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| By: Christy Hardin Smith Friday September 21, 2007 10:01 am | |
The Strokeland Superband sings “Colin Powell.” Via Crooks and Liars.
If God can come down from on high and answer a civil complaint in Nebraska, do you think he could make members of the George Bush superfriends club tell the truth? This has been another edition of…
PS — Oh, and “God,” if I can be so bold as to call you that since you styled your complaint answer in that way, “St. Michael the Archangel” was a nice touch.
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Christy!
How’s school going for the Peanut?
Hello Christie!
I’ll be back in a little while….
So is everyone downstairs?
6?
Thats hysterical.Who says God doesn’t have a sense of humor?
Good to know that Congress is ever vigilant against citizens groups. Lord knows we need protection from name calling.
Katymine! How ya doing this AM?
You guys trying to sneak away? It won’t work!
I called them from downstairs.
lol – The picture of Ernie Chambers in the linked article looks like a takeoff on classic depictions of religious figures…purely unintentional, I’m sure…
Hi everyone…. had more lab tests today and NO more tests until Monday afternoon…. I am fine… told my boss about the tumor on my kidney this morning.
I am fine….. Thanks for asking ;)
This was my very first favorite song:
http://freewayblogger.blogspot…..lence.html
Figures.
When will Colin Powell write his tell all book!?
grape_crush @ 12
good call and nice halo ernie has there :)
Racism and flags struck a serious note – still in discussion.
Using another computer is really clumsy. Can’t get it under control. Maybe I should go work in the garden. I know what I’m doing there.
I don’t do so good with God. Never liked him; still don’t. I have my own ideas about the Light within and it ain’t God. Sorry, if this offends anyone.
And I don’t like flags and uniforms either. Nor do I say the pledge to the flag. I find symbols in general are offensive. That includes the peace symbol. The peace symbol begins to represent peace imperialism. Sorry Code Pink but I really don’t like your use and abuse of the peace symbol. Symbols degenerate.
I need some dark chocolate.
OT Just received this from Move On. I was curious of the impact of our recent donations:
Dear MoveOn member,
Yesterday, an amazing thing happened. After the Senate’s shameful vote, and after President Bush called MoveOn “disgusting,”1 our email started to fill up with messages like this one:
I’m currently in Iraq. I do not agree with this war, and if I did support this war, it would not matter. You have the RIGHT to speak the truth. We KNOW that you support us. Thank you for speaking out for being our voice. We do not have a voice. We are overshooted by those who say that we soldiers do not support organizations like MoveOn. WE DO.
YOU ARE OUR voice.
And then came the donations. By midnight, over 12,000 people had donated $500,000—more than we’ve raised any day this year—for our new ad calling out the Republicans who blocked adequate rest for troops headed back to Iraq.
The message from MoveOn members was loud and clear: Don’t back down. Take the fight back to the issues that matter.
So today we’re shooting for a very ambitious goal: Reach $1 million so we can dramatically expand the campaign we launched yesterday going after politicians who support this awful war. Can you chip in $100 toward our goal?
https://pol.moveon.org/donate/mcconnell.html
All day, messages from vets and military family members kept pouring into our email, many of them aimed at the Senate:
I have given a son to this country. My brother, my father, my uncle have all served honorably and bravely. I am a loyal American. I am outraged and sick to death of the tactics this administration uses to try to silence dissent to a war that is unjust, built and maintained on lies, political power, and greed. I was content to let others fight more loudly, but no more.
–Sharyn W., NC
I am a prior soldier who served in Iraq for 13 months, and am now an expecting mom with a husband who is deployed in Baghdad. I don’t think I can ever forgive the Bush administration for the lies that tricked America into this war and hurt my family so badly. I am ashamed of those American politicians who would condemn an organization for practicing the Freedom of Speech that so many soldiers have died for.
–Danielle B., OH
As a US Navy veteran and an Iraq war veteran of over a year I want to ask, What has happened to us? What has happened to our voice? Where is this country going with stopping free speech and free press? … Every time I think of the long nights I had in Anbar remembering what I was fighting for, well here it is….
