Will Americans Seek Repeal Of Constitution Killing Enabling Act? - "The end of the U.S. Constitution and the impending passage of George W. Bush's own Enabling Act are of little importance to a U.S. media fixated with the lurid emails of a pervert politician. Will Americans focus on what really matters and seek a repeal of HR 6166?"
Hastert, Cheney, Bush and Boehner Go Easy on Pedophiles and An Adulterer Accused of Beating His Mistress, Half His Age - "You would think after covering up for a pedophile and keeping him in the House leadership and chair of the committee that oversees the safety of our children from sexual predators, you would think that the Republican leadership wouldn’t be out raising money for an adulterer accused of beating and strangling his mistress. But you would be underestimating the moral turpitude of the guys at the top of the GOP. The Republican leadership in America cares about only one thing: power. They have no other values."
Bush backs Hastert to keep job - "President Bush and other Republicans defended House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert yesterday against Democrats and conservatives who have called for his resignation over the handling of sexually explicit Internet messages former Rep. Mark Foley wrote a teenage boy who had worked as a congressional page." -- Evil people stick together.
Some Say They Felt Uneasy About Representative's Attention - "In 1995, male House pages were warned to steer clear of a freshman Republican from Florida, who was already learning the names of the teenagers, dashing off notes, letters and e-mails to them, and asking them to join him for ice cream, according to a former page."
Battlefield Foley - "Gay sex with children, underage drinking, gross e-mails and IMs, Congress, the Republicans, Macaca, rehab … you were probably thinking there was no possible way this story could get better. Oh ye of little faith, how about a heaping helping of Scientology?"
Religious Right Strangely Silent About Foley - "Odd, isn’t it? The same people who can move their followers to boycott any company that believes gay people even have the right to exist, can't muster much outrage over one of their own preying on young boys and, more importantly, the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives ignoring it to save their political hides."
ABC News: Pages ‘Sending All Sorts of Messages About Possible Other Members’ - "Tonight on ABC, investigative journalist Brian Ross suggested there may be other members of Congress who engaged in inappropriate behavior towards congressional pages:" -- Be on the lookout for a major distraction.
'The More Subtle Kind of Torment' - "The first prisoner to crack said the goal was "the mass annihilation of the civilian population." As often happens, his confession led to others, and before long, three dozen prisoners had coughed up page after page of chilling, meticulously detailed admissions. But it was all a lie. Thirty-six American airmen, shot from the sky during the Korean War, falsely confessed to a vast plot to bomb civilian targets. How did this happen? With Congress having approved a "compromise" that gives the president authority to determine the meaning of the Geneva Conventions and redefines the War Crimes Act to protect CIA interrogators, we should revisit this all-but-forgotten moment in U.S. history."
War is Peace - "“Imprisonment without trial, the use of war prisoners as slaves, public executions, torture to extract confessions . . . and the deportation of whole populations – not only became common again, but were tolerated and even defended by people who considered themselves enlightened and progressive.” George Orwell penned these words over five decades ago, yet the sentiments are sadly germane to today’s “war on terror”."
The "F" Word and How To Escape From Its Clutches - " So we're here. No more shilly-shallying about whether America is beginning to resemble a fascist society. We're now plopped right down into it. The slide into our particularly American brand of fascism is not total. There still are areas that, at least for a time, remain relatively free. And dissent is tolerated -- up to a point. (That point, by the way, is when that dissent starts becoming effective; watch the number being done on MoveOn.org, for example.) On the issues that really matter, America is fast moving itself into an authoritarian, militarist, imperial state, one that has more in common with Stalinist Soviet Union and Hitlerian Germany than with traditional American society. There are show trials planned, massive propaganda assaults on the populace, a huge bureaucratic system designed to pry and violate personal privacy (including phone calls, emails and institutions from where you get information, be it libraries or bookstore or websites), and a constitutional system of laws that simply are ignored or violated whenever the federal government chooses to do so."
