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"Fringe Liberal Bloggers"
2007-07-01 05:08:00 Glenn Greenwald (Salon) reports: When establishment journalists speak of the liberal blogosphere, it is virtually an article of faith that it represents the "far left," that it is composed of the radical and fringe elements of liberalism. This week, the increasingly dishonest Fred Thompson castigated Harry Reid for participating on a conference call with bloggers from some of the largest liberal blogs by describing the participants as "fringe elements of the blogosphere who think we're the bad guys. This is a place where even those who think the 9/11 attacks were an inside job find a home."Before I began blogging in October, 2005, I was an avid reader of blogs. What motivated me to begin blogging was that the most insightful and informed political analysis was to be found, far and away, on blogs, and I wanted to be part of that discussion. And, as is true for thousands of people, I believed (and still do) that the most insightful political analysis of all came from the keyboard of ... More About: Blogging , Liberal , Bloggers , Fringe , Al B
Saturday Night Video
2007-07-01 00:31:00 In case you missed this .... it's a hoot! -- Brought to you by The Asylum Street Spankers, with a great big hat tip to Al B. for sending it my way.Trouble viewing this video? Click Here.Technorati tags: YouTube, video, humor, Asylum Street Spankers, politics More About: Video , Politics , Humor , Night , Saturday
Weekend Reader
2007-06-30 08:21:00 MUST WATCH VIDEO - Exposed: The Carlyle Group: Shocking documentary uncovers the subversion of Americas democracy. New York Times: The Break-In That History Forgot:"...I finally realized that what had gone wrong in the Nixon White House was a meltdown in personal integrity. Without it, we failed to understand the constitutional limits on presidential power and comply with statutory law.In early 2001, after President Bush was inaugurated, I sent the new White House staff a memo explaining the importance of never losing their personal integrity. In a section addressed specifically to the White House lawyers, I said that integrity required them to constantly ask, is it legal? And I recommended that they rely on well-established legal precedent and not some hazy, loose notion of what phrases like ?national security? and ?commander in chief? could be tortured into meaning. I wonder if they received my message."NY Times editorial -Resegregation Now:"The Supreme Court ruled 53 years ago in... More About: Reader , Weekend
The Black Vote
2007-06-30 07:10:00 While I agree with Bob Herbert in today's Times column (see below), it will take more than voting to change things for Black s in this country. The evidence is clear in the last three elections that vote fraud and the intentional disenfranchisement of voters, particularly students and blacks, was rampant. Until we -- all Americans of all colors -- demand secure elections and votes that can be counted and recounted accurately (a paper trail for every vote and every voter) and prosecute those who maliciously attempt to disenfranchise voters -- nothing will change. Further, Blacks and others who have been intentionally marginalized in our society rightfully must question the importance of their vote -- even if counted. Although the Democrats have a better record on Black issues, when in power they haven't done nearly enough. Both sides of the aisle pay lip service to Black causes in political debates -- and then forget all about their promises once elected. The resulting voter cy... More About: Politics , Supreme Court , Vote
Dems Call White House Out on Subpoenas
2007-06-30 04:15:00 The Huffington Post reports: "Democrats took the first steps Friday in what could be a long march to court in a tug-of-war between the White House and Congress over subpoenas and executive and legislative branch powers.In a letter to White House counsel Fred Fielding, the heads of the Senate and House Judiciary committees demanded an explanation in 10 days of why the White House claimed executive privilege on subpoenaed documents and vowed to invoke 'the full force of law....'"Technorati tags: Huffington Post, White House, Cheney, Democrats, Congress, subpoenas, news More About: Dick Cheney , Democratic Party
Colbert Report: Ben & Jerry
2007-06-29 17:54:00 Cheer up. Put a little of Stephen Colbert 's "Americone Dream" into your morning....Trouble viewing this video? Click Here.Also See:Ben & Jerry's American PieTechnorati tags: Ben & Jerry, True Majority, Federal Budget, Colbert Report , video, humor More About: Video , Humor , Colbert Report
