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POPSBush Admin vs US Magistrate "...President Bush often talks about how history will judge his administration. In a 2003 speech to the United Nations, President Bush talked about earning the "favorable judgment of history." Unfortunately, without all the email records from his administration, Mr. Bush's true history may never get written."
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POPSObama Cleans Up after Bush "...But many more rules remain on the books. They include regulations that allow mountaintop-removal mining projects to pollute streambeds with leftover dirt, and a Bush move to begin to permit drilling for oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf. Worse, they also include a drastic weakening of the Endangered Species Act, allowing federal agencies to bypass expert advice from federal scientists on whether proposed projects would have an impact on endangered species, essentially cutting the heart out of the act."
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POPSLetter to Obama - Treat White House Computers like a Crime Scene
More - "Loss of these records are clear violations of federal law and important evidence may be found in the White House. This is where it gets really important for you and your team." "A lot happened in 2003. March 2003 is the month in which the U.S. began its invasion of Iraq. In April, U.S. forces seized control of Saddam International Airport and then control of Bagdad. And, in May, President Bush climbed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln under the banner "Mission Accomplished". Those missing email messages are key windows into a critical portion of recent American history - and may also be key to the cleanup operation your team is likely to have to deal with. If there's any chance those messages can be recovered, they must be. Not only are they history, it's the law." "Under no circumstances should anyone on your team boot up any of those machines or use them. This is critically important and you're going to have only one shot. If you use those machines, you might overwr
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POPSThe Bush Administration's Most Despicable Act "...If Barack Obama really wanted to be cagey, he could pardon Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld for the possible commission of war crimes. Then they'd have to live with official acknowledgment of their ignominy in perpetuity. More likely, Obama will simply make sure — through his excellent team of legal appointees — that no such behavior happens again. Still, there should be some official acknowledgment by the U.S. government that the Bush Administration's policies were reprehensible, and quite possibly illegal, and that the U.S. is no longer in the torture business. If Obama doesn't want to make that statement, perhaps we could do it in the form of a Bush Memorial in Washington: a statue of the hooded Abu Ghraib prisoner in cruciform stress position — the real Bush legacy."
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POPSBush allows uranium mining near Grand Canyon and Colorado River Dusty Horwitt, Senior Analyst for Public Lands at the Environmental Working Group (EWG), said the Bush administration's action "is the environmental equivalent of a sub-prime mortgage on the nation's most iconic natural treasure." It was the EWG in August 2007 that alerted the public and Congress to the rush for mining rights around the Grand Canyon. "Mining companies get in cheap today," said Horwitt, "and the public pays tomorrow for what is certain to be a major environmental disaster."
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POPSObama Election Signals Return of the Vampire "“The 1980s, the Reagan era, is the most prolific era for zombie movies,” Dendle said. “They drop off the face of the Earth in 1990, in terms of high-budget studio films.” Vampires – and Democrats – swooped back to prominence. Ten days after Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush, “Bram Stoker's Dracula” hit theaters. The Clinton years were also haunted by “Interview with the Vampire,” “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” and “Blade.” Zombies returned with a brain-eating vengeance during George W. Bush's tenure: “28 Days Later,” “28 Weeks Later,” “Dawn of the Dead,” “Day of the Dead,” “Diary of the Dead.” Bush-era zombies, noted Chera Kee, a University of Southern California doctoral candidate studying these cultural icons, also wandered into video games and comic books. "
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POPSAre the Bushies trying to retain control after January 20th? More: "Noting that Bill Clinton also ordered up a transition council on Nov. 27, 2000, Light called his "similar but without all the bells and whistles." Among other things, the Bush executive order could keep agencies busy preparing briefing materials and a Transition Directory to include "federal publications and other materials that provide information on each executive department and agency." Cynics might wonder if the Bush team wants to keep its hands in before the order expires on Feb. 20, 2009, one month after the new president takes office. Whatever the motives, said Light, one of the presidential candidates will need the help more than the other. "McCain has done almost nothing about the transition," he said, except to criticize Obama for saying in mid-summer that he was appointing a team to begin contingency planning."
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POPSBush the arrogant Politically, these developments raise two questions: Which candidate to succeed Bush benefits most by the events of recent weeks? And which candidate, if either, would have the strength to roll back these expansions of presidential power if elected?" "These are not abstractions. They are the legacy of this grim epoch, one that should be equally offensive to conservatives and liberals. George Bush promised humility and delivered arrogance. The next president must not."
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POPSOil Drillers and MMS Chicks "During the Bush years, the agency has faced harsh criticism for failing to vigorously pursue millions of dollars in outstanding or potential royalties. One controversial program, called royalty-in-kind, allows energy companies to pay the government in gas and oil, instead of dollars. According to the inspector general's report, the royalty-in-kind office of the MMS was rife with ''substance abuse and promiscuity.'' Certain fun-loving employees were known as the ''MMS Chicks'' by energy firm employees, who would generously invite the women to lively social events. Oil and gas companies named in the reports are Chevron, Hess, Shell Pipeline and Gary-Williams Energy. They paid for MMS workers to attend PGA golf tournaments, Major League Baseball and football games, ski trips, a Toby Keith concert, paintball-shooting events and ''treasure hunts,'' whatever that means."
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POPSBush Impeachment Article to get Hearing "Committee chairman John Conyers of Michigan put it this way. Over the last seven plus years, there have been numerous credible allegations of serious misconduct by officials in the Bush administration. At the same time, the administration has adopted what many would describe as a radical view of its own powers and authorities. As chairman of the Judiciary Committee, I believe it is imperative that we pursue a comprehensive review commensurate to this constitutionally dangerous combination of circumstances. Next Friday's hearings will be an important part of that ongoing effort"
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POPSBush "Executive Priviledge" He and his cronies will be doing all they can in the next few months to mess us up for decades. Our government has become closed and veiled in secrecy.
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