The illusion of security that is the "surge" is falling apart fast:
Critical cease-fire in Iraq unravels as U.S. death toll mounts
BAGHDAD — A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr began shutting down neighborhoods in west Baghdad and issuing demands of the central government.
Ladies and gents, what we are witnessing is the next step in the NWO's plans for world domination.
Although the local (national) governments are always one or two steps behind the people, the intellectual and geopolitical elite are always two steps ahead of the people.
The US military is going to eventually become part of the world military, not subject to any "regulation" from the US system of laws.
Please C&L, please start looking into this, because it is huge. Not only has our military joined with the Canadian military, but also our military is going to soon be subject to zero oversight.
I know what with the economy being so bad that people are calling for more regulation in the market, but that is PEANUTS, because the REAL de-regulation is occurring in government.
By the way, if the so called "surge" is as the Republicans portrays it as then how is it that Al Sadr has the power to shut down portions of Baghdad at will? The answer: The addition of those extra U.S. forces was simply a political move, not a practical one.
Egypt would be within their rights to impound the vessel, and hold the crew over for trial on the charge of murder.
Furthermore, based on the outrage among the peddlers in the area, IMHO, the crewmembers, even the Captain if involved, should be handed over. If Justice isn't served in this, how many of those pissed off peddlers will be willing to perform Terrorism on US-flagged vessels, including privately-owned ones?
IMHO, a congressional investigation should be opened as well, as to why this happened, including why MRAPs are being shipped by redneck crews who pull this kinda crap.
This is not a military vessel, and is not subject to ANY perceived protection of such. This is just plain murder.
Wow. And to think that back then, we thought that whole "shadow government" thing was such a big, fat, hairy deal.
Seems like small potatoes these days, huh.
What is distressing is how many people shrugged it all off as conspiracy nonsense. That's what people tend to do when they do not understand the depth of what is really going on.
I would say it smells more like panic stricken legal arguments to avoid trials and bad publicity,
goal posts and definitions change as new brown lumps hit the rotating thing.
Wow. And to think that back then, we thought that whole "shadow government" thing was such a big, fat, hairy deal.
Seems like small potatoes these days, huh.
What is distressing is how many people shrugged it all off as conspiracy nonsense. That's what people tend to do when they do not understand the depth of what is really going on.
this "conspiracy theory" slur is bandied about by both parties and their mouthpieces.
but then, Carroll Quigley explained why, didn't he.
Great clip, a step back in time. In listening to Ronnie lying I was struck by the numerous examples historians will have for our current President, their challenge lies in finding something truthful.
I cannot recollect a single honest statement not rooted in fantasy or partisan hackery from the Decider in Chief
Jack Kevorkian is running for office.
Cities are blaming predatory lenders for allowing them do screw consumers in exchange for property tax.
Homes in the million dollar range are in dire straits, too.
The illusion of security that is the "surge" is falling apart fast:
Critical cease-fire in Iraq unravels as U.S. death toll mounts
BAGHDAD — A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr began shutting down neighborhoods in west Baghdad and issuing demands of the central government.
I would say it smells more like panic stricken legal arguments to avoid trials and bad publicity,
goal posts and definitions change as new brown lumps hit the rotating thing.
That would be true if it weren't for the results of such beliefs.
If that is true, if it is all just panic, then this does not discount what the results of such panic will be. Where there is distress and panic, there is consolidation.
is this moderated? i've tried posting three times i think a rather interesting tidbit about private american ships in the suez canal opening fire on and killing egyptians.
I read about this. One Egyptian killed after refusing to change course directed at cargo ship carrying military equipment.. Doesn't sound over the top to me.
is this moderated? i've tried posting three times i think a rather interesting tidbit about private american ships in the suez canal opening fire on and killing egyptians.
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(not paranoid moi !!)
BUSH PARDONS WEINBERGER, FIVE OTHERS TIED TO IRAN-CONTRA.
The president also pardoned five other persons who already had pleaded guilty or had been indicted or convicted in connection with the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages investigation. They were Elliott Abrams, a former assistant secretary of state for Inter-American affairs; former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane; and Duane Clarridge, Alan Fiers, and Clair George, all former employees of the Central Intelligence Agency. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefAuxArt.aspx?refid=761594587
Apparently it was a US-flagged PRIVATE VESSEL crewed by one-tooth bubbas with itchy trigger fingers!!!
Now why do we have those going (by no-bid contract, no doubt) to Iraq, on private vessels, crewed by one-tooth redneck bubbas with itchy trigger fingers while in the waters of our allies?
It's time for a Congressional Investigation on this crap.
Egypt is well within their rights if they impound the ship and cargo, and hold the crew until trial on the charge of murder.
IMHO, diplomatically, and from the perspective of the "War on Terror", we need to send in a new crew, and surrender this crew to the Egyptians to be tried in their courts. It is their fully-enclosed territorial waters in which the murder occurred.
Also, note that EVERYONE, especially the operators of the peddler boats in the Suez are EXTREMELY pissed off.
Not turning the crew over for trial could result in a situation where shitloads of people there want to perform Terrorst acts on US-flagged ships, military, and privately owned (as this one was).
In this case, the act was illegal, and the cargo is irrelevant to the case.
I bet this is all lost on Bush and that flake Rice. Hell, today Rice was smoking WAAAY too much crack, as evidenced by her completely-detached-from-reality musing that "I want the Chinese to negotiate with the Dahli Llama." (Five bucks says they let him into the country, and then send his monestary a bill for the bullet they use to execute him).
is this moderated? i've tried posting three times i think a rather interesting tidbit about private american ships in the suez canal opening fire on and killing egyptians.
I read about this. One Egyptian killed after refusing to change course directed at cargo ship carrying military equipment.. Doesn't sound over the top to me.
If that's a Blackwater KBR Halliburton type contractor ship there will be hell to pay.
Even if it was US mil, lethal force inside territorial waters would cause ructions.
36 Ron Says: Some are apparently have a quote and refresh buttons. What about the rest of us?
I have the same problem on some threads but not others; I think it is the server from Wordpress and not your browser!
39 lafingas Says: 36 Ron Says: Some are apparently have a quote and refresh buttons. What about the rest of us?
I have the same problem on some threads but not others; I think it is the server from Wordpress and not your browser
Yeah, it's not the first time.
THE Nixon Administration has developed a new language—a kind of Nix-speak. Government officials are entitled to make flat statements one day, and the next day reverse field with the simple phrase, "I misspoke myself." White House Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler enlarged the vocabulary last week, declaring that all of Nixon's previous statements on Watergate were "inoperative." Not incorrect, not misinformed, not untrue—simply inoperative, like batteries gone dead. Euphemisms notwithstanding, the Nixon Administration's verbal record on Watergate is enough to turn ardent believers into skeptics. Some examples of "inoperative" statements from Administration officials who misspoke themselves:
"Now let me tell you what I can remember, OK -- because what I was told was that we had to land a certain way and move quickly because of the threat of sniper fire. So I misspoke -- I didn't say that in my book or other times but if I said something that made it seem as though there was actual fire -- that's not what I was told. I was told we had to land a certain way, we had to have our bulletproof stuff on because of the threat of sniper fire. I was also told that the greeting ceremony had been moved away from the tarmac but that there was this 8-year-old girl and, I can't, I can't rush by her, I've got to at least greet her -- so I greeted her, I took her stuff and then I left, Now that's my memory of it.
"No, I went to 80 countries, you know. I gave contemporaneous accounts, I wrote about a lot of this in my book. you know, I think that, a minor blip, you know, if I said something that, you know, I say a lot of things -- millions of words a day -- so if I misspoke, that was just a mistatement."
34 Ty Styck Says: Ron, is your javascript turned on in your browser?
I’ve never turned it off. Everything was working earlier.
Are you using Firefox Ron?
No, the last time I complained about this, I tryed firefox and it didn't help at all.
You might give Firefox another try but with the NoScript add on. Once you set it up for the scripts you want (and the ones used here are all pretty harmless) things work quite well. I had the same problem and it cleared up. You might also want to run a Trojan check.
You know, I've seen that video circulating around these here internets, with Clinton recounting her dangerous landing in Bosnia and subsequent running to cars under sniper fire juxtaposed against her peaceful landing followed by being greeted pleasantly by government officials and a young child. And I have to ask -- is she really lying? Did something else happen not in that video? Could she be conflating different events?
I don't know. And the article doesn't seem to answer those questions (though the Clinton camp now says she "misspoke.") It just seems an awfully big mistake, and perhaps she's just conflating something accidentally, as our human memories make us all prone to do. Or is this a "big lie?" Something so absurd on its face that no one would say it if it weren't true? I dunno. I'm asking sincerely.
The Court will decide whether or not to further undermine the search warrant.
So sorry to quibble, but the Court will actually be deciding whether courts must first decide that a person's rights were violated before determining whether police officers are immune from civil suit by the person who claims his rights were violated. Justice Breyer would like courts to be able to address the immunity question separately, and first, if necessary. We'll see what the rest of the panel thinks. (By the way, I really don't like Justice Breyer. I think he's one of Clinton's mistakes.)
Whatever the decision, it won't do much to the Fourth Amendment itself. More frightening, though, are the circumstances that brought this case to the Court. Cops entered a suspect's home without a warrant, and that suspect wants to sue them. It's pretty much the only bright line left in Fourth Amendment law -- that you need a warrant to go into a person's home. But because some suits have gone forward despite such police misconduct (and evidence admitted at trial that resulted from the warrantless entry), some courts were saying that the officers should be immune from suit. Because, you see, it's not clear that any rights were violated. (Good grief!)
If indeed, the Court were deciding whether the suspect's rights were violated by a warrantless entry into his home, I'd be terrified. The Fourth Amendment has been largely gutted, but the right to retreat into one's home has so far remained sacrosanct. When we lose that, it's over.
After the Iran-Contra scandal exploded in 1986, The Washington Times and other Moon operations battled aggressively to protect Reagan's White House and its key operative Oliver North.
Godwin, the link between Falwell's Moral Majority and Moon's Washington Times, raised funds for North through a group called the Interamerican Partnership, which was a fore-runner to North's own Freedom Alliance. [ Common Cause Magazine, Fall 1993]
Another Moon-connected group, the American Freedom Coalition, also went to bat for North and later George H.W. Bush. According to Andrew Leigh, who worked for a Moon front called Global Image Associates, AFC broadcast a pro-North video, "Ollie North: Fight for Freedom," more than 600 times on more than 100 TV stations.
