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Born and Bred in South Central LA. I spent 12 years working in the IT Dept. for federal contractor Northrop-Grumman on classified and high security projects such as the B2 Bomber. After Northrop I became an IT consultant with the state of California in Sacramento and worked on projects with the Dept of Consumer Affairs and CalTrans, as well as projects for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland. Now living in Los Angeles with my own independant web design company where I operate the Truth 2 Power Online Radio Station.
(15 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 28, 2009 Children Raped at Abu Ghraib, General Calls it a War Crime
A new interview with Maj. General Taguba confirms long reported allegations that Men, Women and Children were Raped and assaulted at Abu Ghraib in commission of a War Crime.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 9, 2009 For the Last Time - ALL OF IT - was Torture!
Repeatedly the argue over what is or isn't "Torture" has revolved are one specific technique - "Waterboarding". Yet the law and facts indicate that *All* physically and psychologically coercive interrogations are in fact, Torture and War Crimes.
(19 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 4, 2009 Conyers calls for Special Prosecutor for Bush Crimes
his is just up from The Public Record by Jason Leopold
On Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers quietly released the final draft of an extensive report he first unveiled in January documenting the Bush administration's "unreviewable war powers" and the possible crimes committed in implementing those policies.
SHARE Monday, May 26, 2008 It had to be this way...
Noone, but noone, could have finally taken Hillary out of this race, except Hillary. No even if there is some catastrophy and she wins, she still loses.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Disappointed
Tha sad sorry Reverend Wright affair has finally drawn to a close, and all I can feel - is disappointment.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 6, 2007 This is NOT America
Micheal Mukasey is approved by the Senate Judiciary Committe and the True American Values die just a little bit more.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 28, 2007 Mukasey Must Be Blocked!
If the man who would seek to become the Top Law Enforcement Officer of the most powerful nation on the earth doesn't know the law, then he certainly should not be handed the reins of power. It's non-negotiable.
SHARE Monday, October 15, 2007 Al Qaeda in Iraq Defeated!?
A top U.S. Commander in Iraq wants to declare that Al Qaeda in Iraq has been "Defeated", but is this only "Mission Acomplished" Mark II - or something more?
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, September 24, 2007 Blackwater shooting caught on Video, Charges Filed
Last weeks shooting by operatives of the Military Contracting firm Blackwater nearly had them expelled from Iraq until the U.S. State Dept intervened - now a video of the incident has surfaced showing the attack was completely unprovoked and the Iraqi Government is filing charges.
(12 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 22, 2007 10 Fast and Easy Steps from Freedom to Fascism
Author Naomi Wolf has come forward in recent days to note that the 10 Steps which have historically led from a free democracy to a totalitarian dictatorship have alreaden been taken - by our own U.S. Government. And so far, most people have responded with a resounding... yawn. Which is exactly according to plan.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 21, 2007 MSNBC's Tucker Carlson Attacks the Troops (82nd Airborne Op-Ed)
Seven Members of the 82nd Airborne tell us about the "War As they See it" after 15 months of being "In Country" , and MSNBC Host Tucker says - "What the Hell would (They) Know About it?"
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, August 20, 2007 KSFO's Melanie Morgan Threatens head of VoteVets with Violence
Conservative Radio Host suggests one of our Iraq War Veterans should be "stomped like a coachroach" for daring to oppose the war and speak out. So just what are they actually fighting for over there, the right to be silenced?
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 18, 2007 Jon Stewart : Time to End the "Traitor" Talk
On The Daily Show Host Jon Stewart faces off with Cheney Biographer Stephen Hayes and points out that being right about how wrong the Iraq War has been is not "Treason."
SHARE Friday, August 10, 2007 Surge Protection and the Al-Anbar Happy Dance
If read the media reports, things are going "Swimmingly with the Surge" except that if you read the fine print and see that most of our recent military successes hav come from areas we *didn't* surge into...
(5 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 8, 2007 Juan Williams Defends Yearlykos on Faux...and Wins?!
A strange thing happened on the way to the latest Yearlykos Flogging on Fox News, a genuine Democrat may have actually shown up - if only for a moment.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, August 6, 2007 Maddow vs Malkin on the Bridge Collapse and the "Kossification" of America
Rachel Maddow argues that the Minnesota Bridge Collapse is the foregone result of Repulican policies, Micheal Malkin argues that Democrats are pointing fingers instead of lifting them to help - but who is really exploiting a tragedy for partisan gain?
SHARE Tuesday, July 31, 2007 First they ignore you, then they ridicule you...
then they fight you, then you win." Gandhi's prophetic words may be proving true yet again as an epic battle escalates between the Netroots and the Wingnuts on all fronts.
SHARE Sunday, July 29, 2007 Conservatives Refuse to Defend Gonzales on Faux News
Y'know it bad when even your best friends won't come to the wake. In this case on Fox News Sunday, where spokesmen from the White House and Congress were invited to Defend Alberto Gonzales - but choose not to appear and Newt Gingrich who did appear had few positive things to say about Gonzo.
