Block Haynes’ Nomination To Lifetime Position
Bush is still backing William Haynes for a lifetime position on the powerful 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. You don’t like activist judges? Check out the history of Bush’s nominations.
Rumsfeld’s Solution
From the point of view of this administration, the problem isn’t so much the torture, it’s the pictures of the torture. Rumsfeld has ordered all digital cameras, camcorders, and cellphones with cameras to be prohibited from US Army installations in Iraq.
Our Vision of Hope?
From 1945 to 2003, the United States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign governments, and to crush more than 30 populist-nationalist movements fighting against intolerable regimes. In the process, the US bombed some 25 countries, caused the end of life for several million people, and condemned many millions more to a life of agony and despair.
Contact Congress
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White House Gutted Human Rights Law
White House counsel Alberto Gonzales’s memo from January 2002 urged the Bush administration to make al Qaeda and Taliban detainees exempt from the Geneva Convention’s statutes on the proper and legal treatment of prisoners.
Ratio of CEO Pay to Average Worker Pay
If you’re thinking that breaks to corporations and businesses are good for workers, check out the rising gap in pay. Where does profit go? Straight to the top. It’s not so much an issue that executives shouldn’t be getting a great income, but look at the job losses. Downsizing, reorganizations – people pulling the weight of three jobs or more. But instead of investing in “human capital,” they just grab and bail.