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Bed-wetter Nation
Post Date: 2007-09-25 22:41:03 by kiki
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Here's a big question that I want to start addressing in upcoming posts: what is conservative rule doing to our nation's soul? How is it rewiring our hearts and minds? What kind of damage are they doing to the American character? And can we ever recover? So: what is the American character? Hard to say, of course. But I daresay we know it when we see it. Let me put before you an illustrative example: one week in September of 1959, when, much like one week in September of 2007, American soil supported a visit by what many, if not most Americans agreed was the most evil and dangerous man on the planet. Nikita Khrushchev disembarked from his plane at Andrews Air Force Base to a 21-gun ...
Economy Sends Off Warning Flares
Post Date: 2007-09-25 20:50:13 by tom007
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Economy Sends Off Warning Flares Tuesday September 25, 6:10 pm ET By Philana Patterson, AP Business Writer Consumer Confidence Falls, Home Sales Slump, Auguring Trouble for Holiday Shopping Season NEW YORK (AP) -- Crumbling consumer confidence and slumping home sales could prove to be a bad combination for retailers, and for the broader economy going into the holiday shopping season, if the labor market contracts further and chokes off spending, economic data showed Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT click here But markets took some heart from the warning signs, hoping that they would goad the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates more. Worries about jobs and the economy flared in September, ...
Iranians decry harsh words for president
Post Date: 2007-09-25 20:17:45 by tom007
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Iranians decry harsh words for president By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 4 minutes ago TEHRAN, Iran - Iranians expressed dismay Tuesday at the tough reception given to their president in New York, saying his host was rude and only fueled the image of the United States as a bully. ADVERTISEMENT The scenes at Monday's question-and-answer session at Columbia University and the outpouring of venom toward President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by protesters during his U.S. visit could bolster the hard-line leader at a time of high tensions with Washington. Columbia President Lee Bollinger's statement — including telling Ahmadinejad that he resembles a "petty and ...
Fabricated fears about hate crime legislation
Post Date: 2007-09-25 20:03:11 by Dakmar
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AMERICANS who understand basic principles of justice have no problems with the hate crime bill known as the Matthew Shepard Act. This legislation, now awaiting a vote in the Senate, would finally protect the many citizens who are targeted for violence simply because of their sexual orientation and gender identity, and it would provide law enforcement the necessary resources to investigate bias-fueled brutality. Unfortunately, some clergy across the nation have joined together to oppose this bill in an aggressive and divisive manner. For instance, conservative African-American leaders - most notably Bishop Harry Jackson of Maryland's Hope Christian Church - have been inundating the ...
Buchanan: Infantile Nation
Post Date: 2007-09-25 16:23:54 by Brian S
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Does this generation possess the gravitas to lead the world? Considering the hysteria that greeted the request of Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to lay a wreath at Ground Zero, the answer is no. What is it about this tiny man that induces such irrationality? Answer: He is president of a nation that is a "state sponsor of terror," that is seeking nuclear weapons, and is moving munitions to the Taliban and insurgents in Iraq. But Libya was a "state sponsor of terror," and Col. Gadhafi was responsible for Pan Am 103, the Lockerbie massacre of school kids coming home for Christmas. And President Bush secretly negotiated a renewal of relations in return for Gadhafi giving ...
George W. Bush's Thug Nation
Post Date: 2007-09-24 13:09:30 by Brian S
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On a global level, the world reads about trigger-happy Blackwater ''security contractors'' mowing down civilians in Baghdad... Inside the United States, too, a police-state mentality is taking hold.... police from Capitol Hill to college campuses are treating vocal disagreement as grounds for violently ''taking down'' citizens. by Robert Parry, (Consortium News) It’s said that over time Presidents – especially two-termers – imbue the nation with their personalities and priorities, for good or ill. If that’s true, it could help explain the small-minded mean-spiritedness that seems to be pervading the behavior of the United States these ...
