ThinkFast: February 11, 2008
ThinkFast: February 11, 2008
In Baghdad today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates “publicly endorsed the concept of ordering a pause in troop withdrawals from Iraq this summer” after the removal of five brigades returns the number of deployed troops to pre-surge levels. “A brief period of consolidation and evaluation probably does make sense,” said Gates after meeting with Gen. David Petraeus.
The Decider failed to decide. A Rand Corp. study of post-war failures in Iraq — which the Army attempted to bury — chided President Bush for failing to make key decisions prior to the war. “Throughout the planning process, tensions between the Defense Department and the State Department were never mediated by the president or his staff,” the report said.
Vice President Cheney is trying to “block the release of video depositions by White House aides” in a lawsuit “by a man who was arrested after he allegedly touched Cheney at a Colorado shopping mall in 2006.” Cheney’s lawyers expressed concern that the videos could “embarrass and even humiliate” the aides if posted to YouTube.
Newly released documents show that a “generous earmark” in 2005 by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) “was manipulated to lead to the purchase of property owned by his former aide, Trevor McCabe, now an Anchorage fisheries lobbyist.” The earmark was meant to ensure that “McCabe would be bailed out of a money-losing real estate venture by U.S. taxpayers.”
“The media have been barred from covering” Karl Rove’s speech to students at Choate Rosemary Hall, a prestigious prep school, today. Rove and the school’s headmaster “decided mutually to exclude the media.” Rove was originally set to speak at the school’s commencement, but his speech was moved to today after student protests.
President Bush will give “Congress a fresh assessment of the troubled economy as he prepares to sign a $168 billion stimulus package into law.” Yesterday, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said the “U.S.’s economic growth rate is expected to slow in the first half of 2008, but it is likely to recover to an acceptable rate in the second quarter of the year.”
Coal utilities and the Bush administration “suffered another setback with a federal appeals court decision,” which “slap[ped] down the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to ‘delist’ mercury from a list of pollutants it is required to control at each power plant.”
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States in an “economic war” if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets.
“Despite the political minefields that surround the issue,” House Democrats are drafting stopgap immigration reform legislation that would likely include “five-year visas for illegal immigrants who pay fines and pass criminal background checks.”
And finally: Last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was, as always, “full of colorful characters and even more colorful posters, t-shirts and signs.” The DC Examiner photographed the top 10 CPAC signs here.
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EXCLUSIVE! Pelosi & AIPAC put the Squeeze on KUCINICH!
A source in the Kucinich for President campaign, told us there’s more to the story of Rep. Kucinich’s withdrawal than is publicly known.
…Before the Nevada primary, Dennis was visited by representatives of Nancy Pelosi and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — AIPAC. They told Dennis that if he would drop his campaigns to impeach Cheney and Bush, they would guarantee his re-election to the House of Representatives.
Kucinich threw them out of his office.
Dennis now faces the toughest election campaign of his entire tenure in congress, with huge amounts of money being spent to turn his constituents against him due to “his neglect of his district while he ran for president.â€
This man the mainstream media say is not relevant, poses such a threat to the powers that be that they are hellbent to destroy him, and remove that troublemaker from congress.
*** Dennis faces several corporate sponsored competitors for his congressional seat. Dennis feels the campaign against him may be advised and financed from Washington. Any amount you can contribute, even $5 is appreciated. Please visit http://www.kucinich.us
February 11th, 2008 at 9:01 amI was wondering if anyone else saw these two items. I am sincerely interested in your thoughts.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/07/6918/
http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/ConnectingTheDots.htm
Interesting, both. Please do share your thoughts.
Thanks!
p.s. I don’t respond to trolls as I don’t give two craps about your thoughts. Just sayin’.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:07 amDo you think its a good idea to hire speakers if you have to :
BAN THE MEDIA ??
Doesn’t that set off alarm bells that ” hey, maybe this isnt a good idea” ?
