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Schrub, The Terrorist

August 21, 2009

Over the past number of years, whenever I suggested that George W. Bush was actually an American terrorist leader, I was quickly reprimanded by those Serious and Grown-up Conservatives who immediately sought to describe the former president as "protecting us from Islamofascists."
Now, former Bush Homeland Security head, Tom Ridge, in a new book, follows [...]

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Dangerous National Threat

August 19, 2009

Much has been said about the young black man outside of an Arizona health care reform town hall. The one who had an AR-15 semi-automatic assault weapon strapped to his back.
Some rather imaginative conservatives have suggested that the assault weapon toter was an Obama plant. The man was black and Obama is black, so, [...]

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The Right To Intimidate With Guns

August 18, 2009

From the AP….
About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday – the latest incident in which protesters have openly displayed firearms near the president.
These Timothy McVeigh wannabes are kind of like vampires. Vampires only [...]

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Lawlessness & Thuggery Work

August 13, 2009

Please watch the first few minutes of this clip from last night's Rachel Maddow program……

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There are those who would seek to convince me that the hatred, rage, violence. swastikas, death threats, hangings-in-effigy and brandishing of firearms recently in and around townhall meetings is simply [...]

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Facts From The Gates-Crowley Incident

July 29, 2009

From Officer Crowley's written report….
Lucia Whalen, (the 9-11 caller) was standing on the sidewalk in front of the residence…..She went on to tell me that she observed what appeared to be two black males with backpacks on the porch.
The 9-11 caller's attorney, Wendy Murphy…."Let me be clear: She (the caller) never had a conversation with [...]

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How The Village Thinks

July 17, 2009

Popular blogger Glenn Greenwald interviewed NBC's political news director, Chuck Todd, yesterday. (Transcript here) The topic of discussion was why the Bush administration should or should not be investigated for numerous crimes….and what role the media should play in the debate.
I must hand it to Chuck Todd for braving such an interview. Todd is basically [...]

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A Steaming Pile Of The Village

July 16, 2009

The Washington Post's David Ignatius is a personal case study in what's wrong down in the Village. Again the AB Journal gives Ignatius top billing on it's op-ed page….and again, Ignatius lays down the isolated and rotted Village mindset.
If the U.S. federal government, according to Ignatius, holds it's agencies, like the CIA, accountable for it's [...]

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Overwhelming Evidence

July 12, 2009

A week ago we learned about new evidence confirming that Richard Cheney directed the Bush administration's disclosure of Valerie Plame's covert CIA status…..
A document filed in federal court this week by the Justice Department offers new evidence that former vice president Richard B. Cheney helped steer the Bush administration's public response to the disclosure of [...]

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The Rogue Bush White House

July 11, 2009

If you don't read Glenn Greenwald's blog at Salon.com regularly…..I highly recommend doing so. I have been reading Greenwald for a few years. He is a constitutional lawyer with a razor sharp writing style that's easy for laypeople, like me, to follow. Of all print media, Greenwald's blog ranks 9th in a list of the [...]

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CIA Did Mislead Congress

July 9, 2009

Wall Street Journal online…..
Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon E. Panetta has told lawmakers that the agency "concealed significant actions" from Congress, according to a letter released Wednesday from seven Democratic lawmakers.
The letter also contends that Mr. Panetta said CIA officials have misled Congress since 2001.
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CIA spokesman George Little said, "It is not the policy or [...]

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