ThinkFast: April 30, 2008
ThinkFast: April 30, 2008
Army officials yesterday said that they are “inspecting every barracks building worldwide to see whether plumbing and other problems revealed at Fort Bragg, N.C., last week are widespread.” “We let our soldiers down,” said Brig. Gen. Dennis Rogers, who is responsible for maintaining Army barracks. A video shot by the father of a soldier showed problems such as a “bathroom drain plugged with sewage.”
Two U.S. soldiers were killed in Baghdad today, “taking the American troop death toll in Iraq for April to 46.” April is the “deadliest month since September, when 65 U.S. soldiers died in Iraq, according to figures compiled by icasualties.org.”
A report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq predicts today that “Iraq’s oil revenue will top a record $70 billion this year, adding fuel to a congressional push to force the Iraqi government to assume more responsibility for rebuilding the country.” “The cost of a barrel of Iraqi oil has increased by 250% since 2003.”
Yesterday, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to “limit CIA interrogators to techniques approved by the military, which would effectively bar them from waterboarding prisoners.” The secret vote was taken on an amendment by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), marking “at least the second attempt by intelligence overseers in Congress to regulate CIA questioning of detainees.”
The Interior Department inspector general is investigating “whether federal money was inappropriately used to pay for a celebration” of the Alaska Volcano Observatory “that recognized its chief patron, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK).” The event, which was coordinated by a lobbyist for the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, may have received federal funds either directly through an organizer or indirectly from earmarks.
“The Supreme Court’s recent rulings upholding Indiana’s voter ID law and Kentucky’s use of lethal injections” exemplify a shift in the court’s approach to deciding constitutional questions. By rejecting broad legal challenges, the court is sending the message that legal advocates need to “produce evidence that a law has actually violated someone’s rights” rather than asserting that rights could be violated.
Employer-based health insurance premiums have “skyrocketed at a pace that far exceeds the rate of American wage increases since 2000,” according to a new study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The average dollar amount employees must pay per year for family health coverage went up by 30 percent from 2001 to 2005.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Federal, state and local governments are hiring new workers at the fastest pace in six years, helping offset job losses in the private sector,” adding “76,800 jobs in the first three months of 2008.” By contrast, “private companies collectively shed 286,000 workers in the first three months of 2008″ leading “many economists to declare the country is in a recession.”
The director of the Government Accountability Office’s natural resource programs said yesterday that the White House Office of Budget Management “is ‘actually dictating’ which chemicals the Environmental Protection Agency can assess for health impacts.” A GAO report released yesterday found that the OMB is increasingly interfering with the EPA’s work.
And finally: Over the weekend, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) challenged Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) to a “Lincoln-Douglas” style debate. Of course, Clinton was referring to the 1858 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Fox News, however, needs to brush up on its history. An image on the network showed a picture of Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, the former slave who spent his life fighting for the abolition of slavery.
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NBC News Anchor Brian Williams Shows His True Stripes
From Glenn Greenwald at Salon dot com (edited)
Unbenownst to most of the world, NBC News anchor Brian Williams maintains a blog, and his one entry from yesterday reveals more about him than all of the profiles and cover stories combined.
Williams’ childish column continued by praising the work of Peggy Noonan:
What was Peggy Noonan’s column about? You guessed it: Flag Lapel Pins. She also muses whether Barack has ever cried when thinking about the Wright Brothers or George Washington. I’m not kidding.
Williams has been a central part of the media blackout of that story. Not only did NBC News refuses to comment on the story, but Williams himself has not even mentioned it once, nor has anyone on his entire network. Yet Williams, while failing even to acknowledge that story which implicates the core integrity of his network, instead bashes the Sunday NYT which exposed it and touts Peggy Noonan for a Pulitzer for her banal, malicious meanderings over Barack Obama’s lapel pin.
Please read Glenn Greenwald’s Full Unedited Post at:
April 30th, 2008 at 9:00 amhttp://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/29/williams/index.html
EXXONMOBIL STOCKHOLDERS FACE A PROFOUND CHOICE
It might be hard to imagine that a routine stockholders meeting could have profound global implications, but that will be precisely the case when ExxonMobil shareholders gather in Dallas, Texas, for their annual meeting on May 28, 2008.
Shareholders can take a simple but very significant action by telling ExxonMobil management to 1) refrain from making any deals with the Iraqi government until all US forces are withdrawn from Iraq, and 2) support a full, unconditional, and immediate withdrawal of all US forces from Iraq.
