Monday, June 05, 2006
Greetings from the Motherland
Have you happened to notice that we didn't see THIS news tidbit in OUR media this weekend?
There must have been a major power failure in their studios with all that bad weather, huh?
Unless.......
It's that damn "LIBERAL" media again!!!
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Marine's wife paints portrait of US troops out of control in Haditha
Marine's wife paints portrait of US troops out of control in Haditha
· Unit accused of abusing drugs and alcohol
· Officers relieved of duty after killing of 24 Iraqis
Julian Borger in Washington
Monday June 5, 2006
The Guardian
The marine unit involved in the killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha last November had suffered a "total breakdown" in discipline and had drug and alcohol problems, according to the wife of one of the battalion's staff sergeants.
The allegations in Newsweek magazine contribute to an ever more disturbing portrait of embattled marines under high stress, some on their third tour of duty after ferocious door-to-door fighting in the Sunni insurgent strongholds of Falluja and Haditha.
The wife of the unnamed staff sergeant claimed there had been a "total breakdown" in the unit's discipline after it was pulled out of Falluja in early 2005.
"There were problems in Kilo company with drugs, alcohol, hazing [violent initiation games], you name it," she said. "I think it's more than possible that these guys were totally tweaked out on speed or something when they shot those civilians in Haditha."
The troops in Iraq have been ordered to take refresher courses on battlefield ethics, but a growing body of evidence from Haditha suggests the strain of repeated deployments in Iraq is beginning to unravel the cohesion and discipline of the combat troops.
"We are in trouble in Iraq," Barry McCaffrey, a retired army general who played a leading role in the Iraq war, told Time magazine. "Our forces can't sustain this pace, and I'm afraid the American people are walking away from this war."
The Newsweek account described a gung-ho battalion that had staged a chariot race, complete with captured horses, togas and heavy metal music, before the battle for Falluja in late 2004. The marines were given loose rules of engagement in the vicious urban warfare that followed.
"If you see someone with a cellphone," said one of the commanders was quoted as saying, half-jokingly, "put a bullet in their fucking head".
At one point in the battle, a marine from the 3rd battalion was caught on camera shooting a wounded, unarmed man as he lay on the ground. However, the marine involved was later exonerated.
The third battalion lost 17 men in 10 days in Falluja and by the time the troops arrived in Haditha, in autumn last year, it was clear morale had plummeted. A Daily Telegraph reporter who visited its headquarters early this year at Haditha Dam, on the outskirts of the town, described it as a "feral place" where discipline was "approaching breakdown". He reported that some marines had left the official living quarters and had set up separate encampments with signs ordering outsiders to keep out.
Other observers, however, have come away from time spent with the marines with different impressions. Lucian Read, a photographer who spent five months with Kilo company, said it was generally well led, although sometimes squads had to go on patrol without an officer because there were not enough to go around.
Mr Read told Time magazine that Kilo company was the "most human" of the many units he had accompanied in Iraq. "They were never abusive," he said. "There was a certain amount of antagonism and frustration when people didn't cooperate. But it's not like they had 'kill 'em all' spray-painted on the walls."
Three senior officers in the Haditha-based 3rd battalion of the first marine regiment, known as the Thundering Third, have been relieved of duty because of a "lack of confidence" in their leadership.
The officers include Captain Lucas McConnell, the head of Kilo company, which was directly involved in the deaths of 24 unarmed Iraqis there on November 19.
Another captain from the battalion, James Kimber, was relieved of duty for a separate incident, according to his lawyer, who said his subordinates in India company had sworn and derided Iraqi security forces in an interview with Sky News.
The commander of the third battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Chessani, has also been made to step down pending the outcome of the Haditha investigation.
A criminal investigation conducted by navy investigators into the Haditha killings is still under way, but a parallel army inquiry into the wider issues has been completed. However, a military official said some findings might be withheld pending the principle inquiry findings.
On Saturday the Iraqi government rejected the findings of a US inquiry into the death of nine civilians in a US raid in the town of Ishaqi and said it would conduct its own investigation.
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Monday, May 29, 2006
TO OUR VETERANS
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WHO GAVE THEIR ALL FOR US. THEIR SACRIFICE AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES REMAINS IN OUR HEARTS, MINDS AND SOUL.
AND YES, WE WILL REMEMBER THE LIE.
Friday, May 26, 2006
And MoveOn responds...
Dear MoveOn member in Connecticut,
I wanted to share the results from our online primary with you before we tell the media. Drumroll, please: By a whopping 85% to 14%, MoveOn members supported Ned Lamont for Connecticut's U.S. Senate seat—securing him the MoveOn endorsement.
Now that we've decided together to support Lamont, please consider making a contribution to his campaign by clicking on the link below. Senator Lieberman has a war chest of over $4.2 million—so Ned will need all of our help to wage a good campaign. Can you chip in a few bucks to help elect a new Democratic senator for Connecticut?
https://secure.nedlamont.com/page/contribute
You can also sign up to volunteer for Ned Lamont on his website at the link above.
Your endorsement of Ned Lamont means that we'll raise money for him and help get folks out to the polls for the August 8th primary. We'll bring some national focus to the race as well. But how well he does in August will depend largely on our Connecticut members. Now's the time to get involved.
So why did the vote come out the way we did? Here are a few representative comments that illustrate what we heard from a lot of you:
"I do not see that Senator Lieberman actually cares about Connecticut voters. He has treated them with contempt and complacence. I don't have a problem with Democrats who don't vote the party line, but I do have a problem with senators who treat their offices as an entitlement, and this is what Sen. Lieberman seems to be doing."
-Dara from New Haven, CT
"Lamont is exactly the sort of candidate MoveOn should support: a true progressive running against the forces of Beltway conventional wisdom and accommodation of the Radical Right."
-Greg from Watertown, CT
"I'm impressed with the "fresh approach" that Ned Lamont seems to bring to the table. I think that he's correct when he says that the Democratic party needs to stand out from the Republicans (and the "W" administration). At first I was leaning towards Joe Lieberman because I can see that he is an established senator who has many contacts and perhaps has the power of persuasion within Washington, but I'm willing to take a chance on a "new guy" who better fits the voice I'd like represented."
-Meegan from Waterbury, CT
"Ned Lamont articulates my values about Iraq, health care, the environment."
-Marion from Branford, CT
Look for more from us on this race in the weeks ahead. And thanks again for helping MoveOn make this important decision.
Sincerely,
–Eli Pariser
Executive Director, MoveOn.org Political Action
Friday, May 26th, 2006
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Thursday, May 25, 2006
The Senator from CT Responds.....
Recall that when I wrote him, (see previous three blog entries) I selected from among the topics available on his website, the topic of "Nasa/Space" to test whether or not he does in fact read the mail his constituents, aka employers, send him.
Behold "Joe-in-touch-with-CT Voters" reply. I believe you are capable of forming your own conclusion without any further commentary from me except to say that it looks like I don't need to do any special grocery shopping relative to my dinner invitation.
Copied in its entirety minus personal demographics:
May 25, 2006
Ms. Mary ***
West Haven, CT 06516
Dear Ms. ***
Thank you for contacting me with your concerns regarding my record in the
United States Senate.
While I realize that you disagree with my stance on the Iraq war, I want
you to know that I take your concerns very seriously. As you may know, I
have been a consistent supporter of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein since
the end of the 1991 Gulf War; and I continue to believe the United States
and the world will be safer when a functioning and democratic Iraq is
established. However, I do believe the Bush Administration has made
significant mistakes; and I have not hesitated to voice my concerns about
them.
I was first inspired to public service by President John F. Kennedy; and,
throughout my many decades of public service, I have always been guided by
the core values that our party embodies - social justice, equal
opportunity, and tolerance of diversity. As a result, I have voted with
my party in the Senate 90 percent of the time.
I strongly believe the Senate should act in a bipartisan manner when it is
in the best interests of Connecticut and the country. That means being
open to ideas and solutions that I believe will serve my constituents
best, regardless of who else in either party supports them. Important
legislation and priorities often stall in the Senate because partisanship,
on both sides, precludes honest efforts to pass meaningful laws. It is
often necessary to work across party lines to build enough support to pass
legislation that benefits Connecticut.
I regret that you disagree with some of the positions I have taken, but I
appreciate hearing from you; and I hope that you will take the opportunity
to review my full record of service to Connecticut by visiting my web site
at http://lieberman.senate.gov. I believe you will see that I have
consistently supported legislation and issues that reflect the progressive
values of my Connecticut constituents.
