tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188855282012-02-16T02:25:07.411-05:00You'll see links to news articles, snippets from interviews and other web paraphenalia. This will also be a dumping ground for various stuff that I might need to get off my chest. Hence the Ranting and Venting title.Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.comBlogger2441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1158610436635918192006-09-18T16:13:00.000-04:002006-09-18T16:13:57.043-04:00

Bush Push in Congress a Sign of Fear and Weakness:The Bush administration's full-court press against the Constitution is on, with the president getting closer to Senate, and possibly full Congressional approval of his warrantless spying program by the National Security Agency, and with a lobbying campaign on to get his program for kangaroo courts and life-time detention without trial for terror "

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It is very important that you read this entire article. It makes sense and is has facts and evidence to back it up.Like many Americans, I spent the evening of the 2004 election watching the returns on television and wondering how the exit polls, which predicted an overwhelming victory for John Kerry, had gotten it so wrong. By midnight, the official tallies showed a decisive lead for George Bush

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1158569916569485712006-09-18T04:58:00.000-04:002006-09-18T04:58:37.350-04:00

Once again the Bush administration have proved why they care little for humanity, the Constitution and just about anything except their profits.In the few short years since the first shackled Afghan shuffled off to Guantanamo, the U.S. military has created a global network of overseas prisons, its islands of high security keeping 14,000 detainees beyond the reach of established law.14,000,

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In yet another example of this Republican Government lying to the American people and the world; the IAEA in Vienna blasted back at a report published by a House committee calling it "outrageous and dishonest".The letter, obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday outside a 35-nation board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, says the report is false in saying Iran is making

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1157948376981649312006-09-11T00:19:00.000-04:002006-09-11T00:20:50.700-04:00

I just watched the "Koppel on Discovery" show called The Price of Security. This is nothing new for Ted Koppel. While at Nightline, Koppel brought plenty of American audiences together too — for a gathering in Tampa, Fla., to discuss health care; in Decker, Mich. to discuss domestic terrorism; and in Houston, Texas to talk about disaster management.I wanted to give a light critique of the show.

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1151271332814461262006-06-25T17:30:00.000-04:002006-06-25T17:35:32.816-04:00

Well...It looks like after an incredibly long hiatus, that I have returned to my roots, err, blog. I don't know how much I'm going to be posting as I wind back into this but I AM back.You can now look forward to my inane chatter once again!I'll start posting articles soon. In the meantime, I would like to say hello again to all my readers (both of you) and thank you for waiting!Adam Mindwolf

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No surprises here. Please move along.boot1780 from Slashdot writes:"Having 'successfully sued former Palm Beach County (FL) Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore to get the audit records for the 2004 presidential election,' Black Box Voting reports that the 'internal logs of at least 40 Sequoia touch-screen voting machines reveal that votes were time and date-stamped as cast two weeks before the

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I've quoted Molly Ivans before. She's an excellent journalist with a good sense of humor. Here' she writes about the United Arab Emirates taking over our ports. Bush seems to like it...Molly Ivans of Truthdig writes:So, aside from the fact that it’s politically idiotic and at least theoretically presents a national security risk, just what is wrong with the Dubai Ports deal? President Bush said

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My friends at the National Environmental Trust sent me an interesting email in response to my previous post concerning Bush's pretend oil addiction.Here's the email:Hey man, nice piece on the Bush budget and renewable energy. If you'’re looking for more, we'’ve pulled together a bunch of resources on both energy and on Bush'’s proposal to sell public lands to make up for budget shortfalls. You

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Emperor Bush wound up his sweeping three state, two day tour that he used to push his renewable energy plans. It would have almost have been believable except that the plan came from a Texas Oil-Barron, an ultra-conservative, a former oil company executive, and the signer of 6 years of budgets that cut renewable energy funding and pave the way for more oil use in the country.This is another case

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1140354927925746872006-02-19T08:04:00.000-05:002006-02-19T08:15:27.946-05:00

So you guys have probably been wondering about our sparse posts lately. Well I decided to explain it. Demetrios are going to be losing our jobs at the end of the week. They decided to outsource our jobs to that far away land called Houston, TX.So in the time that we should be diligent and blogging and swearing, we've been job searching (and just a little bit of drinking). I wanted to let you guys

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1140353727786202422006-02-19T07:55:00.000-05:002006-02-19T07:55:30.660-05:00

Federal prosecutors are so disgusted with Randy "Duke" Cunningham's Corruption that they have petitioned the court for "duke" to have the full 10 year sentence.It's not all too shocking when you read some of the things he did.Charles R. Babcock of the Washington Post writes:[B]ecause of "unparalleled corruption" that included a "bribe menu" on congressional letterhead telling a defense contractor

