We put a man on the moon...we can do this.

The 35 mpg fleet standard can and should be done as a first step. Adding trucks and SUVs is important as that is what people are driving.

I don't like the idea of ethanol being made from corn or other food sources at a time when there is hunger in the world. I don't like the continuation of aid to the oil companies that are raking in billions.

Dems reach deal on fuel efficiency - Capitol Hill- msnbc.com

"Pregnant Woman's Tasering Probed"

From the article:

Redden, according to Etter, had come to the police station to ask police to take custody of her child. When officer Michael Wilmer asked why, the woman reportedly would only say that "she's tired of playing games" with the baby's father. "At this point, they had a little more discussion that went nowhere," Etter said, recounting the incident. "She says, 'I'm leaving.'" Etter, who repeatedly emphasized to ABC News that Wilmer had no idea the Valreca was pregnant, said that the officer then explained that she could not leave without further explanation. He took hold of the child with one arm, Etter said, and pushed the woman down with the other. When a second officer arrived, Wilmer handed over the 1-year-old and attempted to handcuff Valreca. She began to resist, Etter said, at which point he "employed what is called a 'drive stun'" on the back of her neck.

This tells me "don't go into a police station".

It's time to ban tasers. The U.N. has described tasering as torture. I read an account of what it is like to be tasered by someone who was tasered and it's an experience I wouldn't want to go through. I saw a man tasered for refusing to sign a ticket and tried to point to a spee limit sign. Two taser deaths in Canada and four in the U.S. in a week. A Polish man tasered mainly because he didn't understand English.

Cops are afraid, and rightly so in this messed up society. But a taser being given as a non-lethal weapon causes them to resort to tasering when there is no reason.

ABC News: Pregnant Woman Tasered in Police Station, FBI Investigates

"The Sky is Falling"

Maybe this will put pollution into perspective.

Ecospot Grand Prize Winner Announced: And the Winner Is... (TreeHugger)

Dodd Singlehandedly Stops Bush's Domestic Spying Bill

I would like to personally thank my senator from Connecticut, Chris Dodd, for his action against immunity for the communications companies that cooperated with the Bush administration illegally, without a warrant or FISA court approval. We don't know what these companies did!! Our legislators should know what they are giving immunity to before they give it. Finally, someone with the guts to stand up for us. Now if the rest of the Democratic majority could develop a spine.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Dodd Singlehandedly Stops Bush's Domestic Spying Bill: "This is leadership."

Will the Lawmakers Who Attacked MoveOn Condemn Limbaugh?

The shoe is on the other foot. Let's see what happens with the party that brought us "swiftboat".

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Will the Lawmakers Who Attacked MoveOn Condemn Limbaugh?

Massive Surveillance Net Keeps Track of Americans' Travel -- Even the Size of Hotel Beds

How do I get a copy of my PNR?

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Massive Surveillance Net Keeps Track of Americans' Travel -- Even the Size of Hotel Beds

Bill Clinton Rips Right Wing's "Feigned Outrage" Over MoveOn Ad

I was outraged when congress voted to condemn MoveOn's ad. Condemning freedom of speach!

Here's some truth.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bill Clinton Rips Right Wing's "Feigned Outrage" Over MoveOn Ad [VIDEO

The Science Behind Personality

I've always wondered about this.

AlterNet: Health and Wellness: The Science Behind Personality: "Why do some of us worry endlessly about our lives, while others sail through without a care?"

The Real Rudy: The Disastrous Command Center Choice and 9/11 [VIDEO]

Pass it on.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: The Real Rudy: The Disastrous Command Center Choice and 9/11 [VIDEO]:"We need your help. We don't have ad budgets, so like all our videos, we are counting on you to spread these to your email list, to your local paper, to blogs, to websites. We are fortunate that today we have the new technology and ability to reach millions, but it only happens when you send the video with notes to as many people as possible.

Democratically Controlled Congress Stands on the Brink of Irrelevance on Iraq

Write your congressperson!

AlterNet: War on Iraq: Democratically Controlled Congress Stands on the Brink of Irrelevance on Iraq: "The Democrats are reacting to this charade by conceding the battle before it begins, with Michigan's Carl Levin offering to remove a deadline from the amendment he and Jack Reed, D-R.I., co-sponsored (the deadline was already riddled with loopholes) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offering to 'compromise' with Senate Republicans by dropping his already watered-down demand for a spring 'withdrawal.'"

CIA Told Bush There Were No WMD In Iraq In 2002

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: CIA Told Bush There Were No WMD In Iraq In 2002

On Poverty, Maybe We're All Wrong - washingtonpost.com

Tis a very good artical on poverty.

Steven Pearlstein - On Poverty, Maybe We're All Wrong - washingtonpost.com

Attorney General Bruce Fein - Yahoo! News

This sounds like a conservative I could trust. There aren't many of them.

Attorney General Bruce Fein - Yahoo! News

Black balloons: making CO2 real | The Alliance for Climate Protection

A great 45 second public service ad that everyone should see (and act on) and pass on.

Black balloons: making CO2 real The Alliance for Climate Protection

The War on Iraq's Women

This is the cost of war. Those that promote war are responsible.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The War on Iraq's Women: "For at least two women in every 12 who seek emergency delivery assistance here, either the mother or her child dies."

Will Durst on Bush Adminstration: "Irony Deprived, Depraved, Erectile Dysfunctional..." [VIDEO]

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Will Durst on Bush Adminstration: "Irony Deprived, Depraved, Erectile Dysfunctional..." [VIDEO]: "This video is an incredibly accurate, hilarious and fast paced summation of the Bush administration that certainly supports the New York Time's claims. Check it out. "

Let's Face It: The Warfare State Is Part of Us

Our economy is based on military spending, billions of dollars flushed down the military/industrial toilet. That money could provide needed social services and the push to clean energy.

I have been ranting and writing and marching my adult life and things just keep getting worse. Maybe it's already too late.

AlterNet: ForeignPolicy: Let's Face It: The Warfare State Is Part of Us: " in the words of Thomas Merton, 'It is the sane ones, the well-adapted ones, who can without qualms and without nausea aim the missiles and press the buttons that will initiate the great festival of destruction that they, the sane ones, have prepared.'"

Karl Rove Is No Genius, He's a Failure

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Karl Rove Is No Genius, He's a Failure: "Cenk Uygur: Rove didn't just break the Republican Party. Rove also leaves behind a broken president, a broken army, a slew of broken laws and a broke country. "

DrugReporter: Smoking Pot Won't Make You Crazy, But Dealing with the Lies about It Will

The truth about the new study on pot implying pot increases pshychosis. If you read the whole study, it shows that pot doesn't.

Smoking Pot Won't Make You Crazy, But Dealing with the Lies about It Will

Religious Right Hate Group Attacks Victims of Minnesota Bridge Collapse

This is why I find that all religion is dangerous and extreme religion is extremely dangerous. When you have a reason that you can't prove scientifically, you probably don't have a reason.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Religious Right Hate Group Attacks Victims of Minnesota Bridge Collapse

Bush: "Zombies Are a Danger to Your Children"

This is absolutely hysterical. It had me ROLFing over and over. You have3 to see this piece (which isn't REAL!).

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bush: "Zombies Are a Danger to Your Children" [VIDEO]

The Republican Plot to Stall Congress, Starring Jason Alexander

AlterNet: The Republican Plot to Stall Congress, Starring Jason Alexander [VIDEO]: "The Seinfeld star plays a part-Karl Rove, part-Lord Voldemort character who plots to keep the Democrats road blocked in Congress in this hilarious short video. "

Fear and Loathing in Middle America

I never could understand why the poor in America consistently vote against their interests. It only happens in America.

AlterNet: Fear and Loathing in Middle America

Gonzales commits Perjury

Ok wimpy Democrats. You have Gonzales on perjury. Use it and don't wimp out. We need someone who will stand up. The worse it gets, the more inclined we are to pick and even more progressive voice.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Democrats Call for Special Counsel to Investigate Gonzales

Heaven help us from Bush's new powers

Impeachment should be hot. The knowledge that Bush on his own word take all my assets and ruin me and all future generations of my family until infinity is REALLY SCAREY!!!!!!

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Impeachment Is So Hot Right Now [VIDEO]

In Venezuela, Speak No Ill of Hugo - TIME

I likes Chavez up until this. I thought he was trying to create a fair contrry where everyone shared the wealth. But if there can be no dessent, I think Chavez has gone to the dark side.

In Venezuela, Speak No Ill of Hugo - TIME

Health Care vs. the Profit Principle

Well written article on health care.

AlterNet: Health & Wellness: Health Care vs. the Profit Principle

Tom DeLay On Abortion

Don't listen to DeLay about moral matters, but do see that this is a mug shot (that tells you something about man's morals). If you listen at all, listen to what he is saying. Abortion causes illegal immigration. Would you want your family doing what illegal immigrants have to do? These people are here because they want to feed their families. And no Latino has blown up recently killing innocent people. The government is using border security for the divide and conquer racial game.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Tom DeLay Wants to Put Fetuses to Work

Cheney: I Told Leahy To ‘F*ck Himself’ Because He Was ‘Close To Kissing Me’

No one wants to kiss Cheney! Cheney isn't a nice man.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Cheney: I Told Leahy To ‘F*ck Himself’ Because He Was ‘Close To Kissing Me’

Finally - some good news for the day.

Family values belong in the family not in politics. My values are my own and I don't want anyone else's forced on me. Religion can't do it because it has no force other than a vague threat of hell. Government can try to do it with laws but that disenfranchises a huge number of the people. I believe having my own values is a constitutional right.

Family-Values Politics Loses Its Value - To the Contrary (usnews.com)

Millions of (Uninsured) Children Left Behind

These money grabbing conservatives are heartless.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Millions of (Uninsured) Children Left Behind: "'Compassionate conservatism', indeed. "

12,000 Companies Stuffed Into a Caribbean Mystery Spot

A quirk of physics; The black hole where our money goes.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: 12,000 Companies Stuffed Into a Caribbean Mystery Spot

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Iraq Round-Up!

Good coverage that keeps you current on events in Iraq long before they are "news".

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Iraq Round-Up!

FEMA Administrator Forced to Appear Before Congress

Having people live in poison trailers sounds like you want to kill them. Katrina effected the poor and minorities most. They didn't have them means to get out of the city and have been forced to live in poor conditions whether they accept a poison trailer or not. Hould we be looking at this as a class/race war?

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: FEMA Administrator Forced to Appear Before Congress

No End In Sight

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: No End In Sight [VIDEO]: "The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003), Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003), as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers and prominent analysts."

Democrats Are Their Own Worst Enemy

Where are the leaders when you need them? This piece makes a good point about spineless Democrats.

Democrats Are Their Own Worst Enemy

An Iraq War Vet Sounds Off On Racism, Violence in the Ranks

I didn't know how many were being poisoned by depleted uranium or some of the other facts in this excellent video. This must be stopped.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: An Iraq War Vet Sounds Off On Racism, Violence in the Ranks

The Horror of Living In Iraq

This is what is happening in Iraq.

AlterNet: War on Iraq: After Reporting in Iraq, America Feels Like a Bizarre Disneyland

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Olbermann to Bush: "Go there and fight your war...yourself" [VIDEO]

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Olbermann to Bush: "Go there and fight your war...yourself" [VIDEO]: On Countdown, Keith Olbermann delivers a powerful special comment about the leaked Bush Administration letter that blames Senator Hillary Clinton and all war dissenters for President Bush’s own failures in Iraq.

Global 'elders' launch new alliance

These men and women have proven themselves and will make a good source for advice. I hope someone listens to the peacemakers, the elder states person.

Global 'elders' launch new alliance csmonitor.com

Iowa Farmers Look to Trap Carbon in Soil

This was a good read for me. I post so much negative stuff that it's good to have some positive happenings to share.

NPR : Iowa Farmers Look to Trap Carbon in Soil

Ice Blocks Used to Chill Buildings

What a great, and more natural, idea!!!!

Discovery Channel :: News - Technology :: Ice Blocks Used to Chill Buildings

Will Ferrell as George W. Bush on "Global Warmings"

Funny but true.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Will Ferrell as George W. Bush on "Global Warmings" [VIDEO]

White House Cover Up of Pat Tillman's Death Continues

Exactly what does executive privilege cover, besides dirt?

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: White House Cover Up of Pat Tillman's Death Continues: "Kathy Kattenburg: The Bush Administration cites 'executive privilege' yet again, this time to justify keeping the official records on Tillman's death from the public. Kathy Kattenburg: The Bush Administration cites 'executive privilege' yet again, this time to justify keeping the official records on Tillman's death from the public. "

Bush on Saddam: "That Mother F**cker Tried to Take Out My Dad"

I agree, it's a daddy thing.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Bush on Saddam: "That Mother F**cker Tried to Take Out My Dad"

When is a church not a church?

When it's not a catholic church.

OK, this really gets my goat. I'm a recovered catholic. I attend a Unitarian Universalist meeting house (not a church) when I attend anything. I consider myself pagan and Druid (the educated at that time). Christianity pushers are snake oil salesman. Give me your money and I promise you everything. Be happy with your poverty and you will get your rewards later. Are you sure? Have faith. Have faith in an organization that killed anyone who didn't have faith. That destroyed knowledge because it didn't match their teachings. Infallible pope? Sun revolving around the Earth and no apology to Galileo until he was dead a few hundred years. Virgin birth?...Yeah sure. Try pulling that today. Papal infallibility? Have you read what some of these demented despots have done? Killing millions of midwifes and herbalists as witches. I'll stick with the "old time religions", anything that predated the old testament. Yes, pagans were ignorant, not stupid. They explained things with the best explanations they had. When science came along they used it to update. Tracking the distant heavens while christians were still claiming the sun revolved around the Earth.

So, do I accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior? No, Jesus Christ is just something I yell when I hit my thumb with a hammer.

What a bunch of bullshit!!!

Pope Says Other Churches Not True, Document Also Asserts Orthodox Are "Wounded" - CBS News

"Sicko" Truth Squad Sets CNN Straight

If you watched the video of Michael Moore's interview on CNN (4 posts below) you know that CNN contends the facts were "fudged" in SiCKO. Here are the facts and Moore didn't fudge a singe one. Mainstream news is scandal mongering. They are paid by pharmaceutical and insurance companies.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: "Sicko" Truth Squad Sets CNN Straight

Bush's First Video Blog: "I Torture People"

There's a lot of truth in this parody.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bush's First Video Blog: "I Torture People" [VIDEO]: "An uncanny George W. Bush impersonator provides a look into the mind of the worst president in history."

Bush Blocks the Testimony of Former Rove Aide

Here's another headline: "Attorney General Alberto Gonzales knew about legal and procedural violations by FBI agents in the months before he told senators that no such abuses had occurred, The Washington Post reported today."

And Bush's former political director, Sara Taylor, wants to testify.

