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POPSRepublicans Hit Poll Bottom, again The withering slide in support for Republicans continues, now down to 19-20% in this latest poll. (Only our corrosive and toxic media might make it seem otherwise). The party deserves to be driven into extinction, due to misleading nations into a false war based on deliberate lies, endorsing the use of torture, violating civil and Constitutional rights, and for being nothing more than a Smear Machine trying to win votes based on fear and hate. The new president (despite the ceaseless rabble and rabid critics) continues to also live up to his campaign promises and has set the nation back on the right track in many important ways. The "Dark Side," is losing; as it should. GOP elephants going extinct. 80% of the nation turned off to their drivel.
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POPSBarack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
This news, announce today, appears to have surprised almost everyone. But what is no surprise is that if you are on the side on warmongers, neocons, racist, those who ok torture, corporate exploitation of people and the land than you want to destroy this president. If you have hopes for peace, progress in alternative energies and new directions, national health care, unions and decent wages than this is the man who is on the frontlines fighting for these things. Closing down the suicidal plans for putting nuke missiles on the border with Poland was one clear change that we can see -- because it meant direct European and USA military conflict with Russia. This fact maybe lost in the madness of 24-hour news but it was 4sure. That dangerous and unnecessary Bush Era program is ended...and Obama gets attacked at home by the warmongers for "backing down to Russia." Like the Nobel Committee said....we see he is for real, we see he is trying, and we add our hopes to his and encour
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POPSObama: Less State Secrets In the Bush Era many bad policies (torture, secret prisons, wiretappings, etc.) were covered up by being declared "state secrets." In a few court cases in the new Obama Administration, this was still the case because that was still the way the law, administrative procedure was. Now it's changed. No more easy covering up of wrongdoing by declaring it is a "secret." The new procedures certainly require more justice and more review.
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POPSU.S. Accepts Iran's Offer of Talks Iran's proposal included efforts to curb nuclear weapons, so this should be interesting. Right now Western propganda says Iran MAY want nuke weapons someday...but if the focus gets to those countries that actually HAVE nuke weapons at least it would be talking about reality. Bush era politics refused to talk to Iran, so this is another progressive step forward for the Obama Administration: first the job creation and economic stimulus plans, health care reform on track to victory, withdrawal from Iraq going according to timetable/treaty deal, talking to Iran instead of threatening another war based on lies, first Hispanic/woman on Supreme Court, rolling back some unfair Bush era tax breaks for the Superrich, proposed regulations to stop Wall St. scams, restoring power to unions, equal pay for woman, end of torture, freeing Gitmo innocents and proceeding towards closing it down, etc. The country certainly is in better hands. 2010 elections the next big battle. It starts abou
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POPSCheney Attacks Obama, Torture Investigations A whole generation grew up thinking the principle repeated over and over again at the war crime trials after WWII were true: That saying you "were only obeying orders," was not a defense. But former VP Cheney says it is, that "legal memos," given to the CIA said it was okay. Cheney also says torture is okay because "it helped save American lives." Obama is doing great damage to our country, making us less safe, Cheney contends, because 1) These methods are needed to keep us safe and 2) He is sapping the morale of our CIA by allowing the newly announced investigations of the torture program by the Dept. of Justice. Besides being "offended," Cheney also announced that he hasn't decided if he will cooperate with the DOJ investigation. Of course there are lots of holes in the argument. If Hitler had his Justice Dept. write him a memo saying it was okay to murder 6 million Poles and 5.5 million Jews and millions of union organizers and anti-war activist, would that make it o
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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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POPSCIA Removed from Interrogation functions I think this is what this clip indicated. Prior to this, right away, the new President Obama said No More Torture, and some other positive things to reverse Bush era abuses (restoring proper judicial requirements for wiretaps, etc.) But now, instead of saying the CIA, the military and others must abide by proper standards and USA law...it more dramatically removes the CIA from this role of interrogations. Another good step in restoring our laws and principles.
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POPSMore CIA Torture Tactics Revealed So, now we hear we were poking out eyes with power drills. But, (sniff), don't think we're bad people or anything. Several points come to mind. 1. The facts could be even worse than the reports. 2. The victim here was in a secret prison for 4 years, at least...but he's never had a trial, a lawyer, charges made against him...all we know is that men threatening to poke out his eyes with a power drill say he is a bad man. And them? Black opt torture with no justice in secret prisons...they are the good men? 3. I guess this means the torture trials are coming. 4. One "hope" of freedom, knowledge and democracy is that it MAY be self-healing. If these things were kept secret, the abuses would get worse. Somethings really sick and twisted in this USA post-WWII era of non-stop, endless worldwide wars. How long can they tell us this is for freedom and democracy? (Or to rid the world of nasty drugs, coming up as an excuse now and then). Yep. Freedom isn't free.