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Here's something interesting.Fox News withholds video of Cheney's drinking acknowledgment, ignores key questions:Cheney's exclusive interview with Fox pays off; FNC withholds video of Cheney's drinking acknowledgment, ignores key questionsSummary: In airing Brit Hume's interview with Vice President Dick Cheney, Fox News omitted Cheney's comments about drinking a beer the day he shot his hunting

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1140178449458421462006-02-17T07:13:00.000-05:002006-02-17T07:14:09.513-05:00

A Harvard study revealed Tuesday what we already knew. Bush's "No Child Left Behind" Favors more affluent, white communities over poor communities and minority communities. How hard was this to figure out folks? Bush's Every Child Left Behind policy punishes underperforming school districts by removing funding. When the schools can't pay to have teachers teach classes, class sizes go up. Test

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I'm going to get right to it because it's so simply amazing.Glenn Greenwald of Unclaimed Territory writes:This development seems quite significant; at the very least, it will ensure that the scandal continues regardless of the degree of success the White House finds in attempting to suppress a meaningful Congressional investigation. And, this will be yet another front where the White House is

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From Monsters and Critics:A United Nations investigator has called for the closure of the US prison for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay as the United Nations Thursday released a searing, detailed report of abuses and torture that occur there. Manfred Nowak, one of the human rights reporters who carried out the investigation, made the call for closure in an interview published Thursday by

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The Dalai Lama is in Israel this week.He is speaking out against religion in politics. He says that when there is not enough separation between religion and politics there will be violence because emotion is involved.Neta Sela of YNetNews.com writes:The leader of the Tibetan people, the Dalai Lama, has arrived in Israel for a five-day visit. Describing the purpose of his visit as bringing

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1140089244599871702006-02-16T06:27:00.000-05:002006-02-16T09:59:27.713-05:00

Here's a slap in the face to the Bush Administration.Gerald Nadler of the AP writes:Saddam Hussein told aides in the mid-1990s that he warned the United States it could be hit by a terrorist attack, ABC News reported Wednesday, citing 12 hours of tapes the network obtained of the former Iraqi dictator's talks with his Cabinet.One of Saddam's son-in-laws also explained how Iraq hid its biological

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Judy Kirkwood writes:The Coretta Scott King funeral provided an amazing history lesson as well as an intimate look at the woman. But comments from different sources in the news suggesting that political references at a funeral are inappropriate are completely off base.King's life was devoted to a social movement that had to be political in order to be validated. Why wouldn't her funeral be

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I'm really starting to like this guy. You know, when he became pope I was worried. Everyone said he was a ultra conservative traditionalist. He actually seems fairly progressive. He is at least a bridge builder.Philip Pullella of Reuters writes:Science made such rapid progress in the 20th century that people may sometimes be confused about how the Christian faith can still be compatible with it,

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An article criticizing the Bush Administration's policy of smearing, covering up, and discrediting science fact and replacing it with his misinformation.From USAToday:Would that the rise and fall of George C. Deutsch, 24, a NASA political appointee, could become a metaphor — one taken all the way to its logical conclusion — for the Bush administration's policies on global warming. Deutsch has for

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1139662457957255922006-02-11T07:54:00.000-05:002006-02-11T07:54:18.146-05:00

Ok right off the bat, the three are: LaTourette R-Ohio (another from Ohio), Young R-Alaska, and Moore-Capito R-W. VA.Hey, did you notice that there are no Democrats in that list? Know why? Because there are no Democrats linked to this. I hate having to keep repeating myself but people keep sending me emails trying to convince me that the GOP lies are the truth. Abramoff did NOT give money to any

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Paul Pillar until last year, was responsible for the collection and assessment of Intelligence on Iraq and the entire Middle East. He says that the Bush Administration did not receive incorrect information like they say. They "cherry picked" just the tidbits that would justify going to war in Iraq.In essence they lied to you so they could kill tens of thousands for no real discernible

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From Slashdot:The U.S. government plans to search, link and reference every news site, blog and email on the Internet, using sophisticated AI codenamed ADVISE to do the correlations. Unlike traditional dataveilance like Echelon, ADVISE aims to find terrorists before they strike and even deduce their motivations in wanting to commit their crimes. Part of the breakthrough is a way for humans to

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A little Friday belly laugh from Daily Kos.Daily Kos: Cheers and Jeers:Late night snark to wrap up the week..."There's a boycott now of Danish products in the Muslim world. Luckily not too many mosques are made out of Legos."---Jay leno-"If President Bush is wiretapping my phone and listening to my calls, I think he actually should pay for half of the phone-sex bill."---David Letterman-"President

