OpEdNews - Diary: "History should remember Blair and Bush as the killers of children, or as the lying prime minister and president . ."

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday accused United States President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair of being more evil and greater murderers than former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and the Sept 11 attackers.

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"History should remember Blair and Bush as the killers of children, or as the lying prime minister and president . ." http://jablankfort@earthlink.net Malaysia's Mahathir inaugurates peace conference: 'Bush, Blair have murdered more than Saddam, Qaeda' ... Daily Times, Lahore, Pakistan Feb. 6 2007 * Former PM says powerful countries more 'terrorist' than suicide bombers KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday accused United States President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair of being more evil and greater murderers than former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and the Sept 11 attackers. In a speech to inaugurate a three-day conference organized by his non-government organization, Perdana, and aimed at criminalizing war, he said: "History should remember Blair and Bush as the killers of children, or as the lying prime minister and president . . What Blair and Bush have done is worse than what Saddam had done." The former premier, in an hour-long speech that was illustrated by pictures of wounded children, deformed babies and tortured men, went on to describe terrorist attacks, such as those of 9/11, as weak people's retaliation against oppression by powerful countries, noting that the root cause of Islamist terrorism was the injustices of the West, especially in the Palestinian territories and Iraq. .......................snip....................... ... while the 9/11 attackers had killed about 3,000 people the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had left approximately 600,000 dead. .......................snip....................... Among those scheduled to address the conference are former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney, a Democrat who has branded illegal the American-led war in Iraq, and former United Nations assistant secretary general Hans von Sponeck, ........ [snip] http://snipurl.com/19jfj _________________________________ .ron corvuswire@verizon.net President Bush's Ambassador to Iraq, Israeli neocon Paul Bremer, put a Iraqi used car salesman on his staff and gave him $500 million dollars for Iraqi weapons procurement.

IRAQ RIPOFF President Bush's Ambassador to Iraq, Israeli neocon Paul Bremer, put an Iraqi used car salesman on his staff and gave him $500 million dollars for Iraqi weapons procurement. The used car salesman had no experience in arms procurement and has summarily disappeared with all the cash. CBS tried to get the U.S. government and the Pentagon to respond, but no one would talk to CBS. They did issue a statement which said it was an Iraqi internal affair and there would be no U.S. investigation of the missing half billion dollars - $500 million U.S. tax dollars -GONE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_996gPqHPM ----- Why I Want To Puke On John McCain .ron I'm sick and tired of hearing him telling Americans that the majority of troops support President Bush's mission in Iraq and if you don't support the troops, you're unpatriotic. Dear Senator McCain: You've got your facts wrong. The majority of U.S. troops OPPOSE Bush's War on Iraq and believe we should withdraw by the end of the year - LAST YEAR, THAT IS, 2006. Zogby has polled the U.S. troops in Iraq several times since Bush invaded Iraq and the last poll indicated 72% of the troops oppose Bush's war in Iraq and recommend withdrawal by the end of 2006. Don't take my word for it, Sen. McCain, Google "international military poll." Or click here: http://www.zogby.com/NEWS/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075 It's disgusting how pro-war politicians like McCain ASSUME the majority of the military supports their tawdry position when in fact the polar opposite is true. It's so sickening how McCain uses the fear of being called unpatriotic to support more war, war our own military is oposed to! McCain is actually misrepresenting our troops to the American people for purely political purposes. U.S. Troops in Iraq: 72% Say End War in 2006 http://www.zogby.com/NEWS/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075 ----- Border Patrol agent IGNACIO RAMOS ASSAULTED IN PRISON! * http://www.freerepublic.com/ focus/f-news/ 1779879/posts * http://www.freerepublic.com/ %5ehttp:/ http://www.wnd.com/ news/article. asp?ARTICLE_ I _________________________________

