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premeditation…

Sen. Jim Bunning Put Secret Hold On Presidential Records Amendment ThinkProgress noted that an anonymous senator had placed a hold on a bill that would restore public access to Presidential records, which President Bush had sealed indefinitely with an executive order in 2001. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) was originally suspected of being the senator behind […]

good question!

White House briefing [transcript]: QUESTION: If I can change topics, there’s a — about the history of the Iraq war here. There’s a transcript in the Spanish newspaper, El Pa s, that was said to be from a meeting between the President and the Spanish Prime Minister back in February 2003, in which, according to […]

hoping…

It feels like we’re playing with fire. Everyone’s waiting for the 2008 elections as if they aren’t over a year away – hoping that Bush et al don’t start a war with Iran, hoping there’s not some event that requires that we have a Military [because right now we don’t], hoping that the Republican Machine […]

but at the length truth will out Shakespeare

Dan Rather stands by his story His lawsuit will attempt to show that CBS tried to suppress the report on Bush’s National Guard Service and the Abu Ghraib abuses. By Sidney Blumenthal Dan Rather’s complaint against CBS and Viacom, its parent company, filed in New York state court on Sept. 19 and seeking $70 million […]

naomi wolf…

Fascist America, in 10 easy steps    1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy    2. Create a gulag    3. Develop a thug caste    4. Set up an internal surveillance system    5. Harass citizens’ groups    6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release    7. Target key individuals    8. Control the press    9. Dissent equals treason  10. Suspend […]

burma today…

proof?…

more from the February 2003 Spanish Transcript… However, according to the tapes, one month before he launched the invasion Mr. Bush appeared convinced that Saddam was serious about going into exile. "The Eqyptians are speaking to Saddam Hussein," said Mr Bush. "It seems he’s indicated he would be prepared to go into exile if he’s […]

from the annals of you just couldn’t make this stuff up

Blackwater’s Top Brass Onward Christian Soldiers… ERIK PRINCE, 37, Blackwater’s founder and chairman, has deep roots in conservative Republican politics in Michigan. His father, Edgar Prince, turned a small die-cast shop in Holland, Mich., into a major auto parts supplier with a specialty product: a windshield visor with a lighted mirror. After his death in […]

caveat du jour…

James C. Dobson – founder and president, Focus on the Family; psychologist; former Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, USC School of Medicine; author; host, "Focus on the Family" radio program. I want to begin with two caveats, or two disclaimers, before we get too far into it today. The first is that I do not […]

cowardice…

Lieberman-Kyl Amendment (b) Sense of Senate. (1) that the manner in which the United States transitions and structures its military presence in Iraq will have critical long-term consequences for the future of the Persian Gulf and the Middle East, in particular with regard to the capability of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran […]