Bankruptcy of the Left. Where is our Wolfowitz?

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Monday October 31, 2005 · 1:52 PM PST

2005/10/31 · 13:52

I am getting increasingly annoyed because of the weakness of the anti-Iraq war side of the debate. Read More

Money for Nothing. CORRUPTION & the Iraq War

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Tuesday October 25, 2005 · 9:11 PM PDT

2005/10/25 · 21:11

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA Officer, is a partner in Cannistraro Associates, an international security consultancy.

This article is from the latest issue of American Conservative Magazine

The conservatives have hit the tipping point with Bush and his outrageous handling of the Iraq War.

Below the line read the incredable story written by Giraldi Money for Nothing

It's an AMAZING article that lays it all out in scandalous detail about the "Billions of dollars have disappeared, gone to bribe Iraqis and line contractors' pockets". Read More

Did you eat today? THANK THE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS goddamit

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Friday October 07, 2005 · 12:02 PM PDT

2005/10/07 · 12:02

Bravo Mayor Paul Johnson. Bravo.

Until immigration reform is enacted that reflects the real demand for immigrant workers, who make a critical contribution the U.S. economy, then undocumented workers deserve to be treated with respect.

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Wednesday October 05, 2005 · 3:24 PM PDT

2005/10/05 · 15:24

I read this in a Knight Ridder article by Joseph Galloway:

"The word on the streets of Washington and in the halls of the Pentagon is that Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld is seriously considering handing in his letter of resignation sometime this month."

(it was a comment midway through a longer article you can read here. The last straw seems to be the reports from the military brass last week that only 1 Iraqi battalian is battle ready... DOWN from 3. Rumsfeld has been engaged in frantic damage control... but his colloquial comments are no longer viewed as cute and clever as they previously had been. The latest example being this one... "There are an awful lot of people chasing the wrong rabbit here, it seems to me," Rumsfeld responded to reporters asking about the lack of progress (actually negative progress) building up Iraqi battalians. What a month! Keep your eyes and ears peeled... ain't it great:-)

'NY Times' To Run Full Account of Miller Case This Week

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Monday October 03, 2005 · 11:26 PM PDT

2005/10/03 · 23:26

This in from Editor & Publisher

NEW YORK The New York Times will carry what executive editor Bill Keller calls a full account of Judith Miller's involvement in the Plame case as early as this weekend, according to an article in the paper today.
"I know that you and our readers still have a lot of questions about how this drama unfolded," Keller told the staff members, who had gathered to greet Miller on her return to the newsroom on Monday.
He said the paper had been afraid to reveal much about the case for fear of compounding Miller's legal situation, but added, according to the Tuesday story, "Now that she's free, we intend to answer those questions to the best of our ability in a thoroughly reported piece in the pages of The New York Times, and soon. We owe it to our readers, and we owe it to you, our staff."

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Friday September 30, 2005 · 10:21 AM PDT

2005/09/30 · 10:21

Stephen Goss, who is the chief actuary for Social Security said that they believe that about three-quarters of undocumented workers pay payroll taxes.

Every year they contribute 8.5 billion dollars in SS and Medicare taxes which is kept in a special account called the 'earnings suspense' account. This account is now over 370 billions of dollars in size.

The money generated from this account amounts to 10% of last years SS funding surplus.

Yet these workers are not entitled to any retirement or medicare benefit.

While remittances sent to Mexico from undocumented workers flow into the Mexican economy at the rate of many billions, Americans should realize that between the taxes they pay and the work they do (they put the food on our tables) there is an equivalent or perhaps greater benefit flowing into our own.

It's a shame how poorly we treat them.

And shame on Gov. Schwarzenegger who says he will veto the Calif. bill to allow them even to have drivers licenses.
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According to the DHS's National Response Plan: Proactive Federal Response

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Friday September 09, 2005 · 1:43 PM PDT

2005/09/09 · 13:43

The administration is claiming that it was unable to respond with military and other federal support because it was waiting for the Govenor of Louisiana to request it. It's also been reported that the delay was due to lengthy negotiations regarding authorization issues to provide federal support intervention.

