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July 31 Send Karl Rove to jail =PLEASE SIGN=This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action.
All we have to do is pressure the 40 members of the House Judiciary Committee, make them hold Rove in contempt and send him to jail. We've never had such a direct opportunity to hold Rove accountable. No, this is not enough punishment for his years and years of crimes, but it's a huge start, and will send a very clear message to the entire Bush administration. ACTION: Its YOUR RIGHT to get the TRUTH!!Please become part of a growing people-powered campaign to investigate this scandal and make media more accountable to the public: Make Mainstream Media Answer for Spreading Pro-War Propaganda It's YOUR money...or is it? =MUST WATCH=What is the war in Iraq for? To get the oil? To protect the dollar? Regime change? Probably all those things, but don't forget, while it's bringing suffering to millions, it's the pay day of the century for Bush insiders. That's the real reason they don't want to "cut and run." Here's how one administration favorite is poisoning US troops, getting paid for it, and getting away with it: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/369.html SECRETES REVEALED... WMD?SECRETES REVEALED...
Most people know by now that the Bush Administration's claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was a deliberate lie. Few people know how deep the lie went and how long the US had been lying about Iraq's weapons. Here's the secret history of the weapons of mass destruction fraud. http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/382.html July 30 Michael Collins: Bush Accused of Tyranny and Murder at Justice HearingsMichael Collins: Bush Accused of Tyranny and Murder at Justice HearingsHeadlined on 7/25/08:
Michael Collins: Bush Accused of Tyranny and Murder at Justice Hearings Bush Accused of Tyranny and Murder
Direct from the hearing Michael Collins Today's hearing on the abuse of presidential powers before the House Committee on the Judiciary turned into a devastating political ambush by Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), committee Democrats, and the extraordinary panel of witnesses.. At least 12 Democratic Committee members were present plus the Chairman while only four Republicans bothered to show up. Belying their casual appearance in the committee chambers, the Democrats presented a well coordinated, hard hitting case against President George W. Bush. This led to a double climax in the form of surgically erudite testimony by conservative legal scholar Bruce Fein, a former Reagan administration official, and former Los Angeles District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi's stunning summary statement. The best the Republicans could offer was inappropriate humor by Rep. Dan Lungren (D-CA) and a request to clear the chambers when the audience cheered Mr. Bugliosi's remarks. The hearing resulted from the non stop campaign for the impeachment of President George W. Bush by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). That effort received an overwhelming endorsement last week with the votes of a 238 majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. The 229 Democrats and 9 Republicans voted to refer the single count impeachment bill to the House or Representatives Committee on the Judiciary chaired by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI). The Kucinich Resolution - H.R. 1345 outlines the case for the impeachment of President Bush. Specifically, as president, Bush: "Deceived Congress with fabricated threats of Iraq Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) to fraudulently obtain support for an authorization for the use of force against Iraq and used that fraudulently obtained authorization, and then acting in his capacity under Article II, Section II of the Constitution as Commander in Chief, to commit US troops to combat in Iraq." There was speculation prior to the hearing that the Republicans might scuttle the entire process due to House rules that prevent disparaging comments about the president. Apparently they failed to read the entirety of House Practice, Sec. 25 which lists a number of negative comments that House members have used in the past and makes clear that they're available in the present. "Few Issues More Important" Chairman Conyers opened the hearing by noting that there are "few issues more important" than the actions of Congress to curtail the abuse of presidential powers. As a member of the House committee that heard the Nixon Impeachment case, he speaks with a certain authority. He listed the various abuses of presidential power by Bush laying out the case that his fellow Democrats would elaborate. The senior member of the committee, Republican Lamar Smith (R-TX) responded that he'd seen a lot from this committee but today's hearing was like "hosting an anger management class." Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL), a strong advocate for the hearings, responded by pointing out that given the evidence of high crimes, this isn't a Democratic or Republican issue, it's an American issue. The Democrats continued the theme of gravity with Cong. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) referring to Bush as "the worst president our country has ever suffered" Cong. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) returned to what would lead to the most devastating and startling charges of the hearing - the basis for the invasion of Iraq and the disregard for civil liberties through the torture of foreigners and the domestic assault on privacy. Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) responded that the hearing was nothing but "a do-over that amuses our terrorist friends." "If lying about casual sex" is an impeachment issue, "then certainly lying to the American people about invading Iraq" is, responded Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA). Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), another strong supporter of impeachment, continued the hard hitting attack.... MUCH MORE HERE: "IMPORTANT" http://www.opednews.com/articles/Michael-Collins---Bush-Acc-by-Michael-Collins-080725-613.html IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS =PART 2=IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS =PART 2=Michael Collins The July 25, 2008 House Committee on the Judiciary hearings focused on the Kucinich resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush. In his resolution, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) argues that Bush knew that the Iraqis had no weapons of mass destruction, yet claimed that they did in order to justify the March 2003 invasion. The "fraudulent misrepresentations," as they're referred to in the resolution, cost lives, compromised national security, and represented a clear abuse of constitutional power. The evidence supporting these claims is highly persuasive.