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It seems Michael Brown doesn't want to go down alone. His lawyer sent a latter to the White House saying that: "As has been the situation since the outset of the various Congressional hearings regarding the response to Hurricane Katrina, Mr Brown has been and is prepared to answer and and all questions. He intends to answer all questions fully, completely, and accurately. Specifically, unless

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The GOP is at it again. Using every trick they can to trick and scare the public into voting Republican. Here they plan on using Vetrans from the Iraq war to talk about it.By they way, did you know that using active military personel for politics is illegal?Robert Schlesinger writes:Active-duty military personnel are not supposed to engage in partisan political activies, right? Right: They are,

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The GOP is at it again. Using every trick they can to trick and scare the public into voting Republican. Here they plan on using Vetrans from the Iraq war to talk about it.By they way, did you know that using active military personel for politics is illegal?Robert Schlesinger writes:Active-duty military personnel are not supposed to engage in partisan political activies, right? Right: They are,

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1139557584707737302006-02-10T02:40:00.000-05:002006-02-10T02:46:57.126-05:00

Wanna take some of your frustration out on G.W.? Well what are you waiting for?!?Presidential KNOCK OUT!

Demetrios Michaelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1139526254966241042006-02-09T18:04:00.000-05:002006-02-09T18:04:15.373-05:00

Here's a quick one for you.From Truthdig: Last year, even though Bush talked endlessly about the supposed joys of private accounts, he never proposed a specific plan to Congress and never put privatization costs in the budget. But this year, with no fanfare whatsoever, Bush stuck a big Social Security privatization plan in the federal budget proposal, which he sent to Congress on Monday. | story(

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I don't see any other news reporting this and I don't know just how accurate this is. I'm going to report it just in case. If it's real I'll substantiate it later.In this article "Scooter" Libby (a name that you should not go into politics with), came clean to Federal grand jury. He told them that Dick Cheney and other "White House superiors" authorized him to disclose classified information to

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How stupid do they think the American people is? Isn't DeLay on the list of people being investigated in the Abramoff scandal? Now he's in charge of it's oversight.Sounds like a normal day in the life of the GOP.Andrew Taylor of the AP writes:Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay, forced to step down as the No. 2 Republican in the House, scored a soft landing Wednesday as GOP leaders rewarded him with a

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In what has to be considered a strange turn of events, dozens of evangelical Christian leaders have broken from religious right dogma and are backing a major initiative to fight global warming. Saying in their letter, "millions of people could die in this century because of climate change, most of them our poorest global neighbors."Laurie Goldstein of the New York Times writes: Among signers of

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Surprise... Surprise... MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Wednesday defended domestic spending-cut proposals that have been greeted warily in the U.S. Congress, saying the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina had forced him to make tough decisions.He also pushed anew for extension of his first-term tax cuts and said if they were allowed to expire, growth and government

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Future battle front? WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The military's role in deterring attacks on commercial satellites is set to be strengthened in the first broad overhaul of U.S. space policy in a decade, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.The policy would remove any ambiguity about official responsibility for figuring out who was behind any attack on U.S.-owned commercial satellites, said Air Force Col.

Demetrios Michaelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1139435832519496882006-02-08T16:56:00.000-05:002006-02-08T16:57:12.523-05:00

A few more lies Emperor Bush has tried to feed us have been spat back at him. Of course he knows Abramoff, the number one Republican lobby and campaign contributor. We all know it.Conservatives, don't try that line where you say Abramoff donated to Democrats too. Instead, I want you to remember. We know you are lying!From ThinkProgress.org:The emails written by Abramoff were addressed to Kim

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Hopefully this will backfire in his face.This has been around. It's been on Daily Kos, Huffington, and even Fark.From Insight Magazine:The White House has been twisting arms to ensure that no Republican member votes against President Bush in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation of the administration's unauthorized wiretapping.Congressional sources said Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1139408675973466872006-02-08T09:23:00.000-05:002006-02-08T09:24:36.003-05:00

I just wanted to let you all know that I posted this article at our Sister Blog Informative Hub. It's a good article and worth the read for both topics.INFORMATIVE HUB: PostingNASA Public-Affairs Appointee Resigns in Disgrace:"George C. Deutsch, who tried to muzzle top NASA climate scientist James Hansen and ordered NASA web designers to add the word 'theory' to every mention of the Big Bang, has

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A nice little blog entry concerning Bush lying in the State of the Union. Remember his little "Addicted to Oil" line? Remember his cutting foreign dependence line? Remember his Alternative energies line?Remember me posting about it before?Molly Ivans of Truthdig writes:Kicking the Oil Addiction: Bush Lied, Again:I like to think that Republicans are having fun. They'’re such cards. What a wheeze,