(11 comments) SHARE Friday, July 27, 2007 It's Official : The DOJ will not enforce the House Contempt Charges
The House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten in Contempt of Congress and the DOJ has announced it's intention to ignore the law - but is that the end of the issue or have we just begun this new Constitutional Circus?
SHARE Monday, July 23, 2007 Bob Schieffer owes Harry Reid a Big Fat Apology
The Right-Wing Spin Machine reaches out once again and yanks the strings of one more of it's puppet in the Main Stream Media - but yet again the facts get in the way.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 18, 2007 Michael Moore Returns to CNN Today
After a week of battling of the details and facts portrayed in his new film SiCKO, Michael Moore plans to return to that wretched hive of scum and villiany known as - CNN.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 10, 2007 Libby Commuted to Pacify Cheney
Micheal Isikoff in Newsweek reports that the Scooter Libby commute may have been implemented to maintain domestic bliss between the VP and his second in command, George W. Bush.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, July 8, 2007 Right Wing Attacks Live Earth...and misses by a Planet
This Week's Live Earth Concert has brought the Climate Change Deniers Club out in full vitriol and psychosis - but this time their new clothes are plain for all to (not) see.
(8 comments) SHARE Friday, July 6, 2007 Were the Anthrax Attacks on Congress the act of the U.S. Government?
One Lone Bioweapons expert posits that the Anthrax Attack on Sen. Leahy and Sen. Daschle may have had it's roots right here in the U.S., and it's investigation deliberately botched by the FBI. Has he gone round the bend, does he have more than an inkling of the truth, or have we reached a point where the idea of even most henious acts by the Bush Admin have become passe?
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 4, 2007 Far Worse then Just a Pardon...
The Libby Commutation may actually be a far more onerous action than a Pardon would have been, in fact - it could be Check and Mate for FourthBranch and his ongoing War with the Rule of Law.
(11 comments) SHARE Sunday, July 1, 2007 Why Al Gore HAS to be the Next President
There are many reasons to support various Democratic Candidiates, but there are also reasons by Al Gore's Presidency would surpass them all.
SHARE Friday, June 29, 2007 Avoiding the Executive Privilege Sand Trap
With the White House going into full-on Stonewall mode, exactly how do we get the answers to the questions that Congress has been asking about the DOJ firings and NSA Wiretap program? Perhaps Nixon may have already given us the answer.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, June 22, 2007 Conyers seeks Contempt of Congress against White House
The House Judiciary Committee has announced they will be seeking to vote on Contempt of Congress against several Which House Officials over their refusal to respond to subpoenas in regards to DOJ-Gate. Criminal Charges could subsequently ensue, or will they?
SHARE Monday, June 18, 2007 Iraq is NOT Korea, it's more like Northern Ireland and we're the Brits
There are bad analogies and there are ridiculous ones. Comparing the conflict in Iraq to the Korean War is the later, but still there may be some comparisons which just might show how this conflict *could* be resolved, if we have the courage and clarity to recognize them.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 16, 2007 Do the Neo-Con/Artists really believe their own B.S.?
Are Wingnuts trying to convince us that their lies are true, that up is down, day is night - or are they really trying to convince themselves in order to justify and excuse their own actions?
SHARE Friday, June 15, 2007 DOJ Inspector General looking to Obstruction by Gonzales
Department of Justice Inspector General Glen Fine has begun an investigation into weather AG Gonzales obstructed justice and coached testimony by Monica Goodling, but will that investigation be able to proceed?
SHARE Friday, June 8, 2007 Surge Suppression: New Intel Report indicates that the Escalation will Fail
A New closed-door intelligence report given to the Senate Armed Services Committe indicates that The Surge has little chance to succeed, but will Bush bother to listen to it and his new War Czar or treat it as he has the Iraq Survey Group Report and Iraq NIE - like bird-cage lining?
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, May 29, 2007 We Eat Our Own, Don't We?
Democrats at their own throats? Tragic, but maybe - just maybe, that might be why they may be America's last, best hope.
(11 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 27, 2007 The Sociopathic Disease of Conservatism
I've made this argument - that Conservatism is a Disease - for quite sometime, but this will be one of the first times I really get down to the nitty gritty of it. It's been my feeling that the modern day conservative cult that thrives in America is fueled by a low-grade form of anti-social pathology and compulsive-addictive disorder. They're like Hate-Junkies. And the number one thing they hate are Liberals.
(5 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 24, 2007 Caging; It's Voter Suppression, Stupid!
What whopper of a bombshell did Monica Gooding drop during her Congressional Testimony, but has so far gone unnoticed? The involvment of Temporary U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin in Voter Suppression.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 19, 2007 This Failed Presidency
Commentary: Sometimes I'm completely dumbstruck at what this President has so nonchalantly wrought, how he has destroyed American credibility, broken our military and destroyed Iraq while time and time again letting those who attacked us off Scott Free and criminally neglecting the needs of nation at home. The full extent of it all is truly staggering.
SHARE Sunday, May 13, 2007 Yet Another Purged U.S. Attorney?
