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POPSMy Czars are Bigger than Your Czars Staying in the fast lane, right-wing nut jobs have dived into the non-issue of how many "czars," does the President have. Of course, to understand the Republican wing nuts one must sign onto a lot of flights of paranoia and fantasy: The U.S. doesn't have any post called a "czar." So...if trying to fill in the pot holes in their Republican smear campaign heads...they must mean "middle management positions," or something like that. Even worse, if trying to find a flake of facts in these right wing rants, the truth turns out to be like jackass and jerk, "Got It Wrong Congressman Wilson," who LIED when he called the President a liar, it turns out that George Bush had more "czars," that Obama, as this video concludes. I.E. - The Bush Era has more middle managers....or whatever the heck the wing nuts think of as "czars." Their Alice-in-Wonderland smear circus is like a dog chasing its own tail.
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POPSNew USA Missile Defense Strategy President Obama has ended plans to put missiles on the Russian border, in Poland. The Bush plans were stated to be as a protection from Iran. Russia considered missiles on its border to be a threat and was determined to stop the project, threatening a military strike and also targeting European cities with nukes.
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POPSCIA threatened to kill children; rape mother
Ah! There's nothing like the truth starting to show through the fading veneer. These were the techniques the Bush and Cheney authorized and then successfully hid from exposure, claiming we can't let the terrorist know our tactics. Note: the steps towards official Dept. of Justice (the Obama DOJ, not the DOJ of the Bush nightmare years)...an official prosecution took another big step. 8AM today it was announced this was recommended. 10AM today Obama appointed Attorney General, Eric Holder, has asked a federal prosecutor John Durham to investigate. So...the Bush Administration ignored clearly stated warnings and had the biggest domestic attack on US soil in our history (Um...not counting the British and our own Civil War). Then they turned to Nazi-like tactics of torture, secret prisons, kidnapping, holding people without trail...even, btw, murder of POW's (we haven't got much coverage of that - yet.). Then, starting a war based on deliberately fabricate lies. Just
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POPSFalse "terror alerts" for poltical reasons It's truly a full-time job keeping up with the mendacity of the warmongers...who now spread racist lies to try and get back in power. This clip, no surprise except for the fact that it's documented...but the Bush Administration, hoping to win the 2004 elections, wanted to get the "terror alert," raised. The more you can make people fear the more they go along with war and hate programs. So..false wars based on deliberate lies....now false "terror alerts," trying to win elections (vs. there not even being a real threat). The Republican party needs to be driven into extinction, defeated again and again and no support for their lies, smear or hate campaigns should be supported. Support the opposite.
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POPSKarl Rove, Bush Advisors, Closer to Prosecution This seems to be an issue that won't go away, the Bush Administration firing of U.S. Attorney's because they refused to do Republican demands....main, prosecute more Democrats for alleged voter fraud. Very dramatically, President Obama on Friday nominated one of the nine federal prosecutors controversially fired by the Bush administration to retake his old job. (see: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/us/politics/01attorney.html)
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POPSClosing Guantanamo Prison Easier Said than Done. It seems this is another tarbaby President Obama is finding harder to get rid of then he thought. There are also legal concepts to split hairs over to keep lawyers at work for years. For example, "extraordinary rendition," is not the same as "rendition." For example, no where in the English-speaking or most of the world is habeas corpus an absolute right (when a nation is dealing with war situations or insurgent rebellion a common exception). English common law (upon which USA law is based) has a convenient clause: "You can't sue the King." The cool thing is innocent victims of this Bush nightmare are getting out: O-U-T. A Chad man released from Guantanamo today. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8096402.stm) The Pacific nation of Palau says it has agreed to a US request to resettle up to 17 Chinese Muslims. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8092502.stm) Obama is not Bush. If you don't get that you don't know the difference between night and day. He wor
