30 June, 2007
winning hearts and minds in Iraq
U.S. soldiers killed 26 people before dawn Saturday during raids in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood. The U.S. military said the dead were terrorists who had attacked American troops, but Iraqi police and officials said the victims were civilians. Over 100 US troops are killed in June.
29 June, 2007
update Iraq
The number of U.S. Military Personnel sacrificed (officially acknowledged) in America's War On Iraq is 3571 and going up.
immigration
Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina joined 36 of her Republican colleagues, 15 Democrats and one independent in the Senate yesterday in squashing the last, best hope for now of overhauling the nation's bankrupt and busted immigration laws. At some point Congress will come to its senses, steady its nerves and recognize that unimpeachable reality. Mrs. Dole and her colleagues may think they killed immigration reform yesterday. In fact the problem will just keep coming back, bigger each time than the last.
conservative republican Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday overturned a nearly century-old ruling that prohibited manufacturers from dictating the minimum prices retailers must charge for their goods.
It also destroyed policies whereby education districts may attempt to balance schools racially, thereby in the long run restarting segregated schools.
It also destroyed policies whereby education districts may attempt to balance schools racially, thereby in the long run restarting segregated schools.
27 June, 2007
Iraq stats
The number Of Iraqis slaughtered In America's War On Iraqis At Least 655,000. The number of U.S. Military Personnel sacrificed (officially acknowledged) In America's War on Iraq is now 3568.
25 June, 2007
Iraq 3560
The number of U.S. Military Personnel sacrificed (officially acknowledged) in America's War on Iraq has jumped to 3560.
Cheney-the real power and villian
Dick Cheney is the most influential and powerful man ever to hold the office of vice president. This series examines Cheney's largely hidden and little-understood role in crafting policies for the War on Terror, the economy and the environment.
Convinced that the “war on terror” required “robust interrogations” of captured suspects, Dick Cheney pressed the Bush administration to carve out exceptions to the Geneva Conventions.
Working behind the scenes, Dick Cheney has made himself the dominant voice on tax and spending policy, outmaneuvering rivals for the president’s ear.
Dick Cheney steered some of the Bush administration’s most important environmental decisions — easing air pollution controls, opening public parks to snowmobiles and diverting river water from threatened salmon.
Vice President Dick Cheney usually wields his considerable power behind the scenes and is often the last person to talk to the president before important decisions are made.
Convinced that the “war on terror” required “robust interrogations” of captured suspects, Dick Cheney pressed the Bush administration to carve out exceptions to the Geneva Conventions.
Working behind the scenes, Dick Cheney has made himself the dominant voice on tax and spending policy, outmaneuvering rivals for the president’s ear.
Dick Cheney steered some of the Bush administration’s most important environmental decisions — easing air pollution controls, opening public parks to snowmobiles and diverting river water from threatened salmon.
Vice President Dick Cheney usually wields his considerable power behind the scenes and is often the last person to talk to the president before important decisions are made.
24 June, 2007
Bush=figurehead, Cheney= real power
Just past the Oval Office, in the private dining room overlooking the South Lawn, Vice President Cheney joined President Bush at a round parquet table they shared once a week. Cheney brought a four-page text, written in strict secrecy by his lawyer. He carried it back out with him after lunch.
In less than an hour, the document traversed a West Wing circuit that gave its words the power of command. It changed hands four times, according to witnesses, with emphatic instructions to bypass staff review. When it returned to the Oval Office, in a blue portfolio embossed with the presidential seal, Bush pulled a felt-tip pen from his pocket and signed without sitting down. Almost no one else had seen the text.
Cheney's proposal had become a military order from the commander in chief. Foreign terrorism suspects held by the United States were stripped of access to any court -- civilian or military, domestic or foreign. They could be confined indefinitely without charges and would be tried, if at all, in closed "military commissions."
"What the hell just happened?" Secretary of State Colin L. Powell demanded, a witness said, when CNN announced the order that evening, Nov. 13, 2001. National security adviser Condoleezza Rice, incensed, sent an aide to find out. Even witnesses to the Oval Office signing said they did not know the vice president had played any part.
