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More Bush Propaganda

More Bush Propaganda

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Propaganda: False or partly false information used by a government or political party intended to sway the opinions of the population. Another of the White House renaming ceremonies has taken place. Ve vill now be usink Rove(Goebbels?)-approved “Terrorist Surveillance Program”R in all discussions of illegal, warrantless und intrusive domestic eavesdropping, spying und surveillance of U.S. citizens. Wasn’t our terrorist surveillance program called FISA? The Bush administration is not the first to use this desensitizing and misdirecting method, nor the first…

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Leadership Needed for Economic Justice

Leadership Needed for Economic Justice

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“The age of warrior kings and of warrior presidents has passed. The nuclear age calls for a different kind of leadership….a leadership of intellect, judgment, tolerance and rationality, a leadership committed to human values, to world peace, and to the improvement of the human condition. The attributes upon which we must draw are the human attributes of compassion and common sense, of intellect and creative imagination, and of empathy and understanding between cultures.” – William Fulbright Don’t give me any…

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NSA Director Contradicts Earlier Testimony

NSA Director Contradicts Earlier Testimony

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General Hayden contradicts himself on illegal domestic spying program Seems to me that when we give up the values of our democracy, we’ve handed a victory to the terrorists. September 11th Advocates are not happy about the continual use of 9/11 as an excuse to break our laws. They point to contradictions between NSA Directory General Michael Hayden’s current statements on the NSA domestic surveillance program and his testimony to the Joint Inquiry of Congress in 2002. January 22, 2006…

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Reproductive Regression

Reproductive Regression

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Here’s where we go with right-wing policies on reproductive rights. We’re already seeing results …. Jen (not her real name) is administrator of a women’s health clinic in the South that provides abortions. She has noted with alarm the recent rise in illegal abortion in her community. For some of the women she sees—after their initial attempts at abortion fail—whether Roe v. Wade is technically still the law of the land is beside the point. The combination of the procedure’s…

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We Don’t Need Your Alito

We Don’t Need Your Alito

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Alito is not the kind of judge America needs right now. From the New York Times editorial page today: Judge Alito is exactly the kind of legal thinker President Bush wants on the Supreme Court. He has a radically broad view of the president’s power, and a radically narrow view of Congress’s power. He has long argued that the Constitution does not protect abortion rights. He wants to reduce the rights and liberties of ordinary Americans, and has a history…

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Frist calls Alito Democrats’ Worst Nightmare

Frist calls Alito Democrats’ Worst Nightmare

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On Friday night Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, evidently not realizing that his words might be reported, bragged to Party activists that U.S. Supreme Court Alito was the “worst nightmare of liberal Democrats.” He was giving them a private tour of the Senate chamber, not in session at the time. No comment from Frist himself. When questioned, his spokeman (doesn’t anyone speak for themselves anymore?) Bob Stevenson said that Alito “is a thoughtful mainstream conservative jurist who is well respected…

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