Something is being hidden and it isn't something good.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Bush Blocks the Testimony of Former Rove Aide

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Nobody Ever Marched to Impeach Bill Clinton

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Nobody Ever Marched to Impeach Bill Clinton: "The fact is, during the 105th Congress's impeachment of Bill Clinton, Clinton's public APPROVAL rating was a positive 73%. Conversely, as the current 110th Congress takes NO action to impeach George W. Bush, Bush's public APPROVAL ratings range between 28 and 36%. "

Michael Moore Rips Wolf Blitzer on CNN: "Why Don't You Tell the American People the Truth"

I like a man who speaks his mind. Mainstream news has become entertainment. Horror shows to keep you afraid.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Michael Moore Rips Wolf Blitzer on CNN: "Why Don't You Tell the American People the Truth" [VIDEO]: "Michael Moore slams Blitzer and CNN for their lies about universal health care and his film 'Sicko.' "

Bush invokes executive privilege on aides' testimony; impeachment polling continues

The numbers for impeachment are growing.

Bush invokes executive privilege on aides' testimony; impeachment polling continues - On Politics - USATODAY.com: "Meanwhile, as On Deadline noted Friday, a new American Research Group poll shows 45% of those surveyed favor the beginning of impeachment proceedings against Bush, while 46% are against. Asked about Vice President Cheney: 54% favor impeachment, 40% oppose."

Live Earth

I hope everyone is watching the "Live Earth" concert on MSNBC or on TV when it's on. Take a pledge or two. This is something that governments won't help on unless we demand it. This is something that government can't do alone, we have to ALL work together. Save the Earth for our children and all future generations, not to mention yourself, it's happening now.

American Research Group Polls

Poll numbers on approval ratings, presidencial preference and Bush/Cheney impeachment,

American Research Group:
"Question:
Do you favor or oppose the US House of Representatives beginning impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney?

7/5/07 Favor Oppose Undecided

All Adults 54% 40% 6%
Voters 50% 44% 6%

Disappeared: Five Years in Guantanamo

This is what happens in a lawless country.

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Disappeared: Five Years in Guantanamo

Fred Thompson Was a Mole for Nixon During Watergate

Something you should know.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Fred Thompson Was a Mole for Nixon During Watergate

It's Bush's Birthday, This Year He'll Take Cash

What a political beg letter. What nerve.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: It's Bush's Birthday, This Year He'll Take Cash

Wexler: Censure Bush Over Libby | Q: The Florida Politics Blog

It's about time someone had the balls to do something!! America is going to haell in a handbasket while congress sit around on it's thumbs. Read posts on Obermann below. We need to somehow remove the filth from the administration and the do-nothings from congress.

Wexler: Censure Bush Over Libby Q: The Florida Politics Blog

How This White House Operates

Isn't it obvious that Bush is the obstruction of justice? Good job Talking Points Memo in putting this video together.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: How This White House Operates [VIDEO]: "Sometimes you have to wonder if this White House just makes stuff up as it goes along or if everything they do is part of some grand design. And when I say grand I mean incredibly illegal and/or offensive to everything honest Americans stand for."

Union Heavy Embraces Green Energy as Crucial Vision for the Future

Embrace the future and keep high paying manufacturing jobs here. We can't all work at Walmart or McDonalds.

AlterNet: Environment: Union Heavy Embraces Green Energy as Crucial Vision for the Future

Senator, You Used to Be a Pot Head -- Now You're Talking Like a Narc

From this letter I surmise that Norm Coleman is a good legislator. But hypocrisy is not a good practise. Marijuana is labeled a benign drug by most civilized countries. Losing your financial aid and going to prison does not help our youth become good citizens.

AlterNet: Senator, You Used to Be a Pot Head -- Now You're Talking Like a Narc

No Joy This Fourth of July

That's exactly how I felt on the 4th. Watching Keith Obermann's "Special Commentary" (also posted below) gave me hope.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: No Joy This Fourth of July: "How far we've fallen under "

Impeachment is Back On the Table, Even if Congress Doesn't Know It

Although impeachment was taken off the table when the Democrats took over congress as a sign of non-particanship, that was before we knew what we know know.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Impeachment is Back On the Table, Even if Congress Doesn't Know It: "Larisa Alexandrova: The Vice President has engaged in criminal activity, that Alberto Gonzales has, that Karl Rove has, indeed, likely the entire administration might end up indicted when all is said and done. "

Late Halberstam's Final Verdict on Bush: "He's No Truman"

Truman?, he's not even a Nixon!

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The Late Halberstam's Final Verdict on Bush: "He's No Truman"

Al Gore Lead the Impeachment Movement?

If Vice President Gore decides not to run for president, he would be a credible voice for the growing impeachment movement. If he has any aspirations for the presidency, I would prefer that he let others lead in this noble cause.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Should Al Gore Lead the Impeachment Movement?

Olbermann: "Mr. Bush, You've ceased to be the President"

It's the 4th of July and I woke up depressed. I remember being proud when I saw our flag go by, holding my hand over my heart, or while serving my country, saluting. I can no longer be a proud American because of the depths of depravity that this corrupt administration has taken us.

If you watch nothing else in the next month, you MUST watch this.

Reminiscent of Edward R. Murrow standing up to Joe McCarthy when McCarthy subverted America, Keith Obermann, showing the anger that I and many of you feel, stands up for the country and gives us a voice. May this be the turning point.

Bush and Cheney, RESIGN!!!

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Olbermann: "Mr. Bush, You've ceased to be the President" [VIDEO]: "In an edition of his 'Special Comment', Keith Olbermann pleads with Bush and Cheney to do the noble thing and resign, since they're incapable of putting partisan politics aside. "

War on Iraq: A Soldier Speaks: Iraq Comes Home: Soldiers Share the Devastating Tales of War

Powerful

AlterNet: War on Iraq: A Soldier Speaks: Iraq Comes Home: Soldiers Share the Devastating Tales of War: "Three veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan share the nightmare experiences that war has brought into their lives"

Joseph Wilson: "The President Himself is an Accessory to Obstruction of Justice" [VIDEO]

This short interview of Joe Wilson on CNN goes right to the point.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Joseph Wilson: "The President Himself is an Accessory to Obstruction of Justice" [VIDEO]

Wilson says, "This administration is corrupt from the top to the bottom."

Supermarket Swindle!

I don't shop at Walmart. Now large supermarkets in California are forcing there workers onto welfare and foodstamps and cutting benefits while their CEOs are making up to 11 million dollars. Anyone who can afford to shop elseware, should. Watch this video and look in the mirror. These people need to eat. They need healthcare.

PLEASE ,WATCH THIS VIDEO!!

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Supermarket Swindle! [VIDEO]

Conservative Bloggers Blame Michael Moore for UK Terror Attempts

Talk about sickos.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Conservative Bloggers Blame Michael Moore for UK Terror Attempts: "Would these be Doctors who work for the U.K. health care system so lavishly praised by Michael Moore? ...Perhaps they are not Jihadists at all but simply men driven insane by their employer? Maybe Michael Moore has spawned an entirely new breed of suicide bomber -- the alienated UK health care worker'' Steyn quotes from one e-mail, after noting 'I've been getting more than a few letters along these lines."

Bush Wonders Why America Hates Him

Having traveled to Europe a couple times during Bush's pitiful administration, I can say "Bush, it's just you and your administration. I had no problem in France during the time of silly "freedom fries".

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Bush Wonders Why America Hates Him: "President Bush is holding private meetings 'over sodas and sparkling water' in which he asks trusted advisers -- 'Why does the rest of the world seem to hate America? Or is it just me they hate?'"

What if Libby Was Black or Mentally Retarded?

Bush refused to commute the sentence of a poor, black, mentally handicapped man with the an IQ of 60 that functioned at the level of a 7 year old. That's Bush's justice.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: What if Libby Was Black or Mentally Retarded?: "The president's decision had everything to do with: 1) a likely deal between the vice president and Libby's attorneys in which Libby promised to keep the scuttlebutt away from Vice President Cheney in exchange for the VPOTUS promising to see what he could do about the sentence; and 2) Scooter Libby isn't poor, black or retarded."