For the most part, the witness statements from House members and the panel of invited witnesses contain specific justifications for impeachment. The Kucinich resolution for impeachment, H. Res 1345, offers a concentrated body of evidence substantiating the charges and demonstrates the main charge in the resolution: the president knew that he was misrepresenting the facts about Iraq at the time he was doing it. In the resolution, Rep. Kucinich lists corrections for each of the false assertions made by the president to justify the Iraq invasion. In addition, the resolution provides excerpted evidence and sources to support each correction of the president's fabricated rationale. The statements in single quotes in the Kucinich resolution text below are from the president's justifications for war. From the resolution: 1. Iraq was not 'continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability.' The facts from that time don't come close to justifying the use of force. As demonstrated in the resolution, the president's case for war was based on "fraudulent representations made to Congress," the military, and the citizens of the United States. July 29 PLEASE TAKE ACTION!! WE WANT OUR VOTE TO COUNT.Dear friends, We need your help today to make sure that Congress does not reverse the nation's progress toward voter-verified paper ballots. It is not an exaggeration to say this could be one of the most important actions you ever take on the issue of verified voting. After you take action, please forward this message to your friends. Here is what's happening. This Wednesday, the U.S. Senate will hold hearings on S.3212, a bill aimed at providing independent verification of ballots cast on electronic voting machines. That's a laudable goal, but S.3212 gets it wrong - very wrong. S.3212 would allow electronic "verification" of votes cast on electronic voting machines. If S.3212 becomes law, elections in many states would still depend on the trustworthiness of computer software. This bill also fails to require hand audits of federal election results, and contains other measures that could set back years of progress toward transparent and trustworthy elections. Click here to tell your Senators to oppose S.3212. PLEASE SIGN...its simple!! July 27 SEND KARL ROVE TO JAIL!! =PLEASE SIGN=SEND KARL ROVE TO JAIL!!
This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action. All we have to do is pressure the 40 members of the House Judiciary Committee, make them hold Rove in contempt and send him to jail. We've never had such a direct opportunity to hold Rove accountable. No, this is not enough punishment for his years and years of crimes, but it's a huge start, and will send a very clear message to the entire Bush administration. We put together this video to explain the issues surrounding Rove's failure to testify before Congress, and why Rove should be held in contempt and sent to jail. Check out Send Karl Rove to Jail, and sign our petition to ensure that the HJC holds Rove in contempt. July 25 HPV Vaccines Based on "Scientific Fraud"
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HPV Vaccines Based on "Scientific Fraud" Says Consumer Advocate in New Video, Podcasts and Online Special Report
Adams has also posted a 45-minute audio report on the HPV vaccination fraud. It's called the Health Ranger Report and features a detailed discussion of the evidence showing the scientific fraud and fear mongering that's powering Big Pharma's mandatory vaccination push in America today. The program is available for immediate download as an MP3 file at: |
Tell your Representative: Help families and neighborhoods hardest hit by the housing crisis. |
The sub-prime mortgage crisis is forcing families to make heart-wrenching choices: pay the mortgage or buy needed medication? Fall behind on the mortgage or put food on the table?
