http://suetheterrorists.net/
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George Bush: 'God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq'
President told Palestinians God also talked to him about Middle East peace.
George Bush has claimed he was on a mission from God when he launched the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a senior Palestinian politician in an interview to be broadcast by the BBC later this month...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1586978,00.html
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Saddam May Face Execution Before Standing Trial On All Charges
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein could be executed before the Iraqi Special Tribunal finishes charging him with all his alleged crimes, a source close to the tribunal said Sunday.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1010-01.htm
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Marjorie Cohn | Nobel Prize Slaps Bush Nuke Policy
Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The award was a slap at George W. Bush, who had pressed for ElBaradei's removal just months before. It was also a blow to Bush's policies of dealing with nuclear issues unilaterally, and the US focus on non-proliferation to the exclusion of disarmament -
 both of which are required by the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101105I.shtml
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George W. Bush's suicidal statecraft
By Zbigniew Brzezinski
Flaying away with a stick at a hornets' nest while loudly proclaiming
"I will stay the course" is an exercise in catastrophic leadership.
Sixty years ago, Arnold Toynbee concluded, in his monumental "A Study
of History," that the ultimate cause of imperial collapse was "suicidal
statecraft." Sadly for President George W. Bush's place in history but
- much more important - ominously for America's future, it has lately
seemed as if that adroit phrase might be applicable to the policies
pursued by the United States since the cataclysm of 9/11.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10618.htm
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FOCUS | Frist in More Hot Water  
Outside the blind trusts he created to avoid a conflict of interest, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist earned tens of thousands of dollars from stock in a family-founded hospital chain largely controlled by his brother, documents show.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101205Z.shtml
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Ex-Iraqi Defense Minister Sought in $1 Billion Theft  
Iraq has issued arrest warrants against the defense minister and 27 other officials from the US-backed government of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi over the alleged disappearance or misappropriation of $1 billion in military procurement funds, officials said Monday.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101105Z.shtml
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The Failed Drug War
Malcolm X once said, "Any person who claims to have deep feeling for other human beings should think a long, long time before he votes to have other men kept behind bars -- caged. I am not saying there shouldn't be prisons, but there shouldn't be bars. Behind bars, a man never reforms."
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/26030/
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William Rivers Pitt | Ideological Prozac, American Style
Our supply of Prozac is running short. William Rivers Pitt writes that the belief in American excellence so desperately necessary to the mental balance of the populace is being eroded by the hour, and there will be hell to pay because of it..
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/101105Q.shtml
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John Dean: The Case Against Tom DeLay
...I spoke with several knowledgeable Texas lawyers, of both parties, about the case against DeLay; they were willing to speak, but only off-the-record. Or, as one put it,
"Who in hell wants to get in the middle of a fight between a polecat and a skunk?"...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/100805Y.shtml
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Solar Cell Panels Made out of Everyday Plastics
UCLA announces a solar energy breakthrough. Made of a single layer of plastic sandwiched between two conductive electrodes, UCLA's solar cell is easy to mass-produce and costs much less to make - roughly one-third of the cost of traditional silicon solar technology.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/101005EA.shtml
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Amazon Rainforest Suffers Worst Drought in Decades
The worst drought in more than 40 years is damaging the world's biggest rainforest, plaguing the Amazon basin with wildfires, sickening river dwellers with tainted drinking water, and killing fish by the millions as streams dry up.
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=9002
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Joke Break !
THIS IS A JOKE,  IT'S NOT A NEWS STORY !
Late Night jokes About Bush's Record-Setting 2005 Vacation
"Bush is going on his annual vacation. The White House says he goes to his Texas Ranch to unwind.
I'm thinking, when does he wind?"
[David Letterman]

"As you know, President Bush is taking 5 weeks off. It's like he's still in the National Guard."
[Jay Leno]

"It turns out President Bush can run again in the next election. Now I know you're only supposed to be allowed two terms, but the Supreme Court said if you count his vacation time, he's barely served one."
[Jay Leno]

"President Bush is on a five-week vacation. How many folks get five weeks off a year? You know, if I want five weeks off I have to have open heart surgery, for God's sake."
[David Letterman]

"The president jumped on a plane to start a five-week vacation. This will be the longest presidential vacation in 36 years. This means President Bush has now been on vacation for 27% of his presidency. That means the country could be 27% more screwed up than it already is."
[Jimmy Kimmel]
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(For more jokes, please visit our jokes page.)
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Back To The News
May 19, 2005 is the 1,346th day since the attacks of 9/11.
That is the same length of time from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the end of WWII
on V-J Day (Dec 7, 1941 to Aug 24, 1945).
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Why the U.S. Must Stay in Iraq
There have been many reasons given for the war in Iraq, from weapons of mass destruction to the cause of freedom and democracy in the Middle East. But the one reason which continues to remain below the radar for most Americans is that the United States government is bankrupt...
http://stevemoyer.us/stayiraq.htm
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Pro-war parents:
How to get your kid into uniform
This one is for you parents who think our fight in Iraq is a really swell idea...
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/07/18/bethcol0.htm
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Bush's Most Desperate Speech Yet
The president's 'Top 10 Derailed Plots' speech was a sorry attempt to
 convince a skeptical public that the U.S. should remain in Iraq.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/26613/
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Veterans Group Issues
"Declaration of Impeachment"
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/
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From General Wesley Clark
The time has come to investigate the Bush Administration's role in the prisoner abuse and humiliation that has motivated our enemies in the war on terror and endangers the well-being of our fighting forces...
http://www.securingamerica.com/
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WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson caused heartburn in Washington and consternation in Latin America on Tuesday in calling for the
 assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