Another Reason to IMPEACH, the Weasel Pardon of Libby

Sent to me by The Pen

Many of you have written to ask us when we were going to call for theimpeachment of Bush as well as Cheney. Of course we have done Bushimpeachment action pages before, and were focusing on Cheney on thepremise that he was not only the least popular, but also the mostguilty. But now Bush has thrown himself in the middle of the worst ofthe Cheney scandals, and so we have launched a new action pagecalling for the impeachment of them both.IMPEACH BOTH: http://www.usalone.com/impeach_both.phpIf you were looking to submit something to reiterate your call forimpeachment, please submit the page above as this is a NEW jointaction.The ink was barely dry on the order DENYING bail on appeal toconvicted White House felon Scooter Libby, before president Bushintervened to "commute" his sentence. It is very well possible thatNEVER before in the history of American jurisprudence had anyonesentenced to prison received such a commutation BEFORE serving asingle day of that sentence.Cheney and Bush conspired together to give Libby an escape hatch.This was their contingency plan all along, to game our legal systemwith every frivolous defense imaginable, knowing all along they wouldsubvert justice in the end to whatever extent necessary. Who are thepeople celebrating this gross miscarriage of justice, as they danceon the grave of our Constitution?IMPEACH BOTH: http://www.usalone.com/impeach_both.phpThe Department of Justice's own guidelines specify that to apply fora commutation a convict MUST first have started to serve theirsentence AND have abandoned all appeals. Scooter Libby has doneneither. Bush has again abused his office to shield Cheney andhimself from further exposure of their own impeachable offenses, aswould happen were Libby finally compelled to testify truthfully, aswas Judith Miller by her own incarceration.This is nothing but a weasel pardon, a premeditated obstruction ofjustice. Indeed, there is nothing to prevent Bush from furthergranting Libby a full pardon in January of 2009, as he no doubt PLANSon doing, UNLESS both he and Cheney are impeached first. More thansufficient evidence of their constitutional crimes is already amatter of public record. There is no oversight they have notunilaterally defied. And now this, from an execution happy governorof Texas who once MOCKED a woman who begged him only for life inprison.Bush asserts that the Libby prison sentence was excessive. But willhe change the law and the guidelines which fairly call for thesentence handed down based on the severity of Libby's crimes? No hewill not. Instead with the equivalent of a signing statement he hasagain selectively nullified the will of the people and theirrepresentatives in Congress. The only thing excessive here is the wayCheney and Bush continue to shred the Constitution.Once again there has been no accountability. Whatever fine was leftin place will be paid from the millions and millions in Libby'sdefense slush fund, or else he get some fat consultant job from aright wing contributor who that just happens to pay him the entiresum and more. He'll probably make a tidy profit on the whole affair.But this is all yet more gasoline on the fire of the rapidlyexpanding impeachment movement. Votes in the National CheneyImpeachment Poll were already more than 80,000 as to Cheney standingalone. Their administration is a walking constitutional crisis thatcan no longer be avoided.IMPEACH BOTH: http://www.usalone.com/impeach_both.phpThere is one and only one remedy, that can't be vetoed, signed awayor tossed out by the courts, and that is impeachment. Congress needsto hear from enough of us all at one time until they understand that.Look at how quickly Congress did an about face on the immigrationbill when they were flooded with calls and emails. That is what musthappen also here.And then they will most surely act.Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposedto be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.

Bush Lets Libby Walk

No surprise here. In stead of acting on his "promise", Bush has stonewalled and now commutted the sentence of the only person linked in any way to the crime of outing an undercover CIA operative.

AlterNet: Bush Lets Libby Walk: "The White House announced that anyone involved in the 2003 leak that disclosed the CIA employment of Valerie Wilson, an undercover Agency officer, would be booted out of the administration."

Eleanor Clift on Dick Cheney's Dangerous Influence

This is from a longtime confidant of Bush and Cheney. A Republican that believes Cheney has destroyed the Republican party

Eleanor Clift on Dick Cheney's Dangerous Influence - Newsweek Capitol Letter - MSNBC.com: "Under the guise of national security, Cheney has gotten away with curbing civil liberties, condoning torture and launching an unnecessary war. He’s also chipped away at environmental regulations and done myriad favors for his friends in the business world. His stealthy intervention undermined former EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman and led to her resignation. He shapes tax policy and energy policy and whatever else strikes his fancy, installing himself as president of Corporate America."

Bush is Crazy

Great song, great video and all too true

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bush is Crazy [VIDEO]: ": "

The Impeach Cheney Movement Gains More Congressional Support

10 is not enough. Thngs have changed for the worse since Speaker Pelosi said impeachment was not on the table. Cheney is out of control and is a danger to the country and the world. Impeach him before it's too late.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The Impeach Cheney Movement Gains More Congressional Support

AlterNet: Christian Reconstructionists Are Trying to Take Dominion in America -- and They Have Powerful Friends

This sounds just like the radical Muslim view.

AlterNet: Christian Reconstructionists Are Trying to Take Dominion in America -- and They Have Powerful Friends: "Based in Powder Springs, Ga., American Vision also produces reams of material that push Christian Reconstructionism, a form of fundamentalism that argues for a re-writing of American history, dismantling secular democracy and constructing an America governed by "biblical law." Reconstructionists seek to impose the criminal code of the Old Testament, applying the death penalty for homosexuals, adulterers, fornicators, witches, incorrigible juvenile delinquents and those who spread false religions."

America's Youth Reject Torture, Bill O'Reilly and Right Wing Ideology

Presidential scholars use there photo op to make a difference.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: America's Youth Reject Torture, Bill O'Reilly and Right Wing Ideology: "'We brought up some very specific points in the letter about the treatment of detainees, even those designated as enemy combatants,' Mari Oye told John Roberts, 'and we strongly believe that all of these detainees should be treated, according to the principles of the Geneva Convention... I asked him to remove the signing statement attached to the anti-torture bill, which would have allowed presidential power to make exemptions to the ban on torture.'"

Dick Cheney is Richard Nixon On Growth Hormones

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Dick Cheney is Richard Nixon On Growth Hormones: "After all, the Committee for Un-American Activities met in open session, and I, for one, can't recall any activities, with the exception of the burglary at Watergate, more 'un-American' than the ones we've witnessed in the past 6 plus years. "

U.S. border fence protrudes into Mexico

Are there no competent people in our government at all? Like I can afford to pay for this with gas prices and Iraq and government waste from no-bid contracts, energy policies written by energy companies and giving away Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices.

How do you protect a border when you don't know where it is? I know where my property is, I hired a surveyor.

U.S. border fence protrudes into Mexico - Yahoo! News

2007 seen as second warmest year as climate shifts

Mother Nature isn't happy. Everyone can do more personally and politically.

2007 seen as second warmest year as climate shifts - Yahoo! News

High court to hear detainee case

This "could" be good news for the rule of law. Maybe the Supremes can restore habeas corpus.

High court to hear detainee case - Yahoo! News

Hersh: "Hitting Iran is Bush and Cheney's Wet Dream"

This is long video interview in which Pulitzer Price winner Seymour Hersh explains that he is terrified of the Bush administration, and why. He uses the word "coup" (political coup I believe) as our only way out anytime soon. He talks about generations of problem due to the psychological damage done to our soldiers. Not to mention the Iraqi children damaged for life (those that survive).

Hersh is a man with experience dating back to Vietnam and he knows people who know things that I hadn't heard about.

