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Headquaters, New
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A very complete Hall of Shame. The Deck of Republican Chickenhawks, Chikckenhawkcards 54 Cards like the DeckOfBush.com Chickenhawk Cheney, AllHatNoCattle Cartoons and Commentary |
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Mar 22, 04 google
of the week: "scurrilous"
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Rice calls Clarke's charges "scurrrilous"
Webster: currilous - imposters who used a religious exterior to
rob poor people Very appropriate to the Bush's Special Interests vis a vis Enron, Haliburton et al Webster: currilous - vulgar and evil (deja vu of evil doers, abetting terrorists etc) |
such as an idle man cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by,
which even make us dangerous to existing institution -- such call I good books.
~ Henry David Thoreau ~
Family of Slain Soldier Calls Bush WMD Jokes "Disgraceful", DemocracyNow
"President Bush joked about how no weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq, eliciting laughter from many of the journalists in attendance. We [DemocracyNow} get a reaction from a father and twin brother [George and Ivan Medina] of a soldier killed in Iraq and we speak with The Nation's David Corn who attended the dinner. "
"Bush showed a photo of himself looking for something out a window in the Oval Office, and he said, Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere."The audience laughed. I grimaced. But that wasn't the end of it. After a few more slides, there was a shot of Bush looking under furniture in the Oval Office. "Nope," he said. "No weapons over there." More laughter. Then another picture of Bush searching in his office: "Maybe under here." Laughter again. "
"Americans [are] remembering the warnings and reports of weapons inspectors Scott Ritter, Hans Blix, David Kay and, albeit belatedly, Richard Butler. They're noticing that intelligent and experienced people within the administration are abandoning ship just months before the election. Courageous and dogged congressmen such as Democrat Henry Waxman and Republican Ron Paul, the brashly honest former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, respected former ambassador Joseph Wilson, and the latest - Richard Clarke, terrorism specialist with a sterling track record under four US presidents - are cracks in the dike of lies that the media is hard-pressed to plug. "
"President Arafat and the Palestinian leadership, with national and Islamic factions, condemn the crime of assassinating the hero Sheik Ahmed Yassin and the other brothers killed after praying in the mosque,"...
"This cowardly crime will do nothing but increase the national unity
among the Palestinians to confront the Israeli conspiracy, which has
crossed all red lines" , Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
Carter
savages Blair and Bush: 'Their war was based on lies', A. Buncombe,
Politics, Independent
"There was no reason for us to
become involved in Iraq last year. That was a war based on
lies and misinterpretations from London and Washington, claiming
falsely that Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11, claiming falsely
that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction... President Bush and Prime
Minister Blair probably knew that many of the allegations were based on
uncertain intelligence and a decision was made to go to war [and then
people said] 'lets find a reason to do so'."
"Not that they (U.S. solders) died in vain. They died for the president's own agenda which had nothing do with war on terrorism.", (outlining his book: "Against All Enemies")
Bush Ignored Terror Signs Before 9/11, Deborah McGregor, Financial Times
"The former top White House counter-terrorism official has said that George W. Bush ignored warning signs of a possible terrorist attack in 2001 and that his decision to invade Iraq has strengthened international terrorist groups.
"Take heart! Be of good cheer! Possess your values! Take pride in our union! Join our ranks! Turn your fear into power! Our sisters and brothers who have fought ... and sacrificed ... in the past - ask you to carry their banner for peace and civilization. Come to the city or town nearest you - This coming Saturday and stand up for your values, your love of humanity and your words."
"Crystal ball to predict what plans Karl Rove’s Ministry of Propaganda has in store... Vice President Dick Cheney might be dropped from the ticket for “heart” reasons... In addition to his numerous heart attacks, he is at the heart of numerous legal and political controversies. Some Republicans are beginning to think that Cheney should be sent to a new, more secure location—his private home."
"Bush administration's major failures -- job loss, lack of insurance, tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent, and a proposal to revise the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime regulations, which he said would not affect public safety officers due to lobbying efforts by the union. Bush policies have also led to fire station closings, hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts for first responders' programs, he said, leaving two-thirds of U.S. fire departments understaffed. Kerry promised to work for the union -- the first to endorse his candidacy -- to reverse these trends."
War protesters marched more than five miles Monday to the White House from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where many wounded soldiers are treated, urging President Bush to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq."The administration needs to start telling the truth, stop hiding the toll and bring them home now," said Gordon Clark, 43, of Silver Spring, Md., coordinator of the Iraq Pledge of Resistance, which organized the protest with Military Families Speak Out. "No one should be dying on a false case for war."