Full unedited story at:
April 30th, 2008 at 9:03 amhttp://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/33094
Hello TP…can you tell me why my Post in the #1 position on Brian Williams is “awaiting moderation”?
Can anybody else see this post?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:06 amBush lays gas blame on Congress
President Bush blamed the Democratic Congress for blocking bills he said would have lowered gas prices, marking a coordinated strategy with congressional Republicans to shift responsibility for the nation’s economic woes to Democrats. They, in turn, were quick to strike back.
President Bush blamed the Democratic Congress for blocking bills he said would have lowered gas prices, marking a coordinated strategy with congressional Republicans to shift responsibility for the nation’s economic woes to Democrats. They, in turn, were quick to strike back.
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, responded to Mr. Bush by saying “the president has proclaimed that he is the ‘Decider,’ but this morning all he tried to do is pass the buck to someone else rather than accept responsibility for his administration’s failed economic policies and escalating gas prices.”
“For his first six years in office, the president and the Republican majorities in Congress did virtually nothing to address gasoline prices and to make America more energy independent,” he said. “Then, with new Democratic majorities in Congress, we passed landmark energy legislation that will increase fuel economy and invest in renewable and alternative fuel sources.”
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080430/NATION/517764188/1001
Bush is always trying to pass the buck..
April 30th, 2008 at 9:07 amScientists link 17 living people to an aboriginal man found in glacier
Scientists have found a direct link between the frozen remains of a man found in a glacier in northern B.C. and 17 people living in B.C., Yukon and Alaska.
The news came at a symposium in Victoria this past weekend, focusing on Kwaday Dan Ts’inchi’, an aboriginal man whose remains were found in 1999 by hunters in Tatshenshini-Alsek Park, which is in the traditional territory of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations.
“The connection to the people,” said Al Mackie, an archaeologist on the project, “how they know his clan, how they know who his relatives are, that’s amazing. You just don’t get that in archaeology. It never happens.”
Kwaday Dan Ts’inchi’ means Long Ago Person Found, and he’s believed to have died some time between the years 1670 and 1850. His remains were revealed after a glacier started to recede.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080428.wbcfrozen28/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080428.wbcfrozen28
No bad news, just strictly science! Interesting..
April 30th, 2008 at 9:11 am“We let our soldiers down,” said Brig. Gen. Dennis Rogers, who is responsible for maintaining Army barracks. A video shot by the father of a soldier showed problems such as a “bathroom drain plugged with sewage.”
Anyone want to bet that the maintenance of those barracks was privatized, like Walter Reed?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:11 am“We let our soldiers down,” said Brig. Gen. Dennis Rogers, who is responsible for maintaining Army barracks.
Sorry, but soldiers have been reporting these issues all along, but officers have done nothing, until a video is released on youtube for the world to see. These apologies for getting caught do not mean much to me.
This is just one more symptom of the way the Bush Administration treats our mean and women in uniform. Like Walter Reed, it is happening all across the system.
If they treat our own soldiers this way, can you really doubt the stories of the way prisoners are treated?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:13 amApril is the “deadliest month since September, when 65 U.S. soldiers died in Iraq.
We lost another soldier last night, bringing this figure to 47 for April.
If paying Sunnis not to fight while maintaining 160,000 ’surge’ troops on the ground can’t stabilize Iraq, what will?
7 out of 10 Americans believe we should get out of Iraq.
8 out of 10 Americans believe Bush is impotent in turning the economy around.
And what does our Boy King do?…blame Congress.
The media can’t find time to examine or assess the WH, because they think it’s their duty to report on Obama’s Pastor, 24/7.
Folks, kids are starving in America. Elderly are starving in America. Even middle class citizens are choosing between food and fuel.
Bush has raped America’s resources, including it’s young. It was planned. Are you OK with this? I certainly don’t agree with the venom spewed by the ‘Reveredning Wright’, but what Bush has done or allowed is treasonous & criminal.
Stop the madness.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:13 amDo something.
Say something.
America is dying in front of our very eyes.
oops should have been:
This is just one more symptom of the way the Bush Administration treats our men and women in uniform. Like Walter Reed, it is happening all across the system.
damn typos… =)
April 30th, 2008 at 9:14 amYesterday, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to “limit CIA interrogators to techniques approved by the military, which would effectively bar them from waterboarding prisoners.”
