Latest Articles: Neocon Nuttery
Robert Zoellick: a Bush Family Man
Post Date: 2007-05-31 06:45:12 by noone222
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To what degree do neoconservatives and militarists control U.S. foreign policy? And how much influence do the less ideological figures like former National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice have over President Bush? Those were questions continually debated by foreign policy observers during last three years of the first Bush administration. And at the onset of Bushs second term, assessing the new ideological/realist balance in the foreign policy team is the main topic of Washingtons foreign policy community. The presidents nomination of Condoleezza Rice and her selection of Robert Zoellick as her top deputy indicate that the ultra-hawks and neocon foreign policy revolutionaries wont ...
Neoconservative 'Hopes, Prays' Bush Will Bomb Iran
Post Date: 2007-05-30 11:15:34 by Brian S
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In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, prominent neoconservative Norman Podhoretz writes that he 'hopes' and 'prays' that President Bush will bomb Iran. "Although many persist in denying it, I continue to believe that what Sept 11, 2001, did was to plunge us headlong into nothing less than another world war," writes the editor-at-large of Commentary, who also sits on the Council on Foreign Relations. "I call this new war World War IV, because I also believe that what is generally known as the Cold War was actually World War III, and that this one bears a closer resemblance to that great conflict than it does to World War II." Podhoretz believes that "the ...
Internet Gossip Monger Matt Drudge Blasts Olbermann As A ‘Phony’
Post Date: 2007-05-29 19:19:46 by Brian S
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On his Sunday night radio program, Matt Drudge blasted Keith Olbermann as a “phony,” calling him “complete and utter camp.” Drudge — the operator of the right-wing pseudo news site Drudge Report — was talking about the Venezuelan government’s shutdown of the country’s oldest private TV station when he veered the discussion into a hit piece on Olbermann. “When we start hearing that the National Guard is seizing television stations, alright then I’m on board,” Drudge said. “Then I’m on board, Olbermann. Until then, it’s all pancake, makeup, and Edward R. Murrow ‘good night and good luck’ and…complete and ...
JFK and the Diem Coup
Post Date: 2007-05-26 18:57:36 by YertleTurtle
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By 1963, about mid-way through America's involvement in the wars of Vietnam, the policymakers of the Kennedy administration felt trapped between the horns of a dilemma. South Vietnam, the part of the former state of Vietnam which the United States supported, remained in the throes of a civil war between the anti-communist government the U.S. favored and communist guerrillas backed by North Vietnam. Government forces could not seem to get a handle on how to cope with the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, as the communist movement was known. American military and intelligence agencies disputed progress in the war. While denying journalists' observations that the United ...
Gas prices finally retreat
Post Date: 2007-05-25 17:18:47 by Esso
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Modest decline in gas prices ends streak of a dozen consecutive record highs heading into Memorial Day holiday. By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer May 25 2007: 4:00 PM EDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Gas prices may have finally topped out just ahead of the Memorial Day holiday as a modest decline in the average price ended a streak of 12 days of record highs. It's unlikely the estimated 32 million drivers who will be hitting the road for the traditional start of the summer driving season will notice the savings, though, as the AAA survey Friday showed prices down only 0.2 cents to $3.225. That decline will only save 4 cents for someone paying $64.50 to buy 20 gallons of ...
Republican Leader John Boehner Weeps Like A Baby When Talking About The "War On Terror"
Post Date: 2007-05-24 22:28:08 by Brian S
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Neil Cavuto Uses His "Business" Show to Prime Pump for War on Iran
Post Date: 2007-05-24 12:45:31 by Brian S
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Neil Cavuto has used his "business show" over the past week to unabashedly promote the concept of a unilateral strike against Iran either by the United States or Israel. He scheduled a plethora of guests, all sounding alarms about Iran, the Europeans, Al Qaeda, Lebanon, Syria, etc. These terror warnings are designed to send FOX viewers' blood pressure soaring and hearts racing. However, I believe they have a darker purpose. And so I ask this question (along with millions of other patriotic Americans): Is FOX News acting in concert with the Bush administration to set the stage for an imminent attack on Iran either by America or Israel? With video. Last Wednesday, May 16th, ...