My official Senate web site is designed to be an on-line office that
provides access to constituent services, Connecticut-specific information,
and an abundance of information about what I am working on in the Senate
on behalf of Connecticut and the nation. I am also pleased to let you
know that I have launched an email news update service through my web
site. You can sign up for that service by visiting
http://lieberman.senate.gov and clicking on the "Subscribe Email News
Updates" button at the bottom of the home page. I hope these are
informative and useful.
Thank you again for letting me know your views and concerns. Please
contact me if you have any additional questions or comments about our work
in Congress.
Sincerely,
Joseph I. Lieberman
UNITED STATES SENATOR
JIL:adp
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Chickenhawk Lieberman Flies MoveOn's Coup
So, as far as I'm concerned, Ned Lamont needs to receive MoveOn's endorsement and I think we know what that means, right Senator?
Credit to Yahoo via The Nation for the following:
Opinion
Joe Lieberman's Very Bad Year
The Nation Tue May 23, 2:18 PM ET
The Nation --
Joe Lieberman's year just keeps getting worse.
After he emerged as just about the only member of Congress -- Democrat or Republican -- who is enthusiastically on board for the Bush administration's hellride in Iraq, local Democratic party groups in Connecticut began passing resolutions criticizing the Democratic senator's pro-war stance.
Lieberman and his aides said the grassroots Dems were just letting off steam.
Then, the senator attracted an able Democratic primary challenger in the person of progressive businessman Ned Lamont.
Lieberman's organization said Lamont would never get on the ballot.
Then, at the state Democratic convention over the weekend, Lamont got more than twice as many votes as he needed to secure a ballot position.
Lieberman backers noted that their man got the most votes at the convention and said the inside-the-party revolt would not translate into trouble in the August 8 Democratic primary.
Now, Democracy for America, the organization formed from the base of
Howard Dean's 2004 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination -- which, notably, did a lot better than Lieberman's presidential quest of that year -- has given a strong endorsement to Lamont's challenge.
"Ned Lamont has been loud and clear about America's position in Iraq and world affairs, one of the most important concerns for voters," says Jim Dean, the chair of Democracy for America, and the brother of the man who now heads the Democratic National Committee. "Senator Lieberman has been a broken record supporting broken policies."
While the Democracy for America endorsement will help with fund raising and volunteers, it certainly isn't going to give Lamont everything he needs to win a primary. By every measure, the challenger still faces an uphill race in a state where Lieberman has been a central figure in the Democratic Party for four decades.
But the senator is feeling the heat. On Monday, he dropped out of the MoveOn.org web primary, in which members of the group are being asked to express their preference in the race -- as they did early in the race for the 2004 Democratic presidential nod. No one doubted that he was seeking to avoid another setback.
Nor does anyone doubt that the man the Democrats nominated for vice president in 2000, and who looked at the start of the year like a sure bet for reelection, is going to have to fight to be the party's nominee for his own seat in 2006.
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Monday, May 22, 2006
Reply from Joementum!
May 22, 2006
Dear Friend:
Thank you for visiting my Contact Center and sharing with me your comments
on the important issues I am addressing in Congress. Your message has
been received; you will be receiving a response to your concerns as soon
as our review and research have been completed.
I value having the benefit of your thoughtful views and hope you will
keep me apprised of any other matters of interest or concern to you in the
future. Please continue to visit my web site at
http://lieberman.senate.gov for current information about what is
happening in Congress and updated news about my work on behalf of
Connecticut. I am pleased to let you know that I have launched an email
news update service through my web site. You can sign up for that service
by visiting my web site and clicking on the "Subscribe Email News Updates"
button at the bottom of the home page. I hope these are informative and
useful.
Sincerely,
Joseph I. Lieberman
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Dear Joe Posted Under Your Nasa/Space Topic...
I wrote you and called you to the point it became almost a part time job for me, studying your votes, your positions and your behaviors as the so-called "Democratic" senator from CT. I TOLD your staff repeatedly that you had a big surprise coming to you with the grassroots practically delivering it to your doorstep.
You didn't listen and last night, you got the first evidence of our power - did you like it?
War, Senator, yes, that IS your biggest issue - you, the one who so cavalierly embraced(s) this disgrace to all of humanity. Alito, remember him? Remember how you voted? Remember how you stood up and APPLAUDED your friend, Governor bush as he lied his way again through the State of the Union address, a yearly event he couldn't even name??? I'm not even going to touch "the kiss." That's more of a Mafiosa kind of thing and if I know one thing, it's that you're certainly not Italian.
I'll tell you my final straw, Senator, not that I really had any misgivings about supporting Ned Lamont, because contrary to your thinking, this IS the issue. Everything else trickles down from there. What made me ravenously hungry to see you ousted though, was your now famous position re women needing ER services following rape or sexual trauma.
As a registered nurse, I'll tell you quite frankly that you made me PUKE when you advised women to toddle right along to the next hospital who would treat them - WHO ARE YOU TO DETERMINE THE PROFESSIONAL CODE OF ETHICS THAT MANDATES THAT WE ADMIT AND TREAT ALL PEOPLE THE SAME, REGARDLESS OF GENDER, CONDITION, RACE OR FAITH??? That, Senator, was the tolling of the bell for you among women and healthcare professionals - though I must admit that your Terri Schiavo position was dastardly as well. Oh, I could write an entire book about you had I the space and time AND keep in mind, as I've told you before when you weren't listening, YOU WERE THE VERY FIRST DEMOCRAT I EVER WORKED FOR AS A TEENAGER. How in the world do you think I feel looking at the sham you've made of all our hard work?
You're no environmentalist - I saw you get on board the Long Island blow torch in the Sound long after movement had started. Just another photo-op. Just another political calculation. You present yourself as Mr. Nice Guy but you know what, Senator? You're not a very nice guy at all. What you ARE is a traitor to our beloved Democratic Party and your history with the DLC believe me is not unnoticed. We stupid grassroots people DO know how to connect the dots..surprised? We've been watching you the whole time.
Money is your God, Senator and we know it. How much is sushi a pound these days? I don't know...I can't afford it. And if nothing else was made clear to you last night, it ought to be the power of the NON-CT bloggers you summarily dismissed.
I'll tell you what, Senator, I'll make you a deal. Call me. I dare you. I've left my name and number so many times I can't even count now but here it is anyway...***-****. If you had even one ounce of creativity, you might even consider attempting to woo one of my kind...remember us? The ones who PUT you there? I know you're counting on big money, particularly from your pet defense manufacturers and your buddies from Big Pharma. But guess what, Senator? YOU WORK FOR ME. FOR US. FOR THIS COUNTRY. FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR PITIFUL CONSTITUTION YOU HAVE GIVEN PIECES AWAY OF AS THOUGH THEY WERE HOLIDAY DREIDELS. AND I SAY NO. NO MORE. ENOUGH. I'M DISGUSTED AND I VOW TO YOU AGAIN THAT I WILL WORK 24/7 TO ASSURE THAT NED LAMONT, a REAL Democrat, will be the standard bearer who has the guts to stand up to the evil of this administration in truth, integrity, commitment and REAL patriotism.
So, come on, Senator...give me a call. Let's see if you have the same qualities referred to above. We'll chat and I'll tell you what I need from you as a Democrat, a wife, a mother, a nurse and a HUMAN BEING.
Something tells me I don't need to sit by the phone.
Freedom IS on the march and our goal is one thing. LIBERATION FROM LIEBERMAN. We are TAKING OUR COUNTRY BACK!!! COUNT ON IT!!!
To be fair, I'm giving you notice that I am posting this on my blog. And should you call me, I will also post it on my blog. Now that I think of it, why don't you come on over here and sit with me a while...I know you like diners, I'll even feed you, ok?
Mary ****
"THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN GANGRENE OF THE SOUL"
MIKE MALLOY - 1/20/05
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Friday, May 19, 2006
BYE-BYE LIEBERMAN!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
NED LAMONT,
OUR NEXT REAL
DEMOCRAT
FROM CT!!!
33%!!!
NOW LET'S GIVE JOE
THE
KNOCKOUT
PUNCH!!!
HE HAS BETRAYED
CT AND THE ENTIRE
DEMOCRATIC
PARTY!!!
GOOD-BYE, JOE!!!
"THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN GANGRENE OF THE SOUL"
MIKE MALLOY - 1/20/05
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Sunday, May 14, 2006
Typing 101: Final Exam
Begin.
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You may now self-grade your test.
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Saturday, May 13, 2006
Greg Palast to the rescue...AGAIN!
The Times and USA Today have Missed the Bigger Story -- Again
By Greg Palast
05/12/06 -"ICH" - -I know you're shocked -- SHOCKED! -- that George Bush is listening in on all your phone calls. Without a warrant. That's nothing. And it's not news.
This is: the snooping into your phone bill is just the snout of the pig of a strange, lucrative link-up between the Administration's Homeland Security spy network and private companies operating beyond the reach of the laws meant to protect us from our government. You can call it the privatization of the FBI -- though it is better described as the creation of a private KGB.
The leader in the field of what is called "data mining," is a company, formed in 1997, called, "ChoicePoint, Inc," which has sucked up over a billion dollars in national security contracts.
Worried about Dick Cheney listening in Sunday on your call to Mom? That ain't nothing. You should be more concerned that they are linking this info to your medical records, your bill purchases and your entire personal profile including, not incidentally, your voting registration. Five years ago, I discovered that ChoicePoint had already gathered 16 billion data files on Americans -- and I know they've expanded their ops at an explosive rate.
They are paid to keep an eye on you -- because the FBI can't. For the government to collect this stuff is against the law unless you're suspected of a crime. (The law in question is the Constitution.) But ChoicePoint can collect if for "commercial" purchases -- and under the Bush Administration's suspect reading of the Patriot Act -- our domestic spying apparatchiks can then BUY the info from ChoicePoint.
Who ARE these guys selling George Bush a piece of you?
ChoicePoint's board has more Republicans than a Palm Beach country club. It was funded, and its board stocked, by such Republican sugar daddies as billionaires Bernie Marcus and Ken Langone -- even after Langone was charged by the Securities Exchange Commission with abuse of inside information.
I first ran across these guys in 2000 in Florida when our Guardian/BBC team discovered the list of 94,000 "felons" that Katherine Harris had ordered removed from Florida's voter rolls before the election. Virtually every voter purged was innocent of any crime except, in most cases, Voting While Black. Who came up with this electoral hit list that gave Bush the White House? ChoicePoint, Inc.
And worse, they KNEW the racially-tainted list of felons was bogus. And when we caught them, they lied about it. While they've since apologized to the NAACP, ChoicePoint's ethnic cleansing of voter rolls has been amply assuaged by the man the company elected.
And now ChoicePoint and George Bush want your blood. Forget your phone bill. ChoicePoint, a sickened executive of the company told us in confidence, "hope[s] to build a database of DNA samples from every person in the United States ...linked to all the other information held by CP [ChoicePoint]" from medical to voting records.
And ChoicePoint lied about that too. The company publicly denied they gave DNA to the Feds -- but then told our investigator, pretending to seek work, that ChoicePoint was "the number one" provider of DNA info to the FBI.
"And that scares the hell out of me," said the executive (who has since left the company), because ChoicePoint gets it WRONG so often. We are not contracting out our Homeland Security to James Bond here. It's more like Austin Powers, Inc. Besides the 97% error rate in finding Florida "felons," Illinois State Police fired the company after discovering ChoicePoint had produced test "results" on rape case evidence ... that didn't exist. And ChoicePoint just got hit with the largest fine in Federal Trade Commission history for letting identity thieves purchase 145,000 credit card records.
But it won't stop, despite Republican senators shedding big crocodile tears about "surveillance" of innocent Americans. That's because FEAR is a lucrative business -- not just for ChoicePoint, but for firms such as Syntech, Sybase and Lockheed-Martin -- each of which has provided lucrative posts or profits to connected Republicans including former Total Information Awareness chief John Poindexter (Syntech), Marvin Bush (Sybase) and Lynn Cheney (Lockheed-Martin).
But how can they get Americans to give up our personal files, our phone logs, our DNA and our rights? Easy. Fear sells better than sex -- and they want you to be afraid. Back to today's New York Times, page 28: "Wider Use of DNA Lists is Urged in Fighting Crime." And who is providing the technology? It comes, says the Times, from the work done on using DNA fragments to identity victims of the September 11 attack. And who did that job (for $12 million, no bid)? ChoicePoint, Inc. Which is NOT mentioned by the Times.
"Genetic surveillance would thus shift from the individual [the alleged criminal] to the family," says the Times -- which will require, of course, a national DNA database of NON-criminals.
It doesn't end there. Turn to the same newspaper, page 23, with a story about a weird new law passed by the state of Georgia to fight illegal immigration. Every single employer and government agency will be required to match citizen or worker data against national databases to affirm citizenship. It won't stop illegal border crossing, but hey, someone's going to make big bucks on selling data. And guess what local boy owns the data mine? ChoicePoint, Inc., of Alpharetta, Georgia.
The knuckleheads at the Times don't put the three stories together because the real players aren't in the press releases their reporters re-write.
But that's the Fear Industry for you. You aren't safer from terrorists or criminals or "felon" voters. But the national wallet is several billion dollars lighter and the Bill of Rights is a couple amendments shorter.
And that's their program. They get the data mine -- and we get the shaft.
"THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN GANGRENE OF THE SOUL"
MIKE MALLOY - 1/20/05
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Friday, May 12, 2006
Dear Mrs. Bush...
You are a mother. I am a mother. I know what it is to lose a child through death. And through that knowledge, I would like to appeal to every part of your being and beg you, beg you, to make this madness stop.
You are a woman. I am a woman. I know how strong women are and how influential they can be in the presence of testosterone. You seem very kind to me. I'll be honest and tell you that I did not vote for your husband nor would I ever but that's not what this is about. It's about the deepest, most inherent respect for all of life to the extent that when threatened, demeans every single one of us, whether it be an American, an Iraqi, a Jew, a Christian or an atheist. It is about following the path that Jesus chose, non-violence and forgiveness. It is about doing to our neighbor as we would wish it done to us...the words and meanings of Jesus Christ are very clear. It is through His life and words that I wish to appeal to you as a mother, a wife and a nurse. We must, must stop the killing in whatever labeling it's given.
Please, Mrs. Bush, for the sake of all humankind, will you exert your lovingness, intelligence, righteousness in every area that you can and make sure that we do not bring more killing upon the earth God lovingly made for us?
We have a bond. Let us strengthen it and always let us keep our eyes toward the light and truth who's source is the holiest of Holies.
I know there will be a huge protest outside our White House this weekend. I am there in spirit as I cannot travel (probably on a no-fly list anyway because of my views) but were I to be there, I would want to hold your hand, look you in the eyes, probably with tears, and simply say, "Happy Mother's Day, Mrs. Bush, to you and to all the mothers of the world."
Thank you for reading. And may God bless you and your family.
A broken-hearted mother,
MF
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Dear 31%...
YOU ARE BEING LIED TO...DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT NOW?
AND DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE VERY PREMISE THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON IS BEING DESTROYED EACH AND EVERY SINGLE MOMENT THIS CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION REMAINS IN OFFICE?
DO YOU REALIZE NOW THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE FIXED? DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO LONGER CHECKS AND BALANCES IN OUR GOVERNMENT?
AND DO YOU ALSO KNOW THAT GENERAL HADLEY, bUSH'S NOMINEE TO REPLACE CIA DIRECTOR PORTER GOSS, BAD AS HE WAS, IS THE VERY SAME MAN WHO HAS RUN THE NSA WIRETAP PROGRAM SINCE 9/11 BREAKING LAW UPON LAW UPON LAW???
DO YOU KNOW THAT bUSH KNOWS HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE CALLED YOUR DOCTOR? YOUR LAWYER? YOUR SHRINK? AND THE PERSON YOU'RE CHEATING ON YOUR SPOUSE WITH? YOUR BOOKIE? YOUR DRUG DEALER? YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY? YOUR COLLECTION AGENCIES? YOUR RABBI, PRIEST, MINISTER OR LOCAL WITCH?
YOU'VE BEEN HAD ONCE AGAIN, BELIEVING THE PRINCE OF LIES WHO TOLD YOU HE WAS ONLY INTERCEPTING CALLS OVERSEAS. WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THESE CRIMINALS WHO HAVE TAKEN OVER OUR COUNTRY? WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE BEFORE YOU WAKE UP? OBVIOUSLY, $70.00 FILLUPS AT THE PUMP AREN'T GOING TO DO IT. WHEN THEN? WHEN IT'S 100? 125? OR WHEN YOU CAN'T GET GAS AT ALL ANYMORE?
