tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59724062011-07-14T20:45:39.794-04:00www.anti-bush.com BLOG!!14-year-old founder of www.anti-bush.com (founded at age of 12) Caleb Hayes and friends write in this "Left wing, anti-bush blog."Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1163197563785686152006-11-10T17:25:00.000-05:002006-11-10T17:48:48.130-05:00Now that the ballots are in and it's apparently clear that the dems will take both the House and the Senate, the talk on the town is the big "I" word. Will we or will we not see impeachment hearings?I heard from a very liberal friend yesterday that she felt that impeachment should not be the first order of business. Now bear in mind, this person has a hatred for Bush hotter then the heat of a annonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1163110973597550812006-11-09T17:21:00.000-05:002006-11-09T17:22:53.616-05:00Ballot Measure Losses Jolt the Religious Right MSNBC Wednesday 08 November 2006Anti-abortion, stem cell, same-sex issues all falter; leaders left wondering. From the country's heartland, voters sent messages that altered America's culture wars and dismayed the religious right - defending abortion rights in South Dakota, endorsing stem cell research in Missouri, and, in a national first, annonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1162939510848315962006-11-07T17:44:00.000-05:002006-11-07T17:45:10.883-05:00Dear Friends of Working Assets,We're writing because improperly enforced voter ID laws across the country are resulting in disenfranchisement of eligible voters. If you haven't voted already, bring identification with you when you go to the polls.In South Carolina, the Governor had to leave and come back with proper ID. In Missouri, the Secretary of State -- the chief election officer -- was annonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1162666153505649402006-11-04T13:45:00.000-05:002006-11-04T13:49:13.523-05:00Take it back - election preparedness kit by:TureMajority Election Preparedness KitWant to avoid another election disaster? The last few elections have been plagued by unnatural events including electronic voting machine malfunctions and voter disenfranchisement. So we've compiled this Election Preparedness Kit with three easy steps you can take to protect this election from wide-spread annonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1162493830688998092006-11-02T13:56:00.000-05:002006-11-02T13:57:10.703-05:00Hi all,Please send a postcard or letter of support to SPC Agustín Aguayo. He is currently being held in a military prison in Germany after going AWOL when the military tried to forcibly deploy him to Iraq.Agustín initially joined the military in 2002 and was assigned to the base in Germany in 2003. About a year later he realized he could no longer, in good conscience, be a part of the military. annonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1161040787355967772006-10-16T19:14:00.000-04:002006-10-16T19:19:47.373-04:00http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/16/iraq.poll/index.html?section=cnn_topstoriesI know someone who's grandfather fought in WW2, as a german soldier. Although I know I shouldn't I secretly in the bottom of my heart have very strong negative feels about anyone who fought along side the Nazi's. I realize that man was young and was just fighting what his countrymen believed was a just war, but still, Iannonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1158853873551945552006-09-21T11:41:00.000-04:002006-09-21T14:45:17.880-04:00Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has refused to apologize to Maher Arar despite Arar’s exoneration by a federal inquiry. Four years ago, Maher Arar was on his way back to Canada from a family vacation in Tunisia. The Syrian-born Canadian citizen had a stopover at JFK airport in New York. After being questioned at the airport, U.S. officials took him to a New York immigration facility. Two annonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1158787431209396392006-09-20T17:05:00.001-04:002006-09-20T17:30:42.373-04:00UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tore into his U.S. counterpart and his U.N. hosts Wednesday, likening President Bush to the devil and telling the General Assembly that its system is "worthless.""The devil came here yesterday," Chavez said, referring to Bush, who addressed the world body during its annual meeting Tuesday. "And it smells of sulfur still today."Chavez annonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1135227125585604942005-12-21T23:50:00.000-05:002005-12-21T23:52:05.596-05:00The Grinch Who Stole Student LoansBy Amaya SmithWashington, DC - This morning the Republican-led Senate voted to cut over $12 billion in student loans from the federal budget, the largest cut to student aid in history. The controversial 51-50 vote was sealed by none other than Vice President Cheney who cut short a trip to the Middle East to cast the tie-breaking vote. The final bill was so Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1126420838270218512005-09-11T02:37:00.000-04:002005-09-11T02:40:38.276-04:00I feel like a Category 5 hurricane, and F5 Tornado, and a 10 magnitude earthquake are all coming my way, and I'm powerless.U.S. Envisions Using Nukes on TerroristsWASHINGTON - A Pentagon planning document being updated to reflect the doctrine of pre-emption declared by President Bush in 2002 envisions the use of nuclear weapons to deter terrorists from using weapons of mass destruction against Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1125952245081258992005-09-05T16:28:00.000-04:002005-09-05T16:30:45.090-04:00Mission of Mercy: Gore brings storm victims to home state2005-09-04by Darren Dunlapof The Daily TimesThey were tired, weary and gracious.Some needed medical care, and others simply wanted a shower. Many were elderly and fragile.Rob Webb, director of Rural/Metro Ambulance Service in Blount County, said hospital patients and evacuees flown into Knoxville from New Orleans Saturday showed their Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1125713139215792852005-09-02T22:05:00.000-04:002005-09-02T22:05:47.640-04:00Now that New Orleans is nearly completely underwater and thousands of people have died in this nation's