Open Thread
By Nicole Belle Tuesday Jul 29, 2008 10:30pm
We've posted about artist Chris Jordan's work before. Here's his latest. It's an 8 foot by 25 foot mural in five panels showing the heading of the Constitution, rendered entirely with 83,000 pictures of Abu Ghraib prisoners, equal to the number of people who have been arrested and held at US-run detention facilities with no trial or other due process of law, during the Bush Administration's war on terror. Click here to see a close up.
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Obama Retaliates in 'Celebrity Wars': Compares McCain to Abe Vigoda
Obama 292 McCain 195 Ties 51
http://www.electoral-vote.com/icon.html
Imagine seeing your homeland invaded and then turned into one big fat gulag for your neighbors and family to be held in without charge. Then have them be extorted for information by the threat of having their wives, daughters, sisters, or sons raped.
"While we stand aside and look..."
Rice claims things are going well for Mideast peace talks, even though Olmert was forced to resign.
thank you for posting this...I hope versions of it show up at McGramps events...
nancy pelosi should be considered an accessory to all
the crimes bush/cheney and bushco have committed
since she will not allow impeachment or contempt
of any of these bastards. she is obstructing the law.
America the
Beautifulvile.Our government, in it's republican and democrat entirety save for a few brave patriots, has shit on the Constitution. They deserve nothing less than expulsion in November, and in some cases, they deserve to be tried, convicted, sentenced and punished as war criminals.
the purposeful distortion of reality by the corporate media is a national security issue. a democracy cannot survive with an uninformed or misinformed populace. where are the agencies tasked to protect our national security?
Put up the Maddow video!
Sheehan looks to be ready to run against Pelosi.
tr @ 8:
where do you think? hiding under the protection of bush
Nancy Pelosi is pimping her new book.
Here is Democracy now asking Kucinich to respond to Pelosi's claim on the View that there is no evidence Bush has committed any crimes.
You will speak of no evidence if you are deaf, dumb and blind.
Or, if you are a member of the same criminal gang.
Take your pick Ms Pelosi.
We know which it is.
This is really a powerful piece. I would love to see this work travel around the country and be shown (along with the explanation of what it shows) to schools. I cannot think of a better way to get the conversations started about what our country has become under the rule of the Bush Gang and how we can bring back our democracy...
thank you, Nicole. we owe you large for what you come up with.
this is a special one. very special indeed.
As a work of art, it's quite impressive . But the Nazis collected (stole) art as well. Not for it's beauty, but for it's value . The only interest this administration would have in this piece would be resale price.
If you squint at it just right, you see a 3-D image of naked prisoner pyramid.
I'm wondering why it's helpful for McCain to compare Obama to people who are more recognized than him. I know Britney and Paris refuse to acknowledge their 15 minutes are up, but they'll still get more attention than someone old enough to be their great-grandfather. And wtf is up with that electricity tax bs? He's just looking for anything to attach the word "tax" to, since he's out of ideas.
The House finally voted to upgrade toy safety standards.
As we continue to advocate impeachment and justice for this illegal war, let us not forget that nearly the exact thing took place back in December of 1989 in Panama, under the first Bush. For those of you who would like to look at deja vu before it happened all over again, go to YouTube and watch the documentary "Panama Deception".
You will see a whole host of familiar faces, familiar "evidence" funneled through the media complete with warnings about an "evil doer" who poses a threat to our national security, and then the subsequent media-controlled and massaged images and information about the illegal invasion of a sovereign country directed by another president Bush.
Many here believe we invaded for democracy and to oust a dictatorial madman. Sound familiar?
Go watch and judge for yourself.
Jesse Ventura appears on Howard Stern a second time [with Video]
Or, as Herb Caen used to say, Whee! The People!
chris jordan had a chow at my school (oberlin) and though i dont like all of his work, sometimes lame and pretentious, i do like the message in them.