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POPSBush Environmental Rape Plans Cancelled Pretty cool. There have been so many real changes like this, one after the other -- and so many more happening -- it's almost hard to believe. In the past this would be a four month debate and Republican smear campaign and now, like with the snap of a finger, decency is restored. With forest logging, too, it's not like it has to be a battle: both can be done: cut trees, do business and yet still preserve a forest...mainly through the simple policy of replanting trees and from now on that should just have to be factored in the cost of doing business and Yet Still Make a Fine Profit. Bush tried to rape the environment with his proposal...just like he destroyed our justice system...just like he turned our intelligence agencies against it's own people...just like he started wars with deliberately fabricated lies. The eight years of nighmare doing down a fascist road are over and day by day a little more sunshine, justice and freedom come back. More to do. But a lot getting d
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POPSBush Hypocrisy on Israeli Settlements Exposed Not that there should have been any doubts about this: It's been decades of the USA saying "two state solution," and no settlements and it was always just two-faced phony words. At least now Israel has confirmed that. Another item in the news today was a survey that Only three countries in the world are less peaceful than Israel, according to Global Peace Index figures released this week. I don't know about this, though, it strikes me that Gaza has been turned into one of the worst places to live but I guess they're not an official nation, in truth more like a prison with the ongoing blockade and subject to wanton Israeli violence. The countries invaded by America were the worst places to live. Internal U.S. propaganda and flag waving often has people not realizing what a deadly killing machine it is. Best to stay out of its way. All such lies, phony words, false flag waving and ongoing murder and destruction, btw, benefits the war profiteers, not our nation or it's peo
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POPSBombshell (!) in Israeli-USA Spy Network Case I'm glad this reporter summed up yesterday's revelations (see clip) -- and he did a good job -- because it would have stretched the limits of my own incredulousness to do so. 1. Serious Israeli spying on the USA. (Not accusation. Guy in jail for 12 years; previous cases, guys in jail) 2. These two Israeli lobbyist from AIPAC are facing trial for being involved but real heavy-duty machinations keep getting the trial postponed. 3. Jewish Congresswoman Jane Harmon tells the Jewish Lobby and Israeli agents she will help quash the trial of the two AIPAC lobbyist if they can use their influence to get her nominated to become head of the House Intelligence Committee. 4. This is caught on tap in a legal wiretap that was on the AIPAC accused Israeli spies. 5. AG Gonzales (this was a year ago,Bush president) stops any investigation of Congresswoman Harmon by the NSA in exchange for her supporting Bush era illegal warrantless wiretaping of US citizens. Wow! This can't go on.
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POPSMachiavellian Bush Era Torture Memos NYT Ecitorial If you live in the USA and you have a TV the daily exposure to murder, violence, brutality, greed and lust is quite astounding...not to mention inseccent urging to eat, drink and pop pills. It's the background noise of the nation. Even so the newly release legal justifications of torture by the Bush Administration are quite incredible, matching the calm world-class rationalizations of Machiavelli himself. The sleavy way the Bush White House went out of their way to get these official legal opinions, and how they hoped this would cover their tracks and excuse their guilt, is also a story in itself. President Obama's decision to make this information public last week has broken the dam on this issue and their ain't no denying a flood will come and wash some people away. The President plays his song one note @ time. The vitriolic attacks against him, from all sides could truly kill the music. It's an astonishing performance. Lots are judging one note at a time but more
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POPSU.S. to Join U.N. Human Rights Council This new President is incredible! Breathtaking. Awesome! (unless, of course, you liked George Bush). This is another great step forward in being part of the international community and not just always demanding things and -- most importantly -- overlooking the evils of some of our own policies (esp. during the nightmare Bush years). BTW, everything Obama does isn't going to be "perfect." - But I encourage those who see this is a much better road for our country to be traveling on to be vocal, active and supportive because those dark forces that would like us back to the days of making wars based on lies, acting like fascist with programs of torture and Cheney commanding private armies; they are all still with us.