[NEWSDISSECTOR] GOP To Dems On Iraq War: SHUT UP http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/02/06/gop-to-dems-on-war-shut-up/ _________________________________ Bernie Weiner: "In the Land of Our (Founding) Fathers" 2/6 Excerpt: THE DANGER OF A KING NAMED GEORGE The colonists had been loyal subjects of the British Crown until the English king began aggressively mistreating his subjects in the New World. King George III was a tyrant -- who was, many believe, somewhat mentally unhinged -- and he exercised his power cruelly and excessively. Eventually, the citizens in the thirteen colonies began to chafe at being taxed without representation, at the heavy-handed way the British troops barged into their homes and farms and manhandled (and in some cases imprisoned, beat and killed) them. Rebellion was in the air, but breaking free of a despotic ruler is not easy and definitely not for sissies.[snip] Full article: http://www.crisispapers.org/essays7w/fathers.htm _________________________________ Excerpted from: http://www.truthout.org Who's Funding Global Warming? http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/020607EC.shtml Wearing hats shaped like smokestacks and carrying signs that said, "Coal Investments Cook the Climate," a group known as Billionaires for Coal raised awareness last week about the plans by TXU, a Dallas-based utility company, to build eleven pulverized coal-fired power plants in Texas. The activists delivered suitcases of coal, but the recipient of their gift was not TXU, and they were a long way from Texas. Instead, their action took place in New York's financial district, where they visited the headquarters of Merrill Lynch - a company that is putting coal and profits above human health and climate change. --- Chris Floyd | Slaughter and Spin in Najaf http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020607R.shtml Chris Floyd asks, "What happened in Najaf? It is, of course, hard to see anything clearly through the natural confusions of a nation in chaos and the deliberate manipulations of the powerful and their sycophants, but there are independent Iraqi sources - nonsectarian, nonaligned, democratic - who have been providing eyewitness accounts and analyses of stories in the wide-ranging Iraqi press, which is almost entirely ignored by the Western media. --- Dean Baker | Bring Back the Old George W. Bush http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020607D.shtml Dean Baker writes: "While bipartisan progress would be encouraging, it is very difficult to see any evidence of compromise from President Bush in key areas of public policy. In fact, in almost every important area, the positions he has adopted since the November election have been more extreme than those he had previously advocated. Most of the public has probably failed to recognize President Bush's sharp turn to the right, BECAUSE THE MEDIA has chosen to place more emphasis on his public gestures toward the Democratic leadership than his policy proposals." --- Andre W. Stephens | False Premises http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020607M.shtml "The media has been complicit in allowing the president to get away with establishing baselines for the debate," writes Andre Stephens. "They ask questions using the false premises already laid out by the administration. Through a combination of repetition by administration officials and the mainstream media, and the absence of real challenges to these premises by Democrats, the nation winds up hearing about 'the way forward' instead of a real and honest debate." --- Waxman Raps Ex-Iraq Chief Over Aid Funds http://snipurl.com/19jld --- Watada Lawyer Rebukes Judge http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020607J.shtml [snip] ... When Watada's attorney, Eric Seitz, excoriated the proceedings as an 'atrocity' and accused the judge of judicial misconduct, the court's response was almost sheepish." --- Norman Solomon | Making an Example of Ehren Watada http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020607A.shtml The people running the Iraq War are eager to make an example of Ehren Watada. They've convened a kangaroo court-martial. But the man on trial is setting a profound example of conscience - helping to undermine the war that the Pentagon's top officials are so eager to protect. --- Bush Slashes Aid to Poor to Boost Iraq War Chest http://snipurl.com/19h4v --- Bush Proposes Billions for Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020607B.shtml President Bush on Monday asked a skeptical, Democrat-run Congress to approve $700 billion in new military spending - much of it for the Iraq war - and to curb many domestic programs. --- New York Times | A Bleak Assessment on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020607F.shtml [snip] ... Iraq's new governing institutions are weak, and leading politicians have a 'winner-take-all attitude' that can only make matters even worse." --- Sara Rich | Good Order and Discipline http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020607L.shtml Sara Rich writes: "Over the last year, hundreds of soldiers and veterans have contacted us about their experience with military sexual violence. In each of these reports, the military appears to condone and perhaps even support sexual assault by male soldiers. [snip] --- Child Soldiers Are a Time Bomb http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020607H.shtml --- Thomas D. Williams | Katrina's Insurance Catastrophes http://snipurl.com/19i0d --- William Rivers Pitt | Permission Be Damned http://snipurl.com/19jbt --- Energy Efficiency, Aid to Poor Suffer in Priority Shuffle http://snipurl.com/19jl8 --- Bush Calls for Selling Acres to Pay for Timber Aid http://snipurl.com/19jl6 --- VIDEO | Watada Court Martial - Day 1 By Geoffrey Millard and Lance Page http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020607J.shtml Truthout's Geoffrey Millard reports live from Fort Lewis, Washington, where First Lt. Ehren Watada is being court-martialed for refusing to deploy to Iraq. _________________________________