The Sino-Russian Alliance: Challenging America's Ambitions in Eurasia
Post Date: 2007-09-24 12:51:48 by robin
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The Sino-Russian Alliance: Challenging America's Ambitions in EurasiaBy Mahdi Darius NazemroayaGlobal Research, September 23, 2007 “But if the middle space [Russia and the former Soviet Union] rebuffs the West [the European Union and America], becomes an assertive single entity, and either gains control over the South [Middle East] or forms an alliance with the major Eastern actor [China], then America’s primacy in Eurasia shrinks dramatically. The same would be the case if the two major Eastern players were somehow to unite. Finally, any ejection of America by its Western partners [the Franco-German entente] from its perch on the western periphery [Europe] would ...
Paul Craig Roberts- America Is No More
Post Date: 2007-09-23 00:56:46 by Zipporah
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America Is No More By Paul Craig Roberts 2 commentsAmerica Is No More By Paul Craig Roberts 09/18/07 "ICH" --- — Naïve Americans who think they live in a free society should watch this video filmed by students at a John Kerry speech September 17, Constitution Day, at the University of Florida in Gainesville. At the conclusion of Kerry’s speech, Andrew Meyer, a 21-year old journalism student was selected by Senator Kerry to ask a question. Meyer held up a copy of BBC investigative reporter Greg Palast’s book, Armed Madhouse, and asked if Kerry was aware that Palast’s investigations determined that Kerry had actually won the election. Why, Meyer asked, ...
The Wørd: Colbert on Blackwater
Post Date: 2007-09-21 17:15:18 by robin
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The Wørd: Colbert on Blackwater By: Nicole Belle on Friday, September 21st, 2007 at 1:03 PM - PDT Download (645) | Play (931) Stephen Colbert explains how to control a force like Blackwater. Speaking of controlling forces, the Guardian UK reports that Blackwater has “resumed” duties in Baghdad.
The Naked Fist Of Empire
Post Date: 2007-09-21 16:37:28 by robin
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That ancient grudge of Imperial power is finally beginning to play its hold cards: The coming week will not be pretty. Now we know where Cheney's secret and secure locations really are, and where they have been for far too long. He is supposed to be a Vice- President of this country isn't he!Yet we can clearly see what his shuttle diplomacy to Saudi Arabia has always been about. It is of course impossible to know, with certainty, very much about this because everything is SECRET yet it appears that the Vice-President of the United States has been betting against the American dollar. If Cheney disagrees all he need do is show us his books."Saudi Arabia has refused to ...
Bonds: Man who bought record-breaking home run ball is an 'idiot'
Post Date: 2007-09-19 18:27:33 by tom007
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Bonds: Man who bought record-breaking home run ball is an 'idiot' September 19, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Barry Bonds said the man who bought his 756th home run ball and announced plans to let the public decide its fate is an "idiot." Fashion designer Marc Ecko had the winning bid Saturday in the online auction for the ball that Bonds hit last month to break Hank Aaron's record of 755 home runs. The final selling price was $752,467, well above most predictions. ADVERTISEMENT Ecko, 35, has set up a Web site that lets visitors vote on three options for the ball: give it to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, brand it with an asterisk before sending it to Cooperstown ...
The Victor?
Post Date: 2007-09-19 16:21:22 by robin
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The Victor? While the President contrasts the promise of democracy in Iraq with the tyranny in Iran, there is now substantially more personal freedom in Iran than in southern Iraq. Peter Galbraith September 19 , 2007 [This essay appears in the October 11, 2007 issue of the New York Review of Books and is posted here with the kind permission of the editors of that magazine.] 1. In his continuing effort to bolster support for the Iraq war, President Bush traveled to Reno, Nevada, on August 28 to speak to the annual convention of the American Legion. He emphatically warned of the Iranian threat should the United States withdraw from Iraq. Said the President, "For all ...
Absolut Corruption
Post Date: 2007-09-19 11:21:51 by angle
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9/17/07 After the filth murdered the Wellstones, I knew that we were under a Nazi regime and that soon we would all be dead. At that point I just assumed I was dead, like any experienced combat soldier. I put signs in my car windows that say “Bush ordered 91183; or “Republicans Return to Their Own Vomit”, etc. Since I live in Wyoming, I figured that I would be murdered in short order, but so far I’m fine, after 4 years of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable. If you put good hateful signs in your windows, you outflank the crook media, and cell phones often do the rest. The only way to counter demoralization, which is the stock and trade of the ...
