Senate votes to fence & barrier us in from Mexico (83-16)

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Wednesday May 17, 2006 · 12:22 PM PDT

2006/05/17 · 12:22

Breaking news:

WASHINGTON - The Senate voted to build 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday, and clashed over citizenship for millions of men and women who live in the United States illegally.
Amid increasingly emotional debate over election-year immigration legislation, senators voted 83-16 to add fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers along the southern border. It marked the first significant victory in two days for conservatives seeking to place their stamp on the contentious measure.

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The real Michael Hayden and the real NSA

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Thursday December 22, 2005 · 12:11 AM PST

2005/12/22 · 00:11

General Michael Hayden was made Deputy Director of National Intelligence this year.

It's time we get to know him better, if only slightly. And that's the aim of this diary.

http://intelligence.senate.gov/...

STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD BY
LIEUTENANT GENERAL MICHAEL V. HAYDEN, USAF
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/
CHIEF, CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE
BEFORE THE JOINT INQUIRY OF THE
SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
AND THE HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE
ON INTELLIGENCE
17 OCTOBER 2002

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Friday July 01, 2005 · 9:27 PM PDT

2005/07/01 · 21:27

And it's sure to drive the right-wing bonkers:

Legalizing more immigrants would help bolster the Social Security system, former President Bill Clinton told the nation's largest Hispanic-rights organization Friday.

"Those of you who want immigration reform should use Social Security more," Clinton said to about 1,300 members of the League of United Latin American Citizens. "If we legalize just 250,000 more immigrants a year, it would solve half of the shortfall in the Social Security Trust Fund."

More legalized immigrants would put more young people in the system to help support the deluge of baby boomer retirees, Clinton said.

During his 48-minute speech, Clinton didn't mention President Bush's plan to privatize some Social Security accounts, but he did criticize the administration indirectly.

Clinton said Hispanics experienced economic and educational gains under his presidency, but have since faltered, and it was time to figure out "where do we go from here?"

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Monday June 27, 2005 · 10:57 AM PDT

2005/06/27 · 10:57

The Democratic Party

After a few teaser, blurry screenshots the past couple of days (or was it a day? My how time flies), I visited their website today a few times and now the new layout is up.

The blog itself has a makeover as well to fit into the new layout.

On the blog is a Feedback Form where I guess you can tell them about any bugs or praise or complain--something along those lines. Read More

Wesley Clark becomes FOX News Analyst?

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Wednesday June 15, 2005 · 5:37 PM PDT

2005/06/15 · 17:37

No, I'm not pulling your leg. With former President Clinton recently praising Roger Ailes and Terry McAuliffe fluffing Tony Snow, with Sen. Hillary Clinton & Rupert Murdoch gossip flying around you make your own judgments as the chess pieces move around the board.

Gen. Wesley Clark Joins FNC as Foreign Affairs Analyst
Fox News Channel has signed Gen. Wesley Clark, the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, CNN contributor and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, as a military and foreign affairs analyst.

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Mississippi's legislature embraces 10 Commandments/Jesus Bill

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Sunday April 03, 2005 · 5:02 PM PDT

2005/04/03 · 17:02

As if you didn't have enough on your plate in regards to religious issues with the federal government, let's look at what the state of Mississippi passed the other day in their legislature:

JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour indicated Wednesday he was inclined to sign a bill that would require all public buildings to have postings of the Ten Commandments, "In God We Trust" and excerpts from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.

The Mississippi House overwhelmingly approved the measure without much debate Wednesday. The Senate approved it Tuesday, but not before one lawmaker tried to kill the bill.

Barbour spokesman Pete Smith said "the governor is inclined to sign" the bill into law.

More after the flip, yo. Read More

More Killian/TANG memos

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Sunday September 12, 2004 · 3:35 AM PDT

2004/09/12 · 03:35

Sorry I had to make a diary revolving around it, but I can't seem to get any attention to it any other way.

There are 4 Killian memos that come from CBS News, correct? Then where does the 2 memos by Killian that addresses James R. Bath and Bush along with another memo in June 1973 that addresses that he (Killian) and Harris have no clue as to how to rate Bush come from?

USA Today's text version of the CBS PDF's doesn't have these two, but in italic there on that page it says the White House released these copies. Read More

NYTimes: Swift Boat anti-Kerry conspiracy

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Thursday August 19, 2004 · 7:34 PM PDT

2004/08/19 · 19:34

3,500 words supposedly and it's 5 pages.

After weeks of taking fire over veterans' accusations that he had lied about his Vietnam service record to win medals and build a political career, Senator John Kerry shot back yesterday, calling those statements categorically false and branding the people behind them tools of the Bush campaign.

His decision to take on the group directly was a measure of how the group that calls itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has catapulted itself to the forefront of the presidential campaign. It has advanced its cause in a book, in a television advertisement and on cable news and talk radio shows, all in an attempt to discredit Mr. Kerry's war record, a pillar of his campaign. Read More

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Senate votes to fence & barrier us in from Mexico (83-16)

The real Michael Hayden and the real NSA

Bill Clinton proposes a fix for Soc. Security

The new DNC (democrats.org) website is now unveiled

Wesley Clark becomes FOX News Analyst?

Mississippi's legislature embraces 10 Commandments/Jesus Bill

More Killian/TANG memos

NYTimes: Swift Boat anti-Kerry conspiracy