Well here is what the Department of Homeland Security policy states in it's own National Response Plan (the full version is available at http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NRP_FullText.pdf). Read More

Why aren't U.S. flags flying at half mast?

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Friday December 31, 2004 · 12:21 PM PST

2004/12/31 · 12:21

Here is from a report on what some other countries outside the South Asia region are doing to show empathy and respect for the victims of the tsunami disaster... I think we too should be flying our flags at half mast.

"In Turkey, a country frequently hit by earthquakes, plans to hold a huge party in Istanbul's Taksim square were called off by the city's mayor

In Paris, black mourning crepe was strung throughout the city centre and along the traditional rallying-point of the Champs Elysees

Sweden, Norway, Finland and Germany will honour their dead and missing by flying flags at half-mast throughout the night

In London, a two-minute silence will precede a huge fireworks display attended by an expected 150,000 people along the River Thames. "

Breaking News: Iraq Prime Minister bans freedom of the press in new 'guidelines'

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Friday November 12, 2004 · 10:50 AM PST

2004/11/12 · 10:50

Today Bush and Blair gave quite a lengthy and emotional exponentiation of thier supposed objective to spread democracy in the Mideast.

For instance, Bush said this at the press conferance:
"There is no other way to have a lasting peace, in my judgment, unless we all work to help develop the institutions necessary for a state to emerge: a civil society based upon justice, free speech, free elections, the right for people to express themselves freely."

It 'sounded' good, but there is a problem in the delivery when on the same day Al-Jazeera (who has been banned, by the way, from Iraq by the interim government for having a contrary point of view) reports this: Read More

Let's have a serious discussion about the War in Iraq

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Monday November 08, 2004 · 1:45 PM PST

2004/11/08 · 13:45

... let's discuss what should be our next steps to end the war in Iraq.

I think we should move in the direction of building a broad coalition of those who oppose the war, regardless of thier stands on other issues. The coalition should include Democrats, Republicans, and have representatives from Evangelical churches as well as from the gay movement, everyone needs to be welcome, whether they are pro-choice or pro-life. Read More

Oil Down $2, Speculators Bet on Kerry Win

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Monday November 01, 2004 · 10:25 AM PST

2004/11/01 · 10:25

From Reuter's today:
"LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices fell heavily on Monday, taking U.S. crude below $50 on speculation that a U.S. election win for Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) could ease the geopolitical friction that helped fuel this year's record-breaking rally."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=749&e=1&u=/nm/20041101/bs_nm/markets_oi l_dc

I find this very interesting...

A very good indication that the market is voting that Kerry will win.
That a Kerry win means lower oil prices because the market believes he can improve the international situation, probably refering to tensions in the Mideast and the war in Iraq in particular.
An additional argument on to vote for Kerry: lower price per barrel ultimately means lower price at the pump, lower inflation, and more jobs.

Let's Win One for the Gipper

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Saturday October 30, 2004 · 12:11 AM PDT

2004/10/30 · 00:11

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."

>>Franklin D. Roosevelt

Just 3 days left..... three more days and then it's OUR TURN.

The end of George W. Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft, Rumsfield, and Rice... and Tommy Franks.

The demise of the cabal's grand scheme to destroy our constitution and all the hard fought gains won by working people over the last 70 years.

The restoration of our nation's long and honorable tradition of liberalism (a powerful word that puts icy fear into the hearts of evildoers).

The restoration of what FDR calls "the policy of the good neighbor. . .the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others".

If each one of us right now dedicates ourselves then we can make a landslide happen on Nov. 2.

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Did you eat today? THANK THE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS goddamit

Rummymill Report: Rumsfeld to resign this month?

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Immigrant Drivers Licenses: Shame on Gov. Schwarzenegger

According to the DHS's National Response Plan: Proactive Federal Response

Why aren't U.S. flags flying at half mast?

Breaking News: Iraq Prime Minister bans freedom of the press in new 'guidelines'

Let's have a serious discussion about the War in Iraq

Oil Down $2, Speculators Bet on Kerry Win

Let's Win One for the Gipper