October 29, 2006

THE THINKING SPOT

The war cannot be won for the simple reason that all of the stated objectives were lies…..
1. We cannot rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction because they did not have any…..
2. We cannot harm Al Qaeda by attacking Iraq because Iraq was already an enemy of Al Qaeda..............................................
3. We cannot punish Iraq for 9-11 because Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11
Therefore, victory in terms of the publicly stated objectives, is impossible. WE cannot win this war. WE can only lose it, EXACTLY WHAT BUSH IS DOING RIGHT NOW!

ALERT #1

Top Government Official Says US on Verge of Economic Disaster --- Top Government Official Says US on Verge of Economic Disaster
http://tinyurl.com/yctn4b

ALERT #2

Iran Sounds an Awful Lot Like Iraq
http://tinyurl.com/ybh3ks

WAR

Bush, Iraqi Premier Act to Close Rift After Week of Tension
http://tinyurl.com/yhyfkq

Hey, we killed some 650,000 folks but at least we brought these people democracy! -Sounds sick to me.
http://tinyurl.com/ymwwub

Hussein Verdict: ........Saddam did NOT have weapons of mass destruction____Saddam did NOT have links to Al Qaeda ___ Saddam did NOT have anything to do with 9-11 ___ Saddam did NOT "gas his own people" (Iran gassed the Kurds). This is a show trial on a par with anything the USSR ever did, with a pre-ordained verdict, timed to be announced just before the elections.
http://tinyurl.com/uf9ll

One hundred suspected terrorists from all over the world are still being held in secret American prisons. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, CIA expert Ron Suskind accuses Washington of "running like a headless chicken" in its war against al-Qaida. He reserves special criticism for the CIA's torture methods, which he argues are unproductive.
http://tinyurl.com/y6zpp5

WHITE HOUSE

Bush, In Another WH Crisis, Claims Cheney Didn't Support Waterboarding, But In an October 5, Washington Post Article the White House Specifically affirmed that New Pro-Torture Legislation Would Allow It to Use Waterboarding
http://tinyurl.com/rj9rd

Is Bush even capable of working with the coming Democratic congress? asks David Broder
http://tinyurl.com/ycvha9

The White House Gave an Order to Go; Now, It's the Ousted Chef's Turn to Dish
http://tinyurl.com/y9oosq

POLITICS

Laura Bush for President? Don't Rule it Out. Republicans are Running out of Options --
http://tinyurl.com/yhdprt

Powell says Bush fired him
http://tinyurl.com/pm37m

SCANDAL

Who are the eighteen members of Congress that signed the Abramoff letter to the Customs Trademark division? - Why did George W. Bush talk to Vladimir Putin about this specific case a few days after the Abramoff letter? Doesn't this prove that Bush is lying about 'not knowing' Jack Abramoff?
http://tinyurl.com/yz2mx5

NBC's Chip Reid: “The Mark Foley Scandal Investigation Is Going To Widen”...
http://tinyurl.com/sn33n

Congress battle sinks into the dirt --- Candidates have been accused of using sex phone lines, going to Playboy parties, writing books that encourage paedophilia, assaulting their ex-lovers or paying for sex. Anything to not talk about the war.
http://tinyurl.com/yl82a6

LEGAL ITEMS

Businesses Seek Protection on Legal Front - Frustrated with laws and regulations that have made companies and accounting firms more open to lawsuits from investors and the government, corporate America — with the encouragement of the Bush administration — is preparing to fight back.
http://tinyurl.com/ybppg2

NOTE: One of the battle cries of the Bush loyalists is that Fitzgerald is a partisan prosecutor. But in Illinois, he is pursuing two extremely intense and high profile investigations of the offices of the two top Democratic office holders in the state: the Governor and the Mayor of Chicago.

ELECTION ITEMS

Twelve days before the midterm elections, Republican congressional incumbents are struggling to corral a key voter group -- rural residents. A new bipartisan poll indicates that Democrats now dominate rural voters, a critical part of the Republican base.
http://tinyurl.com/ylxpje

Democrats with Big Edge in Campaign's Last Week
http://tinyurl.com/ym98mz

DEMS: Election Is More And More A Referendum On George Bush And His Failed policies...
http://tinyurl.com/yju9wl

Finally, a Democrat will sit in the Governor's chair in Massachusetts. Ain't it ironic that they've had so many Republican governors? But Deval Patrick is going to break the curse.
http://tinyurl.com/mzml

Dem. Senate hinges on mobilization effort
http://tinyurl.com/yjjbux

Lieberman-Lamont Race Now The Most Expensive In State History...
http://tinyurl.com/ybkowo

The New York Times Endorses Lamont For CT Senate...
http://tinyurl.com/y262s9

Hope Versus Fear” In Tennessee Senate Race...
http://tinyurl.com/ybsyng

NOTE: Antiwar candidate are showing up by the carload.

Poll Puts Maryland Democrats In the Lead --- Democratic tide in Maryland threatens to swamp Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s reelection bid and bolsters the party's efforts to retain control of an important U.S. Senate seat,
http://tinyurl.com/yf93so

ECONOMY

Nearly 1.5 Million Back-Office U.S. Jobs Seen Moving Abroad - The Fortune 500 could save $58 billion annually if it shifts about half of its general and administrative workforce abroad over the next decade, a Hackett Group research study finds.
http://tinyurl.com/yh6m6c

Note These Breaks Now --- If tax season seems too far off to be worth the worry, think again.
http://tinyurl.com/yg59op

CONGRESS

Forget Her "Pledge" Not to Impeach, She Took an Oath to Defend the Constitution - What Stahl should have asked Pelosi was whether she thought that President Bush had violated the law and the Constitution, and whether she believed he has committed impeachable offenses. The answer to that is clearly yes.
http://tinyurl.com/ygxjza

RELIGIOUS ITEMS

Conservative Christians Wondering “Whether Republicans Deserve The Power They Were Given”...
http://tinyurl.com/yzfta7

ENVIRONMENT

Ky. gets money for coal technology - U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman announced on Friday $450 million in grants over the next decade to further research into technology that would lessen the environmental impacts of coal use.
http://tinyurl.com/yn92uf

INTERNATIONAL

Warships deploy around S. Arabia oil facilities --- If I were the Saudis, I would NOT be very happy about this
http://tinyurl.com/y4en8e

China Puts Satellite Into Orbit - The satellite, known as Sinosat-2, was built by the China Academy of Space Technology for the Sino Satellite Communications Co., or Sinosat, a state-run provider of satellite communications. Sinosat-2 is designed to provide broader coverage of TV signals and allow for more digital and live broadcast TV services, Xinhua said.
http://tinyurl.com/yha4gx

MILITARY

Kidnapped soldier 'had secret wife' - AN American soldier who was kidnapped this week in Baghdad had left his base to visit his secret Iraqi wife, a relative said on condition the family not be identified.
http://tinyurl.com/ybzfpa

How do military personnel handle illegal orders in war? - Legal analysts, combat veterans and a former Marine drill instructor said military law is clear: An illegal order, especially one likely to result in injury or death, should not be obeyed.
http://tinyurl.com/ye7xdd

MEDIA AND JOURNALISM

Lynne Cheney's Anger Management Problem --- Witchy? Bitchy? Don't be ridiculous -- she's displaying righteous indignation. Rage? Hysteria? Oh, no, that's standing your ground.
http://tinyurl.com/ykvqlt