.
    In an interview a day after US (…)

  • Tony Blair Confirms Authenticity of Downing Street Memo-51 Congressmembers File FOIA Request
    1 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    SAN STEFFAN / WESTMINSTER DATGANIAD I’R WASG PLAID CYMRU THE PARTY OF WALES PRESS RELEASE Wednesday 29 June 2005 - for immediate release
    The Prime Minister has confirmed the authenticity of a Downing Street memo in which Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6, tells Mr Blair that the Bush administration was "fixing" the intelligence and facts about Saddam Hussein’s regime to back up a decision that had been taken to invade Iraq as early as July 2002.
    The Downing Street memo which (…)

  • The Nation Weeps as the President Lies
    30 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Nation Weeps as the President Lies; a detailed annotated review of each of the flood of lies Bush told
    By Anthony Wade
    George W. Bush knows no shame. Having presided over the deaths of 1,700-7,000 American kids, for lies he propagated, President Bush used tonight’s message to extend his lies, and launch new, brazen mistruths. George Bush proved one thing tonight. He cares not what the American people think, and he further thinks they are too stupid to realize when they are being (…)

  • Bush’s ’Vietnamization’ Speech
    30 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by no draft no way
    1) Response to Bush June 28 War Speech Bush on Iraq & Nixon on Vietnam Ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance, and despises all dissent Freedom in the Middle East? Who pays the price for global war?
    2) September 24
    3) Help Stop Military Recruiting and Fight the Draft George W. Bush Defends War, Torture, and Repression
    (June 28) Faced with growing resistance in Iraq and growing worldwide opposition, George W. Bush tonight attempted to rally support (…)

  • Calls For Impeachment "I, too, feel that George Bush does not represent me and the Republican Party"
    30 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    In Stoughton, Bush impeachment urged
    Carol McKy of Middleton was the only self-proclaimed Republican in a room of more than 50 Wednesday evening who passed a motion urging Congress to begin the impeachment process for President George W. Bush.
    "I, too, feel that George Bush does not represent me and the Republican Party," McKy said Wednesday at a meeting at Stoughton’s Public Safety Building held by the Madison chapter of Veterans for Peace.
    Others predicted that Republicans would soon (…)

  • WE ALL WANT ANSWERS
    30 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    WE TOO WANT ANSWERS
    By Peter Fredson
    June 30, 2005
    A headline from Reuters today reads:
    Bush says wants answers on Iran leader’s past
    The story continues:
    “President George W. Bush said on Thursday he wanted answers on whether Iranian President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a leader in the 1979 U.S. Embassy siege as some former hostages have said.”
    "I have no information," Bush told reporters. "But obviously his involvement raises many questions, and knowing how active people (…)

  • PRESIDENTIAL EBULLIENCE
    30 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    PRESIDENTIAL EBULLIENCE
    By Peter Fredson
    June 30, 2005
    A comment from a reporter concerning George W. Bush’s speech on June 27th was that he was “ebullient.” . My collegiate dictionary describes ebullience as “A boiling up or over: overflow.” While ebullient is a “boiling up or causing such action; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling.”
    My computer WORD thesaurus describes ebullient as “cheerful, happy, fun, jovial, bright, and cheery.” I thought all those (…)

  • Mr President, I’ll fly my flag at half staff on July 4
    30 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    I was struck by the demeanor of the 700 soldiers in dress uniform attending the President’s speech last night at Ft Bragg. They were polite. The singular time there was applause came at the prompting of a White House Advance team person.
    The soldiers were the dignity and nobility in that room last night. Their Commander in Chief, our President seems to have a way with exploiting the dignity of our military and our loved ones deployed who are doing the grist of the ’hard work’ . The litany (…)