Better ,late than never. I feel that Bush's flaWS WERE ALWAYS OPEN TO VIEW IF ONLY ONE LOOKED. iN ANY CASE THE WAY IN WHUICH HE WENT ABOUT THE WAR IN iRAQ should have brought home the fact that he is sure tricky.
Better ,late than never. I feel that Bush's flaWS WERE ALWAYS OPEN TO VIEW IF ONLY ONE LOOKED. iN ANY CASE THE WAY IN WHUICH HE WENT ABOUT THE WAR IN iRAQ should have brought home the fact that he is sure tricky.
After the end of the first Gulf War the United Nations at the instigation of the USA and other Western Powers imposed a most horrendous regime of sanctions on Iraq. Iraq was forbidden even to sell oil and as a consequence the quality of life and the civil infrastructure of Iraq virtually collapsed. It is well known that nearly 800,000 children dies prematurely because
Had this scandal broken out at the time of the Campaign then the result in Nov 2004 may have been different. That is beside tthe point. The fact is that a bunker mentality has now set in and the neoconmen are drawing the wagons in a circle in order to defend themselves. Scooter Libby, Tom DeLay and the mounting casulities in Iraq and the impending clash with Iran and Syria all show that we can expect more trouble both on the legal and internat
But he has NOT been! So what does that tell you? Tells me there was no crime committed in the first place. And It should be Not yet indicted. The Jury is still out as far as Karl Rove is concerned. Do not proclaim victiory as yet. It may be a trifler premature.
I suppose it is not any one's case that an undercover agent who happened to be married to a mman who stood his ground over the 13 offending words in Bush's state of the Union address should be exposed so that the report of her husband could be discredited. This behaviour on the part of the Bushmen rerveals a facet of the present administration that was long hidden:break the law with impuinity and if caught bluff and bluster your way out. I think it is
laugh in your face at the attempt to make the Valerie Plame case any bigger than 2 years of investigation could. After 2 years, Plame can't even convince the investigators that she was ever covert, much less that her life was in danger. Her "news" magazine cover story pretty much proved to me that her face and name could
Just an up date: The Judge presiding over DeLay's trial has been removed on the ground that he has given donations to the Democratic Party. Since when has giving donations become proof of judicial misconduct.
Do you have ANY idea what you're talking about? There was NO LAW broken! Plame returned to the US in 1997 (mission completed) and this is out of Wilson's mouth and his book. According to the US statute in question the protection expires after "5 YEARS". Since the story was broken in 2003 that makes it "6 YEARS". Ergo....NO CRIME!
In politics a week they say is a long time. George Bush II must be realising the truth of this cliche' during the course of the past week. First his handpicked nominee for the Supre Court had to withdraw herself from the race as even conservatives were beginning to sak questions about the quality of judicial discretion she possesses. The Democrats quick to draw blood,
I remember an equally moving tribute that I read several years age: It is by far better to forget and be happy Than to remember me and feel sad.
you want to look into a REAL threat to the blogging community, you should investigate all the politicians in America that want to classify it as political advertising. There is a push now to make bloggers who write about politics to register and declare their advocacy as a campaign donation I agree wit
Yes, but I did mention the Justice Wendell Holmes principle that lays down a limit on Freedom of Expression. Also as scoiety is ecoming more technological and techniques of surviellence is becoming morer intrusive I think we have to define freedom of expression in more specific terms. A compony, sorry, cannot fire its employee just because he has a private opinion even on a company policy or product as long as he/she conforms in the workspot. Cyberspac
The freedom from undue intervention, either from the state or from otherm organised sections of civil society is one of the fundamnetal principles of Blogging. The blogging community is united in the common defence of the right of free expression in cyberspace in the same way in which the philosophe of the eightenth century defended the freedom of the press. While th
May be a mistake was made. Why fly off the deep end over that.
Once again the Col is spot on. The Federal Government has become bigger, the spending has become more reckless and even Bill Buckley has said that the Iraq war is wrong. What is left to defend Bush for.
The affaire le Tom DeLay is getting messier by the day. It is quite obvious to any disinterested by stander that the senate majority leader was being framed by the Democrats for reasons that have little to do with ideology or even the law. It is pay back time as far as the Democrats are concerned. It is of little consequence that Ronnie Earle has indicted 4 times as
The Federal Government should not be in the business of sending troops into States for every natural disaster (WMD attacks and the like are different). Let the State Governor’s do their job, as out lined in the Constitution. We are treading the thin line between "states rights " and Federal Responsiblit
Correct it or be a liar. This was taken up on another blog a month ago when someone else made the idiotic suggestion "Halliburton is cleaning up The contract to clear up the debris in the Port of New Orleans has gone to Halliburton and that is a fact.
For one thing, the lesson learnt form Katrina were not lost. So when Hurricane Rita came slamming home the State and Local officials were prepared. The evacuation from Houston was fairly orderly and there was minimal loss of life as a consequence of Hurricane Rita. Of coursr, one can say that the different reactions to a similar natural disaster within two weeks of
The New from Bagdad is now getting murkier. The British Troops have raided a prison in Bagdad to rescue their own soldiers who had been imprisoned there. We are given to understand that thye Government in Bagadad, a Quisling Government, is operating directly under the control and command of the Coalition forces.Not a single decision is taken without the allied commend
The fact is that Bush has now fired the Director of FEMA or rather let him resign.At this very moment the city of New Orleans is being evacuated. It will be months before the city is habitable. Will the Federal or Local Govt bear the cost of rebuilding the devastated city. What about the communities that have been torn asunder. Will other states be asked to look afterr them till they can return home. Will 52 billion $ be enough to rebuild the three sta
The hurricane has left a devastated landscape in Mark Twain country. Now that the task of Relief has begun the political questions will now be raised. So close to 9/11 comparisons with that event will be inevitable. 9/11 gave President Bush the much needed oppotunity to look presidential and strike heroic poses in front of the World Trade Center ruins 4 years back. Ka
Oce More Col Gene has had the utmost moral courage to speak the Truth. I too have said the same in my pieces on Katrina but the sense of outrage and anger so pal0pable in Col Gene is not there in my blog, perphaps Col Gene feels too deeply about this GREAT TRAGEDY. Instead of abusing COL GENE and calling him name, I wish bloggers read what he says carefully. The IRAQ WAR has led to a climbing budget deficit and the federal funds to Dixie Land were cut.
Yes I too enjoy Westerns though the politics of Western may be questioned; I would include Mckenna's Gold, 2 100 Rifles 3 High Noon and 4 Gunfight at OK Coraal.
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