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1139399568001077792006-02-08T06:51:00.000-05:002006-02-08T06:52:48.026-05:00

Even Republicans can't stand Bush's underhanded ways. Rep. Heather A. Wilson of New Mexico is chairwoman of the House Intelligence Subcomittee o n Technical and Tactical Intelligence. Which is evenly filled with Republicans and Democrats.Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times writes:[Heather Wilson] said in an interview that she had "serious concerns" about the surveillance program. By withholding

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By Editor and Publisher StaffA new Gallup Poll, conducted in late January, reveals that just 39% of Americans approve of the way President Bush is handling Iraq, with 58% disapproving.Over half (53%) now say the administration "deliberately misled the American public about whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction," with 46% disagreeing. Gallup notes that this finding is "essentially reversed"

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138984342827333792006-02-03T11:32:00.000-05:002006-02-03T11:32:22.840-05:00

The guardian UK has put together a time line that leads up to the start of the war. It's an interesting read. It's worth a long look.From The Guardian:2001· November 21: According to Bob Woodward in Plan of Attack, the US president, George Bush, says to the secretary of defence, Donald Rumsfeld: "Lets get started on this."· December 28: General Tommy Franks briefs Mr Bush on current Pentagon Iraq

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Here's a memo that provides proof that Bush was going to Invade Iraq without proof of Weapons of Mass Distraction.Richard Norton-Taylor of The Guardian writes:A memo of a two-hour meeting between the two leaders at the White House on January 31 2003 - nearly two months before the invasion - reveals that Mr Bush made it clear the US intended to invade whether or not there was a second UN

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From the Muskegon Chronicle. A small town about 4 hours from me. Usually Conservative. Dear President Bush, Every day, our readers write to us about the issues of the day, whether these be local, state or national. They speak from the heart and we print what they say, however harshly worded. Sometimes this newspaper is the target of their scorn, sometimes it is Gov. Jennifer Granholm and

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138935739688509002006-02-02T21:57:00.000-05:002006-02-10T02:23:15.896-05:00

Think you’re losing your privacy to the government? Well… You’re right!WASHINGTON - You may never have heard the term "data mining," but it's at the core of the argument that's raging over government eavesdropping on Americans. It's also how commercial companies learn about who you are, where you go, what you eat, what you like, what you buy.Data mining is the process of using computer

Demetrios Michaelnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138919443327338172006-02-02T17:30:00.000-05:002006-02-02T17:30:43.350-05:00

Seems like Bush's statements saying we're "Addicted to Oil" have angered his major supporters. Big oil. Remember them? The ones that made $1,032.00 a second last year? $32 Billion in profits? Yeah them. His Administration came out saying that he did not mean it literally.Kevin G. Hall of Knight Ridder Newspapers writes:One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America's dependence on Middle

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138884411297004792006-02-02T07:46:00.000-05:002006-02-02T07:46:51.303-05:00

Molly Ivans of Truthdig writes:In a happy harmonic convergence, Groundhog Day falls only two days after the State of the Union address this year. Some days, I’d feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office—at least he doesn’t lie about the weather. The Bush administration is now trying to stop NASA’s top climate scientist from speaking out on the need for prompt action on global warming.

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138884296419926522006-02-02T07:44:00.000-05:002006-02-02T07:44:56.480-05:00

Audit Lays Bare Bush's Myopia, Naivete on Iraqi Insurgency:A newly-released audit from Congress’s Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction lays bare the stunning myopia, naivete and incompetence that accompanied Bush & Co on their march to Bagdhad.As the AP reported: Guerrilla attacks in Iraq have forced the cancellation of more than 60 percent of water and sanitation projects, in part

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138883133622311742006-02-02T07:25:00.000-05:002006-02-02T07:25:33.663-05:00

Looks like House Republicans are getting angry that all their comfy corruptions are getting taken away.Jonathan Weisman of The Washington Post writes:Just two weeks after House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) pledged to pass far-reaching changes to the rules of lobbying on Capitol Hill, House Republican members pushed back hard against those proposals yesterday, charging that their leaders are

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138881490278689172006-02-02T06:57:00.000-05:002006-02-02T06:58:10.306-05:00

From Slashdot. Leave it to them to deliver a perfectly targeted rebuttal.The President, The State of the Union, and Genetics: At last night's State of the Union, the president said "Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research, human cloning in all its forms, creating or implanting embryos for experiments, creating human-animal hybrids, and

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138749021530189762006-01-31T18:10:00.000-05:002006-01-31T18:10:21.813-05:00

Bush, in what he thinks is a stroke of pure genius that no one has thought of before, is going to tell Americans that we're addicted to oil.Now what could possibly cure this dependence? IS there some kind of ethanol methadone that could ween us off this?Hell no! The answer to our addiction? More drilling in our National Parks and Preserves! It's the "feed a cold, starve a chipmunk" method of a 12

