Thursday, March 8, 2007
Gonzales 7
Senator Spector is on the hunt for an Attorney General. He told reporters that most of the blame for the ongoing controversy rests with the attorney general. "It's snowballing, mostly with the help of the Department of Justice," he said. He's referring to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales for his handling of the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, joining Democrats in charging that the prosecutors were dismissed without adequate explanation. The Bush administration is beginning to crumble but I'm afraid that it will not be exposed in time to keep Bush from Iran. Hopefully the Democrats can find their balls and ask the tough questions.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
The troop surge
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the surge is working. Wow, We haven't even got all the troops there yet but we're making progress. Who is feeding this man happy pills. I cannot believe how blinded by party lines this congress seems to be. How can he publicly say things are going well and that Bush is saddened by the state of Walter Reed Hospital. He must have a direct line. Fairy Tales can come true, they can happen to you.....NOT!!!!!
Dick Cheney in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference demanded Thursday night that the Democratic-controlled Congress support President Bush's military buildup "on time and in full." He said that a too-soon withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq could send victorious militants spreading out, with some flocking to Afghanistan to fight alongside a regrouping Taliban. Fairy Tales can come true, they can happen to you....NOT!!! Let's get real. This is a disaster.
Dick Cheney in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference demanded Thursday night that the Democratic-controlled Congress support President Bush's military buildup "on time and in full." He said that a too-soon withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq could send victorious militants spreading out, with some flocking to Afghanistan to fight alongside a regrouping Taliban. Fairy Tales can come true, they can happen to you....NOT!!! Let's get real. This is a disaster.
PNAC
The opinion of Sherwood Ross - Unlike Hitler, Bush Gives Appearance Of Sanity
But His Philosophy Also Espouses Master Race is a sobbering account of the not so pretty past history re-asserting itself again thanks to GW Bush and his friends of PNAC. Well worth the read.
Scooter Libby has long been one of the most well-connected neoconservatives in the country. Along with Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Jeb Bush and Norman Podhoretz, Libby was one of the 25 signatories to the founding statement of Bill Kristol's empire-embracing Project for a New American Century in 1997. PNAC called for an invasion of Iraq long before the 9/11 attack was seized on as the "justification" for that invasion. When it comes to the political movement that has dominated the American government for the last six years, Scooter Libby was at its very crux, a close intimate of America's most powerful political officials. It's always good to know that a close intimate of the most powerful political officials has been convicted of lying, perjury and obstruction of justice. It's really scary who is running our country or should I say their country.
But His Philosophy Also Espouses Master Race is a sobbering account of the not so pretty past history re-asserting itself again thanks to GW Bush and his friends of PNAC. Well worth the read.
Scooter Libby has long been one of the most well-connected neoconservatives in the country. Along with Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Jeb Bush and Norman Podhoretz, Libby was one of the 25 signatories to the founding statement of Bill Kristol's empire-embracing Project for a New American Century in 1997. PNAC called for an invasion of Iraq long before the 9/11 attack was seized on as the "justification" for that invasion. When it comes to the political movement that has dominated the American government for the last six years, Scooter Libby was at its very crux, a close intimate of America's most powerful political officials. It's always good to know that a close intimate of the most powerful political officials has been convicted of lying, perjury and obstruction of justice. It's really scary who is running our country or should I say their country.
Hugo Chavez - Democracy or not - News analysis
According to Peter Baker of the Washington Post, President Bush is on his way to Latin America to reassure the region that the U.S. is committed to what Bush calls "social justice" for the impoverished neighbors of the United States. In most of the articles about Bush's trip Hugo Chavez' name continues to appear as the nemesis to the Bush Administration. The U.S. corporate press uses such adjectives as leftist, firebrand, socialist, authoritarian, anti-semitist and dictator to describe Chavez. Also it seems clear that Chavez is anti-Bush as he has helped to orchestrate and has showed up at a number of rallies in Brazil and Uruguay protesting Bush and his attempt to sway public opinion about the U.S.
So why is Chavez so angry with the Bush administration? According to Greg Palast of the Progressive who interviewed Chavez in July 2006 states that the Bush administration supported the coup attempt in 2002. Also in the last election the main opposition group, Sumate of which the two founders of the nongovernmental organization which led the recall campaign against Chavez, faces eight years in prison for taking money from the Bush Administration and the International Republican (Party) Institute. No nation permits foreign funding of political campaigns. The National Security Strategy of the United States says "In Venezuela a demagogue (Chavez)awash in oil money is undermining democracy and seeking to destabilize the region." And now with John Negroponte as Deputy Secretary of State increased U.S. covert operations are sure to escalate not only in Venezuela but in other Latin American countries which want to remain free from U.S. domination. And the reason for this is Negroponte as ambassador to Honduras helped run the contra war in Nicaragua in the 1980s which murdered thousands of innocent civilians in Honduras and Nicaragua. Since Condoleezza Rice has little expertise in Latin American Negroponte will set policy for the region.