Hopefully they will bring this to a vote soon. That way the Democrats can expose the Republicans who seem to think that torture is a good idea. It’s something their constituents need to know before they go to the ballot box in November.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:15 amWhat did we miss?
Say goodbye to Lurita “Cookies” Doan.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:16 amArmy officials yesterday said that they are “inspecting every barracks building worldwide to see whether plumbing and other problems revealed at Fort Bragg, N.C., last week are widespread.” “We let our soldiers down,” said Brig. Gen. Dennis Rogers
I see the government doesn’t take care of our soldiers any better than they do our vets. But we can spend $10 Billion in reconstructing Iraq. Oh, I forgot part of those contracts are not completed either. There is no excuse that those barracks are in such disrepair. Especially, considering the size of our military budget.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:17 amMore like Fort Gagg.
It’s a little early yet for poo-poo photos.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:19 amNO MORE GAS Personal Electric Vehicle
“With a name like ‘No More Gas’, you can bet that this cute little personal electric vehicle is as good to the environment as it is to the user. Its size, weight and fuel make it much better for the planet, while its look and driving experience make it great fun for the driver. It can achieve speeds of over 75mph for a cost of $0.02 per mile.”
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/29/no-more-gas-myers-motors-at-well-tech-in-milan/
It is a single seat car; but the .02 cost per mile is sounding better all the time.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:20 amShareholders can take a simple but very significant action by telling ExxonMobil management to 1) refrain from making any deals with the Iraqi government until all US forces are withdrawn from Iraq, and 2) support a full, unconditional, and immediate withdrawal of all US forces from Iraq.
Like that’s going to happen. These shareholders probably care more about the bottom line of their profits than they do about the lives of our servicemen and the lives of innocent Iraqis.
My god, what have we become as a nation.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:21 am#3 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda Says:
Hello TP…can you tell me why my Post in the #1 position on Brian Williams is “awaiting moderation”?
Can anybody else see this post?
It posted 2mil…
April 30th, 2008 at 9:22 amFound this nugget on the Smith Barney website this morning:
S e n a t e C l i m a t e B i l l C o u l d C a u s e
R e c e s s i o n , B u s h A i d e S a y s ( B l o o m b e r g )
A U.S. Senate proposal to limit greenhouse gas emissions has the potential to
cause a global recession, a White House official said today in Washington.
“The prospect of a 50-cent increase in gasoline prices, the prospect of more
than $1,200 impact on individual homeowners and their home heating bills,
the prospect of a national recession, followed by a global recession – those
trouble me,” James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on
Environmental Quality, said at a conference.
Sorry for the scrambled text, but that’s what came out.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:23 amMy point is: They don’t want to do anything to mitigate global warming or other environmental damage because it would cost us money, but it’s OK for oil companies and speculators to gouge us.
AFP
Russia and Georgia heading towards military conflict -
Why is this not the top story on any news channel in the west? This has the potential to divide Russia and NATO. This conflict is another in a series which are diving across West and East lines. Russia supports Iran, China supports Russia. Georgia is a ‘pro-western’ country and is about to be invaded from all angles by Russia. You would think that this would be a top story in a least one media outlet of repute. Or do we not have those anymore in North America?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:24 amDoes it surprise anyone that Pantsuit One’s people were behind Rev. Wright’s invitations to National exposure?
Will we see her interviewed by O’Lielly in the shower with a falafel, or will it be an ‘in person interview by phone’ so Bill has one hand available?
How low can you go, Hill-Dog?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:24 amU.S. Importing 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand From Kuwait
Longshoremen should finish unloading 6,700 tons of sand contaminated with depleted uranium and lead Tuesday afternoon, said Chad Hyslop, spokesman for the disposal company American Ecology.
The BBC Alabama arrived at the port Saturday afternoon with the 306 containers carrying the contaminated sand from Camp Doha, a U.S. Army base in Kuwait. The sand was packaged in bags designed to transport hazardous waste.
Longshoremen unloaded the containers in two shifts Sunday, then two more Monday, Hyslop said. They wore standard safety gear, and dust protection equipment and respirators were available, he said.
However, no one has opted to wear the respirators, he said.
“It’s gone real smooth,” Hyslop said.
Half of the containers will be loaded onto 76 rail cars and transported to an American Ecology disposal site in Idaho. The other half will remain at the port until the trains return to haul them to Idaho. The containers all will be at the disposal site in Idaho within 15 to 30 days, Hyslop said.