Please watch this excellent interview.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Hersh: "Hitting Iran is Bush and Cheney's Wet Dream"

Contempt of Congress

It's time for congress to take action. It appears that crimes have been committed by the Bush administration. Cheney is destroying records. Emails have disappeared. Where there is smoke.....

Contempt of Congress:

From the article:

"'This White House cannot have it both ways,' says Leahy. 'They cannot stonewall Congressional investigations by refusing to provide documents and witnesses, while claiming nothing improper occurred.' "

The Supreme Court Just Took Us Back to the Days of Segregation

Backwards again.

AlterNet: The Supreme Court Just Took Us Back to the Days of Segregation

From the article:

"In a 5-4 decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday, the Supreme Court told local school districts that they cannot take even modest steps to overcome residential segregation and ensure that schools within their diverse cities themselves remain racially mixed unless they can prove that such classifications are narrowly tailored to achieve specific educational benefits. But they swear they haven't overturned Brown v. Board of Education"

SiCKO

Obama: Impeachment is not acceptable

I strongly disagree. Grave, criminal breeches, and intentional breeches of the president's authority have occurred,

Obama: Impeachment is not acceptable - USATODAY.com:

From the article:

"Obama, a Harvard law school graduate and former lecturer on constitutional law at the University of Chicago, said impeachment should not be used as a standard political tool.
'I think you reserve impeachment for grave, grave breeches, and intentional breeches of the president's authority,' he said."

What is in Cheney's Secret Papers?

The Pap Attack!!!

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: What is in Cheney's Secret Papers? [VIDEO]:

From the article:

"Mike Papantonio of Air America's Ring of Fire and GoLeft TV talks about how Dick Cheney has become the poster child for Republican secrecy, corruption, and failure. Mike Papantonio of Air America's Ring of Fire and GoLeft TV talks about how Dick Cheney has become the poster child for Republican secrecy, corruption, and failure. "

For Progressives, Gore's the One in 2008

Gore/Edwards or Gore/Obama. That should be the ticket for 2008.

AlterNet: For Progressives, Gore's the One in 2008:

War on Iraq: Iraq by the Numbers

It's bad. Generations of traumatized children and new insurgents.

AlterNet: War on Iraq: Iraq by the Numbers

From the article:

"Americans are waiting for General David Petraeus to report to Congress in September on the 'progress' of the President's surge strategy. But there's no reason to wait for September. Here's a look at some telltale numbers that show the horror in Iraq. "

Poll: Distrust of U.S. growing - Politics - MSNBC.com

The poll speaks for itself

Poll: Distrust of U.S. growing - Politics - MSNBC.com

From the article:

"In one measure of Bush's unpopularity, the poll showed he is less trusted on foreign policy than Russian President Vladimir Putin by allies Britain, Germany and Canada, even as faith in Putin has plummeted. About half in the United States say they have little or no trust in either leader's conduct of foreign affairs."

Does Dick Cheney Really Love His Grandson?

I believe that Cheney does love his daughter and grandson. He can't speak up and remain a Republican. He has the balls to do about anything else, but not this.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Does Dick Cheney Really Love His Grandson?

From the article:

"Bush is now threatening to veto the DC Appropriations bill because it no longer includes gay-bashing language that the GOP has put in there for years. The language banned the DC government from using federal funds to in any way support domestic partner benefits, civil unions and the like (not that the DC government was using federal funds, but it was a nice chance for the GOP to gay bash anyway). Now that the Democrats have dropped the GOP gay-bashing language from the bill, George Bush is threatening a veto."

New Post-Katrina Investigations Reveal More Federal Waste And Incompetence

I remember watching Bush's appearances on TV during the Katrina calamity. He clearly did not know what was happening. From watching new programs I knew more than he did. And still he has a 27% approval rating, amazing. Read the article for the three new discoveries.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: New Post-Katrina Investigations Reveal More Federal Waste And Incompetence

From the article:

"Three new investigations shed further light on how the Bush administration betrayed Gulf Coast residents during Hurricane Katrina, and how New Orleans and other affected areas are still suffering from federal waste and incompetence."

Subpoenas Now, Impeachment Later?

This should be the case. Bush, Cheney et al have created their own kingdom. I believe there should also be war crimes involved. Lieing to justify an unprovoked attack on another country. Kidnapping and torturing. They have made us the evil empire and should be impreached.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Subpoenas Now, Impeachment Later?:

From the article:

"'This administration, I have to say, has a certain contempt for the law,' said Turley. 'They treat it like some of my criminal defendants used to treat it. ... They come up with any argument that might work. ... It's a sort of shocking development. ... But at the end of the day, they will lose, and they're making the situation worse.'"

What some people will do for a buck

No, I'm not referring to John Edwards. Currently he is my pick to be president and I am please that he is using this despicable word to raise funds. I mean Ann Coulter. Why is she being allowed to slander honorable people and make a fortune at it. I have never listened to her except to read the transcript of her "dialog" with Mrs. Edwards. She disgusts me.

Coulter's words help Edwards raise cash - Yahoo! News

From the article:

"When Coulter appeared Tuesday on MSNBC's "Hardball," Elizabeth Edwards called in to ask Coulter to stop making personal attacks on her husband. The exchanged deteriorated, with Coulter shouting over Mrs. Edwards and demanding that the campaign stop using her name to raise money if they want her to stop personal attacks. Response to the controversy was so large that it repeatedly crashed the server for MSNBC's political blog Wednesday."

White House, Cheney's office subpoenaed - Yahoo! News

It took a very long time for the politicians to do this. Heads should roll. Cheney is obviously out of control. Gonzales is obviously a liar. I wrote Secretary Rice last night asking that she, Ashcroft and Powell speak up on what has been happening. No response yet. They have come out on the short end while I believe that they are the honorable people in the administration that have or are having their careers and credibility ruined.

White House, Cheney's office subpoenaed - Yahoo! News:

From the article:

"'If there have been lies told to us, we'll refer it to the Department of Justice and the U.S. attorney for whatever legal action they think is appropriate,' Leahy told reporters. He did just that Wednesday, referring questions about testimony by former White House aide Brett Kavanaugh, who now sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia."

Right-Wing Judicial Activism Runs Amok

Democrats when they were the minority party spinelessly gave the Bush administration whatever it wanted. In the war on Iraq, energy policy, prescription prices that cannot be negotiated..... But the biggest legacy is the packing of the Supreme Court with loyal Bushie right wing neocons. It was my biggest fear and it has come to pass. My children and yours will suffer for a generation because the Democrats were spineless.

Rights for students and workers have been taken away and given to religious and corporate entities.

AlterNet: WorkPlace: Right-Wing Judicial Activism Runs Amok

From the article:

"Congressional Democrats never stood up to Bush's far-right judicial nominees. With this week's decisions, Americans are reaping what their lack of back-bone sowed."

War on Iraq: Exposed: The Anatomy of a Torture Scandal

The truth is - torture does not work. A person in fear and pain will say anything to make it stop, more so if they have no information to give. Any information obtained from torturing actual terrorists that are willing to martyr themselves will probably be lies and will have no intelligence value. Any court cases that are brought before a reasonable judicial process (hence the administrations desire for military tribunals) would have to dismiss the case, even if the person being tried is an actual terrorist.

What does work is police interrogation. No fear or pain but quite psychological. Admissible in court. Accurate.

So we have men and women traumatized on both sides. The American soldiers that come home will have to live with what they have done for the rest of their lives.

What happens now with the detainees in Guantanamo? The will be sent to Afghanistan where their treatment will likely be worse. All it creates is more hate of America.

