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BushSex! Bush F's (up) Everything!
BushSex! Bush F's up everything: the USA, the whole damn planet and a lot more! It's Presidential P-O-R-N at it's finest! Mmm-hmm, BushSex!
http://www.LarryNocella.com/
Hey, if the president insists on being a one-man clusterf--k, then what's left for us American citizens but to be p-o-r-n-ographers?
What would you like to see Bush sex up? Leave a comment and let the world know!
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War Crimes Prosecutions for Bush Admin. Possible
A discussion with law professor Jonathan Turley, who earlier this week made the assessment of the FISA vote that "the fix is in". This time he discusses the use of torture on prisoners - "I think it might in fact be time for the United States to be held, internationally, to a tribunal." A discussion with law professor Jonathan Turley, who earlier this week made the assessment of the FISA vote that "the fix is in". This... more
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Author Larry Nocella comment: Goodbye from World's Biggest Polluter via the World'...
Have the Repugnant-Cons decided that their way to cling to power is to make the most inappropriate and lame ass jokes possible, thereby removing any doubt that they are lunatics who don't care who lives or dies as a result of their thoughtless actions?
I think they have! Observe Bush, saying "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter" as he leaves the G8 summit. It's pure tragicomedy. The tragedy comes from this powerful man who considers that polluting the entire planet, destroying the only thing ALL of us (including him) have is some kind of light-hearted laughing matter. The comedy is that the USA is no longer the biggest polluter. According to the article, China is. Even in arrogance, he can't get the facts straight.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/a-siegel/george-bush-good...
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Judge's ruling in FISA lawsuit suggests Bush is a felon
Amid all the recent controversy over the presumptive presidential nominees' stances on the congressional bill regarding FISA regulations, the media appears to have forgotten the central issue, of the actual lawsuit itself, and possible consequences for the defendant, George W. Bush.
Late last week, a federal judge ruled against the legality of Bush's secret wiretapping campaign, rejecting certain aspects of his lawyers' argument that "the president has exclusive authority over matters of national security and may disregard laws like FISA that impose checks on presidential power." If successful, the lawsuit would hold Bush personally accountable for violating these laws, constituting a series of felonies.
"On July 3, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker… ruled, effectively, that President George W. Bush is a felon."
Much of the story is still shrouded in secrecy, but due to the inventiveness of the plaintiff's legal team, who managed to argue against arguments they couldn't see, using documents they could only construct in secret (and shred immediately), flirting with treason simply by remembering certain aspects of the case, some of the proceedings are finally bubbling up from the gutter of 'national security' into the public eye.
Amazingly, the defendant's legal team seems to have made several key blunders, effectively invalidating some of the national security laws hampering other such lawsuits from establishing proof and cause. "Of the four dozen lawsuits challenging various aspects of Bush's warrantless electronic surveillance program, the Al-Haramain case is unique because… we can show they were victims of the unlawful conduct for which they are suing. Nobody else has been able to produce such proof. Our proof is a top-secret classified document, which the government accidentally gave to Al-Haramain's lawyers in August of 2004."
In the protracted, seven year process of constructing a legal defense, "We [the plaintiffs' lawyers] went forward, drafting our secret appellate brief in a DOJ office, on a DOJ computer, under the watch of a DOJ security officer -- that is, under the auspices and control of our adversary in the legal case. We could print out drafts but couldn't take them from the room; instead, we were to leave the drafts on the table to be shredded by Hogarty [the government's defense lawyer] later… We would not be allowed to keep a copy of what we had written; the brief in Hogarty's safe was 'our' copy.
Hogarty explained that anything we wrote down that contained classified information, then or later, would instantly become 'derivatively classified' and thus unlawful for us to possess. I wondered whether this meant that the portion of my brain that remembers the Document is also 'derivatively classified,' making its presence in my skull unlawful."
This is but one moment in a baffling, twisted tale of modern constitutional law colliding with Congressional regulation and post-9/11 Bush administration fear tactics. Follow the jump to read the lawyer's actual first-person account, Involving impossibly Byzantine legal semantics, a 'who's on first' style courtroom scene, a banana peel which may (or may not) have been shredded for its implication in state secrets, and a pervasive, Orwellian level of privelaged secrecy. It is an intricate network of checks and balances, almost beyond belief.
Although this ruling will not end the case,
"Judge Walker's decision last week was a major victory for us. Walker concluded that FISA does indeed preempt the state secrets privilege. More broadly, he addressed the key issue raised by our lawsuit -- the validity of the 'unitary executive' theory -- and said what we've been long awaiting: that the president does not have unbridled power to disregard federal statutory law in the name of national security."
