Comments on: ThinkFast: February 28, 2006 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:43:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Viajar Francia http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-1019794 Viajar Francia Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:04:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-1019794 Following the money trail is always harder than you would think. There are tons of assetts that can't be tracked including deals and promisses that will play out years down the road... Following the money trail is always harder than you would think. There are tons of assetts that can’t be tracked including deals and promisses that will play out years down the road…

]]> By: Buckley Roberts http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-461681 Buckley Roberts Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:28:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-461681 IRI I'm sorry honey, it looks my allusion were too veiled for you. I was comparing them to a Church. That's why I thought they were wrong. Looks like you better put on your thinking cap next time you start reading IRI

I’m sorry honey, it looks my allusion were too veiled for you. I was comparing them to a Church. That’s why I thought they were wrong. Looks like you better put on your thinking cap next time you start reading

]]> By: Dennis Goodrich http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-461504 Dennis Goodrich Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:30:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-461504 Regarding the ports problem, has anyone followed the money to see who among the Bush administration's supporters stands to gain from this transaction? Money has been behind many of the atrocities carried out by these people, why not again? Regarding the ports problem, has anyone followed the money to see who among the Bush administration’s supporters stands to gain from this transaction? Money has been behind many of the atrocities carried out by these people, why not again?

]]> By: green917 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-461286 green917 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:55:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-461286 #35 <em>Yep, lets vote for the guys that want to put a camera on every street corner, in every bathroom and throw your ass in jail for calling a spade a spade. Who want to take away your guns, put homo’s in charge of Cub Scouts and teach little boys how to be little girls.</em> Or we could vote for the guys who have illegally spied on American citizens' phone and email conversations, who want to crush all dissent as "unpatriotic terraist sympathizing", who <strong>really</strong> want to take away your guns (police confiscated people's guns in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina), make a significant portion of the population second-class citizens, and allow priests to teach little boys how to be sexual predators with impunity. <em>Let’s vote for the guys who go hat in hand to Sadam and to the mullah’s in Iran and everywhere else America is hated and beg forgiveness. Let’s vote for the Democrats!!!</em> Let's vote for the guys who sold Sadam WMDs, and created the Mullah's rise to power by reinstating the Shaw to power in '53, and continually telling the rest of the world to "fuck off!" so that there is a never-ending supply of "bad guys" who want to harm our citizens. Let's vote for the Republicans!!! You're an ass! Learn some history before you shove your foot in your mouth next time! #35
Yep, lets vote for the guys that want to put a camera on every street corner, in every bathroom and throw your ass in jail for calling a spade a spade. Who want to take away your guns, put homo’s in charge of Cub Scouts and teach little boys how to be little girls.

Or we could vote for the guys who have illegally spied on American citizens’ phone and email conversations, who want to crush all dissent as “unpatriotic terraist sympathizing”, who really want to take away your guns (police confiscated people’s guns in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina), make a significant portion of the population second-class citizens, and allow priests to teach little boys how to be sexual predators with impunity.

Let’s vote for the guys who go hat in hand to Sadam and to the mullah’s in Iran and everywhere else America is hated and beg forgiveness. Let’s vote for the Democrats!!!

Let’s vote for the guys who sold Sadam WMDs, and created the Mullah’s rise to power by reinstating the Shaw to power in ‘53, and continually telling the rest of the world to “fuck off!” so that there is a never-ending supply of “bad guys” who want to harm our citizens. Let’s vote for the Republicans!!!

You’re an ass! Learn some history before you shove your foot in your mouth next time!

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-461285 Marie Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:53:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-461285 Realistically, if we can't impeach Bush/Cheney can we have a "recall election" as was done in California a couple of years ago -- remember that's when they got their wonderful leader, Ahnold, who is also polling in the low 30's. Will our constitution allow such a move? This is probably pie-in-the-sky thought here, but can anyone set me straight? Realistically, if we can’t impeach Bush/Cheney can we have a “recall election” as was done in California a couple of years ago — remember that’s when they got their wonderful leader, Ahnold, who is also polling in the low 30’s. Will our constitution allow such a move? This is probably pie-in-the-sky thought here, but can anyone set me straight?

]]> By: morgan lamberth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-461282 morgan lamberth Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:50:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-461282 democrats.ssorry democrats.ssorry

]]> By: morgan lamberth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-461279 morgan lamberth Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:48:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-461279 WORKERS UNDER45 SHORT SHRfted. Wages not advancing.Southerners less welloff. Why can't demoncrats do well down here? WORKERS UNDER45 SHORT SHRfted. Wages not advancing.Southerners less welloff. Why can’t demoncrats do well down here?

