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Kennedy: Bush Worst President For Environment
Southwest Times Record Fri, 27 Apr 2007 7:38 AM PDT
CLARKSVILLE ? Environmental attorney and activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday
criticized President Bush, big
business, coal-burning plants and what he calls the right-wing media in his talk about
the eroding environment.
In his speech following Earth Day weekend, Kennedy pointed to a connection between the
environment and Democracy and
urged the public to examine what is going on around them instead of depending on the
news media to inform them through
talk radio and Fox news and other media outlets that are now run by five major
corporations.
http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2007/04/27/news/news02.txt
Republican Candidates Weak on War on Terror
Mitt Romney Says Catching Bin Laden “Not Worth It”
DNC Press
Washington, DC – By telling the Associated Press that catching Bin Laden “is not worth
moving heaven and earth,” Mitt
Romney crystallized exactly why Republican presidential candidates are weak on the war
on terror, and why America needs
real and strong leadership in the White House. [AP, 4/26/07] Romney’s comments in New
Hampshire on Thursday parallel
the Bush Administration’s decisions to back down from catching Bin Laden less than six
months after September 11, 2001,
relegating the war on terror and the war in Afghanistan to second tier status, choosing
to initiate a war with Iraq
under false pretenses, and failing to fund and support basic security measures
recommended by the 9/11 Commission.
Romney is not alone, however, in the field of Republican presidential candidates.
Republican candidate Rudy Giuliani
was Mayor of New York City for almost the entire time between the first bombing of the
World Trade Center in 1993 and
Osama Bin Laden’s attacks on September 11, 2001. During the entire time, Giuliani
refused to implement measures to
improve radio interoperability for first responders, cited as a major problem by the
commission that investigated the
first attack, and which failed our first responders on 9/11. Giuliani also admitted he
did not know how the Bush-McCain
esclation was going in Iraq, nor how much further along Iran and North Korea were with
the development of nuclear
weapons. Romney, Giuliani, and McCain have all also stubbornly backed the President’s
failed strategy in Iraq, with
McCain leading the charge for the Bush-McCain escalation that has yielded minimal
results. [New York Times, 4/7/07; AP,
4/24/07; South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 10/1/06; Washington Post, McCain op-ed, 4/8/07; New
York Magazine, 3/26/07; Mitt
Romney on "The Big Show," Fox News Channel, 4/3/07]
It seems Mitt Romney and his Republican cohorts need to be reminded that Osama Bin Laden
was the mastermind behind the
September 11th attack on America,” said Democratic National Committee Communications
Director Karen Finney. “Calling
off the hunt for Bin Laden and downgrading the real war on terror in favor of starting a
war in Iraq under false
pretenses has made America less safe. The American people want strong leadership, not
more of the same bumbling and
disastrous foreign policy the Bush Administration has made infamous.”
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/234
As If Bush Hasn’t Screwed Up Our Nation Enough: “The worst economic growth in four years
is raising concern that
troubles in the U.S. housing market will spread and throw the country into a recession
before the year is out.”
Economy crawls, raising recession fears
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy;_ylt=AuNWoKrRBRwT27mfp8IHwD
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Ex-C.I.A. Chief, in Book, Assails Cheney on Iraq
WASHINGTON, April 26 — George J. Tenet, the former director of central intelligence, has
lashed out against Vice
President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials in a new book, saying they
pushed the country to war in
Iraq without ever conducting a “serious debate” about whether Saddam Hussein posed an
imminent threat to the United
States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/washington/27intel.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnn
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An active-duty Army officer is publishing a blistering attack on U.S. generals, saying
they have botched the war in
Iraq and misled Congress about the situation. 4/27
Army Officer Accuses Generals of ‘Intellectual and Moral Failures’
Yingling’s comments are especially striking because his unit’s performance in securing
the northwestern Iraqi city of
Tall Afar was cited by President Bush in a March 2006 speech and provided the model for
the new security plan underway
in Baghdad.
He also holds a high profile for a lieutenant colonel: He attended the Army’s elite
School for Advanced Military
Studies and has written for one of the Army’s top professional journals, Military Review.