We can do something for struggling families. The U.S. House is considering landmark housing stimulus legislation that includes two key components:
- A national housing trust fund that will make more resources available for affordable housing construction and renovation.
- Neighborhood stabilization funding that will aid in the rehabilitation and create affordable housing out of vacant properties in communities across the country - protecting the investments of homeowners and affordable housing developers and ensuring that local tax bases remain strong.
We need to make sure this important bill passes Congress and gets to the President's desk. Now is the time to send a message to your Representative expressing your support for this vital housing bill, which will address the devastating effects of the foreclosure crisis that threaten the investments of homeowners in neighborhoods nationwide.
YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT TILL YOU SEE IT!! =LOOK SEE=
Last week a reporter asked Sen. John McCain whether he thinks it's fair for insurance companies to cover Viagra for men, but not birth control for women.
If you're shocked by what you see, join us and tell Sen. McCain to ensure that health insurance companies include women's birth control.
SEE AND SIGN HERE: http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/mccain_respect_contraception/?r=922&id=574-439364-9mzmNcx
Maybe we shouldn't be surprised. In 2003 Sen. McCain voted against forcing insurance companies to cover birth control.1 And this is the same senator who claimed in 2007 not to know whether condoms prevented sexually transmitted diseases.2 Nonetheless, the truth remains: American women deserve better than this.
CLUSTER BOMBS Do the Right Thing. Sign the Ban.
On a Thursday morning we left Tyre and traveled south to visit with more survivors and survey some of the other small towns. The first one we came to was Qana. Lebanese Christians believe this is where Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water to wine.
Qana also has a long, sad history of conflict. Perhaps most notably in 1996, when an Israeli missile attack hit a UN tent where the townspeople had fled for safety. Israel claimed a rocket launcher had been located nearby making the tent a viable target, but more than 100 civilians died that day.
In the 2006 war, Qana was peppered with clusters throughout the town and surrounding hills. This is the story of one small survivor.
PLEASE SEE THE VIDEO HERE: http://www.civic-israel-lebanon.org/Mahdis_Story.html
When 111 nations gathered recently to draft a treaty to ban these horrific weapons, the United States was conspicuously absent.
Once again, the President of the United States came down on the wrong side of international peace.
On January 20, 2009, the world will watch with hope as this country inaugurates a new President. A president who has the potential to undo the damage George Bush has done. A president committed to joining the world community in its struggle for a more peaceful future.
So far, the leading presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, have been silent on whether they will endorse this new treaty banning cluster bombs. We need a President who will do the right thing.
Click here to ask all the presidential candidates to commit to sign the global cluster bomb ban.
Cluster bombs are designed to open in mid-air, dispersing hundreds of smaller "bomblets." The resulting blasts kill indiscriminately, spraying over an area roughly the size of three football fields. Approximately 30% of ordnance from each bomb will fail to explode on impact, creating virtual minefields that will kill and maim innocent civilians for decades to come.
A recent example: By a United Nations count, Israel fired 822 cluster bombs at Lebanon in a 2006 conflict, killing thousands. A blanket of 60,000 unexploded bomblets killed more than 200 civilians in the year after the ceasefire. One third of the casualties were children. Cleanup efforts continue to this day in Lebanon with many areas still uninhabitable.
One US commander reportedly refused to use cluster munitions in Iraq, citing mortal danger to his troops. If knowledgeable soldiers are at risk, what will be the fate of an 8-year-old child who, indulging her natural inclination to explore, stumbles upon a small, colorful metal ball in the sand?
They're WATCHING YOU!!!
