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Though my degrees are in government and international relations, I hadn’t been part of the political arena in an activist way since "The Sixties" — roughly the Civil Rights Movement late-’50s through the anti-Vietnam War mid-’70s. Instead, after years of college teaching, I found myself more engaged in cultural work as a playwright, poet and newspaper reporter, and, for nearly two decades, as a theater critic.
When 9/11 arrived, something snapped open in me, as it did for many Americans. (…)

Bush And Cheney Should Resign Andre M. Hernandez June 29, 2005 Even the people who supported this corrupt administration have to admit that this has gone too far. The Downing Street Memos and the shocking revelations that have come out during the Haliburton Reconstruction Hearings have gone beyond the smoking gun needed to overhaul a system that has no fail safes to protect the American peoples interests. Bush and Cheney are two of the most corrupt leaders of this or any other nation in (…)

Ahead: Six Decades Of Humiliation Ted Rall June 29, 2005 NEW YORK-The world hates us more than ever, according to a new Pew Research poll of 16,000 citizens in 15 countries. Most Canadians think Americans are exceptionally rude. The Chinese say we’re violent and greedy. Nearly half of Turks—up from 32 percent a year ago—say they dislike Americans as individuals and America as a nation, according to the survey. Muslims have a "quite negative hostility toward America," says Pew president (…)

WASHINGTON— Police briefly ordered evacuation of the U.S. Capitol and the White House after a private plane ventured into restricted airspace Wednesday evening.
The all-clear came within minutes— well before the White House was fully evacuated.
A private turboprop entered restricted airspace northeast of Reagan National Airport, according to a federal aviation official. Jets scrambled from Andrews Air Force Base and intercepted the plane eight miles northeast of the Capitol. As of 6:45 (…)

As public support for the war in Iraq wanes, the majority of Ohio’s congressional delegation would not give a direct answer about whether the war has been worth the costs, according to a newspaper’s survey. However, following Tuesday’s national address made by President Bush, U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland, D-Dover, called for the president to answer the nation’s questions about the war.
"Tonight, President Bush told America what we already know," said Strickland Tuesday. "Unfortunately, the (…)

Earlier this month, a piece of documentation relating to the war in Iraq was uncovered: The Downing Street memo; it is the most convincing proof yet that military action in Iraq was based on faulty, possibly nonexistent intelligence. Worst of all, the memo makes it perfectly clear that the lack of concrete information pertaining to Saddam Hussein’s possession of weapons of mass destruction was no secret to
President Bush.
The memo details British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s report on a (…)

June 29, 2005-In a June 22 speech to the New York State Conservative Party, White House Propaganda Minister Karl "Turd Blossom" Rove attacked what he defines as "liberals" for responding timidly to 9/11, while lauding what he calls "conservatives" for immediately going to war ("brandishing steel").
"Conservatives," Rove said, "saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war. Liberals saw the savagery of the attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and (…)

By David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org
In the coming free 30 minutes of uninterrupted airtime that ABC News and the Disney Corporation will no doubt give to a spokesperson for the majority of Americans who believe that the war on Iraq was a mistake, I expect we’ll see some of the following points made about the speech that Bush just gave.
First, it was curious to see Bush adopt usage of the French language, in particular his repeated usage of the word "oui." At one point, he said "Oui, (…)

Bush, the lying sack of shit video
http://www.bushflash.com/right.html

Enough is enough. Political correctness is no longer an option when discussing George W. Bush or the members of his administration. They are very simply lying bastards who have done and continue to do irreversible harm to the world.
In tonight’s speech, Bush managed to use the word “terror” or “terrorist” 31 times during the first 25 minutes.. He referenced 9/11 6 times. He invoked the name of Osama bin Laden 3 times.
By once again connecting the PNAC plan to invade Iraq with the events (…)