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POPSCIA used mercenaries for assassination program It's practically a full-time job keeping up with the war lies, war crimes and war ugliness, more revealed everyday. Assassination, btw, is officially against current USA law --- but the CIA, with the encouragement of Bush and Cheney, just decided to ignore this law --- and others laws as well: from torture to protection of civil rights: they felt, apparently, the law did not apply to them. That's always very dangerous, a dark road to fascism. Just 'restoring adherence to the law," by President Obama, has already made things better....better if you believe in human decency. Bounty hunting is not new, btw. The British, the Spanish, the Mexicans and the Americans all gave bounty for Indian scalps. Fascist also can 'hire,' folks from prison for a cartoon of cigarettes and TV privileges to ax murder people, - and, like murder for scalps, it's done. So we can't let warmongering Republicans, neo-cons, racist and right-wing nut jobs back in power. Defeat them remains hig
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POPSRed Cross Says: Guantanamo Prison Better More good news and positive change from the USA Obama Administration. When I read a few years ago, during the growing nightmare of the Bush years, that the Red Cross was being hindered in access to Gitmo prisoners, I was disgusted. It was incredible --- impossible -- hard to believe that an American (U.S.) military and/or government would so deprive prisoners and snub international law....but that was an image of Americans fed by non-stop propaganda war movies...and certainly perhaps more true in World War 2, not now. Denying access to the Red Cross!? -- The military also hid some prisoners and some info when the Red Cross was around -- it was a disgrace, a loss of all honor (if there is any honor fighting a one-sided war started with deliberately fabricated lies) Good for Obama. It seems he's also on track to live up to the promise to have the prison closed by the start of next year. National health care plans now in the spotlight and he once again lead the fight for impro
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POPSU.N. Asks for Investigation of U.S. Mercenaries The use of so-called "private security contractors," -- i.e. mercenaries by the USA for extraordinary rendition (and torture) is now a U.N. issue. Such private armies, btw, are a real and very dnagerous sign of growing fascism. The founder of Blackwater, one of the largest, has just been implicated in court of murder, murder of some folks who were going to expose some of Blackwater's war crimes. Blackwater, btw, was forbidden to be in Iraq anymore...so they changed their name and now do their thing in Afghanistan. It's all sick and ugly. If you count the mercenaries the USA actually has about TWICE as many forces in Iraq, 300,000 or more. Plus, since they are not "official army," it's easier for them to get away with murder...being beyond direct military or Iraqi control.
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POPSU.S. Military Insults it's Captive Soldier. It's not in this clip but on Sunday News TV Pentagon reporters quoted military info implying this soldier had emotional or mental problems. Bad. Gross.Despicable. In this clip it's quoted this soldier "walked off base." Walked off base? The TV reporters today said he left his weapon, helmet and body vest behind...as if he was crazy or deserting! Bad. Gross. Despicable Of course, too, while it remains unresolved (except Obama stopped it), we tortured prisoners, waterboarded prisoners, beat prisoners to death in their cells, hung prisoners by handicuffs till they died, etc.....well, of course our military now complains about the treatment of this USA captive. Gross. Despicable. One big reason, of course, is the soldier put out an anti-war message: Bring the troops home. So...he must be crazy or disloyal. So...he must be being mistreated and forced to say these things (like a confession under torture, like we've done). It's not the Taliban killing our troops,
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POPSFirst Investigation of Cheney to Begin! The noose around the neck of these war criminals has been tighten and the pressure of thousands of activist and sympathetic politicians has finally paid off: Former U.S. VP Dick Cheney will be investigated. That means subpoenas, that means other info from witnesses maybe coming out - that means the house of cards of the wanna be fascist Bush Administration is now starting to officially crumble. This one issue could lead to other issues and Other Issues now more likely, I think, (issues like torture and beating POWs to death in their cells) -- these more likely to also be investigated -- and the issue of corrupting the justice dept. for political selective prosecutions also appears high on the agenda. Not seeking vengence but I feel we need to set precedent....no man (or woman) is above the law...when you violate the Constitution you will pay a price...when you mislead a nation into war with deliberately fabricated lies you will pay a penality. We need this precedent.