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138719995836205022006-01-31T10:06:00.000-05:002006-01-31T10:06:35.873-05:00

You feel as trapped as I do that the State of the Union address is on tonight? Although if you can handle it, you can watch the last hour and a half of Ocean's Twelve on HBO.Or, you can do this! The George W. Bush State of the Union Drinking game! (Dubbya's favorite national pastime)Here's how you play! From Workingforchange.com 1. Whenever George W uses the phrases: "national security," "tax

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138719187233833712006-01-31T09:51:00.000-05:002006-01-31T09:53:07.363-05:00

This is very sad. First we lose Rosa Parks, now we lose Coretta Scott King. She was described as a "matriarch of the movement, a patriot of all that America stands for." by The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a family friend.From CNN.comCoretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died Monday night in California, according to a former aide and a public relations

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This is a damn good op/ed that I found to hit it right on the head. Warrantless wiretaps are not legal. get over it.From New Yourk Times: A bit over a week ago, President Bush and his men promised to provide the legal, constitutional and moral justifications for the sort of warrantless spying on Americans that has been illegal for nearly 30 years. Instead, we got the familiar mix of political

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138631851813228132006-01-30T09:36:00.000-05:002006-01-30T09:37:31.866-05:00

This will steam up some right wingers. Check the comments frequently for swearing.How George W. Bush creates Socialism:Mexico's leftist candidate for President vows to help the poor and elderly, to clean up corruption and to not be a puppet of George W. Bush. Newly elected Presidents of Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Spain and Norway elect likewise. All these countries

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Hello everyone, This will be my first of many posts which are of a political nature. So without further delay... After reading this article I was.. *ACK!* ***pause*** What the... My apologies, I seem to have some type of horrble taste in my mouth... ***pause*** Well what'a ya know... Another taste of Bush's blacklashes which I'm sure of more to come in our future days.President Bush has

Demetrios Michaelnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138475151209349542006-01-28T14:05:00.000-05:002006-01-28T14:05:51.670-05:00

How many times do we have to say this? Abramoff did not give any money to Democrats! Nor did he direct any of his clients to give money to Democrats. Money the Tribes donated to Democrat went down after Abramoff started working for them. Quit trying to lie to the American public any more than you usually do!Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo writes:Oops. New study by non-partisan research firm

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138471789885318582006-01-28T13:09:00.000-05:002006-01-28T13:09:50.790-05:00

OK people, this guy is on our side. This is the guy you turn to when idiots in your area want Intelligent Design. Bookmark his site, remember his name. Have his phone number tattooed on your favorite Christian Ultra-Conservative.DarkSyde of DailyKos writes: Do you feel that Separation of Church and State is integral to the health of the nation and to the integrity of religious freedom for every

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Post-Katrina Promises Unfulfilled:Nearly five months after Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans, President Bush's lofty promises to rebuild the Gulf Coast have been frustrated by bureaucratic failures and competing priorities, a review of events since the hurricane shows.While the administration can claim some clear progress, Bush's ringing call from New Orleans's Jackson Square on Sept. 15 to "

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The BBC has an article about a recently declassified document written in 2003 about the U.S. Military's "Information Operations". For instance, psychlolgical operations to propaganda to attacks on computer networks.Adam Brooks of the BBC writes:Bloggers beware.As the world turns networked, the Pentagon is calculating the military opportunities that computer networks, wireless technologies and the

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138393706600859732006-01-27T15:28:00.000-05:002006-01-27T15:28:26.866-05:00

Anyone wonder why we're hated by Muslims, especially Iraqis? Well, here's one reason...Charles J. Hanley of the A.P. writes:The U.S. Army in Iraq has at least twice seized and jailed the wives of suspected insurgents in hopes of "leveraging" their husbands into surrender, U.S. military documents show.In one case, a secretive task force locked up the young mother of a nursing baby, a U.S.