Leigh quoted one AFC official as saying that AFC received $5 million to $6 million from business interests associated with Moon. AFC also bragged that it helped put George H.W. Bush into the White House in 1988 by distributing 30 million pieces of political literature. [Washington Post, Oct. 15, 1989]
Direct Mail Communications, the firm owned by Reber and Thomas, also aided North in building his mailing lists. The firm did direct-mail work as well for Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the Republican National Committee, and the National Rifle Association, The Roanoke Times & World News reported Nov. 2, 1994.
36 Ron Says: Some are apparently have a quote and refresh buttons. What about the rest of us?
I have the same problem on some threads but not others; I think it is the server from Wordpress and not your browser!
That may be the case, because the other day I had some problems posting to one thread, then I had no problems posting to the Limpballs thread, and now this. in the same browser session. Granted, I have about 70 open tabs, and maybe a client restart might help, but I am in the middle of a research project on Prof. Barry Cooper of the University of Calgary (soon to be addressed only as "Convict"), and don't want to close things until I close Barry.
34 Ty Styck Says: Ron, is your javascript turned on in your browser?
I’ve never turned it off. Everything was working earlier.
Are you using Firefox Ron?
No, the last time I complained about this, I tryed firefox and it didn’t help at all.
You might give Firefox another try but with the NoScript add on. Once you set it up for the scripts you want (and the ones used here are all pretty harmless) things work quite well. I had the same problem and it cleared up. You might also want to run a Trojan check.
So why is it that when something, like this blog here, gets more popular, it becomes even more dependent on advertising?
The ads on the right side are fine, but please get rid of that annoying ad that is located right in the *$#@ing middle of an otherwise great blog. It is ironic, to say the least...
Cheney is a gigantic, pompus, meglomanical asshole.
I fixed it for you, Orangutan.
I finally got to read that article on who controls what in Iraq. I'm amazed that the Bushies would actually argue this and set some sort of precident in the SCOTUS, especially in light of the contempt that Bush has shown the UN over the last seven years. This certainly needs to get more airplay.
well, i'm glad it's not just me-- after reviewing the comments, it appears that there are gremlins in the c&l machine-- for a second, i thought they were listening in again on my end--
Remind me why all the Republicans are rushing to call themselves Reagan Republicans? Oh yeah...they know the American public has no memory beyond the last diet cola commercial.
Remind me why all the Republicans are rushing to call themselves Reagan Republicans? Oh yeah...they know the American public has no memory beyond the last diet cola commercial.
the Media's treatment of 5 years in Iraq was very predictable , predictably pathetic and misleading . The fast talking John King at CNN (contains no news ) had these gems , insinuating Saddam " signed his fate " because he "pretended to the world , he had WMDs " only problem with THAT lie was , the Bush Crime Family KNEW he didn't have WMDs , according to their high level defector , not only did he say there weren't there , so did the inspectors , because THEY DIDn't FIND aNY , HELLO . Throw in the Downing Street Memo , and many others . So that makes John king a goddamn LIAR , as well as his ludicrous remark , after the initial first fews days of the Illegal invasion ," Bush asked too , where were the wmds " . I believe he said they were there from the get go , so why would we ask such a ridiculous question , in fact HE KNEW they didn't have any wmds in the first damn place .
CNN is not to be trusted .
Here's another trip down memory lane , proving why a former KGB agent said , U.S. propaganda is even better than Pravda's , because EVERYBODY knew PRAVDA was lying .
CounterPunch - A handful of military personnel from the 4th Psychological Operations Group (i.e. PSYOPs) based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina have until recently been working in CNN's headquarters in Atlanta. An enterprising Dutch journalist named Abe De Vries came up with this important story in mid-February, and he remains properly astounded that no mainstream news medium in the United States has evinced any interest in the story.
42 Peter G Says: Ron @ 38:
You might also want to run a Trojan check.
What do condoms have to do with the internet?
Saw that comin’ several thousand miles away.
So, you have a solution.
Depends how long you've had teh Trojan onboard, so to speak, and what is contained within it. If too much time has passed since the Trojan was installed, and 'data' has overflowed from the 'data reservoir' into the 'data shaft', not even petroleum jelly will disintigrate all of it immediately. However, the removal process is generally quite enjoyable, and the real trick is to discontinue the removal process periodically for long enough to feed and hydrate oneself, (if not function in society) before starvation, dehydration or old age discontinues it for you, Ronnie Wad.
I use Firefox and don't have the problems you're having. Try it again, and make sure you don't have IE running in the background somewhere, and run a google search re your problem too...
Sheesh…when he brought that up you can she them
shitting themselves!
Forget all that, watch 24 and pay attention to Jack Bauer.
LOL!
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Ron
I was just off consulting a computer geek friend of mine (at least geekier than me) and he suggested you might have some conflicting scripts running. You still seem to have your voice and that's the important thing.
CounterPunch - A handful of military personnel from the 4th Psychological Operations Group (i.e. PSYOPs) based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina have until recently been working in CNN's headquarters in Atlanta. An enterprising Dutch journalist named Abe De Vries came up with this important story in mid-February, and he remains properly astounded that no mainstream news medium in the United States has evinced any interest in the story.
could be due to the fact that the guy sitting across the desk from them is wearing fatigues and packing.
Seems to have worked well these last seven years, rather a good way to keep the US MSM 'on message' putting armed commissars in every major newsroom,
brings back fond memories of the Soviet Union and their news reporting making techniques.
Sheesh…when he brought that up you can she them
shitting themselves!
Forget all that, watch 24 and pay attention to Jack Bauer.
LOL!
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87 Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein Says: Ron @ 84:
82 Dana Says: Truth B Told @ 6:
Don’t forget Jack Brooks expose of Rex-84 by North, and the plans for COG in the event of some real or imagined/fabricated disaster…
and how Inouye wanted to hush it up quickly or go into closed session.
Sheesh…when he brought that up you can she them
shitting themselves!
Forget all that, watch 24 and pay attention to Jack Bauer.
LOL!
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Last week, I think it was when you guys were being deleted by the site monitor. No woder it didn't work. Hey serious, you have to tune in to PBS.
Having been in the Army, I realized what big fat nobodies Lt. Colonels really are. The normally serve as battallion comanders. Ollie North was just some dupe they dug up out of no-where to take the fall. It's kinda like blaming a cheerleader for losing a football game. The man was little more than someones errand bitch.
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Why are you always asking me about my sex life. I'm trying to be serious.
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Why are you always asking me about my sex life. I'm trying to be serious.
Just tryin ta help ya get fixed so we don't have a buncha little Ronnie W.'s runnin round
;-}
Don't forget Jack Brooks expose of Rex-84 by North, and the plans for COG in the event of some real or imagined/fabricated disaster...
and how Inouye wanted to hush it up quickly or go into closed session.
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpXh7DCptaQ
Whenever I see one of these posts or one of the multi-page over capitalized missives underscored and in bold type I think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8WmvMCTW_g&feature=related
lol - for the life of me, I don't believe I've ever met anyone with such an enormous brian ;-}
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Why are you always asking me about my sex life. I'm trying to be serious.
Great clip, a step back in time. In listening to Ronnie lying I was struck by the numerous examples historians will have for our current President, their challenge lies in finding something truthful.
I cannot recollect a single honest statement not rooted in fantasy or partisan hackery from the Decider in Chief
I don't have much faith in historians anymore. Kids these days aren't being told that Reagan traded sold arms to the Iranians, allowed the Nicaraguan drug cartels to sell cocaine to our kids, then used all that money to wage an illegal war against the democratically elected government of Nicaragua.
They don't tell the kids that he spent us blind on SDI to rekindle the cold war out of detente; that he oversaw one of the worst banking scandals/crises in history, about the Dow collapse and subsequent long recession...
They're only told that he single-handedly ended the cold war while bringing prosperity to all Americans.
I fear 20 years from now, GWB will be the liberator of the Iraqi people who hunted down the Hussein for his masterminding of the 9/11 attacks.
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Why are you always asking me about my sex life. I’m trying to be serious.
your porn taking too much Ram!
Hey, you're the onr thay has the moniker, parinoia.
......I, like many another progressive, am sick and fucking tired of the antics Sister BeezleBub and Senator SnakeOil think are so cute and winsome.
Important issues are at stake here as the commenter in my linked post below states so well, Jeralyn threatened to ban him because he was commenting too much....
Well, here goes I am announcing a new blogswarm. Check it out here:
I don't have much faith in historians anymore. Kids these days aren't being told that Reagan traded sold arms to the Iranians, allowed the Nicaraguan drug cartels to sell cocaine to our kids, then used all that money to wage an illegal war against the democratically elected government of Nicaragua.
They don't tell the kids that he spent us blind on SDI to rekindle the cold war out of detente; that he oversaw one of the worst banking scandals/crises in history, about the Dow collapse and subsequent long recession...
They're only told that he single-handedly ended the cold war while bringing prosperity to all Americans.
I fear 20 years from now, GWB will be the liberator of the Iraqi people who hunted down the Hussein for his masterminding of the 9/11 attacks.
Much has happen when I was in high school and yet they stop teaching US history before Nixon. I grew up in Michigan, and as you notice Michigan has a pretty strong conservative side. Vietnam war has turn some traditional conservative into liberal, and in Condi Rice case, Jimmy Carter seeking peaceful idealist method, has turn her into a Republican from a Democrat. I learn much of real history after HS, but I fear this "no child left behind" of teaching to memory instead of critical thinking method. It's the critical thinking skill that will propel you to find out for yourself the truth.
History of the past will help you recognize path to the future.
This administration is the most secretive and we have a president appointed while much of who he is sealed from public. His own demon hidden to such an extent that a prominent newsman get fired for asking question about his past.
Did anyone here know that George Bush personally reviews torture tapes? Would anyone here be surprised that he watches them because he takes PLEASURE in watching people suffer?
Obama’s mentor’s mentor;
James Cone maintains;
Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community … Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love. [1] http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jamescone/
I believe this is very likely. Everything I've ever read about Bush indicates that he is a sadistic bully.
This man has done enormous damage to the standing of not only the USA but the entire western world. If it were to come out that he watched torture tapes for his perverted amusement, the damage would be incalculable and probably irreversible.
Did anyone here know that George Bush personally reviews torture tapes? Would anyone here be surprised that he watches them because he takes PLEASURE in watching people suffer?
This is one of among the strongest videos of Reagan that needs to be placed in front of his and republican loyalist worshipers. Because they become ostrichs and place their heads in holes in the ground when played.
As for Mr (FOX) North, This is a man that could be convinced to assasinate a US President for the sake of his country and those that order him.
And he prides himself on it and is pandered by the GOP for that blind loyalty. As I Lewis "Scooter" Libby (inmate #28301-016) will be cared for.
But how does North explain the facts to his children? North should never have been an officer for the fact of lack of mental proccesses. How many died at Norths illegal weapons running? He will spend the rest of his life trying to convince anyone that will listen, he was an American hero and not a simple criminal running guns. To be likened to a drug runner.