–Ahmad H., LA
These folks have made sacrifices many of us can’t imagine. Their charge to us was clear: keep speaking the truth about how President Bush and the Republicans have betrayed our trust.
So we’re going to expand our ad campaign—keep it on the air longer and run it against other politicians who helped block adequate rest time for our troops. Can you chip in $100 to do it?
https://pol.moveon.org/donate/mcconnell.html
And still the messages kept coming …
I’ve had three nephews serve since 2002, one of whom was killed in Anbar Province. I have a fourth nephew at Quantico training. I want this war over before he is deployed and before any more of our soldiers are sacrificed.
–Michele R., NE
Three members of my family are military. Two Marines have served in Iraq and an Army Lt. is deploying in November. If we had all spoken out when the administration used General Powell perhaps we would not be in this mess.
–Carol B., PA
As a Marine I served for many reasons but one of them was to allow people the freedom of speech, whether I agreed with it or not. Wearing a uniform does not mean someone isn’t a shill, is spewing propaganda, and downright lies. MoveOn has every right to buy an ad and say what they want about a public figure. This administration has lied to us, deceived us, misled us and when posed with a challenge this is how they respond?
–Keith G., VA
The Senate won’t pass a policy to end the war or even to make sure our troops in the field have enough rest time between deployments, but they hold votes to crack down on millions of Americans who are upset about the war?
Well—it isn’t going to work. We put together a hard-hitting ad that highlights how Republicans failed our troops and if we can raise enough money today, we’ll air it across the country. Please help if you can:
https://pol.moveon.org/donate/mcconnell.html
For all of us on the MoveOn staff, this week was a bit of a rollercoaster—MoveOn was attacked by nearly the entire Republican party, while too many Democrats ran for the hills. But what kept us going were messages like these—and the incredible privilege we feel to serve all 3.2 million Americans in MoveOn.org.
When the story is written of how the Iraq war ended, you will be the heroes. Thank you.
–Eli, Adam G., Adam R., Anna, Carrie, Daniel, Erik, Ilyse, Jennifer, Joan, Justin, Karin, Laura, Marika, Matt, Natalie, Nita, Noah, Tanya, Tom & Wes
MoveOn.org Political Action
Friday, September 21st, 2007
Sources
1. “Bush: MoveOn.org ad on Petraeus ‘disgusting’,” CNN, September 20, 2007.
http://www.moveon.org
twȝk @ 16
I have an Our Lady of Guadalupe shift knob in hy hot rod pickup. . .and a Buddah hangin on the mirror!
scarlet p. @ 14
but your work speaks volumes
I used to hold Colin Powell in the highest esteem, but after the UN deal, I get the feeling he is trying to tell himself it didn’t happen, that it was all a dream or something.
I think anything he hasto say now is irrelevant. MHO.
QuakerGirl @ 17
Would you please share that chocolate? I feel rather battered after the last 2 days of the perfect storm. Thanks
I am wondering on how outspoke Wilkerson is about the issues of the administration and the war if that is Powell’s way of speaking out. If Powell did speak out or write a book, he will go the way of Clark and O’Neal, or even worse.
Mod please remove my ID from 18
Not so, says “God.” His response argues that the defendant is immune from some earthly laws and the court lacks jurisdiction.
heh, God gettin’ feisty with the affirmative defenses. *And* representing Him/Her-Self. Hope God knows the rules of evidence. I’m pretty sure that He/She can’t change them, however, because my “Motions To Change The Facts” never get granted.
p.s. do ya suppose that Michael the Archangel is really a witness, or just workin’ security?
Bush being Preznit makes it difficult to believe that God exists.
raven @ 18
You just need a green tree for Yggdrasil :)
FDL – Can somebody fix @17. I am using a stupid computer (and I seem to be an extension of it). Thank you.
