ThinkFast: February 26, 2008
ThinkFast: February 26, 2008
Over two hundred 9/11 First Responders, family members, and supporters will be rallying on Capitol Hill today. The rally is being conducted to draw attention to the health issues that the 9/11 rescue workers currently face.
Attorneys for Don Siegelman called on the Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor after a key government witness involved in sending Siegelman to jail revealed he was told to write out his testimony to “get his story straight.” The defense was never told of the written testimony.
The Huffington Post has obtained a document showing that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “may have taken steps to protect his Republican colleagues from the scope of his investigation” into disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
In a Washington Post op-ed, John Podesta, Ray Takeyh, and Lawrence Korb debunk the prevailing doomsday scenario that an American departure from Iraq “would lead to genocide and mayhem.” “It is entirely possible,” they write, “that in the absence of a cumbersome and clumsy American occupation, Iraqis will make their own bargains and compacts, heading off the genocide that many seem to anticipate.”
President Bush predicted yesterday that voters will replace him with a Republican president who will “keep up the fight” in Iraq. “I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,” Bush said.
The Pentagon announced yesterday that when the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq ends in July, it’s expected that “there will be about 8,000 more troops on the ground than when it began in January 2007.” There were 132,000 troops in Iraq when President Bush initiated the “surge,” but Lt. Gen. Carter Ham told reporters that by July the troop total was likely to be 140,000.”
The U.N.’s climate chief Yvo de Boer welcomed statements by Bush administration officials that the U.S. would accept a binding international commitment to reduce global-warming gases. But he said their insistence that China and other developing nations do the same “is not realistic.” “If it’s a quid pro quo, then it’s a nonstarter,” he said.
And Finally: The drug czar and the hippie. In his new book, Washington super lawyer Bob Bennett reveals that his brother, conservative commentator William Bennett, once “went on a date with hippie icon Janis Joplin” in the late ’60s. Of the date, “Bob says Bill told him at the time, ‘Let me put it this way, we were both disappointed.’”
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Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: Bush Likely to Attack Iran, Impeachment a Must
…As the days of Bush’s final term in office dwindle, Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, emphasizes that, no matter how much time is left, impeachment is one thing that must happen for the sake of preserving American democracy.
Impeachment proceedings are essential, says Ellsberg, “both for the information that it will produce and above all to make it clear that Congress perceives the illegal and unconstitutional acts taken by this administration to be high crimes and misdemeanors, and for the deterrent effect that they will have on future presidents.”
In addition to impeachment hearings, Ellsberg says Congress must reverse the laws that have “outrageously” passed under “intimidation” by Bush. These include say Ellsberg: “The Patriot Act; the Military Commissions Act, which among other things essentially denies habeas corpus; the signing statements, which essentially give the president the power to ignore constraints on torture; and they could change the so-called Protect America Act which legalized much of the unconstitutional surveillance that the NSA was doing without Congress even knowing what they were legalizing.”
…Ellsberg says the American public must create priorities that are different from those offered by the current candidates.
http://www.alternet.org/audits/76241/?page=entire
February 26th, 2008 at 9:01 amCode Pink Fasts for Cheney’s Impeachment
Hundreds of anti-war protesters are on a hunger strike, trying to urge House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) to begin impeachment hearings against Vice President Dick Cheney.
“I’m really concerned that the Bush and Cheney administration have committed so many impeachable offenses,” Leslie Angeline, a member of Code Pink told Cybercast News Service.
…”I think for the reputation of the United States in the eyes of the world, we need to show that we’ll hold our officials responsible and accountable for their actions,” she added.
Angeline was fasting for 19 days on Friday. “I felt that I really needed to do something to show my commitment,” she said. “I was willing to put my body on the line.”
“I guess she learned this childish tactic from her kids,” countered David Almasi, executive director of the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research. “What’s next? Holding her breath until her face turns blue? Lawmakers should not be intimidated into action by force, graft or inane publicity stunts,” Almasi told Cybercast News Service.
“Congressional leaders said early on that impeachment was off the table and rightly so, as the facts prove President Bush and Vice President Cheney acted in good faith with the information they had at the time,” Almasi said. “Leslie Angeline’s hunger strike is never going to change that.”
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/31325
February 26th, 2008 at 9:06 amPresident Bush predicted yesterday that voters will replace him with a Republican president who will “keep up the fight†in Iraq. “I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,†Bush said.
He is either putting the “fix” in, or he is delusional from all his drunken “vacations” in Crawford.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:07 amPresident Bush predicted yesterday that voters will replace him with a Republican president who will “keep up the fight†in Iraq. “I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,†Bush said.
ok – somebody please,anybody!! – explain to me 1)the definition of success in iraq and 2)how are americans ‘long term security’ threatened by a failed state occupied by the american military?…..i don’t get it – honestly,can anybody explain?
February 26th, 2008 at 9:13 amAlmasi said. “Leslie Angeline’s hunger strike is never going to change that.â€
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — February 26, 2008 @ 9:06 am
Nope.
Only Replacing all the crooks in Washington ( no matter their party ), rebellion of the “peons” of this country, or the other countries in the world get tired of our hegemonic behavior and they gang up to take us out like everyone did Germany, will end this criminal enterprise.
I guess that sounds cynical….
February 26th, 2008 at 9:14 amThe “long term security of the American people” will be more adversely affected by the no-tax and spend budgets of the Bush administration than by terrorism.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:16 am“I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,†Bush said.
Hmm, well, I believe that’s a total crock of sh*t.
Unless you replace “success” with the word “withdrawal.”
“I believe the American people understand that WITHDRAWAL in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,â€
February 26th, 2008 at 9:16 am.i don’t get it – honestly,can anybody explain?
Comment by shaun — February 26, 2008 @ 9:13 am
Find a brick wall and beat your head against the wall for an hour. If you don’t pass out, then maybe, just maybe you can understand Bush’s thought processes.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:18 am“I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,†Bush said.
a) utter hogwash.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:18 amb) wasn’t the stated goal the disWMDarmament of Iraq?
c) didn’t Georgie already declare Mission Accomplished?
d) the “long-term security of the American people” might just better be served by not installing another moron who’d bankrupt We the People to ensure the Profits of the Corporation.
From the BBC, the UK government must disclose minutes of pre-Iraq War meetings.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7264887.stm
I’ll believe it when I see it, but there is reason for hope.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:19 am#7 – fair enough wayne – i see your point!!
February 26th, 2008 at 9:19 amWayne; I’d say the fix is in. Bush will declare a national emergency, invoke executive order 51 & declare martial law, cancel the elections, and suspend Congress, SCOTUS, & the Constitution(which he ignored up to this point), and jail all dissenters, & nonrepublicans.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:20 am“I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,†Bush said.
5 years of this bullshit is wearing mighty thin on most Americans. Bush,
DON’T SPEAK FOR US. Your misplaced priorities & lies to Americans is high treason. You will be punished for your war crimes.
You have never defined ‘victory’ in Iraq, other than your comedy show on ‘Mission Accomplished’. What is success? Another 100,000 deaths? Or perhaps raping a poor country of all it’s resources?
We’re now paying 180,00 Sunnis $300 / month to not fight us. Is that ‘winning’? I think not.
You & your other bumbling Neoturd accomplices betrayed American trust when you invaded a Nation with lies & sacrificed our young.
The American people you so easily refer to as if they support you will see that justice is wrought.
Count on it.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:21 amInept, incompetent, corrupt, careless, thoughtless, sadistic, selfish, arrogant, assinine, bumbling, egotistical, hopeless, obtuse, petulant, petty, smug, unfeeling and also, undoubtedly, the stupidest president of all time is George W. Bush.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:22 am“I believe the American people understand that the impeachment of Shrub is necessary to the long-term security of the American people.”
There. That’s better.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:23 amAbramoff may yet prove to be the “lever long enough” and a Congressional committee room, “the place to stand,” to move the Republican “world” off the White House. But the Abramoff and the US prosecutor scandals must be pursued unremittingly!
February 26th, 2008 at 9:24 amPresident Bush predicted yesterday that voters will replace him with a Republican president who will “keep up the fight†in Iraq. “I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,†Bush said.
life sure is UNcomfortable in the bubble.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:24 amInept, incompetent, corrupt, careless, thoughtless, sadistic, selfish, arrogant, assinine, bumbling, egotistical, hopeless, obtuse, petulant, petty, smug, unfeeling and also, undoubtedly, the stupidest president of all time is George W. Bush.