Oliver was to go away in shame after his immunity and testifying. The GOP drags him out in memory of Reagan. Now Rush, Hannity et al cling to him as a hero and that this heroship by association will rub off on them somehow.
Calculate this, How does a John Kerry get slimed over his service compared to Bush. Sen Hagel service compared to North's service?
You have to use that conservative math....................................
Can anyone answer a question for me? I found this posted response to "Bush's War" on the PBS site:
"To attack the '16 words' after they have been found to be accurate, and to use Joe Wilson after he has been found to be a serial liar by the Senate Intelligence Committee demonstrates the shallowness of your attack."
I hadn't heard that those 16 words had been found to be accurate. Does anyone know what talking points he's referring to?
Here's a statistic that may shock you John Amato, as I noticed that you posted on the 4000 dead soldiers (as reported by the government) in Iraq.
Did you know that over 15,000 soldiers have died as a result of the Iraq occupation?
What the government does is ONLY COUNT THOSE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DIED IN IRAQ.
If a soldier sustains wounds in battle, they are often med-evacuated to other countries such as Germany or other countries that have permanent American bases. If that soldier were to later die from their wounds, which were sustained in Iraq, their death is not counted in government statistics.
This 15,000 number is the latest stat I have, as proven by CBS news:
The Iraq occupation is a bigger catastrophe than most people imagine it to be. I feel sorry for those families who are not even given the dignity of having their children counted among the dead.
This is what happens when criminals run the state.
Mon, 03/24/2008 - 03:33 — Joe Tseng (not verified)
Oh the good ol' days, when presidents still felt enough shame (or at least feared being brought to justice) that they would go before the American people and try to explain their treasonous actions.
My friend, thanks for your support, and promise if elected I will reserve a cabinet position for you.
In fact I had it whispered in my ear that these preachers have been attending training then returning to plant hope for change along every roadside in the country.
Your patriotism will help whitewash our accomplishment for the election, and for the next 100 years.
I nap easier knowing you are on duty to maintain the purity of our cause on the home front.
Egypt would be within their rights to impound the vessel, and hold the crew over for trial on the charge of murder.
Furthermore, based on the outrage among the peddlers in the area, IMHO, the crewmembers, even the Captain if involved, should be handed over. If Justice isn't served in this, how many of those pissed off peddlers will be willing to perform Terrorism on US-flagged vessels, including privately-owned ones?
IMHO, a congressional investigation should be opened as well, as to why this happened, including why MRAPs are being shipped by redneck crews who pull this kinda crap.
This is not a military vessel, and is not subject to ANY perceived protection of such. This is just plain murder.
Maybe they are part of Infragard and didn't get the memo/
Obama’s mentor’s mentor;
James Cone maintains;
Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community … Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love. [1]
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jamescone/
On March 25, 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala., to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.
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25,000 Go to Alabama's Capitol; Wallace Rebuffs Petitioners; White Rights Worker is Slain
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Dr. King Cheered, He Says 'No Wave of Racism Can Stop Us Now'
By Roy Reed
Special to The New York Times
Montgomery, Ala., March 25 -- The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 Negroes and whites to the shadow of the State Capitol here today and challenged Alabama to put an end to racial discrimination.
Gov. George C. Wallace sent word about 2 P.M. that he would receive a delegation from the marchers after the rally, but the delegation met twice with rebuffs when it tried to see him. State policemen stopped the group the first time at the edge of the Capitol grounds and said no one was to be let through.
The delegation was later admitted to the Capitol, but was told that the Governor had closed his office for the day. The group left without giving its petition to anyone.
At Steps of Capitol
The Alabama Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery ended shortly after noon at the foot of the Capitol steps, and as people from all over the nation stood facing the white-columned statehouse, Dr. King assured them:
"We are not about to turn around. We, are on the move now. Yes, we are on the move and no wave of racism can stop us."
The throng let out a mighty cheer, so loud that it was easily audible 75 yards away in the office of Governor Wallace, where the Governor was seen several times parting the venetian blinds of a window overlooking the rally.
Even though the 54-mile march from Selma was a dramatization of a grievance, its windup at the steps of the Capitol carried the trappings of triumph.
The march was hailed by several speakers as the greatest demonstration in the history of the civil rights movement. The caravan that followed Dr. King up Dexter Avenue up the broad slope that once accommodated the inaugural parade of the President of the Confederate States of American, comprised friends of the civil rights movement from all sections of America and some from abroad.
Virtually all of the notables of the movement were there, and the speakers' platform held two Negro winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. King and Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, United Nations Under Secretary for Special Political Affairs.
Other Negro leaders included Roy Wilkins, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Whitney M. Young, director of the National Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Bayard A. Rustlin, who with Mr. Randolph was one of the organizers of the March on Washington in 1963, and John Lewis, president, of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Other notables included James Baldwin, the author; Harry Belafonte, the singer; Joan Baez, the folk singer, and others.
The march started Sunday at Selma. It reached the outskirts of Montgomery yesterday after four days and nights on the road under the protection of Army troops and federalized Alabama National Guardmen. The troops were sent be President Johnson after Governor Wallace said Alabama could not afford the expense of protecting the marchers.
The little band that made the entire march, much of it through desolate lowlands, was joined today and last night by thousands who flocked to Montgomery to walk the last three and one-half miles of the trip to the Capitol.
Troops Out in Force
The marchers carried with them a petition to Governor Wallace saying:
"We have come not only five days and 50 miles but we have come from three centuries of suffering and hardship. We have come to you, the Governor of Alabama, to declare that we must have our freedom NOW. We must have the right to vote; we must have equal protection of the law and an end to police brutality."
Federal troops who guarded the marchers and brought them safely to Montgomery were out in force at the Capitol today. Eight hundred troops lined Dexter Avenue, one soldier every 25 feet behind wooden barricades set between the street and the sidewalks.
Troops stood on the roofs of buildings along the march route through downtown Montgomery and on those of the office buildings looking out on the rally at the Capitol steps.
The rally never got on to state property. It was confined to the street in front of the steps.
The throng stretched down eight-laned Dexter Avenue a block and a half. Its cheers could be heard for blocks.
The line of marchers who walked from the City of St. Jude, a Catholic school and hospital, where they spent last night, stretched out so long that when Dr. King and leaders reached the makeshift speakers' platform at the head of Dexter Avenue, the end of the line did not arrive for nearly an hour and a half.
Tension High
Tension was high in the city, particularly after the rally, as the thousands of visitors scurried for taxis, buses, trains, cars and airplanes to get out of town before nightfall.
Dr. King, in an interview after the rally, said the civil rights campaign would continue in the Alabama Black Belt.
"We will continue to march people to the courthouses," he said. "If there is resistance, naturally we will have to expose the resistance and the injustice we still face. There could be violence in some areas, but we feel a moral compulsion to go forward, anyway."
He said the Negro movement would turn much of its attention in the weeks ahead to trying to pass President Johnson's voting-rights bill in Congress.
"We want immediate passage," he said. "We will lobby for this in many areas of the country."
In the address at the end of the three-and-a-half-hour rally, Dr. King urged his listeners onward in the civil rights struggle.
"Let us march on segregated schools until every vestige of segregation and inferior education becomes a thing of the past, and Negroes and whites study side by side in the socially healing context of the classroom," he said.
"Let us march on ballot boxes, march on ballot boxes until race baiters disappear from the political arena."
He referred to the tumultuous events at Selma in the last two months, during which time the voting-rights campaign that he began there turned into a general protest against racial injustice, with two men dead and scores injured.
"Yet Selma, Alabama, has become a shining moment in the conscience of man," he said. "If the worst in American life lurked in the dark streets, the best of American instincts arose passionately from across the nation to overcome it."
"The confrontation of good and evil compressed in the tiny community of Selma, generated the massive power that turned the whole nation to a new course," he said.
"Alabama has tried to nurture and defend evil, but the evil is choking to death in the dusty roads and streets of this state."
Dr. King spoke with passion, and the thousands sitting in the street beneath him responded with repeated outbursts of approval.
Several times he urged his followers to continue their support of nonviolent demonstrations, with the aim of achieving understanding with the white community.
"Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man," he said, "but to win his friendship and understanding. We must come to see that the end we seek is a society that can live with its conscience."
He ended his address with a peroration on the theme, "How long must justice by crucified and truth buried?" a spirited quotation of a verse of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and finally a burst of "Glory, hallelujah," repeated four times.
The crowd rose to its feet in one great surge, and the applause and cheering reverberated through the Capitol grounds.
Two or three dozen state employes who had watched from the Capitol steps stood impassively.
The committee of 18 Negro and two white Alabamians designated to deliver the Negroes' petition to Governor Wallace walked the one, uphill block from the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church to Bainbridge Street at about 5:40 P.M. (C.S.T.).
State-police jurisdiction over the Capitol grounds begins at the curb closest to the Capitol steps, and 70 blue-helmeted state troopers had been deployed at the curb line of Bainbridge Street half an hour before the committee arrived. They were backed by 50 uniformed conservation patrolmen, standing two deep halfway up the Capitol steps.
When the Rev. Joseph E. Lowrey, a Negro from Birmingham, serving as chairman of the delegation, asked Maj. W. L. Allen of the Alabama Highway Patrol to let the committee pass, the officer replied.
"I don't know anything about that." He said his orders where to let no one through.
A delegation of Governor Wallace's top aides was already gathering inside the locked front door of the Capitol.
Instructions were then issued to Major Allen from inside the Capitol over an Army walkie-talkie. Maj. Gen. Alfred C. Harrison, the Alabama Adjutant General, who was dressed in civilian clothes, gave these instructions. The committee then walked up the Capitol steps.
About 10 feet inside the door, however, Mr. Lowrey came face to face with Cecil C. Jackson Jr., the Governor's executive secretary. Mr. Jackson was crippled by polio as a youth. He stood in Mr. Lowrey's path on aluminum crutches.
"The Capitol is closed today," Mr. Jackson began, in a calm, steady voice. "The Governor has designated me to receive your petition."
"We are very sorry that he cannot see us," Mr. Lowrey replied, almost immediately, clasping copies of the petition to his chest. "Please advise the Governor that as citizens of this state we have legitimate grievances to present to him. Please advise the Governor that as citizens of this state we have legitimate grievances to present to him. Please advise the Governor that we will return at another time."
"That would be appropriate," Mr. Jackson answered. The petitions never left Mr. Lowrey's hands.
[sorry for the length of the post. this is the 40th year since King's assassination, I thought it worth noting.]