With this ruling, handed down on the day before Independence Day, the federal judge's decision suggests that freedom may still reign in America.
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Russia warns of retaliation after Prague signs US 'star wars' pact
Dmitry Medvedev today warned Russia may take retaliatory steps after being "extremely upset" by a US defence pact with the Czech Republic.
The Russian president reacted angrily yesterday after the Bush administration capped a five-year campaign to extend its controversial "star wars" missile shield project from the US to Europe by signing a deal to build a radar station south of Prague.
The first formal agreement between the US and central Europe on the defence scheme instantly prompted threats from Moscow that it would retaliate militarily if the agreement is ratified.
Speaking at a news conference at the G8 summit in Japan, Medvedev said Russia was still open to talks with the US.
"We will not be hysterical about this but we will think of retaliatory steps ... We are not closed to further negotiations and we will continue these.
"It is completely obvious that, after the signing of the agreement a new stage in implementing the idea of the missile shield has started. We are extremely upset by this situation".
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Full story at link by Ian Traynor, Europe editor, and Angela Balakrishnan// guardian.co.uk
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Group seeks Bush sewage 'tribute'
A citizens group in San Francisco wants to pay an ironic tribute to President George W Bush when he leaves office - by naming a sewage plant after him.
The group, calling itself the Presidential Memorial Committee of San Francisco, wants the issue voted on at this November's election.
"It's important to remember our leaders in the right historical context," said petition organiser Brian McConnell.
The Republican Party thinks the plan stinks, and it will fight the measure.
Mr McConnell's group has submitted more than 12,000 signatures on a petition to the San Francisco Department of Elections.
If at least 7,168 of those signatures are found to be valid, the question of whether to rename Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant after the outgoing president will be added to the ballot papers in November.
"In President Bush's case, we think that we will be cleaning up a substantial mess for the next 10 or 20 years," said Mr McConnell.
"The sewage treatment facility's job is to clean up a mess, so we think it's a fitting tribute." A citizens group in San Francisco wants to pay an ironic tribute to President George W Bush when he leaves office - by naming a sewage... more -
UAE to cancel Iraq's $7 billion debt
So they want to pardon them in a way, How will this affect oil prices I wonder.
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Bush: Olympic boycott would insult Chinese.
He's worried about insulting them, thats a surprise, he doesn't mind insulting me an a regular basis
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Kucinich's 4th of July impeachment message
Transcript from Kucinich2008 on YouTube.com:
go to: http://kucinich.us to sign the petition!
Some Democratic Leaders say Impeachment is off the table.
So, let us set a new table for our nation, upon which we place the Constitution and where we demand that all those who have taken an oath to defend it .. keep their promise and protect our nation from the threat within.
Please go to kucinich.us now and sign the petition, which calls for impeachment. This is the one petition that will make a difference because I will be delivering it personally to your member of congress. Please circulate word of this petition far and wide, to all your friends and family. This is the one opportunity that we have right now to actually change events in this country.
Two hundred and thirty-two years ago, our nation was conceived in liberty. We have once again reached a moment of truth, one that Lincoln recognized at Gettysburg as to whether "this nation or any nation so conceived or so dedicated can long endure".
Through the ashes of war, Lincoln prayed that "this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom...and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
This Fourth of July, 2008, we face a different kind of war; one which is trying our souls.. a war based on lies. But with the power of truth and the power of the people we can achieve a new birth of freedom, standing up for what is good in America, insisting on the rule of law, demanding adherence to the Constitution, and supporting the impeachment of a President who lied to take us into a war against Iraq.
Be the answer to Lincoln's Prayer. Please pledge your support now to restoring the rule of law in America. As we once again celebrate our Independence, let us celebrate freedom from fear and pledge that this government of the people will survive in this land that we love.
Please go to kucinich.us now. This is your chance to make a difference; truly celebrate our Independence. Thank you.
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George W. Bush to be remembered by Sewage Plant
Those San Frans sure are clever, petitioning to have a 'prize winning water treatment plant' named after good ol' George Dubya. The vote will be in November and if passed will be officiated on January 20 by a synchronized mass flushing. Those San Frans sure are clever, petitioning to have a 'prize winning water treatment plant' named after good ol' George Dubya. The vo... more
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U.S. to take North Korea off terror list
TOKYO — North Korea took a major step on Thursday toward re-integration into the world community and rapprochement with the United States by submitting for outside inspection a long-delayed declaration of its nuclear program
The Bush administration almost immediately announced it would remove the country it once described as part of the “axis of evil” from the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism.