AlterNet: War on Iraq: Exposed: The Anatomy of a Torture Scandal

From the article:

"In the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal, Americans were offered two kinds of analysis. We were given a choice regarding the horrendous abuse of those detained in Abu Ghraib (70 percent to 90 percent of which, according to the Red Cross, were arrested by mistake or had no intelligence value): Was it just a few bad apples -- a crazed night shift of sadists that raped, sodomized, beat and electrocuted prisoners (including women and children) -- or was it systemic, based on orders that came straight from the top?"

Nader's Ego Enters 2008 Race

This is funny. To this day I will not give to a charity or cause that lists "Nader the Spoiler".

Humor: Nader's Ego Enters 2008 Race - Newsweek The Borowitz Report - MSNBC.com

Paris Hilton back home

With all that's going on in the world, why are you reading this? All links purposely removed.

Fresh heir: Paris Hilton back home - Celebrity News - MSNBC.com

People convicted in Abramoff probe

Hmmmm, Repulican, Repulican, Repulican, Repulican, Repulican, Repulican, is there a pattern here?

People convicted in Abramoff probe

Even a lap dog needs a job?

But not this one. There must be someone more credible. He has been Bush's toy poodle for too long.

Deal to name Blair as Middle East envoy delayed Reuters.ca

Iraqi Youth Face Lasting Scars of War

PTSD at home, PTSD abroad. Our biggest import, our biggest export.

Iraqi Youth Face Lasting Scars of War - washingtonpost.com

Another Bushie bites the dust

Get them all.

Ex-Bush official sentenced in Abramoff scandal - USATODAY.com

Cheney: 'Oh, How I Wish He'd Go Away!'

I LOVE this post. I watched "The Daily Show" last night with John Stewart wondering how Cheney could shoot an old guy in the face and then get him to appologize for the trouble he caused Cheney (senile maybe?). Reminds me of my neighbor who's pit bull broke his collar and attacked me in my yard. He hasn't spoken to me since. It seems his dog was traumatized from being quarantined for two weeks.

Michael Winship: Cheney: 'Oh, How I Wish He'd Go Away!' BuzzFlash.org

Disaster tourists head to Tahoe to see wildfire, devastation

Some peoples lives are so pathetic that they can only feel good looking at other people who are having a worse time.

Disaster tourists head to Tahoe to see wildfire, devastation - On Deadline - USATODAY.com

Just what we need - another actor in the whitehouse

Look at what this guy is defending!

ABC News: Fred Thompson Defends His Lobbying Past:

"Thompson, who likes to cast himself as a political outsider, earned more than $1 million lobbying the federal government for more than 20 years. He lobbied for a savings-and-loan deregulation bill that helped hasten the industry's collapse and a failed nuclear energy project that cost taxpayers more than a billion dollars.
He also was a lobbyist for deposed Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was widely criticized for endorsing 'necklacing,' the gruesome practice of execution where gasoline-soaked tires are thrown over a person's neck and set ablaze."

Cheney the "timelord"

Cheney the "timelord". I'm a fan of science fiction. Recently it has been making more sense than the reality we live in. Ever seen Doctor Who, the long running British sci-fi series? I think Cheney sees himself as a timelord, existing outside of space and time. And like a tardis, he thinks his head is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.

Cheney and the Constitution

Democrats target Cheney's office funds

Makes sense to me. If you don't work for the company why the hell should they pay you?

Democrats target Cheney's office funds - Yahoo! News

Health & Wellness: Michael Moore Attacks the Grotesque Profit Motive of the US Health Care System

Another plug for Michael Moore's "Sicko".

AlterNet: Health & Wellness: Michael Moore Attacks the Grotesque Profit Motive of the US Health Care System

Hey Dude, Where's My Vacation?

While Republican undercut unions this is what is going on.

AlterNet: WorkPlace: Hey Dude, Where's My Vacation?:

"Nearly one-fourth of American workers have no paid vacation or holidays, according to a recent study from the D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), and nearly half of all private sector workers have no paid sick days."

Senate Republicans block labor bill

If you are a working person remember this when you vote. Republicans favor the corporations that work you till you die and want to give you NO benefits. I count on Republicans to ALWAYS do the wrong thing.

Senate Republicans block labor bill - Yahoo! News

The Rebuilding the Middle Class Act (a.k.a. Employee Free Choice Act)

This is an important bill. It's passage would restore some power to the working class.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The Rebuilding the Middle Class Act (a.k.a. Employee Free Choice Act)

Cheney Saw 9/11 As His Big Break

Cheney would use anything to grab power.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Cheney Saw 9/11 As His Big Break

High School Scholars Confront Bush on Torture

Next time elect a high school scholar. There knowledge of current event is greater than this president's.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: High School Scholars Confront Bush on Torture

Sticking to Their 9/11 Lies

Another case of scientific facts being censored.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Sticking to Their 9/11 Lies [VIDEO]

The Declaration of Indepencence

It is time to read this again. I think it's time.

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.

We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

— John Hancock

New Hampshire:Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts:John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island:Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut:Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New York:William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey:Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania:Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware:Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

Maryland:Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia:George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

North Carolina:William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina:Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

Georgia:Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

Big Brother

Strikes again. Nough said.

U.S. to fingerprint E.U. visitors - Yahoo! News

Another bad ruling by the Supremes

Supreme court justices should not be appointed for life.

Court: taxpayers can't sue on faith-based plan - Yahoo! News

Attorney general wins "sitting duck award"

Besides the "sitting duck award", he should also be given the boot.

Attorney general wins "sitting duck award" - Yahoo! News

Free speech works only one way

With the supreme court corrupted by the neocons, free speech is only for opinions that match the administration's view.

Justices Loosen Restrictions on Campaign Ads - New York Times

German prosecutors want CIA agents extradited

"U.S. officials privately describe the Munich prosecutors' call as an annoyance in German-U.S. relations."

An annoyance? Exactly who are these "U.S. officials" and why are they still "U.S. officials" after this statement.

How would our government react if a U.S. citizen were kidnapped and tortured by Germany? We have NO credibility thanks to our incompetent, lieing, two-faced government headed by "King Cheney" and "Bush the Fool". Hey Democrats, do you plan to do anything or just sit around with your thumbs up your butts? With a few exceptions, lets remove ALL incumbents and get representation that DOES SOMETHING RIGHT for a change!!!! Throw the incompetent, lobby kissing, pork grabbing do-nothing bums out.

I admire the Germans and Italians for trying to uphold the law. The quote "all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." Where are the "good men" in our government.

Reading the news is so frustratingly maddening.

German prosecutors want CIA agents extradited - Yahoo! News

Cheney - the evil behind the fool's throne.

Ashcroft, Powell and Rice should start telling all.

Calling Cheney's Bluff

A reasonable judge

Now disbar this judge who has wasted the taxpayers money.

More on the Verdict in Pearson v. Custom Cleaners - Offbeat

Cheney Spies On White House Staffers

Cheney in one dangerous SOB. Backstabbing Bush and the people with knowledge and reasonable counsel (not Bush). ith the help of Gonzales, Bush's "friend". Impeach Cheney immediately.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers

Militarty removes 58 badly needed Arabic translators

It's more important to fight gays than terrorists.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Colbert: "I've Had Plenty of Opportunities to be Gay" [VIDEO]

Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research Bill: Far Right 2, Science and Humanity 0

The president believes that it is morally offensive to destroy human embryos that will be destoyed anyway to derive stem cells that will save lives and ease sufferring. There are genetic diseases in my family, how about yours? This research could help the soldiers being crippled in Iraq.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research Bill: Far Right 2, Science and Humanity 0:

"President Bush has sunk so low he doesn't even run his Vice-President."