February 11th, 2008 at 9:15 amDoesn’t that set off alarm bells that †hey, maybe this isnt a good idea†?
Comment by overlap — February 11, 2008 @ 9:15 am
well, you can’t very well sell Cheney’s outrageous lies if the press is going to be there to analyze. Funny how these punks rail on about “free speech”, but won’t allow “free speech” to be published.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:17 amI was wondering if anyone else saw these two items. I am sincerely interested in your thoughts.
Comment by Ms_Joanne — February 11, 2008 @ 9:07 am
Yes. I posted that information in the #1 spot last week. Keep talking about it. We should make sure every American knows about InfraGard.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:20 amReinstate the draft. That will end this nonsense. If congress doesn’t have the cojones to pull the plug, then maybe they can poison the water.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:25 am“A brief period of consolidation and evaluation probably does make sense,†said Gates after meeting with Gen. David Petraeus.
Besides the “surge” troops, there are still many troops who will be approaching their 15 months of deployment. What does he plan to do with them? Also, are we going to start sending soldiers back for their 4th and 5th deployment? This is insane. We don’t have a military that is equipped to occupy another country indefinitely.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:25 amI was wondering if anyone else saw these two items. I am sincerely interested in your thoughts.
Comment by Ms_Joanne — February 11, 2008 @ 9:07 am
Yeah, the infra guard story was in The Progressive magazine, scary stuff.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:26 amAnd the cable being cut is really suspicious, in light of the wholesale warrantless tapping of all the US phone lines and internet trunks by Bushco.
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — February 11, 2008 @ 9:01 am
We need to be calling our Democrats in the House and demanding Pelosi be ousted as Speaker, if her district is stupid enough to send her back to Congress.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:29 amchided President Bush for failing to make key decisions prior to the war
The more I think about it the more I become convinced that this was all by design. If we had gone into Iraq and done things right, there would have been no excuse for our not leaving quickly. They needed time in order to be able to convince the Iraqi’s to turn over their oil profits to our US companies. That could not have happened if we hadn’t bombed their country into the stone age and created total chaos so that the Iraqi’s would be afraid to ask us to leave.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:29 amCheney’s lawyers expressed concern that the videos could “embarrass and even humiliate†the aides if posted to YouTube.
Tough $hit. If they don’t want to be humiliated, then they shouldn’t do things that would humiliate themselves. I’m surprised that Chaney isn’t claiming national secrets privilege or something like that.
That whole incident was more than overkill and deserves to be brought out of the shadows and into the light.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:31 amNewly released documents show that a “generous earmark†in 2005 by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) “was manipulated to lead to the purchase of property owned by his former aide
The only reason why this crook isn’t in jail is because Bush is in the Whitehouse and I suspect he has put down an edict to the Justice Department to stop all investigations into Republican malfeasance.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:32 am#2 Ms Joanne, yes, these articles have been up, but I hadn’t seen as much detail on the cable cutting as you provided, thanks!
And as to
“The evidence therefore suggests that we are looking at a coordinated program of undersea cable sabotage by an actor, or actors, on the international stage with an anti-Muslim bias, as well as a proclivity for destructive violence in the Middle Eastern region. ”
Wonder who the fu(k that could be?
February 11th, 2008 at 9:34 amthe Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to ‘delist’ mercury from a list of pollutants it is required to control at each power plant.â€
The EPA has become a total joke under Bush. It should be called the “Environmental Rapist Agency” these days.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:34 amOfficial: US to seek death penalty for 6 Gitmo detainees
CNN International – 35 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United States will seek the death penalty against six Guantanamo Bay detainees who are suspects in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a senior US official said.
US to seek death penalty against 9/11 planner Reuters
US May Ask Death for 9-11 Suspects The Associated Press
does this mean they will get a “trial”?
February 11th, 2008 at 9:35 amInfraGuard = Blackwater USA.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:35 amCheney’s lawyers expressed concern that the videos could “embarrass and even humiliate†the aides.