The article, “General Failure,” is to be published today in Armed Forces Journal and is
posted at
http://www.armedforcesjournal.com. Its appearance signals the public emergence of a
split inside the military between
younger, mid-career officers and the top brass.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/26/AR2007042602230.html
U.S. media have lost the will to dig deep
A changed news culture has let several important investigative stories slip through the
cracks.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-
palast27apr27,1,200401.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi, (R-AZ) could resign from Congress as early as today in the wake of
a federal investigation into
his involvement in a federal land swap deal and FBI raids of an insurance agency owned
by his wife.; Let’s get all the
corrupt Republicans to resign 4/28
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/04/23/daily47.html
M (Johnson) Tschudy: Give Them Enough Rope
We are seeing the true motives and values of the Republicons as they argue for the Bush
Administration and against the
Constitution and the rule of law.
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/968
McCain Jests About Putting An IED Under The Desk On ‘The Daily Show’ — Verse-Case
Scenario by Tony Peyser
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Fri, 04/27/2007 – 10:07am. Tony Peyser
If John really thinks this is funny & proper
I hope that this provokes
A lot of the late-night comedy guys to start
Telling Hanoi Hilton jokes
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/peyser/454
Shirley Smith: A Dog’s Life Under the Bush GOP?
Anyone who has ever been in sales has probably been taught about the “puppy dog sale,”
and Bush did use it to start
the invasion into Iraq.
Whatever a salesperson is selling, when they ask a person to take the product, use it
for a while and then decide …
like a cute little doggy, they get used to it and many will keep it.
Bush did this when he sold the Congress on giving him what he calls permission to use
his own judgment, and what I
call a worthless piece of paper knowing Bush’s judgment … but, after Bush invaded
Iraq, he knew the US would be stuck
with his product because they would feel that they couldn’t take it back. But, that is
exactly what Congress needs to
do. The US cannot help the Iraqi people by occupying their country.
Does the President think terrorists are puppy dogs? He keeps saying that terrorists will
“follow us home” like lost
dogs. This will only happen, however, he says, if we “lose” in Iraq.
Put Bush’s ‘puppy dog’ terror theory to sleep -
Bush keeps bringing up the threat of al Qaeda and compares them to dogs following him
home, when actually they
followed Bush into Iraq. Maybe he should have thought about that before he invaded Iraq
where no al Qaeda existed under
the dictatorship of Saddam. And, today, due to Bush’s invasion and war for profit,
people, American military, and Iraqi
men, women, and children are “dying like dogs.”
Congress should take another look at themselves and at who they are following and why.
It’s never too late. The US
military can leave Iraq and there will be no reason for the hostility. The International
community can step in. The
people of Iraq, for once, deserve to be the forefront in people’s minds, not al Qaeda or
some other threat that
Republicans can think up. It’s maddening to think that this country is falling into the
same traps (one after another)
that other countries have fallen into when being taken over by a hostile, authoritarian
government. (Germany)
Bush will never change. He is not a leader. He is a dictator. There is no earthly reason
for the US to be in Iraq
today or for four years to the day, other than to be the trained dogs that Bush wishes
to obey him and to ask him no
questions (and he’ll tell you no lies) … just give him the money and follow him. And,
after this slaughter is over,
Bush will blame the Democrats, whatever they do.
Republicans should not be government leaders, and past leaders have also proven this,
because they cannot take the
responsibility for their own actions, and they believe in violence as a way to solve
differences, somehow this is
thought of as being conservative. Just listen to every GOP talking bobble head, always
accusing, talking in vile
language, and shifting the blame onto others for their own abusive actions. In our
airports today if anyone mumbles
some kind of threat they are arrested, yet these Republican talking heads can talk about
assassinations, threats of
violence and nothing happens. Is there any question about what would happen if a
Democrat ever made such threats, while
Republicans are in the White House?
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/smith/178
The marvelously motley GOP crew
I almost feel sorry for Republican voters. Almost. The GOP’s presidential line-up ranges
from the obscure to the
meanspirited to the befuddled to the has-been, and — happy days — the base can’t be
happy.
Then there is the current front-runner — he of tediously recycled fear mongering.
Giuliani must be borrowing some of
McCain’s consultants, because he seems oblivious to the scoop that the fear-mongering
dog has largely stopped hunting.
His would-be White House predecessor has done run that poor animal to exhaustion.
http://pmcarpenter.blogs.com/p_m_carpenters_commentary/2007/04/the_marvelously.html
Bush Lied, Soldiers Keep Dying.