YOU CALL YOURSELVES PATRIOTIC. YOU WRAP YOURSELVES IN A FLAG THAT HAS BEEN SPIT UPON BY THIS PRESIDENT. I'D ONLY WISH YOU'D WRAP YOURSELVES UP IN THE CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS BECAUSE AT LEAST THEN, MAYBE YOU'D HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THEM BEFORE YOU DON THEM.
IN THE NAME OF CHRIST WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE BEFORE YOU WHITENED SEPULCHRES CRAWL OUT OF YOUR TOMBS AND FACE THE DYING LIGHT??? OH, IT'S THE RAPTURE YOU AWAIT??? WELL, CONSIDER THIS...THE ONLY RAPTURE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS GOING TO BE THE ONE AS "CON"LEEZA WOULD SAY WILL BE "IN THE FORM OF A MUSHROOM CLOUD" AS YOU GASP YOUR LAST BREATH WITH THE NAME OF YOUR GOD bUSH ON YOUR DISINTEGRATING LIPS.
WAKE UP, 31%. WAKE UP BEFORE HE BLOWS UP THE WORLD, OK? THE REST OF US WOULD LIKE TO STAY AROUND A WHILE LONGER. WE BELIEVE IN LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. AND IN TRUE FREEDOM, NOT THE ENSLAVEMENT TO AN IDEAOLOGUE.
I'VE NEVER BEEN SO DISGUSTED IN MY LIFE. IT IS TIME TO IMPEACH. IMPEACH. IMPEACH. HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS...GET IT?
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Saturday, May 06, 2006
How do you sleep at night, oh pious one?
Second Marine with Connecticut ties killed in Iraq this week
By Shelley K. Wong, Associated Press Writer | May 5, 2006
SUFFIELD, Conn. --The Defense Department on Friday confirmed the deaths of two U.S. Marines with Connecticut ties who were killed in combat in Iraq this week.
Cpl. Stephen R. Bixler, 20, of Suffield, was killed Thursday by enemy forces in Al Anbar province, the Department of Defense said Friday. He was based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.
Capt. Brian S. Letendre, 27, of Woodbridge, Va., was stationed in Plainville with the 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division. He died Wednesday in combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, military officials said.
Letendre was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserves inspector and instructor staff, the Defense Department said.
They were the 30th and 31st people with Connecticut ties to die in Iraq and Afghanistan since fighting began in Iraq in March 2003 and in Afghanistan in late 2001. Both men were on their second tours in Iraq, their families said.
News of Bixler's death came Thursday from his family.
"He was on a foot patrol, that's all we know right now," Bixler's father, Richard, said. "We were very proud of what he was doing. He would say a lot of positive things. He was totally committed to his mission."
Bixler was remembered in his hometown as an admired young man who excelled at academics and athletics in high school and enjoyed helping others.
An Eagle Scout, Bixler joined the Marines shortly after graduating from Suffield High School in 2003, his father said.
Kevin Goff, whose son was a close friend of Bixler, said Bixler was a genuinely nice person who made the choice early on in high school to join the military.
"Stephen was the ultimate person that just wanted a simple life and just wanted to do well for other people," Goff said. "He was the all-American kid who wanted to serve his country."
Under his high school yearbook picture, Bixler quoted legendary football coach Vince Lombardi: "I believe a man's finest hour is the moment he has worked his heart out and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious."
Gov. M. Jodi Rell ordered both the U.S. and Connecticut flags to be flown at half-staff until sundown on the day of Bixler's interment, which has not yet been scheduled.
Letendre was killed when a suicide vehicle exploded near him, his family in Virginia said Friday. It was his second tour of duty in Iraq.
"He wasn't ordered to go back to Iraq for another combat tour, and his unit was not going to deploy there, but he selflessly and courageously volunteered to go help train the Iraqi forces," his family said in a prepared statement.
"Brian just didn't feel right being back here in the U.S. while other Marines were serving overseas, and wanted to get back to the front lines as soon as he could," the statement read.
Letendre was born in California and raised in Woodbridge, Va., where he graduated from Potomac High School in 1996.
He joined the Marines in 2000 after graduating from Milligan College in Tennessee. After completing training, he chose to become an infantry officer. Before serving in Iraq, was deployed in Okinawa and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
He first went to Iraq as part of the initial invasion in 2003 and earned the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with a Combat "V" for valor. Letendre returned to train Iraqi forces about three weeks ago, his family said.
His survivors include his wife, Autumn, his 3-year-old son Dillon, his parents and two brothers. His wife and child live in Indianapolis and his parents live in Woodbridge, military officials said.
Letendre and his family lived in New Britain for about 18 months while he was stationed in Plainville, and Autumn Letendre worked as a teacher in Farmington, The Hartford Courant reported. The people who bought the Letendres' home six months ago said it was sold because Brian Letendre expected to be sent to Iraq and his wife wanted to stay with family in Indiana while he was overseas.
Letendre will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Monday, May 01, 2006
Colbert's Coup
In a scathing commentary ranging from the crimes of bushco missing very few of the reasons they're now at 32% approval rating, Colbert demonstrated complete lack of discrimination as he ripped the press a new you know what.
Initially, it was my sense that his timing was off or that perhaps he is much less well-known in DC circles because there certainly wasn't a great deal of laughter coming forth from this motley crew both in the audience and the head table. It's always such fun to see Boy george made a fool of, especially because normally, all we have to do is watch him. This time, a singular, faux conservative voice did that quite deftly while hopefully managing the attendees to turn inside and search for their consciences that evidently left them years ago. Don't hold your breath for that though.
But did you happen to notice that this public egging of the leader of the "free" world was virtually ignored by the same charlatans much of Colbert's rhetoric was directed to? Therefore, I think it belongs in the Non-News Daily and just for fun, I've thrown in a few more items.
Non-News Daily
1. Stephen Colbert's Fallen Flat Humor
2. Rush Limbaugh's Arrest (would WE have a job after that?)
3. Live coverage of the NYC peace protest of over 350,000
4. Fornigate featuring a sterling cast of horny Republicans
5. Bombs away in Las Vegas on June 2, 2006
6. Rumsfeld's heckuva job
7. Abramoff's two week vacation while under indictment
8. Ned Lamont's energizing CT while Joe whines.
9. What was in george's glass at the WHPC dinner?
10. Why has President Rove lost so much weight?
CIA leaks, new plans for pre-emptive strikes, strangers visiting nuclear energy plants, genocide of Medicare recipents, economic lies and distortions, anonymous dead soldiers we don't want in our beautiful minds, Katrina...but alas, the list is too long. When you dismiss 750 laws as reported in the Boston Globe this weekend, it's awfully hard to keep up. But, you get my drift.
We don't mind! We really, really, don't mind or seem to care about WHAT that goddam piece of paper, that stupid Constitution says even though it's built right into it that we have the means to rid ourselves of this blight upon the earth. We've got our SUVS and our dwindling double incomes, we've got Survivor (I so love the irony of THAT one), the Sopranos, and American Idol to keep us entertained and cemented into the status quo that we just love.
Stephen Colbert? I'd like to shake your hand - the hand of a real American who's not afraid to speak truth to power and truth to morons. That's what courage is all about. But sir, please watch your back. Nothing is beyond this madding crowd. Be safe...and be strong. And thank you.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
CT - 18 REASONS
Their date of death in Iraq is listed, as is their rank.