"But if they would do this, if they would stoop this low, to steal our White House, what else would they do? What else are they capable of, what else are they capable of? I want to know." - Michael Moore
I'm going to do a similar one, with photos of all the American artists who were able to sip latte and create uninspired dreck while others did the difficult work of protecting their freedom.
I'll be sure and forward it when it's done!
Impeach. War Crimes. Anthrax Investigation!!
RickMack @ 20:
It goes back further than that. U.S. intervention lead to Chile/Allende/Pinochet, Iran and the Shah/Islamic revolution, Spanish American war and Cuba lead to Castro revolution, Phillipines lead to Marcos. Guatemala and Nicaragua have been worked over by the US too and there are many more It's all about money/power in the form of U.S. Corporations after another countries natural resources backed up by the US military and military dictator puppets. The perps. always frame the reason under fear/patriotism. And americans are fall for it over and over.
Congress Should Rescind the State of Emergency Declared by Bush
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/07/congress-should-rescind-st...
Orangutan. @ 28:
thanks for sharing....i had no idea.........everyone should take a look
Message from Dennis Kucinich: Urgent - Impeachment Petition Deadline Midnight Wednesday
http://bloggingforkucinich.blogspot.com/2008/07/impeachment-petition-dea...
Cynthia McKinney wants to change the Federal Reserve System [Video]
Gee. I wonder how much it will sell for.
And whoever buys it - do you think they'll be a member of the working poor?
I didn't think so.
Art is just the intellectual wing of the entertainment industry, and a plaything of the ruling class.
The only work that matters is the stuff made by your family, neighbours, and friends, and is given to you because they love you. Everything else is just part of the problem.
Here's the original "War President" (2004, I believe) in the same style as "We The People" but constructed from face photos of US Military killed in the War On The Iraqi People.
In three resolutions:
War President - small
War President - medium
War President - large
Chilling. And sad.
Why hasn't the Karl Rove contempt ruling garnered any attention on CNN, Fox, MSNBC, etc.? My only guess is this is true...
"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." - former CIA Director William Colby
And the CFR actually controls more than we'd like to admit ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPlvdSQ6cAM
"There exists a shadowy government with its own Air Force, its own Navy,its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself."
— Senator Daniel K. Inouye at the Iran Contra Hearings (1987)
It makes a person as mad as hell...
The Olympics doesn't even trust the gender of its athletes.
Orangutan. @ 33:
With no previous explanation, this is it in a nutshell. We knew it was all around us but, we didn't know why.
Thank you for telling us about this. Powerful stuff. Many layers.
Fucking crybabies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/30/AR200807...
All these years of calling California socialist and now they're tearing up at the mere idea of the government tit removed.
http://www.startribune.com/local/26126214.html
"Sonia Pitt, the MnDOT emergency response executive fired for taking an unauthorized, state-paid trip to Washington during the Interstate 35W bridge disaster, is now working for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security."
RH Potfry @ 25:
who's protecting our freedoms?
crazylikeafox @ 39:
Uhhh! Nobody.
crazylikeafox @ 39:
MLK. Gandhi. Wellstone. Cynthia. RFK. Kucinich. Luke Rudkowski. We Are. Jesse Ventura. Willie Nelson. The Good Men and Women of our Military who are preventing false flag attacks and resisting efforts of tyranny. Us. Many unknown.
That server is down
Executive Order 12333 -
Speaking of We the People - him the President has just given himself extended powers. It sure is a good thing Congress gave immunity to the telecoms, because it's not like Bush would just sign away our constitution for his own freedom, and it's OK for him, because impeachment is off the table.
So for everyone who beats their chest and touts how great America is. We now are no better then any 3rd world nation. And we are actually behind a few. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Also on a separate note, I was thinking, is it just a coincidence that Muslim extremists come from the Middle East and Christian extremists seem to come from the Middle West?
Oops, I didn't mean to make it all a link.
I'm still learning how to work the tubes!
One hundred non-aligned nations support Iran's right to nuclear energy.