For anyone interested in the Blackwater hearings this morning, the transcripts are up at:
http://democrats.senate.gov/dp…..g.cfm?A=40
Thanks Mods
katymine @ 13
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OT, but telling:
Five Dems in Iowa agree: NO to Single-payer system of health care
http://www.dennis4president.co…..er-system/
Toby Wollin @ 29
Sorry, folks. My bad. What is on that site are a) the statements that the witnesses read and b) a video feed of the hearings.
No transcripts themselves.
Re the Nebraska lawsuit, Leno a few nights ago asked where G*d could find a lawyer in heaven.
Who served the subpoena?
Hugh @ 33
Liberty University grads don’t make it to heaven?
twȝk @ 27
Wow, bein that I’m Norwiegan that’s great! I do have my Runes in a special bag my bride made me with the coolest Viking buttons!
QuakerGirl @ 17
God confuses me.
Your comment leads me to wonder what inspired your screen name?
“There’s a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you. I been sayin’ that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker before you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin’ made me think twice. Now I’m thinkin’: it could mean you’re the evil man. And I’m the righteous man. And Mr. 9mm here, he’s the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could be you’re the righteous man and I’m the shepherd and it’s the world that’s evil and selfish. I’d like that. But that shit ain’t the truth. The truth is you’re the weak. And I’m the tyranny of evil men. But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be a shepherd.”
(Pulp fiction 1994)
No way I’m what you call religious but I believe this movie quote has a message that obviously goes beyond any Godlike intercession….
Bush and friends apparently has misinterpreted this initial “Biblical” message to their advantage….
OT PSA – 1 million Graco, Simplicity cribs recalled in U.S.
CHS thanks “When will Colin Powell write his tell all book”
I will never forget March 7, 2003 the day that Iaea’s El Baradei told the world that the Niger Documents were false.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/…..elbaradei/
We have yet to witness anyone held accountable for those false documents(Powell was duped) or for that matter any of the false intelligence that was force fed to the Americans.
Where is that complete Phase II of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Still would like to witness the impeachment of Douglas Feith so that he can never ever serve in a future administration.
Think Progress has the best chronological list of everything that took place with Phase I and the incomplete Phase II
http://thinkprogress.org/roberts-coverup/
raven @ 36
>:]
Hugh @ 34
actually that’s an old joke.
I’ve heard — and told — ‘em all.
Your comment leads me to wonder what inspired your screen name?
Me too!
Ummmm…hmmmmm….wide stance alert????:
“Therefore, he “looked toward the back of the room” and personally chose Sammon, aka “Big Stretch.”
Sammon has written four books on Bush, enjoying a close relationship and unprecedented access. His bio for speaking engagements brags:
Six-foot-seven inch Bill Sammon–nicknamed “Superstretch” by President Bush–enjoys more access to the commander-in-chief than any other journalist. Sammon has spent hours with Bush in the Oval Office, aboard Air Force One–even in the President’s sprawling Texas ranch. As Senior White House Correspondent for the Washington Examiner, Bill Sammon travels with Bush wherever he goes and was with him on September 11, when his presidency was utterly transformed by the terrorist attacks.”
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…..sh-moveon/
QuakerGirl @ 17
Quaker Girl,
My gandmother graduated from William Penn College circa. 1910. I share your views. Thank you.Peace.
Hmph. Wuz stuck downstairs. Having crap luck with EPU today :-P
QuakerGirl @ 17
:-)
:-) :-)
o/
Amen!
Did a piece of me spontaneously clone or something? Or of you?
(Beaucoup Moravian and Quaker ancestors here, too. Funny, that.)
I feel slighted. I donated to MoveOn a few days ago, but they didn’t email me.
500 grand in one day!
As usual, Bush the Bully underestimated his intended victim.
BWAAAAHAAAAA.
Solai @ 50
Sign their petition! I got email from them that way!
(You might check your spam folder. Sometimes they land there.)
500 grand…Canadian? For the first time since 1976, the exchange rates for the Canadian and U.S. dollars is now 1-1. Those Bush tax cuts just keep on working!