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Please tune into Frontline's Bush's War on PBS and the follow-up tonight
Its a stunning indictment (it literally should lead to legal action) of how the Neo-cons bungled the war. Those who followed this sad affair (most folks who read C&L) know the cast of characters and their misdeeds, but this is an excellent and accessible expose for those who haven't. It should be required viewing-instead of the idiotic American Idol-for any American voter or soon to be voter.
Frontline has done an excellent job of flushing out the crooks in the Bush administration. Let the subpeonas begin!
Scientists warn of soot effect on climate - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/mar/24/climatechange.fossilfuels
Soot produced by burning coal, diesel, wood and dung causes significantly more damage to the environment than previously thought, according to research published today. So-called "black carbon" could cause up to 60% of the current warming effect of carbon dioxide, according to the US researchers, making it an important target for efforts to slow global warming.
Another article: Reducing soot requires no new technology, only tighter regulations and better financing instruments - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/3/24/03319/6577
Melting Mountain Glaciers Will Shrink Grain Harvests in China and India - http://us.oneworld.net/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.earthpolicy.org%2F...
We know from studying earlier civilizations that declined and collapsed that it was often shrinking harvests that were responsible. For the Sumerians, it was rising salt concentrations in the soil that lowered wheat and barley yields and brought down this remarkable early civilization.
For the Mayans, it was soil erosion following deforestation that undermined their agriculture and set the stage for their demise. For our twenty-first century civilization, it is rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations and the associated rise in temperature that threatens future harvests.
MUST READ: Greg Palast: God damn America, especially Pennsylvania - http://www.gregpalast.com/god-damn-america-especially-pennsylvania/
George Bush tells us he’s, “feeling just fine.” And we should be glad for him, I suppose. Bush ends his most belligerent speeches by saying, “God bless America.”
So, why hasn’t He? Maybe you can tell us, Mr. President: Why hasn’t He?
Newsweek: Saddam's Files Show No Tie ins to Al Qaeda or 9/11- http://www.newsweek.com/id/128620
Bushevik Crime Family can stop the release of the Pentagon report that COMPLETELY SUPPORT THE ABOVE...but they can't stop the truth everytime...
Here come the sabers again...Administration Puts Its Best Spin On Iran Report - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/23/AR200803...
Comments last week by President Bush and Vice President Cheney suggested continuing White House unhappiness at the conclusions of last December's national intelligence estimate on Iran's nuclear program. Bush told U.S.-funded Radio Farda, which broadcasts into Iran in Farsi, that Iranian leaders have "declared they want to have a nuclear weapon to destroy people," a statement that went well beyond the findings of the NIE.
The Iraq Civil War Bush And The Corporate Media Don't Tell You About - http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/80469/
Sometimes I feel like Iraqis and Americans are analyzing two different wars happening in two different countries. In one narrative, there is a civil war based on ancient sectarian hatred where a U.S. withdrawal will cause the sky to fall. In the other, there is a country struggling under occupation to get its independence back where the occupation is not welcomed and it is causing political, not sectarian, splits and violence.
Corporate Media Has Turned the Presidental Elections into a Sideshow - http://proudtoliveinamerica.com/Forms/Main/Default.aspx?L=en-us&P=Americ...
We know about the candidates pastors and passports but does anyone really know the candidates positions on major issues like taxes, social security or health care?
James Moore, Texas Expert on Rove, Discusses Political Surrogates, Rovian Tactics in 2008, and Win at All Cost Campaigns Read: The BuzzFlash Tuesday, March 25th Interview
- http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/interviews/101
Finding a Voice: Why do opponents fear Barack Obama? - http://www.findingavoice.com/?p=239
What makes opponents so afraid of Barack Obama that they find it necessary to attack his family and his minister and nit-pick the details of his early childhood rather than face him squarely on the issues? Must they use fear and innuendo to undermine his credibility in the hope their own foibles and shortcomings will go unnoticed?
Obama's promise of a new majority, and the question it prompts - http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/23/america/liberal.php
Polls consistently show that he can help more Democratic state & national candidates in November...THAT IS HUGE...THAT MEANS CHANGE
Brent Budowsky: Foreclosed Homeowners, Incompetent Banks, and Moral Hazards - http://pundits.thehill.com/2008/03/24/foreclosed-homeowners-incompetent-...
Here’s the point, for today. When average Americans get screwed by corrupt mortgage firms, or by lawyer-written contracts that looked like fixed rates but were in truth variable rates, it is “moral hazard” for government to help them.
Help an average American, it is moral hazard. Bail these guys out for this performance, and it is Washington in the age and ethic of George W. Bush.
The Obama Doctrine: 'And then Obama said something about the Iraq War that wasn't incremental at all. "I don't want to just end the war," he said, "but I want to end the mind-set that got us into war in the first place." '
- http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_obama_doctrine
Today's relevant stat: 97% of U.S. deaths in Iraq came after 'Mission Accomplished.' - http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/24/97-of-us-deaths-in-iraq-came-after-mission-accomplished/
Ellen Goodman: The Free Market Hypocrites of Wall Street. The Government is There to Bail Them Out, But Not Us. - http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/5639798.html
And before we wrap up the sermon, a last word. If a financial firm is "too big to fail" — a status I've always aspired to — why aren't homeowners?
Ronald Reagan, the patron saint of Republicans, used to say, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' " This notion infiltrated the national consciousness. Any sort of government help was framed as hapless, useless or, yes, a moral hazard.
Reagan's line always got a belly laugh. Well, folks, not in this Bear (Stearns) market.
THERE IS NO 'FREE MARKET' ITS A CON...simple as that....there never will be one...its a fantasy/fairy tale
McCain is not environmentally sound Update: McCain 'might take [new CAFE standards] off the books' - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/3/24/13617/0175
His Senior Adviser (ie, his choice for Secretary of Energy): The fact that this guy is a former director of the Congressional Budget Office means, of course, he is an economist, which is perhaps all you need to know about him. The fact he is acting as a senior advisor and surrogate for McCain is a very bad sign.
Just got home from work, heard the civil unrest powder keg has just been touched off in Iraq. Wondering how much better flood relief would look with more National Guard and Reservist uniforms. And of course there's the comony. How much worse is this War Pig sty going to get? Despair has once again crept in.
Hey gang, why does C&L now have pop up ads, and big ass ads on almost every post? My popup blocker is going nuts trying to contain them, and it has slowed the site down to a crawl.
145 EliteLemming Says: I said “in general”, plus you can’t seriously be saying they’ve carried the water like the rest have.
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Yes, i think i can. The rah, rah tone of NPR for the War in Iraq was just as loud if not as brash as Fox News. Cokie Roberts is a fine example of someone i would never have dinner with, the indigestion would hospitalize me.
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Holy Bosnia, Batman! Will Hillary’s Downfall Be … That She WAS Greeted with Flowers?
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=1653
I couldn't bring myself to watch the video. what's Shrimpy McPutzputz up to?
The illusion of security that is the "surge" is falling apart fast:
Critical cease-fire in Iraq unravels as U.S. death toll mounts
BAGHDAD — A cease-fire critical to the improved security situation in Iraq appeared to unravel Monday when a militia loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al Sadr began shutting down neighborhoods in west Baghdad and issuing demands of the central government.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080325/wl_mcclatchy/2889217
More Republican liars? Shocked, I tell, I'm shocked!!!
"Critical cease-fire in Iraq unravels as U.S. death toll mounts":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20080325/wl_mcclatchy/2889217
Don't forget Jack Brooks expose of Rex-84 by North, and the plans for COG in the event of some real or imagined/fabricated disaster...
and how Inouye wanted to hush it up quickly or go into closed session.
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpXh7DCptaQ
Information that absolutely NEEDS to be disseminated:
http://allspinzone.com/wp/2008/03/24/is-the-us-military-in-iraq-apparent...
Ladies and gents, what we are witnessing is the next step in the NWO's plans for world domination.
Although the local (national) governments are always one or two steps behind the people, the intellectual and geopolitical elite are always two steps ahead of the people.
The US military is going to eventually become part of the world military, not subject to any "regulation" from the US system of laws.
Please C&L, please start looking into this, because it is huge. Not only has our military joined with the Canadian military, but also our military is going to soon be subject to zero oversight.
I know what with the economy being so bad that people are calling for more regulation in the market, but that is PEANUTS, because the REAL de-regulation is occurring in government.
Just read the article and absorb it all in.
By the way, if the so called "surge" is as the Republicans portrays it as then how is it that Al Sadr has the power to shut down portions of Baghdad at will? The answer: The addition of those extra U.S. forces was simply a political move, not a practical one.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7311992.stm
then
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-egypt25mar25,0,14237...
Note how the LA Times is still running the incorrect story...
The ship is an American-Flagged PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED container ship.
Navy Registry for 'G': http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/name_G.htm
The Owner and Operator: http://www.global-container-lines.com/gclnews.html
This is where it gets interesting, the cargo:
http://www.navyshipnews.com/2008/01/news-from-deployed-us-navy-ships.html
MRAPs = http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/2007/mrap/
Egypt would be within their rights to impound the vessel, and hold the crew over for trial on the charge of murder.
Furthermore, based on the outrage among the peddlers in the area, IMHO, the crewmembers, even the Captain if involved, should be handed over. If Justice isn't served in this, how many of those pissed off peddlers will be willing to perform Terrorism on US-flagged vessels, including privately-owned ones?
IMHO, a congressional investigation should be opened as well, as to why this happened, including why MRAPs are being shipped by redneck crews who pull this kinda crap.
This is not a military vessel, and is not subject to ANY perceived protection of such. This is just plain murder.
Wow. And to think that back then, we thought that whole "shadow government" thing was such a big, fat, hairy deal.
Seems like small potatoes these days, huh.
QuakerDave-Hussein @ 9:
What is distressing is how many people shrugged it all off as conspiracy nonsense. That's what people tend to do when they do not understand the depth of what is really going on.
Democracy can't...but tyrrany can...and has...
and even tyranny can and has...
James Carville is an asshole.
Hillary is a liar. The Court will decide whether or not to further undermine the search warrant. PA. gets a record Dem registration.
Drew @ 7:
I would say it smells more like panic stricken legal arguments to avoid trials and bad publicity,
goal posts and definitions change as new brown lumps hit the rotating thing.
In my opinion, Ollie is everything a patriot shouldn't be.
Drew @ 10:
this "conspiracy theory" slur is bandied about by both parties and their mouthpieces.
but then, Carroll Quigley explained why, didn't he.
Great clip, a step back in time. In listening to Ronnie lying I was struck by the numerous examples historians will have for our current President, their challenge lies in finding something truthful.
I cannot recollect a single honest statement not rooted in fantasy or partisan hackery from the Decider in Chief
Jack Kevorkian is running for office.
