OpEdNews - Diary: BUSH MUST GO

When are the American people and their representatives in Congress and the military going to wake up and realize that the US has an insane war criminal in the White House who is destroying all chances for peace in the world and establishing a police state in the US?

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DIANE'S NEWS CLIPS begins here :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Submitted by: truth_to_power2006@yahoo.com BUSH MUST GO Only Impeachment Can Stop Him ... By Paul Craig Roberts 01/15/07 "Information Clearing House" -- - When are the American people and their representatives in Congress and the military going to wake up and realize that the US has an insane war criminal in the White House who is destroying all chances for peace in the world and establishing a police state in the US? Americans don't have much time to realize this and to act before it is too late. [snip] Continued: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16175.htm _________________________________ LISTEN TO RON: Stop The War Now! - video ... http://snipurl.com/17v3a | http://snipurl.com/17v3j --- Kucinich on the Fairness Doctrine > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jvknNioWbo Dennis Kucinich Nov. 15th, 2006 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTiwbJDVE78 --- WarHawk Joe Lieberman Grilled by Don Imus on the Hopeless War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x60GtD1HIBc --- Dennis Kucinich - Tucker Carlson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uHMhZgeTvQ _________________________________ http://jablankfort@earthlink.net : FT: Simplify, then exaggerate:the neo-cons' route to disaster "The neo-cons that mattered most in shaping the "war on terror" served in the Pentagon and the White House. But the journalists are a vital part of a neo-con network that formulated and sold the ideas that took the US to war in Iraq and that is now pressing for confrontation with Iran. The links between journalists, think-tanks and decision-makers in the neo-con world are tight and there is plenty of movement from one area to the other." Simplify, then exaggerate:the neo-cons' route to disaster http://snipurl.com/17w5a By Gideon Rachman President George W. Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq demonstrates the remarkable durability of neo-conservative foreign policy. Just a couple of months ago, the neo-cons were being written off. The Baker-Hamilton report on Iraq was advertised as signalling the triumphant return of the "grown-ups" and the "reality-based community". But the president chose to ignore Baker-Hamilton, reportedly dismissing the document as a "flaming turd". Instead he turned for succour and advice to his old neo-con allies. The "surge" idea was developed and promoted at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think-tank that has long served as neo-con central. The neo-cons, like President Bush, are getting another throw of the dice in Iraq. [snip] Continued: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f73aaa3c-a505-11db-b0ef-0000779e2340.html ----- Those who wonder which candidate the Jewish Zionist Lobby will support in the 2008 presidential elections should stop wondering. They will support all of the major candidates in order to assure that whoever wins will represent Israel's policies as the lobby determines them. It is very much like sports bookmaking which, coincidentally, is a predominantly Jewish business, both the legal and the illegal, in which the bookie tries to set the odds so whatever the result of the match or the game, the bookie ends up a winner. The cynical manner in which presidential candidates are supported by the lobby with Israel's interests placed ahead of those their fellow Americans certainly lends credence to the charge that the lobby is, in fact, a fifth column within the American political scene.- JB http://www.forward.com/articles/mccain-lines-up-ny-money-men-raising-pressure-on/ McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani _________________________________ Excerpted from: http://www.truthout.org Paul Krugman | Surging and Purging http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011907A.shtml Paul Krugman writes: "There's something happening here, and what it is seems completely clear: the Bush administration is trying to protect itself by purging independent-minded prosecutors. Since the day it took power, this administration has shown nothing but contempt for the normal principles of good government. For six years, ethical problems and conflicts of interest have been the rule, not the exception." --- Robert Parry | Gonzales Questions Habeas Corpus http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011907D.shtml Robert Parry writes, "In one of the most chilling public statements ever made by a US attorney general, Alberto Gonzales questioned whether the US Constitution grants habeas corpus rights of a fair trial to every American." --- Jimmy Carter | A New Chance for Peace? http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011907J.shtml Former President Jimmy Carter writes: "I am concerned that public discussion of my book "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid" has been diverted from the book's basic proposals: that peace talks be resumed after six years of delay and that the tragic persecution of Palestinians be ended." --- Iraqi Budget Loaded With Divisive Expenditures http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011907C.shtml Nearly $2 billion of the Iraqi budget is allocated to agencies beyond the oversight of the central government at a time when potential international donors have balked at tossing more money into a black hole. The potential for abuse is high. Most ministries get multimillion-dollar discretionary funds known as "social benefits" with few spending safeguards, Iraqi officials say. --- Judge Delays Start of Libby Trial