largest natural disaster in recent memory, it's easy for politicians say, "We did all we could." or, "We will send as much funding as they need." But for some politicians, and one in particular it very hard to follow through with these promises. Less than 50 days before hurricane Katrina hit Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1122030917791168652005-07-22T06:46:00.000-04:002005-07-22T07:15:17.796-04:00I'm finally back from Europe. I had a great trip. I would tell you more about it if this site was about me but it's not.While I was gone there was a major terrorist attack on a city I was in. I few into London the night of the first bombing and I was in London the day the second bombing happened. It really got me thinking about the "war on terror." One thing that we all knew and no one said Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1121376566881875152005-07-14T17:27:00.000-04:002005-07-15T12:43:06.680-04:00Caleb is traveling in Europe - this post was done by Lisa HayesAs I am watching the news over the last few days, I am entertained by the prospect that Karl Rove may be several steps out on the plank of his political demise. Unless you are listening to O’Riely on Fox, even the media coverage regarding Rove’s alleged criminal mis-step seems to be pretty cut and dry. Karl Rove is that guy. He Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1119483188716837212005-06-22T19:29:00.000-04:002005-06-22T19:33:54.703-04:00Well, he did say "Bring it on."Iraq is now a terrorist training ground, CIA saysWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA believes the Iraq insurgency poses an international threat and may produce better-trained Islamic terrorists than the 1980s Afghanistan war that gave rise to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, a U.S. counterterrorism official said on Wednesday.A classified report from the U.S. spy agency saysCarolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1118597548172747432005-06-12T13:07:00.000-04:002005-06-12T13:32:28.176-04:00Would you look at this mornings Washington Post, DSM (The Downing Street Memo in case you only read domestic news) is finally getting some press here at home. It only took them a month. This could be the end of the Bush Admin. But here is the question, is Michael Jackson going to ruin it? What do you want to bet the Jury comes back next week right when this story is getting legs big time. Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1118595933269767712005-06-12T13:03:00.000-04:002005-06-12T13:05:33.276-04:00Memo: U.S. Lacked Full Postwar Iraq PlanAdvisers to Blair Predicted Instability and no action was takenBy Walter PincusWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, June 12, 2005A briefing paper prepared for British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his top advisers eight months before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq concluded that the U.S. military was not preparing adequately for what the British memo Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1118557675745427112005-06-12T02:24:00.000-04:002005-06-12T02:27:55.750-04:00IMPEACH!!!Ministers were told of need for Gulf war ‘excuse’"MINISTERS were warned in July 2002 that Britain was committed to taking part in an American-led invasion of Iraq and they had no choice but to find a way of making it legal.The warning, in a leaked Cabinet Office briefing paper, said Tony Blair had already agreed to back military action to get rid of Saddam Hussein at a summit at the Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1117992663996548442005-06-05T13:27:00.000-04:002005-06-05T13:31:04.006-04:00...impeachment?Jeremy Scahill - The NationWed Jun 1, 6:29 PM ETIt was a huge air assault: Approximately 100 US and British planes flew from Kuwait into Iraqi airspace. At least seven types of aircraft were part of this massive operation, including US F-15 Strike Eagles and Royal Air Force Tornado ground-attack planes. They dropped precision-guided munitions on Saddam Hussein's major western Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1117956913921121892005-06-05T03:33:00.000-04:002005-06-05T03:35:13.926-04:00Impeachment?Al Jazeera - John Kerry announced Thursday that he intends to present Congress with The Downing Street Memo, reported last month by the London Times. The memo purports to include minutes from a July 2002 meeting with Tony Blair, in which Blair allegedly said that President Bush's administration "fixed" intelligence on Iraq in order to justify the Iraqi war. The Downing Street Memo is Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1116640886774498002005-05-20T21:58:00.000-04:002005-05-20T22:01:26.780-04:00More on a theme:Army addresses spate of recruiting misconductThe Army is examining allegations its recruiters offered to help people cheat on drug tests or get phony diplomas in order to enlist.In a recent incident in Texas, a recruiter threatened a 20-year-old man with arrest if he did not get to an interview at a recruiting station by a given time. The recruiter then sought to explain the Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1116433862047299622005-05-18T12:06:00.000-04:002005-05-18T12:31:02.080-04:00Maybe I've been wrong all along. Maybe I was I taught wrong all along. All my life I have been led to believe that my country, would always do it's best too find justice for all. It's in our pledge of allegiance that conservatives insist I say everyday at school, "... with liberty and justice for all." I was also taught that other countries weren't quite as great as ours and didn't always Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1116426913325680122005-05-18T10:29:00.000-04:002005-05-18T10:35:13.330-04:00So we've come to this to get kids into the military:Rift over recruiting at public high schoolsFrom the article:...the No Child Left Behind Act requires that schools receiving federal funding must release the names of its students to recruitersDid anyone know this? Sneaky, sneaky Bush administration. It sounds like extorsion.I also find this part interesting:Nationally, there's a growing sense Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1116374035686592492005-05-17T19:52:00.000-04:002005-05-17T19:53:55.703-04:00Bush's choice for US ambassador to the UN, in his own wordsThoughts?Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1114666906446232282005-04-28T01:35:00.000-04:002005-05-01T01:02:48.290-04:00"Yo Mr. Pope Guy"Fair's fair. We'll give almost anybody a chance to get settled in to the new job and rearrange the furniture in the office. No problem. Take your time, stock up on snacks, maybe do some interviews.People want to be nice. They want to be nice to their neighbors, to their friends and even to clerks at the grocery store. Most people don't go around picking fights or being nasty. OK,messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559783796317910221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1114558573558706312005-04-26T19:32:00.000-04:002005-04-26T19:40:20.796-04:00We all know Bush and the Saudi royal family are buddy buddy but when my parents are paying $2.30 and up for gas right now I can't help but put this on the site. I got it from an anonymous emailer. Caleb Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1113440845468312472005-04-13T20:55:00.000-04:002005-04-13T21:07:25.473-04:00What party really supports the troops? Sure more Republicans have the made in China "support our troops" yellow ribbon magnets on their cars but having that sticker on your car doesn't really help any of our soldiers. What does help is when they get $1.98 billion in additional funding for veterans' care which apparently the GOP is against. So if you have that yellow magnet and making sure our Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1113432645348429442005-04-13T18:47:00.000-04:002005-04-13T18:50:45.350-04:00I came across this post on www.democraticunderground.com today. I think he makes a really great point that we all know but don't often enough think about. "I was just laying down, and turned the TV on to see the chimp in the rose garden honoring the New England Patriots. He's got time for this bullshit, but not the time to honor the brave fallen men and women he sent to die for oil?I'm sorry, Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1113281201283658172005-04-12T00:46:00.000-04:002005-04-12T00:46:41.286-04:00Press Release of Senator Kerry Statement by John Kerry on John Bolton’s Nomination as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Below is a statement from Senator John Kerry on today’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the appointment of John R. Bolton to serve as the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations: Monday, April 11, 2005 “John Bolton is the wrong choice to serve as America’s Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1113178002306250182005-04-10T20:05:00.000-04:002005-04-10T20:06:42.306-04:00CLINT CURTIS PASSES POLYGRAPH EXAM!Story Broken in Florida's St. Petersburg Times by Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter!Still Manages to Mangle, Misrepresent and Omit Several Key Elements of the Story!After many months and many requests and many challenges from both critics and Mainstream Media types, The St. Petersburg Times is reporting -- and The BRAD BLOG can confirm -- that Clint Curtis took a Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1112489267381936232005-04-02T19:43:00.000-05:002005-04-02T19:48:38.393-05:00I'm just wondering how much support abstinence education will recieve since a new study on abstinence pledges has been released by the US government:Just 2 percent of youth who never took a pledge said they had had anal or oral sex but not intercourse, compared with 13 percent of "consistent pledgers."Bill Maher had some funny commentary on this:http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/04/01/Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1112310344015518402005-03-31T18:03:00.000-05:002005-03-31T18:05:44.020-05:00Bush panel rips U.S. intelligence abilities MSNBC News ServicesUpdated: 1:38 p.m. ET March 31, 2005WASHINGTON - In a scathing report released Thursday, President Bush’s commission on weapons of mass destruction found that America’s spy agencies were “dead wrong” in most of their judgments about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction capabilities.The commission was also highly critical of Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1112304526854937622005-03-31T16:26:00.000-05:002005-03-31T16:41:07.843-05:00Living WillI, _________________________ (fill in the blank), being of sound mind and body, do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of peckerwood politicians who couldn't pass ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it. If a reasonable amount of time passes and I fail to sit up and ask for a cold beer, it Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1112250240641455802005-03-31T01:17:00.000-05:002005-03-31T01:24:00.643-05:00Owens urged to sign rape billBy Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain NewsMarch 30, 2005Some Republicans launched a full-court press on the governor Tuesday, bombarding him with petitions, postcards and phone calls in support of a bill requiring hospitals to provide information about emergency contraception to rape victims. Republican Gov. Bill Owens has the option of signing the bill into law, letting itCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1111899087139882222005-03-26T23:50:00.000-05:002005-03-26T23:51:27.143-05:00Observation TestSee if you can find the three differences in these two photos. I thought it was hard.http://www.big-boys.com/articles/twophotos1.htmlCarolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1111723530083283002005-03-24T22:59:00.000-05:002005-03-24T23:05:30.090-05:00This is not an anti-Bush post. This is a post about the catastrophic impending crisis of Peak Oil and the subsequent decline of oil production, which, if it has not already been reached, will be upon us by the end of the decade. As much as we may want to be in denial of this, it is an absolute, stark, frightening reality. And no current alternative energy source will provide the same amount of Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1111584533998556262005-03-23T08:27:00.000-05:002005-03-23T08:28:54.000-05:00Bush Role in Schiavo Case Bothers RightBy JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON - Not all conservatives are happy with the