1) Hoyt, Robert W. Specialist 11-Dec-2004
2) Brennan, William I. Chief Warrant Officer 16-Oct-2004
3) Felder, Tyanna S. Specialist 07-Apr-2004
4) Schmidt III, John T. Lance Corporal 11-May-2005
5) Hoskins, Christopher L. Specialist 21-Jun-2005
6) Paliwoda, Eric Thomas Captain 02-Jan-2004
7) Coullard, David J. Sergeant 01-Aug-2005
8) Eaton Jr., Richard S. Staff Sergeant 12-Aug-2003
9) Philippon, Lawrence R. Lance Corporal 08-May-2005
10) Dempsey, Kevin J. Corporal 13-Nov-2004
11) Vitagliano, Thomas E. Staff Sergeant 17-Jan-2005
12) Perez Jr., Wilfredo Specialist 26-Jul-2003
13) Martir, Jacob D. Specialist 18-Aug-2004
14) Delgreco, Felix M. Sergeant 09-Apr-2004
15) Braun, Jeffrey F. Private 1st Class 12-Dec-2003
16) Heald, Barbara Civilian 29-Jan-2005
17) D'Agostino, Anthony D. Private 1st Class 02-Nov-2003
18) Chanawongse, Kemaphoom, Corporal 23-Mar-2003
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MIKE MALLOY - 1/20/05
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Monday, April 24, 2006
Smokin' Joe
I don't have a lot of time but I see you have been a bit negligent in your promises - probably because Ned Lamont's got you on the run but nevertheless, I don't like it when our Senators break promises.
You promised my favorite entertainer, Sean Hannity, that you would come on his show once a month and it's now 82 days since you made that promise.
I'm only trying to help you. You don't want to be in trouble with Fox News Channel, do you?
And I'm sure Sean is taking it very personally.
See what you can do to lighten up your schedule, ok? I know you're also busy trying to plan the new war in Iran which surely must be thrilling you but you can still take a break on a Sunday morning, can't you?
And just for the record though I very much doubt you care, I really don't want to end my days as part of a mushroom cloud, ok?
Call Hannity and make up. Please.
"THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN GANGRENE OF THE SOUL"
MIKE MALLOY - 1/20/05
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Saturday, April 22, 2006
Isn't there ANYONE?
9/11/01
WHEN CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT AS A NATION?
IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
AMERICA, COME TOGETHER. THIS IS OUR COUNTRY!!!
WE NEED ONE WHO IS WILLING TO LEAD.
GOD HAVE MERCY ON US...IS THERE ANY MAN, WOMAN OR CHILD ALIVE WHO WILL DO THAT FOR US???
SPEAK NOW. OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR
WAR.
Monday, April 17, 2006
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM -2006
AS THE REPUBLICAN MEDIA WON'T TELL YOU!!
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Protecting America; leading the world.
Energy Independence 2020
Creating a cleaner, greener and stronger America.
Honest Leadership, Open Government
Restoring a government as good as the people it serves.
Economic Prosperity and Education Excellence
American jobs that will stay in America.Keeping America number one; Restoring opportunity and innovation.
A Health Care System that Works for Everyone -Like 36 other industrialized nations.
Making the wealthiest nation on earth, the healthiest.
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Saturday, April 15, 2006
HAPPY EASTER, MR. PRESIDENT!!!
As you KNOW, because I am QUITE positive that you and your buddies are having some fun with my website and my political views, I can't stand you. I only wish I could have the opportunity to look you in the eyes to say that to you but since I can't, let me clarify my reasons for, shall we say my INTENSE DISLIKE for you and your policies? Nothing personal, mind you, I just can't abide liars. But now, as I think of it, to list all my reasons would mean that I'd then be tied up for the next three days and I really have to get my Easter breads into the oven.
So, I'll be brief, to the point, and focus on just ONE reason I despise you and your Fundie Friends.
I HATE your views about gays and lesbians in the name of Jesus, your Savior. Though you'll be pleased to know that I consider myself a heterosexual, I believe that ALL people should be treated equally and had you paid attention in grammar school, you would have believed that too. Frankly, I'm a little surprised that when God talked to you, He didn't throw that in just as a reminder.
I really don't give a flyin' Easter bunny who does what in their own bedrooms (unless it involves something that WE are paying for as in "suspect" visitors to the WH)., and NOOOO, I'm NOT referring to James Guckert Gannon but, I stray.
My reason for writing to you is this. For once, and this is most likely the one and only time so don't get too excited, you HAVE issued the proper communication from the White House. I learned this morning that ALL of the public is welcome to attend the Easter Egg Hunt and that your administration has no intention to make that into an "invitation only event" next year. I am very proud of you, Mr. President. I have to wonder now if Jesus really IS talking to you!
So, I'd like to acknowledge that you for once, have done something good. See? We liberals WILL give credit where it's due.
I have only one question of you that you may certainly feel the march of freedom in forming your decision as whether to answer me or not.
Will you be hiding any Easter eggs under your desk?
Happy Easter, Mr. President. I am praying for you---that's allowed, right?
"There is nothing worse than gangrene of the soul."Mike Malloy ~ 1/20/05
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Thursday, April 06, 2006
Bush Takes a Leak
For any of you who haven't heard the latest assault to our shaky democracy rendered by Not My Presidentbush, expect to hear in the next few days that he has fired himself.
Man of his word that he is, in July of 2003, he feigned outrage that anyone in HIS administration might have leaked classified information regarding the Crime De Jour at the time: Plamegate. Those of us trained in reading body language understood then that he was engaged in his second favorite Occupation, lying. And strongly implying that anyone caught doing so would be fired.
I'll betcha dollars to donuts that tonight, W's mouth isn't the only part of his body leaking.
Stay tuned for a first hand account of Leaky the Liar's visit to Bridgeport, CT. I had to take a day or two off to recover.
IMPEACH, IMPEACH, IMPEACH!!!
"There is nothing worse than gangrene of the soul."Mike Malloy ~ 1/20/05
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS!
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Anything ring a bell here???
And they impeached President Clinton? It's WAKE-UP time. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Any Democrats with a spine strolling around these days? No, Senator Feingold, I don't mean YOU!
Nixon's Articles of Impeachment
Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2006-02-22 13:22.
Articles of Impeachment
Articles of Impeachment against Richard M. Nixon
RESOLVED, That Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanours, and that the following articles of impeachment to be exhibited to the Senate:
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT EXHIBITED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE NAME OF ITSELF AND OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AGAINST RICHARD M. NIXON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF ITS IMPEACHMENT AGAINST HIM FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS.
ARTICLE 1
In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his consitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice, in that:
On June 17, 1972, and prior thereto, agents of the Committee for the Re-election of the President committed unlawful entry of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose of securing political intelligence. Subsequent thereto, Richard M. Nixon, using the powers of his high office, engaged personally and through his close subordinates and agents, in a course of conduct or plan designed to delay, impede, and obstruct the investigation of such illegal entry; to cover up, conceal and protect those responsible; and to conceal the existence and scope of other unlawful covert activities.
The means used to implement this course of conduct or plan included one or more of the following:
1. making false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
2. withholding relevant and material evidence or information from lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
3. approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counselling witnesses with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States and false or misleading testimony in duly instituted judicial and congressional proceedings;
4. interfering or endeavouring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force, and Congressional Committees;
5. approving, condoning, and acquiescing in, the surreptitious payment of substantial sums of money for the purpose of obtaining the silence or influencing the testimony of witnesses, potential witnesses or individuals who participated in such unlawful entry and other illegal activities;
6. endeavouring to misuse the Central Intelligence Agency, an agency of the United States;
7. disseminating information received from officers of the Department of Justice of the United States to subjects of investigations conducted by lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States, for the purpose of aiding and assisting such subjects in their attempts to avoid criminal liability;
8. making or causing to be made false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete investigation had been conducted with respect to allegations of misconduct on the part of personnel of the executive branch of the United States and personnel of the Committee for the Re-election of the President, and that there was no involvement of such personnel in such misconduct: or
9. endeavouring to cause prospective defendants, and individuals duly tried and convicted, to expect favoured treatment and consideration in return for their silence or false testimony, or rewarding individuals for their silence or false testimony.
In all of this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.Wherefore Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.
ARTICLE 2
Using the powers of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in disregard of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has repeatedly engaged in conduct violating the constitutional rights of citizens, impairing the due and proper administration of justice and the conduct of lawful inquiries, or contravening the laws governing agencies of the executive branch and the purposed of these agencies.
This conduct has included one or more of the following:
1. He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavoured to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposed not authorized by law, and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.
2. He misued the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and other executive personnel, in violation or disregard of the constitutional rights of citizens, by directing or authorizing such agencies or personnel to conduct or continue electronic surveillance or other investigations for purposes unrelated to national security, the enforcement of laws, or any other lawful function of his office; he did direct, authorize, or permit the use of information obtained thereby for purposes unrelated to national security, the enforcement of laws, or any other lawful function of his office; and he did direct the concealment of certain records made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of electronic surveillance.