More than 1,000,000 Iraqis murdereed
Post Date: 2007-09-19 09:10:09 by Zoroaster
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LATEST NEWS: from bbc.co.uk who we are what we do our people innovation experience our clients >Home / Newsroom Newsroom The ORB Group Client Area Username: Password: Contact us 34 Bedford Row London WC1R 4JH T: +44 (0) 207 611 5270 F: +44 (0) 207 430 0658 BACK TO NEWS ARTICLES LIST September 2007 - More than 1,000,000 Iraqis murdered In the week in which General Patraeus reports back to US Congress on the impact the recent ‘surge’ is having in Iraq, a new poll reveals that more than 1,000,000 Iraqi citizens have been murdered since the invasion took place in 2003. Previous estimates, most noticeably the one published in the Lancet in October 2006, suggested almost ...
The Real Bush Record - Alan Greenspan discounts our fiscal success story. [Cheney op-ed]
Post Date: 2007-09-19 04:47:34 by mirage
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In his new book, "The Age of Turbulence," my longtime friend Alan Greenspan argues that President Bush's economic and budget policies have been fiscally irresponsible. I've known and admired Alan for years, and I believe he was a great chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. But I think his assessment is off the mark. Alan tells of his first meeting with then President-elect Bush on Dec. 18, 2000, at the Madison Hotel in Washington. I recall this breakfast meeting very well, especially Alan's comments on the state of the economy. The Fed chairman told the president-elect and our team that America faced the real possibility of a recession in the wake of the collapse of ...
Considering Mr. Mukasey
Post Date: 2007-09-18 23:30:40 by kiki
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Michael Mukasey, President Bush’s nominee to be attorney general, is being promoted as a “consensus choice,” which is meant to signal the Senate that it should be grateful and confirm him without delay. Mr. Mukasey is clearly better than some of the “loyal Bushies” whose names had been floated, but that should not decide the matter. The Senate needs to question him closely about troubling aspects of his record, and make sure he is willing to take the tough steps necessary to repair a very damaged Justice Department. Mr. Mukasey has attributes that could make him a good attorney general. He has been a lawyer and federal district court judge in New York, where he ...
Rudy says he's liberals' 'worst nightmare'
Post Date: 2007-09-18 22:56:30 by tom007
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Rudy says he's liberals' 'worst nightmare' By: Mike Allen Sep 18, 2007 11:53 AM EST SAVE Digg Shown on del.icio.us del.icio.us See Whos Talking About This on Technorati Technorati I've Reddit reddit SHARE COMMENT PRINT EMAIL RECOMMEND Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign is up with a radio ad in Iowa claming he is liberals’ “worst nightmare” — an effort to get early voters to think ahead to November when they caucus in January. The spot, called “Nightmare,” shows that last week’s http://MoveOn.org ad bashing Army Gen. David Petraeus is the gift that keeps on giving for Republicans. http://“MoveOn.org is the most powerful ...
US security firm ordered to leave Iraq after shooting
Post Date: 2007-09-18 22:52:27 by tom007
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US security firm ordered to leave Iraq after shooting CRITICAL COMPANY: With an investigation under way into the deaths of eight civilians, a top judge said that Blackwater USA could be prosecuted in an Iraqi court AP, BAGHDAD Wednesday, Sep 19, 2007, Page 1 The Iraqi government announced it was ordering Blackwater USA, the security firm that protects US diplomats, to leave the country after what it said was the fatal shooting of eight Iraqi civilians following a car bomb attack against a US State Department convoy. The order on Monday by the Interior Ministry, if carried out, would deal a severe blow to US government operations in Iraq by stripping diplomats, engineers, reconstruction ...
Editorial: America and the Iraq ‘oil grab’
Post Date: 2007-09-18 22:46:02 by tom007
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Editorial: America and the Iraq ‘oil grab’ Former head of the US Federal Reserve and economic guru commanding bipartisan reverence for his grasp of the national economy, Mr Alan Greenspan has put the cat among the pigeons in Washington by saying in his latest book The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World that “the Iraq war was about oil”. His exact words were: “I’m saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows — the Iraq war is largely about oil”. When the Administration reacted angrily, Mr Greenspan himself found it “politically inconvenient” to stick to his clear pronouncement, but his ...
