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Bush: 19% approval
2008-03-01 20:44:00 “Seventy-seven percent of Americans disapprove of the job he is doing, and 79 percent disapprove of his handling of the economy.” read more | digg story More About: Bush
Is George Bush Finally Telling the Truth?
2008-03-01 18:10:00 Glen Greenwald of Salon thinks so. In his blog yesterday Greenwald highlights reasons why Bush wants immunity for the telecom industry and it may have more to do with protecting his administration than battling any terrorists. Here is what Greenwald has to say: In his Press Conference yesterday, Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush candidly explained why he was so eager to have Congress grant amnesty to telecoms: Allowing the lawsuits to proceed could aid our enemies, because the litigation process could lead to the disclosure of information about how we conduct surveillance. The bit about Helping the Enemies is purely false, just standard Bush fear-mongering. Federal courts receive and rule on highly classified information with great regularity without any public “disclosure.” FISA (in 50 USC 1806(f)) specifically provides that secret information can be submitted to the Judge without even the other side having access to it. If — as the President suggested — c... More About: Truth , George Bush , Finally
Congress Speaks Out About Protect America Act
2008-02-29 09:17:00 Congress is stalled over the Protect America n Act and Constitutional rights. Bush is threating we are not protected unless a bill granting telecom immunity is passed. Is Bush trying to scare folks into giving away more of their privacy? Many members of Congress think so. In the Washington Post, Rockefeller, Conyers, Leahy, and Reyes speak out about what is happening: Nothing is more important to the American people than our safety and our freedom. As the chairmen of the House and Senate intelligence and judiciary committees, we have an enormous responsibility to protect both. Unfortunately, instead of working with Congress to achieve the best policies to keep our country safe, once again President Bush has resorted to scare tactics and political games. In November, the House passed legislation to give U.S. intelligence agencies strong tools to intercept terrorist communications that transit the United States, while ensuring that Americans’ private communications are... More About: Congress , Protect America Act
Will Corporate backed Cimperman Remove Kucinich? Hope Not for Ohio’s Sak
2008-02-28 19:55:00 Heavily corporate - backed Joe Cimperman is trying to grab Dennis Kucinich ’s seat in Congress. From the looks of Cimperman’s biggest campaign contributors this may be big trouble for already hard hit Ohio, not to mention the rest of the country. While Cimperman’s campaign has focused exclusively on circulating negative ads about Kucinich, one would have to question what Cimperman would have to offer the working to middle class. A Cleveland news media article discusses the facts of what is happening: Boy, they really want to kill him off this time. It’s like “stick the silver dagger” in the little guy’s heart. Let’s get him once and for all, cry the corporate thugs, the Pee Dee and Brent Larkin. Some big bucks are out on the street to finally ice the little bugger. How can one tell? Just take a gander at the money flowing from downtown developers and Cleveland’s elite to Joe Cimperman, the main opponent to incumbent Congressman Dennis Kucinich. They ca... More About: Corporate , Hope
Chris Dodd Endorses Barack Obama
2008-02-27 03:41:00 Formally announced through email this morning, Chris Dodd has chosen to endorse Barack Obama : We have been through a lot in this past year and your friendship and support have meant so much to me. That is why I wanted to let you know of my decision to endorse a Democratic candidate for President - and that I have decided to support Barack Obama. We all understand how much is at stake in this election and that it is more important than ever that we put a Democrat in the White House. And while both of our Party’s remaining candidates are extremely talented and would make excellent commanders-in-chief, I am throwing my support to the candidate who I believe will open the most eyes to our shared Democratic vision. I’m deeply proud to be the first 2008 Democratic presidential candidate to endorse Barack Obama. He is ready to be President. And I am ready to support him - to work with him and for him and help elect him our 44th President. Put simply, I believe Barack Obam...