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POPSObama to Cheney: You Didn't Make Us Safer It seems like forever, or never, that we had a positive and progressive political leader who would stand up to the pitiful neocon Republican warmongering and claptrap ripping apart of our country and our principles. President Obama does that. There's actions behind the words too. All those Bush-era trials that were denied or stalled in the courts because of government claims of 'national security,' will now be allowed to go ahead. The false claim of 'national security,' can no longer be used to block trials and civil actions that involved Bush-era use of torture, extraordinary rendition and other crimes. I heard someone say yesterday he was a good "explainer.' Maybe it's that simple. He calmly explains why he doesn't need advise from war criminals like Dick Cheney. For some reason, in the past, nobody would respond to all the fascist sick ideas of the neocon Republicans and warmongers. I think this is a good 'signal,' btw. War crimes will not be brushed off and
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POPSBush Mastermind Karl Rove Subpoened by Congress This looks like a good start in hunting down and bringing some of these Bush political criminals to justice - and hopefully to jail. If they can get away with abusing people and trashing the nation's principles and laws - with no accountability at all -- why wouldn't someone like this not do it again? Rove screwing around with the Justice Dept. appears to be an issue that won't go away, for him and others. Basically it seemed they fired the DA's who wouldn't do their bidding, got the others to harasses the Democrats. A former Democratic governor wound up in jail. People were prosecuted and pursued year after year not because of a crime but because of politics. Without political power anymore, Bush & his ideas and his co-criminals have quickly been losing supporters or defenders. It's like watching one of the giant balloon floats in a parade suddenly deflate into a pile of wrinkled rubber. They say power changes people. Having no power seems to be bringing real chang
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POPSU.S. blocks U.N. Security Council action on Gaza There is this new phrase: "permanent, sustainable cease-fire," In other articles Israel and the USA talk about wanting a "permanent, sustainable cease-fire," This is quite an impressive leap in the propaganda of twisted words and routine lies that truly rises to the Orwellian standards of saying "War Equals Peace," etc. or the routine calling of an invasion as the spreading of democracy and calling soldiers 'peacekeepers." Because it seems calling for a "permanent, sustainable cease-fire," actually means that you are not in favor of a cease fire. It means you want a little more war. "permanent, sustainable cease-fire," means you want to continue fighting; This Global War on Terror and Battle Against Muslim Jihidist and Islamofascism sure is changing and challenging even our very dictionaries. It's like beating up your wife and saying you were having an 'realignment,' in the relationship. And eventually you would come to a permanent, sustainable marriage. Until
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POPSObama's Instant Plans to Overthrow Bush Orders One of Bush's methods of shredding the American Constitution was to abuse the power of what's called: "Executive Orders." Congress would pass some piece of legislation and Bush, in secret, would write a little memo saying he wasn't going to obey that law, or parts of that law. This is not how 'Executive Orders,' were suppose to work. Obama's team has spotted 200 of such abusive Executive Orders that Obama can instantly delete -- since Bush wrote these things all on his own Obama will delete them all on his own. Targeted for instant deletion: 1. Prohibition on stem cell research 2. Limits to foreign aid bases on another nations' contraceptive or abortion policies. 3. Approval of oil drilling in sensitive areas. 4. Approval of torture. 5. Various Bush directives that denied climate change And will close down Guantanamo Bay prison and will end policies of indefinite detention and denial of habitus corpus. & 190 other things. Just the beginning of why he deserved
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POPSSec. of State Rice Congratulates Obama I don't think I've ever seen this woman happy before. Now her words so sincere,and her face aglow. Of course, this doesn't mean she shouldn't be dragged through the mud and thrown off a cliff after she leaves office with the disgraced and nightmare Bush Administration; we have to stop rewarding people for failure -- although I'm sure she get a job teaching grad students at Standford or somewhere. I heard she actually might want to become the head of the National Football Leagure (NFL)!? From Sec. of failed State for George Bush to the head of the NFL!? Well...maybe her happiness will continue after all and she's also ready to leave the nightmare behind. ____ Joy and Happiness everywhere (except a few sour faces & smear tongues here at Clipmarks and elsewhere, who haven't stopped their smear mongering and divisive lies for one second). But, from even inside the Bush White House, to Madonna in rock concerts, to Africa, to Japan, Indonesian, Europe, Down Under & Over