Bustednuckles @ 51
awesome news!
Solai @ 50
Well it does take a little time to get all those emails sent out doncha know. You’ll get the email sooner or later
ticktock @ 39
I absoluetly love that scene!
I’ve been thinking about another great Samuel Jackson rant this am. Thinking about all the downright despicable news this week,
…and I’m tired of dealin’ with these mothaf*ckin snakes on this mothaf*ckin plane!
How I feel about our congress this am.
“God’s” been putting up billboards in Indiana for years. It’s no surprise he’s filing legal documents now. I guess the deists are wrong about “his” active involvement in human affairs… ;-)
I’m not a lawyer, but I think “he’s” got a good argument about the whole jurisdiction thing.
And Quakergirl, I’ve actually attended Quaker meeting and to me it seems like your theological views are not all that different from traditional Quakerism.
Personally, I still use the term “God” but my concept of deity is very close to yours, and not some humanoid, masculine ghost figure full of human faults like vanity, jealousy and rage.
When I was very young attending a Lutheran elementary school, the phrase “God is Love” was quite popular. Now that I’m older, I’m starting to think that all I ever needed to know about theology I learned in grade school.
Toby Wollin @ 33
transcripts should be up later (or so i was told). good news is that they have already posted the video! woo-hoo.
and for those of you who just want to down load the audio (maybe for your ipod?). i’ve uploaded it to here (webpage with link to mp3).
dakine01 @ 54
It’s a series of Tubes! Not a Truck!
dakine01 @ 54
You might want to check with them. I donated yesterday and had an e-mail right away. Just saying….
Badwater @ 53
Maybe now would be a good time to open a savings account in a Canadian bank — it probably won’t be long until Canadian dollars are worth more than our old U.S. currency.
oddmommy @ 42
So to paraphase Ecclesiastes, there are no new jokes under the sun.
MSNBC: “Republicans successfully blocked an anti-war bill that would have brought the troops home”…
Hugh @ 61
After he made the rhinoceros, god said
“that’s enough of the funny stuff” and stopped right there.
LS @ 62
Why do Republicans hate the troops?
Badwater @ 53
And to think he just had to lie and say he got a B in econ101. (c)
I got confirmation of my donation (which, they noted, is not tax deductible) but I never got the email saying they raised half a mil.
Must have been right after the Platypus.
selise @ 58
There was an incredible line of questioning by Dorgan of the young man who was held 97 days. The questioning laid it out that our government is holding US citizens and depriving them of any rights. Dorgan methodically got it on the record. It was brilliant. I kept thinking…he’s thinking of impeachment..
The Senators voting to censure MoveOn was one of the worst things they could have done. They are now back of the defensive, leaving the neocons in the offending position. When will our senators learn?
SufiLizard @ 61
I remember in 1980, putting down $50 American in a Vancouver store to buy a loaf of bread, two kinds of cheese, some sausage and a bottle of wine, and getting $51 Canadian back.
Hugh @ 65
What I thought was also interesting is that it is the first time they have said the Republicans blocked it, rather than, the Dems lost it.
LS @ 63
This is what Center for American Progress had to say about media reporting this morning:
This week, a bipartisan majority of the Senate voted to restore the right of habeas corpus to detainees, grant the District of Columbia full voting representation in Congress, and mandate that U.S. troops receive at least as much time at home as they are deployed. But facing strong opposition from the White House, the measures narrowly fell short of the 60 votes needed to overcome the Republican leadership’s filibusters and will not move forward. Instead, conservatives spent the week defending the Bush administration and condemning a New York Times ad. The media largely billed the defeats as Senate “rejections” of the measures, failing to highlight the conservative obstruction.
http://www.americanprogressact…..ressreport
Matt Lauer on the Today Show this morning said the MoveOn.org ad will trigger a backlash against the Dem presidential candidates…
No surprise there. And he and Tweety keep having that stupid and annoying Laura Ingraham on as a guest. She’s been promoting her equally stupid new book.