http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011907S.shtml A federal judge is putting more potential jurors on standby in the CIA leak trial because so many people have been dismissed, mostly because of strong feelings against the Bush administration and the Iraq War. --- George McGovern | An Impartial Interrogation of George W. Bush http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011907B.shtml --- House Democrats Beat 100-Hour Clock http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011907K.shtml House Democrats crossed the finish line Thursday in their race to pass a six-bill agenda in the first 100 hours of the new Congress - getting there 13 hours ahead of schedule. [snip] --- Senators Demand Details on New Eavesdropping Rules http://snipurl.com/17v3v --- Retired Generals Criticize Bush's Plan for Iraq http://snipurl.com/17v3w --- China Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon, Unnerving US http://snipurl.com/17v3y --- White House Shifting Tactics in Surveillance Cases http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011907E.shtml In a four-paragraph letter on Wednesday announcing that the Bush administration had reversed its position and would submit its domestic surveillance program to judicial supervision, attorney general Alberto Gonzales used one phrase three times. A secret court, he said, had fashioned a way to allow the program to be monitored by the judiciary without compromising the need for "speed and agility." --- William Rivers Pitt | The Next 100 Hours http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011907R.shtml "The '100 Hours' legislative push commemorating the Democratic takeover of the House concluded yesterday. In what actually amounted to 87 hours of bill-passing, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her newly empowered crew passed a slew of bills that accomplished two signal goals: They helped actual people, and they simultaneously served up a walloping dose of Listerine to get the taste of the last twelve years out of our mouths," writes William Rivers Pitt. --- Pelosi: US Not Obliged to Stay in Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011907T.shtml --- World Faces Megafire Threat http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/011907EA.shtml Bushfires that have raged through Australia's southeast for two months and struck Europe, Canada and the western US in 2003 were a new type of "megafire" not seen until recently. --- Meteorologists Disagree on Human Role in Warming http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/011907EB.shtml A leading meteorologist on the Weather Channel in the United States has caused a squall in the industry by arguing that any weather forecaster who dares publicly to question the notion that global warming is a man-made phenomenon should be stripped of professional certification. --- Companies Press Bush, Congress on Climate http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/011907EC.shtml Major corporations are joining environmental groups to press President Bush and Congress to address climate change more rapidly. --- Time Inc. to Cut Almost 300 Jobs to Focus on Web Sites http://snipurl.com/cbyk --- Vacuum Maker Hailed as Savior Quits Gulf Town http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/011907LB.shtml Ten days after Hurricane Katrina tore through town, the Oreck Corporation reopened the storm-damaged plant where it assembled its widely advertised vacuum cleaners. But now, 16 months later, Oreck is moving its manufacturing to Tennessee due to high insurance rates and lack of workers. _________________________________ Excerpted from: http://mediamatters.org Did PBS' Lehrer and CBS' Pelley agree not to challenge Bush with follow-up questions? In recent interviews with President Bush, Jim Lehrer and Scott Pelley did not challenge several false or misleading claims that President Bush made about Iraq. Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701180017?src=other --- Media ignored unanswered questions about Bush's new domestic surveillance program In their January 17 coverage of the Bush administration's "innovative" new approach to domestic surveillance, numerous television outlets called the development a "major change," a "sharp reversal," and an "about-face," but not one noted that the administration's explanations of its new approach have been highly ambiguous, leaving significant questions about the extent to which the administration is actually ceding authority to the courts. Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701190003?src=other --- On Lou Dobbs Tonight, Simone falsely claimed "a month ago, both Pelosi and Reid were for more troops" On the January 16 edition of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, while discussing President Bush's decision to deploy more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq, New York radio host Mark Simone falsely asserted: "Remember, a month ago, both [Speaker of the House Nancy] Pelosi [D-CA] and [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid [D-NV] were for more troops. As soon as Bush was for it, they were against it." In reality, on December 20, Pelosi issued a statement to TPMmuckraker.com rejecting an increase in troop levels for Iraq. She wrote: "There are no easy answers in Iraq, but there are wrong ones. I do not support increasing troop levels in Iraq to further the President's current failed policy." Additionally, on March 13, 2006, in a press release in response to a Bush speech on Iraq, Pelosi called for a change in policy and the withdrawal of U.S. troops, saying: "Instead of launching yet another public relations campaign, President Bush should use his speeches this week to provide a strategy to bring our brave men and women home safely and soon." Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701180009?src=other --- WSJ editorial baselessly suggested that there are not "a lot of Democrats who feel passionately" about Sen. Clinton A January 18 Wall Street Journal editorial focusing on potential Democratic candidates for president in 2008 suggested that there are not "a lot of Democrats who feel passionately about" Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY). The editorial cited no data, and recent polls do not support the Journal's conclusion. Read more >> http://snipurl.com/17v5k --- CNN's McIntyre baselessly suggested Stimson's attacks on detainee lawyers were inadvertent Read more >> VIDEO: http://tinyurl.com/yqqk8v --- Wash. Times advanced false suggestion that Pelosi got "campaign cash" from Del Monte In his January 17 "Inside Politics" column for The Washington Times, Greg Pierce quoted a posting on the website of nationally syndicated radio host Neal Boortz that falsely suggested Del Monte Foods was "loading" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) "with campaign cash." The posting asserted that this was a factor in the Democrats' exemption of American Samoa from the recent House proposal to increase the minimum wage. In fact, as reported by CNN and noted by Washington Post congressional reporter Jonathan Weisman, Pelosi did not receive any donations from the company: Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200701180005?src=other _________________________________ Missed? Dept. Retired Generals Slam Bush's Plan For Iraq "Too little and too late," is the way Gen. Joseph P. Hoar, a former chief of the Central Command, described the effort to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The additional troops are intended to help pacify Baghdad and a restive province, but General Hoar said American leaders had failed to understand the political forces at work in the country. "The solution is political, not military," he said. http://snipurl.com/17v1h --- Iraq Tells Iran, US To Take Their Fight Elsewhere ... http://snipurl.com/17v1m --- Resignation Of Lawyers At FEC Raises Concern ... http://snipurl.com/17v20 --- CONFIRMED: VP Cheney 'snubbed Iran Concessions Offer' In 2003 Iran offered the US a package of concessions in 2003, but it was rejected. Tehran proposed ending support for Lebanese and Palestinian militant groups and helping to stabilise Iraq following the US-led invasion. Offers, including making its nuclear program more transparent, were conditional on the US ending hostility. But Vice-President Dick Cheney's office rejected the plan. http://snipurl.com/17v26 --- REPORT: The Research Partnership To Secure Energy For America (RPSEA) Rip-Off How the Natural Gas Industry Extracted a Billion-Dollar Boondoggle from Congress - Big Oil, under the guise of the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), is looking for a hand-out. Despite their $200 billion profits since January 2005, they want us, the taxpayers, to pay them up to $1.5 billion over the next ten years to research new sources for natural gas. http://snipurl.com/17v2i _________________________________ The Extravagant Tail of Comet McNaught ... http://spaceweather.com

Last night at sunset, motorists in South Africa pulled over to watch what seemed to be a bush fire. As the twilight deepened, however, they realized it was something else: the extravagant tail of Comet McNaught. Even experienced astronomers say they've never seen anything quite like it. McNaught's tail materializes at sunset in the southern hemisphere and is visible to the unaided eye as a majestic fan of pale streamers. The comet itself is visible only from the southern hemisphere, but its tail sweeps all the way back into northern skies. People in California, Colorado and Hawaii have seen it peeking above the western horizon about an hour after sunset. This "northern tail" is faint but pretty, and resembles a pale aurora borealis. (Dark skies are absolutely required.) Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and observing tips. _________________________________ http://www.breakfornews.com | http://www.whitehouse.org | http://english.aljazeera.net _________________________________ ************ Putt putt ************ Saturday is the perfect day for a game of golf. And here in Phoenix, this is the perfect time of year to go golfing. If you live on the East Coast or in the Midwest, it's probably too cold for golf. But that doesn't mean you can't get a little practice in. At MatchPractice you can work on your putting. All you need do is look at the slope of the green. Then guess the best angle to make the shot. The game is a little tricky. But I imagine seasoned golfers will fare quite well. Maybe you'll set some high scores! TO VISIT TODAY'S COOL SITE, GO HERE: http://www.matchpractice.com Be sure to listen to me Monday through Friday. Use to find me near you http://www.komando.com/listen/index.aspx _________________________________ eHEALTHY NEWS Secrets of How to Finally Get a Good Shave - Find out why the "old school" tradition of wetshaving is the latest trend in facial hair removal for men. http://snipurl.com/17qzq ----- 10 Reasons to Stay Away From Conventional Grocery Stores - Learn the tricks grocery stores use to fool you into paying higher prices and wasting more of your money. http://snipurl.com/17qzw ----- The Evil That Drug Marketers Do - Yet another way the drug companies are funding medical research and manipulating the results to favor their drugs. http://snipurl.com/17qzz _________________________________ Video: RYAN | WARNING, some strong language | 13:48 A short film about Ryan Larkin, a famous animator. http://snipurl.com/17c9i _________________________________ NationalGeographic.com http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/ _________________________________ NASA Astronomy picture of the day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html _________________________________ It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. ~ W. Edwards Deming (Thank you, Michelle.) _________________________________ Link to: http://Diane's News Clips http://www.opednews.com/author/author2300.html?entry=diary