decision by Congress and President Bush to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case. Some leaders said Tuesday the new law allowing a federal court review of the case is an example of the big government they have always opposed."To simply say that the 'culture of Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1111265227137185802005-03-19T15:46:00.000-05:002005-03-19T15:47:07.140-05:00Congress: Democracy's day offSEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARDSometimes it's inspiring to see American democracy in action. One can only imagine the great debates in Congress -- the ethical challenges against slavery, the creation of land grant universities or the push to end elderly poverty through an idea called Social Security.Yesterday was not one of those days.This Congress seems Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1110678396339031182005-03-12T20:37:00.000-05:002005-03-12T22:04:18.576-05:00The list of the top ten Democracy's in the world just came out and guess who they forgot. The free-est nation of them all, the one thats constantly spreading democracy. How could they do such a thing?1. Finland2. Denmark3. New Zealand4. Sweden5. Switzerland6. Norway7. Netherlands8. Australia9. Canada10. UK... 13. United StatesIn all seriousness, why aren't we considered #1? I want to know whatCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1110220690229141232005-03-07T13:37:00.000-05:002005-03-07T13:38:10.233-05:00Clinton sleeps on floor so elder Bush can have bedNEW YORK (AP) -- On their tour of tsunami damage in Southeast Asia, former President Bill Clinton once allowed his predecessor, former President George H.W. Bush, to sleep on the plane's only bed while he stretched out on the floor.The government plane in which the presidents toured the disaster area had one large bedroom and another room with Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1110178516877095232005-03-07T01:54:00.000-05:002005-03-07T01:55:16.880-05:00The Top 10 Conservative Idiots http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/05/189.htmlCarolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1109735573733751232005-03-01T22:51:00.000-05:002005-03-01T22:52:53.843-05:00Bush has some nerve lecturing PutinBy MAUREEN DOWDSYNDICATED COLUMNISTWASHINGTON -- It was remarkable to see President Bush lecture Vladimir Putin on the importance of checks and balances in a democratic society.Remarkably brazen, given that the only checks Bush seems to believe in are those written to the "journalists" Armstrong Williams, Maggie Gallagher and Karen Ryan, the fake TV anchor, to Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1109317413718148262005-02-25T02:39:00.000-05:002005-02-25T02:43:33.720-05:00Russian reporters asking the tough questions of Bush that our own right wing corporate media should be asking. Bush must have been upset that the reporters were not screened for compliancy. No lobbing of softball questions here. Heh heh.'"The regimes in place in Russia and the U.S. cannot be considered fully democratic, especially when compared to some other countries of Europe, for example — forCarolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1109214075359865832005-02-23T21:56:00.000-05:002005-02-23T22:01:15.366-05:00The founder and editor of WorldNetDaily sounds off on the Guckert/Gannon scandal. This editorial sums it up perfectly. It's good to see that someone from the "right" can call a spade a spade and not make excuses. This further calls attention for something the White House MUST be held accountable for.No Substitute for Real JournalismBy Joseph FarahThere are some lessons to be learned in the Jeff Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1109103002787704062005-02-22T15:04:00.000-05:002005-02-24T01:51:14.770-05:00http://bushflash.com/signals.htmlDiscuss. The run up to the war in Iraq and what seems to be happening now with Iran have a real eerie resemblance to me. It's just eerie and I don't like it. I don't think this country is ready for more nation building... I didn't think we were with Iraq. CalebCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1109022674925284742005-02-21T16:47:00.000-05:002005-02-21T16:51:14.930-05:00Here comes the draft, especially if Bush wants to invade Iran, Syria, and N. Korea.Army Having Difficulty Meeting Goals In RecruitingBy Ann Scott TysonThe active-duty Army is in danger of failing to meet its recruiting goals, and is beginning to suffer from manpower strains like those that have dropped the National Guard and Reserves below full strength, according to Army figures and interviews Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1108925287831632262005-02-20T13:47:00.000-05:002005-02-20T13:48:07.833-05:00An interesting article analyzing our media from the UK's Observer.http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,6903,1418539,00.htmlCarolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1108840736806678942005-02-19T13:57:00.000-05:002005-02-19T14:18:56.820-05:00Why isn't this Gannon scandal making headlines like the Lewinsky scandal did during Clinton's tenure?I just have to allow myself to dream for a moment...what if Gannon was hired by Rove for some extra-curricular activity and that was Gannon's "in" to the WH pressroom...what if it blew the lid off the Bush administration's "moral values" hypocrisy...That would be sooo sweet.For more on the Gannon Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1108427634308227672005-02-14T19:30:00.000-05:002005-02-14T19:33:54.310-05:00Up to 32,000 jobs could be lost right in my own back yard, thanks to BushTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSSEATTLE -- A White House proposal to boost power rates for the Bonneville Power Administration could cost Washington and Oregon tens of thousands of jobs by the end of the decade, according to a new report commissioned by U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash.The Bush administration's pitch to increase BPA Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1107218108840857022005-01-31T19:32:00.000-05:002005-01-31T19:36:17.450-05:00Does this actually surprise anyone? Why does the Bush administration want to waste more money on these useless programs when it's obvious they don't work?