And whatever you do, don’t mention that bush isn’t wearing any clothes. He thinks wearing the most beautiful robe.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:35 amThat whole incident was more than overkill and deserves to be brought out of the shadows and into the light.
Comment by bilbobaggins — February 11, 2008 @ 9:31 am
Cheney’s bunch is endlessly creative in avoiding the light, though; better than cockroaches. I love the new tactic: “We must keep things hidden or they’ll end up on YouTube.” How long did it take for YouTube to gain this kind of impact? According to Wikipedia, it’s existed almost exactly three years.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:36 amkaty ~ my guess would be a secret trial, with no defense, under pretense of ‘national security’…
February 11th, 2008 at 9:36 amYeah, the infra guard story was in The Progressive magazine, scary stuff.
And the cable being cut is really suspicious, in light of the wholesale warrantless tapping of all the US phone lines and internet trunks by Bushco.
Comment by Wayne — Fembruary 11, 2008 @ 9:26 a
A 4th cable was cut this weekend. This one was Chinese. I’m sure it was another “accident”.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/30910
Justin Raimondo at Anti-War dot com believes it has more to do with rerouting data than cutting it off.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/30907
February 11th, 2008 at 9:37 amIf Chavez does cut off oil shipments to the U.S., will Cheney advocate bombing Venezualan refineries?
February 11th, 2008 at 9:37 amCoal utilities and the Bush administration “suffered another setback with a federal appeals court decision,†which “slap[ped] down the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to ‘delist’ mercury from a list of pollutants it is required to control at each power plant.â€
this post is confusing… who won, or lost, what?
February 11th, 2008 at 9:39 amdoes this mean they will get a “trial�
Comment by katy — February 11, 2008 @ 9:35 am
Probably. Whether it will be “fair” is a whole other question.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:39 am“Despite the political minefields that surround the issue,†House Democrats are drafting stopgap immigration reform legislation that would likely include “five-year visas for illegal immigrants who pay fines and pass criminal background checks.â€
Ok, I’m confused as to why they are doing this now. It has waited many years already, why go into this minefield in an election year? There are many people, including some supposed progressives, who do not want us to make any concessions to the undocumented workers in this country, even though they benefit greatly from their presence in our country. Wouldn’t it be better to just leave it alone until after Obama takes the presidency and unites our country?
February 11th, 2008 at 9:40 am2 million – Kucinich challenged the ruling elite. He must be made to pay a heavy price to set an example to all others who would dare challenge the powers that be.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:41 amKaty –
they will get a Military Commission hearing which will be allowed to use and convict based on testimony elicited by torture, without ever being able to challenge that evidence.
They can appeal to a special District Court, which may rule on procedural matters only. If all the right proceedures are followed, they will be executed. It won’t matter that they were convicted based on statements made by someone who was being waterboarded; who gave his interrogators a name, any name, just to stop the torture.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:45 am2 million – Kucinich challenged the ruling elite. He must be made to pay a heavy price to set an example to all others who would dare challenge the powers that be.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — February 11, 2008 @ 9:41 am
Yes. I heard Kucinich interviewed on Ed Schultz and Randi Rhodes. He believes that his challengers (I believe there are at least three) are being directed from Washington. He also believes that much of their money is coming from the corporations he was trying to shine a light on.
We’ve got three weeks left to get money to Kucinich so he won’t lose his seat. Not much time. http://www.Kucinich.us
*** Try to put a price on what Kucinich gave the country with his Presidential run. He made impeachment, not-for-profit healthcare, media consolidation and peace part of the national discussion. None of the frontrunners touched these topics.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:48 amkaty ~ my guess would be a secret trial, with no defense, under pretense of ‘national security’…
Comment by RUCerious
Can you imagine what it will do to the image of the US if we sentence these people to death after putting them through a kangaroo court? My question is, if they have enough evidence to try them for being in involved in 911, why in the hell have they waited 7 years to prosecute them.
