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Sunday, April 16, 2006
Behind the Military Revolt
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This has put President Bush and his administration in a hellish position at a time when security in Iraq and Afghanistan seems to be deteriorating. If Bush yields to the generals' revolt, he will appear to have caved in to pressure from what Rumsfeld disingenuously describes as "two or three retired generals out of thousands." But if he keeps Rumsfeld, he risks more resignations -- perhaps soon -- from generals who heed Newbold's stunning call that as officers they took an oath to the Constitution and should now speak out on behalf of the troops in harm's way and to save the institution that he feels is in danger of falling back into the disarray of the post-Vietnam era.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
A Bad Leak
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President Bush has never shown the slightest interest in disclosure, except when it suits his political purposes.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Evangelical Christians Pushing GOP Candidates Around
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Protection of marriage amendment? Check. Anti-flag burning legislation? Check. New abortion limits? Check.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
White House Shakeup Coming: Secretary Of Treasury And Press Secretary Could Be First To Go...
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With the White House buffeted by criticism that it has been slow to deal with -- or even recognize -- crises, Bush chose Bolten nearly three weeks ago to help reinvigorate his administration. Republicans and Democrats alike have called for policy changes and fresh faces in the White House staff, and Bolten was expected to deliver -- quickly.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Political Impasse Delays Iraq Parliament -- AGAIN
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Iraq's parliamentary speaker on Sunday postponed a planned legislative session "for a few days," signaling that talks among political leaders had achieved no breakthrough on finding someone to head the next government.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
'N.Y. Times' vs. 'Wash Post' in Editorial 'Leak' Battle
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Sunday, April 16, 2006
With Tax Break Expired, Middle Class Faces a Greater Burden for 2006
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Few of them realize that their taxes have increased, because Congress has not voted to raise taxes. Instead, Congress let a tax break expire. That break limited the alternative minimum tax, which takes back part of the tax cuts sponsored by President Bush. BUSH BROKE US TREASURY & THE TAXPAYERS TOO! IMPEACH NOW
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Bush Arms Iraq 'Death Squads' - Illegally???
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U.S. officials are doling out millions of dollars of arms and ammunition to Iraqi police units without safeguards required to ensure they are complying with American laws that ban taxpayer-financed assistance for foreign security forces engaged in human-rights violations, according to an internal State Department review.
The previously undisclosed review shows that officials failed to take steps to comply with the laws over the past two years, amid mounting reports of torture and murder by Shiite-dominated Iraqi security forces. The review comes at a time when the U.S. military emphasis in Iraq has switched to training and equipping Iraqi forces to replace American troops.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
US firms suspected of bilking Iraq funds of millions & millions
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American contractors swindled hundreds of millions of dollars in Iraqi funds, but so far there is no way for Iraq's government to recoup the money, according to US investigators and civil attorneys tracking fraud claims against contractors. Courts in the United States are beginning to force contractors to repay reconstruction funds stolen from the American government. But legal roadblocks have prevented Iraq from recovering funds that were seized from the Iraqi government by the US-led coalition and then paid to contractors who failed to do the work. MAKE IT A WAR CRIME AND PROSECUTE AS AN ACT OF TREASON AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND CONSTITUTION.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
What We Have Going on Amidst the Generals -- Present and Former -- is a Mutiny. It's Not An Armed One, Not Yet.
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What we are seeing in the United States is a public rebuke of the commander-in-chief, his vice president and his secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld, without an active military revolt as of yet -- although that can't be ruled out.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL): Part Of The Abramoff-DeLay Web Of Corruption
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Today the LA Times reveals that Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL) dispensed political favors to Tom DeLay’s allies in return for political contributions
