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  • Come Back To the Five & Dime, Howie Dean
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Sixty percent of the public now wants the troops out of Iraq, and even some traditional conservatives are calling for withdrawal. So why is the former anti-war firebrand mum on the topic?
    Since he became chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean has made a big deal about returning the party to the grassroots. For the past few weeks, he has been barnstorming the country holding fundraisers that seem only one step removed from the populist rallies of his presidential (…)

  • Iraq insurgency could last a decade, admits Rumsfeld
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Julian Borger in Washington
    The US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, yesterday warned that the insurgency in Iraq could go on for at least a decade and confirmed that the army had been in contact with some of its leaders in an attempt to quell the violence.
    He spoke after insurgents launched coordinated suicide bomb attacks which killed at least 33 people and wounded dozens more in the northern city of Mosul.
    Mr Rumsfeld said that Iraqis, not US troops, would eventually bring an (…)

  • In spite of Christian opposition, secularism prospers in America
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    "The obvious question is why people of such extraordinary intellect value the secular view over religion."
    The American Religious Identification Survey 2001 conducted under the auspices of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) a follow-up study of a similar 1990 census. The poll utilized a sample of over 50,000 randomly selected respondents. It is described as “the most comprehensive portrait of religious identification in the U.S. today.” Very briefly, it revealed, (…)

  • Why did Kerry Concede?
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Here is the opinion of one political nobody on why Sen. John F Kerry conceded the election on Nov 2004. I have been told, "get over it" and get lost. The following is why Kerry has made me one pissed off Ohio voter and turned voting into a waste of time.
    John Kerry on Nov 3 2004 made this concession statement.
    "In America, it is vital that every vote counts, and that every vote be counted. But the outcome should be decided by voters, not a protracted legal process. ...I would not give (…)

  • Bush administration crafting new message on Iraq
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Stung by plummeting polls, the Bush administration is working on a new message about Iraq. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld road-tested it on the Sunday talk shows, and President Bush will flesh it out during a speech Tuesday night. The basic message, as articulated by Rumsfeld, goes something like this:
    1. "Progress is being made politically and economically" in Iraq.
    2. But the casualties could get worse over the next six months, and fighting could go on for "five, six, eight, 12 (…)

  • As of today, after 25 years, I am no longer a Republican
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By James Chaney
    As of today, after 25 years, I am no longer a Republican.
    I take this step with deep regret, and with a deep sense of betrayal.
    I still believe in the vast power of markets to inspire ideas, motivate solutions and eliminate waste. I still believe in international vigilance and a strong defense, because this world will always be home to people who will avidly seek to take or destroy what we have built as a nation. I still believe in the protection of individuals and (…)

  • Letter to Howard Dean about the DNC election report and the evidence of vote fraud in Ohio
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Dear Governor Dean:
    I have much admiration for you and high hopes for your success as DNC Chairman. And I think that you would have made a fine, if not a great President. However, I have to tell you I believe that you are making a big mistake by embracing the recent DNC report on the 2004 Ohio election, which significantly under-plays the extent to which that election represents a threat to our democracy.
    In particular, the repeated assurances of the lack of evidence for election (…)

  • Psst....It’s Time to Start Whispering
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Mercedes: Say, Travis — What’s this on the table?
    Travis: I don’t know. Is it the menu?
    Mercedes: I don’t think so. What’s Downing Street?
    Travis: I don’t know.
    Mercedes: Saaay! I didn’t know that!
    Travis: Know what?
    Psst.....The Whispering Campaign Wants YOU!

  • Is Gotham Worth Saving?
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Daniel Patrick Welch
    Summer is here. The choking ajajas of Baghdad coat everything in a pale yellow dust. Meanwhile, back at imperial headquarters, the sandman effect of the Summer movie list coaxes Americans back to sleep, our attention spans and consciences soothed into complacency, in contrast to the suffocating Sumerian sandstorms. Kick back and enjoy your popcorn in the artificial bubble of petroleum-driven, air-conditioned bliss, while the bubble outside shows signs of bursting. (…)

  • Downing Street Memos Explained in Plain English
    27 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Carmen Yarrusso
    The Bush and Blair administrations have dismissed the leaked British memos (including the so-called Downing Street Memo) that provide details of what top British officials believed about the case for war in the months leading up to the Iraq invasion. Both administrations have characterized the memos as “nothing new” or “old news”.
    Nothing could be further from the truth.
    Why primary-source evidence
    1) They document beliefs of people working closely with Bush’s top (…)