Comment by Mr. Evil — February 26, 2008 @ 9:22 am
Don’t hold back any, tell us how you really feel =)
February 26th, 2008 at 9:24 amIf George W Bush thinks that he will be replaced by another Republican in the White House, then I am convinced that he is showing signs of drug and alcohol brain damage. If Bush started drinking as a teenager, then he never developed beyond that age psychologically and emotionally. That explains his adolescent behavior.
Spoke with a Republican yesterday who told me that he is very disappointed that McCain will be the GOP candidate. All these years, the McCain garbage has been hidden. War hero? He’s going to need more than that to get elected. Senator John Kerry is a war hero and it didn’t help his chance at being elected.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:25 amComment 1: Does anyone believe the 911 responders will get any more than the Katrina survivors from this govt? Dream on.
Comment 2: Was Don Seigelman set up? DId Rove play a part? Does a bear shit in the woods?
Comment 3:Does anyone believe Iraq had WMDS? Did the PNAC have anything to do with this? Why is the American public supporting the greed of the war machine?
Comment 4: Global warming? Naw, pshaw……you know that when you climb into your car today or fly tomorrow or when you leave your computer on all day or when you hit all those lights or try to warm or cool your house that you aren’t the one to blame. Someone else is doing much more damage. Heck, its’ going to happen long after you’re gone anyway and by then technology will ride to the rescue. Uh-huh.
Foolish stupid Americans.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:27 am“I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,†Bush said.
Good call #3.
True to form, Dinkledork has absolutely no reason for believing this.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:29 amThe rally is being conducted to draw attention to the health issues that the 9/11 rescue workers currently face.
Thank you very much for your heroic efforts on 9/11, now go die somewhere, quietly. Thanks again.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:29 amIf George W Bush thinks that he will be replaced by another Republican in the White House, then I am convinced that he is showing signs of drug and alcohol brain damage. If Bush started drinking as a teenager, then he never developed beyond that age psychologically and emotionally. That explains his adolescent behavior.
Comment by Cats r Flyfishn — February 26, 2008 @ 9:25 am
If you notice, any time he is on “vacation” in Crawford, and something happens, it takes at least 5 days for them to dry him out enough to make a public announcement.
And he is always banged up from “fighting brush”.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:29 amOver two hundred 9/11 First Responders, family members, and supporters will be rallying on Capitol Hill today.
Sadly, many of them were to busy to see Shrub standing on the pile of twin tower debris, grand-stand-photo-op-ing, while SMILING??????
February 26th, 2008 at 9:29 am“It is entirely possible,†they write, “that in the absence of a cumbersome and clumsy American occupation, Iraqis will make their own bargains and compacts, heading off the genocide that many seem to anticipate.â€
X! I’ve been telling the trolls this for months! Why aren’t they listening?
February 26th, 2008 at 9:30 amThe rally is being conducted to draw attention to the health issues that the 9/11 rescue workers currently face.
The rally is being conducted to draw attention to the health issues that the 9/11 rescue workers currently face and are being ignored thanks to our “compassionate conservative” president.
There, I fixed it for othem.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:32 amWhy aren’t they listening?
Fear, and hatred of Muslims.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:33 amAttorneys for Don Siegelman called on the Justice Department to appoint a special prosecutor….
Like that’s going to happen. They are not going to call for a special prosecutor to investigate themselves. They have already made that abundantly clear.
I fear that Mr. Siegelman is going to have to languish in prison until Obama takes office and justice is served.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:34 am“I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,†Bush said.
Now kids, see what happens when you drink and drug? Even years later, you still wind up delusional, and for the most part, sounding really stupid every time you open your mouth.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:34 amsee what happens when you drink and drug?
Not always.
However, once ad idiot, always an idiot.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:36 amWhat did we miss?
So where do you think the above came from? Faux Noise? CNN? Nope, this was an AP article for gods sake. Now we have AP doing the Republiscums dirty work.
I sure hope that President Obama will be able to do something to fix the mess our MSM has become.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:37 amWhacko, sick, demented, twisted, delusional, immoral, abhorent, blubbering, babbling, conniving, disgusting, impish, crazed, miscreant, nincompoop, dumbass, dope, spoiled, vapid, sycophantic and fascist also adequately describe the utter failure that is George W. Bush.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:37 amThe Pentagon announced yesterday that when the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq ends in July, it’s expected that “there will be about 8,000 more troops on the ground than when it began in January 2007.â€
See, the splurge is temporary. Should only last another couple of decades or so. If the neoclowns have their way.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:37 am….and jail all dissenters, & nonrepublicans.
