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  • Ford Prolonged Our Nightmare, Impeaching Bush Will Heal Our Nation
    29 December 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    One of the most common themes we are now asked to accept, as part of the hagiography surrounding the death of Gerald Ford, is that Ford ended our "long national nightmare" by pardoning Richard Nixon over his crimes in "Watergate" and that such an act remains a positive part of his legacy. In the debate over whether the pardon should have been granted, the focus has typically been on the dynamic at the time and what would be gained by putting the disgraced president and the nation through a (…)

  • A Look Back and Ahead In An Age of Neocon Rule
    27 December 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    A Look Back and Ahead In An Age of Neocon Rule - by Stephen Lendman
    Borrowing the opening line from Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...." He referred to the French Revolution promising "Liberte, egalite and fraternite" that began in 1789, inspired by ours from 1775 - 1783. It ended a 1000 years of monarchal rule in France benefitting those of privilege and established the nation as a republic the way ours did for us here a few years (…)

  • Happy new year
    26 December 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
  • Arroyo/U.S. "low Intensity" State Terrorism
    24 December 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Philippine President Gloria Macapagati Arroyo’s Melo Commission to investigate the killings of leftists and journalists has apparantly concluded that investigation and will submit their report in early January.
    Most in the Phillippines believe the Melo Commission and its upcoming report to be part of an ongoing ruse by the Arroyo government to cover up that the government itself, in colusion with the military and state police are the actual perpetrators of the mass killings. (…)

  • The Crucible Of Impeachment: If Not Now, When?
    22 December 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    When once a republic is corrupted there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption . . . every other correction is either useless or a new evil. Thomas Jefferson
    If Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota were unable to remain in office because of health reasons, his replacement would be appointed by the state’s Republican governor, effectively returning control of the Senate to the GOP and Dick Cheney.
    Initially, the thought of losing the (…)

  • EASY POP QUIZ
    22 December 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    EASY POP QUIZ
    By Peter Fredson
    December 22, 2006
    An amusing test of American intelligence or gullibility.
    1. Which nation of the world poses the greatest threat to the rest of the world?
    2. Which nation of the world has declared that it will preemptively and unilaterally attack any county that its President believes poses some “intention” to some future attack?
    3. Which nation of the world has a President whose lawyers have assured him that he is above the law, can take any (…)

  • There is No Doubt: Bush Spy Program is UnConstitutional
    20 December 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://alaskafreepress.com/news/222
    There is No Doubt: Bush Spy Program is UnConstitutional
    On the Necessity of Impeachment:
    U. Chicago Law Professor Geoffrey Stone, Georgetown U. Law Professor David Cole, and U. Massachusetts Law School Dean Lawrence Velvel - agree: “Some legal questions are hard. This one is not. Mr. Bush’s authorizing of the NSA to spy on Americans is blatantly unlawful and unconstitutional.”
    But is it an impeachable offense? Mr. Bush has committed an impeachable (…)

  • The Starr Report: How to Impeach a President (Part I)
    20 December 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    More than any other U.S. government document, the 1998 report of the Independent Counsel provided the Constitutional grounds for impeaching President William Jefferson Clinton. "The Starr Report" was the product of thousands of hours of work involving FBI agents, investigators from the Office of the Independent Counsel (OIC), Justice Department lawyers, grand juries, legal teams from the Congressional staffs, and dozens of independent researchers, (as well as the labors of Matt Drudge, Ann (…)

  • Chavez Landslide Tops All In US History
    20 December 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Chavez Landslide Tops All In US History - by Stephen Lendman
    Well almost, as explained below. Hugo Chavez Frias’ reelection on December 3 stands out when compared to the greatest landslide presidential victories in US history. Except for the close race in 1812 and the electoral deadlock in 1800 decided by the House of Representatives choosing Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr, the very earliest elections here weren’t hardly partisan contests at all as the Democrat-Republican party of (…)

  • Video: Former CIA Official Exposes Bush Administration Fraud
    20 December 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Video: Former CIA Official Exposes Bush Administration Fraud
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a3Bfox0k4g