N. Korea is warned against nuke test - "North Korea's neighbors issued stern warnings Wednesday against Pyongyang's threat to carry out an unprecedented nuclear test, but the isolated communist country insisted that such a move wouldn't be meant as a provocation."
Here's why Chávez is so mad - "But perhaps we should try to understand why so many people around the globe are upset with the United States rather than simply dismiss Chávez as a despot or off his rocker. A quick glance at recent U.S. policy and posture toward Venezuela gives us some clues as to why people in Venezuela are getting set to reelect a president who calls the United States an empire."
Chavez says oil should not fall below $60 a barrel - ""The price of a barrel of oil today should not fall below 60 dollars. That is a fair price," he said in a speech promoting Venezuelan scientific programs."
Russia Warns Poland Against Missile Defense Program - "Russia has warned Poland against hosting any U.S. or NATO missile defense system in its territory. A Foreign Ministry spokesman says such a move would undermine the strategic balance and trigger a "corresponding" response from Moscow."
Google boss warns politicians about Internet power - "Imagine being able to check instantly whether or not statements made by politicians were correct. That is the sort of service Google Inc. boss Eric Schmidt believes the Internet will offer within five years."
CBS Turns Over News Broadcast To Man Who Blames School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion - "Last night, the CBS Evening News turned their broadcast over to a man named Brian Rohrbough, who lost his son during the Columbine massacre. Mr. Rohrbough proceeded to blame recent school shootings on: 1) the teaching of evolution, and 2) abortion. Watch it:"
Dobbs: Are you a casualty of the class war? - "So the rich are doing well. But how about the middle class? More Americans than ever are living in poverty, living without health care, paying more for housing and for the costs of our public education. And real wages are falling. ... Perhaps one of our nation's leading business magazines would like to create something called a Forbes or Fortune 250 Million list, which would reveal the dire financial pressures that our public policies have produced for working men and women and their families. It's time for all of us to focus on that deep chasm we have allowed to open between the wealthiest Americans and the middle class and those who aspire to it. Otherwise, there will be 250 million casualties in what has become nothing less than class warfare."
Viewing God as male 'contributes to domestic abuse' - "Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is backing a Church of England report that claims viewing God in masculine terms can validate "overbearing and ultimately violent patterns of behavior" in intimate relationships and "contributes to domestic abuse," the London Daily Mail reports."
Ga. Mother Seeks Harry Potter Ban - "Laura Mallory, a mother of four, told a hearing officer for the Gwinnett County Board of Education on Tuesday that the popular fiction series are an "evil" attempt to indoctrinate children in the Wicca religion."
For Every Problem, a Cut-Rate Solution - "Enjoyable and fulfilling tasks like gaming and praying can now be delegated to wililng peons, leaving you free to do ... we're not exactly sure what." -- Ah, the joys of outsourcing.
Neiman Marcus gift book offers space flight, BMW - "Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus may have the perfect gift idea for the loved one who wants to get away from it all: a space trip that includes a spectacular view of Earth and a chance to experience weightlessness."
Treatment 'to neutralise all flu' - "Scientists say they are developing an entirely new way of providing instant protection against flu."
Poor Need Job Skills, Not Wedding Rings - "Struggling to pay the bills in Washington, D.C.? Some politicians suggest you just get married." -- Marriage is not the answer to all of society's ills. In fact, it contributes to many of them.
Breastfeeding has negligible effect on babies' IQ - "Breastfed babies are indeed smarter - because their mothers are. Mothers who breastfeed tend to be more intelligent, more highly educated and to provide more stimulation at home. The higher IQ of their babies is therefore mostly inherited, accounting for 75 per cent of the difference between them and bottle-fed babies, the researchers found."
Sexual-Device Sale Ban in Texas Left Intact by Top U.S. Court - "The U.S. Supreme Court refused to question a Texas law that bars the sale of dildos and other ``obscene devices,'' turning away an appeal by a store clerk facing prosecution."
Quote of the Day
"The glory of American democracy is that it permits us to kick out the nasty tribe of parasitical despots that is currently ruling us. The tragedy is that it installs another group that will do essentially the same thing."
~ Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
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