REMEMBER "COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM"?

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Saturday October 02, 2010 · 9:21 PM PDT

2010/10/02 · 21:21

We knew that slogan was almost meaningless and now we find out that GOP hearts are even darker than we thought. In Arizona, the GOP controlled legislature and the GOP governor have made draconian cuts to Medicaid, known in the state as AHCCCS.

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Thursday March 22, 2007 · 8:25 PM PDT

2007/03/22 · 20:25

I'm a little confused. Today, Tony Snow said that unless Congress appropriates more money for Iraq, the troops won't have money by maybe mid-April:

Finally, this: The clock is ticking. Money is going to run out for our forces in Iraq sometime next month. The money is running out, and meanwhile, you have people on Capitol Hill trying to buy or cajole votes for a bill that's not going to pass. The Speaker is busy working some of her members and they're also trying to twist some arms.
Our suggestion is, please get this done as rapidly as possible, because day after day, the money is running out like sands through an hour glass. And if you want to support our troops, get them the money they need when they need it.

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Saturday January 06, 2007 · 6:48 PM PST

2007/01/06 · 18:48

Pres. Fredo's been doing this for at least a year. Here's a report about how am elderly man's mail has been opened by DHS.

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Friday March 03, 2006 · 3:11 PM PST

2006/03/03 · 15:11

About 45 minutes ago, 2 Secret Service agents showed up at my place and said they wanted to talk to me. I told them no, that I was busy but they could come back Sunday at 1 PM.

They are still outside.

I don't know exactly why they want to talk to me but it might have something to do with a post I've made often on AOL message boards.

"THE ONLY REAL QUESTION:

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IRAQ DRAW DOWN INEVITABLE

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Wednesday November 23, 2005 · 8:04 PM PST

2005/11/23 · 20:04

There has been a lot of fuss about this from all sides but one thing seems to have been ignored: We don't have a choice about it. Our ground forces are nearing the breaking point and we will have to draw down to save them. Here are six reports, one from over a year ago.

Transcript for Dec. 12 Meet the Press Updated: 12:29 p.m. ET Dec. 12, 2004 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6702005/

GEN. McCAFFREY: Excuse me. Operational Iraqi Freedom--the fifth rotation will use up our National Guard and reserve. We have called up a couple of hundred thousand of these troops. By law, you can't keep them on active duty more than 24 months. At that point, the inadequate size of the active Army and not just combat battalions, the logistic structure to make it work, at that point, we're going over a cliff. A year out from now we're in trouble.
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Camp Casey has been looted

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Saturday September 17, 2005 · 4:30 AM PDT

2005/09/17 · 04:30

You can read the sad details here:

http://198.65.14.85/News/2005/37-38/37news10.htm

Camp Casey Memorial Stolen
Casey Sheehan's Boots Are Gone

By Deborah Mathews
Staff Writer

September 15, 2005 3:23 PM

CRAWFORD -- The Camp Casey Memorial on Prairie Chapel Road was removed by thieves earlier today. Not a single item is left at the memorial site.

Crew members working for McLennan County said they witnessed items being removed by an unidentified individual and contacted their office to inform commissioners.

Upon arrival at Camp Casey, honor guard members who had been at the Crawford Peace House immediately called McLennan County Sheriff's Deputy R. Polansky to report the theft.

Among the items stolen were numerous crosses, Casey Sheehan's boots, tents, and other items.

CHENEY VERSUS THE GENERAL

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Monday June 20, 2005 · 8:40 PM PDT

2005/06/20 · 20:40

The Bush Administration can't stop lying about Iraq!
Iraq insurgency in 'last throes,' Cheney says Monday, June 20, 2005; Posted: 12:19 p.m. EDT (16:19 GMT) http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/30/cheney.iraq/index.html

In a wide-ranging interview Monday on CNN's "Larry King Live," Cheney cited the recent push by Iraqi forces to crack down on insurgent activity in Baghdad and reports that the most-wanted terrorist leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, had been wounded. "I think we may well have some kind of presence there over a period of time," Cheney said. "The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline. "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency."

Troops press offensive as Baghdad restaurant bombed By Peter Graff Sun Jun 19,10:33 AM ET http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&u=/nm/20050619/ts_nm/iraq_dc_37 Read More

Paul O'Neill + DSM + Meyer == IMPEACH BUSH

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Thursday June 02, 2005 · 7:16 AM PDT

2005/06/02 · 07:16

Hi,

Loaded Mouth has put together all the information needed to open up an impeachment investigation.