]]> By: Anthony M Dambrosi http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-461125 Anthony M Dambrosi Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:50:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-461125 <em> I read and hear all the time that the 'media' has a liberal bias. So when Media Matters finds that over a number of years that the balance has been swung on purpose to the Right on the Sunday Morning Talk Shows among other outlets I do wonder where the outrage has gone.Oh!So you mean that it's Okay to have biased reporting and analysis just as long as it is'nt liberal? Either way we're getting a very distorted picture of what's really happening and for the few who make profits from such confusion they care very little for the real discourse that is the hallmark of any truly free society.Since going down the rightward path has usually wound up with a shrinking freedoms,uncalled for wars of aggression(not self defense)and deeper class fragmentation I would rather err on the side of a path that insures that Our Constitution is lived up to.If people on the right think that the Geneva Convention is quaint and obsolete then what do they really believe about our Constitution?That's a question you won't see answered any time soon on our Sunday Talk Shows or on Broadcast News in general.They pit 3 or more rightwing pundits for every 1 neutral/center pundit with 0 liberals/progressives in sight.Even in the bad old heyday of Federally mandated neutrality did we see a packing of the political forums to equal what's happening today.</em> I read and hear all the time that the ‘media’ has a liberal bias. So when Media Matters finds that over a number of years that the balance has been swung on purpose to the Right on the Sunday Morning Talk Shows among other outlets I do wonder where the outrage has gone.Oh!So you mean that it’s Okay to have biased reporting and analysis just as long as it is’nt liberal? Either way we’re getting a very distorted picture of what’s really happening and for the few who make profits from such confusion they care very little for the real discourse that is the hallmark of any truly free society.Since going down the rightward path has usually wound up with a shrinking freedoms,uncalled for wars of aggression(not self defense)and deeper class fragmentation I would rather err on the side of a path that insures that Our Constitution is lived up to.If people on the right think that the Geneva Convention is quaint and obsolete then what do they really believe about our Constitution?That’s a question you won’t see answered any time soon on our Sunday Talk Shows or on Broadcast News in general.They pit 3 or more rightwing pundits for every 1 neutral/center pundit with 0 liberals/progressives in sight.Even in the bad old heyday of Federally mandated neutrality did we see a packing of the political forums to equal what’s happening today.

]]> By: morgan lamberth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-461095 morgan lamberth Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:33:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-461095 KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!BUSH AT32% .HE THINKS HEIS GOING SOMEWHERE WITH PLANS FOR THE PLUTOCRATS[PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY,HSA'S]WHER ARE THE PEOPLE WITH THE WHITE JACKET FOR HIM? KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!BUSH AT32% .HE THINKS HEIS GOING SOMEWHERE WITH PLANS FOR THE PLUTOCRATS[PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY,HSA'S]WHER ARE THE PEOPLE WITH THE WHITE JACKET FOR HIM?

]]> By: ThinkFast for February 28, 2006 - Brokekid.net http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-460952 ThinkFast for February 28, 2006 - Brokekid.net Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:08:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-460952 [...] (via thinkprogress.org) Surprise: “Congressional watchdogs are nervous that after an initial burst of energy on reform, lawmakers from both parties have since cooled to the stronger provisions they were pushing just weeks ago.” [...] [...] (via thinkprogress.org) Surprise: “Congressional watchdogs are nervous that after an initial burst of energy on reform, lawmakers from both parties have since cooled to the stronger provisions they were pushing just weeks ago.” [...]

]]> By: I-RIGHT-I http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-460903 I-RIGHT-I Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:29:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-460903 We are Americans! Let’s start acting like it and vote in some real leadership come fall. Comment by Charles Lesher Yep, lets vote for the guys that want to put a camera on every street corner, in every bathroom and throw your ass in jail for calling a spade a spade. Who want to take away your guns, put homo's in charge of Cub Scouts and teach little boys how to be little girls. Let's vote for the guys who go hat in hand to Sadam and to the mullah's in Iran and everywhere else America is hated and beg forgiveness. Let's vote for the Democrats!!! That'll teach 'em. We are Americans! Let’s start acting like it and vote in some real leadership come fall.

Comment by Charles Lesher

Yep, lets vote for the guys that want to put a camera on every street corner, in every bathroom and throw your ass in jail for calling a spade a spade. Who want to take away your guns, put homo’s in charge of Cub Scouts and teach little boys how to be little girls.

Let’s vote for the guys who go hat in hand to Sadam and to the mullah’s in Iran and everywhere else America is hated and beg forgiveness. Let’s vote for the Democrats!!!

