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  • BUSH MANIA
    9 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    ABOUT BUSH MANIA
    By Peter Fredson
    July 9, 2005
    After watching George Bush for the past 5 years, I concluded that he suffers from some form of mental illness. I am not a psychologist, psychiatrist nor medical specialist, but I believe that G.W. suffers from some form of bipolar disorder.
    This disorder is manifested by alternating periods of intense emotional activity and periods of depression.
    For the past few months G.W. has publicly shown euphoria in which he attempts to (…)

  • Wearing Red to Support the Troops
    9 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    July 9, 2005 — A few days ago, I received an all-users e-mail from a colleague asking me to show my support for the troops in Iraq by wearing red on Fridays. The message was couched in highly patriotic terms, with the implication that if I didn’t wear red on Fridays, I didn’t support the troops and was unpatriotic. This crystallized a problem I’ve been wrestling with for some time now-how to show my outrage at this miserable war while still supporting the troops.
    I need to jump back in (…)

  • Now is the time for impeachment hearings. The tyranny must be stopped.
    9 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    After the 2000 election I rationalized that Republicans were just dumb ideologues, blinded by religious intolerance.
    But recently, with their increasingly successful attacks on public radio, universities, Social Security, the judiciary, environmentalists and any dissenting voice, I can only conclude that the Republican power-brokers know exactly what they are doing and are carrying out their clever plan in a very organized way. It is McCarthyism redux.
    Democrats are accused of not having (…)

  • Bring Bush in line
    9 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Two years ago George W. Bush, standing under a "Mission Accomplished" banner aboard the aircraft carrier, the USS Lincoln, proclaimed the end of major combat operations in Iraq. Strange isn’t it that two years later June 23, 2005, Bush when questioned about troop withdrawal from Iraq stated: "Whenever our mission is accomplished." Just what is Bush’s mission in Iraq? Is it to drive the price of a barrel of crude oil to $100 or more; to alienate all nations of the world against us; or create (…)

  • Did the California National Guard spy on protesters?
    9 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    THE CALIFORNIA National Guard is under investigation—for spying on Californians. According to press reports, National Guard personnel monitored a Mother’s Day rally at the state capitol building sponsored by antiwar groups, which include the families of slain American soldiers.
    Guard officials deny the charge, but according to e-mails obtained by the San Jose Mercury News, the unit was tracking the protest under the auspices of California’s “Information Synchronization, Knowledge (…)

  • IS BUSH A MANIAC
    8 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    IS BUSH MANIC?
    By Peter Fredson
    Rewritten July 8, 2005
    Why does Bush swagger, prance, smirk, gesticulate, glad-hand, grin, and act as if he just swallowed a handful of uppers? He does this even though each speech is basically the same as the one before: staying the course, insurgents hate us, our troops are really brave, we mustn’t criticize or troops will get killed, and not setting any exit strategy so as not to give comfort to an enemy. There seems to be no reason for euphoria. (…)

  • HEALTH CARE TOWN HALL MEETING
    8 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ** 07/07/2005
    WHAT: HEALTH CARE TOWN HALL MEETING - Discussion of alternative health care administration methods at all levels of the
    system.
    WHEN: 07/17/2005, July 17, Sunday, 2-5pm Central Time
    WHERE: College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, SRC 1544, directions and additional location details available at the web page below.
    WEB DETAILS: http://www.illinoisprogressives.org/pdi/healthCareForum.html
    SPONSORING GROUPS: Progressive Democrats of Illinois, (…)

  • Support the war? Then enlist
    8 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Sign up or Shut up....
    There is a clear difference between supporting our troops and supporting President Bush’s illegal war in Iraq.
    Supporting the troops means fully funding the VA, which cares for those injured. It means lifting the stop-loss action that forces soldiers to remain in the military against their will.
    Supporting the troops means knowing the truth that there never was a link between the 9-11 terrorist attacks and Iraq. It means appointing an independent council to (…)

  • Karl Rove: Uncovered
    8 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT
    News from the DNC:
    Until recently, Karl Rove had denied even knowing Valerie Plame’s name. Now, after the release of emails from Time Magazine reporter Matt Cooper revealing the name of the White House source, Rove’s lawyer confirmed that Rove did speak with reporters about the case. With his history of questionable campaign tactics and his penchant for leaking information critical of his rivals, Rove should come clean with the American people: Did he endanger our (…)

  • Who’s Watching the Watch List?
    8 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    My name is on a list of real and suspected enemies of the state and I can’t find out what I’m accused of or why, let alone defend myself.
    Heading for Oakland from Seattle to see my grandkids last week, the Alaska Airlines check-in machine refused to give me a boarding pass. Directed to the ticket counter, I gave the agent my driver’s license and watched her punch keys at her computer.
    Frowning, she told me that my name was on the national terrorist No Fly Watch List and that I had to be (…)