Do they intend on feeding us or do we just waste away? Is this how the “elite” will get their slave labor? If all the dissenters and nonrepublicans are sitting in prisons, it will be expensive to maintain and who will the Bushites tax? His rich friends don’t want to pay taxes.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:38 am“It is entirely possible,†they write, “that in the absence of a cumbersome and clumsy American occupation, Iraqis will make their own bargains and compacts, heading off the genocide that many seem to anticipate.â€
It is not just possible, it is probable. Once they have their country back, they will find a way to fix their problems. But, as long as we are occupying their country and running the show, they have nothing to unify around other than to attack us to try to make us leave.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:41 amMcCain is to free-from-special-interests maverick as:
a) Bush is to compassionate conservative;
b) Craig is to tapping-foot-syndrome sufferer;
c) Rove is to Eagle Scout;
d) Cheney is to his own fourth branch of government;
e) all of the above.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:42 amComment by Uncle Ho — February 26, 2008 @ 9:20 am
In line with the possibility of this, interesting development between U.S. and Canada…without Congressional hearings or approval. Or media attention brought to this.
“In a ceremony that received virtually no attention in the American media, the United States and Canada signed a military agreement Feb. 14 allowing the armed forces from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a domestic civil emergency, even one that does not involve a cross-border crisis.”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57228
February 26th, 2008 at 9:42 am#30 Cats r Flyfishn: Since when has Bush and the other neocons worried about details?
February 26th, 2008 at 9:42 am“I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,†Bush said.
How delusional can this man get. Doesn’t he realize that over 65% of the people in this country want us the hell out of Iraq and that number HAS NOT changed since the escalation of our troops. That should tell him that we are not buying the fact that Iraq has anything to do with the “long term security of the American people”. Bringing our National Guard troops home where they can protect us and securing our ports and other vital infrastructures will go much farther to ensure our security than anything Bush can come up with.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:45 amComment by impeachcheneythenbush — February 26, 2008 @ 9:42 am
Nice catch.
Aren’t those sorts of agreements normally called ‘treaties’, and wouldn’t they be invalid without the approval of Congress??????
February 26th, 2008 at 9:46 am“In a ceremony that received virtually no attention in the American media, the United States and Canada signed a military agreement Feb. 14 allowing the armed forces from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a domestic civil emergency, even one that does not involve a cross-border crisis.â€
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/ index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57228
Comment by impeachcheneythenbush — February 26, 2008 @ 9:42 am
Holy crap, Batman!
February 26th, 2008 at 9:49 amMr. Evil – yeah, I thought about that after I posted. These neocons cannot think beyond the next day and when no one is left to serve their needs, then what will they do? Make clones of themselves and then make slaves out of their clones? The one thing that these deficit creators haven’t taken into consideration and that is what will they do when a militarily strong China comes over here to collect on their debt? According to international law, China can take over our assets as repayment. This is how US Corporations got control of the assets in third world countries. The Bushites are incapable of long term thinking. This is what happens when decisions are made following the line of thinking “what do I get out of it?”.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:50 amWar hero? He’s going to need more than that to get elected. Senator John Kerry is a war hero and it didn’t help his chance at being elected.
John Kerry was a real war hero. McCain is a faux war hero. Being captured and surviving captivity does not make a war hero. And when one looks at his Annapolis record (finished fifth from the bottom of his class), his military abilities (he crashed 4 airplanes) and his leadership skills (non-existent), it sure doesn’t look like hero qualities to me.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:51 am” success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,†Bush said. ”
Please tell me how.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:52 amAren’t those sorts of agreements normally called ‘treaties’, and wouldn’t they be invalid without the approval of Congress??????
Comment by RUCerious — February 26, 2008 @ 9:46 am
Is that pre-Bush Congress or after-Bush Lapdog, a$$-licking Congress?
February 26th, 2008 at 9:52 am“It is entirely possible,†they write, “that in the absence of a cumbersome and clumsy American occupation, Iraqis will make their own bargains and compacts, heading off the genocide that many seem to anticipate.â€
I recall wingnuts making the argument before the invasion, that those who warned against unleashing heretofore bottled-up sectarian animosities in Iraq “didn’t trust Iraqis to be civilized”. Somehow, we were supposed to be racist for recognizing that decades of brutal suppression of a religious majority would lead to vengeance and violence. I believe William the Bloody made some form of ths particular argument.