That’ll teach ‘em.

]]> By: Charles Lesher http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-460853 Charles Lesher Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:08:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-460853 <strong>Government Think-Speak</strong> My fellow citizens, we are being duped. Monday, February 20, in the opinion page of my local newspaper, the East Valley Tribune, Mesa resident and fellow American, Trevor Hanson aligned himself with the Bush Administration concerning the NSA eavesdropping on our phone calls and email. He is far from alone. In the very same paper is an AP report of Senator Frist doing the same thing. Every day someone, Democrat as well as Republican, speaks eloquently about the programs virtues and the need to stifle any more debate about its inner workings for fear of rendering it useless. But buried in the Business section of the very same paper is a third article that shines the glaring light of reality on this entire situation, SKYPE ENCRYPTION TAKES WEB PRIVACY TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. Skype (rhymes with type) is an Internet calling service that provides FREE voice calls and text messaging between users. The security encryption Skype routinely employs makes it virtually impossible to listen in on these calls or emails. Connect the dots people. The NSA cannot break this encryption and they know it, Bill Frist knows it, George Bush knows it, everyone that matters knows it except the American citizen. It is naive and dangerous to think that bin Laden and al-Quida doesn't know about and use this technology or another like it. After all, there are 75,000,000 registered users of Skype alone. Can I assume that most citizens have at least heard about cell phones that can access the Web? Guess what? You can buy them preloaded with Skype. What a wonderful gift technology is, and so simple to use. I don't know exactly who the NSA is listening in on, no one does at this point in time, but one thing I am sure of, they are not listening in on the next 911 plot, not unless Inspector Cluso is running al-Quida. So who IS the NSA monitoring? The administration has admitted it is American citizens so the answer is right out of George Orwell's 1984, Big Brother Is Watching You! Heaven help us if we let the power of our politicians grow beyond our control, because then we will have a REAL problem on our hands, reclaiming lost liberties. We are all in this together, for better or for worse. My fellow citizens, please get a clue and let your voice and vote be heard loud and clear in November! We are not cowards, we will not cower to al-Quida's threats no matter how much our politician’s trumpet its sirens song, and we will not condone breaking the law for some imaginary security. We are Americans! Let's start acting like it and vote in some real leadership come fall. Government Think-Speak
My fellow citizens, we are being duped. Monday, February 20, in the opinion page of my local newspaper, the East Valley Tribune, Mesa resident and fellow American, Trevor Hanson aligned himself with the Bush Administration concerning the NSA eavesdropping on our phone calls and email. He is far from alone. In the very same paper is an AP report of Senator Frist doing the same thing. Every day someone, Democrat as well as Republican, speaks eloquently about the programs virtues and the need to stifle any more debate about its inner workings for fear of rendering it useless. But buried in the Business section of the very same paper is a third article that shines the glaring light of reality on this entire situation, SKYPE ENCRYPTION TAKES WEB PRIVACY TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
Skype (rhymes with type) is an Internet calling service that provides FREE voice calls and text messaging between users. The security encryption Skype routinely employs makes it virtually impossible to listen in on these calls or emails. Connect the dots people. The NSA cannot break this encryption and they know it, Bill Frist knows it, George Bush knows it, everyone that matters knows it except the American citizen. It is naive and dangerous to think that bin Laden and al-Quida doesn’t know about and use this technology or another like it. After all, there are 75,000,000 registered users of Skype alone. Can I assume that most citizens have at least heard about cell phones that can access the Web? Guess what? You can buy them preloaded with Skype. What a wonderful gift technology is, and so simple to use.
I don’t know exactly who the NSA is listening in on, no one does at this point in time, but one thing I am sure of, they are not listening in on the next 911 plot, not unless Inspector Cluso is running al-Quida. So who IS the NSA monitoring? The administration has admitted it is American citizens so the answer is right out of George Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother Is Watching You! Heaven help us if we let the power of our politicians grow beyond our control, because then we will have a REAL problem on our hands, reclaiming lost liberties.
We are all in this together, for better or for worse. My fellow citizens, please get a clue and let your voice and vote be heard loud and clear in November! We are not cowards, we will not cower to al-Quida’s threats no matter how much our politician’s trumpet its sirens song, and we will not condone breaking the law for some imaginary security. We are Americans! Let’s start acting like it and vote in some real leadership come fall.

