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Opposition Leader Kim Beazley says the ALP needs to concentrate on holding the government to account rather than looking inward.
On Thursday, Mr Beazley said he was turning his focus to the campaign by the ACTU against the government’s proposed industrial reforms.
Speaking to a crowd of around 100,000 in Melbourne, Mr Beazley committed Labor to fight to wind back many of the proposed changes.
A rally of similar number will wind through the streets of Sydney.
Mr Beazley’s call follows (…)

The president who displayed his contempt for Iraqi militants two years ago with the taunt "bring ’em on" had to go on television Tuesday night to urge Americans not to abandon support for the war that he foolishly started but can’t figure out how to win. Skip to next paragraph
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The Bush crowd bristles at the use of the "Q-word" - quagmire - to describe American involvement in Iraq. But with our soldiers fighting and (…)

The Nation Weeps as the President Lies; a detailed annotated review of each of the flood of lies Bush told
By Anthony Wade
George W. Bush knows no shame. Having presided over the deaths of 1,700-7,000 American kids, for lies he propagated, President Bush used tonight’s message to extend his lies, and launch new, brazen mistruths. George Bush proved one thing tonight. He cares not what the American people think, and he further thinks they are too stupid to realize when they are being (…)

by no draft no way
1) Response to Bush June 28 War Speech Bush on Iraq & Nixon on Vietnam Ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance, and despises all dissent Freedom in the Middle East? Who pays the price for global war?
2) September 24
3) Help Stop Military Recruiting and Fight the Draft George W. Bush Defends War, Torture, and Repression
(June 28) Faced with growing resistance in Iraq and growing worldwide opposition, George W. Bush tonight attempted to rally support (…)

Now, more than ever, it is vital that the antiwar movement be in the streets. The Troops Out Now Coalition is joining with the September 24 National Coalition, which includes the National Council of Arab-Americans (NCA), the Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Foundation, the A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition, the Haiti Support Network, the Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines, and the National Lawyers Guild, in order to help build a unified demonstration against the war.
In his (…)

In Stoughton, Bush impeachment urged
Carol McKy of Middleton was the only self-proclaimed Republican in a room of more than 50 Wednesday evening who passed a motion urging Congress to begin the impeachment process for President George W. Bush.
"I, too, feel that George Bush does not represent me and the Republican Party," McKy said Wednesday at a meeting at Stoughton’s Public Safety Building held by the Madison chapter of Veterans for Peace.
Others predicted that Republicans would soon (…)

WE TOO WANT ANSWERS
By Peter Fredson
June 30, 2005
A headline from Reuters today reads:
Bush says wants answers on Iran leader’s past
The story continues:
“President George W. Bush said on Thursday he wanted answers on whether Iranian President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a leader in the 1979 U.S. Embassy siege as some former hostages have said.”
"I have no information," Bush told reporters. "But obviously his involvement raises many questions, and knowing how active people (…)

PRESIDENTIAL EBULLIENCE
By Peter Fredson
June 30, 2005
A comment from a reporter concerning George W. Bush’s speech on June 27th was that he was “ebullient.” . My collegiate dictionary describes ebullience as “A boiling up or over: overflow.” While ebullient is a “boiling up or causing such action; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling.”
My computer WORD thesaurus describes ebullient as “cheerful, happy, fun, jovial, bright, and cheery.” I thought all those (…)

Iraq Withdrawal Bill Critical and Timely
There is a new urgency to our bipartisan efforts to pass House Joint Resolution 55, a bill to establish a plan to begin the end of the war in Iraq. Last night’s nationally televised speech by the President made it clear we are in Iraq for time indefinite. While the Administration relentlessly conflates Iraq and 9/11, the war in Iraq is not about Saddam and WMDs anymore. It’s about terror, terrorists, and anti-terrorists: the President told us that (…)

I was struck by the demeanor of the 700 soldiers in dress uniform attending the President’s speech last night at Ft Bragg. They were polite. The singular time there was applause came at the prompting of a White House Advance team person.
The soldiers were the dignity and nobility in that room last night. Their Commander in Chief, our President seems to have a way with exploiting the dignity of our military and our loved ones deployed who are doing the grist of the ’hard work’ . The litany (…)