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POPSCheney Ran Secret Assassination Squad? This is the first statement of what the secret "-- xxx ??? -- " program we've been haring about all this week; USA SECRET ASSASSINATION SQUADS RUN BY THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT! This has been mentioned, hinted at, before but buried by most mainstream news and lost in the never ending rush of more and more events and exposures. But hundreds of thousands of citizens have kept the pressure on and with the help of sympathetic politicians more and more evidence and events are getting exposed. Oh...btw, in the era where Fox News & CNN debates everything, assassinations are illegal. Torture, also, btw, is a war crime. (As well as the cover-up of the slaughter of thousands of Taliban prisoners, etc.) It's unfortunately true that such things have been done, throughout all of time and probably by most nations but a man making up his own little death lists is a classic evil to be feared...esp. when not even the leader of the country, and in secret.
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POPSUS Attorney General Considers Torture Probe This is great news many of us have been pressuring for, lobbying for and waiting for. Of course, if you're a warmonger and believe your country can do any evil, this is an alarm bell, for sure: It's the start of the dam breaking.
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POPSLatest Cheney & CIA Crime Exposed? Step-by-step the noose has been tightening around the neck of former U.S. VP Dick Cheney. Tens of thousands of citizens have kept up the pressure for accountability and like water pressure behind a large dam, the cracks are finally showing. In this clip, even conservative Republican Senator John McCain (who is against a torture investigation) now says - today on major TV Sunday news show -- that Cheney has to answer questions about this....that's the start. Karl Rove is finally, last week, being officially deposed by DOJ lawyers. This giving testimony, answering questions under oath, is also a start. Now, also reported, new AG Eric Holder is considering an investigation into the torture issue. A real investigation by the Justice Dept, with real potential legal consequences.(i.e. jail). I think the pressure had to keep on pushing and build up like this. Rome wasn't built in a day. Cleaning up a house flooded by crime doesn't happen overnight.
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POPSLawsuit Against Torture Moves Forward The lawsuit is against the lawyer in the Bush White House who wrote legal opinions justifying torture. The lawsuit is filed by a victim of torture, a U.S. native-born citizen who was held in prison, in indefinite detention for three years and tortured during that time. This is how the "system," is suppose to work. Torture is a crime. It's supposed to be handled in courts. This is very good to see - although I'd add a caution against utopian idealism. People have been hurt here. Core principles of our justice systems betrayed and broken. Hundreds of thousands killed by a war started with deliberately fabricated lies; it's not like they're is a cure-all, instant 'happy ending.' It's like if you're caught in an avalanche. People die in avalanches. Or bones get broken and lives crippled. Homes get destroyed, etc. Later a team will probably arrive to clear the road, clean things up, provide aid for the wounded...but they don't buy you a new home, don't replace your wife or
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POPSHate Crime @ Holocaust Museum This is an interesting cross-section of responses to yesterday's shooting at the Holocaust Museum. There were also comments asking what it was okay to propose 'hateful' policies against Hispanic illegal aliens or why it was okay for Israel to hate and make war in Gaza and the West Bank. What struck me? -- Well, more and more Big Lie cliches are being shouted around: the shooter was instantly perverted, for example, because he was a 'Holocaust Denier,' when (like Ahmadinejad of Iran) - they are not Denying the Holocaust they say it gets too much attention and is being used to cover up the crimes of Israel today. That's a big difference but the Big Lie quickly wants to shout that idea down. I, myself, wonder: Why do we have a Holocaust Museum? I mean, if you like that theme of museum focusing on human suffering and abuse why not a Native American Indian Genocide Museum? -- at least that would be part of American History. Or maybe a Gitmo Torture Museum? Or a Potato Fami
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POPSObama's Tour Leaps Back to the Future Celebrating the Invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe, laying a wreath at a concentration camp (while the German Chancellor made a point to lunch in Dresden), and giving a speech in a hearts of the Muslim world - about racist attempts to whip up a new Crusade,- it was another dramatic week in Obama's path forward - a path which also attempts to return America to the roots of its core laws and ideals. We're not suppose to act like Nazi or Israeli fascist, for example: We don't torture. We're not suppose to hate people for their religion (having religious freedom as our 1st Amendment law). We're not suppose to start unnecessary wars with deliberately fabricated lies. And we ain't all innocent, Obama mentioning how the USA played a role in the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Iran and replaced it with a cruel dictator, the Shah). Along the waym rausung the hackles of zionist extremist, Christian TV evangelist, racist & the Party of No. Bravo! Go Johnny