State Department of Health personnel are at the port to test radiation levels and to ensure none of the sand spills, Hyslop said. U.S. Customs agents also were on hand to inspect the cargo, he said.
The sand became contaminated with low levels of depleted uranium following a fire at Camp Doha during the first Gulf War in 1991, according to Hyslop and Army sources. The Army then discovered potentially hazardous levels of lead in the shipment.
Hyslop said he’s been happy with the job the port and other government agencies have done in helping with the transport of the material.
http://blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6414
April 30th, 2008 at 9:28 am**Somehow I don’t think there are enought ships to remove all of the radioactive soil we have created in Iraq. Depleted uranium is a serious problem with even more serious consequences. In a recent posting I told of Europe even getting some of the dust from the middle east. I suspect the removal had more to do with Europe than concern for the raping of Iraq.
Freedom Rebel Says:
#3 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda Says:
Hello TP…can you tell me why my Post in the #1 position on Brian Williams is “awaiting moderation”?
Can anybody else see this post?
It posted 2mil…
April 30th, 2008 at 9:31 am—————–
Thanks. It took abut 5 minutes to get posted. Last time I got this message it took over 12 hours.
#3 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda Says:
Hello TP…can you tell me why my Post in the #1 position on Brian Williams is “awaiting moderation”?
Because my fingers and hands just don’t work right even since surgery, sometimes I do my composing in Word and then cut and paste for posting. I think TP moderates us if we compose/post too quickly to prevent “spamming”. I have been moderated several times now.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:31 amAnd the beat goes on Says:
U.S. Importing 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand From Kuwait…
Is all of that going in Zooey’s backyard? Let’s hope not!
My God, this would indicate we’ll be shipping DU & other toxics back ‘home’ for the foreseeable future, when we can’t even find a place to put our nuclear reactor waste.
Good plan, Bush. I’m sure Stephen Johnson at the EPA has no problem with this, either. He only objects to radical ideas like increased gas mileage and reduced CO2 emissions.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:33 am“Half of the containers will be loaded onto 76 rail cars and transported to an American Ecology disposal site in Idaho. The other half will remain at the port until the trains return to haul them to Idaho. The containers all will be at the disposal site in Idaho within 15 to 30 days, Hyslop said.”
And where does it go once it gets to Idaho? How do they dispose of this stuff when it has a half-life of millions of years? Do they not understand the cell growth issues pertaining to depleted uranium? A side issue is the fact the Kuwait (and by the way IRAQ, IRAN, SAUDIA ARABIA, PAKISTAN and INDIA) probably has millions more tons of contaminated sand, water and other natural resources that will kill yet more of their citizens because of this President’s and other’s indiscriminate use of depleted uranium. But aslong as that particular 6,700 tons of sand is gone, well that’s okay then. IDIOTS!
April 30th, 2008 at 9:37 amrobertoroberto Says:
Why is this not the top story on any news channel in the west? This has the potential to divide Russia and NATO. This conflict is another in a series which are diving across West and East lines. Russia supports Iran, China supports Russia. Georgia is a ‘pro-western’ country and is about to be invaded from all angles by Russia. You would think that this would be a top story in a least one media outlet of repute. Or do we not have those anymore in North America?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:38 am——————–
The same reason the story I posted yesterday about the U.S. bringing nuclear capable vessels to the shores of Venezuela hasn’t received any coverage. The White House has probably instructed their corporate media pals to keep quiet. Besides, did you hear what Rev. Wright said yesterday!!
The Interior Department inspector general is investigating “whether federal money was inappropriately used to pay for a celebration” of the Alaska Volcano Observatory “that recognized its chief patron, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK).”
More Federal Money that could have been used to help the Iraq veterans who have suffered brain injuries and PTSD. Will the waste never end?? I know wishful thinking on my part. Republicans will never grow a conscience.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:41 amGenghis Chimp; from the Pentagon Papers to the Pentagon Puppets.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:41 amThe Bush Administration talks a good stick on accountability, but ‘don’t shoot no pool’! We see this once again in the lack of support for and accountability for regarding conditions under which those serving in our military are kept. Certainly, the Army leadership has shown time and again that it will lie about anything and try to spin their way out of trouble just like their civilian leadership in Washington that sent them off to an unpopular war without any attempt to bring the nation on board, because they feared debate, as always. Congress must take its oversight responsibilities seriously because this administration will never shoot straight!