Yet now they’re the ones claiming that Iraqis are unwilling or incapable of governing themselves, of making compromises in the interest of their nation without an abusive father figure threatenng to knock them into next Friedman Unit if they step out of line.
Using their own standards, that sounds racist to me.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:53 amAren’t those sorts of agreements normally called ‘treaties’, and wouldn’t they be invalid without the approval of Congress??????
Comment by RUCerious — February 26, 2008 @ 9:46 am
There you go again – understanding language and using logic. How are you ever going to grow up to be a neocon if you don’t give up those compulsions?
February 26th, 2008 at 9:53 am“In a ceremony that received virtually no attention in the American media, the United States and Canada signed a military agreement Feb. 14 allowing the armed forces from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a domestic civil emergency, even one that does not involve a cross-border crisis.â€
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/ index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57228
Comment by impeachcheneythenbush — February 26, 2008 @ 9:42 am
Interesting, is this the US using the Canadian Armed Forces as a replacement for the National Guard which is in Iraq? Or is Canada expecting something to come up soon – Quebec up in arms? Who determines what constitutes a “Domestic Civil Emergency”? This one is a mystery.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:55 am“In a ceremony that received virtually no attention in the American media, the United States and Canada signed a military agreement Feb. 14 allowing the armed forces from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a domestic civil emergency, even one that does not involve a cross-border crisis.â€
This could come back to bite Bush. When he declares marshall law and becomes the Dictator in Chief, it’s quite likely that our military (and now possibly with the help of Canada) will take our country back.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:56 amMr. Evil has desribed Bush very well in two posts today.
Tell me why the lying moron is still president.
Could he be impeached right after the November election?
February 26th, 2008 at 9:57 amAnd follow that with criminal indictments in February 2009?
Yeah, right. And the economy is strong.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:58 amAnd he is always banged up from “fighting brushâ€.
Comment by Wayne — February 26, 2008 @ 9:29 am
Hey! Fighting Brush is HARD work!
February 26th, 2008 at 10:04 amIn another example of the Bush administration’s inability to think or plan long-term, an article in the Washington Post about his “Coolness to States’ Call for Public Works projects” to stimulate the economy.
“WASHINGTON — President Bush rebuffed appeals from the nation’s governors on Monday to increase spending on roads, bridges and other public works as a way to revive the economy.
Governors said Mr. Bush had told them at a White House meeting that he wanted to see the effects of his economic stimulus package before supporting new measures.
A bipartisan group of governors is pushing for major road and bridge projects as a way to create jobs and foster economic development. But the White House says the money could not be spent fast enough to be of much immediate help.
“There’s no short-term stimulus to the economy for some of these projects,†Dana Perino, the White House press secretary, said.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/us/26govs.html?_r=1&sq=bush%20and%20governors&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=2&adxnnlx=1204038145-2K3PsjMEs/XPacFFVUpTiQ
February 26th, 2008 at 10:05 amOn the subject of impeachment, I wonder if there isn’t a fear in Congress that Bush would fight any movement toward impeachment hearings by declaring martial law? It’s certainly crossed my mind. A rat is at it’s most dangerous when cornered.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:07 amCould he be impeached right after the November election?
And follow that with criminal indictments in February 2009?
Comment by Marie — February 26, 2008 @ 9:57 am
yes, there is nothing in the Constitution stating they have to still be in office.
In 1876, Secretary of War General William Belknap resigned just hours before the House was scheduled to consider articles of impeachment. The House went ahead and unanimously impeached him, and the Senate convicted by a vote of 37-29
February 26th, 2008 at 10:07 amHoly crap, Batman!
Comment by Wayne — February 26, 2008 @ 9:49 am
I’ll believe it when I see it somewhere other than WorldNet Daily
February 26th, 2008 at 10:08 amNeocons are pussies. Let them try to overthrow my government from the inside – that will be the last thing they ever do. I’m not afraid to fight in a just war. I have children.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:10 amI sure hope that President Obama will be able to do something to fix the mess our MSM has become.