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POPSSaberi was a U.S. spy. Revealed today, according to her own defense lawyers, is what she had done -- copy top secret government document. You may have heard news reports about this having to do with her buying a bottle of wine -- all lies. You may have hear news reports about her overstaying her visa -- all lies. You may get the impression that our country (the USA) doesn't have spies -- a rather naive idea. But it's good she got home. She deserves a medal. But we (the USA) should stop acting like pious hypocrites, which we do all the time, as if we, d'uh, don't have spies, d'uh, are not invading foreign countries, d'uh, we don't torture, d'uh, d'uh,d'uh. -- We got a lot of cleaning up to do and a lot of 'getting real,' in our own heads and stop warmongering like some dumb Disneyland Baby Huey. Daniel Pearl, btw, was probably also a spy. Being a 'journalist,' is a good spy cover story. I guess he should get a medal too. Even is not official spies, they were foreigners poking around secret stuf
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POPSInvestigate Torture, A Senator's Essay It's a nice essay. I'd only disagree with the idea that "any," sort of investigation is sufficient. We need real justice, not a Congressional charade where folks give nice little speeches and call bad people names but nothing real happens. Real justice isn't perfect but it has more authority and validity. Take the simple question of what is evidence, what are the real confirmed facts? A 100 people talking doesn't decide that. A court decides that (right or wrong, hopefully right). Real justice is a cornerstone reference, a historical reference -- and a judgement is made. Plus, wrongdoing is suppose to have consequences or laws will be meaningless. Jail time. Legal consequences of a conviction (right to practice law, right to vote). Probation. Cash fines. That's what it comes down to and thats what we need but even fine essays like this -- from a long time anti-Iraw war Senator (mainly ignored) --avoid hitting the nail on the head: Justice - accountability.
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POPSCheney Defends His Approval of Torture. It worked, Cheney says This certainly deserves an investigation. This guy should be put on trial. Evidence should be presented. A judgment made. As it stand now, likw muxh of American Gossip News, one person can say one thing and another person says something else. Justice is where you attempt to get the facts, not spin, gossip or partisian opinion. But Cheney appears committed to keep telling us how good a job he did, how Obama is threatening the nation by exposing this info, etc. It's amazing and this might be another clever ploy to mess up the chance of justice -- what he's asking for I don't think any nation on earth would hand over: the result of interrogations. Like the clever ploy of getting lawyers to give him legal opinions saying torture (waterboarding, etc.) was okay. Since he was apparently in charge of much of this he couldn't say he was "only following orders," but he can say "I was acting in according with legal opinion." Legal opinion of sham hand-
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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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POPSFascist CIA Warmonger Attacks Obama Despite the fact that President Obama has said ("shockingly," to some) that he wouldn't encourage prosecution of the actual CIA agents who did the torture at Abu Garabi, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, or the secret prisons in Poland, Afghanistan and elsewhere, the neocon conservatives are jumping all over him claiming he's made the country less safe.
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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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POPSUSA Military Terrorist Court Trials All Ended. Some people are upset because this dirty, rotten, stinkin' murdering terrorist had charges against him dropped. He's been in jail for at least seven years and tortured at least twice and confessed under torture. Other people are upset that we're holding people in jail for seven years, torturing them, and they never have a trial. Why is this guy in jail for seven years and he has no trial? And...maybe, maybe he's not a dirty, rotten, stinkin' murdering terrorist. See, that's a problem: People are not guilty of crimes just because someone says so. Even if the cops says so. Even if the DA says so. Even if the military says so. It's not justice to spend seven years in jail, getting tortured, and you never had a lawyer, you never even had a formal list of charges against you, you never got to appear before a judge. After the lying, warmongering of the Bush years, It appears we have to explain in simple sentences what is right and what is wrong. On this, the economy, A t
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POPSU.S. official says Guantanamo detainee was tortured The judge, Susan J. Crawford, is the "convening authority," of the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, appointed by the U.S. Sec. of Defense, Robert Gates. She's the one in charge - for better or worse -- of the Military Tribunals of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. (Military Tribunals, btw, which the US Supreme Court says are illegal) Either way, this is certainly a turning point, for sure. Euphemism like 'enhanced interrogation," won't cover up the crime no more: The head judge has said it was torture. Now what? Some speculate announcing at this time is another attempt to bury it in the Last Days of Bush - make it old news. Some say seeking punishment would 'hurt morale." of the CIA. The issue has gone from a question of Evil to American craziness, spin, propaganda, and a consistent inability to hold anyone (anyone rich or politically well-connected) accountable for anything. I fear we'll boast of "re-establishing American principle," & then do noth