Cities are blaming predatory lenders for allowing them do screw consumers in exchange for property tax.
Homes in the million dollar range are in dire straits, too.
Joe O. @ 3:
Al Sadr got hammered the other week in some sort of crack down in the south, so its payback time by them now they reorganized.
ferrofluid @ 14:
That would be true if it weren't for the results of such beliefs.
If that is true, if it is all just panic, then this does not discount what the results of such panic will be. Where there is distress and panic, there is consolidation.
I HATE TO HAVE TO BE THE ONE TO TELL YOU O'DANNY, You're absolutely correct
John McCain's new Political Ad.
I'm watching Bush's War on PBS as we are here. Go to PBS if you can.
This is interesting.. LA Times and Reuters are still telling lies, this story is several hours old now... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7311992.stm and http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-egypt25mar25,0,1423735.story
and now one has a job for FOX NEWS and the other is worshiped by the right wing as one of the greatest presidents ever
25 EnderW Says: This is interesting.. LA Times and Reuters are still telling lies, this story is several hours old now… http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7311992.stm and http://www.latimes.com/news/na.....3735.story
And now as the world police, we create more adversity.
EnderW @ 23:
I read about this. One Egyptian killed after refusing to change course directed at cargo ship carrying military equipment.. Doesn't sound over the top to me.
C& L where are the quote and refresh buttons?
EnderW @ 23:
try misspelling keywords to avoid ISP and TLA filtering.
(not paranoid moi !!)
BUSH PARDONS WEINBERGER, FIVE OTHERS TIED TO IRAN-CONTRA.
The president also pardoned five other persons who already had pleaded guilty or had been indicted or convicted in connection with the Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages investigation. They were Elliott Abrams, a former assistant secretary of state for Inter-American affairs; former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane; and Duane Clarridge, Alan Fiers, and Clair George, all former employees of the Central Intelligence Agency.
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefAuxArt.aspx?refid=761594587
Apparently it was a US-flagged PRIVATE VESSEL crewed by one-tooth bubbas with itchy trigger fingers!!!
Now why do we have those going (by no-bid contract, no doubt) to Iraq, on private vessels, crewed by one-tooth redneck bubbas with itchy trigger fingers while in the waters of our allies?
It's time for a Congressional Investigation on this crap.
Egypt is well within their rights if they impound the ship and cargo, and hold the crew until trial on the charge of murder.
IMHO, diplomatically, and from the perspective of the "War on Terror", we need to send in a new crew, and surrender this crew to the Egyptians to be tried in their courts. It is their fully-enclosed territorial waters in which the murder occurred.
Also, note that EVERYONE, especially the operators of the peddler boats in the Suez are EXTREMELY pissed off.
Not turning the crew over for trial could result in a situation where shitloads of people there want to perform Terrorst acts on US-flagged ships, military, and privately owned (as this one was).
In this case, the act was illegal, and the cargo is irrelevant to the case.
I bet this is all lost on Bush and that flake Rice. Hell, today Rice was smoking WAAAY too much crack, as evidenced by her completely-detached-from-reality musing that "I want the Chinese to negotiate with the Dahli Llama." (Five bucks says they let him into the country, and then send his monestary a bill for the bullet they use to execute him).
Don Davis @1
Holy Bosnia, Batman! Will Hillary’s Downfall Be … That She WAS Greeted with Flowers?
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=1653
How do spin this stinking pile?
Oh my! This is gonna leave a mark. Ouch!
I hate it when facts fuck up a good story.
Ash"Hussy"Williams @ 28:
If that's a Blackwater KBR Halliburton type contractor ship there will be hell to pay.
Even if it was US mil, lethal force inside territorial waters would cause ructions.
My post was eaten too, it was about the Iran- Contra thing!
Ron, is your javascript turned on in your browser?
Pardon me Mr. G.H.W.Bush!
Some are apparently have a quote and refresh buttons. What about the rest of us?
Isn't that PIG now a member of the FOX news crew?
34 Ty Styck Says: Ron, is your javascript turned on in your browser?
I've never turned it off. Everything was working earlier.
36 Ron Says: Some are apparently have a quote and refresh buttons. What about the rest of us?
I have the same problem on some threads but not others; I think it is the server from Wordpress and not your browser!
EnderW @ 37:
It may be a temporary glitch in the server.
try typing the link in http://www.thisformat_dot_com
Ron @ 38:
Are you using Firefox Ron?
It's not a Navy ship!
US Flagged, and Owned and Operated by Global Container Lines
This announcement tells us that it's carrying:
THESE
Replace the underscores in the domains only with periods when you ise the links.
i'll be damned... that worked...
39 lafingas Says: 36 Ron Says: Some are apparently have a quote and refresh buttons. What about the rest of us?
I have the same problem on some threads but not others; I think it is the server from Wordpress and not your browser
Yeah, it's not the first time.
Fox Refuses To Pay Indecency Fine
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/24/AR200803...
I used to have the same problem,until I switched to FireFox.MSN gave me alot of problems.Much better with FireFox.
Acting Patriotic @ 22:
Another 1gm fan? I love that place. Norm runs a great site.
The history of "misspoke."
Original lexicon:
Current accepted usage:
Click here for the Olbermann review of current usage.
How's Hillary gonna spin the big stinking pile about her Bosnia trip?
Ouch! This is gonna leave a mark. Sleepless night for many in that campsite. I'd love to be a bug on the wall at that brain storming session.
Is she trying to act all Raygunny, mixing reality with movies or some such? Wow!
Obama had his big speedbump and he handled it as well as possible IMO. It'll be fascinating to see how Hillary deals.
Ron @ 38:
I usually leave JS off. Maybe a reboot will fix ya up.
42 Peter G Says: Ron @ 38:
34 Ty Styck Says: Ron, is your javascript turned on in your browser?
I’ve never turned it off. Everything was working earlier.
Are you using Firefox Ron?
No, the last time I complained about this, I tryed firefox and it didn't help at all.
hey site monitor, do you have a way of fixing those links for me? i'm not going to attempt it again after 27 attempts to post a simple story.
just replace the underscores IN THE DOMAIN NAMES ONLY with periods.
thanks
[e-mail the Site Monitors. Thanks for your patience....Site Monitor.]
Firewall: Inside the Iran-Contra Cover-up
http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/story34.html
McCain vs. Mr. Potato Head.
Only one man (or spud) can win.
Ron @ 51:
You might give Firefox another try but with the NoScript add on. Once you set it up for the scripts you want (and the ones used here are all pretty harmless) things work quite well. I had the same problem and it cleared up. You might also want to run a Trojan check.
Tequila @ 13:
No kidding. What happened to this guy? Richardson is Judas? Clinton was what? Entitled to his endorsement? Good grief!
You know, I've seen that video circulating around these here internets, with Clinton recounting her dangerous landing in Bosnia and subsequent running to cars under sniper fire juxtaposed against her peaceful landing followed by being greeted pleasantly by government officials and a young child. And I have to ask -- is she really lying? Did something else happen not in that video? Could she be conflating different events?
I don't know. And the article doesn't seem to answer those questions (though the Clinton camp now says she "misspoke.") It just seems an awfully big mistake, and perhaps she's just conflating something accidentally, as our human memories make us all prone to do. Or is this a "big lie?" Something so absurd on its face that no one would say it if it weren't true? I dunno. I'm asking sincerely.
So sorry to quibble, but the Court will actually be deciding whether courts must first decide that a person's rights were violated before determining whether police officers are immune from civil suit by the person who claims his rights were violated. Justice Breyer would like courts to be able to address the immunity question separately, and first, if necessary. We'll see what the rest of the panel thinks. (By the way, I really don't like Justice Breyer. I think he's one of Clinton's mistakes.)
Whatever the decision, it won't do much to the Fourth Amendment itself. More frightening, though, are the circumstances that brought this case to the Court. Cops entered a suspect's home without a warrant, and that suspect wants to sue them. It's pretty much the only bright line left in Fourth Amendment law -- that you need a warrant to go into a person's home. But because some suits have gone forward despite such police misconduct (and evidence admitted at trial that resulted from the warrantless entry), some courts were saying that the officers should be immune from suit. Because, you see, it's not clear that any rights were violated. (Good grief!)
If indeed, the Court were deciding whether the suspect's rights were violated by a warrantless entry into his home, I'd be terrified. The Fourth Amendment has been largely gutted, but the right to retreat into one's home has so far remained sacrosanct. When we lose that, it's over.
Watch This.. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/19/cheney-poll-iraq/
Cheney is a confident bastard.
This entire piece will blow your mind
Jerry Falwell's Deal with the Devil
After the Iran-Contra scandal exploded in 1986, The Washington Times and other Moon operations battled aggressively to protect Reagan's White House and its key operative Oliver North.
Godwin, the link between Falwell's Moral Majority and Moon's Washington Times, raised funds for North through a group called the Interamerican Partnership, which was a fore-runner to North's own Freedom Alliance. [ Common Cause Magazine, Fall 1993]
Another Moon-connected group, the American Freedom Coalition, also went to bat for North and later George H.W. Bush. According to Andrew Leigh, who worked for a Moon front called Global Image Associates, AFC broadcast a pro-North video, "Ollie North: Fight for Freedom," more than 600 times on more than 100 TV stations.
Leigh quoted one AFC official as saying that AFC received $5 million to $6 million from business interests associated with Moon. AFC also bragged that it helped put George H.W. Bush into the White House in 1988 by distributing 30 million pieces of political literature. [Washington Post, Oct. 15, 1989]
Direct Mail Communications, the firm owned by Reber and Thomas, also aided North in building his mailing lists. The firm did direct-mail work as well for Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the Republican National Committee, and the National Rifle Association, The Roanoke Times & World News reported Nov. 2, 1994.
READ ON:
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/051607.html
lafingas @ 40:
That may be the case, because the other day I had some problems posting to one thread, then I had no problems posting to the Limpballs thread, and now this. in the same browser session. Granted, I have about 70 open tabs, and maybe a client restart might help, but I am in the middle of a research project on Prof. Barry Cooper of the University of Calgary (soon to be addressed only as "Convict"), and don't want to close things until I close Barry.
yes indeed, more republican assholes-- you would think we would have learned . . . no, i guess not--
what's with the pop-ups registry cleaner and get twinky-- why the hell do i want to get twinky??? just to leave a comment???
ok, this is just getting weird...
#40 just popped into existence, and that was one of the original formats I tried posting this whole thing in...
What's going on?
Was that you, site monitor? I guess it is a server-side issue after all...
58 Peter G Says: Ron @ 51:
42 Peter G Says: Ron @ 38:
34 Ty Styck Says: Ron, is your javascript turned on in your browser?
I’ve never turned it off. Everything was working earlier.