3. He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, in violation or disregard of the constitutional rights of citizens, authorized and permitted to be maintained a secret investigative unit within the office of the President, financed in part with money derived from campaign contributions, which unlawfully utilized the resources of the Central Intelligence Agency, engaged in covert and unlawful activities, and attempted to prejudice the constitutional right of an accused to a fair trial.
4. He has failed to take care that the laws were faithfully executed by failing to act when he knew or had reason to know that his close subordinates endeavoured to impede and frustrate lawful inquiries by duly constituted executive, judicial and legislative entities concerning the unlawful entry into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, and the cover-up thereof, and concerning other unlawful activities including those relating to the confirmation of Richard Kleindienst as Attorney General of the United States, the electronic surveillance of private citizens, the break-in into the offices of Dr. Lewis Fielding, and the campaign financing practices of the Committee to Re-elect the President.
5. In disregard of the rule of law, he knowingly misused the executive power by interfering with agencies of the executive branch, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Division, and the Office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force, of the Department of Justice, and the Central Intelligence Agency, in violation of his duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
In all of this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.Wherefore Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.
ARTICLE 3
In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, contrary to his oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has failed without lawful cause or excuse to produce papers and things as directed by duly authorized subpoenas issued by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on April 11, 1974, May 15, 1974, May 30, 1974, and June 24, 1974, and willfully disobeyed such subpoenas. The subpoenaed papers and things were deemed necessary by the Committee in order to resolve by direct evidence fundamental, factual questions relating to Presidential direction, knowledge or approval of actions
demonstrated by other evidence to be substantial grounds for impeachment of the President. In refusing to produce these papers and things Richard M. Nixon, substituting his judgment as to what materials were necessary for the inquiry, interposed the powers of the Presidency against the the lawful subpoenas of the House of Representatives, thereby assuming to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise of the sole power of impeachment vested by the Constitution in the House of Representatives.
In all of this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.
The following Articles were rejected by the House Judiciary Committee
Article IV
In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the Untied States, and in disregard of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, did receive emoluments from the United States in excess of the compensation provided by law pursuant to Article II, Section I, Clause 7 of the Constitution, and did willfully attempt to evade the payment of a portion of Federal income taxes due and owing by him for the years 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1972, in that:
(1) He, during the period for which he has been elected President, unlawfully received compensation in the form of government expenditures at and on his privately-owned properties located in or near San Clemente, California, and Key Biscayne, Florida.
(2) He knowingly and fraudulently failed to report certain income and claimed deductions in the year 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1972 on his Federal income tax returns which were not authorized by law, including deductions for a gift of papers to the United States valued at approximately $576,000.
In all of this Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.
Article V
In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in disregard of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, on and subsequent to March 17, 1969, authorized, ordered, and ratified the concealment from the Congress of false and misleading statements concerning the existence, scope and nature of American bombing operations in Cambodia in derogation of the power of the Congress to declare war, to make appropriations and to raise and support armies, and by such conduct warrants impeachment and trial and removal from office.
Specification of Charges (Bill of Particulars)
Supporting All Articles
1. Conspiracy. President Nixon, H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, Charles Colson, John Dean, John Mitchell, Herbert Kalmbach, and Maurice Stans, in concert with and abetted by others, conspired together to devise and carry out a plan or scheme to commit various crimes against numerous citizens of the United States who opposed the policies of Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon and his coconspirators thereby conspired to commit burglary in violation of 22 D.C. Code 1801; violated federal statutes making it a crime to wiretap, section 2510 et seq. of the United States Criminal Code (Title 18, U.S.C.); conspired to deprive citizens of civil rights in violation of section 241 of the Criminal Code; conspired to violate other federal statutes (e.g., the wiretap statute) in violation of section 371 of the Criminal Code; violated the President's constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, article 11, section 3; violated the First amendment rights of persons to freedom of speech, and violated the Fourth amendment rights of persons to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Pursuant to the plan or scheme specified in Count 1, President Nixon and his co-conspirators:
2. Illegal Wiretaps. Caused wiretaps to be placed on the telephones of seventeen persons without having obtained a court order authorizing the tap, as required by federal law; in violation of sections 241, 371 and 2510-11 of the Criminal Code.
3. Conspiracy to Suppress Free Speech. Caused harassment, by means of tax audits and other acts by the Internal Revenue Service, of named persons designated as political "enemies" of President Nixon for the purpose of inhibiting or preventing their exercise of First amendment rights, in violation of section 241 of the Criminal Code.
4. Conspiracy to Commit Burglary and Other Crimes. Caused the creation and adoption of a so called "domestic intelligence plan" for securing information about American citizens, under which plan it was intended to commit unlawful acts of burglary, wiretapping, bugging and the opening of mail; in violation of sections 241 and 371 of the Criminal Code.
5. Burglary. Caused the creation of a "special investigations unit," called "the Plumbers," in which were employed, inter alia, G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, which carried out a burglary on September 3,1972 of the office of Lewis Fielding, M.D. in Los Angeles, California, for the purpose of obtaining evidence for use in the trial of Daniel Ellsberg; in violation of sections 182.1, 459, 6020(j) and 647(a) of the California Penal Code and section 241 of the Criminal Code.
6. Obstruction of Justice. Attempted to influence a United States District Court Judge, Hon. W. Matthew Byrne, in a matter then pending trial before him, to wit, the prosecution by the United States of Daniel Ellsberg for violation of the espionage statutes, by suggesting to Judge Byrne that he might be appointed as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; in violation of sections 371 and 1503 of the Criminal Code.
7. Conspiracy to Commit Crimes to Influence the Election. Adopted a plan or scheme proposed by G. Gordon Liddy to employ various unlawful devices, including wiretaps, illegal entries, assault and battery and prostitution, to influence the results of the 1972 Presidential election in a manner favorable to Richard M. Nixon; in violation of section 371 of the Criminal Code.
8. Burglary. Caused the commission of two acts of burglary on May 27,1972 and June 17, 1972, by the "Plumbers" into the offices of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate Office Building, 2500 Virginia Avenue, N.W., in the District of Columbia, in violation of 22 D.C. Code 1801; the placing therein of a telephone wiretap in violation of section 2510 of the Criminal Code; in violation of sections 241 and 371 of the Criminal Code.
9. Obstruction of Justice, Perjury. Concealed the complicity of high officials of the White House staff and of the campaign Committee to Re-Elect the President in the acts specified in Counts 7 and 8, for the purpose of defeating and preventing criminal prosecutions by the United States, by (a) destroying documentary evidence, (b) concealing the existence of documentary evidence, (c) promising executive clemency and paying money and causing money to be paid to G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, Bernard Barker, Virgilio Gonzales, Frank Sturgis, James McCord and Eugenio Martinez to induce them, and which did induce them, to plead guilty to charges of burglary and to withhold testimony and to refuse to testify before a grand jury and at trial, (d) suborning perjury by Jeb S. Magruder at the trial of Liddy, et al.; in violation of sections 371,1503,1510,1621 and 1622 of the Criminal Code.
10. Conspiracy to Defraud the United States. President Nixon, H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, Charles Colson, John Dean, Herbert Kalmbach and Maurice Stans, in concert with and aided and abetted by others, conspired to devise and carry out a plan or scheme to obtain money to spend for and- in support of the reelection of Richard M. Nixon as President of the United States in 1972, in which they employed various unlawful means, to wit, obtaining campaign contributions from corporations and foreign nationals in violation of sections 610 and 613 of the Criminal Code, and soliciting and/or obtaining campaign contributions from individuals, political committees, corporations and foreign nationals in exchange for promises of governmental benefit and/or the withholding of governmental sanctions and/or the cessation of governmental law enforcement action; in violation of article II, section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201,241,371,1503 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
Pursuant to the plan or scheme specified in Count 10, President Nixon and his co-conspirators:
11. Illegal Campaign Contributions from Corporations. Solicited and obtained before April 7, 1972, campaign contributions from seven corporations, in violation of sections 371 and 610 of the Criminal Code, and by means of express or implied promises of governmental benefits and/or threats of the withholding of governmental benefits; in violation of sections 201, 371 and 872
of the Criminal Code.