Texting can be bad for your health.
yea too bad we the people don't have the right to make laws like they do in europe.
we the people have the right to choose chocolate or vanilla. we get to elect our dictators and then complain about what crooked laws they pass. yea. we should be so lucky.
So I come out of the woods and eat supper and check the news and read this,
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/07/30/justice-interference.html
And I think 'wow that would burn my ass if I was an American. What does CNN have to say on it.' Check CNN and nothing.
Crazy stuff.
But I did find a CNN video about a 44lb cat. Thats important I guess.
Powerful work!
The United States of America once one of the Greatest Nations in the World only to allow Bush/Cheney bring it down in 7 years. We the People didn't pay attention to the invasion from within our own country. We looked for a Foreign enemy never realizing the enemy was the President and Vice President. John McCain wants to continue the corrupt policies and finish off the USA. Obama wants change and better relationships with other countries. Americans have to choose between Obama or McCain. When America fought for it's freedom people of all color join in the fight. If we can put aside prejudice and racism we just might save our country. NO one is to blame for this mess but We the People, and only We the People can clean it up.
I hope your right Jackie 50. I wan't my good neighbours back. Clean it up. It's not too late.
Orangutan. @ 33:
Orangutan, Dan Abrams covered the story tonight on MSNBC's "The Verdict". His guests were Linda Sanchez (D-California Congresswoman and member of the House Judiciary Committee) and a Republican Congressman whose name I know not. Both guests agreed that Carl Rove should be compelled to testify before Congress in regards to his knowledge of the Don Siegelman case.
It took a few tries to get in to this site on IE around 11pm - anybody else get a pop-up that takes you to townhall.com (a rightwing site)?? Some hijacking hijinx going on???
Tequila @ 19:
Yes, and both parties just passed the kiss of death housing bill on our economy and Bush dropped his opposition and signed it this morning with without so much as a whimper. Neither party matters. The economic downfall was just sealed in bipartisan union.
Who's paying for the bail out, why we are! Who is going to pay for a new stimulus package? WE ARE! ROLMAO!
It’s basic math. Johnny has ten not so close friends who all want a full glass of Kool-Aid; however Johnny only has enough to make 5 glasses because he and his inner circle of friends all drank more than their share. So Johnny adds a 10 glass stimulus of water to the 5 cup mixture and hands his so-so friends the diluted Kool-Aid and tells them it’s full potency Kool-Aid and to drink hearty. Unsatisfied his 10 friends want another, All out of real Kool-Aid, Johnny then ads food coloring, sugar, along with another 10 glass stimulus of water and tells them it’s full potency Kool-Aid and drink hearty.
We’re in trouble
Do what we say, not what we do. And if you don't we'll bomb the shit out of you.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/china.us/index.html
Most Americans want a third party.
William Wallace @ 27:
Nothing new here , the same shit has been going on for thousands of years , just not on this scale .
China fires back after U.S. criticism
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/china.us/index.html
The mere idea that the US would criticize any country for it's human rights abuses is beyond funny, it's sick. Who remembers when we actually did have a moral footing to bring attention to other countries mistreatment of citizens? I'm saying after you forget about the slaughter of millions of natives, and after you forget about enslaving an entire race, and after you for get about treating one sex like property... Never mind, the current torturing and suspension of basic human rights by this regime is just a comma on the end of a very long, very depressing sentence.
The mind boggles, Nicole.
Chris Jordan is a most excellent conceptual artist, but the truth of the matter shouldn't need to be so painstakingly and artistically portrayed for most intelligent people to really understand what's going on, imo.
It's as if much of the world is being administrated by intemperate six-year-olds these days. That's as high as the bar can seem to ever go.
is anyone trying to get the video of Maddow's smack down of Buchanan?,I hear MSNBC isn't posting that part of the show something Whitehouse.
I just thought I would share this with the group.
I took a look at several official videos (about 5 in all) from the McCain campaign and found something I found rather amusing. The top of Sen. McCain's head is never shown, unless it is a very wide shot, or if he's wearing a hat.
