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Thoughts on The Surge

January 15, 2007 B. John 350 Views 0 Comments Iran, Iraq

I guess the biggest story going on now is the President’s “surge” strategy for Iraq, and their obvious attempts to generate a confrontation iwth Iran. While I have always felt that George and Dick were stupid and dangerous, I have refrained from calling for an impeachment. However, it is clearly time to set loose the dogs. In the past several months more domestic surveilance by the CIA and the Defense Department has come to light. Bush has started to fire Federal Prosecutors who are investigating Republican congressman.

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W Proud Elections Not Cancelled. Huh?

November 13, 2006 B. John 226 Views 1 Comment

We should be “proud” that the federal government didn’t cancel our elections? That the Bush administration didn’t use the war as an excuse to interrupt the democratic process? Sounds to me like a tinge of regret he didn’t cancel them.

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Waterboard Rumsfeld?

November 10, 2006 B. John 279 Views 0 Comments Abu Ghraib, Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General, CIA, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Guantanamo Bay, rendition, SecDef, Secretary of Defense, torture, War crimes, Waterboarding

Just days after his resignation, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is about to face more repercussions for his involvement in the troubled wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. New legal documents, to be filed next week with Germany’s top prosecutor, will seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld, along with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former CIA director George Tenet and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers, for their alleged roles in abuses committed at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Administration Changes

November 9, 2006 B. John 214 Views 0 Comments Congressional Hearings Congressional Oversight, Donald Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense, george bush, John Bolton, Karl Rove, United Nations

As I’m sure everyone has heard by now, Rumsfeld finally resigned. If there’s ever been a good riddance, it’s this one. We can only hope the guy will disappear completely from public life. It also looks like John Bolton is on short time as the UN Ambassador.

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2006 Mid-Term Elections

November 9, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 273 Views 1 Comment amtaliban, Bush, evangelicals, Filibuster, Iraq, War

Of course I can’t pass by the 2006 mid-term elections without comment. It was clearly a stunning victory for Democrats, and I can only hope the new Democratic majority will roll back some of the powers granted to the executive branch. Unfortunately, that normally comes very slowly.

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And , Always, Always…Wrong

October 19, 2006August 10, 2015 236 Views 0 Comments george bush, Habeas corpus, Keith Olbermann, Military Commissions Act, torture

Keith Olbermann, on his MSNBC show, has often offered some very insightful special comments at the end of his broadcast. Yesterday’s was especially poignant, so I wanted to share the transcript with you.

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The Day America Died

October 18, 2006 B. John 179 Views 0 Comments Habeas corpus, Military Commissions Act of 2006, Ulysses S Grant

Note to self…October 17, 2006…the day the United States Government nullified the Constitution, and Americans did nothing.

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The Great Moral Delusion That Has Become Us

October 16, 2006August 10, 2015 249 Views 0 Comments Homeless, homelessness

Accomplishing a logic-defying feat, the wealthiest nation in the world has “attained” the highest rate of homelessness amongst developed countries. 3.5 million human beings experience homelessness each year in the United States. Almost a million are homeless every night (1).

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Former Bush FDA Chief charged with making false statements.

October 16, 2006 B. John 140 Views 0 Comments FDA, Lester Crawford

Actually, Former FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford will plead guilty tomorrow to making false statements and having a conflict of interest while he headed the agency. Details and charging documents here.

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The Keys To The Kingdom

October 3, 2006September 29, 2018 240 Views 0 Comments Detainees, Dictatorship, Due Process, facism, Freedom, Habeas corpus, Leahy, Specter

With the detainee law, the Republican Senators and Congressmen (with the help of 12 Democrats) basically said to Bush, “Here are the tools to be a dictator, go forth and …have fun with it.” It is the worst legislation ever passed in my lifetime, and I am in my late 40s.

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Waiting For The Black Helicopters

September 30, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 495 Views cheney, Code of Military Justice, Detainees, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Geneva conventions, Gonzales, Habeas corpus, Hamdan, Hamdi, Magna Carta, Rumsfeld, supreme court, Terrorism, Terrorists, torture

Buried amongst the untold affronts to the Bill of Rights, the Constitution and the very spirit of America, the torture bill contains a definition of “wrongfully aiding the enemy” which labels all American citizens who breach their “allegiance” to President Bush and the actions of his government as terrorists subject to possible arrest, torture and conviction in front of a military tribunal.