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Trusting Democrats More...

A Rasmussen poll reports that Americans now trust Democrats more on

security. People are being rudely awakened to the toxic Bush

corruption. See link on the website.

 

Ricin In Austin; Terrorist Ties? US BushGov Will Never Tell

Austin is the most liberal place in Texas-- a blue oasis in a red dessert.

Of course, any terrorism-like action that happens IN the US is denied

being terrorism by the Bush lie team.

 

Gonzalez Withheld 250 Plame Emails

These crooked, arrogant, lying thugs in DC are stupid, so they get

caught. Gonzalez should be added to the list of people to impeach.

 

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By Jason Leopold

Gonzales Withholding Plame Emails

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has not turned over emails to the

special prosecutor's office that may incriminate Vice President Dick

Cheney, his aides, and other White House officials who allegedly

played an active role in unmasking Plame Wilson's identity to reporters.

 

By Steven Leser

The Samarra Mosque Dome Bombing – The Tet Offensive Of The Iraq War

The parallels are unmistakable. Even William F. Buckley, the

conservative and Bush administration protagonist that he is, could no

longer deny the truth

 

By David Swanson

Huge March Planned For Eve Of Katrina Evictions

FEMA moved the evictions to March 15, so activists have moved the

march to March 14. A press conference on Capitol Hill will be followed

by a march through Washington, D.C., past FEMA, past the Department of

Homeland Security, and to the White House, where a permit has been

obtained to rally in Lafayette Square Park until midnight.

 

By Stephen Crockett

Time To Disband Homeland Security And Renew Democracy

The national security state has become the Bush Republican model. This

model is at war with American political tradition. Americans have to

decide which model we desire. The article examines the choice.

 

By Jason Leopold

White House 'Discovers' 250 Emails Related To Plame Leak

Did Gonzalez intentionally impede justice? This is the worst case of

the fox guarding the hen house. He should be impeached

 

By Katherine Brengle

The Last Bastion Of Free Speech: The Internet

For many of us, the Internet is the last bastion of democratic process

in this country. It allows us to communicate, organize, get informed,

and stay in touch with the rest of the world. Don't give up your power.

 

By Todd Huffman, M.D.

Just Where Is Our National Conscience?

How can America become as good as we already see ourselves?

 

By Rob Kall

Should The Number One Candidate Criterion Be Ability To Buy TV Ads?

Poll Shows voters want free ads for candidates and fixed money from

Government.

 

By Mike Whitney

Rumsfeld Zeros In On The Internet

The Pentagon is taking steps to strangle free speech on the Internet

to burnish its image as a defender of liberty. Preserving the 1st

amendment is about to get a `whole lot tougher' as the information

wars heat up.

 

By Todd Huffman, M.D.

How The Christian Left Can Get It Right

A friend recently lamented that the Republicans have " stolen God " .

Maybe, I said, but at least we still have Jesus. While many on the

righteously religious right say they've " found " him, the story of the

Jesus they've found is the one they've written themselves – in which a

vengeful Jesus wields his cross as a sword and a shield. That's not

the Jesus I know, nor the one known by many Americans.

 

By Anonymous

The Ultimate Treachery

Giving our ports to UAE is such a blatant invitation to a terrorist

attack that even red staters are ready to impeach Bush and Cheney.

 

By Mick Youther

Here We Go Again

Once again, the Bush Administration is lying to the American people,

in an effort to make another war with Iran necessary and inevitable.

The Bush Administration knows there is nothing to fear from an Iranian

bomb. What they really fear is an Iranian Bourse.

 

By Evelyn Pringle

Adderall Online - Black Market Profits In Plain Sight

 

By Jane Stillwater

UNCLEAN: Muslims Killing Muslims Is " Haram "

Many Muslims are real sticklers for details when it comes to following

the exact letter of the Qur'an in such matters as making sure women

wear veils. But when it comes to the heart and soul of the Qur'an,

many Muslims are not paying attention. It's time for Muslims to STOP

KILLING MUSLIMS!

 

By Mary Ann Gould, Coalition For Voting Integrity

DoJ Threatens To Sue Pennsylvania, Democracy At Risk

The Bush Dept of Justice has come in with strong arm tactics and

threatened, based on info I've given (more coming) , that if the State

does NOT sign a consent decree agreeing that State and EVERY County

meet HAVA compliance (their interpretation) by 3/16, Bush DOJ will

take immediate legal action.

 

By Bob Burnett

Searching For The Democrats - Blue Clues

Looking at Democrats from the standpoint of their beliefs suggests

that the " liberal " and " moderate " labels no longer work. The real

distinction is between Dems who are value-based and those who are

tactics-based.

 

By Missy Comley Beattie

Pop Goes The Weasel

George speaks about freedom abroad while wer'e losing it at home.