Twain @ 63
or not
Hugh @ 65
Yes, but the thing I find interesting is that MSNBC said that it was the REPUBLICANS who blocked the bill that would have brought the troops home..not “the Senate…” Let’s put the onus right where it belongs.
Hugh @ 64
And why do they hate us for our freedom?!?!
Will Republics ever pay a price for the Bush era?
Votus @ 73
Strong opposition from the White House = We know what you’re doing when you are not at work…we’ve got your “number”…and we’re listening…
twȝk @ 74
Well, maybe he did make just one more.
EEEWWWW
Badwater @ 78
They’re auguring full speed into the ground one after another right now in Alaska…
The general’s revenge
Colin Powell, no longer the loyal soldier, rises up to help stop conservative hard-liner John Bolton from becoming U.N. ambassador.
By Sidney Blumenthal
http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/blumenthal/2005
/04/28/powells_revenge/index.html
During the John Bolton nomination hearings I read rumors that the reason Senators Biden, Chaffee, Kennedy, Kerry and others were continuing to demand (and clearly furious) the NSA intercepts that the Bush administration and John Bolton were refusing to hand over. I watched those nomination hearings many Senators looked extremely worried and pissed off.
The rumor went that the NSA (John Bolton)had secretly been taping Colin Powells quiet negotiations with Iran. And that via that taping undermined those negotiations. Also “Supposedly” some link to the classified intelligence about Iran passed from Franklin to Rosen/ Weissman to Israeli officials that also undermined those negotiations.
Not sure whether the Bush Administration ever released those NSA intercepts
Solai @ 50
I donated right after the ad appeared, so maybe it takes time. :-)
“lists a phone number for a Corpus Christi law office.”
Is that “habeas corpus christi” Christy?
Twain @ 79
siwanowicz does have some pretty amazing shots!
OT New Froomkin up
twȝk @ 85
I clicked on the last link, so I’m not clicking on this one! I jumped ten feet out of my chair!
Ed*ard Teller @ 81
I hope it spreads and fast. The Preznit’s currently claiming that he’ll be a strong asset for GOP candidates.
This is really a great article about Powell
“And after Bolton attempted to coerce a State Department intelligence officer to agree to an unfounded report about nonexistent Cuban WMD, Powell personally assembled the entire intelligence staff to instruct them to ignore Bolton.”
http://dir.salon.com/story/opi…..index.html
By Sidney Blumenthal
Hugh @ 65
Notice the inherent bias in that headline though. They could have just said “blocked” but instead they have to add the word “successfully” as if that was somehow a good thing.
This kind of subtle bias is just endemic throughout the media.
Badwater @ 88
Oh, they seem to be swirling all around…big’uns, little’uns…
Biodun @ 74
She is not as bad as Coulter
peanutbutter @ 86
707! worth the click tho :)
SufiLizard @ 90
Hopefully Matthews will interview some active troops about this. Oh what was I thinking they might get shot for telling the truth.
twȝk @ 84
Beautiful ! Thanks for the site.
Badwater @ 52: This is all part of the booby trap the Rethugs are preparing for the next president (likely a D) and (even more) Democratic Congress. A weak dollar. Inflation. Ever higher national debt. Growing budget deficit. And oh yes, this little war/occupation business in Iraq.
Get smart Dems: Raise taxes now!
peanutbutter @ 86
Them’s just bugs..
Ed*ard Teller @ 81
I also saw this in reference to Sen. Toobz:
FBI SECRETLY RECORDED STEVENS CALLS AS PART OF BRIBERY INVESTIGATION: The FBI taped calls between Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) and Bill Allen, chairman of Alaska oil corporation VECO, as part of a “public corruption sting. The new revelation suggests that “the Justice Department was eyeing Stevens long before June, when the Republican senator first publicly acknowledged he was under scrutiny.
http://www.americanprogressact…..ressreport
oddmommy @ 37
There is a hint within the message – the Light within. Also, Quakers use and display no symbols and that includes the flag and pledges. There are no doctrines but there are practices. We practice non-violence. There are no authority figures. Titles are not recognized. Technically, they don’t vote and do notrecognizemajority rule butagreeby consensus.Political voting is leftto the individual.Othersare like meand are politically active.Outside oftheMeeting forWorshipthey recognize theneedtoserveworldly needsthus the American Friends Service Committee, Friends Committee on Legislation (lobby for social justice, non-violent means to a political conflict, etc.) A keypractice is non-violence.