Md. Police Infiltrated Groups Opposed to War and the Death Penalty
By Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive. Posted July 18, 2008.
Max Obuszewski is a seasoned, nonviolent peace activist in Maryland. But to the Maryland State Police, he is suspected of committing the "primary crime" of "terrorism -- anti-war protestors" and the "secondary crime" of "terrorism -- anti-govern."
That is how the Maryland State Police designated him in internal documents that the ACLU of Maryland obtained through a lawsuit and released on July 17. The documents also show that the Maryland State Police entered his name into a database dealing with "high intensity drug activity." These documents reveal an elaborate undercover operation against peace groups and anti-capital-punishment groups.
Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes NOW...
Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now
By Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith, The Nation. Posted July 19, 2008.
Retired General Antonio Taguba, the officer who led the Army's investigation into Abu Ghraib, recently wrote in the preface to the new report, Broken laws, Broken Lives:
"There is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account."
Should those who ordered war crimes be held to account? With the conclusion of the Bush regime approaching, many people are dubious, even those horrified by Administration actions. They fear a long, divisive ordeal that could tear the country apart. They note that such division could make it far harder for the country to address the many other crises it is facing. They see the upcoming elections as a better way to set the country on a new path.
Many Democrats in particular are proposing to let bygones be bygones and move on to confront the problems of the future, rather than dwelling on the past. The Democratic leadership sees rising gas prices, foreclosures, and health care costs, as well as widespread dissatisfaction with the direction of the country, as playing in their favor. Why risk it all by playing the war crimes blame game? Perhaps some Democratic leaders are also concerned that their own role in enabling or even encouraging war crimes might be exposed.
Meanwhile, the evidence confirming not only a deliberate policy of torture, but of conspiring in an illegal war of aggression and conducting a criminal occupation, continues to pile ever higher. Bush's own press secretary Scott McClellan has revealed in his book, What Happened, how deliberately the public was misled to foment the attack on Iraq. Philippe Sands' new book, Torture Team, has shown how the top legal and political leadership fought for a policy of torture -- circumventing and misleading top military officials to do so. Jane Mayer's The Dark Side, reveals that a secret report by the Red Cross -- given to the CIA and shared with President Bush and Condoleezza Rice -- found that U.S. interrogation methods are "categorically" torture and that the "abuse constituted war crimes, placing the highest officials in the U.S. government in jeopardy of being prosecuted."
Despite the reluctance to open what many see as a can of worms, there are fresh moves on many fronts to hold top U.S. officials accountable for war crimes.
Courts: U.S. courts have issued a barrage of decisions against the Administration's claim that they can do anything and still be within the law. The Supreme Court ruled June 12 that the Administration cannot deny habeas corpus rights to Guantánamo detainees. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals on June 30 overturned the Pentagon's enemy combatant designation of a Chinese Muslim held in Guantánamo for the last six years. A Maine jury in April acquitted the Bangor Six of criminal trespass charges stemming from protesters' claim that the "Constitution was being violated by the Bush Administration's involvement in Iraq."
Congressional investigation: Rep. John Conyers has recently brought top policy-makers, including former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo, Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff David Addington, and this week former Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith and former Attorney General John Ashcroft before a House Judiciary subcommittee and grilled them on their role crafting the Administration's torture policy.
Senate hearings in June revealed that treatment of Guantánamo captives was modeled on techniques allegedly used by Communist China to force false confessions from U.S. soldiers.
Impeachment: Despite Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi's instruction to keep impeachment "off the table," Rep. Dennis Kucinich for the first time brought an impeachment resolution to the House floor that incorporated a devastating, thirty-five article indictment spelling out Bush Administration war crimes and crimes against the Constitution. Now Rep. Conyers has announced that the Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the charges July 25. Even after the Bush Administration leaves office, the judges it appointed who appear complicit in war crimes -- notably torture policy architect Judge Jay S. Bybee -- could still be impeached.