Update on the Dennis Kucinich Campaign - Final Push to Donate
2008-02-26 03:25:00 One week left to help Kucinich keep his seat. We need this Congressman’s voice in our government. View his message and donate. Kucinich constituents speak out: This is what Joe Cimperman is trying to say: Cimperman has presented other commercials that don’t actually provide a true reflection of Kucinich’s history. For instance, Cimperman remarks that Kucinich has missed 300+, when in fact Kucinich has missed 139. Previous to this past year, Kucinich had one of the best attendance record’s in Congress. The rest of the presidential candidates have missed up to 300 votes, John McCain being one of the worst. From the looks of Cimperman’s ads, he doesn’t appear to be a politician that presents the truth to the public. We certainly don’t need any more of those in Congress. More About: Donate , Campaign , Update , Final
Should Corporations Have Rights?
2008-02-24 00:39:00 Noam Chomsky provides an interesting discussion on the matter. He suggests that the idea of corporations having “rights” is only recent. They aren’t listed in the Constitution, are most often a tool for tyranny, their “rights” were achieved through courts and lawyers, the legal system was reshaped to give them power, and they are at the roots of fascism. There is no reason for them to exist. More About: Rights , Corporations
March 15 - Los Angeles Protest to End the Iraq War - Be There
2008-02-23 23:50:00 Ventura County residents wishing to attend can get information about transportation: Ventura County ANSWER Ventura County CONTACT: 805-241-0708, 805-367-6481 or Email TRANSPORTATION DETAILS: Carpool Caravan details below. (1) Ventura, 10am at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Telephone & Hwy 101 (2) Thousand Oaks, 10:30am at TO Trans Center, Rancho & Hwy 101 Click here to download VC Carpool Caravan flyer. More About: Iraq , Iraq War , Los Angeles , Protest , March
Has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Affected John McCain?
2008-02-23 23:34:00 Listening to John McCain one would have to seriously consider what effects his imprisonment did to his thinking. This man looks unstable. He seems to enjoy what he is saying about war and he has little with which to base his rhetoric. 935 lies from the Bush administration led to the Iraq war, per the Center for Public Integrity. Why would McCain say Iraq was a good war and will have more of them? “We’re going to have a lot of PTSD to treat my friends”. Perhaps we should start with McCain. More About: Post , Stress , Post Traumatic Stress Disorder , John McCain
US Accused of Systematic and Persistent Racial Discrimination
2008-02-23 23:14:00 GENEVA (AFP) — The United States is guilty of “persistent and systematic” racial discrimination across all aspects of society from Guantanamo Bay to the justice and school systems, rights groups charged on Wednesday. “The persistent and systematic issues of racial discrimination have not been addressed” by the US government despite its adoption in 1994 of the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination , said Ajamu Baraka, executive director of the US Human Rights Network. “Unfortunately since 1994 we have found that the government has not lived up to its obligations,” Baraka told journalists, citing issues such as the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the black population of New Orleans, the treatment of immigrant workers, police brutality and housing. “These issues have escaped the scrutiny” by government officials that they deserve, he said. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)...