3,337 U.S. Military Fatalities in Iraq
382 U.S. Military Fatalities in Afghanistan
24,912 U.S. Military Maimed in Iraq (source: DoD Update as of April 25, 2007)
68,593 Iraqis Reported Killed (source: Iraq Body Count)
655,000 Iraqis Reported Killed (source: The Lancet)
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April 28, 2007
It is Like Liar’s Poker Played Out With Real Lives and the Bluster of People Playing
With Empty Hands and a Full Tank
of Thuggishness: “The White House Scales Back Talk of Iraq Progress.” Excuse us, and the
Dems are Rumored to be Ready
to “Compromise” on War Funding and Allowing Bush/Cheney to Endlessly Use GIs as Ducks in
a Pond with Targets on Their
Backs. It’s Time to Impeach, Try, Convict and Jail the Busheviks, Not to Negotiate with
Them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/28/washington/28prexy.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Is Their Anyone in the Bush Administration Who is Not Corrupt, a War Profiteer, a
Hypocrite, or Just Plain Immoral? We
Didn’t Think So. Here’s the Latest Culprit: “Randall Tobias, head of the Bush
administration’s foreign aid programs,
abruptly resigned Friday after his name surfaced in an investigation into a high-priced
call-girl ring, said two people
in a position to know the circumstances of his departure.”
http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070427/NEWS09/70427043
E-mail Dump on Friday Clearly Reveals White House Involvement Very Early On in
ProsecutorGate, Specifically the
Appoinment of a Rove “Hit Man” Protege Without Extensive Prosecution Experience to
Replace Little Rock U.S. Attorney
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/fired_prosecutors;_ylt=AoGrBNNsbCva
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Medicare Fraud and USAt. Firings, Part III [Updated x2]
This is just getting freaky.
Here’s a story from March, 2005, entitled Misuse of USA Patriot Act Leads to Exposure of
Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Scheme Costing Taxpayers Tens of Billions of Dollars.
The Patriot Act raises its ugly head again. Thinking quickly: The article seems to be
saying – it’s not completely drawn out – that the Patriot Act was used to protect
gigantic – really gigantic – health care Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO’s) from
competition. GPOs are the businesses that supply hospitals with the stuff hospitals need
to operate:
http://littlethomsblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/medicare-fraud-and-usat-firings-part.html
Congressional Investigation Reveals Deception in Reporting Iraq …
Kevin Tillman and Jessica Lynch may never earn a medal for heroism in the Iraq war, but
they are heroes for defying the government/media cartel and telling …
http://www.jbs.org/node/3661
McCain calls Iraq war great tragedy
US Republican presidential contender has called the Iraq war “a great tragedy,” yet
still opposes a timetable for a US withdrawal.
John McCain’s remarks came on the heels of a Senate vote which demands to begin pulling
out troops by October 1.
I read the polls… I understand the frustration and sorrow that American people feel
about this war. It’s a great tragedy,” said McCain, who missed the Senate vote on the
bill containing the withdrawal timetable.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=7694§ionid=3510203
No Iraq Predictions From Gen. Petraeus
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3091469&page=1
U.S. Democratic candidates slam Bush’s Iraq policy
WASHINGTON, April 27 (Xinhua) — Eight U.S. Democratic candidates united to confront the
Bush Administration’s Iraq policy in their first presidential debate held Thursday night
in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
“This war is a disaster. We must end this war,” said New MexicoGov. Bill Richardson, a
former U.N. ambassador who called for all U.S. troops to leave by the end of 2007.
“The president seems determined not to change course, despite the fact that we are
not gaining ground,” said Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York.
However, Clinton was taken to task by Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio after she said
that if “I knew then what I now know,” she would not have voted for the 2003
congressional resolution authorizing Bush to take military action in Iraq.
“That information was available to everyone, and, if you made the wrong choice,
we’re auditioning here for president of the United States,” said Kucinich, who voted
against the resolution.
Clinton and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware were both asked whether they agreed with
assessments by some that the war in Iraq has been lost.
But neither of them answered directly.
When he was called upon to discuss the war, Obama did draw a distinction between
himself and the former first lady.
“I am proud that I opposed this war from the start, because I thought that it would
lead to the disastrous conditions that we’ve seen on the ground in Iraq,” he said.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-04/27/content_6037483.htm
Noxious Lightning
April 27, 2007: Lightning is more than light and noise: It’s an intense chemical factory
that affects both local air quality and global climate. But how big is the effect?