12. Bribery, Fraud. Solicited a contribution of $200,000 to $400,000 and obtained a contribution of $100,000 from the ITT Corporation promised on July 21, 1971, and delivered on August 5, 1971 to support the Republican National Convention expected to be held in San Diego, California; by means of promises, express or implied, to obtain a decision by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, which decision was obtained on July 31, 1971, to accept a consent decree which permitted ITT to retain the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., which the Antitrust Division had theretofore opposed by the filing and prosecution of a civil antitrust action in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut; in violation of article 11, section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201, 271, 872 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
13. Bribery, Fraud. Solicited and obtained a promise of a campaign contribution of $2,000,000 for President Nixon's reelection campaign from Associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI), a dairy farm cooperative, in exchange for conferring on December 31, 1970, a governmental benefit on AMPI, to wit, the promulgation by President Nixon of reduced quotas for imports of dairy products; in violation of article 11, section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201, 371, 872 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
14. Bribery, Fraud. Solicited and obtained from three dairy producer cooperatives a promise of contributions to President Nixon's reelection campaign and obtained at least $427,500 in such contributions, from March 22, 1971, to November 6, 1972, in exchange for conferring upon the three cooperatives on March 25, 1971, a governmental benefit, to wit, an increase ordered by the
Secretary of Agriculture in the minimum price support level for dairy products for 1971-72 from $4.66 to $4.93 per 100 lbs. of fluid manufacturing grade milk; at a cost of $125 million to the Treasury of the United States and to the profit of the dairy industry of $500 to $700 million; in violation of article 11, section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201, 371, 872 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
15. Conspiracy. Solicited and obtained from AMPI's political committee, TAPE, a contribution of $5,000, delivered on September 3, 1973, at a meeting which President Nixon attended, part of the funds obtained as specified in Count 14, expressly for the purpose of paying the costs of the "plumbers"'burglary of the office of Dr. Lewis Fielding specified in Count 8; in violation of sections 241 and 371 of the Criminal Code.
16. Bribery, Fraud. Solicited and obtained for the reelection campaign of President Nixon, from Robert Allen, President of Gulf Resources and Chemical Co., Inc., on April 3-5, 1972, a contribution of $100,000 of corporate funds in violation of section 610 of the Criminal Code, in exchange for the cessation and withholding, on March 29, 1972, of civil enforcement action by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States Government to abate air and water pollution by Gulf Resources and Chemical Company's subsidiary Bunker Hill Company's lead and zinc smelter in Idaho; in violation of article 11, section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201, 371, 872 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
17. Bribery, Fraud. Solicited and obtained for the reelection campaign of President Nixon, on April 9, 1972, from Dwayne O. Andreas, a contribution of $25,000, in exchange for conferring upon Andreas and other persons associated with him a governmental benefit, to wit, the approval by the Comptroller of the Currency of a national bank charter sought by Andreas and his associates, applied for on May 26, 1972 and approved on August 22, 1972; in violation of article II, section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201,- 371, 872 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
18. Conspiracy. Solicited and obtained the contributions specified in Counts 16 and 17 for the purpose, in part, of paying for the burglary of Democratic National Committee headquarters specified in Count 8, in violation of sections 241 and 371 of the Criminal Code and 22 D.C. Code 1801.
19. Bribery, Fraud, Illegal Foreign Campaign Contributions. Solicited and obtained for the reelection campaign of President Nixon, in April and in October, 1972, contributions totalling $25,000, from Nikos Vardinoyannis, a Greek national; in violation of Section 613 of the Criminal Code, and in exchange for conferring upon Vardinoyannis a governmental benefit, to wit, a contract for $4.7 million in U.S. government funds to supply fuel for the U.S. Sixth Fleet in Piraeus, Greece; in violation of article II, section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201, 371, 872 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
20. Bribery, Fraud. Solicited and obtained for the reelection campaign of President Nixon, in August, 1972, from officers of carpet manufacturing fines, Martin B. Seretean, Eugene T. Barwick and J. C. Shaw, contributions totalling more than $200,000 in exchange for conferring upon the carpet industry governmental benefits, to wit, a meeting at the White House with Charles Colson and other government officials, including officials from the Department of Commerce, and the withholding by the Department of Commerce of action opposed by the carpet industry, to wit, the introduction of a test for flammability of carpets more stringent and of higher safety than the current test, in violation of article 11, section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201, 371, 872 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
21. Bribery, Fraud. Solicited and obtained for the reelection campaign of President Nixon, in June, July and August, 1972, from Ray A. Kroc, Chairman of the Board of McDonald's, Inc., contributions of $200,000, in exchange for permission from the Price Commission, first denied on May 21, 1972, then granted on September 8, 1972, to raise the price of the McDonald's quarter
pounder cheeseburger, in violation of article II, section 4 of the Constitution and Section 201, 372, 872 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
22. Bribery, Fraud. Solicited and obtained for the reelection campaign of President Nixon, from the Seafarer's International Union, on November 2, 1972, a contribution of $100,000, in exchange for the conferring of a governmental benefit, to wit, the decision of the Department of Justice not to appeal dismissal of an indictment against the Union, filed on June 30, 1970,for violations of section 610 of the Criminal Code prohibiting campaign contributions by Unions; in violation of article II, section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201, 371, 610, 872, 1503 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
23. Bribery, Fraud. Solicited and obtained for the reelection campaign of President Nixon, from Robert Vesco,.on April 10, 1972, a contribution of $200,000, which was not reported to the General Accounting Office as required by law, in exchange for conferring upon Vesco governmental benefits, to wit, arranging a meeting between his attorney, Harry Sears, and federal law enforcement officials, to wit the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and promises of other benefits, to wit, that John Mitchell and Maurice Stans would use their influence to prevent law enforcement action from being taken against Vesco; in violation of article II, section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201, 371, 872, 1503 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
24. Bribery, Fraud. Solicited and obtained, purportedly for the 1972 reelection campaign of President Nixon, in 1969 and 1970, contributions tatalling $100,000 from Howard Hughes, in exchange for governmental benefits, to wit, the approval in 1969 by President Nixon, pursuant to authority conferred on the President by law, of the purchase by Hughes of Air West, a CAB certificated airline with international routes; and the withdrawal in 1970 by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice of its opposition to acquisition by Hughes of a seventh gambling casino in Las Vegas, Nevada; in violation of article II, Section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201, 371, 872, 1503 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
25. Receiving Money Unlawfully Obtained. By the means specified in Counts 10-24 Richard Nixon received and obtained for his own use and benefit and did have the use and benefit, for the purpose of financing his campaign for reelection as President, of moneys illegally obtained as specified in Counts 10-24 to a total amount of $1,652,500, which he knew and/or had reason to know had been unlawfully obtained; in violation of article II, section 4 of the Constitution and sections 201, 241, 371, 872, 1503 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
26. Conspiracy to Defraud the United States. President Nixon, H. R. Haldamn, Herbert Kalmbach, Frank DeMarco, Charles G. Rebezo and Robert Abplanalp, in concert with and aided and abetted by others, devised and carried out a plan or scheme personally to enrich President Nixon by abuse of the power and authority of his office as President; in violation of article II, sectdon I of the Constitution, sections 271, 641, 1001 and 1505 of the CriminalCode, and section 7201 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Pursuant to the plan or scheme specified in Count 26, the President and his co-conspirators:
27. Embezzlement, Fraud. Caused the expenditure of public funds, in the amount of more than one million dollars, for materials and labor to improve, adorn and permanently increase the value of President Nixon's privately owned real property in San Clemente, California and Key Biscayne, Florida, in excess of expenditures authorized by law to provide for the security of the President; in violation of article II, section I of the Constitution and sections 371,641 and 1505 of the Criminal Code.
28. Tax Evasion. Caused the filing of federal income tax returns on behalf of Richard M. Nixon, in which were claimed deductions from taxable income in an amount of approximated $s70,000 for purported gifts to the United States of papers of Richard M. Nixon, which deductions were known to the co-conspirators to be unallowable because the gift of papers had not been timely made and consummated; in an attempt to evade or defeat the payment of federal income taxes and by reason of which Richard M. Nixon reduced his personal income tax for 1969 to $792.81 and for 1970 to $878.03, and thereby received in 1970 and 1971 large refunds of withheld taxes; in violation of seetion 7201 of the Internal Revenue Code and sections 371 and 1001 of the Criminal Code.
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Friday, March 24, 2006
"The People of the Lie"...Are We?
"The Truth Shall Make You Mad" - apologies to the famous person who said that , and whose name I don't remember right now. I don't mind being mad. Angry. Tee'd off to the ultra-maxoid. I've got a lot of experience being in that emotional state - I don't mind it.