America's Media Empire
2007-06-29 05:50:00 The Murdoch FactorBy Paul Krugman The New York TimesIn October 2003, the nonpartisan Program on International Policy Attitudes published a study titled ?Misperceptions, the media and the Iraq war.? It found that 60 percent of Americans believed at least one of the following: clear evidence had been found of links between Iraq and Al Qaeda; W.M.D. had been found in Iraq; world public opinion favored the U.S. going to war with Iraq.The prevalence of these misperceptions, however, depended crucially on where people got their news. Only 23 percent of those who got their information mainly from PBS or NPR believed any of these untrue things, but the number was 80 percent among those relying primarily on Fox News. In particular, two-thirds of Fox devotees believed that the U.S. had ?found clear evidence in Iraq that Saddam Hussein was working closely with the Al Qaeda terrorist organization.?So, does anyone think it?s O.K. if Rupert Murdoch ?s News Corporation, which owns Fox News, buys The... More About: Media , Empire
Peter Dale Scott: Richard Cheney, Continuity of Government, and 9/11
2007-06-29 05:33:00 Trouble viewing this video? Click Here.Peter Dale Scott presents a condensed version of the two chapters from his forthcoming book, "The Road to 9/11", that deal with the actions of Dick Cheney on the morning of 9/11, and a host of troubling contradictions on that day, in lecture form. Recorded on February 25, 2007. A great researcher comes through once again. This video is posted with the permission of www.911tv.org Please contact www.911tv.org for DVD copies of the entire 9/11 Accountability Conference. Please visit www.peterdalescott.net for more on Scott's work. Note: Since this lecture, a report indicating a much longer intercept time in the Payne Stewart case has been brought to Scott's attention; http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/2000/?AAB000 1.htm .Technorati tags: Peter Dale Scott, Dick Cheney, 9/11, Video , news More About: Government
The results are in!
2007-06-27 20:43:00 And the Winners are (DRUM ROLL) ....ExxonMobile, Halliburton, and Wal-Mart!Corporate Accountability International reports:"Nearly 8,600 voters have voiced their choice, and the 2007 inductees are ExxonMobil, Halliburton and Wal-Mart. Here are the results:ExxonMobil: 4,834 Votes CastHalliburton: 4,324 Votes CastWal-Mart: 2,882 Votes CastKimberly-Clark: 2,822 Votes CastCoke: 1,935 Votes CastFord: 1,465 Votes CastNestlé: 1,075 Votes CastMerck: 879 Votes CastWrite-Ins: 313 Votes CastTotal Voters: 8,592Each voter could select up to three different nominees, or they could write in their own candidate. More than 300 people did so, with corporations such as Monsanto, Lockheed Martin and McDonald?s named the most frequently. And many of you posted comments...."To find out why the new inductees led the voting: CLICK HERE.Technorati tags: Corporations, Corporat... More About: Results , Corruption , Corporate America , Result
Good News Poll: Young Americans Are Leaning Left
2007-06-27 07:32:00 (Click Graphic for Larger View)The New York Times reports:Young Americans are more likely than the general public to favor a government-run universal health care insurance system, an open-door policy on immigration and the legalization of gay marriage, according to a New York Times/CBS News /MTV poll. The poll also found that they are more likely to say the war in Iraq is heading to a successful conclusion.The poll offers a snapshot of a group whose energy and idealism have always been as alluring to politicians as its scattered focus and shifting interests have been frustrating. It found that substantially more Americans ages 17 to 29 than four years ago are paying attention to the presidential race. But they appeared to be really familiar with only two of the candidates, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, both Democrats.They have continued a long-term drift away from the Republican Party. And although they are just as worried as the general population about the outlo... More About: Politics , Good News , Poll , Democratic Party
The Whole World Is Watching