Researchers aren’t sure. To answer the question they’re developing a new technique to
estimate the factory’s output
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/27apr_nox.htm?list169474
Give ‘Em Hell, Harry
The Senate majority leader is being portrayed as an awkward duck who doesn’t look the
part and can’t talk it either. Harry Reid, it’s true, is given to saying the most
inappropriate stuff, opinions that disturb Washington pundits and the third-string
political consultants who appear of TV talker shows. They tut-tut and scold. The kinder
ones think he must have misspoken. Others insist Democrats should give him the hook and
replace Reid with a more responsible leader.
What did the man say? “This war is lost.” “The President is in a state of denial.” A few
years back, Reid shockingly called Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan “one of the
biggest political hacks we have in Washington.”
What do these and other outrageous remarks have in common? They are all true. A
political leader who speaks the truth in unambiguous ways is naturally suspect in the
capital city. But he ought to become a hero in the hinterland where citizens dwell.
People who care need to rally around Harry Reid now and express their feelings because
the political establishment is coming after him. White House slime agents are leading the
campaign
Reid is being caricatured in ways designed to destroy his legitimacy and influence. If
it really tries, the press can accomplish this. Remember how leading newspapers depicted
Albert Gore as an egotistical goof back in the 2000 campaign?
Honk if you like Harry Reid. Bloggers, unite and bite back in his behalf. Washington
Post columnist David Broder (a friend and former colleague of mine) is the chief tut-
tutterer among media influentials. Broder took a truly ugly swipe at Reid in today’s Post
by comparing him to Alberto Gonzales, the “dead man walking” attorney general.
But wait a minute. Gonzales is ruined goods because he lied and disremembered and ran
away from obvious facts. Harry Reid is guilty of the opposite behavior – saying aloud
what most everyone in Washington knows to be true. Shame on you, David.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?pid=190309
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The White House Scales Back Talk of Iraq Progress
WASHINGTON, April 27 — The Bush administration will not try to assess whether the troop
increase in Iraq is producing signs of political progress or greater security until
September, and many of Mr. Bush’s top advisers now anticipate that any gains by then will
be limited, according to senior administration officials.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/28/washington/28prexy.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnl
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QUOTATION OF THE DAY
“It is the beginning of jihadi operations leaking out of Iraq. It is clear that this is
some of the effects of what is happening in Iraq, in terms of training and in terms of
learning from the Iraqi experience.”
ABDUL AZIZ AL-QASSIM, a retired Saudi judge, on the arrest of 172 terrorism suspects
there.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/28/world/middleeast/28saudi.html?th&emc=th
The Abstinence-Only Delusion
Reliance on abstinence-only sex education as the primary tool to reduce teenage
pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases — as favored by the Bush administration and
conservatives in Congress — looks increasingly foolish and indefensible.
The abstinence-only campaign has always been driven more by ideology than by sound
public health policy. The program’s tight rules, governing states that accept federal
matching funds and community organizations that accept federal grants, forbid the
promotion of contraceptive use and require teaching that sex outside marriage is likely
to have harmful psychological and physical effects.