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138391464420508112006-01-27T14:51:00.000-05:002006-01-27T14:51:04.686-05:00

In case someone in the Justice Department is reading this, let me hasten to explain why I just clicked on the Victoria's Secret online catalog photo featuring a certain "Very Sexy Lace & Mesh Garter Belt."” AOL made me do it. Yes, the very same AOL that, like Yahoo and MSN, but not Google, has readily agreed to let you government snoops scrutinize the search words and results from its online

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138387882660160342006-01-27T13:51:00.000-05:002006-01-27T13:51:22.900-05:00

I love this:Three Out Of Five Say The Country Is Seriously Off Course...70% Do Not Support Spying On Ordinary Americans…61% Unfavorably View GOP Congress, Highest Number In 10 Years...76% Say Bush Should Disclose His Ties To Indicted GOP Lobbyist Abramoff...That's what 3 months of PR gets you... (from HuffPo)The entire article can be found here:Bush Support Weak, Americans Favor New

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138386674129528232006-01-27T13:30:00.000-05:002006-01-27T13:32:40.050-05:00

Here comes John Kerry to save the day! If we can keep Alito out until after the elections, and if we get a Democratic majority, we can stop this!Sounds bad doesn't it? Even Kerry thinks it's an uphill battle. And Bush hasn't even started talking about attacking Iran yet.From CNN.com:Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry was heading back to Washington Friday after launching an overseas effort to rally his

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138310364101059462006-01-26T16:19:00.000-05:002006-01-26T16:19:24.436-05:00

For days the Bush Administration and their Cronies have been saying that the illegal and the unconstitutional wiretapping is perfectly legal. When in fact we, and THEY knew that was a lie.Dan Eggen of The Washington Post writes:The Bush administration rejected a 2002 Senate proposal that would have made it easier for FBI agents to obtain surveillance warrants in terrorism cases, concluding that

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138305155921003462006-01-26T14:51:00.000-05:002006-01-26T14:52:35.986-05:00

I found this article through Slashdot and thought you' d like to read it.From Slashdot: Jason Jardine wrote to mention a C|Net report on an increase in the use of blogs by politicians in the U.S. capitol. From the article: "Just a year ago, a DailyKos posting from someone like John Kerry would have been all but unheard of, and blogging of any kind by members of Congress was almost nonexistent.

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138292498286701912006-01-26T11:21:00.000-05:002006-01-26T11:24:08.923-05:00

Two reports were were issued in the past few days. The first was commissioned by the Pentagon and the second was prepared by former Defense Secretary William Perry and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.The Army is breaking down. It's fairly obvious. We're stretched WAY too thin. Incompetent leadership from the generals on up have dragged this war out for years. We're gonna be forced to

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138275896504178122006-01-26T06:44:00.000-05:002006-01-26T06:44:56.520-05:00

You've probably noticed some minor changes to the blog. The reason is I've welcomed my friend Demetrios Michael as a second poster to my blog. Demetrios runs Informative Hub, a science blog. He has also added me as a second poster to his site, so go over there frequently for some excellent science reporting. You might not know this, but science is one of my two major hobbies (the other being

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138199935140198922006-01-25T09:38:00.000-05:002006-01-25T09:39:34.323-05:00

Just a little fun from Daily Kos' Cheers and Jeers section: "In a disturbing development this week, Iran broke open the seal on three of its nuclear facilities...which means even if they don't like them they won't be able to return them."---Amy Poehler "Vice President Cheney is on an extended tour of the Middle East. They love him over there. He's known as Lawrence of Arrhythmia."---David

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138196913914855542006-01-25T08:48:00.000-05:002006-01-25T08:48:46.436-05:00

A whopping 56% of people polled believe Google should not give the information to the government. 77% did not know that search engines collect private data like IP addresses which can be traced to individual computers.Verne Kopytoff of the San Fran. Chronicle writes:Most Internet users believe that Google Inc. should refuse the federal government's demands that it turn over search-engine data,

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138194487406811742006-01-25T08:08:00.000-05:002006-01-25T08:08:17.993-05:00

Lieberman is switching sides again? He's acting like a Democrat now. Although I have to hand it to him. He doesn't always follow the party line. He strikes out on his own when he feels like it, Which I like. Although I don't agree with some, ok most, of his points, I respect him.CNN.com writes:The White House is dodging questions about Hurricane Katrina response and has instructed other agencies

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138145893535480582006-01-24T18:38:00.000-05:002006-01-24T18:38:13.963-05:00

IT seems Bush is going to visit Pakistan. I suppose he wanted to go to the smoking crater personally, maybe count body parts.Let's change the locks while he's out. Come on, let's at least short-sheet the Lincoln Bedroom!Christine Hauser of the N.Y. Times writes:The Pakistani prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, today underscored the importance of Pakistan's coalition with the United States in fighting

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138120837139056852006-01-24T11:40:00.000-05:002006-01-24T11:43:18.963-05:00

Everyone! Listen to this guy! If we can get a Democrat majority in congress this upcoming election, we will have the power to impeach Emperor Bush!We have work to do people!John Ervin of Elitestv.com writes:Come on, ye who loath King George with as much bile and passion as yours truly, you know you want it to happen. Just like you want to date that movie star you see so many alluring shots of on

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1138120198749546462006-01-24T11:29:00.000-05:002006-01-24T11:29:59.186-05:00