Excerpted from: http://mediamatters.org Carlson changed his tune on independent counsels, importance of lying in an investigation Tucker Carlson called Patrick Fitzgerald, the lead prosecutor in the trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a "lunatic" who is "running around destroying people's lives for no good reason." But Carlson's view of the seriousness of allegations of lying under oath seems to have changed since the Clinton years, when he defended independent counsel Ken Starr against Democrats' attacks. Read more >> VIDEO: http://mediamatters.org/items/200702060008?src=other ----- NY Times uncritically reported Bush's misleading claim that proposed budget doesn't raise taxes Read more >> http://mediamatters.org/items/200702070001?src=other _________________________________ http://www.counterpunch.org | http://www.coverthistory.blogspot.com _________________________________ Fast food should give K-Fed chance UW Badger Herald - Madison,WI,USA The NRA is offended at the depiction of the flopped star as a food industry worker, claiming the message of the commercial could have just as easily been ... http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2007/02/01/fast_food_should_giv.php _________________________________ ****** Medline Plus ****** When it comes to your health, you can never know too much. Today's Cool Site has so much information you could never know it all. Medline Plus does not pretend to have all the answers. Most of the information you get comes from links to hundreds of reliable sites. Search under health topics to find information on any illness imaginable. If you want to research medication, search the Drugs & Supplements category. A medical encyclopedia and dictionary help you understand unfamiliar terms. A notable feature is intended for low vision users. It offers video on numerous health topics. People with normal vision will appreciate it as well. TO VISIT TODAY'S COOL SITE, GO HERE: http://www.medlineplus.com Be sure to listen to me Monday through Friday. Use my map to find me near you http://www.komando.com/listen/index.aspx _________________________________ eHEALTHY NEWS Five Medical Jokes to Brighten Your Day - You've probably heard that laughter is the best medicine, and, indeed, laughter is one of the key ingredients to staying healthy. Take a look at these medical jokes to get your laughing started right now. http://snipurl.com/19irs ----- The Bioelectrical Basis for Healing - Virtually ignored tiny electric currents can accelerate the healing process in your body -- or halt it completely. http://snipurl.com/19is6 ----- Toxic Contact Lens Cleaner a Long-Term Problem - Researchers warned as long as nine years ago that multipurpose contact lens solutions could potentially cause dangerous eye infections, but the manufacturers ignored them. http://snipurl.com/19isd _________________________________ Rise and Fall | United States | 5:48 | Ryan O'Phelan > Some strong language >> An escapist hallucination turns into a nightmare when a housewife's husband returns home after a bad day at work. Dinner becomes the catalyst for a fight and in the darkness of her bedroom the woman asks her imaginary butterfly friends to whisk her away from the futile existence. http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/rise_and_fall _________________________________ NationalGeographic.com http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/pod/ _________________________________ NASA Astronomy picture of the day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html _________________________________ Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. ~ Hosea Ballou _________________________________ Link to: Diane's News Clips http://www.opednews.com/author/author2300.html?entry=diary