Comment by bilbobaggins — February 26, 2008 @ 9:37 am
There’s that nasty word “hope” again. Isn’t “hope” more appropriate for religion, sports or love?
I simply don’t respond to the word “hope” when used in a politcal context.
Has Obama said who he will appoint to head the FCC?
The head of the FCC is a powerful as a Supreme Court Justice.
I don’t want to “hope” he’ll appoint a FCC head that’ll return the Fairness Doctrine. I want to “know” for fact.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:11 amI’ll believe it when I see it somewhere other than WorldNet Daily
Comment by toasterhead — February 26, 2008 @ 10:08 am
http://canadianarmedforcesblogger.blogspot.com/2008/02/us-canada-agree-to-help-each-other-in.html
February 26th, 2008 at 10:16 amAnother example of the weakening of our democracy..this time the mainstream media.
“Still, it’s pretty extraordinary that CNN — the most trusted name in news — would invite a high government official onto its news program to invoke his authority and claimed expertise to scare Americans into believing that we’re all going to be killed by Terrorists unless President Bush gets what he wants, and have the “journalist” conducting the interview admit upfront that he knows nothing about the topics. What’s the point of the exercise? Why allow a government official to come onto your show and make statements that the interviewer — due to total ignorance about the subject — has no ability to analyze, scrutinize, or subject to critical inquiry? Providing a platform to government officials to make controversial claims with no scrutiny is (by definition) called “propaganda,” not journalism.”
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
February 26th, 2008 at 10:17 amToasterhead, from the United States Northern Command’s own website:
February 14, 2008
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — U.S. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and Canadian Air Force Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais, commander of Canada Command, have signed a Civil Assistance Plan that allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency.
http://www.northcom.mil/News/2008/021408.html
February 26th, 2008 at 10:22 am#51,
Slight correction, Wayne. Belknap was not convicted. He was acquitted of all five articles of impeachment, as the Senate vote failed to reach the two-thirds necessary for conviction.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:25 am“Good morning…”
WE ARE ALL GONNA… who knows…
February 26th, 2008 at 10:25 amComcast Put on the Stand in FCC Broadband Hearing
February 26th, 2008 at 10:26 amDailyTech – 44 minutes ago
Comcast found itself on the stand yesterday, facing harsh scrutiny and pointed questioning from FCC commissioners during a summit held at the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
FCC Weighing Limits on Slowing Web Traffic New York Times
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The head of the Federal Communications Commission and other senior officials said on Monday that they were considering taking steps to discourage cable and telephone companies from delaying the downloads and uploads of heavy Internet users. …
Net pioneers trash Comcast’s P2P traffic treatment CNET News.com
Energy, food push January’s PPI 1% higher
February 26th, 2008 at 10:28 amMarketWatch – 49 minutes ago
By Greg Robb, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Producer prices soared in January, pushed higher by energy prices and the biggest increase in food prices in more than three years, government data showed Tuesday.
Wholesale Inflation Accelerates Wall Street Journal
Producer prices up sharply in January Reuters
foreclosures up 57
February 26th, 2008 at 10:29 amCNNMoney.com – 46 minutes ago
Filings saw yet another big jump last month, compared to levels a year ago; 45327 homes were lost to bank repossessions. By Les Christie, CNNMoney.
January Foreclosure Filings Wall Street Journal
January foreclosures up 57 percent in year: report Reuters
The American people will greet its Republican saviors with flowers.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:31 am“The American people will greet its Republican saviors with flowers.”
Comment by Perry logan
Or chase them with pitchforks and shovels…
February 26th, 2008 at 10:32 amJudge reveals Blagojevich is ‘Public Official A’
Chicago Tribune – 2 hours ago
Antoin “Tony” Rezko leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in 2006. (Chicago Tribune photo by Bonnie Trafelet / November 9, 2006) Laying to rest the latest parlor game of Illinois politics, a federal judge on Monday made it crystal clear that “A” stands …
All eyes on Rezko power ties Chicago Sun-Times
Judge reveals Illinois governor is figure named in indictment … International Herald Tribune
uh boy… blaggo’s in a mess…
February 26th, 2008 at 10:41 amThanks Marie. How could I have forgotten “moronic” in my descriptions of George W. Bush? How about heartless, hateful, foolish, retarded, clueless, kooky, dorky, etc….
