While the south cleans up from the catastrophe we call Katrina, I sit here in a soaked Ohio wondering what the President will do to help. The region is already high in the poverty level and the early estimates are at $26 billion in damage. They are saying as many as one million people could […]
Via The Independent Iraqi activist taken up by Bush recants her views By Andrew Buncombe / The Independent She was the Iraqi activist who became a symbol of the possibility of a brighter future for Iraq. Back in February, with blue ink on her finger symbolising the recent Iraqi election in which she had just […]
The following is a press release issued by theACLU today. FBI Document Labels Michigan Affirmative Action and Peace Groups as Terrorists August 29, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union today released an FBI document that designates a Michigan-based peace group and an affirmative action advocacy group as […]
Via the Associated Press Couple weds at anti-war campsite By Angela K. Brown / Associated Press CRAWFORD, Texas – The aisle was strewn with hay. A few flies buzzed around. There was no organ; the crowd hummed “Here Comes the Bride.” But Genevieve Van Cleve and Peter Ravella had their dream wedding Sunday under a […]
Senator John Warner, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said he intends to summons Rumsfeld to Capital Hill to answer questions about Iraq. He is doing this because of the rising number of lost soldiers, the economic cost and the increased insurgency taking place in Iraq. Mr. Warner is also planning on holding hearings in […]
In June of this year, a panel of congressional Democrats held a hearing into the overspending and contracts involving Halliburton. During this hearing, testimony was given by some prominent individuals who are close to the situation. Rory Mayberry, who was a supervisor for Halliburton’s subsidiary Kellogg Root and Brown gave video testimony about rancid food […]
I haven’t done that many posts the last couple days due to an unexpected reformat of my hard drive (luckily I was able to save everything). I did see this story today that I wanted to share however: From the Waco Tribue Arrests, rhetoric highlight protests By Thaddeus DeJesus and J.B. Smith Tribune-Herald staff writers […]
The Iraqi constitution will go to the people without an endorsement from Parliament. The Sunni’s have rejected it do to issues involving federalism and references to the Ba’ath Party. This will no doubt strike a serious blow to the stabilization of the region. The Sunni’s have called upon international help in order to reach a […]
Via Truthout White House Attacks the Messenger By Joseph Wilson / t r u t h o u t Statement by Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson The Bush White House and its right wing allies are responding to Cindy Sheehan and the military families’ vigil in Central Texas in the same way that they always respond […]
From ABC News Australia Blame Bush if anything happens to me: Chavez Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says President George W Bush would be to blame if anything happened to him, after an American evangelist said the US should assassinate the democratically-elected, leftist leader. Mr Chavez, a former soldier who often accuses the United States of […]