Saturday, June 30, 2007
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. "
Friday, June 29, 2007
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
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
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
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"
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.' "
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"
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"
Thursday, June 28, 2007
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."
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. "
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:
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. "
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."
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."
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."
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.'"
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.'"
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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."
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."
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."
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?"
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?"
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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
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
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
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
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
Iraqi Youth Face Lasting Scars of War - washingtonpost.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
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
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."
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
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
Democrats target Cheney's office funds - Yahoo! News
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."
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
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)
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: The Rebuilding the Middle Class Act (a.k.a. Employee Free Choice Act)
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
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]
AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Sticking to Their 9/11 Lies [VIDEO]
Monday, June 25, 2007
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A reasonable judge
Now disbar this judge who has wasted the taxpayers money.
More on the Verdict in Pearson v. Custom Cleaners - Offbeat
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
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Cheney Spies On White House Staffers
Saturday, June 23, 2007
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]
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:
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]
AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Dick Cheney is a "Rogue Nation" [VIDEO]
Friday, June 22, 2007
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]
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.
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Judge Bans the Word 'Rape'...During a Rape Case.
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.'"
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.'"
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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
Vatican Reverses Kennedy Annulment - News Story - WCVB Boston
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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
AlterNet: The Bushites Have Outsourced Our Government to Their Pals
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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!
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
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]
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]
AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Gay Arabic Translator: "I'm Here, I'm Willing to Serve" [VIDEO]
Monday, June 18, 2007
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]
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]
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
AlterNet: Twenty Things You Should Know About Corporate Crime
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.
If you would like to get alerts like these, you can do so at http://www.usalone.com/in.htm
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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.
If you would like to get alerts like these, you can do so at http://www.usalone.com/in.htm
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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
AlterNet: It's Time to Recognize America's Huge Progressive Majority
Saturday, June 16, 2007
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.
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.
Friday, June 15, 2007
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
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: 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
AlterNet: Neocon II: Lie Hard with a Vengeance
Thursday, June 14, 2007
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
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
AlterNet: Permanent Bases the World Over: Behold the American Empire
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
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
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
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
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Rudy Giuliani Wants to Strip Search You
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
AlterNet: WorkPlace: The Rich Are Making the Poor Poorer
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
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.
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
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Monday, June 11, 2007
The Woeful Gonzales Record
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This piece will appear on the Huffington Post later today.
Demand Accountability:
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.
© ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004
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show details
2:40 pm (2 hours ago)
This piece will appear on the Huffington Post later today.
Demand Accountability:
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.
© ACLU, 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004
Sunday, June 10, 2007
This is what Bush considers supporting our troops
Don't listen to the administration's empty words. Watch their actions.
Soldiers struggle to find therapists - Yahoo! News
Soldiers struggle to find therapists - Yahoo! News
Lieberman: U.S. should weigh Iran attack - Yahoo! News
Lieberman lost the Democratic primary to Ned Lamont and then went after Republican support to win as an independent. He is a hawkish man that has consistantly supported Bush in the Iraq debacle. Unfortunately his term runs for six years.
Lieberman: U.S. should weigh Iran attack - Yahoo! News
Lieberman: U.S. should weigh Iran attack - Yahoo! News
Saturday, June 9, 2007
The internet is responsible for global warming?
Thing will change in 2008 when we remove the conservative right wingnuts from positions of damage.
AlterNet: Environment: Bush's Global Warming Foot-Dragging
AlterNet: Environment: Bush's Global Warming Foot-Dragging
There's One Thing the US Presidential Contenders All Have in Common: God
We need a president that has a brain and believes in reality, common sense, science, ethics and diplomacy.
AlterNet: There's One Thing the US Presidential Contenders All Have in Common: God
AlterNet: There's One Thing the US Presidential Contenders All Have in Common: God
Conservation program funding may be slashed
Another "bright idea" from the Bush administration.
From the Union of Concerned Scientists:
The president's proposed budget would prevent new enrollments in 2007 and 2008 in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which pays farmers to keep environmentally sensitive lands out of production. The CRP is part of the food and farm bill, the sprawling bundle of legislation currently being debated in Congress that, among many other provisions, subsidizes commodity crops like corn and soy and maintains the food stamp program. According to the Washington Post, CRP funding was cut to encourage farmers to plant corn for ethanol production—despite concerns from environmental and hunting groups that cultivation of these marginal lands will increase erosion, damage water quality, and reduce wildlife habitat. A University of Tennessee analysis found that eliminating CRP contracts as they expire would cost taxpayers an additional $32.6 billion by 2015 in subsidies to prop up commodity crops if the land was converted to crop production. By contrast, expanding the CRP from its current 34 million to 45 million acres would save $12.7 billion. Read the Post article, or the University of Tennessee study (pdf).