All close-ups either crop off the top of his head, or are shot from below head level looking up.
I know a little something about video taping and photography. Most women, from my experience, like to be shot from up high, looking down, so that if they have a double chin, it can't be seen and if they have a little pooch, their breasts hide it.
Most men, ESPECIALLY those that are balding, like to be shot from a lower angle, looking up, so that their bald spot and/or receding hair line cannot be seen, which is what I saw in all the McCain videos.
Watch the McCain videos (turn off the volume if necessary) but watch how he is framed.
Pretty entertaining, if you ask me.
Just throwing that out there because I thought it was funny.
A jerk in Colorado pulls a Brandon Teena.
Republicans have run out of ideas.
Tim in Japan @ 61:
Olympics Committee Admits Internet Censorship Deal With China
reminds me of google and yahoo
Deal on a Security Agreement Is Close, Iraqis Say
By ALISSA J. RUBIN and STEVEN LEE MYERS
Published: July 31, 2008
BAGHDAD — Iraq and the United States are close to a deal on a sensitive security agreement that Iraqi officials said on Wednesday satisfies the nation’s desire to be treated as sovereign and independent.
The agreement, under intense scrutiny in both countries, sets the terms for the presence of American troops in Iraq. Negotiations had stalled a month ago largely over the Bush administration’s refusal to specify an intention to withdraw troops. While the current version does not specify any exact date, officials said, President Bush’s recent acknowledgment that withdrawal was an “aspirational goal” has revived the talks and pushed them closer to completion.
The emerging agreement, officials said, gives Iraqis much of what they want — most notably the guarantee that there would no longer be foreign troops visible on their land — and leaves room for them to discreetly ask for an extended American presence should security deteriorate.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 65:
the missing link.
i could just puke a neutral color.
McCain Tries to Define Obama as Out of Touch
By JIM RUTENBERG
A full-throttled effort by the McCain campaign to create a negative narrative about Barack Obama is being coordinated by veterans of President Bush's 2004 bid.
A Hidden Toll on Employment: Cut to Part Time
By PETER S. GOODMAN
The number of Americans who have seen their full-time jobs chopped to part time because of weak business has swelled to the largest figure since the government began tracking such data.
China's Shift on Food Was Key to Trade Impasse
By STEPHEN CASTLE and KEITH BRADSHER
The negotiations foundered on the right of developing countries to protect critical agricultural products from competition in exchange for cutting tariffs on imported industrial goods.
A Senate Lion Brought Down
The lesson in the indictment of Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens strikes at the heart of the back-scratching political culture of Washington.
Struck by New York
By SARI BOTTON
When the witnesses of my accident bent over backward to help me, I wondered if I was the beneficiary of New Yorkers' strong sense of justice.
Day Day, Y'all!
Havagudday!
thks
Tim in Japan @ 61:
Everyone knows he is bald. Not balding, bald. So why try to hide that? My guess. More carcinomas were removed recently.
It looks like Cindy Sheehan will be on the ballot against Nancy Pelosi. The Department of Elections is validating signatures and we should know by Friday if she made it.
Sheehan is really doing a great service to America. Even threatening, let alone if she takes, Pelosi's seat sends a strong message - "Politicians - you work for us, not corporate donors."
We have to fight. Cindy Sheehan is fighting.
BTW - I was for the longest time, since the beginning, a big Pelosi supporter. But people change. When she took impeachment "off the table" and then refused to block war funding, she lost my support. Same with Feinstein. She's changed about 8 years ago. It's clear to me that very few elected representatives, no matter how good their intentions going into politicis, are able to resist becoming servants of the U.S. corporate fascists and their lobbyists.
Orangutan. @ 34:
Woooo...the CFR!!!
I hate Bircher theories. There is no conspiracy, there's only people who wish to absolve themselves of whatever is happening. This also sounds like Tim Lahaye.
