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America, where have we gone

America, where have we gone

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Where have we gone, America? On Staged “Terrorist” Attacks and Dictatorship Impeach Now or Face the End of Constitutional Democracy, Paul Craig Roberts, Counterpunch Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran. Bush has put in place all the necessary measures for dictatorship in the form of “executive orders” that are triggered whenever Bush declares a national emergency. Recent statements by Homeland Security Chief Michael…

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Global Terrorism Incident Map

Global Terrorism Incident Map

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This global incident map of terrorism and other activities updates every 30 seconds. On 6-24-2007 AFGHANISTAN-NATO Kills 60 Taliban Terrorists In Operations In Afghanistan-Pakistan Border AFGHANISTAN-Lashkar Gah-Soldiers attacked by Afghan roadside bomb AFGHANISTAN-Lashkar Gah-Over a dozen Taliban, coalition soldier killed AFGHANISTAN-Andar-Taliban seize 18 Afghan mine clearing experts AFGHANISTAN-Musa Qala-Taliban behead local police chief’s son COLOMBIA-Buenaventura-Bomb kills at least two in troubled Colombia port GAZA-Palestinian Territory-BBC Journalist wearing bomb belt seen in new video INDIA-Nagpur-Cops on high alert due to letter…

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Presidential Directives

Presidential Directives

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I was rereading a bit about Emerson and self-reliance earlier. It affected me, as it always does. Before I wade into current political statements of opinion on the recent Presidential Directives (I’ve seen blog headlines), I’ve decided to treat it like I would treat any document I wanted to interpret. What follows is my initial set of impressions and thoughts. This will change, it always does. It might be interesting to do part 2 sometime later, when these thoughts bounce…

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Dump this Congress – 109 Reasons Why

Dump this Congress – 109 Reasons Why

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Great List! 109 Reasons To Dump The 109th Congress from The Progress Report Issue 11/07/2006, by Judd Legum, Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney, Amanda Terkel and Payson Schwin We need a new Congress — here’s why: 1. Congress set a record for the fewest number of days worked — 218 between the House and Senate combined. [Link] 2. The Senate voted down a measure that urged the administration to start a phased redeployment of U.S. forces out of Iraq by the…

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Violence is the Fault of Pro-Choice – Meme?

Violence is the Fault of Pro-Choice – Meme?

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According to the Christian Newswire, Human Life International has opened up a new website that claims to expose the “Real Source of Violence” in the abortion debate. Guess who they claim is responsible for the violence? “This website exposes the pro-choice movement as the most violent political movement in United States history. In fact, we have documented over 7,000 acts of violence and illegal activities by those who support or practice abortion,” stated Brian Clowes, Ph. D., senior analyst for…

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No Immunity for Torture, No Legal Whitewash

No Immunity for Torture, No Legal Whitewash

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So this is the new America. President Bush has now defended the cruel and humiliating treatment of detainees on national television. Instead of accepting constitutional role of the judgment of the Supreme Court, he has proposed legislation that would retroactively legalize the sham military commissions that the Supreme Court has repudiated. Bush wants legislation passed that would grant immunity from prosecution to administration officials who sanctioned (and possibly encouraged, codified, ordered) the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman and…

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