]]> By: Irving Rader http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-460852 Irving Rader Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:08:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-460852 Jewish World Review Feb. 28, 2006 / 30 Shevat, 5766 OOPS! Controversial Dubai firm enforces Arab boycott of Israel By Michael Freund Who will "Israel's best friend" side with? Will illegal behavior be perfect excuse for prez to sever ties with company? The parent company of a Dubai-based firm at the center of a political storm in the US over the operating of American ports participates in the Arab boycott against Israel. The firm, Dubai Ports World, is seeking control over six major US ports, including those in New York, Miami, Philadelphia and Baltimore. It is entirely owned by the Government of Dubai via a holding company called the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCZC), which consists of the Dubai Port Authority, the Dubai Customs Department and the Jebel Ali Free Zone Area. "Yes, of course the boycott is still in place and is still enforced," Muhammad Rashid a-Din, a staff member of the Dubai Customs Department's Office for the Boycott of Israel, said in a telephone interview. "If a product contained even some components that were made in Israel, and you wanted to import it to Dubai, it would be a problem," he said. A-Din noted that while the head office for the anti-Israel boycott sits in Damascus, he and his fellow staff members are paid employees of the Dubai Customs Department, which is a division of the PCZC, the same Dubai government-owned entity that runs Dubai Ports World. Moreover, the the website for Dubai's Jebel Ali Free Zone Area, which is also part of the PCZC, advises importers that they will need to comply with the terms of the boycott. In a section entitled "Frequently Asked Questions", the site lists six documents that are required in order to clear an item through the Dubai Customs Department. One of them is called a "Certificate of Origin." It is "used by customs to confirm the country of origin and needs to be seen by the office which ensures any trade boycotts are enforced," according to the website. A-Din of the Israel boycott office confirmed that his office examines certificates of origin as a means of verifying whether a product originated in the Jewish state. On at least three separate occasions last year, companies were fined by the US government's Office of Anti-boycott Compliance, an arm of the Commerce Department, on charges connected to boycott-related requests they had received from the Government of Dubai. US law bars firms from complying with such requests or cooperating with attempts by Arab governments to boycott Israel. In one instance, according to a Commerce Department press release, a New York-based exporter agreed to pay a fine for having "failed to report in a timely manner its receipts of requests from Dubai" to provide certification that its products had not been made in Israel. The proposed handover of US ports to DP World has provoked a political storm in Washington, where Republicans and Democrats alike have expressed hostility to the plan, citing national security concerns. In an attempt to stave off opposition, DP World agreed over the weekend to a highly unusual 45-day second federal investigation of potential security risks. Jewish World Review Feb. 28, 2006 / 30 Shevat, 5766
OOPS! Controversial Dubai firm enforces Arab boycott of Israel
By Michael Freund
Who will “Israel’s best friend” side with?
Will illegal behavior be perfect excuse for prez to sever ties with company?
The parent company of a Dubai-based firm at the center of a political storm in the US over the operating of American ports participates in the Arab boycott against Israel.
The firm, Dubai Ports World, is seeking control over six major US ports, including those in New York, Miami, Philadelphia and Baltimore. It is entirely owned by the Government of Dubai via a holding company called the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCZC), which consists of the Dubai Port Authority, the Dubai Customs Department and the Jebel Ali Free Zone Area.
“Yes, of course the boycott is still in place and is still enforced,” Muhammad Rashid a-Din, a staff member of the Dubai Customs Department’s Office for the Boycott of Israel, said in a telephone interview.
“If a product contained even some components that were made in Israel, and you wanted to import it to Dubai, it would be a problem,” he said.
A-Din noted that while the head office for the anti-Israel boycott sits in Damascus, he and his fellow staff members are paid employees of the Dubai Customs Department, which is a division of the PCZC, the same Dubai government-owned entity that runs Dubai Ports World.
Moreover, the the website for Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone Area, which is also part of the PCZC, advises importers that they will need to comply with the terms of the boycott.
In a section entitled “Frequently Asked Questions”, the site lists six documents that are required in order to clear an item through the Dubai Customs Department. One of them is called a “Certificate of Origin.” It is “used by customs to confirm the country of origin and needs to be seen by the office which ensures any trade boycotts are enforced,” according to the website.
A-Din of the Israel boycott office confirmed that his office examines certificates of origin as a means of verifying whether a product originated in the Jewish state.
On at least three separate occasions last year, companies were fined by the US government’s Office of Anti-boycott Compliance, an arm of the Commerce Department, on charges connected to boycott-related requests they had received from the Government of Dubai.
US law bars firms from complying with such requests or cooperating with attempts by Arab governments to boycott Israel.
In one instance, according to a Commerce Department press release, a New York-based exporter agreed to pay a fine for having “failed to report in a timely manner its receipts of requests from Dubai” to provide certification that its products had not been made in Israel.
The proposed handover of US ports to DP World has provoked a political storm in Washington, where Republicans and Democrats alike have expressed hostility to the plan, citing national security concerns.
In an attempt to stave off opposition, DP World agreed over the weekend to a highly unusual 45-day second federal investigation of potential security risks.