April 30th, 2008 at 9:42 amThe U.S. Navy has temporarily added a second aircraft carrier in the Gulf as a “reminder” to Iran, but this was not an escalation of American forces in the region, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
link
April 30th, 2008 at 9:42 amGranted, it’s a stretch to accuse the U.S. government of inventing HIV/AIDS to exterminate black people. HOWEVER, it’s a little easier to understand where this is coming from if you know the history: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/Story.asp?s=1207586
April 30th, 2008 at 9:44 amThere’s something rotten in Alaska and it is stinking Congress up.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:44 amLurita Doan finally canned…
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0408/Lurita_Doan_forced_out_at_GSA.html
April 30th, 2008 at 9:50 amIt is great to see that we finally have some national unity on energy policy. Unfortunately, the unifying idea is so ridiculous, so unworthy of the people aspiring to lead our nation, it takes your breath away. Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain in pushing to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon, for this summer’s travel season. This is not an energy policy. This is money laundering: we borrow money from China and ship it to Saudi Arabia and take a little cut for ourselves as it goes through our gas tanks. What a way to build our country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30friedman.html?hp
April 30th, 2008 at 9:51 am“An image on the network showed a picture of Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, the former slave who spent his life fighting for the abolition of slavery.”
Haha! Hilarious! Seriously, who works in the Fox News research department? That’s superb! Surely they must have noticed something a little odd with his complexion?
April 30th, 2008 at 9:51 amDoD having record defense budgets and supplementals aren’t enough to make doing away with WWII-era barracks and family housing a priority? I’ve read about progress being made, particularly within the Marine Corps, on upgrading family housing, though barracks are still terrible.
DoD has wasted billions and billions, VA sees through it’s cash-strapped state by awarding fat bonuses to top guns, yet we award contracts to firms who don’t even provide the services for which they’re paid?
This administration is willing to pay the price to avoid accountability, and that is continued corruption.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:52 amText of NBC Anchor, Brian Williams, on C-Span, Professing his love for Rush Limbaugh. (2004)
WILLIAMS: Oh, often, often, and I’m one of the few in a very select group that Rush has allowed on when I’ve called in from the car. I do listen to Rush. I listen to it from a radio in my office or depending on my day, if I’m in the car, I will listen to Rush and he will tell you I’ve been listening for years. I think it’s my duty to listen to Rush. I think Rush has actually yet to get the credit he is due because his audience for so many years felt they were in the wilderness of this country. No one was talking to them. They would look at mainstream media and they’d hear sentences like the following: Conservative firebrand Newt Gingrich today accused Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy….
Well, what’s wrong with that sentence? My friend Brit Hume – we covered the White House together, always would call reporters on this. Where’s the appellation for Ted Kennedy in that sentence, you remembers of the perhaps unintentionally liberal media? Why aren’t you calling Kennedy something if you’re going to label Newt Gingrich a conservative firebrand? That’s what Rush did. Rush said to millions of Americans, you have a home. Come with me. For three hours a day you can listen and hear the like minded calling in from across the country and I’ll read to you things perhaps you didn’t see that are out there. I think Rush gave birth to the FOX news channel. I think Rush helped to give birth to a movement. I think he played his part in the contract with America. So I hope he gets his due as a broadcaster.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:52 amZimzone Says:Is all of that going in Zooey’s backyard? Let’s hope not!
My God, this would indicate we’ll be shipping DU & other toxics back ‘home’ for the foreseeable future, when we can’t even find a place to put our nuclear reactor waste.
Those were my first thoughts as well. And we will privatize the whole thing…who cares where it all goes. We’ll find a place somewhere. Maybe entire neighborhoods that have been turned into ghost towns because of the mortgage debacle? I am getting bitter and cynical in my old age!
April 30th, 2008 at 9:54 am2mil,
Williams still hasn’t filled the shoes of Tom Brokaw.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:54 amCZ-1:
Thanks for the link, I was only vaguely aware of the details of that horror story.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:55 amMy respect for Brian Williams just dropped to near zero.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:56 amBrian Williams is a d-bag and a corporate hack. I refuse to take seriously anyone who gives credence to a moron like drug-addled limbaugh.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:58 amwtf?… for what reason?… is this passing-the-buck?
