Guest guest Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 " t r u t h o u t " <messenger Marjorie Cohn | Stop the Beast Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:12:05 -0700 Marjorie Cohn asks why we are building the largest military base built since Vietnam if we are leaving Iraq; US lawmakers call for probe of cover-up in Haditha massacre; Frank Rich asks why are we not standing down our troops if Iraqi troops are standing up; Democratic challenge for Cunningham seat gaining strength; American Bar Association to review legality of Bush's signing statements; Barbara Ehrenreich talks with Tom Engelhardt; Sabastian Mallaby questions the inequity that would be created with the repeal of the estate tax; and more ... Browse our continually updating front page at http://www.truthout.org Join fellow bloggers at the Truthout Town Meeting. Get perspective on today's important issues from Truthout's editorial team and prominent guest bloggers. Join the debate! http://forum.truthout.org/blog/ t r u t h o u t | 06.05 Marjorie Cohn | Stop the Beast http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060506J.shtml " In an annual security conference on Saturday, Donald Rumsfeld assured the audience, 'We don't intend to occupy [iraq] for any period of time. Our troops would like to go home and they will go home.' " Marjorie Cohn asks, " Why, then, would the United States be building an enormous embassy in Baghdad and a base so large it eclipses Kosovo's Camp Bondsteel, which had been the largest foreign US military base built since Vietnam? " US Lawmakers: Haditha Probe Must Go to Top http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060506K.shtml A US probe of an alleged massacre of civilians in Haditha, Iraq, must go beyond accused Marines and up the military command to rule out any possibility of a cover-up, US lawmakers said. Frank Rich | Supporting Our Troops Over a Cliff http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060506L.shtml " We can't pretend we don't know this is happening. It's happening in broad daylight. We know that 'as the Iraqis stand up, we'll stand down' is fiction, not reality. " Frank Rich writes, " We know from the Pentagon's own report to Congress last week that attacks on Americans and Iraqis alike are at their highest since American commanders started keeping count in 2004. We know that even as coalition partners like Italy and South Korea bail out, we are planning an indefinite stay of undefined parameters: the 104-acre embassy complex rising in the Green Zone is the largest in the world, and the Decider himself has said that it's up to " future presidents and future governments of Iraq " to decide our exit strategy. In California, Democrats Try First Step to Win Back House http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060506M.shtml Fractures among conservatives in the affluent coastal communities extending north of San Diego - coupled with dissatisfaction with President Bush - have put Democrats within striking distance of capturing a safe Republican seat that was thrown open when Representative Randy Cunningham resigned after pleading guilty to corruption charges. American Bar Association to Review Bush's Ignoring of 750 Laws http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060506N.shtml The board of governors of the American Bar Association has voted unanimously to investigate whether President Bush has exceeded his Constitutional authority in reserving the right to ignore more than 750 laws that have been enacted since he took office. Barbara Ehrenreich: A Guided Tour of Class in America http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060506O.shtml In a Tom Englehardt interview with Barbara Ehrenreich, she states that " Katrina's a perfect example of how militarized the government has gotten even when it's supposedly trying to help people. The initial response of the government was a military one. When they finally got people down there, it was armed guards to protect the fancy stores and keep people in that convention center - at gunpoint! I mean, this is unbelievable. " Sabastian Mallaby | Reward for the Hereditary Elite ... http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060506P.shtml " People often remark on the perversity of popular support for estate-tax repeal. A majority wants to abolish the tax, even though only the richest 2 percent of households have ever had to pay it. Sabastian Mallaby writes, " Yet this shoot-your-own-foot weirdness is easily explained: Most people just don't know that, under the law's current provisions, a couple can bequeath $4 million without paying a penny to the government. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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