"I think we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war," Robertson said during Monday evening's broadcast of "The 700 Club," his Christian news-talk television show. "We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability."
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/12456432.htm

Editor's Note to the story above:  Being a Christian means to be "Christ Like" or "Like Jesus Christ".  Jesus came to earth and gave his life in the promotion of world peace.  So any "So called Christian" who is promoting the killing of other people as Pat Robertson has done, thus breaking God's commandments... Is not a Christian at all, but a wolf in sheep's clothing, an evil person, working for the dark side etc...  Personally, I feel sorry for any and all people who have been suckered into giving Pat Robertson any money !
After all, based on the wording of the Christian Bible...
 Pat Robertson's words are nothing short of declaring war against God himself.
Sincerely,
Reverend Neil Colton
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What a Competent Government Would Have Done
Washington
Rex Responsible, Director of the U.S. Dept. of Domestic Security, is working at his desk reviewing Readiness Inspection Reports when the call comes in:
"Chief, it's confirmed. Heavy probability Katrina's going to nail the Gulf, probably New Orleans,
 and she's not losing any steam...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/05/09/10_competent.html
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After No-Bid Deals Questioned,
 Katrina Contracts Will Be Reopened
Lawmakers from both parties sharply questioned nearly every aspect of the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina yesterday, focusing their discontent on suspect contracts and eliciting a pledge that hundreds of millions of dollars in deals awarded with no competition would soon be put up for bid.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/100705C.shtml
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***** In Today's America There Is A More Powerful Act Than Voting Blue...
And That's Buying Blue ! *****
You may have voted blue, but every day you unknowingly help dump millions of dollars into the conservative war chest. By purchasing products and services from companies that donate heavily to conservatives, we have been compromising our own interests as liberals and progressives.

BuyBlue.org is a concerted effort to lift the veil of corporate patronage, so consumers can make informed buying decisions that coincide with their principles.

Currently, we are developing an extensive and interactive website where users will be able to monitor corporate activity in real time. We cannot do this alone; we need an army of Blue buyers to be the eyes and ears of this movement. All we have to do is put our money where our mouth is to make it profitable to be ethical.

Our collective buying power WILL make a difference, and we WILL be heard.
http://www.buyblue.org/
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Some Thoughts
And the Nintendo generation is all part of their plan !
Welcome to modern day slavery... Where the draft is coming back, the new war machines run with controls much like Nintendo, Where it takes 2-3 incomes to keep an average house running...
What is modern day slavery you might ask ? It's when and where one income from one 40 hour work week will not cover your cost of living. Food, rent, medical, dental, the cloths you wear, insurance, a car, taxes, etc.. ALL OF IT. Where we buy cheap from companies that don't pay their help enough to get off of food stamps unless they have more than one income. Where both parents are working while the TV and video games do the babysitting and big brother is deciding what they should see or play. Where family closeness all but disappears because everyone in the family is too involved with self preservation to see the big picture. Followed by war, lots of wars, a thinning of the herd as some would say,
separating the rich from the poor, and eventually....
More on Modern Day Slavery coming soon... We're living it, so we might as well talk about it.
[RNC]
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Quotes of The Week
"Following the leader is only as safe
as the leaders you choose to follow" !
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"It is not enough to be compassionate; you must act".
[The Dalai Lama]
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"In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments"
[Napoleon Bonaparte] French Emperor - 1769-1821
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"It is also in the interests of a tyrant to keep his people poor,
 so that they may not be able to afford the cost of protecting themselves by arms
and be so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for rebellion."
[Aristotle]
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"Since 2001, it's been like living in 'Back to the Future II'... with Biff in charge."
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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do,
because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."
[Susan B. Anthony] - 1896
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"Things would be a lot easier if I was a dictator."
[Governor George W. Bush- before he was President]
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"War is a cowardly escape from the problem of peace."
[Thomas Mann]
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"No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable
as the will and moral courage of free men and women".
[Ronald Reagan]
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Storm Quote
"It appears that the money has been moved in the president's budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price we pay. Nobody locally is happy that the levees can't be finished, and we are doing everything we can to make the case that this is a security issue for us."     --Walter Maestri, emergency management chief for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, June 8, 2004,  Link
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As Sy Hersh, a well know reporter put it:
 "The Democrats are living in fear, reporters are living in fear and all any of us
can do is to turn to the internet in search of the truth."
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"Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted".
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