Dept. of Misdirection: With Iraq a Disaster, GOP Goes Crazy Over a Newspaper Ad
Post Date: 2007-09-18 13:08:52 by kiki
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Does anybody really believe the problem with the war in Iraq is too much questioning of those in authority, too much bluntness, and not enough deference to those who have been in charge of the war for the last four years? That's apparently the feeling of all the conservative talk-show hosts and GOP presidential candidates who came down with the vapors over the MoveOn ad that had the temerity to question Gen. David Petraeus. Tens of thousands of dead civilians, nearly 4,000 dead American soldiers, half a billion dollars spent, and the squandering of America's moral authority -- none of that seems to have ruffled their feathers very much. But the ad? Now that has got them royally ...
Iraq expels American security firm
Post Date: 2007-09-17 17:44:35 by tom007
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Iraq expels American security firm By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer 40 minutes ago BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government Monday ordered Blackwater USA, the security firm that protects U.S. diplomats, to stop work and leave the country after the fatal shooting of eight Iraqi civilians following a car bomb attack against a State Department convoy. ADVERTISEMENT The order by the Interior Ministry, if carried out, would deal a severe blow to U.S. government operations in Iraq by stripping diplomats, engineers, reconstruction officials and others of their security protection. The presence of so many visible, aggressive Western security contractors has angered many Iraqis, who consider ...
Blackwater: Banned in Iraq? (Updated Yet Again)
Post Date: 2007-09-17 17:41:48 by tom007
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Blackwater: Banned in Iraq? (Updated Yet Again) By Sharon Weinberger EmailSeptember 17, 2007 | 4:11:00 PMCategories: Mercs After a car bomb sparked a deadly shooting in Baghdad, the Iraqi government announced it would ban uber-merc outfit private security contractor Blackwater from operating in Iraq, according to a news report: Carbomb Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul-Karim Khalaf said eight civilians were killed and 13 were wounded when contractors believed to be working for Blackwater USA opened fire in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of western Baghdad. "We have canceled the license of Blackwater and prevented them from working all over Iraqi territory. We will also refer ...
Tom007 Has been in Louisiana due to Family Matters and Has been Watching Cable Tonight And
Post Date: 2007-09-16 22:41:55 by tom007
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If Americans are the target of these shows and commercials there is something profoundly wrong with our national discourse. For example, the least laughable show on right now, out of 99 or so channels, is a moderated discussion between Kerry and McCain. Naturally Iraq was the focus. Naturally Kerry said this General said this McCain said that General said that, Bla Bla Bla. No mention of the US idiotic support of Israel's brutal extreamist Lukid parties Jewish superiority racist policies that are the spark of the US involvement of the mess that has consumed Billions of dollars of the American's sweat and blood? None. Did I mention NONE????????????????????? As if we are ...
Movie 'Zeitgeist' - Illuminati Critique Or Psy-Op?
Post Date: 2007-09-16 22:06:41 by robin
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Throughout history, paganism and true religion have struggled for the soul of mankind. This age-old battle is drawing to a close with a magnificent victory for paganism. For the naïve populace, this collective death march is masked as "secular humanism," and "modernism." It is directed and financed by Illuminati central bankers, who are the leaders of cabalistic secret societies associated with Freemasonry and Communism. (see "Rothschilds Conduct Red Symphony" http://www.savethemales.ca/000275.html) They wish to redefine reality so that the human race will serve them instead of God. This is the essence of the "New World Order." In this ...
Greenspan attacks Bush; Iraq was about the oil (on 60 Minutes soon)
Post Date: 2007-09-16 18:22:05 by Mekons4
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AMERICA’s elder statesman of finance, Alan Greenspan, has shaken the White House by declaring that the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil. In his long-awaited memoir, to be published tomorrow, Greenspan, a Republican whose 18-year tenure as head of the US Federal Reserve was widely admired, will also deliver a stinging critique of President George W Bush’s economic policies. However, it is his view on the motive for the 2003 Iraq invasion that is likely to provoke the most controversy. “I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil,” he says. Greenspan, 81, is understood to believe that ...
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