2007-06-27 07:20:00 By Thomas L. FriedmanThe New York TimesThree years ago, I was catching a plane at Boston?s Logan airport and went to buy some magazines for the flight. As I approached the cash register, a woman coming from another direction got there just behind me ? I thought. But when I put my money down to pay, the woman said in a very loud voice: ?Excuse me! I was here first!? And then she fixed me with a piercing stare that said: ?I know who you are.? I said I was very sorry, even though I was clearly there first.If that happened today, I would have had a very different. I would have said: ?Miss, I?m so sorry. I am entirely in the wrong. Please, go ahead. And can I buy your magazines for you? May I buy your lunch? Can I shine your shoes??Why? Because I?d be thinking there is some chance this woman has a blog or a camera in her cellphone and could, if she so chose, tell the whole world about our encounter ? entirely from her perspective ? and my utterly rude, boorish, arrogant, thinks-he-can-bu... More About: Google , World , Blogging , Thomas Friedman , Watching
W. Learns From Students
2007-06-27 07:06:00 By Maureen Dowd The New York TimesA group of high school Presidential Scholars visiting the White House on Monday surprised President Bush by slipping him a handwritten letter pleading with him to not let America become known for torture and urging him to stick to the Geneva Conventions with terror detainees.The president reassured the teenagers that the United States does not torture. Then the vice president unleashed a pack of large dogs on the kids, running them off the White House lawn, before he shut down the Presidential Scholars program and abolished high schools.Since it?s rare that Mr. Bush ever sees groups that have not been prescreened to be nice to him, he made the mistake of opening the letter in front of the students and was surprised to learn that he has made many Americans ashamed by subverting values that the country has always held dear, like abiding by the Constitution and respecting human dignity.Mari Oye from Wellesley, Mass., who is headed to Yale in the fall, h... More About: Politics , Students , Dick Cheney
Wonders Never Cease
2007-06-27 00:38:00 A GOP Plan To Oust CheneySally Quinn of the Washington Post reports: "The big question right now among Republicans is how to remove Vice President Cheney from office. Even before this week's blockbuster series in The Post, discontent in Republican ranks was rising.As the reputed architect of the war in Iraq, Cheney is viewed as toxic, and as the administration's leading proponent of an attack on Iran, he is seen as dangerous. As long as he remains vice president, according to this thinking, he has the potential to drag down every member of the party -- including the presidential nominee -- in next year's elections...." Now if the Yakkety-Yak-No-Act Democrats would get off their rear ends and actually initiate impeachment proceedings, Hell, I might even reconsider voting for one or two of them. Might reconsider. Then again, at this late date, with virtually no meaningful leadership from the Dems (Kucinich excepted), probably not. The sad thing is, that the Republicans, yet agai... More About: Dick Cheney , Impeachment , Democratic Party , Republican Party , Wonders
Everything "Is the Iraqis' Fault"
2007-06-25 05:21:00 Guillemette Faure for Rue 89:"'The Iraq is did not seize the opportunity they were presented.' That's what Hillary Clinton said Sunday night during the Democratic debate. She explained that the American troops had fulfilled their mission. "They've overthrown Saddam and given them elections." And look what the Iraqi s did with that ... This is not the first time that Hillary has made the Iraqis responsible for the debacle in Iraq. Last summer at a conference at the Council of Foreign Relations, she accused the Iraqi government of 'holding American credibility hostage.' According to her, it was time to explain that, 'American forces would not always be there to accommodate their refusal.' ... Democrats and Republicans should have read what well-known military analyst Anthony Cordesman explained as early as last November to Time magazine as he felt this tendency rising: 'When someone lets an elephant loose in a china shop, you don't blame the china shop for the broken dish... More About: Politics , Fault
Last Plamegate Worry for Bush-Cheney
2007-06-25 05:17:00 Robert Parry for Consortiumnews.com: "It's a well-worn talking point for George W. Bush 's supporters to say there was no underlying crime beneath former White House aide I. Lewis Libby's conviction for obstructing justice, a debatable point itself. But the evidence is clear there was a larger cover-up conspiracy -- and it could still unravel...."Technorati tags: Plamegate , Bush, Cheney , Scooter Libby, news More About: Worry , Mega
Who Is Really Running The Country?