Bush's poll numbers are now below Jimmy Carter's and approaching Nixon's. Hw may soon make the Guinness Book of World Records" for low.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Dick Cheney is a "Rogue Nation" [VIDEO]

Bill O'Reilly - the Falafel for Brains Guy

I have never seen Bill O'Reilly's show. After seeing in this video what a raving lunatic he is I never will. Sex in you sleep is imprtant news on his show, children dieing in war is irrelevant. I enjoy the Simpsons and a few other irreverent show's on Fox. As of this minute I will NOT watch Fox until they remove this dirtbag.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: The Falafel Guy Fatwa [VIDEO]

Another judge that should be disbarred

Who appoints these judges and how do we get rid of them.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Judge Bans the Word 'Rape'...During a Rape Case.

Thank God/dess for John Ashcroft!?

Thank you Mr. Ashcroft for you trughfulness.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Thank God for John Ashcroft!?

Bloggers Are Part of a Revolutionary Participatory Democracy

I still feel that the internet, the web of free speech, is the most important tool we have to save the world.

AlterNet: MediaCulture: Digby: Bloggers Are Part of a Revolutionary Participatory Democracy

Al Gore: "'The Internet is perhaps the greatest source of hope for reestablishing an open communications environment in which the conversation of democracy can flourish ... It is the most interactive medium in history ... with the greatest potential for connecting individuals to one another and to a universe of knowledge.'"

Annulments and the Catholic Church

If you look up the definition of an annulment it's basically the marriage never existed. Usually because it was not consumated. After 12 years and children you can still get them but it's "gonna cost ya". I wonder if it's a bidding war for the annulment of the annulment.

Vatican Reverses Kennedy Annulment - News Story - WCVB Boston

The Bushites Have Outsourced Our Government to Their Pals

A very interesting article on where our money goes.

AlterNet: The Bushites Have Outsourced Our Government to Their Pals

Impeach Cheney

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AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Homeland Security Deports Terrorist? Oops! It’s a Mentally Disabled US Citizen!

This is criminal. I have a mentally disabled son. This man was a citizen unable to defend himself against the administrations uncaring machine. "ICE has no reason to believe that it improperly removed Pedro Guzman"? Get real. Claiming to be protecting us, our government has become the "evil empire" that they rail against.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Homeland Security Deports Terrorist? Oops! It’s a Mentally Disabled US Citizen!

The Condom Ad Too Sexy for CBS and Fox

I would guess most of you reading this have sex. What exactly is wrong with that? Networks that will rape you with useless products using guilt, won't allow the truth to be told about condoms. Is there something wrong with preventing unwanted pregnancies? Get these prudes out of my life and replace them with truth and science. Abstinence only doesn't work.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The Condom Ad Too Sexy for CBS and Fox

SEIU's Andy Stern: "Something is Wrong With America"

Corporate greed has turned the U.S. into a service economy until they figure out a way to outsource toilet cleaning. Try living on minimum wage. The economic system rewards the robber barons and forces former skilled workmen into poverty.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: SEIU's Andy Stern: "Something is Wrong With America" [VIDEO]

Gay Arabic Translator: "I'm Here, I'm Willing to Serve"

This would never pass through the Department of Common Sense. Ten percent of our countrymen who want to serve, can't. For every gay kicked out a congressman's child should be drafted. Last I knew it wasn't catching.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Gay Arabic Translator: "I'm Here, I'm Willing to Serve" [VIDEO]

White House aides' e-mail records gone

8 minute gap?

White House aides' e-mail records gone - USATODAY.com

Abu Ghraib: "The President Had to be Aware of This" [VIDEO]

More discusting news about the torture at Abu Ghraib and the administration's actions.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Abu Ghraib: "The President Had to be Aware of This" [VIDEO]

Hammer-time (...to Get Out of Iraq)

Peace rap. You may notice the sign that says 3100 and something. It's now 3500 and something.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Hammer-time (...to Get Out of Iraq) [VIDEO]

Twenty Things You Should Know About Corporate Crime

Non-corporate crime would also decrease if large segments of society weren't held in abject poverty. Quality of life would improve for all of society if poverty were eliminated.

AlterNet: Twenty Things You Should Know About Corporate Crime

Rise of the New Atheists

We could use a new "Age of Reason".

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Rise of the New Atheists

Join Michael Moore in Calling For National HEALTH Care

From The Pen:

TELL CONGRESS IT'S TIME TO PASS NATIONAL HEALTH CARE INSURANCE

Every other major industrialized nation in the world has systematicnational health care insurance. It is only the United States that operates on a gouge the poor to the max plan. This issue is going to have much increased visibility this summer as a result of the latest Michael Moore documentary expose, Sicko, which opens June 29th everywhere.

Now is the time for us to all come together and call for passage ofH.R. 676, the National Health Care Insurance Act.

ACTION PAGE: http://www.usalone.com/hr676.php

Unless you are independently wealthy every day is a nightmare in our current health care system. Most of the time those nightmares don't make the evening news, but some are just too depraved not to become notorious. You may have heard, last month a woman literally bled to death on the floor of an emergency room waiting area, while the security camera tape showed the staff ignoring her because she didnot have the correct insurance, while other people desperately called 911 to try to get someone to do something to help her.

Under H.R. 676, Medicare would be extended and improved so that all individuals residing in the United States would receive high quality and affordable health care services. They would receive all medically necessary services by the physicians of their choice, with no restrictions on what providers they could visit. If implemented, the United States National Health Insurance Act would cover primary care, dental, mental health, prescription drugs, and long term care.

ACTION PAGE: http://www.usalone.com/hr676.php

Isn't it time to end the national disgrace of a health care system DESIGNED to bankrupt all who are unfortunate enough to need it, as we all will eventually? Isn't it time to regulate health care providers to provide for the benefit of the national common good, as opposed to the maximum exploitation of the sick?

Please join Michael Moore insubmitting the action page above to put some real pressure on Congress now. Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this message to everyone else you know.

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It's Time to Recognize America's Huge Progressive Majority

The facts on what the nation wants.

AlterNet: It's Time to Recognize America's Huge Progressive Majority

Data on 64,000 Ohio state workers stolen

Data on 64,000 Ohio state workers stolen - Yahoo! News

1. California, New Jersey, Louisiana, Nevada, Connecticut, Maine, North Carolina and Colorado allow anyone to freeze their credit report no one can use it to get credit by stealing your identity.

2. Texas, Vermont, Illinois and Washington allow locking your credit report only after you have had your identity stolen or there was a loss of your information.

I'm in Connecticut and have my credit locked. If you are in group 1, lock it. If you are in group 2 or your state is not listed at all, contact your legislators.

The White House Hides Emails From Congress

No one trusts this administration, they don't even trust each other.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The White House Hides Emails From Congress

Does the Internet Spell the End of Political Spin?

I hope so. I'm looking for the web to save our asses. No more lieing politicians. No more misinformation. Now someone will find out and tell someone else through our internet blog tree. Thousands checking the fact. Gone are the days when the Soviet Union kept copy machines under lock and key. The press is now free and I don't mean mainstream media.

AlterNet: Does the Internet Spell the End of Political Spin?

AlterNet: Neocon II: Lie Hard with a Vengeance

ALL the neocons understand is POWER. Any way they can get it. At any cost. They don't understand the world. They don't understand science. They don't understand morallity or ethics. They don't understand democracy. A bunch of evil, crazy men.

AlterNet: Neocon II: Lie Hard with a Vengeance

Rights and Liberties: War and Censorship at Wilton High

Indoctrinating U.S. students - the dumbing down of America

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: War and Censorship at Wilton High

Behold the American Empire

It's a long read but worth the effort. Throughout history empires always end.