The declaration from North Korea, one of the world’s most isolated and impoverished nations, was expected to describe in previously undisclosed detail its capabilities in nuclear power and nuclear weapons — meeting a major demand of the United States and other countries that consider the North a dangerous source of instability.
“This can be a moment of opportunity for North Korea,” said President Bush, announcing the declaration at the White House. “If it continues to make the right choices it can repair its relationship with the international community.”
Mr. Bush said in the principle of “action for action,” the United States would lift some restrictions on commercial dealings with North Korea and within 45 days end its designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.
China, which has been the host of the six-nation talks on the North’s nuclear program, said Thursday afternoon that the North was submitting its declaration. The White House confirmed the exchange shortly afterward and said that it would remove North Korea from the terrorism list and thus make it eligible for aid and assistance, a goal long sought by the cash-starved country.
American officials expected that the declaration, which had been due at the end of last year, would provide important details about North Korea’s nuclear facilities and programs, including the amount of plutonium produced at its nuclear reactor in Yongbyon.
"I do think it’s important to note that if we can verifiably determine the amount of plutonium that has been made, we then have an upper hand in understanding what may have happened in terms of weaponisation," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after arriving in Kyoto, Japan, on Thursday for a meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized powers.
Ms. Rice added that the declaration was “a natural step on the way to dealing verifiably with the devices or weapons themselves."
Partly to deflect criticism from hard-line critics in Washington that the current deal was too soft on North Korea, American officials have emphasized the importance of the information on plutonium. The North is believed to have produced enough weapons-grade plutonium at its reactor in Yongbyon to make as many as half a dozen bombs.
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Approval Is Near for Bill to Help U.S. Homeowners !!!
WASHINGTON: A bill aimed at helping hundreds of thousands of homeowners in danger of foreclosure cleared an important test vote in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, raising the prospects for final passage of an aid bill by midsummer.
By 83 to 9, the Senate agreed to end debate on the assistance package and move to a final vote, which could come very soon. The test vote was considered crucial, since 60 votes were required under Senate rules to bring the debate to a close.
Housing legislation still has other obstacles to overcome, notably a veto threat from the White House. Differences between the Senate and the House, which approved a somewhat different housing-rescue bill by 266 to 154 last month, will have to be ironed out. And the senators will have to work out differences among themselves on various amendments to their version.
But the overwhelming vote in the Senate was nevertheless a good omen for those hoping to see passage of an assistance bill, as were reports on Capitol Hill that intensive negotiations are under way between Senate and House architects of housing legislation. There have also been reports that lawmakers are willing to excise or tweak sections most objectionable to President George W. Bush.
Moreover, the White House signaled that it is not dead-set against the measure. "We do think that there are some really good aspects of that Senate bill," Bush's chief spokeswoman, Dana Perino, said shortly after the vote. "And we have been working closely with them to try to change the bill in a way that, we think, it could be something that the president could sign."
Perino said the White House was most concerned about a section of the bill that would provide $4 billion to states to purchase homes already foreclosed upon. "And our concern is that that just helps the banks," she said. "That doesn't help the consumers and the people who are trying to stay in the homes."
Senator Christopher Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut and a major figure behind the legislation as chairman of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said before the test vote that the bill was not perfect. But he said the package was the best that could be achieved, and he said passage was essential in view of the "deeply troubling" wave of foreclosures.
The bill would create an affordable housing fund, financed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored financial institutions that purchase mortgages from lenders. In the first year after final approval of the legislation, the fund would provide about $500 million for the foreclosure-rescue campaign.
Under both the House and Senate plans, lenders could limit their losses from potential foreclosures by agreeing to reduce the principal balances of loans at risk of default. Borrowers, many with expensive adjustable-rate loans, could then apply to refinance with a more stable, 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage insured by the government through the Federal Housing Administration.
Just before the House approved its rescue plan last month, Bush threatened to veto it, saying it would put taxpayers' money at risk and "reward speculators and lenders." And the margin by which the House approved its measure, while substantial, did not reach the two-thirds that would be necessary to override a veto.
The issue is further complicated by differences among Democrats. Some fiscally conservative Democrats have voiced concerns over how to pay for the assistance measure, while members of the congressional Black Caucus have argued that it would not do enough to help African-Americans." WASHINGTON: A bill aimed at helping hundreds of thousands of homeowners in danger of foreclosure cleared an important test vote in the... more -
40,000 travelers delayed by Bush's London stopover
Flights from Heathrow Airport were cancelled and delayed to accommodate President Bush when he arrived there on June 15. BAA confirmed Tuesday that 32 arrivals and 36 departures, mostly British Airways flights, were canceled June 15, when Bush arrived, and the following day, when he left. Why didn't he land at a military base? Flights from Heathrow Airport were cancelled and delayed to accommodate President Bush when he arrived there on June 15. BAA confirmed... more
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Did Bush fall off the wagon?
