Did Bush Just Declare Himself the Geosovereign?

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Wednesday September 20, 2006 · 4:17 PM PDT

2006/09/20 · 16:17

CNN has a headline story up on their webpage, of an interview Bush just gave Wolf Blitzer.

In this interview, Bush claims he would send U.S. troops into Afghanistan to chase down Osama Bin Laden without seeking Pakistani permission for the operation and would ignore any Pakistani objections to it.

Bush is insane. Pakistan is a sovereign nation. Congress has not declared war on Pakistan. We have no treaty or UN permission to invade Pakistan to apprehend a fugitive. Read More

NYT's Adam Cohen With an Op-Ed on Ykos

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Tuesday June 13, 2006 · 9:03 PM PDT

2006/06/13 · 21:03

Please read the piece for yourself:

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Is CNN Now Beneath Drudge? (w/ Poll)

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Wednesday May 24, 2006 · 11:51 AM PDT

2006/05/24 · 11:51

Words almost cannot express my incredulity and outrage at CNN's home page. If someone has tagging skills, could they save an image of the page within this thread.

Let me give some bona fides:

1) I don't like Pelosi

2) I don't like Jefferson

I'm no apologist for either, but the headline is completely disconnected from the pictures, of course, and so baldly so it must be deliberate, yellow journalism. Republicans are outraged at the FBI and Pelosi is not standing or screaming with Jefferson at all- the "news" item is she has told him to resign his committee assignments.

Before today, I thought CNN's infamous "Dems Indicted" webpage was the worst in its history. But, the Photoshop work today really takes the cake.

FOX's John Gibson Crosses the Line Into White Supremacism

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Friday May 12, 2006 · 11:42 AM PDT

2006/05/12 · 11:42

Normally, I would not waste a diary slot here with a hyperlink to Media Matters- most of you visit undoubtedly understand how important MM is and visit their site regularly.

But, if you haven't seen it yet, please visit their story on FoxNews' John Gibson, where Gibson on-air calls on "we" White people to increase our birthrate to "save" our "civlization" from Hispanics.

I'm not making this up.

To the large number of you who are insightful and honest, this is no "revelation" about Gibson, Fox or their Republican masters.

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Dallas Morning-News Assuages Idiots

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Wednesday December 21, 2005 · 7:14 AM PST

2005/12/21 · 07:14

Faced with the complete repudiation of Intelligent Design in science classrooms, portending worse days for the anti-intellectual climate necessary for George Bush's plutofascist takeover, the Dallas Morning News editorialized an endorsement of anti-intellectualism today.

Selective quotes below, with the obligatory "head explosion" warning, of course:
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Sen. Bill Frist: Money Launderer, Racketeer

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Monday December 19, 2005 · 9:54 AM PST

2005/12/19 · 09:54

As is the case with his insider trading, this scandal is so stark it can't be spun away.

Frist used a tax deductible "charity" to illegally launder right-wing corporate money and disperse it to his croniest advisors.

Frist, a thorough and replete criminal, is giving Alaska's Ted Stevens a robust challenge for "most corrupt Senator in U.S. History."

Waiting to see Fox spin this as "bipartisan."

20% of the "Ex-Presidents" Katrina Fund to Churchgoers Only?!

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Wednesday December 07, 2005 · 12:07 PM PST

2005/12/07 · 12:07

This is basically a one-line diary.

Former Presidents Bush and Clinton just announced the dispersal of $110 million they raised.

$20 million of this is being given to clergy for the benefit of their own congregations.

I wonder if anyone would have donated less money if they knew it was being distorted towards churchgoers, likely Christians.

Joining O'Reilly's Call for a Boycott of Macy's

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Tuesday November 22, 2005 · 10:41 AM PST

2005/11/22 · 10:41

Just when I think the level of inanity, vacuousness and tautology of right-wing rhetoric has peaked, Foxnews' Bill O'Reilly comes along to raise the bar, so to speak.

As has been documented by Media Matters, Foxnews' Bill O'Reilly is trying to distract from his troubles by railing against a straw man "liberal secular conspiracy against Christmas".

There is no need to explain to a crowd like this how absurd it is for a right-wing corporate shill to bemoan the secular aspects of Christmas. And yet, I think we should give O'Reilly the attention he craves here.

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John Murtha: Now An Icon of American History

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Monday November 21, 2005 · 2:18 PM PST

2005/11/21 · 14:18

It may be difficult for us progressives to take the full measure of what Rep. John Murtha did by calling for the expedient withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. Progressives are besieged, by more than Iraq, and, frankly, Murtha isn't "one of us."

But we need to take a moment and consider the measure of Murtha and his courageous act, in the context of the machinations by the Republicans in engineering their political future, Murtha not only served to hasten the end of a war and save countless lives, on our side and among Iraqis, he also helped the Democratic Party to an almost certain victory in 2006 and 2008.

My hypothesis below the fold. Read More

Tragic Bombshell: Texas Executed an Innocent Man

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Sunday November 20, 2005 · 6:03 AM PST

2005/11/20 · 06:03

In a copyright story, the Houston Chronicle has demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that Texas executed an innocent man in 1993.

The man's name was Ruben Cantu, tried and convicted based on the eyewitness testimony of a person who survived the shooting. The sleaze of this case involves not simply Texas' uniquely institutionalized fascism, a criminal justice system where everyone lies on behalf of prosecutors, particularly if the defendant is a person of color, but coercion by prosecutors of their star witness based on his status as an undocumented alien.

This story is important not simply because it demonstrates how Texas does not have the integrity to administer capital punishment, but because it reminds us, once again, that Texas is an uncivilized place unworthy of a star on our nation's flag. Major props to Lise Olsen for having courage and reminding us there are good Texans among the vile rabble.

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Houston Chronicle Frames Abramoff Scandal as DeLay's

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Saturday November 19, 2005 · 7:18 AM PST

2005/11/19 · 07:18

Today, reporting the indictment of Michael Scanlon, the Houston Chronicle goes out of its way to reinforce the ties between the Abramoff scandal and Houston's own Tom DeLay.

For those of you outside Houston rightly questioning the animus of the Chronicle towards DeLay, the rift goes way back to the first efforts to build rail mass transit in Houston. The Chronicle, a major stakeholder downtown, rightly advocated Houston address its larhe problems with traffic and smog. DeLay brazenly denied Houston funds in an overt pander to his racist constituency. The Chronicle's crusade retains its legs because there are a lot of decent people who live in inner Houston and who work for the Chronicle, despite the fact the Chronicle is, of course, an important cog in the corrupt Republican corporate cabal that runs Houston.

The lead to the story- count how many times DeLay is brought in:
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Samuel Alito: Criminal ?

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Friday November 18, 2005 · 11:19 AM PST

2005/11/18 · 11:19

This will be a brief diary.

SCOTUS nominee Samual Alito dismisses his statements on his application to work in the Reagan White House as those of a "job application" and not necessarily his true feelings.

The job Alito was applying for was a federal job, and Alito is now claiming he lied on his application for the job. This is actually a crime, lying to a federal official.

So, we now know beyond any doubt Alito was not only willing to lie about recusing himself from cases involving Vanguard, an ethical lapse, but that he was willing to lie on a federal job application, a crime.

Nt only is Alito the most radical right-winger to be nominated since Bork, Alito has lowered the bar in terms of candor and ethics to a historic abyss.

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