Heparin contaminated ‘on purpose’
April 30th, 2008 at 10:00 amBBC News – 2 hours ago
America’s drugs watchdog believes that Chinese-made ingredients for a blood-thinning drug may have been deliberately contaminated.
Heparin Contamination May Have Been Deliberate, FDA Says New York Times
Baxter calls tainting ‘deliberate’ Chicago Tribune
The Associated Press – CNN – Voice of America – CNNMoney.com
all 454 news articles »
Pendulum.
Will we ever swing back?
Since that sunny, September morning seven years ago -
a cancer has been growing on this great country.
We’ve all been taken for a ride.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:00 amFasten your seatbelts. There’s seven months left.
Breaking News : Nato Warns Russia on Troop Build-Up :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7375736.stm
Nato has warned Russia that its recent troop build-up in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia undermines its neighbour’s territorial integrity.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:04 amThe alliance is “watching with concern” Moscow’s moves – which raise tensions in the area – a Nato spokesman said.
Brian Williams has been on my ‘do not watch’ list for a long time.
His first priority is looking like a GQ insert. His second priority is protecting the WH while he listens to a drug addict.
Liberal media, my ass.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:04 amGibson — Hack
William — Hack
Couric — ???
April 30th, 2008 at 10:05 amBrig. General Dennis Rogers, here’s a flash for you. We let our soldiers down the day they were dropped in Baghdad. A bathroom drain can be fixed. What do we do with a president whose brain is plugged with sewage.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:06 amHillary Endorser NC Gov Easley uses anti-Gay slur in Endorsement
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_steven_l_080430_hillary_endorser_nc_.htm
I haven’t seen anything on this story at any MSM sites I’ve checked. This moron says Hillary makes Rocky look like a pansy. It goes on to say his speech was sanitized before it was posted at PantsuitOne.com.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:08 amI swear she is really a republican. I really don’t understand how half the dems are in her corner.
CZ-1 Says:
My respect for Brian Williams just dropped to near zero.
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CZ-1 and McWars, you need to go to the link in my Post #1 and read Glenn Greenwald’s post where he eviscerates Brian Williams and reveals him as the government propagandist he is.
It’s Day 10 of the scandal uncovered by the NY Times which revealed the networks, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and FOX put retired Generals on the air to sell the war and never mentioned they were working for Defense Companies and spouting Pentagon propaganda WORD-FOR WORD.
All the networks have yet to comment on the story on the air.
This is about as BIG of a scandal as you can get.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:09 amheard thom hartmann explain the lincoln-douglas debate…
April 30th, 2008 at 10:17 amit would last 6 hours, if she wants to actually replicate it…
I almost never watch TV news, actually. I had just assumed Brian Williams was okay, just a typical anchorman. Now it’s clear the he’s a fairly awful journalist.
As for scandal, I recall one conversation with a coworker a couple of years ago (I’m guessing in 2004 or 2005) that touched on politics. My coworker said, “Well, at least there haven’t been any scandals with this president [Bush].” My mouth dropped.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:22 amScientists link 17 living people to an aboriginal man found in glacier….
The Bush Family?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:26 amNo media would cover the Lincoln-Douglas debate in today’s world. Maybe NPR/PBS would give it a little air time at 2:00 am. People would only talk about Lincoln’s hat and what his pastor had said the previous Sunday.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:27 amFreedom Rebel Says:
Bush lays gas blame on Congress
keith’s take on this was great… needs to be posted SOMEWHERE…
he breaks down each point that dubya tried to pass off, with the truth and facts…
i can’t get the video to work at this link, and the transcript isn’t up yet, but:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/
April 30th, 2008 at 10:29 amMcWars Says:
Gibson — Hack
William — Hack
Couric — ???
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Gibson – Government Propagandist, Corporate-A** Kisser
Williams – Government Propagandist, Corporate-A** Kisser, Rush Limbaugh Lover
Couric -Waaay out of her league, Too unintelligent to even diagnose
April 30th, 2008 at 10:30 amKaty, the ingredient that was used in the Chinese supplied Heparin was a substitute for the real active ingredient. It’s a compound that is far less expensive than the biologically obtained ingredient (from pigs) that should be in the drug. The failure on this issue encompasses the suppliers, consolidators and manufacturing plants in China, as well as the failure of the FDA to inspect them before they were even allowed to import to the U.S. On top of that, a failure to stop all Heparin at the ports (no port advisory except belatedly, on the one plant that’s received the most press), and on and on. I watched these hearings on C-Span last night for several hours, and it blew me away. Let’s not forget that this incident follows after the toxic toys, poisonous dog & cat food, toothpaste and cough syrup.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:30 am$3.79 per gallon here in Southwest Michigan.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:31 amGeez, it’s bad enough that we (the American people) have to bend over and take it with no compensation, but then the CEO’s of big Oil expect a friggin’ reach around????
