Latest Articles: Neocon Nuttery
Home at last: Judith Miller joins Neocon think tank
Post Date: 2007-09-07 18:43:18 by Mekons4
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Photo: Getty Images Judith Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent that pushed all the Bush administration spin about the (so-far non-existent) existence of WMD in Iraq, has finally come home. She's taken a job with the friends of "greater economic choice and individual responsibility" at the Manhattan Institute. She’s written for their City Journal quarterly before, so look for more stories from her on the cop beat. “The Manhattan Institute is doing pioneering work in policing and counter-terrorism,” Miller said in a release today. “As an adjunct fellow, I hope to continue writing about how best to enhance national security and ...
Dazed Bush forgets what country he's in, what summit he's at
Post Date: 2007-09-07 12:56:48 by robin
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Dazed Bush forgets what country he's in, what summit he's at09/07/2007 @ 8:40 am Filed by David Edwards and Nick Juliano Want to get the news the media buries? Get Raw headlines in your browser. President Bush's trademark struggles with the finer points of public speaking were on full display Friday, when he thanked his "Austrian" hosts for inviting him to this year's "OPEC" summit. The "Language Mangler-in-Chief" was in Australia attending the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit. Along with misidentifying his host country and the name of the summit, Bush struggled to leave the lectern, trying to exit the stage the wrong way. ...
The Real Rudy: Command Center
Post Date: 2007-09-06 20:51:11 by Peetie Wheatstraw
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Poster Comment:Raises tantalizing questions about whether the 9/11 "terror attacks" were in planning as long ago as 1997...
Red State Update - Bush Meets the POPE
Post Date: 2007-09-06 20:20:52 by tom007
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Nuclear Bombs Mistakenly Flown Over US
Post Date: 2007-09-05 11:55:53 by Eoghan
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A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states last week, prompting an Air Force investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. The plane was carrying Advanced Cruise Missiles from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a Defense Department policy not to confirm information on nuclear weapons. The Air Combat Command has ordered a command-wide stand down on Sept. 14 to review procedures, officials said. They said there was minimal risk to crews and the public because of safety features ...
US dilemma: PEJAK is friend, PKK is terrorist
Post Date: 2007-09-04 17:55:37 by Eoghan
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The United States faces a serious dilemma as it tries to befriend the Kurds who have launched violent attacks in northwestern Iran while it declares their comrades who are undertaking similar attacks in Turkey as terrorists. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has been branded as a terrorist group by the United States has been waging a violent campaign in Turkey since 1984. The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PEJAK) in return is an off shoot of the PKK militants who are holed up in the northern Iraqi Kurdish mountains. However, PEJAK operates in Iran. The Americans regard PEJAK as a valuable asset to harass Iran and reportedly provide material and moral support for the organization. PEJAK ...
Oh, brother. Bush "can't remember" why Iraqi army was disbanded
Post Date: 2007-09-04 15:11:34 by Mekons4
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Bush can't recall why Iraqi army disbanded In biography excerpts, he says he initially wanted to maintain the forces: 'Yeah, I can't remember.' By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 3, 2007 WASHINGTON -- One of the most heavily criticized actions in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 was the decision, barely two months later, to disband the Iraqi army, alienating former soldiers and driving many straight into the ranks of anti-American militant groups. But excerpts of a new biography of President Bush show him saying that he initially wanted to maintain the Iraqi army and, more surprising, that he cannot recall why his ...
The U.S.-Israeli Draft
Post Date: 2007-09-03 15:59:41 by YertleTurtle
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The most recent proposal from the Project for a New American Century has certainly struck a nerve among Americans—although that shouldn’t make us think it won’t sail through successfully, like the invasion of Iraq. In a recent press release, PNAC called on the U.S. government to institute the military draft, and induct U.S. servicemen and women directly into the Israeli Defense Force. “We decided it would be easier simply to cut out the middleman,” said William Kristol, chairman of PNAC and editor of The Weekly Standard. “We’re pretty sure that in the next few weeks Bush will finally greenlight our attack on Iran, and we’ve let him know through ...