2007-06-25 00:12:00 As if we didn't know ....Cheney Announced Bush Detainee Policy Before Bush Approved It"On Nov. 14, 2001, the day after Bush signed the commissions order, Cheney took the next big step. He told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that terrorists do not "deserve to be treated as prisoners of war." [Read Cheney's full remarks]The president had not yet made that decision. Ten weeks passed, and the Bush administration fought one of its fiercest internal brawls, before Bush ratified the policy that Cheney had declared: The Geneva Conventions would not apply to al-Qaeda or Taliban fighters captured on the battlefield...."Hat Tip to Huffington Post.Technorati tags: Bush, White House , Cheney, Detainee Policy, news More About: Running , Country , Al Gore
NO MORE GAMES
2007-06-24 21:50:00 PLEDGE TO IMPEACHSummer Sign-up Tour Across AmericaOn July 9th, 2007 PTI will join the Jim Goodnow ?Bring the Troops Home? Bus Tour Across America. Traveling from town to town and speaking on Congress? recent snubbing of hundreds of thousands of petition signatures for impeachment, PTI will SIGN UP Americans willing to participate in PTI?s Plan to force Congress to defend the Constitution and end the war in Iraq. To see a presentation of ?The Plan? watch the video below: Trouble viewing this video? Click Here.If you want the bus to come to your town and address your group or event, contact us ASAP and we will coordinate the date and time. NO MORE GAMES.email: admin@pledgetoimpeach.orgAlso See:Kucinich on his bill to impeach Cheney and politics in America.TAKE ACTION NOW: Send a Free Email to Congress and DEMAND IMPEACHMENT NOW.Technorati tags: Impeachment , Bush, Cheney, video, youtube, activism, Anthony St. Martin, Jim Goodnow, Iraq, Congress, Constitution, activism, news More About: Games , Activism , Ames
Bush Says He is Above the Law
2007-06-24 08:23:00 In the slightly paraphrased words of my astute friend Al Buono, "This is incredibly arrogant and brazenly unconstitutional ... IMPEACH THEM BOTH; NOW! Then fire up the war crimes trials." Bush Claims Oversight Exemption Too : The LA Times reports: "The White House says the president's own order on classified data does not apply to his office or the vice president's.The White House said Friday that, like Vice President Dick Cheney's office, President Bush's office is not allowing an independent federal watchdog to oversee its handling of classified national security information. An executive order that Bush issued in March 2003 ? amending an existing order ? requires all government agencies that are part of the executive branch to submit to oversight. Although it doesn't specifically say so, Bush's order was not meant to apply to the vice president's office or the president's office, a White House spokesman said...."Hat tip yet again to Al.Related Articles:MotherJones.com: D... More About: Congress , Bush administration , Corruption , Above the Law
Invisible Cheney
2007-06-24 08:03:00 A Vice President Without Borders, Bordering on LunacyBy Maureen Dowd The New York TimesIt?s hard to imagine how Dick Cheney could get more dastardly, unless J. K. Rowling has him knock off Harry Potter next month.Harry?s cloak of invisibility would be no match for Vice?s culture of invisibility.I?ve always thought Cheney was way out there ? the most Voldemort-like official I?ve run across. But even in my harshest musings about the vice president, I never imagined that he would declare himself not only above the law, not only above the president, but actually his own dark planet ? a separate entity from the White House.I guess a man who can wait 14 hours before he lets it dribble out that he shot his friend in the face has no limit on what he thinks he can keep secret. Still, it?s quite a leap to go from hiding in a secure, undisclosed location in the capital to hiding in a secure, undisclosed location in the Constitution.Dr. No used to just blow off the public and Congress as he cook... More About: Government , Corruption
Energy Dud
2007-06-24 07:58:00 The Capitol Energy CrisisBy Thomas L. FriedmanThe New York TimesWhen you watch a baby being born, after a difficult pregnancy, it is so painful and bloody for the mother it is always hard to tell the truth and say, ?Gosh, that baby is really ugly.? But that?s how I feel about the energy legislation passed (and not passed) by the Senate last week.The whole Senate energy effort only reinforced my feelings that we?re in a green bubble ? a festival of hot air by the news media, corporate America and presidential candidates about green this and green that, but, when it comes to actually doing something hard to bring about a green revolution at scale ? and if you don?t have scale on this you have nothing ? we wimp out. Climate change is not a hoax. The hoax is that we are really doing something about it.No question, it?s great news that the Democrat-led Senate finally stood up to the automakers, and to the Michigan senators, and said, ?No more ? no more assisted suicide of the U.S. auto i... More About: Congress , Government , Thomas Friedman