MORE HERE: http://www.alternet.org/rights/92104/nine_reasons_to_investigate_war_crimes_now/
Impeach Bush Now!!!
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Somewhere in the White House, Bush is beaming. This afternoon, the Senate voted 69 to 28 to -- once and for all -- pass the FISA "compromise" legislation. With its vote, "the Democratic-led Congress ... voted to put an end to the NSA spying scandal," writes Glenn Greenwald, whose commentary on the FISA fight has been unparalleled for months. In effect, he says, it was a vote "to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, terminate all pending lawsuits against them, and vest whole new warrantless eavesdropping powers in the President." According to the New York Times, which first broke the story on Bush's illegal wiretapping program, "When the president signs the bill, as expected, it will effectively dismiss some 40 lawsuits filed against telecommunications companies for alleged violations of wiretapping and privacy laws."
While it may not be an unexpected defeat, it is a painful one. It has been a long and arduous road. Just two weeks ago, with a Senate vote on FISA imminent (before Congress decided at the last minute to wait until after the July 4th break), I called the Democrats' capitulation on FISA "a sad, sputtering end" to a long national nightmare. The same applies now. "With their vote today," says Greenwald, "the Democratic-led Congress has covered-up years of deliberate surveillance crimes by the Bush administration and the telecom industry, and has dramatically advanced a full-scale attack on the rule of law in this country."
How Do You Spell Relief? Energy...I mean!!
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We need real energy solutions that address the real needs of the American people. Add your voice to our campaign to lower gas prices now and lower carbon emissions for the future. Don't let conservatives get away with filling the airwaves with lies that distract us from our goals. Don't let them put the needs of Big Oil ahead of the needs of American families.
When it comes to lowering gas prices now, the president and conservatives say we should drill for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). They tell us that the way to lower oil prices now and reduce oil consumption is to sell our future to big oil companies with leases that won't have a significant impact on our needs until 2030. In other words,
President Bush spells relief: SELL OUR FUTURE
But we take a more realistic approach to lowering prices now.
We spell it: SELL OUR OIL
We need relief NOW! Under eight years of the Big Oil presidency, oil prices have gone up by more than 500 percent. But we can lower oil prices in 20 days by selling a small portion of our strategic oil reserves and reduce our oil consumption in the future by using the profits from the sale to invest in low carbon energy solutions, without affecting our energy security. When the price of oil goes up who makes more money? Yeah, that's right, the president's Big Oil friends... So who do you trust to help bring down the price of oil? Do you trust those selling FANTASY or those selling REALITY?
So let's help Congress push President Bush to implement REAL ENERGY SOLUTIONS.
Write Congress today about releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves and using the profits to invest in creating a low carbon economy. Together we can solve all of our energy needs. This is the first step in our campaign for Real Energy Solutions, so keep your eyes open for more!
Please Help Human Rights Activist =SIGN-
On June 4, 2008, famous Burmese comedian and renowned human
rights activist Zarganar was detained by ten officials from
Burma's State Peace and Development Council at his Rangoon home.
Zarganar's arrest came just hours after he appeared in a BBC
report about public anger over the military junta's handling of
humanitarian aid to cyclone victims.
Please join me and Human Rights First in calling for his
immediate release:
http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/Zarganar?rk=y1soons1R5RfW
John McCain Makes Stuff Up
John McCain Makes Stuff Up.
Does anybody want this guy running the country? Pleeeeez...
By Robert Parry, Consortium News. Posted June 14, 2008.
For years now, the U.S. political press corps has traveled with John McCain on his “Straight Talk Express,” buying into his image as a paragon of truth-telling. But the real truth is that McCain routinely makes stuff up, as he did on June 11 in lying about Barack Obama’s “bitter” comment.
During a political talk in Philadelphia, McCain claimed that Obama had described “bitter” small-town voters as clinging to religion or “the Constitution” – when the second item in Obama’s comment actually was “guns.”
MORE HERE: http://www.alternet.org/election08/88101/
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