Op Ed News has this good piece aboutBush's power grabs and his incompetence to act as a president.Missy Comley Beattie of OpEdNews.com writes:George W. Bush isn't just above the law. He apparently is the law. And that's been his plan all along--to be the Unitary Almighty. Last week, Karl Rove set us up for what's ahead. His basic "Frightening Americans Course" is popular with neocons,

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1137974454603163622006-01-22T19:00:00.000-05:002006-01-22T19:00:56.723-05:00

The Hispanic community spoke out against Alito today. Voicing that while no one was speaking against his ability, but that he has been hostile against labor and voting rights, not to mention abortion:IBLNEWS Wire Services writes:During a press conference, the leaders said their opposition to Alito was due to analysis of his 15-year record as a federal judge, and to the fact that, in their opinion

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The Washington Post has a story About how easy it is to hack Diebold's electronic voting machines. Are we looking at another "narrow win" for the Republicans next election? Unfortunately, without a paper record as proof of how you voted, there can be no recount.Zachary Goldfarb of The Washington Post writes:Four times over the past year Sancho told computer specialists to break in to his voting

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1137953759594796572006-01-22T13:15:00.000-05:002006-01-22T13:15:59.616-05:00

A commenter from a previous posting brought up an interesting point and I wanted to expand on it.allan said... I have a different take on the debate:http://jrpm.org/trouble.php#1 (clickable link here)I don't care for ID [Intelligent Design], it is like a political compromise that satisfies no one.There are other approaches, but some folks like confrontaion so much they take

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1137873439624180952006-01-21T14:57:00.000-05:002006-01-21T14:57:19.860-05:00

I know I was a little slow in posting this suprising turn of events in the fight for Evolution and Science but, I thought it wasn't true. I thought it was a hoax. It doesn't exactly that the Vatican supports Evolution. But it does say that this intelligent design crap is, well, crap. It even praised the Judge's decision in Pennsylvania that intelligent design is not science nor should it be

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1137858597491873302006-01-21T10:49:00.000-05:002006-01-21T10:49:57.693-05:00

Here's an article that pretty much says what I'm thinking. So I won't type down what I'm thinking and instead get right to the article.Scott C. Smith of Counterbias.org writes:You know, I get the impression that George W. Bush really doesn't understand the concept of checks and balances as it relates to government. I think he really believes his government is an autocracy, and has used the

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1137857187657545932006-01-21T10:26:00.000-05:002006-01-21T10:26:31.346-05:00

MediaChannel.org posted an article from HuffPo about the lies of the Bush Administration. I gotta admit, I'm as tired of it as the writer is.Eric Alterman writes:I’m getting more than a little tired of writing this, as I’m sure you are of reading it. But I persist, boring even myself, because I feel strongly that deliberately misleading a democratic nation into war is not just wrong, but a

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I found a very interesting article through Slashdot. Robert X. Cringley of PBS did some extensive research into the wiretapping done by this administration. He found some amazing fact going all the way back to before World War II. For instance:One fun fact from that monitoring: The CEO of International Telephone & Telegraph (ITT) reportedly spoke with Adolf Hitler on the phone from New York City

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1137792509161778102006-01-20T16:28:00.000-05:002006-01-20T16:28:29.306-05:00

Seems here we got yet another attempt from the GOP to make the Democrats look bad. Unfortunately all their lies are backfiring. This idiot tried to widen a probe of Housing Secretary Cisneros in 2001 and was turned down. Because of that the independent counsel, David Barrett, concluded in his final report that there may have been a cover up.The truth is, he made this request in 2001. The lawyers

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1137787822898449932006-01-20T15:10:00.000-05:002006-01-20T15:11:47.386-05:00

For an administration that seems completely pro-military, they sure seem to be either pissing off or neglecting them. I don't like McCain but I understand where he comes from and like what he did with this bill (now law). Bush's vague and unclear declaration of the bill states that he won't follow it if he doesn't want to.From L. A. Times:A group of retired military officers urged President Bush

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1137769142332121602006-01-20T09:59:00.000-05:002006-01-20T09:59:02.436-05:00

This article discusses the growing divide in the Republican party. On one side is the national-security camp, in majority by loyalty to a wartime president. The other side are the Civil Libertarians that used to be popular in the party but have dwindled since Bush came into the throne.Neil King of The Wall Street Journal writes:President Bush's claim that he has a legal right to eavesdrop on

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Bush is after Google's private database of search queries. Why? For National Security? To track down terrorists? Nope. To defend a law struck down by the Supreme Court in 1998.From JimBridgerBowl on Slashdot:"According to the San Jose Mercury News, The Bush administration wants access to Google's huge database of search queries submitted by users to track how often pornography is returned in