I confess I am not a “weighty Quaker” and must deal with feelings of anger, fist shaking, name-calling. I sincerely make an effort in practicing a firm but kind way to deal with issues. We are all individuals and some Quakers feel a need to address God. Some Jesus. Some are also practicing Buddhist.Mostly, you will hear “the Light” or to be “filled with the Light”.
Hope this helps.
Here is a bit about the intercepts. This is Sidney’s article about Powell
“The Bolton confirmation hearings have revealed his constant efforts to undermine Powell on Iran and Iraq, Syria, and North Korea. They have also exposed a most curious incident that has triggered the administration’s stonewall reflex. The Foreign Relations Committee discovered that Bolton made a highly unusual request and gained access to 10 intercepts by the National Security Agency, which monitors worldwide communications, of conversations involving past and present government officials. Whose conversations did Bolton secretly secure and why?”
During these hearings I thought Biden, Kerry, Dodd and Lincoln Chaffee (who was fuming) were going to jump on Bolton and beat the piss out of him.
Twain @ 94
np! Someone posted it on late late night last night.
Very cool, and you obviously are encouraged to ask a lot of questions. *g*
So worth the read or re-read
http://dir.salon.com/story/opi…..index.html
“Staff members on the committee believe that Bolton was likely spying on Powell, his senior advisors, and other officials reporting to the secretary of state on diplomatic initiatives that Bolton opposed. If so, it is also possible that Bolton was sharing this top-secret information with his neoconservative allies in the Pentagon and the vice president’s office, with whom he was in daily contact and well known to be working in league against Powell. If the intercepts are ever released, they may disclose whether Bolton was a key figure in a counterintelligence operation run inside the Bush administration against the secretary of state, resembling the hunted character played by Will Smith in “Enemy of the State.” Both Republican and Democratic senators have demanded that the State Department, which holds the NSA intercepts, turn them over to the committee. But Rice so far has refused. What is she hiding by her coverup?”
twȝk @ 93
Hmph. OK.
I’m pretty sure I spotted Maud’Dib in there somewhere.
Votus @ 98
Tha Anchorage Daily News is refusing to print the report, claiming it doesn’t meet their “journalistic standards.” They made the same lame claim back in early August when they refused to run a Wall Street Journal article about Don Young.
peanutbutter @ 103
So many good ones! Good fodder for DarkBlack too!
OT..Re-Post?
(snip)
And then came the donations. By midnight, over 12,000 people had donated $500,000—more than we’ve raised any day this year—for our new ad calling out the Republicans who blocked adequate rest for troops headed back to Iraq.
The message from MoveOn members was loud and clear: Don’t back down. Take the fight back to the issues that matter.
So today we’re shooting for a very ambitious goal: Reach $1 million so we can dramatically expand the campaign we launched yesterday going after politicians who support this awful war.
(snip)
link
Ed*ard Teller @ 104
What? The ADN have the oil mafia standing over their shoulder?
Steve-AR @ 106
Great title to that blog post!
Me @ 107..
Today the best “fuck you” to the fascists is to give a few bucks to MoveOn.
I wish gawd would damn the republican party. That’s all I’m asking!!!!
“Bush raises half a million for Move On”
Steve-AR @ 106
Can’t wait to again e-mail all those Dems who voted the wrong way. Here’s a poke in the eye !
Steve-AR @ 110
Moveon.org raised $500,000 by midnight last night and is looking to raise $1 million today. Americans are so pissed off that I think Moveon.org has a chance to beat yesterday’s record.