So why does the Bush administration want Chavez out of office? According to the U.S. Department of Energy Venezuela has five times the oil reserves that Saudi Arabia has and its not the oil Bush needs, its the oil dollars to fund the $2 trillion in national debt. Chavez has in fact withdrawn $20 billion dollars from the U.S. Federal Reserve and has lent or committed like funds to Argentina, Ecuador and other Latin American countries. He wants nationalism for Latin America. An axis of South American nations comprised of Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador are intent on implementing profound social reforms at home and opposing U.S. intervention in the region. Correa of Ecuador has announced that he will be closing the U.S. base at Manta.
So what has Chavez been doing to help Venezuela and other Latin American countries? In Palast's interview, Chavez states that up until seven years ago, Venezuela was a u.S. oil colony with all of the oil going up to the north and the gas was being used by the U.S. and not by us. Now we sell to the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba and some Central American Countries, Uruguay, Argentina. He has even donated gas to the Bronx. He believes in fair commerce not free trade. He also offered to help after the disaster of Katrina with dropping his price per barrel to $50 versus OPEC's $75 a barrel. Of course that offer was flatly rejected by the Bush administration. He has established an international humanitarian fund with the oil revenues. He would like to replace the World Bank whose president is Paul Wolfowitz, a known PNAC and NeoCon, and the International Monetary Fund with this International Humanitarian Fund that is an alternative way to conduct financial exchange. An example given was Venezuela sends oil to Uruguay for their refinery and they pay Venezuela with cows. This is being down with Argentina as well and also the transfer of technology - medical or software. Chavez has requested that all the foreign oil companies pay back taxes for using their oil and land and their contracts are not being renewed until they make restitution. According to the Center of Economic and Policy Research, it appears that household poverty in Venezuela has dropped nearly 5 percentage points 12.9% from 42.8% in 1999 when Chavez took office.
Health care is now provided to 54% of Venezuelans and he has instituted a progressive income tax, public works, social security and cheap electricity which is why he has become so popular with the poor. His popularity wanes with the old white elite who do not want to share their oil wealth.
So in order for the Bush administration to continue its world domination it needs the Venezuelan oil reserves and the only way that is going to happen is by removing Chavez from office and putting in a figure head that can be dominated by the U.S. And the only way Chavez can survive is to build a coalition of Latin American countries that can defend against the U.S. covert operations that we have become known for and to get the world's attention on what is happening. This story will be continued.
So why is Chavez so angry with the Bush administration? According to Greg Palast of the Progressive who interviewed Chavez in July 2006 states that the Bush administration supported the coup attempt in 2002. Also in the last election the main opposition group, Sumate of which the two founders of the nongovernmental organization which led the recall campaign against Chavez, faces eight years in prison for taking money from the Bush Administration and the International Republican (Party) Institute. No nation permits foreign funding of political campaigns. The National Security Strategy of the United States says "In Venezuela a demagogue (Chavez)awash in oil money is undermining democracy and seeking to destabilize the region." And now with John Negroponte as Deputy Secretary of State increased U.S. covert operations are sure to escalate not only in Venezuela but in other Latin American countries which want to remain free from U.S. domination. And the reason for this is Negroponte as ambassador to Honduras helped run the contra war in Nicaragua in the 1980s which murdered thousands of innocent civilians in Honduras and Nicaragua. Since Condoleezza Rice has little expertise in Latin American Negroponte will set policy for the region.
So why does the Bush administration want Chavez out of office? According to the U.S. Department of Energy Venezuela has five times the oil reserves that Saudi Arabia has and its not the oil Bush needs, its the oil dollars to fund the $2 trillion in national debt. Chavez has in fact withdrawn $20 billion dollars from the U.S. Federal Reserve and has lent or committed like funds to Argentina, Ecuador and other Latin American countries. He wants nationalism for Latin America. An axis of South American nations comprised of Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador are intent on implementing profound social reforms at home and opposing U.S. intervention in the region. Correa of Ecuador has announced that he will be closing the U.S. base at Manta.