House passes gas price-gouging bill
Post Date: 2007-05-24 10:48:21 by Esso
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The profiteering bill aims at preventing gas stations from running up prices that are 'unconscionably excessive.' May 23 2007: 4:09 PM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Democrat-led House approved legislation Wednesday that would give the Federal Trade Commission more authority to probe price profiteering from gasoline and other refined products. With average U.S. pump prices at an all-time, inflation-adjusted high of $3.22 a gallon, the House voted 284-141 for the "Federal Price Gouging Protection Act," which bans sellers from charging prices that are "unconscionably excessive," or take "unfair advantage" of consumers. It was the second ...
Gas price spike longest on record
Post Date: 2007-05-24 10:32:52 by Esso
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Gallon of gas tops $3.22 for 11th straight record high day; 20th day above $3. By Chris Isidore, http://CNNMoney.com senior writer May 23 2007: 8:10 AM EDT NEW YORK http://(CNNMoney.com) -- The 11th straight day of record high gas prices Wednesday resulted in a new measure of pain for the nation's drivers -- the longest stretch of time with gas above $3 a gallon, according a closely-watched daily survey. And relief is no where in sight heading into the Memorial Day holiday that marks the start of the summer driving season. Prices continue to rise in most of the country, as the Midwest saw prices soar a nickel or more a gallon in one day in several states. The latest reading from ...
Neo-Cons To Plot Iran Strategy Amid Caribbean Luxury
Post Date: 2007-05-23 22:42:36 by Brian S
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For those of you who may be visiting the Bahamas next week, you may want to check out a private, off-the-record meeting of Gulf and Middle East specialists of a rather narrow ideological bent at Westin’s luxurious Our Lucaya Resort on Grand Bahama Island. The meeting takes place May 30 to June 1. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a neo-conservative group created two days after the 9/11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon, is holding what it calls “a policy workshop” during Congress’ Memorial Day recess, no doubt to plot strategy for moving U.S. policy toward Iran in a direction compatible with its confrontational views. The workshop, entitled ...
Bush: Bin Laden Tried to Start Iraq Unit
Post Date: 2007-05-23 12:39:43 by Eoghan
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Bush Says Bin Laden Was Working in 2005 to Set Up a Unit Inside Iraq to Hit U.S. Targets President Bush, stressing that Americans face an ongoing threat from terrorists, shared intelligence on Wednesday asserting that Osama bin Laden was working in 2005 to set up a unit inside Iraq to hit U.S. targets. Much of the information Bush cited in a commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy described terrorism plots already revealed, but he fleshed out details and highlighted U.S. successes in foiling planned attacks. Bush said that intelligence showed that in January 2005, bin Laden tasked Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, his senior operative in Iraq, to set up the cell to use Iraq as a staging ...
Another Big Gas Price Hike Dogs Motorists in Northeast Indiana
Post Date: 2007-05-23 04:43:15 by Esso
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Fort Wayne, IN - Price Hits $3.59 a Gallon at Service Stations Across Fort Wayne Another big increase in gas prices across the area Tuesday, causing customers to scramble for a fill up before painful price hikes kicked in. The price for unleaded regular at many Fort Wayne service stations now on the brink of $3.60 a gallon. The price for regular unleaded January 26th was $1.99 here in the city. If you filled up an SUV with a 25-gallon tank Tuesday at $3.59 a gallon, you would pay an extra $40.00 for the same amount of gas. It's a situation that's causing gas customers to go into survival mode. What is the world coming to? At the Meijer station on Illinois Road noon-time, ...
Decline and fall of the neocons; Wolfowitz’s departure signals end of an ideological era...