Why are so many people painting Dubya as a dictator, repeatedly? Don't any of you understand that if Bush were at the level of a 16th-Century monarch, he would have removed all of you who say that by now, much less the 20th-Century authoritarian you consider him to be? For those who point to some sort of conspiratorial group that controls the government, let me give you a few slightly altered quotes and you tell me if you can distinguish them from the Israel controls teh Worl crowd:
"The struggle for world domination will be fought entirely between us, between Americans and Jews. All else is facade and illusion. Behind England stands Israel, and behind France, and behind the intelligence agencies. Even when we have driven the Jew out of America, he remains our world enemy."
"I don't see much future for the Americans... It's a decayed country. And they have their racial problem, and the problem of social inequalities... My feelings against Americanism are feelings of hatred and deep repugnance... Everything about the behavior of American society reveals that it's Israelified. How can one expect a State like that to hold together?"
Thanks for the link, Nicole. Chris' work is awesome!
Daily Reading pt 1...
Stormy weather, NewScientist cover story looks at link between tornadoes and global warming - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/7/30/11728/2124
FROM the start of 2008, something seemed amiss with the weather. During an unseasonably warm January, two tornadoes struck Kenosha County, Wisconsin, damaging 105 homes. It was only the second known January tornado strike in Wisconsin. Just a few days later, a tornado struck Vancouver in Washington - only the third January tornado in that state since 1950.
Then on 5 and 6 February, a storm system spawned 84 tornadoes across several southern states as their primary elections took place. Five of the tornadoes were powerful EF4s on the so-called Enhanced Fujita scale. The Super Tuesday outbreak was the worst for 23 years, and left 57 dead. Once again, it came unusually early in the year. Unusually warm weather seemed partly to blame.
By the end of that month, 2008 already seemed to be one for the record books. Altogether there were 148 tornadoes...
A saner path: Green Jobs for Future - http://www.populist.com/08.14.edit.html
We can accomplish great things in creating green jobs, reversing climate change and maybe even developing a national high-speed railway service that provides an energy-efficient alternative to foundering airlines. But we can’t do much as long as we continue to pour $15 billion a month into the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and hold onto the fantasy that we will be returning to cheap gas for our 12 mpg SUVs.
Joe Conason: John McCain's Oil Hoax - http://www.observer.com/2008/politics/john-mccain-s-oil-hoax
But as the Associated Press reported last month, nearly 75 percent of the existing leases on federal lands held by petroleum companies are currently producing no oil. Those companies currently hold nearly 30 million acres dormant, according to the AP. Nobody in the federal government even knows whether any exploration has taken place over the past decade.
Perhaps Senator McCain should ask his friends in the industry why they aren’t exploring or producing on the leases they already control. A truthful answer would be that those leases count as financial assets whether productive or not—and adding to them enhances an oil firm’s bottom line.
Drilling solves nothing....
4 Senate Dems urge EPA chief to resign - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/07/30/MN51121B6...
Four Senate Democrats called on EPA chief Stephen Johnson to resign Tuesday, alleging that he gave misleading testimony to Congress and repeatedly bowed to pressure from the White House to avoid regulating greenhouse gases.
Why voting for McBush is suicide: Bush Can't Rebuild Iraq or America, as Our Safety is Compromised: "A year after the worst U.S. bridge collapse in a generation brought calls for immediate repairs to other spans, two of every three of the busiest problem bridges in each state — carrying nearly 40 million vehicles a day — have had no work beyond regular maintenance."
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_re_us/nation_s_bridges_one_yea...
Hmmm.....lower taxes or bridge collapsing while you're on it....you tell us right wingnuts....
NRA Pays Woman to Spy on Gun Control Movement. She Was Also Paid to Spy on the Environmental Movement and Used Another Name. Spying Comes Naturally to the UnAmerican Benedict Arnolds in Our Midst. Congratulations to Mother Jones for Breaking This Incredibly Disturbing Story in Regards to Our Right to Free Assembly and First Amendment Freedoms.
