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  • Israel Aid Escapes Cut in GOP Committee Proposal
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Israel Aid Escapes Cut in GOP Committee Proposal
    Post-Gaza aid not on agenda, but annual aid to Israel weathers storm
    Annual U.S. aid to Israel appears unlikely to fall despite the costs associated with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but an extra aid package to smooth Israel’s Gaza Strip withdrawal is off the table for now. Yossi Bachar, director general of Israel’s Finance Ministry said Israel pulled its additional request for as much as $2.2 billion in post-Gaza aid because it would seem (…)

  • Democrats: ever deeper into the ooze
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    With each month that passes, the Democratic Party seems to have touched bottom. Then it promptly sinks even deeper into the ooze of cowardice and irrelevance.
    While Interstate 45 from Galveston to Houston was clogged with evacuees fleeing the wrath of Hurricane Rita, there was a similar jam on the beltway round Washington, D.C., as Democrats fled the city on the eve on the Sept. 24 antiwar rally, panic-stricken lest their presence in Washington might somehow be construed as endorsement of (…)

  • Former Republican Education Secty:"If You Wanted to Reduce Crime You Could Abort Every Jewish Baby"
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    [Oops, that’s Black baby. Isn’t this a hate crime? If the fool had said Israeli however , he’d likely create a furor and do jail time. But he said Black which is no problemo in Amerika, right?]
    "You Could Abort Every Black Baby in this Country" by Congressman John Conyers Thu Sep 29th, 2005 at 11:43:28 PDT
    Former Republican Education Secretary, Bill Bennett stated on his radio program yesterday that, "if you wanted to reduce crime, you could - if that were your sole purpose - abort (…)

  • DVD Review: This Divided State (trailer)
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    We didn’t think a documentary about a pre-2004 election appearance by Michael Moore at a state college in Utah would be so riveting and provocative, but boy were we wrong. This is a film that reveals an American passion play by using a real event to symbolize the two major warring factions in the United States today.
    Basically, three young Utah filmmakers were on hand as a furious debate was unleashed in a conservative Utah town, home to Utah Valley State College, when Moore was invited to (…)

  • I stumbled across the PNAC, honestly thinking at the time it was someone’s idea of a bad gag
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Katrina Wilcox: An Interview with Mark Drolette
    Special BRAD BLOG / Velvet Revolution coverage
    of the Sep 24-26 Rally in D.C.
    Guest blogged by Katrina Wilcox
    We’re off to see our Representative today. While we’re away - here’s another interview for you. When I was desperately searching for something that would hold this administration accountable, I came across The March of the Madder’n Hells by Mark Drolette.
    http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=21662
    1. What caused you (…)

  • Congress Gives the Bushies $50 Billion For War (without even being asked)
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Senate measure would push Iraq, Afghanistan war costs to $400 billion
    By Liz Sidoti The Associated Press
    WASHINGTON - The Senate would give President Bush $50 billion more for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of a $440 billion defense-spending measure a panel approved yesterday.
    The House already has approved $45 billion more for the wars as part of its $409 billion version of the bill providing money for the Defense Department for the budget year that begins Oct. 1.
    Both the (…)

  • Miller Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Probe
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Thursday September 29, 2005 8:38pm Washington (AP) - After nearly three months in jail, New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released Thursday after agreeing to testify in the investigation into the disclosure of the identity of a covert CIA officer, two people familiar with the case said.Miller left the federal detention center in Alexandria (website - news) , Va., after reaching an agreement with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald. Legal sources said she would appear before a (…)

  • What Opposition Party?
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Iraq War going to hell, with U.S casualties approaching 2000 dead and 25,000 wounded, at a cost of $200 billion and rising.
    Poverty in America on the rise in a period of supposed economic growth.
    Republican Party a cesspool of corruption.
    White House being investigated for outing undercover CIA agent.
    Abortion rights under serious threat and civil liberties on the chopping block, with the Supreme Court being packed with right-wing judges.
    New Orleans, just drying out from (…)

  • John Nichols: GOP doves once cooed exit strategy
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    It’s anti-war quiz time.
    Who made the following statement: "I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just learning that lesson right now."
    Was it: A. Cindy Sheehan? B. Phil Donahue? C. Michael Moore? D. A prominent politician who was not afraid to dissent in a time of war?
    Answer: D.
    Defenders of the occupation of Iraq have responded to last weekend’s large anti-war demonstrations - which saw (…)

  • Democrats Who Voted For Roberts
    30 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Here’s the 22 Democrats who just minutes ago voted to confirm John Roberts Jr. to be the next Chief Justice on the United States Supreme Court:
    Max Baucus (D - MT)
    Jeff Bingaman (D - NM)
    Robert Byrd (D - WV)
    Thomas Carper (D - DE)
    Kent Conrad (D - ND)
    Christopher Dodd (D - CT)
    Byron Dorgan (D - ND)
    Russell Feingold (D - WI)
    Tim Johnson (D - SD)
    Herb Kohl (D - WI)
    Mary Landrieu (D - LA)
    Patrick Leahy (D - VT)
    Carl Levin (D - MI)
    Joseph Lieberman (D - CT)
    Blanche (…)