WTF can we do?
I’ve already traded my gas guzzlin’ SUV in for a Saturn, and that was before $2 per gallon, yet it now costs about $50 to fill ‘er up!!! And because of my job, that lasts a whole week!
Remember when Bush took office after he stole the election in 2000 gas was $1.47 a gallon.
anyone at this point stupid enough to vote republican only gets what they deserve.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:38 amTo add to #30, you don’t have to go back to Tuskegee to see how the government is doing experimentation.
http://my.earthlink.net/article/hea?guid=20080414/4802d6c0_3ca6_15526200804141768367295
Does anyone think that from Tuskegee to now there have been no experiments? I find that one hard to swallow.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:43 amA report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq predicts today that “Iraq’s oil revenue will top a record $70 billion this year, adding fuel to a congressional push to force the Iraqi government to assume more responsibility for rebuilding the country.”
The other night K.O. was talking about all the unfinished, fully paid for, projects that have been abandoned in Iraq. He made special mention of a 50 mil hospital that was abandoned when it was 35% complete and called completed and fully funded.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:44 amDoes anyone think that from Tuskegee to now there have been no experiments? I find that one hard to swallow.
Using our unwitting poor citizens for these mad-scientist experiments is not only reprehensible, but yet another case of treason. Anyone involved should be imprisoned. Period.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:48 amBTW, I would like to give my hearty thanks to 2Mil, Freedom Rebel, Katy, RobertoRoberto and the others who never cease to amaze me with the information that is gathered far and wide and brought here for the rest of us.
I can’t say how much your posts mean to me (and I am sure countless others).
So, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Each of you enriches our lives, our knowledge and our understanding of what is going on in the world.
It is you who makes this the community it is. And I am grateful.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:51 amKay Says:
Remember when Bush took office after he stole the election in 2000 gas was $1.47 a gallon.
I wonder what percentage of the 14 year old pickup truck owners filling up for $3.79/gal before heading to their 7 buck/hr jobs will vote republican AGAIN. It boggles the mind.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:51 amMs_Joanne Says:
BTW, I would like to give my hearty thanks to 2Mil, Freedom Rebel, Katy, RobertoRoberto and the others who never cease to amaze me with the information that is gathered far and wide and brought here for the rest of us.
I can’t say how much your posts mean to me (and I am sure countless others).
So, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Each of you enriches our lives, our knowledge and our understanding of what is going on in the world.
What Ms Joanne said :)
April 30th, 2008 at 10:53 amleftright Says:
well noting was said about this
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This is big news! well I guess it make yall look bad!!! hahahaha
You make yourself look juvenile.
April 30th, 2008 at 10:53 am“BTW, I would like to give my hearty thanks to 2Mil, Freedom Rebel, Katy, RobertoRoberto and the others who never cease to amaze me with the information that is gathered far and wide and brought here for the rest of us.”
You are very welcome Ms_Joanne. Big thanks to everyone for creating a community of such open-minded debate and substance. The only reason i work to bring information to ThinkProgress users is because i know they will use this informaton to create substantive, informed, mature debate – a rare phenomena in today’s world.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:19 amExit Stage Left Says:
Does anyone think that from Tuskegee to now there have been no experiments? I find that one hard to swallow.
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Myself and the poster And the Beat goes on have presented information here showing that the Genetically Modified Food (corn, soybeans etc.) that Americans consume (not labeled) has NEVER been tested or proven safe for human consumption. We know it causes allegies. There’s evidence it may cause much greater damage.
We’re all rab lats in this experiment: black, white, brown and yellow.
Since the corporate media refuses to report one word of any of this it simply does not exist in their limited understanding of the world.
April 30th, 2008 at 11:23 amyou’re welcom, ms.joanne, and all! … and thank YOUs!
i do consider this a community effort – and with so many good sources, it’s so easy to get more out of it than i put into it… and i’m ever thankful…
but, today, piled onto yesterday’s blues, this iran thing, and all the other crap,
i gotta take a break… going outside to kill some weeds…
g’day all…
April 30th, 2008 at 11:36 am2Mil says: Since the corporate media refuses to report one word of any of this it simply does not exist in their limited understanding of the world.