Bush declared himself as the decider to cover up the fact that Cheney is really running our government. Very clever!
In less than an hour, the document traversed a West Wing circuit that gave its words the power of command. It changed hands four times, according to witnesses, with emphatic instructions to bypass staff review. When it returned to the Oval Office, in a blue portfolio embossed with the presidential seal, Bush pulled a felt-tip pen from his pocket and signed without sitting down. Almost no one else had seen the text.
Cheney's proposal had become a military order from the commander in chief. Foreign terrorism suspects held by the United States were stripped of access to any court -- civilian or military, domestic or foreign. They could be confined indefinitely without charges and would be tried, if at all, in closed "military commissions."
"What the hell just happened?" Secretary of State Colin L. Powell demanded, a witness said, when CNN announced the order that evening, Nov. 13, 2001. National security adviser Condoleezza Rice, incensed, sent an aide to find out. Even witnesses to the Oval Office signing said they did not know the vice president had played any part.
Bush declared himself as the decider to cover up the fact that Cheney is really running our government. Very clever!
religion
Right-wing evangelical leaders have exploited and politicized religious beliefs in an effort to sow division. Faith stopped being used to bring us together and faith started being used to drive us apart.
The Christian Coalition even determined that its number one legislative priority was tax cuts for the rich. What Bible are they reading?
These days religion appears to be about organization, control and power. Spirituality is about morality, tolerance and love; the true concerns of Jesus.
The Christian Coalition even determined that its number one legislative priority was tax cuts for the rich. What Bible are they reading?
These days religion appears to be about organization, control and power. Spirituality is about morality, tolerance and love; the true concerns of Jesus.
loss of our civil liberties
A federal judge who used to authorize wiretaps in terrorism and espionage cases criticized yesterday President Bush's decision to order warrantless surveillance after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
"We have to understand you can fight the war [on terrorism] and lose everything if you have no civil liberties left when you get through fighting the war," said Royce C. Lamberth, a U.S. District Court judge in Washington and a former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, speaking at the American Library Association's annual convention.
"We have to understand you can fight the war [on terrorism] and lose everything if you have no civil liberties left when you get through fighting the war," said Royce C. Lamberth, a U.S. District Court judge in Washington and a former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, speaking at the American Library Association's annual convention.
23 June, 2007
your and your children's money to Israel
Congress skillfully gives Israel at least $10 billion a year to expand its brutal occupation of Palestinian lands in a manner that hides the amount from taxpayers.
Congressional Research Service confirmed assessments made previously by American Free Press that blank-check aid to Israel costs taxpayers in excess of $10 billion a year. Because, in the age of deficits, the United States has to borrow the money it gives Israel in one chunk at the start of the fiscal year, taxpayers are paying interest on all the money given Israel for the entire year.
Because of the uncertainties and ambiguities associated with U.S. aid to Israel, arriving at a precise figure for total direct U.S. aid to Israel probably is not possible. Parts of it are buried in the budgets of other government agencies—mostly the Defense Department (DOD)—or in a form not easily quantifiable—such as the early disbursement of aid, allowing Israel a direct gain and the U.S. Treasury a direct loss of interest on the unspent money. Given these caveats, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA) conservatively estimates cumulative total direct U.S. aid to Israel of at least $107.961 billion.
Congressional Research Service confirmed assessments made previously by American Free Press that blank-check aid to Israel costs taxpayers in excess of $10 billion a year. Because, in the age of deficits, the United States has to borrow the money it gives Israel in one chunk at the start of the fiscal year, taxpayers are paying interest on all the money given Israel for the entire year.
