Bush calls terror fight World War III
US President George W. Bush has said the September 11 revolt of passengers against their hijackers on board Flight 93 had struck the first blow of “World War III”. Continue reading
Republican Arlen Specter comes out fighting – Against Bush and the “signing statements”
6 MayThe chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, accusing the White House of a ”very blatant encroachment” on congressional authority, said . . . he will hold an oversight hearing into President Bush’s assertion that he has the power to bypass more than 750 laws enacted over the past five years.
”There is some need for some oversight by Congress to assert its authority here,” Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said in an interview. ”What’s the point of having a statute if . . . the president can cherry-pick what he likes and what he doesn’t like?”
Penn and Teller – Bullshit episode
5 MayThis is a 26 minute (43.3MB) Windows Media (wmv) file. You have been warned. Save a copy for replay later, if you aren’t afraid the Feds will come knocking on your door…
ETA: Most browsers have a right-click option to Save Link As, or Save Target As… You can use that instead of left click on the link, and you should be able to save this WMV file.
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The Moussaoui Paradox in The Nation
5 MayThe Moussaoui Paradox
Bruce Shapiro
Anyone who feels that the Moussaoui verdict somehow cheated justice should also consider the fact that an individual with genuine, direct criminal responsibility for the 9/11 conspiracy is in US custody yet the Justice Department has no intention of bringing him to trial. For three years the Bush Administration has held and interrogated Al Qaeda’s Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in secret prisons, unindicted, untried and unrepresented–at least in part to avoid revealing details of his probable torture.
Click through to read the entire editorial.
Leonard Pitts on ‘United 93’
5 May‘United 93’ not only timely but necessary
Leonard Pitts
Like Leonard, “I have trouble with the question of whether United 93 arrives too soon. Some of us would say it arrives not nearly soon enough.” To me, the timing is a little too convenient. Mid term elections coming up… Time to ramp up the emotional level again?
Another Wiki you should know about….
4 MayPeople For The American Way have a new Wiki on The Presidency. From their main page: (Underlines are my highlighting.)
People For the American Way believes that a healthy democracy is an informed democracy. We have created www.WikiThePresidency.org to establish a single place for the public to both acquire and share information about Executive Branch wrongdoings.
Currently the listed topics include:
- Torture
- Detentions
- Possible Constitutional Violations
- Political Abuse of Power
- Taxpayer Funded Propaganda
- Suppression of Information
- Interference with Investigations
- Katrina
- General Corruption
This may lead you to some things you don’t know, and maybe even a few you wish you didn’t. For example: Pentagon Caught Spying on U.S. Anti-War and Anti-Nuclear Activists
Now I have assumed for some time that I and people I care about were likely on at least one list somewhere…
sollite, looks like that list is TALON…
An Aging Trans Woman 