Are you using Firefox Ron?
No, the last time I complained about this, I tryed firefox and it didn’t help at all.
You might give Firefox another try but with the NoScript add on. Once you set it up for the scripts you want (and the ones used here are all pretty harmless) things work quite well. I had the same problem and it cleared up. You might also want to run a Trojan check.
What do condoms have to do with the internet?
So why is it that when something, like this blog here, gets more popular, it becomes even more dependent on advertising?
The ads on the right side are fine, but please get rid of that annoying ad that is located right in the *$#@ing middle of an otherwise great blog. It is ironic, to say the least...
Orangutan. @ 58:
I fixed it for you, Orangutan.
I finally got to read that article on who controls what in Iraq. I'm amazed that the Bushies would actually argue this and set some sort of precident in the SCOTUS, especially in light of the contempt that Bush has shown the UN over the last seven years. This certainly needs to get more airplay.
well, i'm glad it's not just me-- after reviewing the comments, it appears that there are gremlins in the c&l machine-- for a second, i thought they were listening in again on my end--
Do we get to hang North BEFORE or AFTER Bush?
Remind me why all the Republicans are rushing to call themselves Reagan Republicans? Oh yeah...they know the American public has no memory beyond the last diet cola commercial.
Ron @ 64:
Saw that comin' several thousand miles away.
67 99Lufballons Says:
Do we get to hang North BEFORE or AFTER Bush?
Bush 1 or 2?
Erik @ 68:
ah that lovely value added Aspartame
69 Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein Says: Ron @ 64:
58 Peter G Says: Ron @ 51:
42 Peter G Says: Ron @ 38:
You might also want to run a Trojan check.
What do condoms have to do with the internet?
Saw that comin’ several thousand miles away.
So, you have a solution.
Chris Matthews, otherwise known as Pot, gives an impromptu lecture about blackness to his media colleagues, otherwise known as Kettle.
EnderW @ 63:
browser cache maybe
ferrofluid @ 75:
try pressing F5 (function key Five) Refresh page
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 70:
One pinhole and the software leaks all over.
the Media's treatment of 5 years in Iraq was very predictable , predictably pathetic and misleading . The fast talking John King at CNN (contains no news ) had these gems , insinuating Saddam " signed his fate " because he "pretended to the world , he had WMDs " only problem with THAT lie was , the Bush Crime Family KNEW he didn't have WMDs , according to their high level defector , not only did he say there weren't there , so did the inspectors , because THEY DIDn't FIND aNY , HELLO . Throw in the Downing Street Memo , and many others . So that makes John king a goddamn LIAR , as well as his ludicrous remark , after the initial first fews days of the Illegal invasion ," Bush asked too , where were the wmds " . I believe he said they were there from the get go , so why would we ask such a ridiculous question , in fact HE KNEW they didn't have any wmds in the first damn place .
CNN is not to be trusted .
Here's another trip down memory lane , proving why a former KGB agent said , U.S. propaganda is even better than Pravda's , because EVERYBODY knew PRAVDA was lying .
CounterPunch - A handful of military personnel from the 4th Psychological Operations Group (i.e. PSYOPs) based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina have until recently been working in CNN's headquarters in Atlanta. An enterprising Dutch journalist named Abe De Vries came up with this important story in mid-February, and he remains properly astounded that no mainstream news medium in the United States has evinced any interest in the story.
Ron @ 73:
Depends how long you've had teh Trojan onboard, so to speak, and what is contained within it. If too much time has passed since the Trojan was installed, and 'data' has overflowed from the 'data reservoir' into the 'data shaft', not even petroleum jelly will disintigrate all of it immediately. However, the removal process is generally quite enjoyable, and the real trick is to discontinue the removal process periodically for long enough to feed and hydrate oneself, (if not function in society) before starvation, dehydration or old age discontinues it for you, Ronnie Wad.
I use Firefox and don't have the problems you're having. Try it again, and make sure you don't have IE running in the background somewhere, and run a google search re your problem too...
Peter G @ 77:
lol
69 Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein Says: Ron @ 64:
58 Peter G Says: Ron @ 51:
42 Peter G Says: Ron @ 38:
You might also want to run a Trojan check.
What do condoms have to do with the internet?
Saw that comin’ several thousand miles away.
Here I thought my friends always had the answers. Disappointed.
Truth B Told @ 6:
Sheesh...when he brought that up you can she them
shitting themselves!
Merkel in the Knesset
http://www.counterpunch.com/hamadeh03212008.html
82 Dana Says: Truth B Told @ 6:
Don’t forget Jack Brooks expose of Rex-84 by North, and the plans for COG in the event of some real or imagined/fabricated disaster…
and how Inouye wanted to hush it up quickly or go into closed session.
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpXh7DCptaQ
Sheesh…when he brought that up you can she them
shitting themselves!
Forget all that, watch 24 and pay attention to Jack Bauer.
North should still be in prison.
Fact.
http://www.youtube.com/v/DaQxw0DOklI&hl=en - even the Young Turks are making fun of Hillary's Snipergate lie, and they've always been very kind to her otherwise.
Ron @ 84:
LOL!
How long ago did you try Firefox?
How much RAM do you have?
How many tabs/windows do you typically have open?
Do you have other programs running that use a lot of RAM?
Ron@84 Hey, leave Jack alone. I miss him thanks to that damn writer's strike (which I thought was fair but it did f' up the tv shows).
Ron
I was just off consulting a computer geek friend of mine (at least geekier than me) and he suggested you might have some conflicting scripts running. You still seem to have your voice and that's the important thing.
Kahoneez @ 78:
could be due to the fact that the guy sitting across the desk from them is wearing fatigues and packing.
Seems to have worked well these last seven years, rather a good way to keep the US MSM 'on message' putting armed commissars in every major newsroom,
brings back fond memories of the Soviet Union and their news reporting making techniques.
Truth B Told @ 6:
Whenever I see one of these posts or one of the multi-page over capitalized missives underscored and in bold type I think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8WmvMCTW_g&feature=related
87 Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein Says: Ron @ 84:
82 Dana Says: Truth B Told @ 6:
Don’t forget Jack Brooks expose of Rex-84 by North, and the plans for COG in the event of some real or imagined/fabricated disaster…
and how Inouye wanted to hush it up quickly or go into closed session.
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpXh7DCptaQ
Sheesh…when he brought that up you can she them
shitting themselves!
Forget all that, watch 24 and pay attention to Jack Bauer.
LOL!
How long ago did you try Firefox?
How much RAM do you have?
How many tabs/windows do you typically have open?
Do you have other programs running that use a lot of RAM?
87 Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein Says: Ron @ 84:
82 Dana Says: Truth B Told @ 6:
Don’t forget Jack Brooks expose of Rex-84 by North, and the plans for COG in the event of some real or imagined/fabricated disaster…
and how Inouye wanted to hush it up quickly or go into closed session.
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpXh7DCptaQ
Sheesh…when he brought that up you can she them
shitting themselves!
Forget all that, watch 24 and pay attention to Jack Bauer.
LOL!
How long ago did you try Firefox?
How much RAM do you have?
How many tabs/windows do you typically have open?
Do you have other programs running that use a lot of RAM?
Last week, I think it was when you guys were being deleted by the site monitor. No woder it didn't work. Hey serious, you have to tune in to PBS.
Having been in the Army, I realized what big fat nobodies Lt. Colonels really are. The normally serve as battallion comanders. Ollie North was just some dupe they dug up out of no-where to take the fall. It's kinda like blaming a cheerleader for losing a football game. The man was little more than someones errand bitch.
How long ago did you try Firefox?
How much RAM do you have?
How many tabs/windows do you typically have open?
Do you have other programs running that use a lot of RAM?
Why are you always asking me about my sex life. I'm trying to be serious.
Roark77 Hussein @ 88:
Then you'll like this.
And this.
Ron @ 94:
Just tryin ta help ya get fixed so we don't have a buncha little Ronnie W.'s runnin round
;-}
Moral relativism is A-OK when the Conservatives do it.
What a wasted video.
Peter G @ 91:
lol - for the life of me, I don't believe I've ever met anyone with such an enormous brian ;-}
LibertyLover @ 97:
And they're insistently incessantly incestuously incite-ful about it.
I might have guessed you're a South Park fan P2B. Watching it for me is a lonely pleasure. Very few of my friends get the satire.
Ron @ 94:
your porn taking too much Ram!
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 100:
Not to mention recycled into newer administrations to wash, rinse, repeat.
Peter G @ 101:
What satire?
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 100:
While inaptly inspired to inordinately inveigh against it though ineluctably linked to it.
odanny @ 18:
I don't have much faith in historians anymore. Kids these days aren't being told that Reagan traded sold arms to the Iranians, allowed the Nicaraguan drug cartels to sell cocaine to our kids, then used all that money to wage an illegal war against the democratically elected government of Nicaragua.
They don't tell the kids that he spent us blind on SDI to rekindle the cold war out of detente; that he oversaw one of the worst banking scandals/crises in history, about the Dow collapse and subsequent long recession...
They're only told that he single-handedly ended the cold war while bringing prosperity to all Americans.
I fear 20 years from now, GWB will be the liberator of the Iraqi people who hunted down the Hussein for his masterminding of the 9/11 attacks.
Peter G @ 105:
Sorry. Should have said: While inaptly inspired to inordinately inveigh against it though ineluctably involved in it.
Peter G @ 105:
And inanely inventing inviegeling and invalid issues to increase Islamophobia ingrained inside.
Peter G @ 107:
We're starting to sound like a coupla libertardians, " I I I I I I I I " ad infinitum...
P2B I believe you are up to bat.
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 109:
And he knocks one out of the park. LOL
102 paranoia Says: Ron @ 94:
How long ago did you try Firefox?
How much RAM do you have?
How many tabs/windows do you typically have open?
Do you have other programs running that use a lot of RAM?
Why are you always asking me about my sex life. I’m trying to be serious.
your porn taking too much Ram!
Hey, you're the onr thay has the moniker, parinoia.
Nice one LibertyLover.
Peter G @ 113:
TY. Not too shabby for as tired as "I" am. ;) GN all!
It is late isn't it? Good evening all. A Demain.
Peter G @ 111:
Inclitorating intreaty (sic).
Flush yer frikin' cache!
Let's get back to politics fer a second......
......I, like many another progressive, am sick and fucking tired of the antics Sister BeezleBub and Senator SnakeOil think are so cute and winsome.
Important issues are at stake here as the commenter in my linked post below states so well, Jeralyn threatened to ban him because he was commenting too much....
Well, here goes I am announcing a new blogswarm. Check it out here:
I've heard enough; time for a real change!
....and don't forget to vote in the poll.