Because of the uncertainties and ambiguities associated with U.S. aid to Israel, arriving at a precise figure for total direct U.S. aid to Israel probably is not possible. Parts of it are buried in the budgets of other government agencies—mostly the Defense Department (DOD)—or in a form not easily quantifiable—such as the early disbursement of aid, allowing Israel a direct gain and the U.S. Treasury a direct loss of interest on the unspent money. Given these caveats, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA) conservatively estimates cumulative total direct U.S. aid to Israel of at least $107.961 billion.
another Republican goof
The deployment of the US Missile Defense System in Eastern Europe is a de-facto declaration of war on the Russian Federation . As Russian President Putin said in a recent press conference, “If this missile system is put in place, it will work automatically with the entire nuclear capability of the United States . It will be an integral part of the US nuclear capability.” This will disrupt the current configuration of international security and force Russia to begin work on a new regime of tactical nuclear weapons. This is a very serious development. Russia will now have to rethink its current policy vis a vis the United States and develop a long-range strategy for fending off further hostile encroachments into former-Soviet states by NATO.
Already, in the last few months, Norway , Iran , Syria , UAE, Kuwait , and Venezuela have announced that they are either cutting back on their USD reserves or converting from the greenback to the euro or a “basket of currencies”. Dollar hegemony is at the very center of American power, and yet, the downturn is visible everywhere. If the dollar loses its place as the world’s “reserve currency”; the US will have to pay-down its monstrous current account deficit and live within its means. America will lose the ability to simply print fiat money and use it in exchange for valuable resources and manufactured goods. Putin is now openly challenging the monetary-system that provides the flow of oxygen to the American superpower.
Already, in the last few months, Norway , Iran , Syria , UAE, Kuwait , and Venezuela have announced that they are either cutting back on their USD reserves or converting from the greenback to the euro or a “basket of currencies”. Dollar hegemony is at the very center of American power, and yet, the downturn is visible everywhere. If the dollar loses its place as the world’s “reserve currency”; the US will have to pay-down its monstrous current account deficit and live within its means. America will lose the ability to simply print fiat money and use it in exchange for valuable resources and manufactured goods. Putin is now openly challenging the monetary-system that provides the flow of oxygen to the American superpower.
republicans protect big oil
Senate Democrats also fell short of their own goals. In a victory for the oil industry, Republican lawmakers successfully blocked a crucial component of the Democratic plan that would have raised taxes on oil companies by about $32 billion and used the money on tax breaks for wind power, solar power, ethanol and other renewable fuels.
Republicans also blocked a provision of the legislation that would have required electric utilities to greatly increase the share of power they get from renewable sources o
Republicans also blocked a provision of the legislation that would have required electric utilities to greatly increase the share of power they get from renewable sources o
22 June, 2007
21 June, 2007
Bush opens mouth AGAIN
Speaking with the teachers, Putin suggested the United States' use of atomic weapons against Japan at the end of World War II was worse than the abuses of Stalin. He also cited the U.S. bombing campaign and use the defoliant Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
"We have not used nuclear weapons against a civilian population," he said. "We have not sprayed thousands of kilometers (miles) with chemicals, (or) dropped on a small country seven times more bombs than in all the Great Patriotic (War)" _ Russia's name for World War II.
His remarks came just over a week after President Bush unveiled a monument to the victims of communism in Washington. At the ceremony, Bush compared those totalitarian regimes to modern terror groups.
"We have not used nuclear weapons against a civilian population," he said. "We have not sprayed thousands of kilometers (miles) with chemicals, (or) dropped on a small country seven times more bombs than in all the Great Patriotic (War)" _ Russia's name for World War II.
His remarks came just over a week after President Bush unveiled a monument to the victims of communism in Washington. At the ceremony, Bush compared those totalitarian regimes to modern terror groups.
19 June, 2007
our shame in Iraq
We are trying to buy off survivors of our killing in Iraq as though that somehow makes it right.
The Pentagon has set $2,500 as the highest individual sum that can be paid. Most death payments remain at that level, with a rough sliding scale of $1,000 for serious injury and $500 for property damage. Beginning in April of last year, payments of up to $10,000 were possible for "extraordinary cases" but only with a division commander's authorization.
For example, two members of the same family are killed in a car hit by U.S. forces. The family could receive a maximum of $7,500 in condolence payments ($2,500 for each death and up to $2,500 for vehicle damage).
The Pentagon has set $2,500 as the highest individual sum that can be paid. Most death payments remain at that level, with a rough sliding scale of $1,000 for serious injury and $500 for property damage. Beginning in April of last year, payments of up to $10,000 were possible for "extraordinary cases" but only with a division commander's authorization.
