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  • Official Anti-Muslm Prejudice Emerges at David Boren’s University of Oklahoma
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Michael P. Wright — Norman, Oklahoma, USA mpwright9@aol.com
    The newspaper of the University of Oklahoma is eager to put an end to speculation that bomber Joel Hinrichs, who killed himself in an explosion not far from a packed football stadium on October 1, was associated with terrorism. The Oklahoma Daily is following signals from OU President David Boren, mentor of George Tenet. Boren is extremely worried that terrorism fears would cause ticket sales and donations to the athletic (…)

  • Sort of an answer to Mike Malloy’s question on Springer On The Radio this a.m. :
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Dear Mike,
    You asked what Bush has done to make things better for the majority of the countries citizens. Name even ONE THING you said.
    I think that Bush has, through his cronies at Diebold and ES&S and Sequoia, managed one feat to make it EASIER for the majority of U.S. Citizens.
    He’s made it easier for the 53% of lazy asses that don’t go to the polls to justify screwing off the elections. After all, Karl Rove can just sit in the White House basement and dial up the central (…)

  • Republican Congressman Slams Bush On Militarized Police State Preparation
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Congressman Ron Paul has accused the Bush administration of attempting to set in motion a militarized police state in America by enacting gun confiscation martial law provisions in the event of an avian flu pandemic. Paul also slammed as delusional and dangerous plans to invade Iran, Syria, North Korea and China.
    Ron Paul represents the 14th Congressional district of Texas. He also serves on the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, and the International Relations (…)

  • Please Don’t Support My Troop
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    My son returned from Iraq last weekend after a year’s service. I confess to breathing much easier now that he is out of that quagmire.
    I have a personal request for all of you George W. Bush supporters and Christian warhawks: please do not support my troop. I have visions and aspirations of having him around, seeing him settle down and start a family at some point, and being near as I grow older. Your support would mean that he would be sent back to this war started and continued on lies (…)

  • Abuse, Forced Labor Rampant in New Orleans Justice System
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    When Robert Davis emerged from the temporary detention center in New Orleans, his eye was swollen nearly shut, his face was bruised, and he had a couple of stitches under his left eye. He told The NewStandard that police had beaten him and then charged him with public intoxication and battery, even though he had not had a drink in 25 years and had merely asked a police officer to leave him alone.
    The 64-year-old retired elementary school teacher sat sadly in a chair Sunday morning outside (…)

  • Giving Democracy The Bird: Bush Asks Congress for Martial Law
    13 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Soldiers brandishing automatic weapons, a defining characteristic of life in Third World dictatorships, have become commonplace at airports, bus and train stations, government offices and highway checkpoints since 9/11. Now troops are becoming our first responders to situations, such as natural disasters and flu outbreaks, which normally fall under civilian jurisdiction.
    Everything’s gone topsy-turvy: The National Guard, charged with keeping order here at home and legally under the control (…)

  • WHY BUSH SMIRKS
    12 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    SMIRKING HIS WAY TO PARADISE
    By Peter Fredson
    October 11, 2005
    We are all familiar with the Bush Cabinet trade-mark facial expressions: Bush’s preppy smirk, Cheney’s sneer, Condi Rice’s scowl and Rumsfeld’s dead-pan way of spouting horrible news. Most people want to know why Bush smirks in his self-satisfied way when he has just done something atrocious. It is a trade-mark smirk, identifying Bush.
    For instance, when he appointed John Bolton as America’s diplomatic representative to (…)

  • Venezuela Warns: Bush Is the True Atomic Threat
    12 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Venezuelan authorities denied with indignation an accusation by US Rev. Pat Robertson that Venezuela is preparing a nuclear attack against the United States.
    Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel asserted Venezuela is willing to launch "love, affection, and appreciation" to the US people, but the true atomic bomb threatening the United States is President George W. Bush.
    Speaking at Monday’s celebration of Venezuelan Soldier’s Day, Rangel said the significance of the new (…)

  • Greens Warn of Growing ’Iraqification’ of New Orleans
    12 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WASHINGTON - Green Party leaders urged Congress and all Americans to reject the White House’s intention to turn New Orleans and all disaster areas into zones of military control, weakened human rights protections and oversight of federal agencies, and corporate profiteering similar to occupied Iraq.
    "The treatment of New Orleans’ poorest, especially African Americans, has already been widely reported and is now a national shame, as is the ineptitude of Mayor Nagin’s office, FEMA, and other (…)

  • When Torture becomes Policy
    12 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Mike Whitney
    "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government." Declaration of Independence, July4, 1776
    President Bush has made it clear that he will veto the $435 billion Pentagon appropriations bill because it restricts his ability to abuse prisoners in the war on terror. The bill, which forbids the "cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment" of prisoners in US custody, was (…)