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Syriana

December 12, 2005 B. John 483 Views CIA, Christopher Plummer, Matt Damon, Stephen Caghan, Syriana, Thriller, Drama, George Clooney

A politically-charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it.

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White House Still Pushing Torture

December 5, 2005 B. John 411 Views rendition, Bush, secret, Congress, white house, senate, cheney, torture, attrocity, CIA, gulag, mccain

Reuters has a story saying that the White House has been meeting with Sen. John McCain in an effort to obtain an exemption so that the CIA can torture people. I continue to find it abhorrent that we are even discussing how this country might use torture. It’s proven to be ineffective, so to what end is Dick Cheney so interested in keeping this option open.

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U.S. Admits Using Chemical Weapons

November 17, 2005 B. John 413 Views Iraq, War, white house, administration, chemical weapons, department of defense, DOD, liar, Bush

Reversing numerous prior denials, Pentagon officials said yesterday that white phosphorous was in fact “used as a weapon against insurgent strongholds during the battle of Fallujah last November.”

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Jarhead

November 11, 2005 B. John 438 Views Drama, Sam Mendes, War, Anthony Swofford, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jarhead, Marines, Action, Comedy

Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford’s best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.

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Fighting Abroad and Fighting At Home

November 10, 2005 B. John 507 Views cuts, healthcare, government, va, Bush, veteran-s affairs, idiot, Congress, stupid, white house, administration, benefits, budget

Administration and Congress turn their back on veterans.

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Sweet Victory: United Methodist Church Calls For Withdrawal

November 2, 2005 B. John 284 Views

Last week, the United Methodist Church Board of Church and Society–the social action committee of the church that both President Bush and Vice President Cheney belong to–resoundingly passed a resolution calling for withdrawal with only two ‘no’ votes and one abstention.

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Wage Peace-American Friends Society

October 31, 2005 B. John 228 Views

Here is an incredable video about the war by the American Friends Society. Three minutes that will have you choked up.

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What Democrats Stand For

October 29, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 308 Views

What do Democrats stand for? It seems a common refrain, or assumption, that Democrats do not have an overall theme or narrative, and I will certainly agree that the party as a whole does a rather bad job of articulating the message. But it lodged in my brain, and after a half hour of thought I realized that I, at least, know what I stand for. And it’s not complicated.

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V.P. Fights Against Outlawing Torture

October 25, 2005 B. John 365 Views vice president, criminal, torture, V.P., Crime, government, Congress, cheney

The Bush administration wasn’t happy when the Senate overwhelmingly voted to limit and define U.S. interrogation techniques against terrorism suspects. Vice President Cheney is now attempting to exempt the Central Intelligence Agency from this measure.

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Once Again A Call To Methodist Bishops to Denouce Torture

September 28, 2005June 12, 2018 B. John 1123 Views religious, Religion, religious leaders, government, Iraq, War, torture, bishop, bishops, government sponsored torture, methodism, methodist

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Government Torture

I have, several times in the past, called on the U.S. Bishops of the United Methodist Church, to write George Bush and denounce the practice of government sponsored torture. To the best of my knowledge, only five have done so. In light of the recent revelations, I am, again, calling on these Christian leaders to denounce toture. I will be much aggressive this time in that I plan to make a phone call to each.

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Why Progressives Hate George Bush?

September 27, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 370 Views

By any objective standard, this administration is a dismal failure and has made a mockery of all the things I love about America. Things like fair elections, habeus corpus, privacy, separation of church and state, care for the less fortunate, protecting our homeland, respecting the environment, curbing the power of corporations, standing for human rights, transparency in government, respect for our military, and so many many more. Bush is steering our country back to the pre-New Deal rich-man’s playground of the Robber Baron era, while simultaneously squandering any post-9/11 worldwide goodwill and alienating what few allies we have left.