- http://www.gunguys.com/#post-3138
Brent Budowsky: McCain Lies About Obama and Wounded Troops - http://pundits.thehill.com/2008/07/30/mccain-lies-about-obama-and-wounde...
While credit is due to the front page of The Washington Post for reporting the facts in the paper this morning, it is an outrage that many in the media, whom McCain has long called part of his political base, fail to report this story with integrity, clarity, facts and truth.
Russia takes control of Turkmen (world?) gas - http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/JG30Ag01.html
From the details coming out of Ashgabat in Turkmenistan and Moscow over the weekend, it is apparent that the great game over Caspian energy has taken a dramatic turn. In the geopolitics of energy security, nothing like this has happened before. The United States has suffered a huge defeat in the race for Caspian gas. The question now is how much longer Washington could afford to keep Iran out of the energy market.
Curiously, the agreements reached in Ashgabat on Friday are unlikely to enable Gazprom to make revenue from reselling Turkmen gas. Quite possibly, Gazprom may now have to concede similar terms to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the two other major gas producing countries in Central Asia. In other words, plain money-making was not the motivation for Gazprom. The Kremlin has a grand strategy.
Russia and China have a heavy agenda to discuss in energy cooperation far beyond the price of Turkmen gas supplies. But suffice it to say that Gazprom's new stature as the sole buyer of Turkmen gas strengthens Russia's hands in setting the price in the world gas (and oil) market.
An oil-based economy is doomed, we need to move to sustainable energy....soon...Russia will be playing catch up with us in 20 years....
Clear Channel completes deal to go private - http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/Clear_Channel_completes_deal_to_go_priv...
Privatization = no accountability whatsoever....
Ted Stevens arraignment set for Thursday; Jail is not a series of tubes - http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/stevens-arraignment-set-for-thursday...
Shameful: Senate Republicans block effort to aid paralyzed vets - http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Senate_Republicans_block_effort_to_aid_073...
It would have allocated $25 million for research on spinal cord injuries, rehabilitation and measures to improve the quality of life for paralyzed Americans. The effort is backed by the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Tom Coburn...'led' the filibuster which now puts the world record for one session of congress at 80+.....which is why you have a 'do nothing congress' the GOP is making sure it 'does nothing'...
Worst President ever, ABC: Without 'creative White House accounting,' Bush's deficit is actually $600 billion. - http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/29/abc-without-creative-white-house-acc...
General_Rennenkampf @ 78:
I got interrupted. To continue:
This Zionist annihilation of nations and its American democratic procurers can be met only in one way: by using every ounce of strength with the extreme fanaticism and stubborn steadfastness that merciful God gives to men in hard times for the defense of their own lives. …
For those who consider Israel to be this great threat, explain what exactly distinguishes your idea of Israel controlling everything from this guy?
Daily Reading pt 2...
22 McCain Lies About Obama More than Just "Going Negative" - http://theeclecticquill.com/2008/07/30/mccains-22-lies-is-not-going-nega...
Step by step guide to debunking the viral e-mails & idiotic fairytales McBush's campaign is spinning...
John McCain's Dishonest Campaign Ad - http://www.politicalplace.com/mccain_veterans.htm
John McCain's new campaign ad claims that he "has always supported our troops" but after researching his voting record on veteran's and troop issues since the invasion of Iraq began, we find that he's voted against veterans and the troops far more often than for them. The ad also claims that Barack Obama would rather play basketball than visit the wounded troops in Germany, but while it's mentions this false statement it's showing Obama playing basketball with the soldiers in Kuwait, not in Germany as insinuated. This game was filmed by the Department of Defense and not the media. John McCain has not been running a "straight talk" campaign as he's been promising for years.
If McBush actually ran on his voting record, Obama would glide to the White House...
Progressive Daily Beacon: Preventing the next Tennessee church massacre - http://www.progressivedailybeacon.com/?p=1550
Republicans worried about McCain's negative thrust at Obama - http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/9084
Some Republicans are reportedly worried that presumptive presidential nominee John McCain may be going negative too early against potential Democratic rival Barack Obama. They believe that McCain risks coming across as angry or partisan in a way that could turn off some independents who have been attracted by his calls for respectful campaigning.