Hopefully someone can draw this out long enough for Obama to take office. I’m sure that he will right this extreme wrong.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:48 amCheney’s lawyers expressed concern that the videos could “embarrass and even humiliate†the aides if posted to YouTube.
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The reason that Cheney and his lawyers have for trying to keep these videos secret is the lamest ever. I mean — c’mon — the fear of “cutting and splicing” these videos into something embarrassing is a danger??? I guess since virtually any audio or video of anyone can be cut and spliced, we should ban audio and video recordings altogether. Photographs should go, too — since they can be photoshopped.
There are only two valid reasons for keeping these deposition tapes a secret. One — if they contain classified information. And two — if the witness being deposed is a Secret Service agent, that witness’s identity should not be made public.
Is it just my imagination, or is Cheney turning into Howard Hughes?
February 11th, 2008 at 9:49 amApparently, Pelosi has no problem finding the AIPAC table.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:50 amNancy, pull your head out of Israel’s ass & get to work doing what we mandated…impeach Cheney, then Bush!
If Chavez does cut off oil shipments to the U.S., will Cheney advocate bombing Venezualan refineries?
Comment by RUCerious
Probably. You know that some day Venezuela might have the ability to attack the United States so Bush’s policy of “preemptive war” would apply. The sad thing is that it would apply to Sweden too.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:50 amAnalysis: Obama has advantage in weeks ahead
CNN – 47 minutes ago
By Alan Silverleib NEW YORK (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama’s dominant coast-to-coast performance this weekend set a new tone for the post-Super Tuesday phase of an unprecedented struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Obama Defeats Clinton in 3-State Sweep New York Times
Huckabee protests Washington caucus results Seattle Post Intelligencer
i wonder if TP will ever change the OBAMA news black out policy?
February 11th, 2008 at 9:51 amI find it hilarious that Rove cannot even deliver a speech to a high school.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:51 amwhich “slap[ped] down the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to ‘delist’ mercury from a list of pollutants it is required to control at each power plant.â€
this post is confusing… who won, or lost, what?
Comment by katy
I believe that the people won. It means that the coal industry will still have to control the release of mercury into our atmosphere. It is totally insane that Bush thought it would be a good idea to allow the coal companies to release more mercury into our atmosphere. I feel for mother earth considering the abuse we are heaping on her.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:52 amNYT hints this morning that retro immunity for Telecoms will most likely pass.
WTF?
Americans should be screaming from the rooftops on this. If they did nothing wrong, why do they need immunity?
Why is a lame duck President still able to make Congress roll over & play dead?
February 11th, 2008 at 9:53 amInfraGuard = Blackwater USA.
Comment by RUCerious — February 11, 2008 @ 9:35 am
I have another story that I’m unable to find at this moment. It suggested that many of our troops in Iraq are being trained to enforced martial law when they return home. They’re being tested and trained to see if they’d shoot their family and friends if commanded.
Then add this story:
NORTHCOM Ready To Implement Martial Law
USNORTHCOM recently announced on their official web site that they are ready to implement martial law. In a press release, the military command stated that the organization is ready to respond to any homeland defense or civil support mission requirement.
http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=5538
*** Add InfraGard into the mix and there sure is a lot of information concerning implementation of martial law all coming out at once!!
February 11th, 2008 at 9:54 amIf that story about Kucinich and Pelosi is true, kudos to Kucinich. But, I find it rather suspect. I can’t believe that Pelosi would stoop that low. She would have to know that she would be outed if she did something that stupid. But, considering the things she has done already, I guess it is possible.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:54 am“slap[ped] down the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to ‘delist’ mercury from a list of pollutants it is required to control at each power plant.â€
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I cannot tell from the article why the EPA wanted to take mercury off the list of pollutants to be controlled. Is it because mercury is thought not to be harmful? Or is it because mercury doesn’t exist in or around power plants? Or maybe controlling mercury is just thought to be “too much of a hassle”?
