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Talk of censure and impeachment has begun swirling around President Bush. Can Vice President Cheney come to the rescue? He will do so if enough of Bush's opponents adopt the position of this Philadelphia Daily News op-ed writer
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/opinion/13513578.htm
-- the position that impeaching Bush would be a mistake, since Cheney is worse than Bush.
That position is already fairly widespread on the left in the United States, and is typical of the left in the United States. Why must we get five steps ahead of ourselves in order to fantasize about defeat, precisely at the moment when we should be on the attack?
The Republicans impeached Clinton over his sex life without any hesitation. They did not remove him from office, of course. No one has ever (nonviolently) removed a president from office. But the impeachment of Clinton destroyed most of what little was left of a Democratic Party.
That position is already fairly widespread on the left in the United States, and is typical of the left in the United States. Why must we get five steps ahead of ourselves in order to fantasize about defeat, precisely at the moment when we should be on the attack?
The Republicans impeached Clinton over his sex life without any hesitation. They did not remove him from office, of course. No one has ever (nonviolently) removed a president from office. But the impeachment of Clinton destroyed most of what little was left of a Democratic Party.
Gentlemen,
Why do you believe that whistleblowers were so anxious to speak to the NYT regarding executive branch eavesdropping only weeks before the elections?
Why that particular timing on THEIR part?
All voting machine and central tabulator communications over public networks would have been easily tapped. Given the extraordinary leeway given to interagency communications concerning such 'take,' there is simply no guarantee that it did not end up in the wrong hands.
The VP and his cabal are notorious for using raw intelligence data straight out of collections programs. That would have been raw intelligence straight out of a collection program. We already know by now that they have been breaking the law regulating such programs in the US.
Draw your own conclusions as to a brand new legal angle...
Regards,
PS
Why do you believe that whistleblowers were so anxious to speak to the NYT regarding executive branch eavesdropping only weeks before the elections?
Why that particular timing on THEIR part?
All voting machine and central tabulator communications over public networks would have been easily tapped. Given the extraordinary leeway given to interagency communications concerning such 'take,' there is simply no guarantee that it did not end up in the wrong hands.
The VP and his cabal are notorious for using raw intelligence data straight out of collections programs. That would have been raw intelligence straight out of a collection program. We already know by now that they have been breaking the law regulating such programs in the US.
Draw your own conclusions as to a brand new legal angle...
Regards,
PS
Can there be any doubt that if the White House finds out who leaked the story of its illegal spying, fierce retribution will follow?
Another way of asking that question is: Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
Remember what happened to Ambassador Joseph Wilson? The White House leaked to the media his wife's identity as an undercover agent for the CIA, putting her life and those of her colleagues in danger and ending her career.
And let us recall what became of General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, who dared to accurately predict how many troops would be needed to occupy Iraq. Defense Department officials leaked the name of his replacement 14 months before his retirement, rendering him a lame duck commander and embarrassing and neutralizing the Army's top officer.
Another way of asking that question is: Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
Remember what happened to Ambassador Joseph Wilson? The White House leaked to the media his wife's identity as an undercover agent for the CIA, putting her life and those of her colleagues in danger and ending her career.
And let us recall what became of General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, who dared to accurately predict how many troops would be needed to occupy Iraq. Defense Department officials leaked the name of his replacement 14 months before his retirement, rendering him a lame duck commander and embarrassing and neutralizing the Army's top officer.
Folks at the White House stay pretty busy these days just trying to untangle the lies George Bush keeps telling every time he opens his mouth. For example, back in April 2004, Bush explained to a cheering audience and an unchallenging press corps in Buffalo about "eavesdropping" on Americans -- "When you think 'Patriot Act,' constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because," he said earnestly while leaning over the podium, his hand on his heart "--because we value the Constitution."
Bush "Value that (insert Lord's name in vain) piece of worthless paper" I think not. From his actions and manner of speech, it is doubtful that Bush has read either the US Constitution or the holy book upon which he placed his hand twice and swore to preserve, protect and defend it.
Bush "Value that (insert Lord's name in vain) piece of worthless paper" I think not. From his actions and manner of speech, it is doubtful that Bush has read either the US Constitution or the holy book upon which he placed his hand twice and swore to preserve, protect and defend it.
You might be the one to help us crack this case.
At issue: A YES-NO question: Do Diebold touch-screens have a problem similar to that identified in the Black Box Voting project in Leon County, Florida -- the devastating hack of the Diebold optical scan system. Just a YES-NO question.
Black Box Voting has now obtained certain NEW specific information indicating that the answer with the touch-screens will be ?YES.? One of our researchers has identified an interpreter, which appears to be specifically prohibited by 2002 FEC standards, inside a Diebold touchscreen system.
What is needed now is to confirm this finding with a "pedigreed" Diebold touch-screen system ? ie., one to which we are given legitimate access with one of our publicly known experts. We will have to show that what our protected source has found is also present in a system delivered by Diebold for use in actual elections. This cannot be a stolen system, a specially souped-up system (i.e. one that Diebold chooses), or a system used without authorization of its custodians.
At issue: A YES-NO question: Do Diebold touch-screens have a problem similar to that identified in the Black Box Voting project in Leon County, Florida -- the devastating hack of the Diebold optical scan system. Just a YES-NO question.
Black Box Voting has now obtained certain NEW specific information indicating that the answer with the touch-screens will be ?YES.? One of our researchers has identified an interpreter, which appears to be specifically prohibited by 2002 FEC standards, inside a Diebold touchscreen system.
