December 25, 2006

THE THINKING SPOT

George W. Bush: a sadistic, torture-loving sociopath - Who needs to wonder about the biggest idiot we have ever had in the Oval Office- all of his **decisions** have meant death to far too many of our troops. Maybe we need to make it a law that any president sending troops into harms way must drink one oz of that members blood upon said members death. 'Sounds gross, well not a bit more gross than this senseless killing he is in to.
http://tinyurl.com/yxffjz

ALERT
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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any": Alice Walker
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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“The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominant political mythology.” : Michael Parenti political scientist, author
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Behind the Scenes, Rove Influence Hasn't Waned - He's not doing much in public, but behind the scenes, White House political guru Karl Rove is as aggressive as ever in making policy arguments within the administration–and his influence is still pervasive, White House insiders tell U.S. News.
http://tinyurl.com/tbbhx

WILL STINKY CUT THE BIG ONE? It's almost painful to watch the disintegration of George W. Bush and what's left of his murderous administration. Those who haven't fled are racing blindly through the halls of power, lurching into one another in a desperate attempt to distance themselves from Bush and to escape reaping what they have sown.
http://tinyurl.com/yh8kpt

CABINETS, COMMISSIONS, etc
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"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds." -- Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) Pulitzer prize-winning historian (1919), ((great-grandson of John Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, and son of US Secretary of State, Charles Adams - Source: The Education of Henry Adams, ch. 1 (1907) ))
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Wolfowitz Owes Us an Explanation - a man who helped conceive, plan and execute the Iraq war, has managed to escape scrutiny for steering his country into one of the greatest strategic catastrophes of his generation."
http://tinyurl.com/tlpst

Records detail missing TSA badges, uniforms - More than 3,700 identification badges and uniform items have been reported lost or stolen from Transportation Security Administration employees since 2003, according to documents obtained by a San Antonio television station. ((Feel Safer?))
http://tinyurl.com/ygad6m

An Executive Branch Assault on the Constitution - The Bush Administration's Department of Defense is examining whether it has the power to break a strike at tire plants that supply the military. The Constitution affords the executive branch no such authority.
http://tinyurl.com/y7ajuy

SCANDAL

Once Again, "Loophole" Allows Government To Violate Propaganda Laws - But in two recent examples, the government has found "loopholes" in the law, allowing it to allow propaganda to inadvertently reach U.S. audiences.
http://tinyurl.com/ykwpk2

Fraud In Katrina Recovery Could Reach $2 Billion...
http://tinyurl.com/yl99sw

ECONOMY

Maytag workers say goodbyes - The final day on the job for 200 Maytag factory workers ended with punch and cookies, tears and hugs - and goodbyes.
http://tinyurl.com/wu7q5

911

The Bush Administration's 9/11 Story is a Conspiracy Theory - The story that the Bush Administration wants the world to believe about 9/11, namely that it was planned and orchestrated entirely by Osama bin Laden from the Bat Cave, is the most ridiculous conspiracy theory on the Internet.
http://tinyurl.com/ya8er8

Alarming 9/11 claim is baseless, panel says - rejecting one of the most disturbing claims about the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes, the Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded as untrue a congressman's contention that a team of military analysts identified Mohamed Atta or other hijackers before the attacks, according to a summary of the panel's investigation obtained by The Times.
http://tinyurl.com/vc5os

CONGRESS
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"We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so much a credit as an absolute prerequisite to efficient service to the public. Unless a man is honest, we have no right to keep him in public life; it matters not how brilliant his capacity.": Theodore Roosevelt - (1858-1919) 26th US President
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Pelosi says no to C-SPAN request on floor proceedings --- Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi cited the need to preserve the ''dignity and decorum'' of the House as she rejected a request Friday that C-SPAN operate its own cameras in covering the chamber ((What are you afraid Americans might learn about the proceedings that go on there?))
http://tinyurl.com/ynzanp

DOMESTIC

State cuts social services contract - Under the restructured contract, the Bermuda-based company will be largely relegated to data entry, leaving judgments about whether Texans qualify for food stamps, Medicaid and other welfare programs to state workers.
http://tinyurl.com/ya45yf

RELIGIOUS ITEMS
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Live truth instead of professing it: Elbert Hubbard
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10 myths -- and 10 truths -- about atheism
http://tinyurl.com/yycxmw

"Get real. Like Jesus Would Ever Own a Gun & Vote Republican." Rectangular Fridge Magnet. Jesus's Christmas of Peace Has Been Hijacked by Psychologically Impaired Cowards Trying to Belatedly Prove Their Manhood by Sending Men and Women to Die for Their Sociopathology.
http://tinyurl.com/y8ukre

ENVIRONMENT

Bald Eagle To Be Removed From Endangered Species List In February...
http://tinyurl.com/yy3m63

MILITARY

Larger military a costly proposal - Increase in standing force could lower standards, add expenses in billions
http://tinyurl.com/y9q6vr

Many choose family over military service More reservists, Guard troops are deciding against any re-enlistment
http://tinyurl.com/y5ny42

EDITORIALS - OPINIONS
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"Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty." : Anne Louise Germaine de Stael - (1766-1817) French author
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John Kerry The Case for Flip-Flopping
http://tinyurl.com/y69vot

HEALTH

Water bottles leak chemical - A study of bottled water has found concentrations of potentially harmful antimony increase the longer water is stored in a certain plastic. - Antimony is a white metallic element that in small doses can cause nausea, dizziness and depression. In large doses, it can be fatal.
http://tinyurl.com/yftns4

Fighting Type 2 Diabetes an anti-inflammatory drug that's been around since the 1800s -- lowers triglyceride levels, reduces heart disease risk, and improves blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics. Dr. Steven Shoelson, of Joslin Diabetes Center, says it's a medication that treats the basic problem of type 2 diabetes.
http://tinyurl.com/yhexgk

Blood Test Predicts Heart Failure *** For those if you living with heart failure, we're highlighting an easy blood test that checks levels of the protein proBNP to help your doctor adjust drug doses and help guide your therapy.
http://tinyurl.com/yh6nps

Safer Scans for Pregnant Women - And if you or someone you know is a pregnant woman experiencing abdominal pain, check out "Safer Scans for Pregnant Women," to see which scan at the hospital could increase the chance of developing cancer ... and which scan doctors think is safest.
http://tinyurl.com/svctx

Finding the Best Chemohow the Lung Metagene Predictor helps doctors determine which lung cancer patients will need chemotherapy to survive and which chemo will work best. Duke oncologist Dr. Anil Potti says, "I'm not just a doctor who treats lung cancer.
http://tinyurl.com/y4wnx8

Fish Oil Supplements During Pregnancy -
http://tinyurl.com/y9djdd

Cutting Fat Cuts Breast Cancer Recurrence
http://tinyurl.com/vz8ya

Dieting can Lead to Bone Loss
http://tinyurl.com/y8ytwt

A Benefit of Bad Cholesterol?
http://tinyurl.com/utbty

Stem Cells Fight Cancer That has Spread
http://tinyurl.com/yjyqqr

Mistletoe: Not an Anti-Cancer Drug
http://tinyurl.com/ybsodn

SPECIAL INTEREST ITEMS

"Godfather of Soul" Dies on Christmas Morning
http://tinyurl.com/umh6p