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POPSBush's Republican Party in Full-Tilt Panic Watching the elections has been like living in two different worlds: The world where Obama can draw a crowd of 100,000 (200,000 in Germany) and McCain is luck to get 20,000 folks to listen to him. The other world is on TV where the give both McCain and Obama equal time and each side says how well they're doing and how bad the other guy is. The TV also makes up issues that are not issues to no one but themselves and chews and chews on them for weeks: The so-called 'Bradley Effects,' is one of them. Now the race has come down to the Finish Line and Bush's Republicans see point-blank in front of their faces how great their losses will be tomorrow, and no TV chat is going to change anything. From the beginning many people saw this was in the cards; A few million and myself, too. 8 years of the Bush nightmare were suddenly going to be forgotten. The real tough race was the primary of Obama vs. Hilary Clinton. That was a close call. But now, it's not a close call; it's a
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POPSIraq Condemns U.S. - Demands Quick Withdrawal It's clearer now that Bush's false war for false reasons is going down the toilet. It seems one of the oldest civilizations in the world is not falling for USA junk food treaties. Apparently the people who started the skill of writing can read. There's much more to this story/clip than just the headline: all big time, bad news for Bush. For what the Bush Administration and military wanted: The rest of the article is even worse, . #1. Iraq wants U.S. troops out by the end of 2009. It how now firmly rejected a clause the U.S. Military wanted, an option to extend the occupation to 2011. #2 It wants sole discretion to put U.S. soldiers on trial for any crimes they might commit -- something the U.S. will never agree to. #3. It wants to inspect U.S. military shipments into Iraq, another things the U.S. military or Navy would never agree to. These terms, right here in this clip, spell out F-A-I-L-U-R-E for Bush's War in Iraq and it's ongoing scams for Oil. It'
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POPSVideo: Bush Might Bomb Iran if Obama Wins The idea here, some have suggested, is to suggest an anti-war appeal: If Obama is elected war with Iran will start. This incredible twisted suggestion is typical of other new McCain ideas, like he is the one really opposed to Bush policies although he voted for them 90% of the time. The twisted idea, too, that McCain's support for tax breaks for the SuperRich and Corporations is really to help out 'Joe the Plumber,' because the wealth will 'trickle down.' According to this twisted reasoning, McCain is the anti-war in Iran, anti-Bush policy guy, and pro-voice for the Middle and lower classes. ?? Other Republicans also just, seriously, going nuts: that McCain campaign worker who carved a B into her cheek (backwards) and tried to blame it on a "Black pro-Obama mugger." ?? Latest...some Republican arrested for making death threats against the Sec. of State of Ohio (who's in charge of elections) -- because she shut down a Republican attempt at voter suppression. ??
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POPSMcCain Totally Trashes George Bush! This, just 11 days before the election, is astounding. IMO, and many others think that if McCain had talked like this -- and focuses his criticism on Barack Obama's lack of military experience and thus a poor choice for the president's role as Commander-in-Chief -- he could have won. His list of criticism and emphatically also the list of many Democrats criticisms (except the war) and also spelled out a list of many Republican dissatisfactions about Bush (esp. big government, spending too much money). It also shows off his real 'maverick' streak.which has a lot of appeal to Independents (one-third the electorate). Yup...appeal to Democrats by echoing some of their gripes, appeal to Republican gripes, appeal to Independents, point to himself as better Commander-in-Chief -- it was a path to victory. But no...he made ridiculous smears to link Obama to terrorist; he made empty accusations of voter fraud, he talked 'Joe the Plumber," he picked Palin for VP -- it was like a c
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POPSSNL Oct.24th - A Bush = McCain Blast! You have to go here to see this SNL clip, at: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-thursday-bush-endorsement/783981/ (and maybe a 13-sec commercial to sit through) Bush=McCain was hammered home. The final pose of this Fatal Threesome (Bush - McCain - Palin) is worth it alone and today all over the TV news. Notable, I though, was not the 'theme,' that McCain doesn't want his photo taken with Bush, but the rather emphatic and repeated emphasis in the skit that Bush=McCain. McCain = Bush. This is a winning tactic for Obama and one he has been pushing hard. for SNL (Saturday Night Live) to do this so exaggerated (but effective) will help. I don't think I've seen such a clear endorsement -- an effective endorsement -- in a comedy skit.