So what has Chavez been doing to help Venezuela and other Latin American countries? In Palast's interview, Chavez states that up until seven years ago, Venezuela was a u.S. oil colony with all of the oil going up to the north and the gas was being used by the U.S. and not by us. Now we sell to the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba and some Central American Countries, Uruguay, Argentina. He has even donated gas to the Bronx. He believes in fair commerce not free trade. He also offered to help after the disaster of Katrina with dropping his price per barrel to $50 versus OPEC's $75 a barrel. Of course that offer was flatly rejected by the Bush administration. He has established an international humanitarian fund with the oil revenues. He would like to replace the World Bank whose president is Paul Wolfowitz, a known PNAC and NeoCon, and the International Monetary Fund with this International Humanitarian Fund that is an alternative way to conduct financial exchange. An example given was Venezuela sends oil to Uruguay for their refinery and they pay Venezuela with cows. This is being down with Argentina as well and also the transfer of technology - medical or software. Chavez has requested that all the foreign oil companies pay back taxes for using their oil and land and their contracts are not being renewed until they make restitution. According to the Center of Economic and Policy Research, it appears that household poverty in Venezuela has dropped nearly 5 percentage points 12.9% from 42.8% in 1999 when Chavez took office.
Health care is now provided to 54% of Venezuelans and he has instituted a progressive income tax, public works, social security and cheap electricity which is why he has become so popular with the poor. His popularity wanes with the old white elite who do not want to share their oil wealth.
So in order for the Bush administration to continue its world domination it needs the Venezuelan oil reserves and the only way that is going to happen is by removing Chavez from office and putting in a figure head that can be dominated by the U.S. And the only way Chavez can survive is to build a coalition of Latin American countries that can defend against the U.S. covert operations that we have become known for and to get the world's attention on what is happening. This story will be continued.
Yeah, Libby is convicted but the question now is SO What?!!!
The jury finally reached a verdict in the Scooter Libby Trial convicting him on all but one charge of lying, perjury and obstruction of justice. The Associated Press carried the story citing that Libby faces up to 30 years in prison, though under federal sentencing guidelines likely will receive far less. Why does he get gratuities? Others in similar circumstances would maximum sentencing. Does connections, education and the fact that he just lied, nothing more should give him a reduced sentence. It sounds like from his lawyers that they will ask for a new trial or appeal this verdict. In another words tie up the court system until Bush and Cheney are out of office. What a scam!
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Voter Fraud
The website "truthout.org" contains a list of videos that offer points of view and hard evidence to support the truth that the media chooses to ignore. One of these videos is "Princeton Scientists Create Vote-Stealing Program for Diebold AccuVote-TS". After watching this video, I was sickened by the fact that there is an on-going effort to tear down what little democracy we thought we might have. It is unbelievable what Americans do for power. Also Keith Olbermann of MSNBC covered the discrepancies of the 2004 election in a Must See video days after the election. Where was the media coverage? I don't remember hearing about the massive discrepancies in Ohio and Florida that could have turned the election. This is very disturbing. Congressmen and Senators called for an examination of the 2004 vote by the GAO. The Free Press article "Powerful Government Accountability Office report confirms key 2004 stolen election findings
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman October 26, 2005" gives a synopsis of these findings which they point out was not covered by mainstream media. It becomes exceedingly clear that this dictorial administration probably has been in office illegally for both terms. When you have a mission it doesn't matter how you get there - anything goes which they continue to demonstrate with there lies and unwillingness to listen to the American voter.
In an Alternet story the abusives of the 2002 election emerge. The Theft of Your Vote Is Just a Chip Away By Thom Hartmann, AlterNet. Posted July 30, 2003. I wonder where I was that I didn't understand the implications of all the discrepancies and issues that arose with the electronic voting machines This is one more chink in the armor of our democracy what little we have left.
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman October 26, 2005" gives a synopsis of these findings which they point out was not covered by mainstream media. It becomes exceedingly clear that this dictorial administration probably has been in office illegally for both terms. When you have a mission it doesn't matter how you get there - anything goes which they continue to demonstrate with there lies and unwillingness to listen to the American voter.
In an Alternet story the abusives of the 2002 election emerge. The Theft of Your Vote Is Just a Chip Away By Thom Hartmann, AlterNet. Posted July 30, 2003. I wonder where I was that I didn't understand the implications of all the discrepancies and issues that arose with the electronic voting machines This is one more chink in the armor of our democracy what little we have left.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Carl Bernstein - Bush/Nixon Comparison
Mike Sheehan's article in Raw Story states veteran reporter Carl Bernstein says the lack of truth and candor from the Bush administration is unprecedented in his experience and his experience includes the uncovering of Watergate during the Nixon Administration. In comparing Nixon's administration to Bush he says "We now understand the psyche of Richard Nixon, that his was a self-destructive act and presidency". Bush on the other hand, "This president has a record of dishonesty and obfuscation that is Nixonian in character in its willingness to manipulate the press, to manipulate the truth," he adds. "We have gone to war on the basis of misinformation, disinformation and knowing lies from top to bottom." For those of us who lived the Watergate scandal, feeling that was thw worst possible are now confronted with more evil then we could have imagined and it appears that Bush will get away with it and in the process take down the United States.
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