Great video of John McCain and his policies aka Bush-Cheney
2008-02-23 22:50:00 McCain will say anything he thinks will get him the support of Cheney -Bush supports. This video is a great compilation of his words. Unfortunately it leaves out McCain’s OK on torture after years of being a strong opponent to it’s use. The original video was a Obama promotion: More About: Video , Great , John
Former chief prosecutor for Guantnamo?s military commissions speaks about
2008-02-21 03:44:00 Today from Russ Tuttle - The Nation: Secret evidence. Denial of habeas corpus. Evidence obtained by waterboarding. Indefinite detention. The litany of complaints about the treatment of prisoners at Guantnamo Bay is long, disturbing and by now familiar. Nonetheless, a new wave of shock and criticism greeted the Pentagon’s announcement on ... More About: Military , Chief , Commissions , Prosecutor
Audra Strickland Speaks Out About Health Care Insurance
2008-02-21 03:31:00 Got a curious broadcast letter from Audra Strickland’s office. Finally getting around to going through the other mail and opened it. Many Ventura county voters got these “Health Care ” letters from Strickland. After reading it many times, it seemed to have no point other than to say Health Savings Accounts were all the rage, giving ... More About: Insurance , Health Care
Meet Mary Pallant Democrat For Congress CA 24th District
2008-02-19 03:40:00 Progressive Democrat s of America will host an event to meet with Mary Pallant, Congress ional candidate for CA-24. Here is the information: SHARI AND RICHARD FOOS, CINDY ASNER, MARGIE MURRAY, BRAD PARKER, and MARCY WINOGRAD Invite you to meet and support an exceptional candidate and friend: MARY PALLANT U.S. Congressional Candidate, CA-24 Also featuring LILA GARRETT, Host of KPFK’s Connect the ... More About: District , Meet
List of Bush Administration Controversies
2008-02-18 19:32:00 Thought this list was amazing. In looking it over, there appears to be still many missing. Check the List of Bush Controversies on Wikipedia. More About: Global Warming , Iraq War , George Bush , Dick Cheney
Cleveland Plain Dealer Lists Corporate Donations to Joe Cimperman
2008-02-18 00:34:00 Cimperman is running for Dennis Kucinich’s seat in Congress. This is from the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Feb 1, 2008): Councilman Joe Cimperman leading 10th Congressional District candidates in finances Cleveland Councilman Joe Cimperman raised nearly five times as much money last year as incumbent Dennis Kucinich in their 10th Congressional District race, according to financial disclosure reports ... More About: Corporate , Lists
John McCain is Number 2 in Senators Missing Votes
2008-02-18 00:23:00 From the Washington Post: 66.3% votes missed, but view disclosure below. Sen. Tim John son (D-SD) Representing: South Dakota Votes: 311 votes missed (66.3%), 158 votes cast Note: Johnson suffered a brain hemorrhage on Dec. 13, 2006, and has ... More About: Cain , Number 2 , Missing , John McCain
Why Propoganda Works - Noam Chomsky
2008-02-17 22:16:00 Noam Chomsky’s website. Noam Chomsky, from Wikipedia: Avram Noam Chomsky (Hebrew: ???? ???? ??????) (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer. He is an Institute Professor and professor emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Chomsky is credited with the creation of the theory of generative grammar, considered to ... More About: Works , Noam Chomsky
Brits to Publish ?Dodgy Dossier? - Exposes Pre-Iraq War Exaggeration By Bla
2008-02-17 20:50:00 From the Independent (UK) ‘Dodgy dossier’ was ‘wrong’, its author says By Ian Griggs and Brian Brady Sunday, 17 February 2008 The government official who wrote the first draft of the “dodgy dossier” that helped propel Britain into war in Iraq today admits, “We were wrong.” John Williams, a former Foreign Office aide, said last night that publication of his ... More About: News , Iraq War , George Bush , Tony Blair
Is George Bush a Failure? Michael Parenti
2008-02-17 20:35:00 It depends on which side of the pump you are standing, according to Michael Parenti: More About: Bush , George Bush , George , Failure
?Letter To America? from John Cleese
2008-02-17 20:02:00 There are numerous versions of this circulating the internet, but in all, this is too funny! Enjoy Dear Citizens of America , In view of your failure to elect a competent President and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will resume monarchical duties ... More About: John , Letter , Silly , John Cleese
States Tried to Help Out With Foreclosure Crisis - Bush Stopped Them
2008-02-17 11:22:00 From the Washington Post: Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York: Predatory Lenders’ Partner in Crime: How the Bush Administration Stopped the States From Stepping In to Help Consumers Several years ago, state attorneys general and others involved in consumer protection began to notice a marked increase in a range of predatory lending practices by mortgage ... More About: Foreclosure , Crisis