I remember when the EPA was actually interested in protecting the environment. I wonder if that agency needs a new name. Nominations are now open…
February 11th, 2008 at 9:56 amWilliams to face Anglican leaders
BBC News – 7 hours ago
The Archbishop of Canterbury is due to address the Church of England’s General Synod amid criticism of his remarks on Muslim Sharia law.
Sharia row: Gordon Brown hails Archbishop’s ‘great integrity’ Telegraph.co.uk
Muslim scholar backs beleaguered archbishop Reuters UK
quite the dustup across the pond…
February 11th, 2008 at 9:56 amOne thing I found very interesting this weekend was the lack of press coverage of Obama’s sweep of the primaries held this weekend. I had to search really hard on Sunday to find out what the results were. Even TP didn’t post them. What’s up with that?
February 11th, 2008 at 9:57 amI was wondering if anyone else saw these two items. I am sincerely interested in your thoughts.
Comment by Ms_Joanne — February 11, 2008 @ 9:07 am
My thoughts on this are that businesses are being prepared for martial law because of the economic downturn we are experiencing. Directive 51 allows for declaring martial law for economic reasons.
There was another interesting article I read about how the FDIC is preparing for the shutdown of at least 65 financial institutions. FDIC Chairman Shiela Bair warned that “as of Sept. 30, there were 65 institutions with assets of $18.5 billion on its list of “problem” institutions;†although she wouldn’t give names.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8033
February 11th, 2008 at 9:57 amAmericans should be screaming from the rooftops on this. If they did nothing wrong, why do they need immunity?
Why is a lame duck President still able to make Congress roll over & play dead?
Comment by Zimzone — February 11, 2008 @ 9:53 am
Because the administration owns Harry Reid. Because the telcos. gave bags of money to Charles Schumer. Because the corporate media refuses to report this story. Because Clinton and Obama won’t join Dodd in his filibuster.
What can you and I do? (1) Read Glenn Greenwald at Salon dot com and go to Firedoglake dot com for full information on this story. (2) Keep calling your Senators and Congresspeople and tell them no retroactive immunity, no basket warrants 1-800-828-0498. (3) Call your local radio shows and get the information out to the masses. (4) Call the Ed Schultz, Randi Rhodes and Stephanie Miller radio show and tell them to take a break from the horserace coverage and start talking about the FISA legislation before we lose the 4th amendment.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:03 amPakistani Officials Arrest Top Afghan Taliban Commander
February 11th, 2008 at 10:05 amVoice of America – 1 hour ago
By VOA News Officials said Monday they seized Mansoor Dadullah in southwestern Pakistan’s Balochistan province, near the border with Afghanistan.
Senior Taliban figure captured CNN International
Senior Taliban Figure Caught in Pakistan The Associated Press
If that story about Kucinich and Pelosi is true, kudos to Kucinich. But, I find it rather suspect. I can’t believe that Pelosi would stoop that low. She would have to know that she would be outed if she did something that stupid. But, considering the things she has done already, I guess it is possible.
Comment by bilbobaggins — February 11, 2008 @ 9:54 am
When I copied the story in my files I put “Unsubstantiated” next to it. Nevertheless, Dennis needs our help. Please contribute to his campaign if you can. http://www.Kucinich.us.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:06 amfrom the lantos thread:
i say flag #6… that was not necessary.
Comment by katy — February 11, 2008 @ 10:03 am
Too bad for you. gg is a liar and antiAmerican. just trying to buy sympathy and look human, typical repuke BS. Wake up.
Comment by Lefty Patriot — February 11, 2008 @ 10:05 am
i am not stupid, lefty…
but your comment there was uncalled for and out of place.
you should not be the judge of the goon’s feelings…
you troll feeders are incorigable…
February 11th, 2008 at 10:10 amnow that thread will be littered with crap…
way to go.
What’s up with that?