Life , as I think you have mentioned noticing , presents us with a number of problems as we try to get through it with as little pain and simultaneously with as much grace as we can manage. Problems - what to do with them? In all those confusing /boring/ irritating math classes we endured , hey , problems were to be solved. In the graduate study world of Alleged Real Life , problems remain to be solved.
Other alternatives to , yep , solving problems , are ineffective and unwise. We can retreat into alcoholism , sit ourselves on the bench with mental illness , ignore the Wolf At The Door Problem by fussing around with the troubles about what color gladiolus to plant by the other door this year - and we get the same result. The wolf , or other problem eats us up. Leaving - solve the problem. The first thing we need in order to solve the problem is information.
Information to solve problems by - it's gotta be the truth , or it won't help us solve the problem. If we go out there "armed " with false info , whether it is via lies , half-truths , or the calculations of the insufferably stupid , we can't solve our problem - but we can make some additional ones. We can amass a number or severity of problems that eat us up , putting us back where we would have been had we decided to get loaded and ignore the lack-of stuff-being-OK that we have named - " a problem".
If we progress along the way far enough to decide that the problem falls into the domain of solution finders such as doctors , lawyers , engineers , mechanics - we have made a great deal of progress indeed. We have also reached another crossroads , like we did at the point where we decided to solve that mess rather than find a self-destructive way to ignore it. And we take the problem to the solution person .
Now , having sought problem -solving expertise , what do we do? We tell the expert what we think the deal is. What do they need to help us out here? Why , information, of course.
and it must be the TRUTH. If we lie to the fixit -folks , whether
it is our doc , our lawyer , our engineer , our mechanic - or Congress , or the military professionals , or the American public , or our allies , or the United Nations - we have deprived them of the opportunity to help us get the problem solved.
Isn't that a stupid thing to do? Why , it's like just getting drunk , entertaining delusional thoughts in our heads so well they get comfortable and start spreading out sleeping bags to stay , or playing around with other "problems " , like should sissies be allowed to get married , while the wolf tears away at our door with the glistening fangs of his ravening jaws.
The truth really won't set you free - but it is necessary for us all to have it , to use it , and to KEEP THE TRUTH FREE
so that it remains a useful tool for solving problems. If we hide the truth , spin it out of shape , bend it backwards - do anything but keep it available , visible , and untarnished , it is like a screwdriver or wrench left in the weather to rust away for five years or so. It can no longer be used to solve a problem.
Click here: Daily Kos: Wait! Wait! Don't Lie to Me!!!
Wait! Wait! Don't Lie to Me!!!
by serrano
Fri Mar 24, 2006 at 07:17:14 AM PDT
Y'know, Al Franken's been on to something significant for quite a while now. While the Amurkan peepul expect spin, maybe a little misleading here and there, and prefer to have their predispositions reinforced most of the time, they really don't like to be LIED to.
I think that's one of the reasons Bush spinners have leapt to slap down anyone that would dare use that word in their direction. In 2002 and 2004, it's not so much that everybody bought everything they said, but they were giving this bunch the benefit of the doubt. They WANTED to believe them, they WANTED to trust that they would protect us.
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They exhibited a high degree of trust and confidence in this President and his regime. Because of that, they swallowed a lot of crap. All of a sudden, that crap isn't tasting so sweet.
I noticed a turning point, or what I think is a significant indicator of one this morning. Chris Matthews, aka Tweety, who was never that big on the War but just loved Bush and his swagger and the whole deal, is now PISSED! Not dissatisfied, but PISSED! Like a lot of people, he didn't want to believe that Bush and Cheney had willfully lied to us to take us into this wretched War. Then he watched the video piece artfully put together by David Shuster, which began w/Bush's Alfred E. Newman moment at his press conference this week--"Who-ME-mislead people about the connection between Iraq and 9/11???" KO on Countdown also did a terrific job at juxtaposing the current denials and dismissals with THEIR ACTUAL WORDS!!! As Keith mused, "Don't they know we have videotape??!!"
Bush confessed that he was careful not to say Iraq was behind 9/11. But it's now clear their artful conflation of the two, over and over and over, was too cute by half.
Now that the Amurkan peepul have pulled the curtain on the Wizard, and seen him to be a lying imp if not chimp, they, too, are PISSED! AS GW himself has so eloquently intoned, "Fool me once..." Of all the polls and all the questions lately, I believe the most telling and significant is that the vast majority of Americans no longer consider him HONEST or TRUSTWORTHY!!!!
That's not something you get back overnight, if ever, folks!! It's like the moment you know for a FACT that your spouse has cheated on you--you never forget it, and you never again trust them fully.
The only people who trust Bush any more are the ones who get their news only from Rush, Sean, and O'Lielly, and, like Cheney, keep their tubes tuned only to Fox News. Perhaps that bunch can't be helped. But if they ever realize how much and how often they've been lied to......
Props to Al Franken. I've criticized him on occasion, but he's really struck a useful nerve here. Remember how Bully Bill went ballistic when Al called him a liar??!!
We've got a great deal yet to do, that's for sure. The most immediate is to break their lyin' frame on domestic spying, and that's on deck for Tuesday. Also, as Kos pointed out yesterday, in spite of everything, Dem turnout in Tx-28 and Il-08 have been surprisingly low. Maybe because it's just the primary, but it's clear we can't take anything for granted.
But I truly believe that there is now a great number of Americans in the middle, who gave Bush leeway as Commander-in-Chief, who bought into the patriotism and country music, who now see our country in horrendous debt that effects their lives, and they see the thousands of families destroyed by death and dismemberment, and they ask why. Now that they've caught on to the lies, they know where they CAN'T look for answers. It's up to us to demonstrate an alternative.
Al, Randi, Ed may be strident, but they work hard to be meticulous in the facts that support their assertions, much as Kossacks demand evidence. I think that will give us a strong foundation.
I once wrote a diary here entitled, "It's the Katrina, Stupid!", and I still believe a)that Katrina has been an unspeakable and unforgiveable tragedy; and b)that it embodied their unwillingness and/or incompetence to utilize government to help poor or average people, even as they use government shovels to feed Halliburton and their ilk.
But even w/Katrina, one of the most vexing aspects was their now-reflexive lying. A big reason for their all-encompassing SECRECY is so they can't get busted on their lies. Ever notice how, when a charge is made, they demand evidence, knowing all the while they've got it locked in an undisclosed location??
Ever notice how much they HATE FOIA? How they continue to believe they'll get away w/Plamegate and Domestic Spying because the evidence against them is SECRET??!!
Well, folks, the Dubai Deal demonstrated the shitstorm that can ensue when the truth sees the light of day.
Truthiness, truthtellers, lying liars--now Tweety and millions of Amurkans can see the light---It's the LIES, Stupid!!!!
That's the fundamental difference between us and them--they believe the truth is their mortal enemy, and we believe the truth will set us free!!! Go, Kossacks, let's not let them get away w/the BIG LIE which is the domestic spying scandal!!!! Gracias!
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/3/24/91714/6324
And thank you to the REAL media, DailyKos.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Every once in a while...
his skirt is a little short for the rest of the ensemble , isn't it?
Bush will not be impeached - probably not even if both Houses of Ill Repute become dem controlled in November next. I restate - nearly all the dems (=DINO) are the natural constituents of POOTUS - they are rich scum who have generally not done any real work in their lives , and Bush's policies are aimed at consolidating power into the hands of the gigantic businesses nearly every single one them could be found to be heavily invested in and otherwise beholden to. I really do not think that a political solutrion will happen. However , I am really glad that the poll numbers are slipping , that MSM has atleast some fairly frequent sparks and glimmers of Truth peeking out from behind Oz's curtain - if the great , overwhelming majority of the stupid-ass American public realizes it has little to eat , can't afford gas to go out and look for
a job that is discovered to be extinct , that even the mediocre medical care available today is no longer within their reach , that any foolish insistence on exercising First Amendment rights will get them a goon-squad visit - and we are headed there so quickly and have such a short distance to go that digging in our heels now will merely burn the soles off our sneakers - IF the overwhelming majority We The Bumfuzzled Nitwits can slap ourselves awake enough to see this , there might be enough to accomplish what was once accomplished in the late 1700s against our enemy , Mad King George I . I am very afraid that the same method will prove necessary - for our
entire government has been subverted and re -formed into a machine of enslavement.
Thank you, Tom. You keep my hope alive.