George Bush Lies and Threats Over FISA
2008-02-17 10:49:00 Good discussion about what is going on. Bush wants to let the old FISA expire if he doesn’t get his way with telecom immunity. In other words, if Bush doesn’t get his way with granting immunity for telecoms such as AT&T and Verizon in domestic spying, he would rather put the nation in danger by letting the standing FISA legislation expire. This is some of what the new immunity clause, that Bush wants to add to the standing FISA legislation is all about: Mark Klein is the AT&T whistle blower that provided this account (From Ryan Singel of Wired): AT&T provided National Security Agency eavesdroppers with full access to its customers’ phone calls, and shunted its customers’ internet traffic to data-mining equipment installed in a secret room in its San Francisco switching center, according to a former AT&T worker cooperating in the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s lawsuit against the company. Mark Klein, a retired AT&T communication... More About: George Bush , George , Threats , Lies
McCain Sells His Soul Over Torture Issue for Right Wing Votes
2008-02-17 00:02:00 McCain has sold his soul to the devil just for a shot at the presidency. Once an outspoken critic of the Bush Administration’s use of torture, he now backs away from his previously principles just to get more votes from the Right-Wing Bush nuts. This past week, John McCain voted against a bill that would ban extreme torture in interrogations. Now we’re tortured in trying to find McCain’s set of principles while he tries to find voters that will support him. Read the story and commentary from the Huffington Post: Has there ever been a more repugnant example of political pandering than John McCain’s decision to vote against a bill banning waterboarding, putting hoods on prisoners, forcing them to perform sex acts, subjecting them to mock executions, or depriving them of food, water, and medical treatment? That’s right, John McCain, the former POW who has long been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration’s disturbing embrace of extreme i... More About: Soul , Right Wing , Torture , Votes
Senators That Voted To Allow Immunity for the Telecom Industry With FISA
2008-02-13 07:02:00 There will always be another election. When that comes, keep your state senator in mind. Did your senator vote to protect your privacy? Do they uphold our liberties? Today in the senate, the FISA debate was wrapped up and the vote was held. Hillary Clinton did not show up to vote. California Senator Dianne Feinstein voted ... More About: Industry , Telecom , Immunity
Telecom Immunity Passes In The Senate - Where Was Hillary Clinton During Th
2008-02-13 06:08:00 Not there. She did not vote to protect Americans’ privacy. The importance of this vote, which had been hotly debated in the Senate for months, and Senator Clinton’s lack of attendance on this day speaks volumes about her concern for American liberties and freedom. FISA gives the telecom industry immunity for their warrantless surveillance ... More About: News , Barack Obama , Hillary Clinton , Cain
McCain Commits To Ongoing War - This Should Commit Him to Election Defeat
2008-02-11 23:45:00 Does John McCain have a chance? Now with the backing of George Bush , Dick Cheney , and money and advice from Karl Rove, one would certainly believe this seals the deal for his defeat. Bush’s low popularity ratings, administrative avoidance of the media, and flurry of additional Constitutional defying acts, one ... More About: Iraq War , Election
Bush?s Enemy #1: Dennis Kucinich
2008-02-11 00:13:00 Kucinich is getting hammered by his own Democratic party for stepping too far out of line. He has called attention to the strong need for impeachment and an end to an illegal war. It appears the democrats’ reluctance to move forward on impeachment puts them at odds with Kucinich. What are they ... More About: Bush , Enemy , Kucinich , Dennis
Kuehl?s California Senate District 23rd is Sure Different from McClintock?s
2008-02-10 23:30:00 Here are two vastly different California State Senators - Sheila Kuehl and Tom McClintock. So close in geography, yet so apart in ideology. I thought I’d introduce Senator Sheila Kuehl to our area, because it looks to me that this woman is really working to serve her constituents, not only in their needs, but also the ... More About: District , Senate
Congressman Pete Shark Has an Online Survey Regarding Issues Including Impe
More articles from this author:2008-02-10 07:03:00 Here is the link so you can go there to take the survey and let your voice be heard regarding Impeachment for George Bush. Congressman Pete Shark represents California ’s 13th District. California’s Thirteenth Congressional District is located on the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay - commonly known as the “East Bay” - in the ... More About: Survey , Issues , Online 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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