Comment by bilbobaggins — February 11, 2008 @ 9:57 am
The same people behind trying to stop Kucinich from running.
Hillary is supposed to be crowned next, don’t ya know?
Yeah I’m cynical….. and disgusted.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:19 amMy thoughts on this are that businesses are being prepared for martial law because of the economic downturn we are experiencing. Directive 51 allows for declaring martial law for economic reasons.
Comment by calibleu — February 11, 2008 @ 9:57 am
Directive 51 allows martial law for almost any reason Bush chooses, and InfraGuard was being told of possible martial law long before the recession hit the news.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:22 amI can’t believe that Pelosi would stoop that low. She would have to know that she would be outed if she did something that stupid. But, considering the things she has done already, I guess it is possible.
Comment by bilbobaggins — February 11, 2008 @ 9:54 am
Got Table?
February 11th, 2008 at 10:23 amthis is good…
Making Gitmo sound good
February 11th, 2008 at 10:26 amPublic-affairs officers try to change infamous naval base’s image with ‘dressed-up’ language
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/302167
Toronto Star
Wouldn’t it be better to just leave it alone until after Obama takes the presidency and unites our country?
Comment by bilbobaggins — February 11, 2008 @ 9:40 am
Never underestimate the ability of the Democrats to take a sure election and lose it with stupidity.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:28 amsnatching defeat from the grasp of victory…
or something like that…
February 11th, 2008 at 10:30 amsnatching defeat from the grasp of victory…
or something like that…
Comment by katy — February 11, 2008 @ 10:30 am
Exactly
February 11th, 2008 at 10:32 amNever underestimate the ability of the Democrats to take a sure election and lose it with stupidity.
Comment by Wayne — February 11, 2008 @ 10:28 am
What? You mean like going into the August convention with Obama ahead by a couple hundred delegates, then having the super delegates give it to Clinton>?
I’ve emailed my rep, whose already pledged to Clinton and asked him to consider voting for whomever has the most delegates going in, for the sake of party unity and democracy.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:36 amNo reply yet…
*** Bush vs. Obama: Perhaps lost in the news of Obama’s weekend victories and Solis Doyle stepping aside was President Bush’s broadside against Obama. “I certainly don’t know what he believes in,†Bush told FOX’s Chris Wallace. “The only foreign policy thing I remember he said was he’s going to attack Pakistan and embrace Ahmadinejad. I think I commented that in a press conference when I was asked about that.†Whoa, Nelly. Obama spokesman Bill Burton fired back with this statement: “Of course President Bush would attack the one candidate in this race who opposed his disastrous war in Iraq from the start. But Barack Obama doesn’t need any foreign policy advice from the architect of the worst foreign policy decision in a generation.†Talking to folks who know Bush well say he just doesn’t believe Obama’s earned it; that he’s worthy. He has a lot more respect for Clinton and apparently would be more comfortable seeing her or McCain as his heir than Obama.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/11/654870.aspx
more on the also at http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/11/obama-slams-bush-after-bush-misstates-his-foreign-policy-positions/
February 11th, 2008 at 10:36 amHey superdelegates!
are you ready for the deluge of questions that your vote counts MUCH more than the millions of Americans who have already cast their ballots?
paraphrased from the article katy quoted from first read…
February 11th, 2008 at 10:42 amRE: #2 Ms. Joanne
You can go to the Infragard web site:
http://www.infragard.net/
and see for yourself if you have a chapter in your area. You should also be able to see a list of their board in your area, find out where they meet and check some local events. It is a real eyeopener.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:43 amJust venting my frustration here.
The big topic on the Progressive blogs and Air America is MSNBC reporter David Schuster’s comments about the Clintons pimping out Chelsea for their campaign. He has been suspended for a couple weeks.
Yet there was virtual DEAD silence when MSNBC fought Dennis Kucinich all the way to the Nevada Supreme Court to deny him the right to speak to Democrats at a Democratic debate.