For example, two members of the same family are killed in a car hit by U.S. forces. The family could receive a maximum of $7,500 in condolence payments ($2,500 for each death and up to $2,500 for vehicle damage).
upsate Iraq
Number of U.S. Military Personnel sacrificed (officially acknowledged) in America's War on Iraq now totals 3519 and continues in its fifth year, not including our wounded, and all the Iraqui dead and wounded.
republicans violate the law
President Bush has asserted that he is not bound by the bills he signs into law, and yesterday a congressional study found multiple examples in which the administration has not complied with the requirements of the new statutes. The administration is thumbing its nose at the law.
republicans don't follow the law
Read today: "It is troubling that so many senior White House officials, including Karl Rove and his former deputy Sara Taylor, were engaging in an effort to avoid oversight and accountability by ignoring the laws meant to ensure a public record of official government business," said Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee. "This extensive end run around the laws leads one to wonder what these officials wanted to hide from the public and Congress."
16 June, 2007
our mercenaries in Iraq
Private security companies(mercenaries), funded by billions of dollars in U.S. military and State Department contracts, are fighting insurgents on a widening scale in Iraq,
enduring daily attacks, returning fire and taking hundreds of casualties that have beenunderreported and sometimes concealed, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials and company representatives.
While the military has built up troops in an ongoing campaign to secure Baghdad, the security companies,out of public view, have been engaged in a parallel surge, boosting manpower, adding expensive armor and stepping up evasive action as attacks increase, the officials and company representatives said.
The industry's enormous growth has been facilitated by the U.S. military, which uses the up to 30,000 contractors (mercenaries) to offset chronic troop shortages. Private Army mercenary companies
include: Falcon Security, Agility, Granite Tactical Vehicle, ArmorGroup International, Public Warehousing Co, Hart Security, and Blackwater USA, to name just a few.
The U.S. military has never released complete statistics on contractor(mercenary) casualties.The majority of the more than 100 security companies (mercenaries) operate outside of Iraqi law.
enduring daily attacks, returning fire and taking hundreds of casualties that have beenunderreported and sometimes concealed, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials and company representatives.
While the military has built up troops in an ongoing campaign to secure Baghdad, the security companies,out of public view, have been engaged in a parallel surge, boosting manpower, adding expensive armor and stepping up evasive action as attacks increase, the officials and company representatives said.
The industry's enormous growth has been facilitated by the U.S. military, which uses the up to 30,000 contractors (mercenaries) to offset chronic troop shortages. Private Army mercenary companies
include: Falcon Security, Agility, Granite Tactical Vehicle, ArmorGroup International, Public Warehousing Co, Hart Security, and Blackwater USA, to name just a few.
The U.S. military has never released complete statistics on contractor(mercenary) casualties.The majority of the more than 100 security companies (mercenaries) operate outside of Iraqi law.
brainwashed
The war on Iraq won't be remembered for how it was waged so much as for how it was sold. It was a propaganda war, a war of perception management, where loaded phrases, such as "weapons of mass destruction" and "rogue state" were hurled like precision weapons
at the target audience .
All of us are involved in enabling the whole U.S. military empire building plan. It is about corporate domination. Bush is just the front man for the big money. By keeping our collective military boot on the necks of the people of the world we get control of a higher percentage of the world's resources. We, 5% of the global population in the U.S., use 25% of the global resource base.
Learn to read again. Many of us don't read enough. We spend our time in front of the TV, which is a primary tool that the power structure uses to brainwash us. We've got to become
independent thinkers again and teach our kids to think for themselves. Reading and talking to others is a key. Read more history. All the answers and lessons can be found there.
at the target audience .
All of us are involved in enabling the whole U.S. military empire building plan. It is about corporate domination. Bush is just the front man for the big money. By keeping our collective military boot on the necks of the people of the world we get control of a higher percentage of the world's resources. We, 5% of the global population in the U.S., use 25% of the global resource base.