What is needed now is to confirm this finding with a "pedigreed" Diebold touch-screen system ? ie., one to which we are given legitimate access with one of our publicly known experts. We will have to show that what our protected source has found is also present in a system delivered by Diebold for use in actual elections. This cannot be a stolen system, a specially souped-up system (i.e. one that Diebold chooses), or a system used without authorization of its custodians.
....today is the anniversary date of the wounded knee massacre of 1890 on pine ridge in south dakota. was sitting in the coffee shop this morning staring out to the still dark street....
indian people are still dying , just more slowly now, by practice and policy. genocide still an open and active force....not at all past tense (in term or effect)
leonard peltier is still in prison
the sky here, cries softly this morning
an near empty city bus stops at the stop, and rolls on, followed by a huge suv with a single occupant bearing a new 30 day tag
it's easy to connect the dots
can also see my reflection in the glass, as i peer out to the street
am still a part of the problem
by tomorrow in 1890, crimson will offer contrast to freshly fallen snow
today, the rain from the sky offers the chance for new, and continued life
peace, michael
indian people are still dying , just more slowly now, by practice and policy. genocide still an open and active force....not at all past tense (in term or effect)
leonard peltier is still in prison
the sky here, cries softly this morning
an near empty city bus stops at the stop, and rolls on, followed by a huge suv with a single occupant bearing a new 30 day tag
it's easy to connect the dots
can also see my reflection in the glass, as i peer out to the street
am still a part of the problem
by tomorrow in 1890, crimson will offer contrast to freshly fallen snow
today, the rain from the sky offers the chance for new, and continued life
peace, michael
This was an absolutely clear and wonderfully written article. Until the US of A does away with the death penalty, we will continue to be a nation that is involved in wars.....
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has admitted that he "ghosted" a detainee, meaning that he made the decision to hold a prisoner without keeping any records of the fact.
While prisoners of war can be theoretically stripped of their rights by calling them other names (like "unlawful combatants"), they are probably most effectively stripped of all rights by keeping their imprisonment secret. That is what Rumsfeld says he did.
An account of what we know on this matter can be found on page 110 of a new report by Congressman John Conyers called "The Constitution in Crisis; The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Cover-ups in the Iraq War." http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/5769
Following a catalog of evidence of other crimes sanctioned by top Bush Administration officials, the report reads:
While prisoners of war can be theoretically stripped of their rights by calling them other names (like "unlawful combatants"), they are probably most effectively stripped of all rights by keeping their imprisonment secret. That is what Rumsfeld says he did.
An account of what we know on this matter can be found on page 110 of a new report by Congressman John Conyers called "The Constitution in Crisis; The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Cover-ups in the Iraq War." http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/5769
Following a catalog of evidence of other crimes sanctioned by top Bush Administration officials, the report reads:
Top level Republican operatives with ties to the White House, Senate Majority Leader William Frist and the Republican National Committee (RNC) not only engaged in the suppression of poor and minority voters in the 2004 Ohio presidential election' but they spun the election irregularities into a story linking blacks to cocaine and voter fraud. Bush allies in Ohio are now using this myth of voter fraud to pass a repressive "election reform" bill.
In the month prior to and immediately after the 2004 presidential election' the Republican Party engaged in an orchestrated campaign to divert the mainstream media focus away from election fraud and irregularities in Ohio and manufactured the myth of "voter fraud."
According to a former Columbus Dispatch reporter' Ohio Senator Mike Dewine sent his spokesperson' Mike Dawson' to meet with the editorial board of the Dispatch and other Ohio newspapers. The primary talking point for the GOP was that there was no evidence of irregularities in Ohio.
In the month prior to and immediately after the 2004 presidential election' the Republican Party engaged in an orchestrated campaign to divert the mainstream media focus away from election fraud and irregularities in Ohio and manufactured the myth of "voter fraud."
According to a former Columbus Dispatch reporter' Ohio Senator Mike Dewine sent his spokesperson' Mike Dawson' to meet with the editorial board of the Dispatch and other Ohio newspapers. The primary talking point for the GOP was that there was no evidence of irregularities in Ohio.
Journalists should be in the business of providing timely information
to the public. But some -- notably at the top rungs of the profession
-- have become players in the power games of the nation’s capital.
And more than a few seem glad to imitate the officeholders who want
to decide what the public shouldn’t know.
When the New York Times front page broke the story of the National Security Agency’s domestic spying, the newspaper’s editors had good reason to feel proud. Or so it seemed. But there was a troubling backstory: The Times had kept the scoop under wraps for a long time.
The White House did what it could -- including, as a last-ditch move, an early December presidential meeting that brought Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger and executive editor Bill Keller to the Oval Office -- in its efforts to persuade the Times not to report the story. The good news is that those efforts ultimately failed. The bad news is that they were successful for more than a year.
When the New York Times front page broke the story of the National Security Agency’s domestic spying, the newspaper’s editors had good reason to feel proud. Or so it seemed. But there was a troubling backstory: The Times had kept the scoop under wraps for a long time.
The White House did what it could -- including, as a last-ditch move, an early December presidential meeting that brought Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger and executive editor Bill Keller to the Oval Office -- in its efforts to persuade the Times not to report the story. The good news is that those efforts ultimately failed. The bad news is that they were successful for more than a year.