What Do Prisoners Make for Victoria's Secret? From Starbucks to Microsoft: a sampling of what US inmates make, and for whom - http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/07/slammed-lingerie-and-bul...
Boston Globe Editorial: A New Bush Administration Assault on Birth Control - http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/...
Will the CM make fun of John McCain's $520 Ferragamo Loafers, or will they pass since McCain is a Republican? - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/isabel-wilkinson/a-week-in-john-mccains-sh...
Satellite radio: Clash and consolidation of titans - http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2008/07/clash-and-consolidation-of-titans.html
The fate of progressive radio after the XM/Sirius merger....
Ecuador says US must leave Manta air base - http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jul/29/ecuador-says-us-must-leave-m...
Olympic Committee is Allowing China to Censor Internet Access to Reporters - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25932817/
RH Potfry @ 25:
We'll be sure to flush it for you.
Big Oil rakes in record profits http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/31/oil-profits-shatter-recor_n_116... but it's not being able to drill in ANWAR why we have $4 at the pump!
Thomas Stone @ 76:
It's amazing what a security clearance will do to broaden one's perspective of the dangers we face. ;)
Ruthless People @ 82:
Talking about "record profits" as a standalone number is meaningless. What are the margins?
We The What?
Would the American military be allowed to screen the movie Mamma Mia to their prisoners?
78 General_Rennenkampf
Instead of a movie about W how about one about Gen. Smedley Butler?
ysbaddaden @ 87:
Actually, I'd like one about Shay's Rebellion.
Professor Juan Cole's latest piece on the situation with Iran
Why Bush folded on Iran
Reality, of the military and petroleum-based variety, forced the administration to change course. Now Bush sounds like Obama.
By Juan Cole
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"It was just a year ago that war with Iran seemed imminent. Last August David Wurmser, a major neoconservative figure who had just left Cheney's staff revealed that the vice president was talking about having Israel hit Iran's nuclear research facilities. At the same time, Afghanistan expert Barnett Rubin went public with what he was told by a Bush administration insider -- that Cheney would make a big push for a strike on Iran in the fall of 2007. Journalist Seymour Hersh reported that Cheney was attempting to reconfigure the Iraq war as a struggle with Iran. And, indeed, Cheney did make threats against Iran at institutions of the Israel lobby such as the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/31/iran/
Former Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter has a very different take on Iran similar to what Seymour Hersh has reported
Acts of War
By Scott Ritter
29/07/08 " TruthDig" -- - -The war between the United States and Iran is on. American taxpayer dollars are being used, with the permission of Congress, to fund activities which result in Iranians being killed and wounded, and Iranian property destroyed. This wanton violation of a nation’s sovereignty would not be tolerated if the tables were turned and Americans were being subjected to Iranian-funded covert actions which took the lives of Americans, on American soil, and destroyed American property and livelihood. Many Americans remain unaware of what is transpiring abroad in their name. Many of those who are cognizant of these activities are supportive of them, an outgrowth of misguided sentiment which holds Iran accountable for a list of grievances used by the U.S. government to justify the ongoing global war on terror. Iran, we are told, is not just a nation pursuing nuclear weapons, but is the largest state sponsor of terror in the world today.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20377.htm
### Scott Ritter has been asking US to demand a hearing about the claims being repeated about Iran and to demand our Reps to block H Con res 362 and the similar legislation in the Senate pushing a military confrontation with Iran
This website gives you more information about both of those pieces of warmongering legislation being pushed by Aipac
http://cnifoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&...
William Wallace @ 27:
Oh I realize it goes back further - but I was reiterating the link between the Bush's, neocons and the thought that Iraq was a precedent-setting invasion based soley on the threat of "terror" or national security. It all ends the same way - we force feed "our" strongman to do our dirty work, and if the guy doesn't bend to "our" every wish and demand, he's ousted in either a bloody coup or by the CIA/military or both.