I think it goes far beyond that. Weren’t there two Fox investigative journalists who were FIRED for daring to talk about the ills of Monsanto’s GMO’s when they first entered our lives back in the 90’s? I remember them saying how bad the stuff was but they were silenced in a big way.
Monsanto couldn’t afford its new mega-moneymaker to be scrutinized. We wouldn’t have less yields, lawsuits by Monsanto to farmers who refuse to use the GM seeds but by natural pollination their crops were infected by the GM’s, and now terminator genes so that seeds can’t be stored and used year after year (as many a country, including Iraq, has done for centuries.
http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/iraq_seeds.htm
April 30th, 2008 at 11:41 amIn regards to the Fox News investigation of Monsanto that was mysteriously pulled off the air..
http://www.fair.org/extra/9806/foxbgh.html
I especially enjoyed this part of the piece :
“After dozens of rewrites, the journalists and the station still couldn’t agree on a version of the report that everyone was happy with. Fox didn’t seem to want to kill the piece, but that appears to have been more about fear of bad PR than about a commitment to report the news: At one point the station offered to pay Wilson roughly $125,000, if he would just go away and never tell anyone how the story had been handled. He turned down the offer.”
Remember when Fox News Journalists had credibility…
April 30th, 2008 at 11:47 am2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda Says:
Exit Stage Left Says:
Does anyone think that from Tuskegee to now there have been no experiments? I find that one hard to swallow.
I hate to nitpick but this sure appears to attribute this quote to me when it’s the quote I was responding to. I will re-post my response:
“Using our unwitting poor citizens for these mad-scientist experiments is not only reprehensible, but yet another case of treason. Anyone involved should be imprisoned. Period”, wrote Exit Stage Left :)
April 30th, 2008 at 11:48 amIt’s a little more complex than that 2004 article implies, but the reality is pretty close:
http://www.celsias.com/2008/03/19/seeds-of-false-hope-the-occupation-of-iraqs-farming-economy/
And people wonder why there are currently food shortages world wide. People wonder why “they” hate “us” [U.S. government and multi-national corporations]. People wonder why the Iraqis don’t just accept the wonderful democracy we’ve forced on them at the point of a gun.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:01 pmRemember when Fox News Journalists had credibility…
No.
I’ve never, would never, watch a propagandist network.
It’s wholly un-American.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:07 pmPort Authority Liable in 1993 Trade Center Attack
April 30th, 2008 at 12:08 pm#63 Ms_Joanne Says:
Thank you… I try to find some happy news too….
Besides all the bad we know is happening everyday, there are some great things in science and technology that are simply incredible going on.
I am a Trekkie at heart…
2Mil, Katy, Roberto, and the beat goes on and all the rest I agree with Ms Joanne. We get more news on this site than we will ever find on any TV station or newspaper. thank you….
April 30th, 2008 at 12:26 pmZimzone Says:
And the beat goes on Says:
U.S. Importing 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand From Kuwait…
Is all of that going in Zooey’s backyard? Let’s hope not!
My God, this would indicate we’ll be shipping DU & other toxics back ‘home’ for the foreseeable future, when we can’t even find a place to put our nuclear reactor waste.
Good plan, Bush. I’m sure Stephen Johnson at the EPA has no problem with this, either. He only objects to radical ideas like increased gas mileage and reduced CO2 emissions.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Not in my backyard, Zimzone, I’m too far north. I think if that crap has to come back here, it ought to be dumped on the White Lawn.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:51 pmA state appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the Port Authority was liable for damages caused by the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, because it knew about but chose to ignore “an extreme and potentially catastrophic vulnerability that would have been open and obvious to any terrorist who cared to investigate and exploit it.”
Nice precedence. Can we use the same argument against Dick, Shrub and Condi regarding 9-11?
April 30th, 2008 at 12:53 pmFreedom Rebel Says:
#63 Ms_Joanne Says:
2Mil, Katy, Roberto, and the beat goes on and all the rest I agree with Ms Joanne. We get more news on this site than we will ever find on any TV station or newspaper. thank you….
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I was away from my computer for a couple hours. It’s good to know that others are knowledgeable about the GM food issue.
Thanks to all.
April 30th, 2008 at 1:00 pm