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  • Is Bush Out Of Control?
    16 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Is Bush Out Of Control? Doug Thompson August 15, 2005 Buy beleaguered, overworked White House aides enough drinks and they tell a sordid tale of an administration under siege, beset by bitter staff infighting and led by a man whose mood swings suggest paranoia bordering on schizophrenia.\ They describe a President whose public persona masks an angry, obscenity-spouting man who berates staff, unleashes tirades against those who disagree with him and ends meetings in the Oval Office with (…)

  • Editorial: Bush A Coward
    16 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Editorial: Bush A Coward August 16, 2005
    The President of the United States, who lacked the courage to serve his country during the Vietnam War, has once again shown his cowardice. Scores of brave American soldiers have given their lives since he went on vacation a couple of weeks ago. And yet, when the mother of one of our war dead — Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed awhile back in Sadr City — showed up at his Texas ranch asking to speak to him, he didn’t even have the cojones to (…)

  • A Sunday Drive to Crawford
    16 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by sparosnare
    The trek began early Sunday morning - a decision to drive 181 miles to support Cindy Sheehan, a courageous mother who lost her son in the Iraq War. She has taken a stand against the war, and against those who lied to justify the war, right outside the gates of George Bush’s ranch. She’s camped out in a ditch, literally, waiting for the President to speak with her. Waiting for him to take 10 minutes and answer her questions.
    So there we were - two cars, two adults, 3 kids (…)

  • An Unlikely Conversation With The Cowards in Congress
    15 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself. — Mark Twain
    THE DIALOGUE
    What shameful toads you are! Yes you, our elected lawmakers. Yes you, the folks we sent to Washington in our names. Yes you, the most spineless, cowardly and craven Congress people in history. Yes you, the most bullied, gutless and shameful herd of legislators ever elected. And you know exactly who you are.
    Where in hell is your integrity? Where in hell is your (…)

  • Bush ’Mulling Options’ for War Against Cindy Sheehan
    15 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    CRAWFORD, TX — President George W. Bush is "mulling options" for a possible military strike against Cindy Sheehan, said one of his top political aides.
    "Cindy Sheehan’s actions over the last few days are the same sorts of things that terrorists would do. I count her protest to be an attack against my poll numbers," said President Bush.
    Earlier today, former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz urged the President to bomb Mrs. Sheehan.
    "Let her eat bombs," exclaimed the World Bank (…)

  • Bush refuses to withdraw troops from Iraq
    15 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WASHINGTON, The refusal of Bush to withdraw troops from Iraq, in spite of the pain of families who have lost their sons in the war is today highlighted by U.S. media.
    Confronting the increased casualties and a fall of support for the war, Bush said that it was too soon to talk of withdrawal, The New York Times reported.
    CNN for its part, reported Friday after an analysis of the situation that the Iraqi crisis is weighing heavily in the minds of United States citizens regarding the 2006 (…)

  • A Repost of "I Have Looked into Bush’s Soul and Saw Black" -Written by Me on May 27, 2002
    15 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Mary MacElveen!
    To My Fellow Americans,
    As you have read my past pieces on my blog, I always choose blue as my font color. But, today, I am using black because it mirrors how I see Bush’s soul. I wrote the below piece for Democrats.com on May 27, 2002 to put down my feelings how I viewed Pres. Bush back then.
    Many more events have transpired since I wrote this piece such as the “Bush War” in Iraq, but what has remained constant is the narcissism that I do see within this (…)

  • In Texas, A Time to Circle the Minivans
    15 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Activists Protest the War, Or Protest the Protesters
    By Michael A. Fletcher
    CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 13 — Barbara Cummings was home in San Diego Monday, listening to an Air America radio broadcast, when she heard the tale of a woman who was coming here to join Cindy Sheehan in her growing protest against the war in Iraq.
    The woman on the radio had a son who had signed on for a second tour of duty in the Army after losing his job. In two weeks, he is scheduled to ship out to Iraq. Cummings (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan: Rosa Parks or Jane Fonda?
    15 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Robert Freeman Is Cindy Sheehan the Rosa Parks or the Jane Fonda of the War in Iraq? Is she the lonely sentinel, standing righteously against injustice? Or a self-centered publicity seeker, endangering American soldiers in the War?
    The question is something of a political Rorschach test, telling us more about ourselves and our appraisal of America’s wars than about Sheehan. But asking it and understanding the issues behind the question might help us find a solution to the illegitimate (…)

  • Tehran Warns US Against Military Action Over Nuclear Program
    15 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Stephanie Ho
    Iran is warning the United States that any military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would backfire. At the same time, Tehran says it will not suspend conversion of uranium ore, days after the International Atomic Energy Agency appealed for the country to halt all nuclear activities.
    In a news conference in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said any U.S. military action to stop Tehran’s nuclear program would be a mistake.
    Mr. Asefi said, if (…)