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Never let the Republicans get away with trying to blame the Democrats for their corruption and scandal. There is no evidence that any Democrat has been involved with Abramoff. The GOP is once again lying to the American People.The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act will help clean up Washington from the greed. I personally think it should go farther. We should remove lobbying almost

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Back on the 12th I wrote about an article that reported proof of CIA terror flights in Europe. I stated that I believed it to be false because of the way it was written and they didn't release the document. Well here we have a leaked UK document that states not only did Great Briton know about it, they lied about it and even tried to shove some of the blame to Clinton.Hannah K. Strange of

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PTCruiser posted this to his blog and I'm linking to it for you. I think it's a very good thing to know about these GOP fools that are so pro-war and willing to send other peoples children to war.PTCrusier writes:Anybody see any hypocrisy here?Democrats: Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.Al Gore:

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This is an article about the Human Rights Watch report slamming the U.S. as a Human Rights violator.Estanislo Oziewicz writes:The U.S. government's strategy of abusing terror suspects during interrogation has seriously undermined its credibility as a global defender of human rights, Human Rights Watch said yesterday. The conclusion was swiftly dismissed by the White House, which accused the New

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Rory Watson and Tim Reid write:Allegations that the CIA has been illegally detaining terror suspects on European soil are to be investigated by a European Parliament committee. The move comes as a report issued yesterday accused the Bush Administration of employing a deliberate strategy of torture. The 46 members of the EU committee have been given a wide-ranging remit and will be able to call

Mindwolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146012305544999452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18885528.post-1137675512892287222006-01-19T07:58:00.000-05:002006-01-19T07:58:33.070-05:00

The El Tejon School district in California that tried to teach ID as a philosophy class agreed to stop teaching their "Philosophy of Design" Intelligent Design class. Ironically, they are working so hard to try to make people believe ID is a valid science and the teacher that taught the "Philosophy of Design"class is quoted as saying "I believe this is the class that the Lord wanted me to teach".

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Let's get right to it.Nathaniel R. Helms of Defense Watch writes:Two deploying soldiers and a concerned mother reported Friday afternoon that the U.S. Army appears to be singling out soldiers who have purchased Pinnacle's Dragon Skin Body Armor for special treatment. The soldiers, who are currently staging for combat operations from a secret location, reported that their commander told them if

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Let the champagne flow! This will probably be the last pro-citizen decision to come out of the Supreme Court. Once Alito is in, the Ultra Right will have control. Then assisted suicide will be gone, then Roe v. Wade then they will rule that God speaks through Bush and appoint him as emperor to launch a crusade against all whom oppose him!Hey, it could happen.From CNN:The Supreme Court on Tuesday

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Another of Bush's cronies defends his illegal wiretapping. I don't understand how it can be so easy for them to blatantly lie to the public like that. Hell to lie to anyone like that. They must almost believe it themselves by now.In an interview with CNN's "Larry King Live," Gonzales rejected a call earlier in the day from former Vice President Al Gore for a special prosecutor to investigate the

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Daily Kos has an excellent post concerning Al Gore's response to the conservatives that try to smear his name for disagreeing with Emperor Bush. I'm posting it here but be sure to go to Kos' site and read the comments they are good as well.Kos of Daily Kos writes: A bunch of us have been blogging about conservatives who would surrender their rights in order to assuage their overwhelming fear. "

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Here's an interesting article from Thousandreasons.org comparing George Bush Sr. and his son, George W. Bush. Believe me there is a HUGE contrast.Gerald Rellick writes:There are many troubling facts about the Iraq war, the worst being that it was unnecessary and sold to the American people through lies and deception -– an unforgivable breech of faith by the president of the United States with the

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There's many blogs that reported that CNN didn't report on Al Gore's speech today. I don't know if this was put on the site to silence the complaints or if they were just slow to do it. Either way here it is.Gore delivered an excellent speech about the excesses Emperor Bush has given himself since he became president. In short he declared the Constitution is at risk.CNN reports:Former Vice

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From Nobel Prize.orgMartin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as

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It's not often that you'll find me posting an article in favor of a conservative, but this guy is on the right track.Douglas Jehl of The New York Times writes:Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said Sunday that Republicans would not grant President Bush "a blank check" in seeking to determine whether the domestic eavesdropping program that Mr. Bush authorized after the Sept. 11

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I'm really starting to look forward to this probe. I hope they have the hearings aired on CSPAN. That reminds me, I need to buy more popcorn.Ed Henry of CNN writes::Rep. Bob Ney gave up his chairmanship of the House Administration Committee on Sunday amid an influence-peddling probe that has roiled the Republican Party, but he predicted the investigation would clear his name.Ney, a six-term Ohio

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