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POPSUSA VP Cheney Admits Approving Torture This story comes from a TV interview yesterday. By way of background info, torture is a war crime and waterboarding is torture. Also, after World War II the U.S. convicted and sentenced to death and hung Japanese prison officials who did waterboarding. So now what? -- Well, of course there should be war crime trials, as I and hundreds of thousands of others have been strongly advocating for the last few years. Yet the current now news spin is: "The Democrats/Congress might not want to do anything about this, like it might be 'too messy,' or distract from their agenda. !? People have done well in getting a good number of better leaders this past election but now lobbying pressure - activist pressure -- advocating pressure is needed. JUSTICE - is the word we want to impress upon them. JUSTICE & ACCOUNTABILITY. Part of the issue, it seems, is Special Privileges Politicians think they have special privileges. Cheney must believe he can get away with murder and t
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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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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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POPSNuns, Congressional candidate, Declared to be Terrorist. This is what happens when you begin spying on all citizens without need for warrants or any controls at all, which has been typical of the Bush White House. Things like approving torture, holding prisoners in jail for years and years -- indefinite detention -- deprived of all legal rights, not allowed to communicate with their families who might not even know where they went, deprived of visits even from the Red Cross. It's one step at a time. It's doing things like this we've never done before -- war crimes. First to foreigners, then it seeps into doing it to your own. Easily done, next, one candidate for Congress arranges to get another candidate for Congress put on the list. Someone in office doesn't like someone: Put him on the list, etc. Spy on nun's because they're against the death penality. Spy on other political views you don't like - even though the people involved Have Absolutely Nothing To Do With Violence or Terrorism. Step by step into real fascism. Vote
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POPSMcCain Claims Obama Dishonorable & Dangerous This site has been put up by the Obama campaign: http://www.keatingeconomics.com/ This site, above, tells the truth and gives facts about the last banking scandal -- in which John McCain was involved. The guy at the center of the scandal went to jail. McCain got officially censored by the Senate. It's the Republicans who have PROVED themselves dishonorable and dangerous -- who led us into the black stupid hole of Iraq War -- who destroyed our economy. We can't let these warmongers and liars continue to rule our country. We need to Defeat Republicans! Now. Later start the war crime trials and trials for shredding the Constitution and deliberately leading a nation into war based on lies, torture against the Geneva convention, etc. These vampires and blood suckers will not die till we drive a firm stake into their hearts. Every word out of their mouths is false and dangerous. Vote Obama.
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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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POPSUSA Running out of Money to build roads/bridges I realize economic issues don't have the drama of war but the way Wall Street & Congress has recently transferred TRILLIONS of dollars of debt to the government is astounding. Wall St. & Congress have risked as much taxpayers money that could have paid for 16 years of *@#$%-over Iraq. Now we can't pay to build or repair our own roads and bridges. Be sure to notice the clear statement: "Until Friday the White House has been hostile to it." (i.e. hostile to the approval of money for roads and bridges,) --- because already Bush is trying to blame it on the Democrats. For God's sake, could there be anything more basic to provide for a nation? Bridges are collapsing. New Orleans is still not rebuilt three years later. Joblessness hits a 5-year high. Wall St. transfers trillions of dollars of bad debt to the government, we're guilty of torture and other war crimes, we've murdered maybe half-a-million Iraqi who had nothing to do with 9/11 or WMD's. bin Laden is still alive an
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POPSTorture not illegal because we don't do it. USA Attorney General says today he doesn't know if waterboarding is legal or not; This is the nations top lawyer. You'd figure he' have more of an opinion than: "I don't know." The AG also says: "We don't torture." This all the more outrageous because video tapes of USA torture/waterboarding were destroyed so they couldn't be evidence. Plus there are all the images of Abu Garaib prison all over the web. !? It's almost beyond words to describe but fortunately the basics will do: The USA Attorney General is deceptive. He is also not honorable, not true to his word. He is now part of the White House plot to cover up the very exsistence or admission of waterboarding. He's smirky. Gads. Our nation's top lawyer is smirky. I wish I could think of other words or phrases to describe this 'disconnect,' this "lack of coherence," in one's presentation, this clearly displayed dislocation between reality and legal charade shell game. Any other expresseion to describe this?
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POPSDramatic anti-Gitmo protest at Supreme Court It appears some Yanks (many, actually) still refuse to accept their nation now practices torture, kidnapping of suspects, rendition, imprisonment without legal representation, imprisonment without access to the Red Cross, imprisonment without any contact with family or the outside world, imprisonment without a trial, and indefinite detention.- -- all violations of the Geneva Convention besides USA law and previous democratic principles and foundation -- all that now ripped to shreds by Bush, Republican warmongers and so-called 'neo-cons.' The new elections can't come soon enough.
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