 

By Allen L Roland, Ph.D

AMERICA FOR SALE / THE SAUDI CONNECTION

To understand the attempted Cheney/Bush selloff of U.S. port

operations to Dubai ~ you must first fully understand that its all

about big money, the Saudi connection and the Saudi-backed Carlyle

Group. Congress and the American people have every right to not only

oppose this sale but to finally fully explore the Saudi Connection.

 

By Stephen Dinan

From Spiritual Feudalism To Spiritual Sovereignty

The political structure of America is one that demands conscious

maturity in our voting citizens. We need to move beyond the spiritual

feudalism we've inherited into a position of spiritual sovereignty,

which empowers democracy rather than undermining it.

 

By Richard Wise, Ph.D.

Capital Punishment: Don't Improve It, Get Rid Of It

 

By Don Williams

Media Misses Bigger Target--Cheney's Public Policy Atrocities

Lousy hunting judgment is not a trivial issue in one so close to the

nuclear trigger, but that's not the worst of Cheney's many sins

against our country and our world.

 

By William Fisher

REMEMBER RENDITION?

 

By Tedbohne

Bush Must Be Stopped From Harrassing Hugo Chavez

Leave Venezuela alone

 

By Charles Sullivan

Corpses In The Garden

America has a shameful and brutal history of genocide and oppression

that most people refuse to acknowledge. History is a path of unbroken

events that lead to the connundrum of the present. Viewed in the

context of history, current events lose their ability to deceive and

to distort.

 

By Missy Comley Beattie

Escape To Crawford

George looks frazzled.

 

By David Cobb, Green Party

Reinstate Ohio Recount Lawsuit

Our suit was dismissed on the basis that Blackwell's obstruction of

the 2004 presidential recount is now a moot issue. However, in making

his ruling, the judge was unaware that Blackwell issued recount

guidelines in 2005 which are identical to the inadequate procedures he

used in 2004.

 

By Gene C. Gerard

Out Of Touch With The Military's Reality

For the last two years the Bush administration has insisted that the

war in Iraq has not handicapped the military. But a Congressional

report on military equipment and supplies indicates that the

administration is seriously mistaken.

 

By Robert D Daily

Hello Friends Are You Still Wondering?

It's been a full week, here are a few things I found to think on.

Sorta boggles the mind to have those in power really think we are so

stupid.

 

By Mary Ann Gould, Coalition For Voting Integrity

Another Bucks County Association Backs Voter Verified Paper Ballots

The passage of this resolution by the county-wide Bucks County

Association of Township Officials and so many municipalities reflects

the strong grassroots support for voter-verified paper ballots in all

areas of the county.

 

By Ernest Partridge, Co-Editor, The Crisis Papers

Perception Is Reality

Predictions in politics rest upon two assumptions: (a) that present

trends will continue into the future, and (b) that there will be no

totally unexpected " surprises. " Both assumptions are rarely true

 

By Heather

The Mess Of Our Administration

 

By Gary Denson

New Hope For Rednecksville

It confirms rob Kalls prior observation of rural republicans and thier

support of george bush and hitler had they lived in the 1930s

 

By RevBlake

Neocon Artists©

It's a poem that sheds light on Neocons

 

By Joshua Frank

The Democrats Pull Out Plan

Are the Democrats bringing the troops home? Not a chance.

 

By Evelyn Pringle

Drug Alert - Trasylol Blamed For Lethal Injuries During Surgery

 

By Rev. Bill McGinnis

The Dubai Ports Deal: Another Scenario For Bush Impeachment

Let's hope Bush is dumb enough to oppose Congress on this one.

 

 

 

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Blogs Are Vital Alternative Media Sources, By Carolyn Kay

There is a huge advantage in having many eyeballs patrolling the

sources of information, many minds with many varieties of experience

free to express their thoughts in an open forum - discussion that is

not chosen and/or edited by people whose living may depend on not

offending the powerful ... (Published in the Financial Times, of London)

 

Ricin Discovered In Austin Dorm

Bio-weapon in Texas' most liberal city

 

Would Someone Please Interfere In Our Elections?

If terrorism is the threat to America that Bush says, why is Bush

working so hard to enlarge the power and influence of terrorists and

of Islamic politicians hostile to US hegemony in the Middle East?

 

Wanna Buy A Port? By Harold Meyerson

Welcome to American capitalism in the age of globalization.

 

For First Time, Poll Reports: Democrats More Trusted On Security

From a political perspective, President Bush's national security

credentials have clearly been tarnished due to the outcry over this

issue. For the first time ever, Americans have a slight preference for

Democrats in Congress over the President on national security issues.

Forty-three percent (43%) say they trust the Democrats more on this

issue today while 41% prefer the President. Rush Limbaugh says it's

because people don't know all the facts (not th ey'd get any facts or

truth from him) We say it's because the facts are slapping Americans

in the face, finally waking them up.