Goto: http://loadedmouth.com/node/1261

Highlights:
On 1/31/01, a mere couple weeks after Bush first took office, his then Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill received this memo concerning a National Security Council briefing:

Tab A: Agenda and Policy Questions from NSC -- SECRET
Tab B: Economic Background on Iraq (from Deutsche Bank)
Tab C: Executive Summary: Political-Military Plan for Post-Saddam Iraq Crisis (interagency working paper) -- SECRET
Tab D: Summary of Unied States Sanctions on Iraq
Tab E: "Iraq Sanctions Regime," State Department, for use in public statements

We know about this episode from the public account of Sir Christopher Meyer, then the U.K. ambassador in Washington. Meyer reported that in the two weeks after Sept. 11, the Bush national security team argued back and forth over whether to attack Iraq or Afghanistan. It appears from his account that Bush was leaning toward the Iraq option.

and spread the word:
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=111

THE LARRY FRANKLIN TRIAL - TIPPING POINT?

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Friday May 27, 2005 · 2:59 AM PDT

2005/05/27 · 02:59

Thanks to commenter Nota at Atrios, I came across an article by Justin Raimondo about the Franklin scandal that I think deserves some attention. You might recall that Franklin will be charged with passing secret and top secret documents to Rosen and Weismann, who at that time were employees of AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Here's an excerpt to whet your interest:

Franklin, a longtime Defense Intelligence Agency analyst and fervent neoconservative, was observed by FBI agents in the summer of 2003 imparting top secret information to two employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the spearhead of Israel's amen corner in the U.S. What is striking about this story is that Franklin's perfidy was discovered only because these two top officials - Steve Rosen, AIPAC's longtime policy director, and Keith Weissman, their Iran specialist - were already under surveillance by law enforcement agencies.

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Sunday May 15, 2005 · 9:54 AM PDT

2005/05/15 · 09:54

Update [2005-5-15 15:20:7 by piniella]: NEW SENATOR --> Pat Roberts of Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas Washington, DC: Phone: 202-224-4774 Fax: 202-224-3514 Dodge City, KS: Phone: 620-227-2244 Fax: 620-227-2264 Topeka, KS: Phone: 785-295-2745 Fax: 785-235-3665 Overland Park, KS: Phone: 913-451-9343 Fax: 913-451-9446 Wichita, KS: Phone: 316-263-0416 Fax: 316-263-0273 Susan Collins of Maine

Washington, D.C. Office
(202) 224-2523
Augusta Office
(207) 622-8414
Bangor Office
(207) 945-0417
Biddeford Office
(207) 283-1101
Caribou Office
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Lewiston Office
(207) 784-6969
Portland Office
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A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON PENSIONS

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Wednesday May 11, 2005 · 6:36 AM PDT

2005/05/11 · 06:36

This didn't get much notice when it came out but I think it deserves some attention.

Bush plans 58% hike in pension premiums
By Jeff St.Onge and John Hughes
BLOOMBERG NEWS
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/business/56284.php
U.S. companies would pay 58 percent higher premiums to a government agency that insures workers' pensions under President Bush's plan to strengthen retirement protections, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said Monday.
The annual premium, which hasn't risen since 1991, would grow to $30 per worker from $19 and be indexed to wage growth, the Labor Department said in a fact sheet. Stock-price declines and low interest rates have eroded the value of pension plans, which Chao estimates are underfunded by $450 billion.
Large employers won't welcome the proposed increase to $30, said James A. Klein, president of the American Benefits Council, a Washington-based group that represents pension plan sponsors. Companies that adequately fund pensions may not believe they should be hit with an increase, he said.

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Tuesday April 26, 2005 · 8:51 PM PDT

2005/04/26 · 20:51

US turns away Saudi delegation member: officials
AFP - 4/25/05
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050425/pl_afp/ussaudisecurity_050425225451

CRAWFORD, United States (AFP) - A member of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz's delegation was denied entry into the United States after authorities found he was on a government "watch" list, a US official said.
The US Department of Homeland Security, in a routine check of the delegation passenger manifest, found that one traveller was on a government list meant to screen out possible terrorists, the official said on condition of anonymity.
The official could not confirm whether the person was a reporter or a Saudi official or even what nationality the person was, but another US official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said he was a Saudi.
The second official also said the individual's name had appeared on a US government "watch" list.

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