Texas Teens Increased Sex After Abstinence Program
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Abstinence-only sex education programs, a major plank in President Bush's education plan, have had no impact on teenagers' behavior in his home state of Texas, according Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1107120639377069782005-01-30T16:30:00.000-05:002005-01-30T16:30:39.376-05:00Social Security `fix'--the next disaster
By R.C. Longworth, former Tribune senior correspondent and business editor
Published January 23, 2005
President Bush has promised to make Social Security reform the domestic centerpiece of his second term in office. But this reform, to be unveiled next month, shows all the unreality, fiscal irresponsibility and overhyped salesmanship of the keystones ofCarolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1107097255551201922005-01-30T10:00:00.000-05:002005-01-30T10:03:48.420-05:00Someone speaks the truth at Fox News:
http://www.oliverwillis.com/node/view/1695
Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1107038839079324402005-01-29T17:45:00.000-05:002005-01-29T17:47:19.080-05:00Columnist axed after taking cash to promote Bush plan
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Tribune Media Services will stop distributing columns written by conservative commentator Armstrong Williams because he received money to promote President Bush's education programs, the company said.
Meanwhile, the nation's largest African-American journalists' organization has asked other media outlets that use Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1106953831165576252005-01-28T18:09:00.000-05:002005-01-28T18:10:31.166-05:00Letter from David Brock to Universal Press Syndicate
January 26, 2005
Lee Salem
Executive Vice President and Editor
Universal Press Syndicate
4520 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-7701
Dear Mr. Salem:
I am writing to bring to your attention a report in the January 26 edition of The Washington Post that conservative columnist Maggie Gallagher was paid $21,500 by the U.S. government to promoteCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1106700157195934872005-01-25T19:39:00.000-05:002005-01-25T19:42:37.196-05:00The White House estimated on January 25, 2005 that the U.S. budget deficit for 2005, including an extra $80 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan operations, will total $427 billion. (Reuters Graphic)
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This is what me and my generation will be paying off for a long time. Thanks.Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1106631098991190792005-01-25T01:30:00.000-05:002005-01-25T00:31:38.990-05:00Sign Barbara Boxer's Petition:
Last week, more than 70,000 concerned citizens like you came together to sign my petition and demand the truth from Condoleezza Rice. Your support emboldened me during Dr. Rice's confirmation hearings to ask the tough questions that Americans deserve to have answered. I can't thank you enough, and America can't thank you enough.
Perhaps even more importantly, Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1106537988352477542005-01-23T22:34:00.000-05:002005-01-23T22:47:04.093-05:00The real reason Condi is getting promoted
Look, I know I shouldn't post this but I found it and... well it's really funny so I'm gonna. It really doesn't matter but I just can't help myself on this on. Oh this is so funny cause I bet it's true.
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A pressing issue of dinner-party etiquette is vexing Washington, according to a story now Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1106231749046546922005-01-20T09:34:00.000-05:002005-01-20T09:35:49.046-05:00Sign the petition:
Mr. President,
I was surprised and disappointed that you told the Washington Post last week that no Bush administration official should be held accountable for our failures in Iraq. As the situation worsens and more American lives are lost and troops deployed to the region, it's time to stop rewarding incompetence and to start demanding accountability. For the sake of our men Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1106092036603332272005-01-18T18:46:00.000-05:002005-01-18T18:47:16.603-05:00THE COMING WARS
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
What the Pentagon can now do in secret.
George W. Bush’s reëlection was not his only victory last fall. The President and his national-security advisers have consolidated control over the military and intelligence communities’ strategic analyses and covert operations to a degree unmatched since the rise of the post-Second World War national-security state. Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1105987500541155182005-01-17T13:43:00.000-05:002005-01-17T13:45:00.540-05:00In honor of Martin Luther King:
(Insert "Iraq" for "Vietnam")
"Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak for the poor of America who are paying the double price of smashed hopes at home and Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1104519895793257822004-12-31T14:03:00.000-05:002004-12-31T14:04:55.793-05:00House Republicans considers weakening ethics rules
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican leaders are considering a change in House ethics rules that could make it harder to discipline lawmakers.
The proposal being circulated among House Republicans would end a general rule against any behavior that might bring "discredit" on the chamber, according to House Republican and Democratic leadership aides.
Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1103684632224724612004-12-21T22:01:00.000-05:002004-12-21T22:03:52.226-05:00Oh boy...
This week the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School presented its fourth annual Global Environment Citizen Award to Bill Moyers. In presenting the award, Meryl Streep, a member of the Center board, said, "Through resourceful, intrepid reportage and perceptive voices from the forward edge of the debate, Moyers has examined an environment under siege withCarolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1103157940864156212004-12-15T19:40:00.000-05:002004-12-15T19:51:59.823-05:00I was reading something else about the legacy of the Clinton Administration earlier today and I remember thinking what a great president he was. But not only was he a great president I think he is a lot smarter than people give him credit for. He was really a political genius that learned from every mistake he ever made. I bet that right now he could run for president and win again. Anyway I Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1102734797328894252004-12-10T22:07:00.000-05:002004-12-10T22:13:17.326-05:00The Power of Nightmares
Hyping Terror For Fun, Profit - And Power
by Thom Hartmann
What if there really was no need for much - or even most - of the Cold War? What if, in fact, the Cold War had been kept alive for two decades based on phony WMD threats?
What if, similarly, the War On Terror was largely a scam, and the administration was hyping it to seem larger-than-life? What if our "enemy" Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1102644067190346602004-12-09T20:55:00.000-05:002004-12-09T21:01:07.190-05:00I got audio from Clinton Curtis' interview on Air America's Unfiltered!!If you don't know the story, Clinton Curtis a former computer programmer in Florida, has alleged that Tom Feeney, now a republican Florida Congressman asked Curtis to develop software to steal elections.Interview part 1Interview part 2
Still more breaking constantly -- Stay tuned.Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1102477705985748432004-12-07T22:39:00.000-05:002004-12-09T01:21:21.893-05:00WHISTLEBLOWER AFFIDAVIT: Programmer Built Vote Rigging Prototype at Republican Congressman's Request!
This is from a site that is overwhelmed with traffic. The author got an affidavit from the engineer that wrote the software made to manipulate vote totals:
In stunning revelations set to rock the vote from Tallahassee to Capitol Hill -- and perhaps even a bit further up Pennsylvania Avenue -- Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1102470392711836122004-12-07T20:24:00.000-05:002004-12-07T20:50:14.916-05:00I know there are some people who still think the torture of prisoners in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay amount to little more than fraternity hi-jinks or that, because they are "terrorists" they don't deserve much else, but one must consider the ramifications of these actions on American soldiers who are captured in this and future conflicts, not to mention feuling the flames of hatred towards the USCarolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1102397352787729832004-12-07T01:13:00.000-05:002004-12-07T00:29:12.786-05:00Whose party is it anyway?Harry Reid may be the Democrats' new Senate leader, but this week, blue eyes are on Howard Dean.By Tim Grieve
Dec. 7, 2004 | Harry Reid says Democrats have to "swallow their pride" and move toward the middle. Harry Reid says he admires Antonin Scalia's "brilliance" and could imagine voting to confirm him as chief justice of the United States. Harry Reid says he'd Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1102168751290019222004-12-04T08:52:00.000-05:002004-12-04T08:59:11.290-05:00I get periodic updates on important issues from my senator and I thought I would share this one.
Dear Friend:
Last month, the Senate voted to raise the federal debt limit by $800 billion - on top of the $7.4 trillion we already owe. This increase constituted the third large increase in the federal borrowing limit since President Bush took office in 2001. With this new debt limit, the Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1102168329244563132004-12-04T08:48:00.000-05:002004-12-04T08:52:52.176-05:00A view of the US from across the pond...and some interesting statistics.
Comment: Andrew Sullivan: Where the Bible bashers are sinful and the liberals pure
When America sat down last week for its annual rite of national Thanksgiving, some would argue that two different nations celebrated: upright, moral, traditional red America and the dissolute, liberal blue states clustered on the periphery Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1101870443033967682004-11-30T22:01:00.000-05:002004-11-30T22:07:23.046-05:00I thought maybe the Democrats should run Jesus in '08. Then I remembered all the stuff they got on him. Karl Rove might be able to beat Jesus. What has the world come to?
CalebCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1101655510603997202004-11-28T10:22:00.000-05:002004-11-28T10:25:48.276-05:00The irony of it all...here is what President Bush said regarding allegations of election fraud in the Ukraine:
"There's just a lot of allegations of vote fraud that placed their election, the validity of their elections, in doubt... The international community is watching very carefully. People are paying very close attention to this, and hopefully it will be resolved in a way that brings creditCarolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1101482084591576002004-11-26T10:08:00.000-05:002004-11-26T10:14:44.590-05:00So...who thinks teaching abstinence only will be a deterrent to teen sexual activity? I'd love to hear from some teens on this! Will it make it more appealing the more sex is treated like the forbidden fruit?
Bush Seeks Funds for Abstinence Education
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - President Bush's re-election insures that more federal money will flow to abstinence Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1100627891030236232004-11-16T13:53:00.000-05:002004-11-16T12:58:51.276-05:00This doesn't bode well for those who are not Bush backers. A protege of Karl Rove...great. Also, it's my opinion that Bush wants to privatise Social Security because he has bankrupted it and doesn't want the public to know. I'm not feeling particularly secure about my future.
Bush Names Campaign Manager to Head GOP
Tue Nov 16, 9:05 AM ET
By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer
WASHINGTON - Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1100615963310649232004-11-16T09:35:00.000-05:002004-11-16T09:39:23.310-05:00The Ohio Recount is going forward. As posted on http://www.votecobb.org/, as of November 16 the initial Ohio recount filing fees and expenses have been received from thousands of supporters around the country.