At least nine states, by one count, have decided to give up the federal matching funds
rather than submit to dictates that undermine sensible sex education. Now there is
growing evidence that the programs have no effect on children’s sexual behavior.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/28/opinion/28sat1.html?th&emc=th
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California has warned that he will sue the Environmental
Protection Agency unless it gives him the power to regulate automobile emissions. A New
York Times/CBS News Poll shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans now want
immediate steps to deal with global warming. And a leaked draft of the next report from
the world’s leading scientists says that the window for action is shrinking — that what
governments do over the next 20 to 30 years will determine whether the world can avoid
the worst consequences of climate change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/28/opinion/28sat3.html?th&emc=th
“One of the great attractions to patriotism, it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person
of a nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat while feeling we’re profoundly
virtuous.” : Aldous Huxley
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“A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and a common fear of its
neighbors.” : W. R. Inge
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“Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone and as
irrational as a headless hen.” -Ambrose Bierce
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“Patriotism is a religion, the egg from which wars are hatched.” : Guy de Maupassant
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“Patriotism is a menace to liberty.”: Emma Goldman
Number Of Iraqi Civilians Slaughtered In America’s War On Iraq – At Least 655,000 + +
http://tinyurl.com/usq4x
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar
On Iraq 3,337
http://icasualties.org/oif/
The War in Iraq Costs
$420,796,934,978
See the cost in your community
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
Tales Of Terror – Somalia Report -
6 Minute Video – BBC Newsnight For 26/04/07:
Asha Hagi Elmi, a politician, talks about the genocide in Somalia being committed under
the pretext of of “War on Terror”.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17609.htm
Background On The U.S. Sponsored War In Somalia
Audio and transcript
“The Most Lawless War of Our Generation” – Fmr. UN Spokesperson on Somalia.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17612.htm
A Failure in Generalship
By Lt. Col. Paul Yingling
In 2007, Iraq’s grave and deteriorating condition offers diminishing hope for an
American victory and portends risk of an even wider and more destructive regional war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17613.htm
Stealing from the Poor and Giving to the Rich
By Ramzy Baroud
The plundering of Iraq’s wealth, first by the UN and now by Iraq’s new Green Zone czars,
is the biggest, most shameful financial-political scandal of our times.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17610.htm
Video Proves Most Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Are A Sick Joke
1 Minute Video
Despite their opposition to the war, none of the candidates would join fellow candidate
Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio in urging impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17608.htm
Namibia – Genocide
Video
A hundred years ago, three quarters of the Herero people of the German colony of
Namibia were killed, many in concentration camps. Today, the descendants of the survivors
are seeking reparations from the German government. This film tells for the first time
this forgotten story and its links to German racial theories.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17611.htm
Serving British soldier exposes horror of war in ‘crazy’ Basra :
“Basra is lost, they are in control now. It’s a full-scale riot and the Government are
just trying to save face,” said Private Paul Barton.
http://snipurl.com/1ihd4
Riverbend; Iraqi Girl Blog: We’ve finally decided to leave Iraq:
It’s difficult to decide which is more frightening- car bombs and militias, or having to
leave everything you know and love, to some unspecified place for a future where nothing
is certain.
http://snipurl.com/1ihd5
U.S. officer blasts generals’ handling of Iraq war:
An active-duty U.S. Army officer wrote a scathing attack on U.S. generals for their role
in the war in Iraq, accusing them of misleading Congress and the public about the
situation there.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27224739.htm
War criminal complains about ethics of Bush administration:
Former CIA Chief Says Cheney, Others Pushed For Iraq War :
The former director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says Vice President
Dick Cheney and other administration officials pushed the country to invade Iraq without
“serious debate” about whether Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat.
http://snipurl.com/1ihdb
April 28th Nationwide Impeachment Actions:
George Bush and Dick Cheney have lied the nation into a war of aggression, are spying in
open violation of the law, and have sanctioned the use of torture. These are high crimes
and misdemeanors that demand accountability. Since Congress doesn’t seem to get it, on
April 28 Americans from Miami, Florida to North Pole, Alaska are going to spell it out
for them: IMPEACH!
http://www.a28.org/
Iraq: Amnesty International appalled by stoning to death of girl and subsequent killings:
Amnesty International is appalled by the killing of Du’a Khalil Aswad, aged about 17,
who was stoned to death – for a so-called honour crime. She was killed by a group of
eight or nine men and in the presence of a large crowd in the town of Bashika, near the
city of Mosul. Some of her relatives are said to have participated in the killing.
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE140272007
Uncomfortable truth: U.S. troops ignored sex slave atrocity, used Japanese-run brothels:
After its surrender — with tacit approval by U.S. occupation authorities — Japan set
up a similar “comfort women” system for American GIs.
http://snipurl.com/1ihdy
Rice indicates she will resist subpoena:
A day after receiving a subpoena from Congress, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
signaled on Thursday that she would resist the order to appear before a House committee
to answer questions about how the White House handled prewar intelligence about Iraq.
http://snipurl.com/1ihe1
Dave Lindorff: No bees? Not just strange, but scary:
When you consider that perhaps half the plants in nature depend upon pollinators like
bees to reproduce, you have to wonder what a future without bees holds – not just for the
animals that live on those plants, but for human beings.
http://snipurl.com/1ihe9
The militarization of neuroscience: We’ve seen this story before:
The Pentagon takes an interest in a rapidly changing area of scientific knowledge, and
the world is forever changed. And not for the better.
http://www.thebulletin.org/columns/hugh-gusterson/20070410.html
Senate Dems Slap Down Broder for Harry Reid Smear
in this age of scripted politicians speaking only to their base or claiming that they
“don’t recall” anything, the fact that Mr. Reid speaks his mind should be applauded, not
derided. His brand of straight talk is honest, comes from the heart and speaks directly
to the people.
