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Appeals Court To Hear Judicial Watch Lawsuit Against Vice President Cheney – but not until 2005! Organization’s Case For ‘Open Government’ Continues as the conservative group Judicial Watch moves forward in suit. Despite Bush’s attempts to stop it, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit – all judges of the circuit presiding – will consider its lawsuit against Vice President Cheney regarding secret records from his controversial Energy Task Force. Oral arguments in the case…

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Civilian contractors are fleecing taxpayers; US troops don’t have proper equipment; and supposedly liberated Iraqis hate them

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | 30.09.04 Interactive. Iraq – attacks in September 2004 This links to an amazing map at Guardian Unlimited of the attacks – only in September! This is a must-see. Mouse rollovers show vehicle bombs, hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenades, morter and rocket fire, small-arms fire, land mines, homemade bombs – and total attacks. ONE MONTH. Check it out. (thanks for posting, Rising Hegemon)

FactCheck.org Bush Mischaracterizes Kerry’s Health Plan Factcheck.org comes through again – nice job – to clear up the Bush ad on healthcare. A Bush ad claims Kerry’s healthcare proposals would put "big government in charge" of medical decisions. In fact, Kerry’s plan would leave 97% with the insurance they have now — while up to 27 million who aren’t insured would gain coverage.…In an earlier assessment of the Kerry plan, the nonpartisan Centrists.org found Kerry’s health proposal to be "similar…

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Truman called war profiteering “treason” and those who condone “waste, inefficiency, mismanagement and profiteering” during a time of war “unpatriotic.”