Green & Libertarian Presidential Candidates Demand Ohio Recount
11/11 - David Cobb and Michael Badnarik, the 2004 presidential candidates for the Green and Libertarian parties, today Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1100201811648715682004-11-11T14:15:00.000-05:002004-11-11T14:44:09.246-05:00I was going to concede this election to Bush and just assume that he won "fair and square" but I can't ignore this anymore. Things smell weird. There seem to be quite a few voter irregularities going on here. One of the odd things is they aren't happening in states like California or Texas, states where we know who was going to win. They all have been happening in the so called "swing states.Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099517023801985152004-11-03T16:13:00.000-05:002004-11-03T16:23:43.800-05:00This post is from Caleb's mother. To all of you who read this blog who admire Caleb's work and to all of you who look at what he does with anger and scorn, my message to each of you is the same. Caleb, like many of us today is upset, he is exhausted, and he is afraid for his country. However, when I sat in disbelief last night watching the electorate results, in tears and shock, Caleb sat nextCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099509411662967722004-11-03T14:16:00.000-05:002004-11-03T14:16:51.663-05:00An Election Spoiled Rotten
TomPaine.com
Monday, November 1, 2004
by Greg Palast
It's not even Election Day yet, and the Kerry-Edwards campaign is already down by a almost a million votes. That's because, in important states like Ohio, Florida and New Mexico, voter names have been systematically removed from the rolls and absentee ballots have been overlooked—overwhelmingly in minority areas, Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099509295660782982004-11-03T14:06:00.000-05:002004-11-03T14:14:55.660-05:00Here are a few e-mails I have in my box this morning. I just thought I would share...
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And I thought the German people were morons to "elect" Adolf Hitler. I
genuinely thought America was smarter than that. Abe Lincoln should have
shut his mouth and let the South secede. Another gigantic Mexico to the
south would be better than having the bible belt as a national
Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099510311526809032004-11-03T13:57:00.000-05:002004-11-03T14:31:51.526-05:00I realize this is a rather long article, but it is important and all those who voted for Bush REALLY need to read it, so they know exactly who they really elected. It wasn't George Bush. The manipulation of the media and the American people really is pure terrifying genius.
Bad Brains
By Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash. Posted June 5, 2003
Who is Bush's brain? Karl Rove is, according to a new book Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099471522910143362004-11-03T03:34:00.000-05:002004-11-03T03:45:22.910-05:00I concede, Bush wins. You know, America if this is what you want have it. Go right ahead. I don't really understand what is wrong with you but if you want more war, national debt and less jobs and clean air, TAKE IT! You deserve what you are asking for right now.
Caleb Hayes Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099465523806836552004-11-03T02:03:00.000-05:002004-11-03T02:05:23.806-05:00I just watched a documentary on Sundance Channel about Karl Rove called "Bush's Brain" and it was chilling. Way more powerful than Farenheit 9/11. Too bad it didn't get the same exposure.
His actions demonstrate just how hypocritical the Republican party's "moral values" are. From destroying people's lives, to outing covert CIA operatives, to slandering and destroying decorated Vietnam veterans Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099364837980828692004-11-01T22:05:00.000-05:002004-11-01T22:07:17.980-05:00Review this website, then please, please, please go and vote tomorrow, and make the right decision for America and the world.
BUSH - NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED
NO MORE YEARS!!!
http://www.thebushpresidency.org/NoMoreYears.htm
Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099198198799843082004-10-31T01:47:00.000-05:002004-10-31T00:49:58.800-04:00Watch this great clip of Congressman Tim Ryan (D, Ohio) schooling his colleagues about why youth don't believe the Bush administration's hype. This man is standing up and telling the truth! What a guy. I tip my hat to you Congressman.
CalebCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099150588904540102004-10-30T11:24:00.000-04:002004-10-30T11:39:05.376-04:00I know I will be accused of being un-American for posting this (if not a traitor), but in the spirit of trying to understand what is going on in the world, I think it is important to listen. Can you open your mind? Can you forgive your enemies? By doing so, it could be possible to change the world.
Transcript of Bin Laden's speech
To begin: Peace be upon he who follow the Guidance.
People of Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099149006913738172004-10-30T10:59:00.000-04:002004-10-30T11:10:06.913-04:00Is it possible that Bin Laden is offering a way out of this mess (which is more than what George Bush is offering)? He clearly states his reason for continuing threats against the US and the justification for the 9/11 attacks. Since I am not of the mindset that all the terrorists should be eradicated by never-ending violence (since that would be impossible), wouldn't it be a sane and rational Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099037513817327332004-10-29T04:01:00.000-04:002004-10-29T04:11:53.816-04:00And Bush's reaction to all this? His usual disassociation from reality with his canned response, "Freedom is on the march".
Bad News Dogs Bush As Election Nears
By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer
YARDLEY, Pa. - The presidency comes with powerful tools that can help incumbents keep their jobs: a mighty public-relations machine, a bully pulpit, a famous airplane. Yet President Bush has Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099002184639975292004-10-28T18:20:00.000-04:002004-10-28T18:23:04.640-04:00Still undecided? Take this to the polls with you.