A. Citizen
Peace, Health and Prosperity for Everyone.
Kuparuk @ 106:
Much has happen when I was in high school and yet they stop teaching US history before Nixon. I grew up in Michigan, and as you notice Michigan has a pretty strong conservative side. Vietnam war has turn some traditional conservative into liberal, and in Condi Rice case, Jimmy Carter seeking peaceful idealist method, has turn her into a Republican from a Democrat. I learn much of real history after HS, but I fear this "no child left behind" of teaching to memory instead of critical thinking method. It's the critical thinking skill that will propel you to find out for yourself the truth.
History of the past will help you recognize path to the future.
This administration is the most secretive and we have a president appointed while much of who he is sealed from public. His own demon hidden to such an extent that a prominent newsman get fired for asking question about his past.
Did anyone here know that George Bush personally reviews torture tapes? Would anyone here be surprised that he watches them because he takes PLEASURE in watching people suffer?
Obama’s mentor’s mentor;
James Cone maintains;
Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community … Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love. [1]
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jamescone/
Hittin’ the road, Jack,”and I ain’t comin’ back no more no more no more no more”…
“Last word, freak.” - Melvin Udall
out
;-}
I believe this is very likely. Everything I've ever read about Bush indicates that he is a sadistic bully.
This man has done enormous damage to the standing of not only the USA but the entire western world. If it were to come out that he watched torture tapes for his perverted amusement, the damage would be incalculable and probably irreversible.
Drew @ 119:
120 McMain supporter
What a bunch of racist BS, get a life, moron!
This is one of among the strongest videos of Reagan that needs to be placed in front of his and republican loyalist worshipers. Because they become ostrichs and place their heads in holes in the ground when played.
As for Mr (FOX) North, This is a man that could be convinced to assasinate a US President for the sake of his country and those that order him.
And he prides himself on it and is pandered by the GOP for that blind loyalty. As I Lewis "Scooter" Libby (inmate #28301-016) will be cared for.
But how does North explain the facts to his children? North should never have been an officer for the fact of lack of mental proccesses. How many died at Norths illegal weapons running? He will spend the rest of his life trying to convince anyone that will listen, he was an American hero and not a simple criminal running guns. To be likened to a drug runner.
Oliver was to go away in shame after his immunity and testifying. The GOP drags him out in memory of Reagan. Now Rush, Hannity et al cling to him as a hero and that this heroship by association will rub off on them somehow.
Calculate this, How does a John Kerry get slimed over his service compared to Bush. Sen Hagel service compared to North's service?
You have to use that conservative math....................................
Can anyone answer a question for me? I found this posted response to "Bush's War" on the PBS site:
"To attack the '16 words' after they have been found to be accurate, and to use Joe Wilson after he has been found to be a serial liar by the Senate Intelligence Committee demonstrates the shallowness of your attack."
I hadn't heard that those 16 words had been found to be accurate. Does anyone know what talking points he's referring to?
The feds get sued over ignoring endangered species.
125 Stranded
State Department Memo: "16 Words" Were False
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Report
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/59/19157
Here's a statistic that may shock you John Amato, as I noticed that you posted on the 4000 dead soldiers (as reported by the government) in Iraq.
Did you know that over 15,000 soldiers have died as a result of the Iraq occupation?
What the government does is ONLY COUNT THOSE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DIED IN IRAQ.
If a soldier sustains wounds in battle, they are often med-evacuated to other countries such as Germany or other countries that have permanent American bases. If that soldier were to later die from their wounds, which were sustained in Iraq, their death is not counted in government statistics.
This 15,000 number is the latest stat I have, as proven by CBS news:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18737.htm
The Iraq occupation is a bigger catastrophe than most people imagine it to be. I feel sorry for those families who are not even given the dignity of having their children counted among the dead.
This is what happens when criminals run the state.
Oh the good ol' days, when presidents still felt enough shame (or at least feared being brought to justice) that they would go before the American people and try to explain their treasonous actions.
120 McMain supporter
My friend, thanks for your support, and promise if elected I will reserve a cabinet position for you.
In fact I had it whispered in my ear that these preachers have been attending training then returning to plant hope for change along every roadside in the country.
Your patriotism will help whitewash our accomplishment for the election, and for the next 100 years.
I nap easier knowing you are on duty to maintain the purity of our cause on the home front.
Forever yours,
John McInsaneinthemembrane.
EnderW @ 9:
Maybe they are part of Infragard and didn't get the memo/
McMain supporter @ 120:
So?
On March 25, 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala., to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.
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25,000 Go to Alabama's Capitol; Wallace Rebuffs Petitioners; White Rights Worker is Slain
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Dr. King Cheered, He Says 'No Wave of Racism Can Stop Us Now'
By Roy Reed
Special to The New York Times
Montgomery, Ala., March 25 -- The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 Negroes and whites to the shadow of the State Capitol here today and challenged Alabama to put an end to racial discrimination.
Gov. George C. Wallace sent word about 2 P.M. that he would receive a delegation from the marchers after the rally, but the delegation met twice with rebuffs when it tried to see him. State policemen stopped the group the first time at the edge of the Capitol grounds and said no one was to be let through.
The delegation was later admitted to the Capitol, but was told that the Governor had closed his office for the day. The group left without giving its petition to anyone.
At Steps of Capitol
The Alabama Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery ended shortly after noon at the foot of the Capitol steps, and as people from all over the nation stood facing the white-columned statehouse, Dr. King assured them:
"We are not about to turn around. We, are on the move now. Yes, we are on the move and no wave of racism can stop us."
The throng let out a mighty cheer, so loud that it was easily audible 75 yards away in the office of Governor Wallace, where the Governor was seen several times parting the venetian blinds of a window overlooking the rally.
Even though the 54-mile march from Selma was a dramatization of a grievance, its windup at the steps of the Capitol carried the trappings of triumph.
The march was hailed by several speakers as the greatest demonstration in the history of the civil rights movement. The caravan that followed Dr. King up Dexter Avenue up the broad slope that once accommodated the inaugural parade of the President of the Confederate States of American, comprised friends of the civil rights movement from all sections of America and some from abroad.
Virtually all of the notables of the movement were there, and the speakers' platform held two Negro winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. King and Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, United Nations Under Secretary for Special Political Affairs.
Other Negro leaders included Roy Wilkins, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Whitney M. Young, director of the National Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Bayard A. Rustlin, who with Mr. Randolph was one of the organizers of the March on Washington in 1963, and John Lewis, president, of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Other notables included James Baldwin, the author; Harry Belafonte, the singer; Joan Baez, the folk singer, and others.
The march started Sunday at Selma. It reached the outskirts of Montgomery yesterday after four days and nights on the road under the protection of Army troops and federalized Alabama National Guardmen. The troops were sent be President Johnson after Governor Wallace said Alabama could not afford the expense of protecting the marchers.
The little band that made the entire march, much of it through desolate lowlands, was joined today and last night by thousands who flocked to Montgomery to walk the last three and one-half miles of the trip to the Capitol.
Troops Out in Force
The marchers carried with them a petition to Governor Wallace saying:
"We have come not only five days and 50 miles but we have come from three centuries of suffering and hardship. We have come to you, the Governor of Alabama, to declare that we must have our freedom NOW. We must have the right to vote; we must have equal protection of the law and an end to police brutality."
Federal troops who guarded the marchers and brought them safely to Montgomery were out in force at the Capitol today. Eight hundred troops lined Dexter Avenue, one soldier every 25 feet behind wooden barricades set between the street and the sidewalks.
Troops stood on the roofs of buildings along the march route through downtown Montgomery and on those of the office buildings looking out on the rally at the Capitol steps.
The rally never got on to state property. It was confined to the street in front of the steps.
The throng stretched down eight-laned Dexter Avenue a block and a half. Its cheers could be heard for blocks.
The line of marchers who walked from the City of St. Jude, a Catholic school and hospital, where they spent last night, stretched out so long that when Dr. King and leaders reached the makeshift speakers' platform at the head of Dexter Avenue, the end of the line did not arrive for nearly an hour and a half.
Tension High
Tension was high in the city, particularly after the rally, as the thousands of visitors scurried for taxis, buses, trains, cars and airplanes to get out of town before nightfall.
Dr. King, in an interview after the rally, said the civil rights campaign would continue in the Alabama Black Belt.
"We will continue to march people to the courthouses," he said. "If there is resistance, naturally we will have to expose the resistance and the injustice we still face. There could be violence in some areas, but we feel a moral compulsion to go forward, anyway."
He said the Negro movement would turn much of its attention in the weeks ahead to trying to pass President Johnson's voting-rights bill in Congress.
"We want immediate passage," he said. "We will lobby for this in many areas of the country."
In the address at the end of the three-and-a-half-hour rally, Dr. King urged his listeners onward in the civil rights struggle.
"Let us march on segregated schools until every vestige of segregation and inferior education becomes a thing of the past, and Negroes and whites study side by side in the socially healing context of the classroom," he said.
"Let us march on ballot boxes, march on ballot boxes until race baiters disappear from the political arena."
He referred to the tumultuous events at Selma in the last two months, during which time the voting-rights campaign that he began there turned into a general protest against racial injustice, with two men dead and scores injured.
"Yet Selma, Alabama, has become a shining moment in the conscience of man," he said. "If the worst in American life lurked in the dark streets, the best of American instincts arose passionately from across the nation to overcome it."
"The confrontation of good and evil compressed in the tiny community of Selma, generated the massive power that turned the whole nation to a new course," he said.
"Alabama has tried to nurture and defend evil, but the evil is choking to death in the dusty roads and streets of this state."
Dr. King spoke with passion, and the thousands sitting in the street beneath him responded with repeated outbursts of approval.
Several times he urged his followers to continue their support of nonviolent demonstrations, with the aim of achieving understanding with the white community.
"Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man," he said, "but to win his friendship and understanding. We must come to see that the end we seek is a society that can live with its conscience."
He ended his address with a peroration on the theme, "How long must justice by crucified and truth buried?" a spirited quotation of a verse of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and finally a burst of "Glory, hallelujah," repeated four times.
The crowd rose to its feet in one great surge, and the applause and cheering reverberated through the Capitol grounds.
Two or three dozen state employes who had watched from the Capitol steps stood impassively.
The committee of 18 Negro and two white Alabamians designated to deliver the Negroes' petition to Governor Wallace walked the one, uphill block from the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church to Bainbridge Street at about 5:40 P.M. (C.S.T.).
State-police jurisdiction over the Capitol grounds begins at the curb closest to the Capitol steps, and 70 blue-helmeted state troopers had been deployed at the curb line of Bainbridge Street half an hour before the committee arrived. They were backed by 50 uniformed conservation patrolmen, standing two deep halfway up the Capitol steps.