Why the Pentagon Doesn't Want Me to Testify About Abu Ghraib
Post Date: 2007-09-02 10:16:37 by Eoghan
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No U.S. Army officer or defense official is likely to be held accountable for the torture, "ghost" prisoners, and other abuses at Abu Ghraib. As an Army intelligence analyst, my job at Abu Ghraib was systems administrator ("the computer guy"). But I had the bad luck to be on the night shift. And so I saw the detainees dragged in for interrogation, heard the screams, and saw many of them dragged out. When I heard that the officer in charge of the interrogation/torture operation at Abu Ghraib in late 2003 was being court-martialed, my first thought was: "Finally an officer is being held accountable." But since my own attempts to stop the torture and identify ...
For Gonzales, it was always about Al [Jonah is bravely beating on the rats stampeding out of the WH]
Post Date: 2007-09-02 08:51:00 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Jonah Goldberg: For Gonzales, it was always about Al By JONAH GOLDBERG Friday, Aug. 31, 2007 Jonah Goldberg column logo "Even my worst days as attorney general have been better than my father's best days." One doesn't want to begrudge Alberto Gonzales a brief, self-indulgent moment of mawkishness as he ignominiously departs the public stage. But one of his main problems was that mawkish self-indulgence was often his defining contribution to the public debate. To the bitter end, Gonzales remained the most self-involved attorney general in modern memory. (Full disclosure: My wife worked for Gonzales and his predecessor.) Gonzales liked to give speeches -- even after he ...
Reporter Caught in Mysterious Airport Lockdown
Post Date: 2007-08-31 14:55:24 by Eoghan
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Xeni Jardin, a technology reporter and co-editor of Boing Boing, found herself in the middle of an inexplicable, government ordered, 30-minute lockdown in Los Angeles International airport Wednesday. I walked from the arrival gate towards baggage claim, and when I was about halfway there, all of a sudden about a dozen or more TSA personnel and private security staff appeared, shouting STOP WHERE YOU ARE. FREEZE. DO NOT MOVE. Not just at me, but all of the travelers who happened to be wandering through the hallway at that moment. Some of the TSA guards then backed up against walls in the hallway, and sort of barked at anyone who tried to move a few feet away from their "spot," ...
Lawyers Challenge Rice, Hadley Subpoenas
Post Date: 2007-08-31 08:33:16 by Eoghan
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other senior intelligence officials should not be forced to testify about whether they discussed classified information with pro-Israel lobbyists, federal prosecutors argued in a closed-door court hearing Friday. Two former American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbyists facing espionage charges have subpoenaed Rice, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams and several others to testify at their trial next year. If their testimony is allowed by U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III, the trial could offer a behind-the-scenes look at the way U.S. foreign policy is crafted. Although Ellis closed ...
Bush warns Brown not to pull out of Iraq
Post Date: 2007-08-31 08:11:05 by Eoghan
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President George Bush attempted to pour cold water over Prime Minsiter Gordon Brown's plans to withdraw UK troops from Iraq by warning a lot of 'hard work' still remained. The US president said western troops should only think of pulling out once they had completed the 'hard work' of defeating al Qaeda and Iranian-backed rebels. "We need all our coalition partners. "I understand that everybody's got their own internal politics. "My only point is that whether it be Afghanistan or Iraq, we've got more work to do," he said. Mr Bush's remarks, in an interview with Sky News, were his first public reaction to the clearest message yet from ...