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POPSTortue: Direct Authorizations from White House Revealed Torture is against Internation law In March 2008 Bush vetoed Congressional legislation outlawing torture. New legislation was later passed officially approving waterboarding & other modes of torture (John McCain voted in favor of this approval) Approving torture and approving totally allowed spying on citizens without specific warrants or reasons are two fatall steps towards full-fledged fascism. This documentation of these White House memos would document Bush/Cheney & other White Houses officials of war crimes OR complicity in war crimes. If these officials can get away with this now, not only does the corruption and descent of our nation deepen now but makes it more probably that such evils will happen in the future. (Having private armies is another classic step down the road to fascism -- like Blackwater, like other "private security contractors.") Ruling by fear and lies, etc. The legacy of George Bush will be that he's the first president to be tried for
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POPSWill Republicans Steal the 2008 election? This interview is with Mark Crispin Miller. If you want to see who is actually trying to steal the elections -- and tactics of Republican voter suppression going on right now, his books are good details and summaries. He wrote: Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the Election Cruel and Unusual: Bush Cheney's New World Order & The Bush Dyslexicon Republicans are the party that tries to purge voters from the rolls. The Republicans are the ones who are always crying wolf and voter fraud while they are the ones doing it, and doing massive campaigns of voter suppression. If you've heard about ACORN and charges of their alleged voter fraud (which it ain't) then you know what's going on -- and in Miller interview here & his book -- you get a good explaination of what's going on behind the scenes...a massive and decade long program of attempts at voter suppression by the Republicans. Let's not get fooled again.
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POPSJudge Orders Gitmo Prisoners Released! Thank God. Seeing my country involved in arresting people without cause, not allowing them legal representation, communication with family, no visits from the International Red Cross, not giving them their day in court, holding them for 'indefinite detention," keeping them imprisoned -- in this case -- for seven years -- and documented torture and abuse of such prisoners -- it's all pretty disgusting. And more disgusting that these prisoners were also used for propaganda about how these alleged evil men were out to harm us. And disgusting that thick-headed rednecks, neocon neofascist, and other warmongers went around waving flags about all this and claiming "God was on their side." -- and accusing us as the one's being 'unpatriotic,' when we were the most patriotic of all. What sickness! What lies! DEFEAT ALL REPUBLICANS is now Step #1 Step #2 is seeing Bush and Cheney in jail; and all those who aided and abetted their crimes. The good news? -- this can be done.
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POPSGlobal Stock Markets Going Down. BadNews Bush Again Bush didn't cause the real estate agents and banks to make bad and fraudulent loans -- but neither has he caused any recovery. Maybe, in fact, there is no quick fix to boom and bust speculation. But another fact is that this $700-billion does nor demands NOTHING that will directly help people with the predatory mortgages they were suckered into - nor guarantee more jobs -- nor make credit available again. It's only claim is "to inspire confidence." in the banks. It doesn't seem to be working and it's doubtful if anything a failed president, working with a failed Congress, could do with helping out a failed Wall Street. The SuperRich (the 1% of our population that now owns 20% of our wealth), the SuperRich still get all the breaks and loopholes and the Middle Class gets the screws put to them. Wall Street walks away with all their profits and all their bad debts are sold to the taxpayers -- Why didn't we buy stock in the banks instead? Or 100 other ways to do this bett
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POPSBank Bailout Bill Wants to Avoid Court Scrutiny As if this latest Grand Larceny of the Bush Administration, paying off the banks and their lobbyist with $700 billion or more in debt that will strangle American's prospects and it's people for decades -- now they propose avoiding one of the clearest know principles of the U.S. Constitution: "Checks & Balances." Checks & Balances means that the division of power in the United States is legally divided (or suppose to be legally divided) between three sources: The President, Congress and the Courts. Bush has already *ucked this over but this is the first time I've actually seen it spelled out, in print, in a proposed piece of legislation that the Bush White House wants to ram down our throats in the next four days. So, they're saying: "We need $700-billion MORE, and we need it in four days, and nobody can review or question what we do." This is Exactly want Checks & Balances is intended to prevent; rip offs. Bush's last act in the White House will probably be to steal the
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POPSBush refers to "The Angry Left," at RNC This makes me angry. (: There is the video of this on this link) Seriously it makes me angry, all these warmongering hate-filled hearts can do is slander and name call and they do their best to avoid any discussion of issue. There is no "angry left." There are millions of people who don't want to spend one more dime (or thin Euro) for a war built on lies. It's clear the "Rabid Right," has nothing to offer for national or international leadership other than third-grade insults.