"Surge" Propaganda
2007-06-24 07:45:00 They'll Break the Bad News on 9/11By Frank RichThe New York TimesBY this late date we should know the fix is in when the White House's top factotums fan out on the Sunday morning talk shows singing the same lyrics, often verbatim, from the same hymnal of spin. The pattern was set way back on Sept. 8, 2002, when in simultaneous appearances three cabinet members and the vice president warned darkly of Saddam's aluminum tubes. "We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud," said Condi Rice, in a scripted line. The hard sell of the war in Iraq — the hyping of a (fictional) nuclear threat to America — had officially begun. America wasn't paying close enough attention then. We can't afford to repeat that blunder now. Last weekend the latest custodians of the fiasco, our new commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, and our new ambassador to Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, took to the Sunday shows with two messages we'd be wise to heed.The first was a confirmation of recent White House... More About: Politics , Bush , Government , Military
Vice President Cheney Tells Congressional Committee He's Not "Within The Ex
2007-06-22 01:08:00 This is so absurd I don't know how to react: laugh out loud or slam my head against the wall.Vice President Exempts His Office from the Requirements for Protecting Classified Information:The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures for safeguarding classified national security information. The Vice President asserts that his office is not an ?entity within the executive branch.? As described in a letter from Chairman Waxman to the Vice President, the National Archives protested the Vice President's position in letters written in June 2006 and August 2006. When these letters were ignored, the National Archives wrote to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in January 2007 to seek a resolution of the impasse. The Vice President's staff responded by seeking to abolish the agency within the Archives that is responsible for implementin... More About: Congress , Dick Cheney
Reflections ...
2007-06-21 19:31:00 ... Good ones, from a young friend, with her permission, reposted here:In a culture where the loss of life is less valuable then the worth of the stock marketIn a culture where rights and justice are discarded with loose trashIn a culture where diversity and debate have taken a back seat to plush politikingIn a culture where a woman's right to choose is equated with murderIn a culture where health care is a privilage and not a rightIn a culture where apathy has strengthened its iron fingers around the necks of so manyIn a culture where the few "haves" decide the fate of the "have-nots" In a culture where fear dominates foreign policy and legitmacyIn a culture where military spending is more important than public education and the restoration of a countryIn a culture where religion is used as a tool of hate to divide our nation In a culture where violence is encouraged In a culture where dissent is considered evilIn a culture where literacy and learning are dangerousIn a culture whe... More About: Politics , United States , Poetry , Reflections , American Culture
Press for Truth ... Include Anti-War Candidates in Presidential Debates
2007-06-21 18:36:00 9/11: Press for Truth "Released September 8th; a video from the families who fought to create The 9/11 Comission -- and succeeded Headline: LA Weekly reported Mahmmud Ahmed (Top ISI Official) ordered the transfer of funds from Pakistani banks to Florida, where it was picked up and distributed by Mohammed Atta to the 9/11 hijackers via money orders throughout the United States to sponsor the attacks. This documentary presents the many-faceted events that led up to, and then scrutinizes, the 9/11 Comission hearings. Massive injustices and mis-representations are brought to light and "exposed" by respected members of the mainstream American media, and from the families themselves in the narrative of events that shaped most greatly our world today; "9/11: Press for Truth" The families present their 2 1/2 year struggle to create an investigation and inquiry into the events of 9/11 -- which was at first heavily resisted and even explicity prohibited by the President and Vice-President. Fo... More About: Debates , Presidential , Anti-War
The Ravages of War