As I posted at the time, MSNBCs parent company GE revnues come primarily from Defense Contracting, Nuclear Power and Media. Kucinich had been very outspoken about all these issues.
Politcal censorship by corporate media should be a topic that OUTRAGES all TRUE Democrats, Progressives and Indys.
So why is the uproar over David Schuster’s comments receiving 1000x’s more attention than MSNBCs treatment of Dennis Kucinich back then? There’s simply no question which abuse was more egregious.
What the hell is wrong with everybody?
February 11th, 2008 at 10:46 amDirective 51 allows martial law for almost any reason Bush chooses, and InfraGuard was being told of possible martial law long before the recession hit the news.
Comment by Wayne — February 11, 2008 @ 10:22 am
You are correct that Bush can declare martial law for any reason. I just went and read up on my local chapter of InfraGuad. It made my jaw drop to see who was on the Executive Board. I have not been able to find a list of individual members in my local chapter, but I am sure if I knew who belonged, I would be in a panic. We don’t need to be afraid of terriorist, we need to be afraid of our own people.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:48 amThieves take $164 mln masterworks in Swiss art heist
Reuters – 1 hour ago
By Katie Reid ZURICH (Reuters) – Masked robbers brandishing handguns stole four paintings by 19th Century masters worth $164 million from a Zurich museum in Switzerland’s biggest art theft, police said on Monday.
whatever will they DO with them???
well, if I were to go looking for them, i’d start in dubai, or such…
February 11th, 2008 at 10:48 amWhat did we miss?
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/350829_trail11.html?source=mypi
Huckabee is challenging McCain’s win in the Washington State Caucuses. Huck was trailing by 242 votes with about 87% of the count tallied. At that point, the WA state GOP chairman called the vote for McCain and the vote-counting stopped with about 1,500 votes left to be counted.
I can understand Huckabee’s outrage — if this happened to a candidate I was supporting, I’d be crying “foul!” too.
But one question remains. If God is on your side, why do you need to lawyer up?
February 11th, 2008 at 10:50 amyea, molly, that “god on your side” thing really irks me…
the last time i heard it was in news clips about the latest tornadoes…
“it was a miricle!” “the lord was with us!” “etc”
so, those who died and were injured – NOT on their side?
so bogus…
February 11th, 2008 at 11:03 amI watched Huckabee’s speech to CPAC.
Clearly, he’ll sit side by side with God as POTUS.
Does that scare anyone else but me?
February 11th, 2008 at 11:06 amThe Huckster is right to challenge. My sense is that the outlying counties would be the last to report in, and they are the evangelical bastions in the state.
Deludedville, pop. 1500…
February 11th, 2008 at 11:06 amDoes that scare anyone else but me?
Comment by Zimzone — February 11, 2008 @ 11:06 am
Not anymore than the chymp, with his faith based executive style.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:07 am#13 Billbo, # 36 Missmolly
This is bad indeed. Look at the advisories that are out there already telling women to limit their ingestion of fish (In the aquatic environment, a percent of mercury goes to methyl-mercury which has bad effects on the fetus. This is not theoretical, there are already advisories from the FDA on this.)
February 11th, 2008 at 11:24 amwhat does this mean? … more bad news?
AIG Discloses `Weakness’ in Derivative Accounting (Update2)
Bloomberg – 56 minutes ago
By Hugh Son Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc., the world’s largest insurer by assets, said auditors found a “material weakness” in how the company values its credit- default swap portfolio.
AIG says auditors find internal control weakness Reuters
American International Group to expand disclosures related to CDOs MarketWatch
sounds bad… but what do i know?
February 11th, 2008 at 11:44 amWe don’t need to be afraid of terriorist, we need to be afraid of our own people.
Comment by calibleu — February 11, 2008 @ 10:48 am
As is always the truth, calibleu…
February 11th, 2008 at 11:47 amThe same people behind trying to stop Kucinich from running.
Hillary is supposed to be crowned next, don’t ya know?
