We, and by ‘we’ I mean the world, wait as our country and those of Great Britain and Iran taunt and flex muscle and bang war drums. US Navy starts war games in Gulf The US Navy has begun its most extensive manoeuvres in the Gulf region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, but denies sabre-rattling aimed [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 26, 2007
Gonzales Aide To Invoke Fifth Amendment Monica Goodling, a senior Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday. “The potential for legal jeopardy for Ms. Goodling from even her most truthful and accurate testimony under [...]
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James Madison 4th President, 1809-1817 George Bush 43rd President, 2001-?
Continue reading...Sunday, March 25, 2007
Sen. Jay Rockefeller [D-W.Va, Senate Intelligence Committee]…says there is no doubt that intelligence from detainees has been valuable. Yet he says he wonders whether the CIA needed to create a system outside of long-standing FBI and military interrogation programs… …”The real question is whether the administration’s decision to pursue an alternate system (at the CIA) was [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 25, 2007
At Poetic Justice, ThePoetryMan has a beautiful music video and he’s made it even better with one of his original poems. Go visit. I promise you’ll find it soul-stirring. Sara Thomsen…Is It For Freedom? While you are there, don’t miss the video - LIE - which is also his original work.
Continue reading...Sunday, March 25, 2007
GOP Support For Attorney General Erodes Republican support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroded Sunday as three key senators sharply questioned his truthfulness and a Democrat joined the list of lawmakers who want him to resign over the firing of eight federal prosecutors. “We have to have an attorney general who is candid and truthful. And if [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 23, 2007
After years of a criminal administration and Congressional enabling inaction and subterfuge news made all the more uninformative by its spin through a distorting blahblahblah talkinghead machine, we’re suddenly in a whirlwind of reality. Along the way we have learned to partially compensate with foreign news sources and bloggers, like faithful tenders in a weedy [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 21, 2007
As kayinmaine writes, It’s Raining Subpoenas…! In its investigation of the firings of U.S. Attorneys, The House Judiciary subcommittee has given Bush’s offer of unsworn testimony from his staff a phat middle finger. No Thanks, says Leahy; we’ll do this my way, the way my oath requires. TPMmuckraker puts it another way: Leahy to Bush, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 19, 2007
AIPAC: American Israel Public Affairs Committee Were you unable to attend the recent AIPAC 2007 conference? Well, if you are a US politician or a Christian evangelical or you champion Olmert (who, like Bush, has his own popularity problems) and Cheney or you are a Zionist, then you were well represented. It was a packed roster. Among [...]
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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