And yes, those 50 signing members DID include Joe Lieberman. Bob Geiger has more…
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/27/senate-dems-slap-down-broder-for-harry-reid-smear/
Democratic Caucus Puts Smackdown on David Broder
http://bobgeiger.blogspot.com/2007/04/democratic-caucus-puts-smackdown-on.html
A Failure In Generalship
An active duty officer criticizing the leadership is nothing short of astonishing.
To reward moral courage in our general officers, Congress must ask hard questions about
the means and ways for war as part of its oversight responsibility. Some of the answers
will be shocking, which is perhaps why Congress has not asked and the generals have not
told. Congress must ask for a candid assessment of the money and manpower required over
the next generation to prevail in the Long War.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/27/a-failure-in-generalship/
Colbert Asks Americans to Sacrifice
Since President Bush won’t ask Americans to sacrifice for the War on Terror (other than
our civil liberties), Stephen does it for him.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/27/colbert-asks-americans-to-sacrifice/
O’Reilly freaks on Jane Hall over Moyers
Silent Patriot: On “The O’Reilly Factor” last night, BillO accused Moyers of taking his
words out of context in order to make an ideological point, then proceeded to take bits
and pieces of Moyers’ documentary to make….an ideological point. When FOX News
Contributor Jane Hall points out that while Moyers probably should have included his
preceeding remarks, the clip really is contextual and he was only a small part of an
overall important and wonderful documentary, O’Reilly cuts her off and goes ballistic.
It’s really funny how BillO seizes on 8 seconds of a 90 minute documentary to discredit
Moyers. Had he watched the entire thing he would know why (a) Moyers is more of a
journalist than he will ever be and (b) his portrayal in the film is accurate. I won’t
hold my breath, though.
John Amato: “O’Reilly has been really losing it more than usual lately. (Remember
Geraldo?) Good for Jane Hall. She said Moyers piece was excellent and had nothing to do
with O’Reilly. Bill has added a new tactic. Attack those who don’t criticize him enough.
Why didn’t Bill bring up the point that all his other FOX cohorts refused to go on the
program like Kristol and his boss Roger Ailes?”
The Newshounds has much more…
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/27/oreilly-freaks-on-jane-hall-over-moyers/
“O’Reilly was shown only twice which will probably annoy him. Both clips illustrated the
point that anyone not towing the administration’s line was labeled unpatriotic.
1st Clip: ” Anyone who hurts this country, will be spotlighted.”
2nd Clip: ” I will call those who criticize, Bad Americans.”
It will be interesting to see if Bill’s ego wins out compelling him to play the
incriminating clips tomorrow or will he choose to ignore the whole thing.”
O’Reilly is a crappy media analyst. He showed the clips from the film and then broader
clips from which they were taken and claimed absolution, but even in the wider context,
O’Reilly’s point was the same. Moyers just cut to the chase. O’Reilly tried to redefine
and reposition what he originally said, but those darn video clips kept smearing him with
reality. We heard what he said, and we know what he meant. No take-backs in war. In
another stunning case of projection and hypocrisy, O’Reilly called Moyers a “charlatan”
and said “you have no shame.” That must be one on those personal attacks he doesn’t make.
http://www.newshounds.us/2007/04/27/bill_oreilly_loses_it_again_unloads_on_jane_hall.php#more
Daily Show: Monica Goodling and Pat Robertson University
Jon Stewart opines on Monica Goodling’s grant of immunity and Pat Robertson’s
“prestigious” law school.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/27/daily-show-monica-goodling-and-pat-robertson-university/
Senator Feingold Corrects John Roberts’ Misinformation
On April 15th CNN’s John Roberts falsely implied on “Late Edition” that the proposed
Feingold-Reid bill would “cut off the funds in the middle of a war” for “troops in the
field.” In response, Senator Feingold sent Roberts a letter (.pdf) correcting the record
and appeared on “American Morning” yesterday to confront him about his misleading
characterization
But I want to repeat, this involves not taking away one thing from the troops in the
field, and that’s the reason I wanted to come on this show, to make that absolutely
clear.”