From the Union of Concerned Scientists:
The president's proposed budget would prevent new enrollments in 2007 and 2008 in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which pays farmers to keep environmentally sensitive lands out of production. The CRP is part of the food and farm bill, the sprawling bundle of legislation currently being debated in Congress that, among many other provisions, subsidizes commodity crops like corn and soy and maintains the food stamp program. According to the Washington Post, CRP funding was cut to encourage farmers to plant corn for ethanol production—despite concerns from environmental and hunting groups that cultivation of these marginal lands will increase erosion, damage water quality, and reduce wildlife habitat. A University of Tennessee analysis found that eliminating CRP contracts as they expire would cost taxpayers an additional $32.6 billion by 2015 in subsidies to prop up commodity crops if the land was converted to crop production. By contrast, expanding the CRP from its current 34 million to 45 million acres would save $12.7 billion. Read the Post article, or the University of Tennessee study (pdf).
Who killed Alexander Litvinenko?
This is an interesting read with lots of evidence. When I see images of Putin I see a very cold man. He is considering running for president again in 2012.
Who killed Alexander Litvinenko? - By Alex Goldfarb and Marina Litvinenko - Slate Magazine
Who killed Alexander Litvinenko? - By Alex Goldfarb and Marina Litvinenko - Slate Magazine
The Institute on Religion and Democracy
If the religious left had prevailed over the religious right this would be a better world. The fairy tales of religion are not evil but the interpretation and implementation can go either way.
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Steeplejacking:
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Steeplejacking:
Friday, June 8, 2007
Blackwater Heavies Sue Families of Slain Employees for $10 Million in Brutal Attempt to Suppress Their Story
A cruel organization. You can't get justice against the rich and politically connected. Blackwater's army isn't counted in the number of troops in Iraq.
AlterNet: War on Iraq: Blackwater Heavies Sue Families of Slain Employees for $10 Million in Brutal Attempt to Suppress Their Story
AlterNet: War on Iraq: Blackwater Heavies Sue Families of Slain Employees for $10 Million in Brutal Attempt to Suppress Their Story
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Judge now wants just $54M from cleaner - Yahoo! News
How would you like appearing before this judge. Give him a pair of pants then disbar him and make him pay the Chungs' legal fees. Where has common sense gone?
Judge now wants just $54M from cleaner - Yahoo! News
Judge now wants just $54M from cleaner - Yahoo! News
How Does George W. Bush Sleep At Night?
This is the best description of Bush that I have ever read. The man, and I use the term VERY loosely, is a sociopath. How in hell he got to be president I will never understand. He didn't win the election. His past is deplorable. His education non-existent. He was a legacy student. He is a coward that skipped the military and had the nerve to critisize men who had served (swift-boater). Chavez was being kind when he called him the devil. Christians should use him as an example of pure evil. Psychologists should use him as an example of a man with a major daddy issue. He should be impeached, tried for crimes against humanity at Nuremberg and sent to Spandau for infinity squared. I don't think hell would have him. He is the most despicable scum of my lifetime. and I am sickened every time I see his smirking face.
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: How Does George W. Bush Sleep At Night?
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: How Does George W. Bush Sleep At Night?
Cheney Lies To High School Kids
Why did a high school let him in? I wouldn't have let my kids go to school that day. High school students are impressionable and shouldn't be subjected to people in authority that don't tell the truth.
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Cheney Lies To High School Kids
AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Cheney Lies To High School Kids
Monday, June 4, 2007
Opaque transparency?
Are all politicians unethical? Put your money where your mouth is Dems.
House Dems hide pet projects - Politics - MSNBC.com
House Dems hide pet projects - Politics - MSNBC.com
Clinton: Faith led me through troubles
Faith is often confused with political ambition. I like Hillary. A strong woman. It's a shame that she has to spin. Right now I'm supporting Edwards until Gore enters.
Clinton: Faith led me through troubles - Yahoo! News
Clinton: Faith led me through troubles - Yahoo! News
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