February 26th, 2008 at 10:50 amBelknap was not convicted. He was acquitted of all five articles of impeachment, as the Senate vote failed to reach the two-thirds necessary for conviction.
Comment by Exley — February 26, 2008 @ 10:25 am
Yep, you are correct.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:50 amKaty,
With all of the criminality, incompetence, and chicanery we’ve experienced under the BA, it’s hard to see what really counts.
It’s still the economy.
Bush will be crushed by the sheer volume of fiscal chickens come home to roost.
The rootin’-tootin’ chicken-hawks are scared of chickens.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:52 amvery cool:
New York Philharmonic Performs in North Korea
February 26th, 2008 at 10:53 amNew York Times – 3 hours ago
By DANIEL J. WAKIN and GRAHAM BOWLEY PYONGYANG, North Korea – Playing the national anthems of North Korea and the United States, and works including George Gershwin’s “American in Paris,†the New York Philharmonic Orchestra presented a landmark concert …
In concert in North Korea MSNBC
NY Philharmonic Charms Pyongyang New York Sun
oh yea – you all heard about this, right?
McCain: ‘The war will be over soon’ CNN
McCain retracts comment he could lose on Iraq Reuters
that’s some real straight talkin’…
February 26th, 2008 at 10:55 amIn concert in North Korea MSNBC
NY Philharmonic Charms Pyongyang New York Sun
Comment by katy
Now imagine a North Korean Orchestra playing in Washington…
February 26th, 2008 at 10:56 amProbe sought in Marine vehicle delays
Pentagon Inspector General Asked to Examine Allegations MRAP Delays Led to Casualties
The Marine Corps has asked the Pentagon’s inspector general to examine allegations that a nearly two-year delay in the fielding of blast-resistant vehicles led to hundreds of combat casualties in Iraq.
The system for rapidly shipping needed gear to troops on the front lines has been examined by auditors before and continues to improve, Col. David Lapan, a Marine Corps spokesman, said Monday night. Due to the seriousness of the allegations, however, “the Marine Corps has taken the additional step” of requesting the IG investigation, Lapan said in an e-mailed statement.
In a Jan. 22 internal report, Franz Gayl, a civilian Marine Corps official, accused the service of “gross mismanagement” that delayed deliveries of the mine-resistant, ambush-protected trucks.
Gayl’s study, which reflected his own views, said cost was a driving factor in the decision to turn down a February 2005 “urgent” request from battlefield commanders for the so-called MRAPs.
Stateside authorities saw the hulking vehicles, which weigh up to 40 tons and can cost as much as a $1 million each, as a financial threat to programs aimed at developing lighter vehicles that were years from being fielded, charged Gayl, who prepared the study for the Marine Corps’ plans, policies and operations department.
[. . .]
Gen. Robert Magnus, the Marine Corps’ assistant commandant, disputed Gayl’s conclusions in a recent interview with Marine Corps Times.
Magnus and other Marine Corps officials have said the defense industry lacked the capacity to build MRAPs in large numbers when the 2005 request was made. The best solution to the deadly roadside bombs planted by insurgents was to add extra layers of steel to the less sturdy Humvee, they said.
“I don’t think (the study) stands up to the facts about what we did, about what the industry was capable of doing and why we did what we did,” Magnus told the newspaper in an interview. “I just don’t think that’s accurate.”
[. . .]
Gayl has clashed with his superiors in the past and filed for whistle-blower protection last year. In his study, he recommended an inquiry be conducted to determine if any military or government employees are culpable for failing to rush critical gear to the troops.
“If the mass procurement and fielding of MRAPs had begun in 2005 in response to the known and acknowledged threats at that time, as the (Marine Corps) is doing today, hundreds of deaths and injuries could have been prevented,” Gayl said. “While the possibility of individual corruption remains undetermined, the existence of corrupted MRAP processes is likely, and worthy of (inspector general) investigation.”
February 26th, 2008 at 11:02 amPlease tell me how.
Comment by IgnoranceIsNotBliss
Oil.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:02 amNow imagine a North Korean Orchestra playing in Washington…
Comment by Juan C. — February 26, 2008 @ 10:56 am
i can… after 09… … if THAT works out, anyway…
February 26th, 2008 at 11:16 amOkay… now, I want you all to relax… that’s good…
Next… focus on your own breath and clear your minds…
Now… we’re all going to get in touch with our Inner Snark… good, good…
Are you all feeling the Snark, everyone?