THE CASE AGAINST BUSH
Ten Reasons America Needs a Change
PORTLAND--George W. Bush has been a busy boy these past four years. Because his Administration's policies are so radical and his attempts to change our country so far-reaching, it is sometimes difficult to remember them all. Here's a summary of why Bush and his gang of bloodthirsty Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099001960876721872004-10-28T18:14:00.000-04:002004-10-28T18:19:20.876-04:00Why would the FBI feel the need to investigate this if there was no hint of impropriety? The corruptness of this administration knows no bounds...
FBI Investigating Halliburton Contracts
By JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The FBI has begun investigating whether the Pentagon improperly awarded no-bid contracts to Halliburton Co., seeking an interview with a top Army Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1099001504725506902004-10-28T18:09:00.000-04:002004-10-28T18:11:44.726-04:00Hate Bush? Then make some phone calls with me to get this jerk out of office! Click here to make some calls to swing states.
CalebCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1098837096668830772004-10-26T20:23:00.000-04:002004-10-26T20:31:36.666-04:00This is it
Now is the time to give it our all. We need to be out there working minute we can, to defeat Bush. This is my plea, talk to everyone you can! Go to your democratic HQ and volunteer. Work your butt off. Now is our last chance! We can't complain if we don't do something about it when we get the chance. Now is our chance lets do it! We can beat Bush we just have to make for phoneCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603068639518910170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1098802839846434312004-10-26T10:58:00.000-04:002004-10-26T11:01:18.086-04:00And then there's this...absolutely disgusting.
Voter fraud alleged
Group accused of trashing Democrats' registration forms
By Adrienne Packer
Federal and state authorities are looking into Democratic Party allegations that a voter registration group hired by the Republican Party tossed out registration forms signed by Democrats.
The FBI and state officials are reviewing comments by Eric Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1098802454463399362004-10-26T10:51:00.000-04:002004-10-26T10:54:14.463-04:00An ironic endorsement...
President wins endorsement from admirers in the 'axis of evil'
AP in Tehran
Saturday October 23, 2004
The Guardian
He has accused the country of being part of the axis of evil, a harbourer of al-Qaida terrorists and a nuclear menace threatening global stability.
So President George Bush may view with suspicion a ringing election endorsement from one of America's Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1098802069386217412004-10-26T10:43:00.000-04:002004-10-26T10:47:49.386-04:00Not widely reported in the US media...
Al-Qaida’s vote for Bush
By Imad Khadduri
Monday 25 October 2004
Who would the 'terrorists' like to see elected in the upcoming US presidential elections?
Predictions about how they would try to influence this form of the democratic process were sparked by the train bombings in Madrid last March.
The timing of the attack, coming immediately before Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1098711852391805582004-10-25T09:39:00.000-04:002004-10-25T09:44:12.393-04:00More bad news from Iraq. How can any doubts remain that this effort was a catastrophic disaster? But...freedom is on the march...according to Bush. That would be laughable if this whole thing wasn't so tragic.
Iraq Suspects Infiltrators in Massacre
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi officials suspect that about 50 U.S.-trained Iraqi soldiers slain by insurgents — Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1098711309374614352004-10-25T09:29:00.000-04:002004-10-25T09:35:09.373-04:00I doubt we will get an answer from the White House as to why the explosives on this military facility were not secured, beyond Bush's rhetoric that he is the best candidate to keep America safe. How much more apparent can it be that it is Bush that we need to be protected from???
IAEA Says Tons of Iraq Explosives Missing
By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer
VIENNA, Austria - Several Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1098669062047413472004-10-24T21:49:00.000-04:002004-10-24T21:51:38.053-04:00Bush's Blinkers
By BOB HERBERT
Published: October 22, 2004
Does President Bush even tip his hat to reality as he goes breezing by?
He often behaves as if he sees - or is in touch with - things that are inaccessible to those who are grounded in the reality most of us have come to know. For example, with more than 1,000 American troops and more than 10,000 Iraqi civilians dead, many people see Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1098398837747847322004-10-21T18:42:00.000-04:002004-10-21T18:47:17.746-04:00Here it is again...anyone who says anything negative about the Bush administration is a liar. What exactly would be Pat Robertson's motivation for lying? It's not like he's a Kerry supporter. As one of the religious right, I can't imagine he would back anybody but Bush.
Robertson: Bush told him there'd be no war casualties
Televangelist's recall is disputed by White House
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICKCarolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1098367271427421192004-10-21T09:55:00.000-04:002004-10-21T10:01:11.426-04:00This is interesting, especially the part in which states Saddam Hussein found it prestigious to be an ally of the US...
So, did Saddam really try to kill Bush's dad?
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Now that US President George W Bush's allegations about former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's ties to al-Qaeda and ambitious weapons programs have been thoroughly discredited, another outstanding charge Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972406.post-1098213662520972132004-10-19T15:06:00.000-04:002004-10-19T15:21:02.520-04:00I think the last paragraph in this article (taken from the Times article that I have already posted) is most telling. I believe, and have stated in the comments section of one of my posts, that there are Americans who believe Bush, with his malaprops and his religious faith is some twisted version of the "every man". Some of them were presented in Suskind's article. Here's a news flash! Bush is Carolynnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164041440132227051noreply@blogger.com