 

Pentagon To Identify Guantanamo Detainees

Military to Comply With Court Order at Guantanamo Bay

 

Contractor Pleads Guilty To Corruption, Not Just Of Cunningham, But

Vote Criminal Katherine Harris

Washington defense contractor Mitchell J. Wade admitted yesterday in

federal court that he attempted to illegally influence Defense

Department contracting officials and tried to curry favor with two

House members, in addition to lavishing more than $1 million in cash,

cars, a boat, antiques and other bribes on convicted Rep. Randy " Duke "

Cunningham (R-Calif.).

 

Bush Is To Blame For Destroying Iraq

Americans, Iraqis and the international community must hold Bush and

Cheney responsible for the destruction of Iraq.

 

Sheryl Crow Has Breast Cancer Surgery

 

Election CRIMINAL Katherine Harris Brags About 2000 Florida Vote Theft

Corrupt Republicans are blatantly using vote corruption and claiming

their use of it as Strengths.

 

On The Brink In Iraq

Like the Sarajevo assassination that precipitated World War I, the

attack on the mosque may trigger a war, but it won't be the cause. The

cause is far more deep-rooted, embedded in the chaos and bitterness

that followed the U.S. invasion of Iraq and America's deliberate

efforts to stress sectarian differences in creating the Iraqi

Governing Council and subsequent government institutions. If the

current crisis doesn't spark a civil war, be patient. The next one will.

 

Protesting The Behavior Prof. Butz Of Northwestern

Recently, Northwestern engineering professor Arthur Butz denied the

Holocaust and congratulated the President of Iran on becoming the

first modern head of state to deny the Holocaust. In response,

students and faculty have come together to express their outrage and

disappointment that a Northwestern professor made such an offensive

and historically inaccurate declaration.

 

Rep. Pombo's 'All-out Assault' On ESA

The Pombo bill is an all-out assault on the Endangered Species Act and

an unmitigated disaster for endangered wildlife. No amount of lipstick

can hide this simple truth.

 

Saving Democracy By Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers is President of the Schumann Center for Media and

Democracy. This is the prepared text of his remarks on an eight-day

speaking trip in California on the issue of money and politics.

 

Federal Judge Ordered The Pentagon On Thursday To Release The

Identities Of Hundreds Of Detainees At Guantanamo Bay To T

a move which would force the government to break its secrecy and

reveal the most comprehensive list yet of those who have been

imprisoned there.

 

Call The CA Secretary Of State's Office: Skippy Did. And Listen To This!

skippy used the number (916-653-6814) found on the sec. of state

contact page. a lady answered the phone, and skippy told her who he

was, and that he was calling to express disappointment with sec. of

state macpherson for his decision to certify diebold voting machines

last week, and that skippy hoped mr. macpherson would de-certify the

machines. before she hung up, skippy asked her name, which was marsha.

skippy asked if she had gotten other phone calls, and she said " a

lot. " skippy asked if she could guess how many agreed with skippy's

position, and marsha said " all of them. " so you are all doing good

work out there, but more needs to be done. call macpherson. and call

or email (or visit in person) the 5 senators on the rules committee.

and it doesn't hurt to write letters to the editor.

 

" Incredibly Bad Press For Diebold From Coast To Coast " Does It Matter

Anymore?

Mike Himowitz in the Baltimore Sun rages against the machines and the

pitfalls of secret software used to count our votes: With every

jurisdiction in Maryland now using the same system, all it takes to

ruin an entire statewide election is a single glitch in a single line

of that secret code. In the systems business, this is known as a

computer monoculture. It's a term borrowed from agriculture to

describe a large area planted in a single crop - and hence vulnerable

to devastating damage from a single source. Maryland is completely

planted with Diebold's electronic cotton - all it needs for disaster

is one electronic boll weevil. To all of this criticism, Linda H.

Lamone, the state election administrator has had one response: " Trust

us. " Well, I don't and you shouldn't. Elections aren't based on trust.

They're based on verifiable results. You can't throw technology at a

problem and throw common sense out the window. There's no way to fix

this system. I don't care ho! w much we've spent on it.

 

Nigeria Counts 100 Deaths Over Danish Caricatures

Dozens of charred, smoldering bodies littered the streets of this

bustling commercial center on Thursday after three days of rioting in

which Christian mobs wielding machetes, clubs and knives set upon

their Muslim neighbors.

 

Bush's Mysterious 'New Programs'

But recent developments suggest that the Bush administration may

already be contemplating what to do with Americans who are deemed

insufficiently loyal or who disseminate information that may be

considered helpful to the enemy. Top U.S. officials have cited the

need to challenge news that undercuts Bush's actions as a key front in

defeating the terrorists, who are aided by " news informers, " in the

words of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

 

 

 

 

 

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