Learn to read again. Many of us don't read enough. We spend our time in front of the TV, which is a primary tool that the power structure uses to brainwash us. We've got to become
independent thinkers again and teach our kids to think for themselves. Reading and talking to others is a key. Read more history. All the answers and lessons can be found there.
15 June, 2007
what Republicans say is not what they do
The Bush administration and military leaders in Washington are always claiming that they will do anything to support American troops fighting in Iraq. That makes it all the more infuriating to
learn that,for more than two years, they largely ignored urgent requests from field commanders for better armor-protected vehicles that could have saved untold lives and limbs.
Improvised explosive devices, or I.E.D.'s, can blast through the flat underbelly of the military's standard Humvees, maiming and killing the soldiers within. These devices, a low-tech response to America's overwhelming military power, are now causing 70 percent to 80 percent of the American combat deaths in Iraq.
More than two years ago, according to newly disclosed documents, Marine commanders in Al Anbar Province, a center of the Sunni insurgency, submitted an urgent request for more than 1,100 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, or MRAPs, that have V-shaped bottoms able to deflect blasts from below. They sat on the request and then ordered relatively few.
Yet all you hear from these Republicans is "Support the troops."
learn that,for more than two years, they largely ignored urgent requests from field commanders for better armor-protected vehicles that could have saved untold lives and limbs.
Improvised explosive devices, or I.E.D.'s, can blast through the flat underbelly of the military's standard Humvees, maiming and killing the soldiers within. These devices, a low-tech response to America's overwhelming military power, are now causing 70 percent to 80 percent of the American combat deaths in Iraq.
More than two years ago, according to newly disclosed documents, Marine commanders in Al Anbar Province, a center of the Sunni insurgency, submitted an urgent request for more than 1,100 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, or MRAPs, that have V-shaped bottoms able to deflect blasts from below. They sat on the request and then ordered relatively few.
Yet all you hear from these Republicans is "Support the troops."
another republican goof
The strategy of dividing moderate Palestinians from the extremists -- which was the core of Bush's strategy--- proved ineffective and may have led to the dilemma facing the administration today.
The less we try to intervene and shape Palestinian politics, the better off we will be. Almost every decision the United States has made to interfere with Palestinian politics has boomeranged."
The less we try to intervene and shape Palestinian politics, the better off we will be. Almost every decision the United States has made to interfere with Palestinian politics has boomeranged."
14 June, 2007
which candidate is this?
Some are working for universal health care, so we never again have to worry about our families getting the care they deserve. Some are working to stop global warming, so that our legacy for our children is not global catastrophe. Others are working to end the war in Iraq, so we can bring our loved ones home and once again offer moral leadership to the world. And still others are working to end the injustice of poverty in America. Because in our America, opportunity should be more than a dream.
Iraq, the quagmire
The number of U.S. Military Personnel sacrificed (officially acknowledged) in America's War on Iraq now totals 3513, and over 25,000 wounded, not counting Iraqi civilians. The cost is over $434 BILLION., WHICH IS being passed on to our children---NO END IS SIGHT WITH THESE REPUBLICANS.
FBI abuses
An internal FBI audit has found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial
transactions in recent years, far more than was documented in a Justice Department report in March that ignited bipartisan congressional criticism.
The new audit covers just 10 percent of the bureau's national security investigations since 2002, and so the mistakes in the FBI's domestic surveillance efforts probably number several thousand, bureau officials said in interviews. The earlier report found 22 violations in a much smaller sampling
transactions in recent years, far more than was documented in a Justice Department report in March that ignited bipartisan congressional criticism.
The new audit covers just 10 percent of the bureau's national security investigations since 2002, and so the mistakes in the FBI's domestic surveillance efforts probably number several thousand, bureau officials said in interviews. The earlier report found 22 violations in a much smaller sampling
how Republicans gorvern
President Bush yesterday tapped veteran GOP strategist and lobbyist Edward W. Gillespie as White House counselor, adding another Washington insider to a key position in his administration as it continues to battle with Congress over Iraq, the Justice Department
and immigration.
