Florida Journalism?

News anchor on Biden interview: 'I'm a journalist' - CNN.com

Barbara West: You may recognize this famous quote. "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." That's from Karl Marx. How is Sen. Obama not being a Marxist if he's intending to spread the wealth around?

What a ridiculous question.

I think I'm a Marxist. If it were "From each according to their ability and to each according to their need" then shouldn't the Wall Street executives and bankers pushing toxic loans be earning minimum wage (their need) when their ability is negative? But that I could negotiate a golden parachute that allows me to take millions away if I'm so bad that my company needs to fire me with cause?

When historically the wealthy are paying less in taxes than ever before, I agree with Senator Biden. Are your serious? Wealth has been distributed - to the top 1 percent.

2008 Health Care For America Survey

Here is a survey on healthcare. If you haven't seen Sicko, see it.

2008 Health Care For America Survey

ENN: “Green Economics”: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head

Here is a great piece on how econmics must take the environment into the equation if we want to survive.

The best quote: "The economy exists inside the ecosystem."

ENN: “Green Economics”: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head

Here is the 'Yes We Can' Video

A definite contrast. I say "Yes We Can"

YouTube - Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video

Ten thousand years

I enjoyed the similar video about Obama "Yes We Can". Here is the McCain version. Depressing.

YouTube - john.he.is

Insanity - things I didn't know

"The agreement guaranteed Mr. Belnick a payment of at least $10.6 million should he commit a felony and be fired before October 2003."

I need a felony clause in my next contract.

AlterNet: Bankers Gone Bonkers: Global Financiers Should Make Insanity Plea

Majora Carter | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

I was inspired by Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention but I was backing Edwards because he wouldn't give corporations a seat at the decision table. I was hoping for an Edwards/Obama ticket with 8 years for Edwards and the next 8 with Obama. With Edwards out I'm for Obama.

Here is another inspiring speaker that should have a place in the country's decision making.

The video is 20 minutes long but well worth watching.

Majora Carter Gristmill: The environmental news blog Grist

GreenPrint :: Saving Money Today, Trees Tomorrow

Here's a great way to save trees, paper, ink and money:

GreenPrint :: Saving Money Today, Trees Tomorrow

And the American way (of politics)

Hilarous parody of the Bush State of the Union address with the democratic response.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: Bush Parody: "The State of Our Union Is Not Something I'm Worried About" [VIDEO]

Truth?

My last post was "justice". Here's one on truth. This is what happens when you have a president that doesn't believe in evolution.

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Top Climate Expert: Bush White House Edits Testimony of Government Scientists

Justice???

Is this what justice in America has come to? Protestors in jail while the criminals walk free.

AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Pioneering Blackwater Protesters Given Secret Trial and Criminal Conviction

War on Greed: DO SOMETHING!!

Fight in the spirit of Martin Luther King. Watch this video - look at what's going on and DO SOMETHING!!

War on Greed: Fight for the Dream

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

A must see:

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard


What is the Story of Stuff?
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Shop locally!!!

It's a downward spiral. Low paying jobs make people need to shop at Walmart which creates more low paying jobs.

AlterNet: Blogs: Video: New Film Slams Wal-Mart: "Going Big Box vs. Going Local" [VIDEO]: "This new film by Amy Wolf, a Movement Vision Lab Film Fellow in 2007, follows one woman on a shopping quest — as we learn about the consequences at every turn. Please forward it to your family and friends and keep these lessons in mind as you're stocking up on stuff!This new film by Amy Wolf, a Movement Vision Lab Film Fellow in 2007, follows one woman on a shopping quest — as we learn about the consequences at every turn. Please forward it to your family and friends and keep these lessons in mind as you're stocking up on stuff!"

Election 2008: "The Simpsons": Ralph Wiggum Launches '08 Presidential Run [VIDEO]

Ralph would be a huge improvement over bush.

AlterNet: Blogs: Election 2008: "The Simpsons": Ralph Wiggum Launches '08 Presidential Run [VIDEO]

YouTube - How It All Ends

See previous post. This is a follow up with the devils advocate:

YouTube - How It All Ends

The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See : TreeHugger

This may be the most important Video you'll ever see!!!! Think life or death for you, your family, your children and grandchildren, humanity.

Please watch this video!!!! Can you refute it? Can you gamble on it? I have put this "pass on" post under more tags than any other post. PLEASE, pass it on to everyone you can.

The Most Terrifying Video You'll Ever See : TreeHugger

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?

Here is a post that goes along with my belief in ataraxia (Epicurus...the contentment of having enough).

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?: "The growth in greedy consumerism over the past 20 years is taking a heavy toll on the mental health of English-speaking nations."

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?

AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Is Selfish Capitalism Driving Us Mad?: "The growth in greedy consumerism over the past 20 years is taking a heavy toll on the mental health of English-speaking nations."

Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2007

For an attempt to balance my previous post I offer this. Little signs of hope only. 2007 was still a very negative year with greed and ignorance running rampant.

AlterNet: Let's Toast to Ten Good Things About 2007

20 Annoying Things About 2007

Great list Mr. Pizzo. I can't find a thing to disagree with.

AlterNet: 20 Annoying Things About 2007

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.'"