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Dick Cheney is having a meeting in my District right now!
Submitted by Larry Kissell on Thu, 01/31/2008 - 12:07pm.Dick Cheney is in my district having a private meeting with the Board of Directors of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. I hope he's here to do something good like bring back some of our jobs he has sent overseas, but I doubt it is that happy of an occasion. You know today is actually an important day that I doubt he is taking the trouble to celebrate. History tells us that President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act of 1935 on August 14, but I'm of the opinion that is not the birth of our commitment to our seniors.
It was actually today's date, January 31, 1940, that our commitment was fully realized in the form of Check #00-000-001 to Ms. Ida May Fuller of Vermont in the amount of $22.54 - bringing life to law, and politics to people, which is what it should all be about.
New Years Resolution For 08: IMPEACH!
Submitted by jimstaro on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 9:23pm.Rose Parade 08 in Pasadena
had a dose of reality this year with the help of the White Rose Coalition and LANIC (Los Angeles National Impeachment Center) protesting to call for the impeachment of Cheney and Bush.
Video by Voice of Americans 2008
NEED ONE SAY MORE!!
Special for BlueNC - Resolutions for the upcoming NC Democratic Party SEC meeting
Submitted by Wayne Goodwin on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 1:08am.Following up on my overview blog post about results from 11 Statewide Regional Town meetings of the NC Democratic Party, here is the package of resolutions to be considered at Saturday's (Aug 25, 2007) State Executive Committee meeting in Greensboro. Please see my prior BlueNC post for more information about what is on the minds of Democrats statewide.
The Political Reformation Coming to America;
Submitted by Marshall Adame on Thu, 07/12/2007 - 12:14pm.A Reformation is a new morning, an improvement, a renovation or, restoration. I believe that America is on the verge of just such a new morning, a reformation. I admit to being an optimist, but I am also grounded in a lifetime of real experiences and having been present during many significant worldly events. Because I believe a Democrat will be elected in 2008, to replace President Bush, I feel a renewal to Americas commitment to human rights, justice and the return to checks and balances in our government is just on our political horizon and I am raring to see it happen and be part of its rebirth.
Soon, I believe, America will be waking to the real prospect of universal health care, an end to America’s military involvement in Iraq’s civil war and the beginning of a worthy and long overdue American war; a war on poverty, hunger and sickness in America first and to the world as well. Our trade deficiencies will be addressed and the hard work of reducing the crippling Ten Trillion dollar U.S. deficit left by the Bush Administration will begin.
Cheney Flunks High School Civics
Submitted by Jerimee on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 11:48am.
Vice President Exempts His Office from the Requirements for Protecting Classified Information
Washington, D.C. — The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures for safeguarding classified national security information. The Vice President asserts that his office is not an “entity within the executive branch.”
Fuzzy Baghdad Math
Submitted by stormbear on Mon, 05/14/2007 - 10:13am.Crossposted from Left Toon Lane & My Left Wing
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Civil War is a Terrible Thing. It should be. (Does President Bush even notice?)
Submitted by Marshall Adame on Wed, 03/28/2007 - 3:21pm.March 28th 07
A terrible thing happened to day in Iraq. 63 people, human beings, were killed by Iraqi police assisted by militiamen. According to the Washington Post, the police began roaming Sunni neighborhoods in the city, shooting at residents and homes. The Iraqi Army had to come in to stop the attacks. The carnage was the worst bloodshed in a surge of violence across Iraq.
President Bush cited the operation as an example that gave him "confidence in our strategy. (How many Police will be charged with murder? Zero). What kind of successful strategy is that?
"Meanwhile, hundreds of Iraqis detained in the U.S. security crackdown in Baghdad are being held in two detention centers designed to hold only a dozen or so people, The New York Times, reported today. The report also disclosed that 705 detained people were packed into an area built for 75 (by US forces) at one of the detention centers, south of Baghdad. The other center, held 272 people, including two women and four boys, in a space designed to hold about 50. (I have been to detention centers in Iraq. Not exactly a real model of success).
Four More Years! A look back at Iraq.
Submitted by stormbear on Mon, 03/19/2007 - 9:01am.Crossposted from Town Called Dobson & My Left Wing
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The border fence is not a solution... unless you are Halliburton. (political cartoon)
Submitted by stormbear on Wed, 03/07/2007 - 10:38am.
Pakistan Harbors Terrorists, Test Fires New Missile
Submitted by Gordon Smith on Tue, 02/27/2007 - 1:23am.(c/p @ Scrutiny Hooligans)
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Yesterday it was Sy Hersh explaining that the Bush administration is funneling money to radical Sunni groups to combat Iranian Shiite influence as the DoD draws up a 24-hour rapid attack strategy.
“The Saudis and some in the Administration have been arguing that the biggest threat is Iran and the Sunni radicals are the lesser enemies. This is a victory for the Saudi line.”
Today it's news that Pakistan has dismissed the idea of doing any more to catch bin Laden or rein in terrorists within their borders while test firing a ballistic missile with a 1,200 mile range. The missile is nuclear capable.