In the wake of the latest Gonzales hearings, more rumblings have emerged of yet another U.S. Attorney who suspects he might have been the victim of the political purging of the DOJ. Or was he?
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 12, 2007 CBS Gross Hypocrisy in Firing Gen John Batiste
This week CBS fired Army Gen. John Batiste as a on-air consultant for his participation in an anti-Surge ad by Vote Vets, but who else on their payroll has made taken strong positions of advocacy in favor of the Bush Administration, yet their credibility has not come into question?
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 5, 2007 What did Rice Know (About the Niger Forgeries) and when did she know it?
Henry Waxman wants to talk to a State Dept Analyst who identified the Niger Documents as "clearly a forgery" months before the President's 2003 State of the Union - he just has to go through Secratary Condoleezza (The Obstructor) Rice first.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 3, 2007 The Next Veto Threat - Bush *hearts* Hate Criminals
Fast on the heels on his second all-time Veto, President Bush has already begun the rumblings for his third. This time though the issue isn't Stem Cells, or the continuation of the Iraq Escalation - this time he's threatening to Veto legislation that would help prevent hate crimes.
SHARE Sunday, April 29, 2007 The Contempt of Condoleezza
Today the Secretary of State made a whirlwind tour appearing both on Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer and This Week with George Stephanapolous to address the multi-headed shit storm that coming her way from the never-ending 16 Words Controversy, George Tenet's New Book, her failure to respond to 9-11 warnings and apparent "inclination" to ignore a Congressional Subpoena.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 28, 2007 The Big Soros Lie
Ever since the dull thud of Don Imus crashing down from the high media heavens back to earth began to reverberate through the punditosphere - all the little trained monkeys whirling the crank on the Right-Wing Werlitzer have been quaking in their boots and coming unglued.
SHARE Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Moyers Exposes the Lapdog Media
In a PBS Documentary Airing Tonight, Bill Moyers examines how the Whitehouse Press Corp and Mainstream Media willingly aided and abetted the lies and exaggerations of Bushco as they led us into an unneccesary attack and occupation of Iraq.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 24, 2007 The True Goal of Gonzo-Gate: Tamping Down the Black Vote
We've heard the Attorney General's explainations, but exactly why where various U.S. Attorney's summarily fired. Could it be because of the increasing politization of the DOJ, paticularly the Civil Rights Division whose is supposed to protect the voting rights of our most vulnerable citizens?
(6 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 22, 2007 Gingrich blames "Liberalism" for Va. Tech Killings
On Today's "This Week" Newt Gingrinch repeats his oft-repeated refrain that "Liberalism" has polluted our culture and deserves the blame for the actions of a crazed craven suicidal mass-murderer.
(5 comments) SHARE Friday, April 20, 2007 Gonzales Bombs in front of tough Senate Crowd and everywhere else
Alberto Gonzales testimony before the Senate yesterday has been generally panned by Democrats, Republicans, Editorial Pages and even the fired Attorney's - but his support from the President remains strong.
SHARE Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Silent Rage: From Columbine, Virginia Tech to Iraq and Back
Eight years ago while I was a member of a struggling hard rock band in Sacramento called Planet X, I wrote a song called Silent Rage - that effectively predicted the original massacre at Columbine. Today I have some more predictions.
(5 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Rush Limbaugh is Losing it over Media Matters
How deep has the Imus debacle push Rush Limbaugh into his paranoid fantasies are he claims that David Brock's Media Matters is part of the Vast Left-Wing Hillary Clinton media Conspiracy?
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, April 16, 2007 Hyping the Hip-Hop Hate Myth
Picking up where Imus left off, Michelle Malkin leads to charge to blame Black people for the racism directed against them.
SHARE Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Showdown at the White House over Iraq
President Bush invites Congressional Democrats for a frank White House "discussion" about the way forward in Iraq. Y'know - "My Way or the High Way!" So what else is new?
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 8, 2007 TPM: Is This Monica Goodling?
Josh Marshall reveals the deeply partisan and political past of Monica Goodling, the DOJ White House Liason who has chosen to hide behind the 5th Amendment rather than reveal to congress the political machinations involved in Gonzales-Gate!
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 5, 2007 The Brutality of Rudy Giuliani
Rudy's history of "tough guy" authoritarianism runs long and it runs deep. It just might be exactly what the GOP is looking for to replace Bush, and what those who love freedom most fear.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 3, 2007 Dowd Defection only the first crack in the Bush inner-circle Dam?
Matthew Dowd, Bush's former campaign director's stinging rebuke of his Iraq policy this weekend was painful, but possibly not as painful as the revelations from other former Bush insiders yet to come.
SHARE Sunday, April 1, 2007 Winning the War on Reality
Just how do you "catapult the propaganda" of the Reality-Based community when the opposition seems socompletely impervious to fact and reason?
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 1, 2007 The Real Bloggers of Baghdad
What do Baghdad Bloggers really have to say about the state of Iraq?
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 31, 2007 How Sampson Drove the Bus over Gonzo!
How Kyle Sampson's Senate Testimony on Attorney-Gate contradicts Alberto Gonzales and the facts.