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  • Wallace v Duncan, Pistons v Spurs Game 5 Strategy Session for Live TV Culture Jam
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The significance of what could happen Sunday night in Detroit is mind-blowing. Imagine, just one player, a Wallace or Duncan realizing the true power they have. As athletes on the world stage, they are [former] working class joe’s with a chance to speak out to the world on live tv. If just one superstar were to... interupt the game, STOP life as normal- if only for a few minutes... STOP the game and tell America on Live tv, "The Downing Street Memo is the smoking gun! Impeach Bush!" it could (…)

  • British Documents: The Pentagon Papers of Our Time?
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The so-called Downing Street memos, now seven in number, have been dismissed by some in the press as "old news," but the same could be said of the Pentagon Papers when they were published. As in the previous case, the shock value comes from their official nature, and they bring key questions about deceit and poor judgment in the run-up to the Iraq war back to the forefront for public debate.
    (June 17, 2005) — On public radio this week, Walter Pincus, the senior national security reporter (…)

  • Bush wounded by anger over war: Sen. Graham "insurgency seems to be growing stronger, not weaker"
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Bush wounded by anger over war Tony Allen-Mills, Washington
    INCREASING American concern about the conduct of the war in Iraq has forced President George W Bush to sideline some of his domestic priorities in favour of a new public relations drive to bolster confidence in the coalition effort.
    Iraq will return to the top of the American political agenda this week when the president delivers the first of several speeches aimed at reversing a damaging slide in his approval ratings.
    Ibrahim (…)

  • Bush-Blair excuse for the Downing Street Memo doesn’t hold water
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Bush and Blair are claiming they went through the UN- they Did Not - they pulled the 2nd Resolution before the vote. Bush and Blair Did Not get UN approval but they invaded anyway.
    from the Downing Street Minutes
    Britain’s [CIA] Chief told Blair:
    "The NSC had no patience with the UN route..."
    Bush’s only response to the Downing Street Memo was at the June 8th press conference with Tony Blair. Guess what - they both agreed - of course they didn’t ’fix the facts’. Really, they (…)

  • Bring the Troops Home - Homeward Bound Act Introduced
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A Bi-partisan group of Members of Congress - two Republicans and two Democrats - introduced the Homeward Bound Act on June 16, 2005 to begin the process of putting in place an exit strategy from Iraq. The resolution calls for bringing the troops home no later than October 1, 2006. Below are statements from the website of three of the original co-sponsors. Two other Members immediately joined as sponsors Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and Martin Meehan (D-MA).
    Dennis Kucinich (D-OH):
    The Beginning (…)

  • Republican Senator Hagel "The White House is disconnected from reality...we’re losing in Iraq"
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Hit by friendly fire With his polls down, Bush takes flak on Iraq from a host of critics—including some in his own party By Kevin Whitelaw
    Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel is angry. He’s upset about the more than 1,700 U.S. soldiers killed and nearly 13,000 wounded in Iraq. He’s also aggravated by the continued string of sunny assessments from the Bush administration, such as Vice President Dick Cheney’s recent remark that the insurgency is in its "last throes." "Things aren’t getting (…)

  • U.S. Used WMD in Iraq
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A startling report has emerged yesterday that the U.S. has used napalm fire bombs in Iraq and then lied about it to the British government.
    Background
    Consider the sorts of weapons that international law generally prohibits: unconventional weapons used to attack the civilian population of a country, either directly or indirectly by leaving behind hazardous remnants.
    One example of such heinous weapons are those enriched with depleted uranium left over from either nuclear weapons or (…)

  • High Crimes and Misdemeanors
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Under Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution, "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." Any reasonable interpretation of the Constitution’s impeachment clause, and the historical application thereof, leads to the inescapable conclusion that articles of impeachment should be brought against President Bush for his commission of high (…)

  • Nine coalition troops killed: Pressure is building for withdrawal from Iraq
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Nine troops from the U.S.-led multinational forces were killed Saturday in a mortar attack in the troubled city of Fallujah west of the capital.
    Coalition officials said in a statement that six soldiers also were injured in the attack in Fallujah, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Baghdad, but did not identify the nationalities of the casualties. A growing tide of developments on the ground in Iraq and in the United States itself may result in irresistible pressure on the Bush (…)

  • Impeach Bush — US Out Now!
    19 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    “Our focus is not on the past. It’s on the future.” Scott McClellan, White House Spokesman.
    How convenient to focus on the future when the past is a compelling indictment of criminal and immoral behavior. If it were an adequate explanation, then Richard Nixon would have completed his second term, Lyndon Johnson would have sought reelection, and the Nuremberg trials would not have been convened.
    Beyond the incredulity of the president’s response to a growing body of evidence that his (…)