2007-06-21 05:48:00 A Student, a Teacher and a Glimpse of WarBy Nicholas D. KristofThe New York TimesMALEHE, Congo I?m taking a student, Leana Wen, and a teacher, Will Okun, along with me on this trip to Africa. Here in this thatch-roofed village in the hills of eastern Congo, we had a glimpse of war, and Leana suddenly found herself called to perform.Villagers took what looked like a bundle of rags out of one thatch-roof hut and laid it on the ground. Only it wasn?t a bunch of rags; it was a woman dying of starvation.The woman, Yohanita Nyiahabimama, 41, weighed perhaps 60 pounds. She was conscious and stared at us with bright eyes, whispering answers to a few questions. When she was moved, she screamed in pain, for her buttocks were covered with ulcerating bedsores.Leana, who had just graduated from medical school at Washington University, quickly examined Yohanita.?If we don?t get her to a hospital very soon, she will die,? Leana said bluntly. ?We have to get her to a hospital.?There was nothing spec... More About: Food , International Relations , Rava , Ages
ONE Vote '08: Save Lives, Secure Our Future
2007-06-21 01:14:00 Trouble viewing this video? Click Here.Technorati tags: TheOneCampaign, poverty, one.org, Matt Damon, Bono, news, activism More About: Future , Poverty , Vote , Lives , Save
Another Giant Snow Job
2007-06-20 07:14:00 Snow Responds To Potentially Illegal Use Of RNC Accounts: Clinton Did It TooOnly Clinton didn't do it. Does the mainstream press question Snow's false assertion? Of course not. Do they ever question baseless assertions? Think Progress sets Tony straight here: "In 1993, President Clinton?s then-Assistant to the President John Podesta issued a staff memo clearly stating that all administration e-mails dealing with official business had to be 'incorporated into an official recordkeeping system,' stressing that no ?e-mail document that is a Presidential record should be deleted.'The Clinton administration?s policy also made clear that personal and political e-mail accounts ? which are generally exempt from the Presidential Records Act ? could not be used for official business. Indeed, the Bush administration has seemingly implemented a policy opposite of the Clinton administration?s.Read the full memo HERE.See Snow video HERE.TRANSCRIPT: Q Waxman?s committee has put out an int... More About: Tony Snow , White House , Corruption , Snow
NPR : Political Left Launches Its Own Attack
2007-06-20 07:05:00 From NPR's Mara Liasson: Political Left Launches Its Own AttackAnd guess who is their strongest secret weapon? Click here to find out.Technorati tags: Politics , NPR, Left-wing Bloggers, Hillary Clinton , Democratic Party , Republican Party, 2008 Presidential Election
Hillary, You and I -- Not for You and Me
2007-06-20 06:27:00 Carmela Got Gold Jewelry. Hillary Wants a White House.By Maureen DowdThe New York TimesWould Carmela, she of the pans of baked ziti and casseroles of veal parm, ever deny the omnivorous Tony onion rings?Nah.But the Carmela-Tony pact was a lot less strict than the Hillary-Bill pact.Besides, this is a Hillaryized Carmela, or a Carmelized Hillary, so Bill Clinton must munch carrot sticks in their diner scene.Actually, Hillary?s probably playing Tony, since she?s the one studying the songs on the jukebox and checking out a cruel-looking stranger at the counter.Either way, the Clintons joined forces yesterday in a comic sendup of that last scene of ?The Sopranos,? complete with a Journey soundtrack and an exchange about how Chelsea would be joining them once she got past her parallel-parking problems.The satire was a video on Hillary?s Web site to whip up attention for the winner of her online contest to choose a campaign song.Unfortunately, the winner, ?You and I,? is definitely not for... More About: Hillary Clinton
Rudy Missing in action for Iraq Panel
More articles from this author:2007-06-20 02:16:00 Rudy's priorities are clearly not in the country's best interest:"Rudolph Giuliani's membership on an elite Iraq study panel came to an abrupt end last spring after he failed to show up for a single official meeting of the group, causing the panel's top Republican to give him a stark choice: either attend the meetings or quit, several sources said.Giuliani left the Iraq Study Group last May after just two months, walking away from a chance to make up for his lack of foreign policy credentials on the top issue in the 2008 race, the Iraq war...."He cited 'previous time commitments' in a letter explaining his decision to quit, and a look at his schedule suggests why -- the sessions at times conflicted with Giuliani's lucrative speaking tour that garnered him $11.4 million in 14 months.Giuliani failed to show up for a pair of two-day sessions that occurred during his tenure, the sources said -- and both times, they conflicted with paid public appearances shown on his recent f... More About: Action , Rudy Giuliani , Panel , Missing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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