No wonder everyone loves us so much around the world.
Well, it's been my experience in my travels around the world while in the military that actually most everyone does like Americans, just not the policy makers.
All we are saying is GIVE IMPEACHMENT A CHANCE
Wow that graphic of the Constitution is partitioned
Just like toilet paper.
As Americans are struggling to keep their jobs, health insurance, homes and sanity the oil companies make record breaking profits.
CCHING
Exxon Mobil has biggest profit ever at $11.68B
Associated Press
Published: Thursday July 31, 2008
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HOUSTON - Exxon Mobil reported second-quarter earnings of $11.68 billion Thursday, the biggest quarterly profit ever by any U.S. corporation, but the results fell well short of Wall Street expectations and shares fell in premarket trading.
The world's largest publicly traded oil company said its net income for the April-June period came to $2.22 a share, up from $10.26 billion, or $1.83 a share, a year ago.
Revenue rose 40 percent to $138.1 billion from $98.4 billion in the year-earlier quarter.
Excluding an aftertax charge of $290 million related to an Exxon Valdez court settlement, earnings amounted to $11.97 billion, or $2.27 per share.
Analyst on average expected Exxon Mobil to earn $2.52 a share on revenue of $144 billion, according to a survey by Thomson Financial. The estimates typically exclude one-time items.
Exxon shares fell more than 2 percent, or $1.88, to $82.50 in premarket trading.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Exxon_Mobil_has_biggest_profit_ever_0731.html
General_Rennenkampf @ 88:
Well, if we're going to be obscure about it, how about a movie about the Wat Tyler Rebellion?
Just keep Mel Gibson away from it.
How about this guy?
http://users.skynet.be/gagagogo/_private/images/ugly_5/Mr%20Bean.jpg
Food for thought
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/b/U/bush_whatmeworry.jpg
Kathleen @ 93:
Swallow your pride and buy the f'ing stock, Kathleen. Down $2.70 now- buy on the dip.
I can't search youtube at work, but on Hardball last night(7/30) Rep.Barney Frank went all Jon Stewart and 'crossfired' Tucker Carlson. Absolutely shreaded him.
peaceful easy feeling @ 86:
That's the boogeyman argument. That's all the Republicans have - fear.
Authoritarian lemmings willing to follow Milosevic's to Bush's off a cliff to save themselves from the eternal threat.
I'm not afraid.
What you could have said was, "It's amazing what massive political money from Haliburton, Blackwater, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, News Corp., General Electric, Goldman Sachs, Time Warner, Altria, Versizon, and on, and on, and on, will do to broaden one's odds of getting re-elected."
ysbaddaden @ 90:
Smedley Butler? He had quite a distinguished career going in the US military, until he was passed over for a key promotion and then decided to carve out a lucrative second career bashing it. It's quite obvious his ultimate loyalty was to the almighty dollar.
102 Thomas Stone Says: peaceful easy feeling @ 86:
Thomas Stone @ 76:
It’s amazing what a security clearance will do to broaden one’s perspective of the dangers we face. ;)
That’s the boogeyman argument.
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So offer him a hanky...
And no, not Mr. Hanky.
Christian terrorism. Lovely.
Wow - this is what art is - outrageous, truthful, confrontational and amazing. I'm blown away.
What's the source for the 83,000 number? Anyone know?
What a terrific use of this photos. Time does nothing to the effect these photos have on me. What have we done? Horrible.
83,000 Trials for Kidnapping, 83,000 Warcrimes trials, 83,000 Torture Trials, 83,000 Murder Trials.
This is the legacy of the NEO-United States.
peaceful easy feeling @ 103:
Smedley Butler was a money grubbing opportunist... But he was no Traitor. That is reserved, for Prescott, Harriman, JP Morgan and all the bastards who attempted to over throw the government the LAST time they set up a depression.
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