Entries from June 2006
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June 29, 2006 · No Comments
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June 28, 2006 · No Comments
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June 27, 2006 · No Comments
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Cost of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to top $500 billion in 2007…
June 27, 2006 · No Comments
I saw a story the other day on CNN one what could be done with Buffet’s $31.7 Billion given to Bill Gate’s Charity, just imagine how our world community could have been improved for the better with this money, think about how much this could have done to slow or stop aids, to improve or cure cancer, or God only knows what else.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign has hired Peter Daou, one of the most prominent political bloggers in the nation.
June 27, 2006 · No Comments
While Hilary isn’t my first choice for President she is important and I’m glad to see her continued embracement of the on-line grassroots community, especially since we are often some of her biggest critics. And that is one reason I do like her, she listens to what people are saying and trying to create a two way conversation on whats important to us. Peter Dauo will help with this and at the very least she is not blocking them from state computers like Fletcher did in Ky.
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links for 2006-06-27
June 26, 2006 · No Comments
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Sen. Russ Feingold Rips into Bush Administration on Meet the Press
June 26, 2006 · No Comments
I see Feingold as one of only three or four people that could possibly beat Clinton in the Democratic primary(also Gore, Warner, Obama). And one of the things that sets him apart is that he has consistently spoke his mind and was one of only a handful of senators who voted against authorizing Bush to use force in Iraq, as well as one of the to call for the withdrawal of troops. He also called for the censure of President Bush for his illegal wire-tapping of U.S. citizens.
Feingold has garnered a lot of praise andsupport from the internet community because of his core liberal beliefs and his outspoken, attention getting style. So today’s scolding of the Administration for manipulating Americans and continuing to spew lies about the war only makes me want to vote for him even more.
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Bush Slams Leak of Terror Finance Story
June 26, 2006 · No Comments
“The American people expect this government to protect our constitutional liberties…,” Bush said.
That’s exactly right and thanks to the NY Times piece we can see that you clearly couldn’t care less about our constitutional liberties. This is only one small part of the many ways the Bush Administration claims to be protecting American lives and undermining them at exactly the same time. And in each case they have hidden their actions from us to avoid having to follow the rules and guidelines set in place to protect us from this outrageous abuse of Executive Power.
Kentucky Governor Commutes Across the Street by Chauffeured Town Car
June 26, 2006 · No Comments
When Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R) finishes his day at the office, he hops into the back seat of his state provided Town Car so he can be driven across the street to the governor’s mansion. Total distance: a few hundred yards.
Yeah our current Governor has many, many problems most, if not all, worse then this. Not only is he currently embroiled in a huge hiring scandal, he has also been largely criticized in the past days for blocking access to political blogs that criticize him, though the official stance is all politically aimed blogs are blocked, in spite of the fact that most right leaning blogs tend to still work according to some staffers. But all of his problems are a result of a lack of foresight on his and his administration’s part. Consistently throughout his tenor he has shown that he is incapable of grasping the consequences of his actions.
I also find it ironic that before his time as Governor Fletcher served in the House of Representatives and was a student of the Delay school of politics. Delay has also has been indicted for “allegedly accepted an illegal political contribution of $100,000 from the Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care, and the Texas Association of Business on four charges, including unlawful political advertising, unlawful contributions to a political committee and unlawful expenditures such as those to a graphics company and political candidates.”(Link)
::UPDATE::
Kos has even more coverage of the story at his site as well as some good comments.
links for 2006-06-26
June 25, 2006 · No Comments
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