Opensecrets.org reported that Quinn Gillespie had income of $16.8 million from lobbying during 2006, including $320,000 from the American Hospital Association, $360,000 from AT&T and $600,000 from the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Some of the firm's clients have major decisions pending before federal regulatory bodies and other government institutions.DaimlerChrysler, for instance, is worried about moves to raise fuel-efficiency standards, while XM Satellite Radio is looking for approval of its proposed merger with Sirius
and immigration.
Opensecrets.org reported that Quinn Gillespie had income of $16.8 million from lobbying during 2006, including $320,000 from the American Hospital Association, $360,000 from AT&T and $600,000 from the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Some of the firm's clients have major decisions pending before federal regulatory bodies and other government institutions.DaimlerChrysler, for instance, is worried about moves to raise fuel-efficiency standards, while XM Satellite Radio is looking for approval of its proposed merger with Sirius
13 June, 2007
bush 2
The arrival of Bush's former advisers has put an unofficial White House stamp of approval on McCain's effort, at a time when the Iraq war has rendered that a decidedly mixed blessing.
Despite the animosity of their 2000 clash, McCain has emerged as the president's biggest backer on the season's two highest-profile issues: the war and the immigration compromise that all but collapsed in the Senate last week.
Despite the animosity of their 2000 clash, McCain has emerged as the president's biggest backer on the season's two highest-profile issues: the war and the immigration compromise that all but collapsed in the Senate last week.
12 June, 2007
another Republican scandal
The U.S. special counsel has called on President Bush to discipline General Services Administration chief Lurita Alexis Doan "to the fullest extent" for violating the federal Hatch Act when she allegedly asked political appointees how they could "help our candidates" during a January meeting.
In a June 8 letter to Bush, Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch accused Doan of "engaging in the most pernicious of political activity" during a Jan. 26 lunch briefing involving 36 GSA political appointees and featuring a PowerPoint presentation about the November elections by the White House's deputy director of political affairs.
In a June 8 letter to Bush, Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch accused Doan of "engaging in the most pernicious of political activity" during a Jan. 26 lunch briefing involving 36 GSA political appointees and featuring a PowerPoint presentation about the November elections by the White House's deputy director of political affairs.
11 June, 2007
another Republican scandal
At least one-third of the immigration judges appointed by the Justice Department since 2004 have had Republican connections or have been administration insiders, and half lacked experience in immigration law.
Two newly appointed immigration judges were failed candidates for the U.S. Tax Court nominated by President Bush; one fudged his taxes and the other was deemed unqualified to be a tax judge by the nation's largest association of lawyers. Both were Republican loyalists.
Two newly appointed immigration judges were failed candidates for the U.S. Tax Court nominated by President Bush; one fudged his taxes and the other was deemed unqualified to be a tax judge by the nation's largest association of lawyers. Both were Republican loyalists.
10 June, 2007
think immigration
In the late 19th century, rich countries had incomes about 10 times greater than the poorest ones.
Today’s ratio is about 50 to 1.
The key to breaking the political deadlock is to ensure that
the migrants go home, which is why they should remain temporary workers ( About 7 percent of the rich world’s jobs are held by people from developing countries.
For starters, the poor should get another 3 percent, or 16 million guest-worker jobs — 3 million in the U.S.
They would stay three to five years, with no path to citizenship, and work in fields with certified labor shortages. We could ensure that most receiving countries would not allow them to bring families.
Taxpayers would be spared from educating the migrants’ kids. Domestic workers would gain some protection through the certification process. And a revolving labor pool would reach
more of the world’s poor.
Guest work the only way to accommodate large numbers. To insist that migrants have a right to citizenship and family unification, he says, is to let men in the rest of the world go hungry. It is cruel to be kind. The choice is theirs.
Let the poor decide. Letting guest workers in America doesn’t create an underclass.. It moves an underclass and makes the underclass better off. Rich countries have jobs. Poor people need work.
Today’s ratio is about 50 to 1.
The key to breaking the political deadlock is to ensure that
the migrants go home, which is why they should remain temporary workers ( About 7 percent of the rich world’s jobs are held by people from developing countries.
For starters, the poor should get another 3 percent, or 16 million guest-worker jobs — 3 million in the U.S.