David Horowitz ‘Declares’ Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week for October 22-26
Post Date: 2007-08-30 10:45:51 by Brian S
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“This October 22-26, I am declaring Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week,” declared David Horowitz Tuesday in a friendly interview on http://FrontpageMag.com, one of Horowitz’s many front groups. “I will hold demonstrations and protests, teach-ins and sit-ins on more than 100 college campuses. Our theme will be the Oppression of Women in Islam and the threat posed by the Islamic crusade [????] against the West.” Horowitz, who, along with Frank Gaffney, James Woolsey, and Rick Santorum has played a truly vanguard role in the “Islamo-Fascism” movement, apparently has few doubts about his impact. “During the week of October 22-26, 2007, the nation will be ...
The Happiness of Iraq (increasing) subtitle: "Bomb Us or We Shall Commit Suicide"
Post Date: 2007-08-30 07:25:27 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Iraqis Talk About their Elections News accounts are painting vivid pictures of the joy and relief of free Iraqis, who are living without fear of Saddam's brutality and beginning to enjoy freedoms unknown for decades. These voices have been silenced for too long, but now they are heard inside Iraq and around the world. For more personal stories of life under Saddam, visit Tales of Saddam’s Brutality. VOICES OF FREEDOM "Saddam is responsible for the killing of thousands of his own people and he deserves to die. I have no sympathy for him or other Arab dictators. I hope he will be put on trial and executed. This should be a lesson for other corrupt and tyrant Arab leaders. I ...
People Get Ready there's a False Flag Coming
Post Date: 2007-08-29 18:19:44 by Eoghan
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Yes folks, it's that time again. If I was talking about the holiday season we'd be thinking about pumpkins and turkeys and holiday lights; Christmas shopping, school pageants and 'chestnuts roasting on an open fire.' But I'm not talking about the holiday season. I'm talking about the next terror attack. It won't be sugar plums dancing but the new booga booga bin laden dancing by way of Iran. It's time for "Go west, young terrorist, go west." You've seen dozens of reports like this http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20466414/site/newsweek/ appearing all over the official, mass-terror media. These reports are appearing for several reasons. One reason is ...
Investigate the Neocons
Post Date: 2007-08-29 06:10:53 by Ada
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It is a good thing to be out of the loop; that’s what a vacation is for. Recently I attended an invitational croquet tournament in the New York area. Between playing and running off to various social activities, there was no time left to think about the problems of the wider world. It helped that I did not have a television in my room. In fact, the wider world, as well as all issues related to health and personal finances, receded to virtual invisibility. Is that why so many business and retired people play golf? For me, there is croquet and tennis. Somehow, though, between the matches and the cocktail and dinner parties, I stumbled across a copy of the Financial Times of London, the ...
Many Take Army's 'Quick Ship' Bonus
Post Date: 2007-08-27 09:42:17 by Eoghan
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$20,000 Is Lure to Leave Within Days More than 90 percent of the Army's new recruits since late July have accepted a $20,000 "quick ship" bonus to leave for basic combat training by the end of September, putting thousands of Americans into uniform almost immediately. Many recruits who take the bonus -- scoring in many cases the equivalent of more than a year's pay -- leave their homes within days, recruiters said. The initiative is part of an effort by Army officials to meet year-end recruiting goals after a two-month slump earlier this year. With the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the Army hopes the extra cash motivates those interested in joining or entices those just ...
Gonzales has quit, newspaper reports
Post Date: 2007-08-27 08:39:49 by Eoghan
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N.Y. Times reports announcement on attorney general later on Monday Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned after a controversial tenure as the top U.S. law enforcement officer, The New York Times said on its Web site on Monday, citing a senior administration official. The official said an announcement would be made later in the day. Justice Department officials were not immediately available to comment on the resignation report. The 51-year-old Bush loyalist was at the center of a political firestorm for President Bush over the sacking of eight federal prosecutors, which critics in Congress complained were politically motivated. The official told The Times that Gonzales had ...