AlterNet: Permanent Bases the World Over: Behold the American Empire

Bush job rating hits record low in NBC/WSJ poll

What I can't understand is why 29% approve. The low rating for congress I can understand. They are still playing politics and playing it safe (they think). If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem. Congress was supposed to change things but we just have more of the same. Vote out the incumbents that are trying to have it both ways.

Bush job rating hits record low in NBC/WSJ poll - Yahoo! News

MS Sufferer Montel Williams Makes the Case for Medical Pot

From what I understand, marijuana was made illegal because it was the drug of choice for blacks.

AlterNet: Health & Wellness: MS Sufferer Montel Williams Makes the Case for Medical Pot

Rudy Giuliani Wants to Strip Search You

Don't elect Rudy Giuliani if you want to hang onto any of your constitutional rights. He's in the mold of Bush using fear to scare you into submission to his personal vision of democracy (not).

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Rudy Giuliani Wants to Strip Search You

Don't Let Lieberman Win

War monger Lieberman knows nothing about diplomacy.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Don't Let Lieberman Win

Michael Moore interview on Oprah

Murder for profit.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Inside "Sicko" Part II: Michael Moore Speaks Out [VIDEO]

The Rich Are Making the Poor Poorer

It's true. The reason the country doesn't have health care is because the wealthy can afford it.

AlterNet: WorkPlace: The Rich Are Making the Poor Poorer

Give Greener Cars the Green Light

Give Greener Cars the Green Light
Cleaner Cars
Tell the EPA to stop dragging its feet and give the states the green light to put cleaner cars on the road.

Better Energy Legislation
Tell your Senator to fix the current energy legislation by guaranteeing progress on global warming and ensuring safeguards for the environment.

Cool It
Use our simple comparison-shopping tool to find a car that puts less carbon in the atmosphere.

Even though the debate about global warming has moved from "is it happening?" to "how do we slow it down?" -- meaningful action at the federal level could be a ways off.
And unfortunately, the Bush Administration's EPA is blocking California and 11 other states from implementing tailpipe standards to reduce global warming pollution from cars and SUVs. For nearly a year and a half, the EPA has refused to grant a stamp of approval (called a Clean Air Act "waiver"), and air pollution has been higher than it needs to be.
The public comment period ends this Friday June 15th, so take action right away in support of state-level efforts to combat global warming.
Click here to send a letter to the EPA today.
Support Better Energy Legislation
Also this week, the Senate will debate energy legislation that, if done right, could be a meaningful step toward solving global warming, reducing our dependence on imported oil, and protecting the health of our citizens. However, the current energy bill (S.1419) will fail to achieve these goals unless it is fixed to guarantee progress on global warming and include safeguards for the environment.
Contact your Senators today and urge them to support the following:
Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) requiring 20 percent of electricity to be produced from renewable energy resources (wind, solar, etc.) by 2020.
Guaranteed vehicle fuel economy standards of at least 35 miles per gallon achieved over the next decade -- equivalent to a 4% per year increase -- without exception or delay.
Environmental safeguards for biofuels to ensure substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and protect the quality of the lands, air and water in our communities, even as we dramatically expand biofuels production.
Energy efficiency standards for appliances, equipment and buildings to help consumers and businesses save money on their energy bills.
Control your Climate Future by Changing your Car
While state and federal governments work to find ways to address global warming, you can take matters into your own hands. If you own a car, or know someone who does, then you should check out Cool It, a new Working Assets site for everyone who's concerned about climate change.
Unless you own a hybrid, walk, or take public transit, chances are you can help slow down global warming by changing what you drive. If you would like to find a car that is less damaging to the earth, Cool It is the site for you. You can compare the CO2 emissions from the car you have now to just about any other car -- new or used.
Click here to take the first step to fight global warming.
Please share this message with anyone you know who cares about the future of our planet.

The Woeful Gonzales Record

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This piece will appear on the Huffington Post later today.
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With Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the helm, the United States Justice Department has become a contradiction in terms. Under his leadership the Constitution and the rights of Americans have been consistently undermined. Sign the petition to Restore Our Constitutional Rights to send a loud and clear message to Congress: it's time to restore the Constitution and respect for the rule of law. On June 26th, we'll be delivering our petitions in person during our Day of Action. We've already collected nearly 70,000 signatures -- help us reach our goal of 100,000 signatures. Sign the petition today.
The Woeful Gonzales Record By Anthony D. Romero
An Open Letter to Members of the Senate:
As you move towards the debate and no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales I hope you will carefully review his woeful record and its recurring theme: Alberto Gonzales as George W. Bush’s Number One “Yes” Man.
From the beginning, Gonzales has sought to shape the law according to the president's wishes. Through his legal maneuvering, he has authorized criminal behavior as White House counsel and refused to prosecute that same criminal behavior as attorney general. He created and navigated legal avenues for the president and his administration to use torture and indefinite detention. And now, as attorney general, he has refused to investigate those programs.
As the ACLU details in a newly updated report on the Attorney General’s civil liberties record, he has abdicated his responsibility to protect the rights of Americans, and exercises a cynical view of what he seems to consider petty matters like the rule of law and the Constitution. Calls for Congressional oversight yield only uncooperative and misleading testimony.
But the testimony of others has been far more revealing. Take the riveting words of former Deputy Attorney General James Comey, who described how, like in a scene out of a bad novel, then-White House counsel Gonzales and then-White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card paid a March 2004 nighttime visit on a gravely ill and heavily sedated Ashcroft, lying in his intensive care unit hospital bed. Gonzales and Card tried unsuccessfully to persuade Ashcroft to reauthorize President Bush’s domestic surveillance program, which the Justice Department had just determined was illegal. Is browbeating a gravely ill man in pursuit of a lawless policy the action of a responsible and upright office holder? Of course not -- although it does yield the startling nugget that, for a brief shining moment, Attorney General John Ashcroft was actually on the ACLU’s side of an issue.
And consider how Gonzales has repeatedly stood up in favor of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a facility where the denial of habeas corpus and harsh, indefinite detention has shamed the U.S. internationally. Look too at “yes” man counsel Gonzales, writing a 2002 memorandum that referred to some Geneva Convention restrictions as “quaint” and the portion on questioning enemy prisoners “obsolete.” That’s exactly the sort of attitude that led him -- in both the White House and at Justice -- to subordinate and twist the law that permitted actual torture and abuse on America’s watch, while allowing high-level government officials to get off scot-free.
There’s much more. Under Gonzales, the Justice Department has failed to pursue violations of civil rights and voting rights laws. He has failed to investigate and prosecute criminal acts committed by civilians in the torture or abuse of detainees, failed to investigate and prosecute criminal acts and violations of the law resulting from the warrantless spying program, and championed renewal of the Patriot Act despite widespread bipartisan civil liberties concerns. His department’s own inspector general discovered that the FBI underreported, misused and otherwise abused the Patriot Act’s National Security Letter provisions.
The attorney general failed to investigate possible perjury by a top general about abusive interrogation techniques, his department reversed the findings of its panel of experts that a Georgia voter identification law would discriminate against minorities, and further failed to uphold his duties as attorney general by forcing out experienced career attorneys in Justice’s Civil Rights Division and replacing them with less experienced, political loyalists.
This didn’t just start in Washington, of course. Back home in Texas, Gonzales drafted the infamous clemency memos for Governor Bush, which failed to mention key factors in each case including evidence of innocence that supported clemency for death row inmates.
The president and the attorney general are a tight-knit crew. The attorney general provides tailor-made legal support for the president; the president reciprocates with unwavering political support. It’s a cozy relationship for those two, but disastrous for our nation and its rule of law. “No confidence” doesn’t even begin to cover it.
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