Post Date: 2007-05-19 20:57:36 by Brian S
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As Tony Blair was bidding farewell to President George W Bush in the Rose Garden on Thursday, the World Bank was preparing to kick out Paul Wolfowitz as president. Allies to the left and right in the Iraq war were falling by the wayside that day. Was he responsible for Blair’s departure from office, Bush was asked. There had to be a reason why a prime minister who had never lost an election was being dumped. “Could be . . . I don’t know,” the president mused above the distant chant of war protesters outside the White House gates. And what did he make of Wolfowitz’s likely resignation? “I respect him a lot and I’m sorry it has come to this,” Bush ...
Damned Shame When Depeche Mode has more sense than BAC
Post Date: 2007-05-18 00:29:11 by innieway
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Melanie Morgan kicked off Lehrer Report after meltdown
Post Date: 2007-05-17 22:02:18 by Mekons4
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T Send to a friend Print Version NewsHour hosted Melanie Morgan on Iraq war despite her history of misinformation and smears Summary: PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer hosted a segment on grassroots groups seeking to influence Iraq policy that included conservative radio host and Move America Forward chairman Melanie Morgan, whose history of false, misleading and unsubstantiated claims regarding the Iraq war went unmentioned during the segment, as did her numerous smears. On the May 8 edition of PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, correspondent Judy Woodruff hosted a segment titled "Grassroots Groups Seek to Influence Iraq Policy" featuring Jon Soltz, co-founder and ...
Breaking: Wolfowitz Out
Post Date: 2007-05-17 21:11:14 by Ferret Mike
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no article yet, just the headline
Cheney lawyer: Client is immune from ALL lawsuits
Post Date: 2007-05-17 18:13:04 by Mekons4
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Attorneys for Vice President Cheney and top White House officials told a federal judge today they cannot be held liable for anything they disclosed to reporters about covert CIA officer Valerie Plame or her husband, former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV. The officials, who include senior White House adviser Karl Rove and Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, argued that the judge should dismiss a lawsuit filed by Wilson that stemmed from the disclosure of Plame's identity to the media. More on the Libby Trial The perjury trial of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff calls up high-profile witnesses. * Evidence Entered in Trial Government ...
Is BeAChooser the new disrupter named 'pinfish' ar LP? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-05-16 23:07:07 by Ferret Mike
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Title: Ron Paul Is A Fool Source: >http://mikeaustin.org URL Source: >http://mikeaustin.org/thereturnofscipio/2007/05/16/ron-paul-is-a-fool/ Published: May 16, 2007 Author: >http://mikeaustin.org Post Date: 2007-05-16 21:13:54 by pinfish 19 Comments Ron Paul said something entirely foolish last night. It should be enough to remove him from all consideration as a candidate for the presidency. Here is what Paul said about 9/11. They attack us because we’ve been over there. We’ve been bombing Iraq for 10 years… Right now, we’re building an embassy in Iraq that is bigger than the Vatican. We’re building 14 permanent bases. What would we say here if China ...
Fox News Rigs Entire Debate To Savagely Attack Ron Paul
Post Date: 2007-05-16 15:48:39 by Esso
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Fox News Rigs Entire Debate To Savagely Attack Ron Paul Texas Congressman targeted by Giuliani, Hannity & Colmes as pre-screened audience applause torture and warmongering, Fox limits post-election polls to three hours and no Internet voting yet Paul still successful Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Wednesday, May 16, 2007 In a sickening display of cronyism and as a consequence of the sheer terror elicited amongst the establishment after his previous success, Fox News rigged last night's entire presidential debate in a crass effort to smear Ron Paul - yet the Texas Congressman still beat Rudy Giuliani in Fox's own poll. If you thought the MSNBC debate was somewhat unfair ...