Yeah I’m cynical….. and disgusted.
Comment by Wayne — February 11, 2008 @ 10:19 am
AIPAC runs foreign policy, espcecially in the Middle East.
Lieberman, Schumer, Pelosi, Hillary, Jane Harman, Obama, McCain, Rice, Bush, Cheney, Bill Nelson, Bob Menendez, Santorum, Jeff Bingaman, Giuliani, and many others are their whores.
Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, and Mike Gravel took ZERO from AIPAC, and observe what has happened to them by the media that is kissing the ring of Zionist lobbies. It all comes down to money.
Anyone with a sense of decency and American Patriotism should immediately study on their own, and see these Middle East occupations are at the behest of the Right Wing Likud/Zionists that have hijacked Israel’s government.
Get off this “Hillary isn’t perfect, but she’s better than Bush” nonsense. If you have loved ones in the military or just care about where our tax dollars are being flushed to, you must realize the smoke screen of the “Black man or woman” choice. I was on the fence with Hillary until I saw her cackle at Mike Gravel when he confronted her at the debate. A man who voted against the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, and who stopped the draft in 1975.
I sometimes listen to an read “The Church of The Subgenius”, or “The Church of Bob”. It is hilarious and profound insight into modern society. IT is also a parody on American Icons and objects of worship. There was one video that was about “The Danger of The Rogue Subgenius”. This was someone who was a hippy, cybernaut, beatnik, poet, artist, or other Non-Linear thinker, but decided/forced to become an Establishment-ite. The idea was this person was far more dangerous than someone who was always a Conservative. Hillary and Bill, and even George W Bush would come under this classification.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:00 pmAnd why would anyone want the taint of Cheney on them by touching the scumbag.
Bush/Cheney
February 11th, 2008 at 12:17 pmHague Trials ‘09
#38
We lost control of this Democracy long ago:
Don’t want to be an American idiot.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:03 pmOne nation controlled by the media.
Information age of hysteria.
It’s calling out to idiot America.
-3rd verse, Green Day, American Idiot
what did we miss?
It’s become a Full Frontal Assault on our Civil Liberties.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:32 pmComment from Brain from Planet Arous:
Get off this “Hillary isn’t perfect, but she’s better than Bush†nonsense. If you have loved ones in the military or just care about where our tax dollars are being flushed to, you must realize the smoke screen of the “Black man or woman†choice. I was on the fence with Hillary until I saw her cackle at Mike Gravel when he confronted her at the debate. A man who voted against the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, and who stopped the draft in 1975.
I’m not sure where YOU get your “facts”, Brain, but, given the verifiable fact that Mike Gravel was not elected to the US Senate until 1968 and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was voted on in 1964, it seems a bit difficult to believe that Gravel could have voted AT ALL on the Resolution.
From Wikipedia:
Gravel also benefited by being deliberately ambiguous about his Vietnam policy. Gruening had been one of only two Senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and, according to Gravel, “…all I had to do was stand up and not deal with the subject, and people would assume that I was to the right of Ernest Gruening, when in point of fact I was to the left of him.” (It was Gruening, Gravel’s predecessor, who cast one of the two “nay” votes.)
Also, I’d point out that Gravel didn’t stop “the draft in 1975″. He did attempt to bring an end to the draft in 1971, when the then-current draft program was up for RENEWAL (he was, however, quite silent on the draft for the first two years of his Senate term); the law at the time was scheduled to end in June 1971, but Nixon had (in Feb 1971) announced his intention to request a 2-year extension (some skeptics in the Senate wanted a 4-year extension while Gravel–in May–became one of several Senators who basically wanted to let the law lapse). Gravel filibustered against any extension twice but cloture was invoked both times, and in Sept 1971, the two-year extension became law. While it may be a bit of a stretch to state that Gravel lied about his being responsible for ending the draft, it is fair to say that he overexaggerates his “success” with regards to the draft.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:46 pm