When the Rev. Joseph E. Lowrey, a Negro from Birmingham, serving as chairman of the delegation, asked Maj. W. L. Allen of the Alabama Highway Patrol to let the committee pass, the officer replied.
"I don't know anything about that." He said his orders where to let no one through.
A delegation of Governor Wallace's top aides was already gathering inside the locked front door of the Capitol.
Instructions were then issued to Major Allen from inside the Capitol over an Army walkie-talkie. Maj. Gen. Alfred C. Harrison, the Alabama Adjutant General, who was dressed in civilian clothes, gave these instructions. The committee then walked up the Capitol steps.
About 10 feet inside the door, however, Mr. Lowrey came face to face with Cecil C. Jackson Jr., the Governor's executive secretary. Mr. Jackson was crippled by polio as a youth. He stood in Mr. Lowrey's path on aluminum crutches.
"The Capitol is closed today," Mr. Jackson began, in a calm, steady voice. "The Governor has designated me to receive your petition."
"We are very sorry that he cannot see us," Mr. Lowrey replied, almost immediately, clasping copies of the petition to his chest. "Please advise the Governor that as citizens of this state we have legitimate grievances to present to him. Please advise the Governor that as citizens of this state we have legitimate grievances to present to him. Please advise the Governor that we will return at another time."
"That would be appropriate," Mr. Jackson answered. The petitions never left Mr. Lowrey's hands.
[sorry for the length of the post. this is the 40th year since King's assassination, I thought it worth noting.]
Corruption!
You want to be on TV...to show a talent You want to be on TV to show the world your band...You want to be on TV to show off your funny videos...you want to be on TV to show your talent...you want to be on TV to win prizes...you want to be on TV to meet a mate...you want to be on TV to win a car...you want to b eon TV to sell your car.....you want to be on TV to get more fans...you want to be on TV to show your friends...You want to be on TV because you are unique..You want to be on TV to change the world...You want to be on TV to win money.....You want to be on TV because you have something to confess. You want to be on TV because you are the best..You want to be on TV because you can...ONLY ON UPLOADED.TV
Oh yeah check this out
Please tune into Frontline's Bush's War on PBS and the follow-up tonight
Its a stunning indictment (it literally should lead to legal action) of how the Neo-cons bungled the war. Those who followed this sad affair (most folks who read C&L) know the cast of characters and their misdeeds, but this is an excellent and accessible expose for those who haven't. It should be required viewing-instead of the idiotic American Idol-for any American voter or soon to be voter.
Frontline has done an excellent job of flushing out the crooks in the Bush administration. Let the subpeonas begin!
Oh, and if it appeared on Free Republic, it MUST be true...
Daily Reading pt 1...
Scientists warn of soot effect on climate - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/mar/24/climatechange.fossilfuels
Soot produced by burning coal, diesel, wood and dung causes significantly more damage to the environment than previously thought, according to research published today. So-called "black carbon" could cause up to 60% of the current warming effect of carbon dioxide, according to the US researchers, making it an important target for efforts to slow global warming.
Another article: Reducing soot requires no new technology, only tighter regulations and better financing instruments - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/3/24/03319/6577
Melting Mountain Glaciers Will Shrink Grain Harvests in China and India - http://us.oneworld.net/external/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.earthpolicy.org%2F...
We know from studying earlier civilizations that declined and collapsed that it was often shrinking harvests that were responsible. For the Sumerians, it was rising salt concentrations in the soil that lowered wheat and barley yields and brought down this remarkable early civilization.
For the Mayans, it was soil erosion following deforestation that undermined their agriculture and set the stage for their demise. For our twenty-first century civilization, it is rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations and the associated rise in temperature that threatens future harvests.
MUST READ: Greg Palast: God damn America, especially Pennsylvania - http://www.gregpalast.com/god-damn-america-especially-pennsylvania/
George Bush tells us he’s, “feeling just fine.” And we should be glad for him, I suppose. Bush ends his most belligerent speeches by saying, “God bless America.”
So, why hasn’t He? Maybe you can tell us, Mr. President: Why hasn’t He?
Newsweek: Saddam's Files Show No Tie ins to Al Qaeda or 9/11- http://www.newsweek.com/id/128620
Bushevik Crime Family can stop the release of the Pentagon report that COMPLETELY SUPPORT THE ABOVE...but they can't stop the truth everytime...
Here come the sabers again...Administration Puts Its Best Spin On Iran Report - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/23/AR200803...
Comments last week by President Bush and Vice President Cheney suggested continuing White House unhappiness at the conclusions of last December's national intelligence estimate on Iran's nuclear program. Bush told U.S.-funded Radio Farda, which broadcasts into Iran in Farsi, that Iranian leaders have "declared they want to have a nuclear weapon to destroy people," a statement that went well beyond the findings of the NIE.
The Iraq Civil War Bush And The Corporate Media Don't Tell You About - http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/80469/
Sometimes I feel like Iraqis and Americans are analyzing two different wars happening in two different countries. In one narrative, there is a civil war based on ancient sectarian hatred where a U.S. withdrawal will cause the sky to fall. In the other, there is a country struggling under occupation to get its independence back where the occupation is not welcomed and it is causing political, not sectarian, splits and violence.
Corporate Media Has Turned the Presidental Elections into a Sideshow - http://proudtoliveinamerica.com/Forms/Main/Default.aspx?L=en-us&P=Americ...
We know about the candidates pastors and passports but does anyone really know the candidates positions on major issues like taxes, social security or health care?
Daily Reading pt 2....
James Moore, Texas Expert on Rove, Discusses Political Surrogates, Rovian Tactics in 2008, and Win at All Cost Campaigns Read: The BuzzFlash Tuesday, March 25th Interview
- http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/interviews/101
Working For Gas - http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/24/news/economy/camden_alabama/index.htm?cn...
High gas prices hit small town america...where they continually vote against their own best interests....
Finding a Voice: Why do opponents fear Barack Obama? - http://www.findingavoice.com/?p=239
What makes opponents so afraid of Barack Obama that they find it necessary to attack his family and his minister and nit-pick the details of his early childhood rather than face him squarely on the issues? Must they use fear and innuendo to undermine his credibility in the hope their own foibles and shortcomings will go unnoticed?
Obama's promise of a new majority, and the question it prompts - http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/23/america/liberal.php
Polls consistently show that he can help more Democratic state & national candidates in November...THAT IS HUGE...THAT MEANS CHANGE
Brent Budowsky: Foreclosed Homeowners, Incompetent Banks, and Moral Hazards - http://pundits.thehill.com/2008/03/24/foreclosed-homeowners-incompetent-...
Here’s the point, for today. When average Americans get screwed by corrupt mortgage firms, or by lawyer-written contracts that looked like fixed rates but were in truth variable rates, it is “moral hazard” for government to help them.
Help an average American, it is moral hazard. Bail these guys out for this performance, and it is Washington in the age and ethic of George W. Bush.
The Obama Doctrine: 'And then Obama said something about the Iraq War that wasn't incremental at all. "I don't want to just end the war," he said, "but I want to end the mind-set that got us into war in the first place." '
- http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_obama_doctrine
Today's relevant stat: 97% of U.S. deaths in Iraq came after 'Mission Accomplished.' - http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/24/97-of-us-deaths-in-iraq-came-after-mission-accomplished/
My Neighbor, Barack: by Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf - http://thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c55_a5420/Editorial__Opinion/Opinio...
Call it the final nail in the right wingnutty 'anti-semitic Obama crap' coffin...this should end the submoronic/insanely idiotic right wingnut neo-con propaganda...
Daily Reading pt 3...
WTF? Clinton wants to bring back Greenspan to help solve housing crisis that Greenspan helped cause. - http://www.americablog.com/2008/03/clinton-wants-to-bring-back-greenspan...
Someone please get her a copy of http://www.amazon.com/Greenspans-Fraud-Decades-Policies-Undermined/dp/1403968594
Glenn Greenwald: Journalists, McCain and the false Iran/al-Qaida link - http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/24/mccain/index.html
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW WHY YOU CAN NOT VOTE FOR McBush/McSame: McCain and PNAC: The Thank-Tankers Backing McCain - http://laudemgloriae.blogspot.com/2008/03/mccain-and-pnac.html
Ellen Goodman: The Free Market Hypocrites of Wall Street. The Government is There to Bail Them Out, But Not Us. - http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/5639798.html
And before we wrap up the sermon, a last word. If a financial firm is "too big to fail" — a status I've always aspired to — why aren't homeowners?
Ronald Reagan, the patron saint of Republicans, used to say, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' " This notion infiltrated the national consciousness. Any sort of government help was framed as hapless, useless or, yes, a moral hazard.
Reagan's line always got a belly laugh. Well, folks, not in this Bear (Stearns) market.
THERE IS NO 'FREE MARKET' ITS A CON...simple as that....there never will be one...its a fantasy/fairy tale
McCain is not environmentally sound Update: McCain 'might take [new CAFE standards] off the books' - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/3/24/13617/0175
His Senior Adviser (ie, his choice for Secretary of Energy): The fact that this guy is a former director of the Congressional Budget Office means, of course, he is an economist, which is perhaps all you need to know about him. The fact he is acting as a senior advisor and surrogate for McCain is a very bad sign.
Gore group will launch climate marketing campaign - http://grist.org/news/2008/03/24/alliance/index.html
Just got home from work, heard the civil unrest powder keg has just been touched off in Iraq. Wondering how much better flood relief would look with more National Guard and Reservist uniforms. And of course there's the comony. How much worse is this War Pig sty going to get? Despair has once again crept in.
I got lumps of it.
136 sojtruth
Frontline has done an excellent job of flushing out the crooks in the Bush administration. Let the subpeonas begin!
The Fleet enema people must be so worried.
Yeah, brow-beaten lumps, cancerous lumps, Democratic in-fighting lumps, MSM lumps...
frontline and PBS/NPR in general RULE!
143 EliteLemming Says: frontline and PBS/NPR in general RULE!
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Yesterday when NPR reported that the 4000th soldier in Iraq had been killed the only person they saw fit to quote was George W. Bush.
For my money, that's a shitty rule.
I said "in general", plus you can't seriously be saying they've carried the water like the rest have.
Hey gang, why does C&L now have pop up ads, and big ass ads on almost every post? My popup blocker is going nuts trying to contain them, and it has slowed the site down to a crawl.
145 EliteLemming Says: I said “in general”, plus you can’t seriously be saying they’ve carried the water like the rest have.
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Yes, i think i can. The rah, rah tone of NPR for the War in Iraq was just as loud if not as brash as Fox News. Cokie Roberts is a fine example of someone i would never have dinner with, the indigestion would hospitalize me.
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