So long everyone. I am having too much trouble with the abundant controls on this computer. I can’t even get “Refresh”. I’ll be back to my own computer tomorrow. I’ll read the threads and your comments in the meantime. The sky is blue, the air is clear and the mountains are spectacular. Until tomorrow……
twȝk @ 108
Oil and other mineral extraction ad revenue will make or break any high-end media outlet in Alaska. Quickly…
Of course Marcy gets on the “no comment” by Bush when asked about the pre-emptive and illegal strike on Syria by Israel. Yesterday David Gregory asked this question twice
http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/
KayInMaine @ 111
Perhaps He will sue them.
Dems losing ground in Senate on the Iraq war and occupation:
What follows expalins how.
Votus @ 118
Oh my. That would be quite the turn of events for the republican party, huh? I hope I live to see it. ;-)
This morning Renee Montagne interviewed France’s new foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner. He clarified his statment about Iran which he says was misunderstood….some might call it manipulated or “cherry picked”
He is a somewhat unlikely diplomat. He began his career as a physician and activist. He’s a co-founder of the group Doctors Without Borders and was fond of dramatic actions — like chartering a cargo ship to rescue Vietnamese boat people. It didn’t hurt his reputation as a maverick four years ago when he championed intervention in Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein. This week, the foreign minister has gotten in trouble for some undiplomatic language — saying the world must prepare for possible war when it comes to Iran because of its refusal to suspend nuclear activities. But Kouchner says he was misunderstood. In advance of a meeting in Washington with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, he placed France firmly on the side of the U.S. in calling for even tougher sanctions against Iran. Kouchner speaks with Renee Montagne.
Listen for yourself
http://www.npr.org/templates/s…..d=14586556
Steve-AR @ 109
It’s a brand!
OT – Bail denied for ‘Jena Six’ defendant Mychal Bell
New thread
Ed*ard Teller @ 115
So many natural resources up there, like you pointed out with the fishing, those non-renewable resource industries should be supplanted!
Biodun @ 119
Thank you for this information. This is a pathetic state of affairs, but maddeningly not surprising.
“Mr. Dodd appeared to be trying to determine whether Mr. Bolton’s requests focused on any particular subject area or official, and what use he might have made of the information. Unless it gets a warrant from a special court, as in cases of suspected terrorists, the agency is not permitted to identify as a deliberate target an American citizen or permanent resident for eavesdropping. But its global eavesdropping net regularly picks up communications involving Americans, including phone calls, faxes, e-mail messages and other communications.
Intelligence reports circulated by the agency within the government do not normally include verbatim transcripts, but do sometimes reveal what an American official had been heard to say, according to former intelligence officials.
Under the rules, the names of ordinary citizens generally must be removed from any report of the intercept, with the phrase “U.S. person” substituted. But there is an exception for “senior executive branch officials,” including ambassadors and dozens of senior State Department officials, who may be identified in reports by their titles.
The procedures are set out in a document called “U.S. Signals Intelligence Directive 18.” Though the document was originally secret, an edited version was released some years ago, along with documents interpreting the rules.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04…..;position=
Clearly, clearly, clearly they have been illegally spying on Congress. Clearly, this is blackmail. That must be why everything is so screwed up.
Some legal types should review this document that McConnell wrote about spying back in 1993 – in the context of what is going on with the FISA bill now:
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/N…../07-02.htm
This is Intelligence Directive 18.
Since we’re on the subject of Bush’s superfriends, I’d like to know what the f*#@ Congressman Lantos (D) of California, was thinking when he chose to have a hearing on the Iraq war, starring..Lindsey Graham.
Hardly a shining example of the Republican party, Ive been disgusted with how far right Lantos has come since Bush came into office.
He’s old and horribly biased. And our Americans are dying because of his complete agreement for all things pro-war, resulting from his pro hard-line pro right-wing Israeli and American policies.
I sincerely hope his district looks around for a more balanced foreign policy candidate.