Iraqi leader lashes back at U.S. critics
Post Date: 2007-08-26 10:46:57 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Iraqi leader lashes back at U.S. critics By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 32 minutes ago Iraq's beleaguered prime minister on Sunday lashed out at American critics who have called for his ouster, saying Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Carl Levin need to "come to their senses." Nouri al-Maliki, who is fighting to hold his government together, issued a series of stinging ripostes against a variety of foreign officials who recently have spoken negatively about his leadership. But those directed at Democrats Clinton, of New York, and Levin, of Michigan, were the most strident. "There are American officials who consider Iraq as if it were one of ...
Defending Strauss (Neocon godfather)
Post Date: 2007-08-26 00:27:39 by Mekons4
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Since someone is passing Ayn Rand off as philosophy, let's look at a real, if very flawed, philosopher. Anyone who contends that lying is not only morally acceptable, but preferable, is pretty much devoid of defense, IMO. Read and decide for yourself. His defenders say he never held that we should invade Iraq, and probably the idea never occurred to him, but the underlying attitude (Plato, et al, were writing platitudes for the masses, but smart people can understand he favored fascist dictatorships) is pretty clear. Note also his extreme Zionism. U. of C. philosophy prof Leo Strauss has been blamed for the rise of the neocons and even the invasion of Iraq. Now one of his disciples ...
Quebec police admit they went undercover at Montebello protest
Post Date: 2007-08-24 11:54:10 by Eoghan
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Quebec provincial police admitted Thursday that three of their officers disguised themselves as demonstrators during the protest at the North American leaders summit in Montebello, Que. However, the police force denied allegations its undercover officers were there on Monday to provoke the crowd and instigate violence. "At no time did the police of the Sûreté du Québec act as instigators or commit criminal acts," the police force said in French in a news release. "It is not in the police force's policies, nor in its strategies, to act in that manner. "At all times, they responded within their mandate to keep order and security." Police ...
Right-Wing Operatives Plot To Overthrow Maliki, Replace Him With Reliable Collaborator Allawi
Post Date: 2007-08-24 10:54:07 by Brian S
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The powerful Republican lobbying group of Barbour Griffith & Rogers is plotting an effort to displace Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and supplant him with former interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. IraqSlogger reported: BGR’s work for Allawi includes the August 17 purchase of the Web site domain >http://Allawi-for-Iraq.com. In recent days, BGR sent hundreds of e-mail messages in Allawi’s name from the e-mail address DrAyadAllawi@Allawi-for-Iraq.com. BGR’s staff is stacked with conservative operatives with extremely close ties to the White House. Its president is Bush’s former envoy to Iraq, Ambassador Robert Blackwill. Philip Zelikow, a former ...
Prominent Republican party consultant one of three men found dead
Post Date: 2007-08-24 02:03:26 by Mekons4
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The Orlando Sentinel has confirmed that one of three men found dead in an east Orange County home in an apparent double murder-suicide is a prominent political consultant. Ralph Gonzalez was found dead at his home at 2420 Hickory Oak Blvd., his father Rafael Gonzalez, 69, confirmed. Gonzalez is the former head of the Republican party in Georgia and the president of Strategum Group, an Orlando political consulting firm that represents Republican candidates, including many in Central Florida such as state Rep. Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando. Police came to the house at about 9 a.m. this morning after a woman called from North Carolina, saying that for several days she had not heard from her ...
down memory lane - remember the color coded terror alerts?
Post Date: 2007-08-23 23:44:52 by kiki
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I always found it amusing that we had these color coded alerts, but every time they were used they had to explain what the color meant, which made the color itself superfluous. as far as I know, there is a color alert to this day, but I don't know what it is - orange? yellow? and even if I knew I wouldn't know what it meant. anyway, I found this article from the onion from waaay back in '03 and thought it was funny: Orange Alert Sirens To Blow 24 Hours A Day In Major Cities February 26, 2003 | Issue 39•07 WASHINGTON, DC—As an additional reminder that the U.S. is on high alert for terrorist attacks, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge announced Tuesday that ...
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