Spain
Likely to Pull Troops From Iraq, Fred Barbash - Washington Post 15
March, 2004Prime Minister Zapatero Calls War 'a Disaster,' Calls for U.N. Action
"Zapatero said "the war has been a disaster, the occupation continues to be a disaster. . . . There must be consequences. There has been one already," he said, "the election result. The second will be that Spanish troops will come back."
Spanish Journalists who died covering the Iraqi War and their media peers:
"Two, Jose Cousa from Telecinco. He was a cameraman and also the Spanish reporter who died, Julio Anguita Perado (ph), a reporter for Spanish newspaper El Mundo. When this happened the Spanish reporters, back in Spain, said "no" and they engaged in a one day strike. When the Prime Minister of Spain came to the Spanish Parliament, they laid down the tools of their trade, they put down their cameras, their pens and their pencils, they laid down the cables and the microphones and they turned their backs and said "Shame", that they would not record the words of the powerful who have condoned these acts. And then they went outside, hundreds of media workers. These were the elite journalists of Spain and they stood outside the U.S. Embassy, they blocked the intersection and they chanted "murderer, murderer".
From: "Independent Media In A Time Of War" , Hudson Mohawk and DemocracyNow
Blow to Bush: An Ally in Spain Is Rejected by Antiwar Voters, David Sanger, NY Times
"Months ago a senior adviser to Mr. Bush predicted that should a terrorist attack occur in Europe, it would probably drive the Europeans closer to the United States and its approach to the campaign against terror, not away from it... The Bush administration must now fight the perception, accurate or not, that acts of terror against America's allies can sway nations into rethinking the wisdom of standing too closely with Mr. Bush."
Voters dump Blair allies to sink war policy, UK Independent "The Socialists' stunning victory in Spain's general election has sent shock waves through Downing Street and the White House, where hopes were pinned on success for a key ally in the war in Iraq."
The West was warned. Now it is paying the price of the 'war on terror', Robert Fisk
"They had been warned. The Aznars and the Blairs and the Bushes had been told by those who were their allies - France and Germany and many others, not to mention the Arabs - that their crusade against al-Qa'ida could most cruelly rebound upon them. The Madrid bombings are not only a terrible revenge for Spain's participation in "part two" of the "war on terror" - the illegal invasion of Iraq - but a cruel and incrementally more painful attack on civilians by al-Qa'ida.", UK Independent
Spanish voters spurn ruling party in wake of terrorist bombings, Kansas City Star
"In a stunning
upset triggered by last week's terror attacks, Spanish voters on Sunday
dumped the nation's ruling party, which has been a staunch supporter of
the United States in the war in Iraq."
Defying Washington: Haiti's Aristide Arrives in Jamaica, Democracy Now
"Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was with Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his wife Mildred as they made their historic return to the Caribbean. Aristide was accompanied by a delegation led by US and Jamaican lawmakers. The delegation included Rep. Maxine Waters, TransAfrica founder and close friend of the Aristides, Randall Robinson, Sharon Hay-Webster, an emissary of the Jamaican prime minister, as well as Aristide's Miami-based lawyer, Ira Kurzban. Washington Post reporter Peter Eisner is also with the group. "
Perspective from the President of the Republic of Haiti
Flashpoints Exclusive: Audio and Translation from Aristide. Recent Haiti Broadcasts
Through These Trees, I See Haiti's Murderous Army Reborn
Read the words of Mayor Jean Charles Moise from the northern Haitian town of Milo - Transcript of a segment broadcast on Thursday March 11, 2004
Faces of the Fallen: US Fatalities WashingtonPost.com timeline of US acknowledged Iraq casualties by military branch and date. Acknowledging those who have given their lives in service.
Administration Exposed on Bogus Use of Intelligence
Promises, Promises "Despite a string of dismal employment reports, the administration insists that its economic program, which has relied entirely on tax cuts focused on the affluent, will produce big job gains any day now. Should we believe these promises?"
Paul Krugman, Mar 9, NY Times
"Houston, we have a problem ..." Long Overdue Drop in Haliburton Stock Prices
Halliburton, once run by Vice President Dick Cheney, has faced a barrage of allegations from Democrats in particular, who say the company got the contracts because of its political connections". Houston Business Journal
"Was Martha Stewart Targeted Because She is a Major Democratic Contributor and a Woman? Where is Ken Lay?" DemocracyNow.Org
"No charges have been brought against Ken Lay. ... Lay is a close friend of Bush and a major Republican campaign contributor... Quite the opposite of Lay, who is deeply tied to the Republicans, especially the Bushes, Martha Stewart is a major contributor to the Democrats."