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POPSImpeach Bush Resolution - One More Try Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated that there will be no consideration of impeachment proceedings against Bush and said the idea was "off the table." So I guess this means this second effort is also going nowhere. Why does the Democratic leadership continue to refuse to do this? Is having oral sex in the White House with a willing 24-year old worse that killing 5,000 US troops, killing over 100,000 Iraqi citizens, displacing millions, spending trillions, etc.? At least the 35 points for impeachment that Kucinich spelled out are a nice summary of Bush's war crimes and may prove useful after Bush leaves office. Unfortunately, while the Democrats must be voted for this election,IMO, they seems to have no guts for a real showdown, not wanting to "upset the apple cart," as they trundle along to a presumed election landslide. Who knows? Maybe they have a point; although if Bush attacks Iran that point is quite lost. Note: None of this was printed in a USA newspaper.
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POPSLatest Pretense for Two-State Solution & Middle East Peace Here's how Israel's 'fart-in-your-face" diplomacy works: A week before the Great Decider/The Peacemaker George Bush arrives (and this was done last year with Coni Rice's visit, and the year before that, etc.) -- well, a week before the start of the Great Peace Deal, Israel expands it's settlements, it starts construction in the Arab half of Jerusalem, it announces there is no Arab half of Jerusalem, it shuts off fuel deliveries and electricity to Gaza, tightens the blocakde and progresses with the slow starvation of over a million people right in front of our eyes, continues with collective punishment attacking whole vilages for the actions of a few. It then gets a deal, part of which the Arabs give up something (right of return) and the part of the deal where they have to give up something (the expansion beyond the 67 borders) is never honored, never intended to be honor, and will later be defaulted due to "ongoing Arab terrorism." (i.e. one suicide bomber, or whatever).
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POPSBush denied "Foot in Mouth Award. I think this is grossly unfair: Bush's regular slips into incoherence, nonsense, non sequiturs, and mashed metaphors deserve first place. "The childrens must be educated," is one of my favorite. And his question: "Is our children learning?" And "As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured." The fact that all these "childrens," sentences were about his discredited education program only makes it worse. But it's a tough job, as he pointed out: "My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions. I am the decider," If this is not the Pink Elephant in the room where is the 800-pound gorilla? Perhaps this? “I heard somebody say, ‘Where’s Mandela?’ Well, Mandela’s dead because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas.” Because, you know, "All of us in America want there to be fairness when it comes to justice." Anybody got any other samples of this dysfunctional use of lan
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POPSBush puppet video: More War or Less Jobs At least Bush is providing a lot of stimulus for the creative arts. This threat to suspend without pay over a hundred thousand civilian worker unless he get's his next dose of war funding is true. How pathetic. Like a poor loser on the playground who threatens to take his ball and go home. Of course the fact that the "limits" on the war that Bush is objecting to is another Democrat charade, with "more holes than Swiss cheese," that would allow the war to continue and continue and continue puts many of us in a quandry: Advocate the pretense and charade of the Democrat bill or just sit back and watch Bush veto it (if it ever passes). Decisions. Decisions. The key deceit is this "anti-war," resolution, HR 4156 allows troops to stay to "protect American assets." These "assets," include the 14 or 15 permanent military bases being built for a long-term occupation; part of the war plans from the beginning. Humm...maybe Obama would do the least damage.? (hope the video works)
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POPSBush knew truth, claims former WH Press Secretary This is a core of the so-called: "CIA Leak Case." It might be better named: "The Attempted Cover-Up of using Deliberate Fabrication about Iraq having Weapons of Mass Destruction." Like a tangled ball of yarn , the government propaganda on this core deceit leading to Iraq war is so knotted, tied up, and deliberately confused that it's hard to straighten out the skein...but it goes something like this: #1. White House, neo-cons, & warmongers make up deliberate lies claiming Iraq had and/or was seeking to build WMD's, re: 'Buying yellowcake from Niger." #2. Former ambassador sent by CIA to fact check this. He reports back it's not true. USA VP Dick Cheney suppresses this report and claims of WMD's by Iraq are put in prime-time President's 'State of the Union Speech." #3. This former ambassador says this ain't right. He is slandered. His wife exposed as CIA agent by VP Cheney and henchmen. (weird, no!?) This news, today, CONFIRMS: Bush also conspired in this coverup.