They would stay three to five years, with no path to citizenship, and work in fields with certified labor shortages. We could ensure that most receiving countries would not allow them to bring families.
Taxpayers would be spared from educating the migrants’ kids. Domestic workers would gain some protection through the certification process. And a revolving labor pool would reach
more of the world’s poor.
Guest work the only way to accommodate large numbers. To insist that migrants have a right to citizenship and family unification, he says, is to let men in the rest of the world go hungry. It is cruel to be kind. The choice is theirs.
Let the poor decide. Letting guest workers in America doesn’t create an underclass.. It moves an underclass and makes the underclass better off. Rich countries have jobs. Poor people need work.
08 June, 2007
04 June, 2007
these republicans
Arkansas GOP head: "We need more 'attacks on American soil' so people appreciate Bush." These republicans have no limits and have no shame.
deaths jump in Iraq
The total number of our U.S. Military Personnel sacrificed (officially acknowledged) in America's War on Iraq jumped to 3,495 with May being the third highest ever with 132, not counting civilians, mercenaries (approx 120,000),nor all the wounded.
03 June, 2007
Facts about Iraq
On Aug. 13, 2002, the CIA completed a classified, six-page intelligence analysis that described the worst scenarios that could arise after a U.S.-led removal of Saddam Hussein: anarchy and territorial breakup in Iraq, a surge of global terrorism, and a deepening of Islamic antipathy toward the United States.
Titled "The Perfect Storm: Planning for Negative Consequences of Invading Iraq," the paper,written seven months before the war began, also speculated about al-Qaeda operatives taking
"advantage of a destabilized Iraq to establish secure safe havens from which they can continue their operations," according to a report about prewar intelligence recently released by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
In the "Perfect Storm" paper, CIA analysts offered what they described as "near-term tactical moves" that the administration could make to minimize the worst-case scenarios that the report
presented. Among them were taking "concrete diplomatic steps toward Arab-Israeli peace" and providing "back-channel assurances to Tehran on the duration and extent of U.S. force deployments" -- actions that were not taken.
Titled "The Perfect Storm: Planning for Negative Consequences of Invading Iraq," the paper,written seven months before the war began, also speculated about al-Qaeda operatives taking
"advantage of a destabilized Iraq to establish secure safe havens from which they can continue their operations," according to a report about prewar intelligence recently released by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
In the "Perfect Storm" paper, CIA analysts offered what they described as "near-term tactical moves" that the administration could make to minimize the worst-case scenarios that the report
presented. Among them were taking "concrete diplomatic steps toward Arab-Israeli peace" and providing "back-channel assurances to Tehran on the duration and extent of U.S. force deployments" -- actions that were not taken.
01 June, 2007
no more republicans
read today: I want a president who reads newspapers, who reads books other than those that confirm his worldview, who bones up on Persian history before deciding how to deal with Iran's ambitious dreams of glory. I want a president who understands the relationship between energy policy at home and U.S. interests in the Middle East -- and who's smart enough to form his or her own opinions, not just rely on what old friends in the oil business say.
Actually, I want a president smart enough to know a good deal about science. He or she doesn't have to be able to do the math, but I want a president who knows that the great theories underpinning our understanding of the universe--general relativity and quantum mechanics -- have stood for nearly acentury and proved stunningly accurate, even though they describe a world that is more shimmer than substance. I want him or her to know that there's a lot we still don't know.
I want the next president to be intellectually curious -- and also intellectually honest. I want him or her to understand the details, not just the big picture.I won't complain if the next president occasionally uses a word I have to look up.
Actually, I want a president smart enough to know a good deal about science. He or she doesn't have to be able to do the math, but I want a president who knows that the great theories underpinning our understanding of the universe--general relativity and quantum mechanics -- have stood for nearly acentury and proved stunningly accurate, even though they describe a world that is more shimmer than substance. I want him or her to know that there's a lot we still don't know.
I want the next president to be intellectually curious -- and also intellectually honest. I want him or her to understand the details, not just the big picture.I won't complain if the next president occasionally uses a word I have to look up.
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