Looks like beer to me.
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John Cusack On How Bush and McCain Are Alike
John Cusack thinks you won't be able to tell Bush and McCain apart. Agreed?
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Kucinich heads the impeachment of BUSH
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich defied his party leadership on Monday by calling for the impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush for launching the Iraq war -- but his move was not expected to go anywhere. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich defied his party leadership on Monday by calling for the impeachment of U.S. Pr... more
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Oh no, Bush Tells European Allies to Boycott Iran
Bush tells European allies on his last European tour that if the world is against Iran than they will get the message. Your thoughts?
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Kucinich introduces Bush Impeachment resolution
Rep. Dennis Kucinich said Monday he wants the House to consider a resolution to impeach President Bush. Kucinich, D-Ohio, read his proposed impeachment in a floor speech. He contended Bush deceived the nation and violated his oath of office in leading the country into the Iraq war.
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Kucinich: http://kucinich.house.gov
Rep. Dennis Kucinich said Monday he wants the House to consider a resolution to impeach President Bush. Kucinich, D-Ohio, read his pro... more -
Admiral: Bush doesn't want war with Iran
Retired Adm. William Fallon resigned in March as leader of the U.S. military's Central Command after reportedly clashing with President Bush.
Retired Adm. William Fallon told CNN he resigned to maintain confidence in the military chain of command.
During an interview Tuesday on CNN's American Morning," Fallon denied a magazine article's assertion that he had been forced to resign over his opposition to a possible war with Iran.
CNN's Kyra Phillips asked Fallon about his resignation and about U.S. policy regarding Iraq and Iran.
Kyra Phillips: How were you informed that this was it? Who called you?
Fallon: The story is -- the facts are that the situation was one that was very uncomfortable for me and, I'm sure, for the president. One of the most important things in the military is confidence in the chain of command. And the situation that developed was one of uncertainty and a feeling that maybe that I was disloyal to the president and that I might be trying to countermand his orders, the policies of the country. ... The fact that people might be concerned that I was not appropriately doing what I was supposed to do and following orders bothered me, and my sense was that the right thing to do was to offer my resignation. Video Watch Fallon break his silence »
Phillips: Do you feel you were pushed out?
Fallon: What was important was not me. It wasn't some discussion about where I was with issues. It was the fact that we have a war in progress. We had a couple of hundred thousand people whose lives were at stake out in Iraq and Afghanistan and we needed to be focused on that and not a discussion on me or what I might have said or thought or someone perceived I said. That's the motivation.
Phillips: [Esquire magazine writer] Tom Barnett made it appear that you were the only man standing between the president and a war with Iran. Is that true?
Fallon: I don't believe for a second President Bush wants a war with Iran. The situation with Iran is very complex. People sometimes portray it or try to portray it in very simplistic terms -- we're against Iran, we want to go to war with Iran, we want to be close to them. ... The reality is in international politics that [there are] many aspects to many of these situations, and I believe in our relationship with Iran we need to be strong and firm and convey the principles on which this country stands and upon which our policies are based. At the same time demonstrate a willingness and openness to engage in dialogue because there are certainly things we can find in common.
Phillips: Would have you negotiated with Iran?
Fallon: It's not my position to negotiate with Iran. I was the military commander in the Middle East. I had responsibility for our people and their safety and well-being. It's the role of the diplomats to do the negotiation.
Phillips: So when talk of the third war came out, a war with Iran, the president didn't say to you, "This is what I want to do," and did you stand up and say, "No, sir. Bad move"?
Fallon: It's probably not appropriate to try to characterize it in that way. Again, don't believe for a second that the president really wants to go to war with Iran. We have a lot of things going on, and there are many other ways to solve problems. I was very open and candid in my advice. I'm not shy. I will tell people, the leaders, what I think and offer my opinions on Iran and other things, and continue to do that.
Phillips: Do you think that cost you your job?
Fallon: No, I don't believe so at all. It's a confidence issue of do people really believe the chain of command is working for them or do we have doubts, and if the doubts focus attention away from what the priority issues ought to be, then we've got to make a change... Retired Adm. William Fallon resigned in March as leader of the U.S. military's Central Command after reportedly clashing with Presiden... more -
President Bush dosent know the price of gas
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