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POPSWater torture judge wins job. This is a good marker for the end of the illusion of so-called: 'American values." Now all the brash and bloated pretensions can be tossed back into America's face. Without doubt it would be justified to see it's own troops tortured. Also It would be fair play to kidnap suspects and hold them in secret prisions for decades, without trial, charges, lawyers or family notification. Of course, too, other nations could also start wars based on lies and deliberate fabrications. Increase spying on citizens. Build up lists of 'terrorist suspects,' spend more money on prisons rather than schools, etc. Welcome to the New World Fascist Regime: Welcome to America. We just gave the job of Chief of Law and Order (our Attorney General) to a Republican hack who's willing to play ball with the warmongers. And the rival political party is playing along.
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POPSKarl Rove to resign from White House Than God: "Another one bites the dust." These people are criminals and traitors to our best USA ideals; it's nice to see 'em go down. Impeach Cheney next, before he also gets away.
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POPSCivil lawsuit concerning CIA-leak case dismissed Plame-Wilson's lawyers say they expected this and will file an appeal, figuring they'd have to to to a higher court. Courts can be very cruel. It's nice to hear these people have enough money and enough committment to press on. Having an administration betray one of it's own USA agents is another example of how sick and evil this White House is (And Bush recently admitted leaks came from the White House!!). It's one scandal, one disgrace, one lie, one excuse after another. Someone should write a book but it would have to be an Encyclclepedia and it would never have an end.
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POPSSheehan pledges to run again Pelosi if no impeachment. Our political system is a mess. In a parlimentary system you can kcik a leader out easier. Bush and Cheney would be gone. But what about where we are here and now? There is a madness in doing more to attack your friends more than your enemies, a madness which I think Sheehan and Code Pink are doing: The Republicans are the greater warmongers. Can't they find some way to hassle Republicans. But the problems is compounded when your "friends," (i.e. the Democrats) are sell-outs, too. When their idea of "peace," is introduced in the Senate today and it includes: permament bases, a permament presence of troops (now called: "trainers,) and the other idea of complete conquest starting to also slip in: 'dividing Iraq into three parts.' I think if we really ant to challenge the Status Quo we need to start recalling Republican governors: NOW. This will help weaken the Republican party: NOW and we can do it ourselves, without politicians agreeing. http://www.americancitizenstogether.or
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POPSWhite House efforts to cover-up lies leading US into war admitted. As Bush says here: "We should move on." He should move on to honor his promise to fire anyone who leaked CIA operative's name (i.ie. Cheney and Rove). We should also "move on," to impeachments since this is an admission of betraying one of one's own agents and endangering contacts and work of this CIA operative. We should "move on," to now continuing the Fitzgerald investigation : The crime of revealing the identity of a covert CIA agent did happen. Bush just admitted it. Note: She WAS a covert CIA agent. We should also "move on," to war crime trials since all this involved trying to cover-up the use of deliberately fabricated information (used in the State of the Nation) to mislead and mobilize our nation into a false and misdirected war for the beneift only of special interests and other nations, resulting in the death of approx. 3,600 USA troops, waste of billions, murder and destruction of a nation. This false claim war claims Saddam was trying to buy uranium
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POPSReheating the Cold War: And other Bush failures OK - I try to stick to one issue at a time but this Relaunching of the Cold War and nuclear missle threat to Europe, the USA, etc. is beginning to bother me. Just some of the dangerous insanities. A#1 - The USA is building a missle base on the border of Russia. The first lie is that this is for: Defense. The second incredible lies is that this is for defense against Iran. OMG. Get a map. Look at the map. See Spot run. See Poland. See Iran. Even if USA claims are true don't you think there's a better location - even if Iran had missiles? In fact, playing pin the tail on the donkey could come up with a better location. 2. Russia keeps saying if the USA puts missiles on Russia's border, then Russia will aim it's nuclear missles at all major cities in Europe. 3.. The USA keeps saying: "We like Putin but he's overreacting. 4. Russian officials have to send people over to make it clear: "Stop saying you like us. Deal with the substantive issue." Another dangerous policy
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