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Meet Tom Wells-Candidate for Congress and President

April 13, 2006 B. John 505 Views Campaign, florida, Tom Wells

Wells is the president and, if I?m not mistaken, founder of the Family Values Party. He is currently attempting to qualify to run for both houses of Congress from Florida for the 2006 election. Where he gets real interesting is when you check out his homepage. His site shows all the hallmarks of an extreme right wing page that has little or no budget. But if you click on the link entitled ?To find out who can and who cannot give money to the Family Values Party or to Tom Wells? Campaign,? what you get is what appears to be a basic html web form with check boxes. It isn?t actually, since the closing sentence is: ?If you qualify and want to contribute to The Family Values Party, or to the Tom Wells campaigns you must download this web sight, fill it out, sign and date the completed form. Remember all applicable Federal and State laws concerning federal campaign laws apply.? So what looks like an interactive web form is actually a ?sight? that you have to print out and mail if you want to use.

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Letter to Congress About Marines on No-Fly List

April 13, 2006 B. John 383 Views Mel Martinez, No-fly list, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, Homeland Security, Bill Nelson, Jim Davis

After reading of a Marine Reservist placed on TSA’s no-fly list because gun powder was found on his boots, I wrote the following to my congressional delegation. I would invite you to take action as well.

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Shattering The Myth Of White Supremacy

March 23, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 319 Views Myth, White Supremacy, george bush, Charles Rangel

Shattering The Myth Of White Supremacy

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Congressional Lapdogs Prepare to Gut FISA-Give President Imperial Power

March 9, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 255 Views FISA, Illegal Spying, NY Times, republicans, senate, Domestic Spying

Republicans are packaging as “reform” a plan that would gut FISA, leaving the president free to spy on Americans without obtaining a warrant. A NY Times editorial expresses appropriate outrage at this cynical ploy to shield the president’s lawless behavior:

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Federal Credit Card Maxed Out

March 8, 2006 B. John 274 Views tax cuts, Federal Budget, Federal Deficit, National Debt Limit

Treasury Secretary John Snow notified Congress yesterday that the administration had taken “all prudent and legal actions” to keep from hitting the $8.2 trillion national debt limit.

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Gonzales Backtracks on Senate Testimony – Hints At Additionaly Spying Programs

March 1, 2006 B. John 301 Views Attorney General, war on terror, Alberto Gonzales, Domestic Spying, U.S. Senate, Warrantless Spying

In a letter yesterday to senators in which he asked to clarify his Feb. 6 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gonzales also seemed to imply that the administration’s original legal justification for the program was not as clear-cut as he indicated three weeks ago.

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The Library Tower Plot And We Still Don't Need to Cancel The Constitution

February 11, 2006 B. John 225 Views

Well, it is interesting that after Little Al Gonzales got ripped a new one during the Senate Hearings on King George’s domestic warrantless spying, the King suddenly decided it was OK to declassify some bogus “threat” so he could tell us about it (you know 9/11, airplanes into buildings, be afraid, be very afraid). Bush says he will not talk about specific security threats to America. Unless, of course, he needs to talk about a specific threat to Los Angeles to confuse the public and gain some cheap political advantage.

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Senate Denies Returning Vets Badly-Needed Support

February 9, 2006 B. John 262 Views

The New York Daily News reports on an internal Veterans Health Administration (VHA) study showing 120,000 U.S. soldiers — “more than one of every four who served in Iraq and Afghanistan” — have already sought VHA treatment.

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More Money for War-Less for Poor Americans

February 3, 2006 B. John 242 Views

“The White House said Thursday that it planned to ask Congress for an additional $70 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, driving the cost of military operations in the two countries to $120 billion this year, the highest since the Sept. 11 attacks.” The new spending will add to the cost of an Iraq war that is currently estimated at $250 billion. Total war spending since 9/11 would rise to $440 billion.

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Legal Scholars Dispute Bush's Defense of Domestic Spying

February 3, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 219 Views

Bush’s defense of his illegal domestic spying program in the State of the Union was almost entirely disputed yesterday by legal specialists across the ideological spectrum. “Bush’s assertion that his program was legal prompted a group of 14 prominent law professors, including both liberals and conservatives, to pen a joint letter objecting to his arguments.” Legal scholars disputed three false claims made by Bush.

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No Honor Among Vote Stealers

February 3, 2006 B. John 259 Views

House Republicans are taking a mulligan on the first ballot for Majority Leader. The first count showed more votes cast than Republicans present at the Conference meeting. They can’t even conduct their own elections without cheating.