It’s really a shame that Feingold decided against a Presidential run. He’s ahead of the
curve on every single issue and truly “gets it.” When President Bush was caught violating
FISA, it was Feingold who took a stand for the Constitution and proposed taking the
modest step of censuring the President (and was shunned by nearly everyone in Congress —
including Democrats). It also would have been nice to see him at last night’s debate.
There’s no doubt in my mind he would have blown everyone out of the water.
Glenn wrote a fantastic post last November explaining why the Beltway class can’t
comprehend the Russ Feingolds of the world.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/27/senator-feingold-corrects-john-roberts-
misinformation/
In the anteroom of Hell
Arthur Silber:
I have written extensively about the crucial importance of Guantanamo in the current
regime’s drive to uncontested, absolute power, and the related issue of the destruction
of habeas corpus by means of the profoundly loathsome Military Commissions Act; [..]
Now, the NYT brings us this news:
The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to impose tighter restrictions
on the hundreds of lawyers who represent detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and the
request has become a central issue in a new legal battle over the administration’s
detention policies…read on
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/27/in-the-anteroom-of-hell/
In the Anteroom of Hell
http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/04/in-anteroom-of-hell.html
Tenet Blasts Bush Administration: “Men of honor don’t do this”
On Sunday’s “60 Minutes” former DCI George Tenet speaks out strongly about how his “slam
dunk” remark was taken out of context and how he was made into the WMD scapegoat. Tenet’s
new book, At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA, is due out on April 30.
Hopefully sparks will fly — it’s about time we re-examine the pre-war lies.
TENET: I remember picking up the phone and calling Andy Card, who is a terrific human
being and somebody I’ve always trusted…[…] Hi, Andy. I said, you know, we believe — I
believed that he had weapons of mass destruction and now what’s happened here is, is
you’ve gone out and made me look stupid. It’s the most despicable thing I’ve ever heard
in my life. Men of honor don’t do this.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/27/tenet-blasts-bush-administration-men-of-honor-dont-do-this/
Tell us the Mission
Robert Greenwald, director and producer of Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price
and Iraq for Sale, has a new project and he’s looking for your feedback:
In honor of all those who have been killed, whose lives have been destroyed in this
terrible war of choice, we have been working hard on a short film that will not let that
horrific day go unnoticed.
Watch the film and spread it far and wide.
We’ve also got a contest going looking for what SHOULD have been on the “mission
accomplished” banner. Submit your banner and the winning one will be on car bumpers all
over the country! (You’ll get some cool stuff too) For more details, and to enter, click
here.
There’s a petition on the site inspired by a returning Iraq vet’s op-ed questioning why
flags are not lowered to half-mast in honor of the deaths of soldiers. You can sign the
petition here.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/27/tell-us-the-mission/
Daily Show: Who’s to Blame for VATech
Massacre?
Lax gun control laws? Strict gun control laws? Liberals? Rosie O’Donnell? Television?
Hollywood? Video games? Society? YouTube? Jon puts together a round-up of the shameful
MSM blame game.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/27/daily-show-whos-to-blame-for-vatech-massacre/
APRIL 25, 2007: “Buying the War”
BILL MOYERS: Four years ago this spring the Bush administration took leave of reality
and plunged our country into a war so poorly planned it soon turned into a disaster. The
story of how high officials misled the country has been told. But they couldn’t have done
it on their own; they needed a compliant press, to pass on their propaganda as news and
cheer them on.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/transcript1.html
Moyers:
We wanted to talk to some others in the media about their role in the run up to
warÂ….Judith Miller, who left the TIMES after becoming embroiled in a White House leak
scandal declined our requestÂ…on legal grounds. The TIMES’ liberal hawk Thomas Friedman
also said no. So did Bill Safire, who had predicted Iraq would now be leading the Arab
world to democracy. President Bush recently awarded him the Medal of Freedom.
THE WASHINGTON POST’s Charles Krauthammer also turned us down…so did Roger Ailes the man
in charge of FOX NEWS.. He declined because, an assistant told us, he’s writing a book on
how Fox has changed the face of American broadcasting and doesn’t want to scoop himself.
William Kristol led the march to Bagdad behind a battery of Washington microphones. He
has not responded to any of our requests for an interviewÂ…but he still shows up on tv as
an expert, most often on FOX NEWS.
He gave them a chance to defend their positions. They declined because you can’t defend
the indefensible.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/27/moyers-roger-ailes-didnt-want-toscoophimself-wtf/