]]> By: morgan lamberth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-460839 morgan lamberth Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:59:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-460839 Sen. HARORD FORD will joinPres. Hillary Clinton to bring forth solid progressive laws. Nutty right wingers will go bonkers.The republic will rejoice. Sen. HARORD FORD will joinPres. Hillary Clinton to bring forth solid progressive laws. Nutty right wingers will go bonkers.The republic will rejoice.

]]> By: Calvin Leman http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-460838 Calvin Leman Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:58:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-460838 On December 7, 2005 the president issued a directive that the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) shall coordinate all agencies (including the pentagon) in reconstruction and stabilization of nations, whom we decide to help, like Iraq. Think Progress may want to see what this agency has done to date, what its budget is, and what it should be doing. On December 7, 2005 the president issued a directive that the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) shall coordinate all agencies (including the pentagon) in reconstruction and stabilization of nations, whom we decide to help, like Iraq. Think Progress may want to see what this agency has done to date, what its budget is, and what it should be doing.

]]> By: Peter Flemming http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-460798 Peter Flemming Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:36:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-460798 Where did your "21 ports" come from? P&O operates 4 terminals (of a total of 50) at 6 ports, and is co-operator of 4 others. Meanwhile 700 U.S. navy carriers and warships safely (gasp!) docked in the U.A.E. last year. Our nutty New York Senator Clinton now files a bill to require all 90 or so terminals (of a total of some 100) nationwide operated by non-U.S. owners to be required to sell their operation to the virtually non-existent U.S. terminal operating community. Keep it up, Democrats, and even talk-radio will agree you've lost touch with reality. Where did your “21 ports” come from? P&O operates 4 terminals (of a total of 50) at 6 ports, and is co-operator of 4 others. Meanwhile 700 U.S. navy carriers and warships safely (gasp!) docked in the U.A.E. last year.

Our nutty New York Senator Clinton now files a bill to require all 90 or so terminals (of a total of some 100) nationwide operated by non-U.S. owners to be required to sell their operation to the virtually non-existent U.S. terminal operating community.

Keep it up, Democrats, and even talk-radio will agree you’ve lost touch with reality.

]]> By: Shoot the Ones » Archives » Useless Statistics http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-460794 Shoot the Ones » Archives » Useless Statistics Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:34:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-460794 [...] Today’s example, while not on the same level as the heretofore mentioned King of The Idiots, is a poll on the relation between Iraq and the war on terra. A majority in 33 of 35 countries and 60 percent of people overall believe the Iraq war has increased the likelihood of global terrorist attacks. [...] [...] Today’s example, while not on the same level as the heretofore mentioned King of The Idiots, is a poll on the relation between Iraq and the war on terra. A majority in 33 of 35 countries and 60 percent of people overall believe the Iraq war has increased the likelihood of global terrorist attacks. [...]

]]> By: Andreas Wittenstein http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-460791 Andreas Wittenstein Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:32:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-460791 The proposed $300K settlement in the Elmaghraby illegal detention and torture case uses our taxpayer money to get Ashcroft, Mueller, and their Bush gestapo partners off the hook and evade justice. The Times article says the settlement has to be approved by a federal judge in Brooklyn. The proposed $300K settlement in the Elmaghraby illegal detention and torture case uses our taxpayer money to get Ashcroft, Mueller, and their Bush gestapo partners off the hook and evade justice. The Times article says the settlement has to be approved by a federal judge in Brooklyn.

]]> By: Jeff http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-460784 Jeff Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:29:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-460784 Phew! Thank goodness they're finally shutting down these useless programs and heck now we can give Halliburton the $22 million saved so they can buy 10 hammers or two security guards or 100' of PVC. That's what I call money well spent. Phew! Thank goodness they’re finally shutting down these useless programs and heck now we can give Halliburton the $22 million saved so they can buy 10 hammers or two security guards or 100′ of PVC. That’s what I call money well spent.

]]> By: morgan lamberth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-460773 morgan lamberth Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:24:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/28/thinkfast-february-28-2006/#comment-460773 Great comments against CHENEY-BUSH my fellow bloggers!But do discuss poitive measures the federal government can take to counte Cheney-Bush.Oh, forHilllary! Great comments against CHENEY-BUSH my fellow bloggers!But do discuss poitive measures the federal government can take to counte Cheney-Bush.Oh, forHilllary!

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