Bill targeting anti-war T-shirt goes to governor
Post Date: 2007-05-16 13:38:02 by Ferret Mike
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PHOENIX -- State lawmakers voted Monday to enact new laws designed to stop the sale of anti-war T-shirts with the names of dead soldiers -- a measure a veteran media lawyer says is "unconstitutional about three or four different ways." On a 28-0 margin, the Senate agreed to make it punishable by up to a year in jail to use the names of deceased soldiers to help sell goods. The measure, SB 1014, also would let families go to court to stop the sales and collect damages. Dan Frazier, a Flagstaff businessman who is selling the T-shirts that have caused all the fuss, told Capitol Media Services he doesn't intend to halt the sale of the $20 shirts even if Gov. Janet Napolitano ...
Gonzales finally "recalls" something, but gets it wrong.
Post Date: 2007-05-15 21:37:35 by robin
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May 15, 2007 -- Gonzales finally "recalls" something, but gets it wrong. Speaking at a National Press Club breakfast this morning, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, who announced yesterday that he would resign, was involved in preparing the list of U.S. Attorneys to be fired in the wake of George W. Bush's re-election in 2004. There is only one problem with Gonzales' attempt to shift blame to McNulty. The preparation of the U.S. Attorney "hit list" began in February 2005 by Gonzales' Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson. McNulty did not take over as Deputy Attorney General until March 17, 2006, long after the list was ...
Bush Met With Dobson And Conservative Christian Leaders To Rally Support For Iran Policy
Post Date: 2007-05-14 19:56:57 by Brian S
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President George W. Bush met privately with Focus on the Family Founder and Chairman James Dobson and approximately a dozen Christian right leaders last week to rally support for his policies on Iraq, Iran and the so-called "war on terror." “I was invited to go to Washington DC to meet with President Bush in the White House along with 12 or 13 other leaders of the pro-family movement," Dobson disclosed on his radio program Monday. “And the topic of the discussion that day was Iraq, Iran and international terrorism. And we were together for 90 minutes and it was very enlightening and in some ways disturbing too." Details of the meeting were disclosed by Dobson ...
Bin Laden alive, keeping low profile: Afghan rebel
Post Date: 2007-05-13 18:38:07 by Diana
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DUBAI (Reuters) - An anti-U.S. Afghan rebel leader said he had information that Osama bin Laden is alive but keeping a low profile by not issuing statements, according to a video aired on Sunday. The al Qaeda leader's long silence has fuelled speculation that the world's most-wanted fugitive may have died. "Based on information I have, I believe Osama is alive," said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose forces operate in southeastern Afghanistan near Pakistan, in the undated video broadcast on Al Arabiya television. His remarks were dubbed into Arabic. "I also believe that it is good that he ... does not appear in the media, and that it is wise that no statements or tapes ...
Bush Playfully Conducts Orchestra in Va.
Post Date: 2007-05-13 17:24:24 by Ferret Mike
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JAMESTOWN, Va. (AP) -- JoAnn Falletta was doing what a conductor should -- concentrating on the orchestra in front of her. No wonder it took her a few seconds on Sunday to realize someone behind her was motioning for a try. President Bush. ''Smiling at me kind of devilishly,'' Falletta said. She gave him her baton and stepped aside. Gesturing exuberantly, the president led the orchestra during part of its performance of ''Stars and Stripes Forever.'' ''We didn't expect him to know the score so well,'' Falletta said afterward. ''He was not shy about conducting at all. He conducted with a great deal of panache.'' That ...
SWAT Overkill: The Danger of a Paramilitary Police Force
Post Date: 2007-05-13 16:53:19 by Ferret Mike
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In a guest editorial, law professor and http://instapundit.com blogger Glenn Reynolds argues that overagressive tactics and surplus military gear have turned some police units into a dangerous menace. SOLDIERS AND POLICE are supposed to be different. Soldiers are aimed at enemies from outside the country. They are trained to kill those enemies, and their supporters. In fact, “killing people and breaking things” are their main reasons for existence. Police look inward. They’re supposed to protect their fellow citizens from criminals, and to maintain order with a minimum of force. It’s the difference between Audie Murphy and Andy Griffith. But nowadays, police are ...
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