Now, BE the Snark…
February 26th, 2008 at 11:22 amAre you all feeling the Snark, everyone?
Now, BE the Snark…
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — February 26, 2008 @ 11:22 am
February 26th, 2008 at 11:30 amI Snark, therefor I am.
The Angry Liberal Left Slams McCain
The Nation — VoteVets has a new ad out against John McCain:
Here’s the text: John McCain says it’s okay with him if the U.S. spends the next 1,000 years in Iraq. That’s some commitment to the Iraqi people, Senator McCain…This is my little boy. He was born a year after I came home from Iraq. What kind of commitment are you making to him? How about 1,000 years of afforable healthcare? Or 1,000 years of keeping America safe? Could we afford that for my child, Senator McCain? Or have you already promised to spend trillions in Baghdad?
In an email released yesterday, McCain’s campaign wants you to know that the ad “flat out lies about John McCain’s positions.” In fact, the precise quote is “10,000 years” in Iraq. Just more senseless thuggery from what the email calls the “angry Liberal Left” (in this case, a young mother and Iraq veteran concerned about her child’s future).
I saw the ad last night – and sent them a donation to keep running it.
http://www.votevets.org
February 26th, 2008 at 11:31 amHuckabee Endorses “Egg As Person†Concept
By: Nicole Belle @ 7:10 AM – PST
While I was watching and transcribing Mike Huckabee’s appearance on SNL this weekend, I kept thinking he is so good at being likeable that if you don’t have a clear sense of what he really stands for, it would be easy to be swayed by Huckabee. But then a story like this comes down the wires and you realize that it is really, really important to know EXACTLY what candidates do stand for. Denver Post:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/26/huckabee-endorses-egg-as-person-concept/
oh, the can of worms this could be…
February 26th, 2008 at 11:33 amGoony, you really ought to just shut … the … fluck …up.
You’re way too stupid to be allowed to speak freely.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:37 amoh no…
Campus Lockdown After ‘Possible Situation’
February 26th, 2008 at 11:37 amABC News – 49 minutes ago
Ferrum College, located south of Roanoke, Va., in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, has about 1000 students, 80 percent of whom live on the residential Christian college’s Ferrum campus.
Va. College Campus Locked Down The Associated Press
Va. college locked down because of ’suspicious man’ USA Today
Now what the Hell was Huckabee doing prowling around that campus?
February 26th, 2008 at 11:39 amHas the sky fallen yet? No? The libs must be terribly disappointed. Good.
Comment by good_golly — February 26, 2008 @ 11:34 am
You better look up goonie because your sky is about to come crashing down. You have until November at the latest.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:44 amComment by good_golly
How many day until Bush is out?
Hearing footsteps?
February 26th, 2008 at 12:34 pmCould he be impeached right after the November election?
And follow that with criminal indictments in February 2009?
Comment by Marie — February 26, 2008 @ 9:57 am
The first thing Dumbya would do is pardon everyone. Then he’d resign. Pres Cheney would then proceed to pardon Dumbya. Case closed.
February 26th, 2008 at 12:52 pmI Snark, therefor I am.
Comment by Wayne — February 26, 2008 @ 11:30 am
That’s the spirit!
February 26th, 2008 at 1:06 pmSnarkito, ergo sum!
February 26th, 2008 at 1:07 pmThe sky hasn’t fallen ( it can’t, for scientific reasons, Mr. Golly) BUT….
the giant bullsh*t souffle’ cooked up by the GOP sure has.
GOP: Because, if we called it anything else, we’d probably get arrested.
February 26th, 2008 at 2:03 pmWarrantless wiretapping:
http://news.yahoo.com/edcartoons/robrogers;_ylt=AijM4kofTMOKwu_SZBeNc6QDwLAF
February 26th, 2008 at 3:05 pmPresident Bush predicted yesterday that voters will replace him with a Republican president who will “keep up the fight†in Iraq. “I believe the American people understand that success in Iraq is necessary for the long-term security of the American people,†Bush said.
Would someone please tell me what this moron’s idea of “success in Iraq” is?
February 27th, 2008 at 6:47 amSecurity for the American people?!? He’s kidding, right?
I’ve said this before, bush is POTUS in title only. An idiot in actuality.