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Clinton & Bush - Mena Drug Smuggling
"I personally witnessed complicity between these two men; Bush and Clinton, in terms of transporting cocaine into the US for the purpose of sale to generate money to fight a war." -Terry Reed Air Force Intelligence
"I personally witnessed complicity between these two men; Bush and Clinton, in terms of transporting cocaine into the US for the purpo... more -
Bush - Clinton ties
Another clip from "The Proof" exploring the covert history of George HW Bush including Director of the CIA, Iran Contra drug smuggling, Operation Desert Shield, and
a little known connection to Bill Clinton. Another clip from "The Proof" exploring the covert history of George HW Bush including Director of the CIA, Iran Contra drug smuggling... more -
Voting for the lesser of two evils? A Nation of Sheep will beget a Government of W...
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves” - Edward R Murrow. When we as citizens cast our vote with the “lesser of two evils” deduction, what we are essentially telling the candidates is that we support them. The politicians know this, the parties know this and the government is more of a quantity over quality scenario because of it.
I hear a lot of “well he’s the best we have” excuses and when I hear that I can’t help but ask who’s in charge of this country? The last I looked it was the citizens who elected our officials and presidents and so it should be the citizens who pick the best of the best, not the best of the worst. We need to come to the realization that our politicians do not want to change too much because they might lose the power that we don’t realize is ours to begin with. This, sadly is the case of our government, not the presidents nor the congress personally, it’s become more than that, it’s the horse they ride on.
To Vote or Not Vote
If you cannot vote with your full heart behind it, or are voting just so the other doesn’t win then you are telling your government that you are a sheep. You are telling the candidate that you support his ways and to keep it up. Think about that for a second, is that really helping you and supporting what you believe or is it supporting the candidate and the government that you really don’t believe in?
If you don’t vote or don’t vote for one of the two obvious winners then you are saying, no I don’t support you, or neither of you for that matter. What would happen if we all held our presidential employees to this standard? What would happen if no one showed up to their rallies, or no one tuned in to biased, time prejudiced debates? What if a presidential election tallied 19,000 total votes? Would it really make a difference if we vote for corruptness or not vote if corruptness is going to inherit our Whitehouse anyways?
What I see in both of our current candidates is differences in diversion, but the same tragic end for this country. If the end is the same, why should we care who gets us to the end slower or faster for that matter? We should tell our leaders (who are essentially our employees) that if you want our time, money and our vote then start calling out the very government that you want to lead. If we keep concentrating on how bad the current president is then we are shooting ourselves in the foot. This gives an easy way for our candidate to tell us why they are better than the last guy and not what the people really need to hear. We need to concentrate on a reformation of our government as a whole, not the Bush administration, or Clinton and his sexual endeavors; they are all really just failed and poor employees. Who’s the man behind the curtain? It’s us, the citizens and we don't even know it. To vote is to vote, to not vote is to vote. Well currently that’s the truth. Change it.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves” - Edward R Murrow. When we as citizens cast our vote with the “lesser of two ev... more -
US elections: both candidates hunt for female Vice President
According to the Guardian, both McCain and Obama are highly likely to choose a female running mate. While Obama could only benefit from the female voters Clinton is capable of mobilising, McCain's credibility when it comes to women's issues is almost non-existent. The Guardian even speculates that he might choose Condoleeza Rice to show that the Republicans can pull off racial diversity ...
What do you think? Should either one of them choose a female running mate, and if so, whom? Could it potentially harm their campaign? If not, whom would you like to see at Obama's and McCain's side? According to the Guardian, both McCain and Obama are highly likely to choose a female running mate. While Obama could only benefit fro... more -
OH, YES SHE CAN
Here's what is scary. It's not August. There aren't any Republican attack ads.
And yet, Obama is getting swiftboated... by himself.
Admittedly, as someone who will remain a Clinton supporter to the very end, I have been enjoying the rude awakening that many Obama supporters have recently received from !quelle horreur! Barack Obama, himself.
FISA, gun control, public finance, the death penalty, religious-based initiatives, late-term abortions, Iraq, turning his back on groups such as MoveOn, and throwing people like Wes Clark under the bus. They all add up to Obama's progressive base wondering with justifiable uncertainty: Who is this guy and what the hell is he doing?
Well, it seems that Barack Obama can and will do whatever he pleases -- particularly if it paves the way to victory. In order to win the nomination, Obama posed as the candidate of Change. Remember he was the outsider who wanted to restore Hope in all of us. He was the candidate we could Believe in. Not surprisingly, after 8 years of Bush fear-mongering and Republican-led emoting hate towards terrorists, Obama's offering of emoting hope and unity towards feel-good horizons was extremely appealing. The marketing worked. Back then, Obama appeared pure, honest, and trustworthy; Obama was definitely not the entrenched, untrustworthy Washington-insider, Hillary Clinton.
But who is Barack Obama now?
Unfortunately, none of us know who Barack Obama really is especially in light of his recent mercurial political positions.
Usually when someone behaves in such an unrecognizable manner, you turn to the person in question's past history for reassurance. Not so with Obama since his public record is so short. Indeed, Obama's public life started a mere 10 years ago and his uncanny ability to spend no longer than two years in any one post or place translates to Obama never being held accountable. That lack of accountability translates to Obama being an unknown entity merely offering up his lofty, poetic, and very pretty promises to trust. But lately those pretty little promises aren't holding up much -- let alone anyone's trust.
And I am not going to shut up and trust Obama for the sake of party unity. Just like I refused to shut up and trust Bush after 9/11. Remember, Dissent is Patriotic. Obama promised to be something different. He promised to stand up and do the right thing. He promised the Change that many people were yearning for. While I never believed him to have authentic principles, Obama's early supporters did. And those early supporters are responsible for Obama receiving the nomination. They voted for Obama specifically because he said that he wasn't the type of person that he has now revealed himself to be.
So why is Obama acting like his early supporters don't matter to him?
Because he can. He doesn't need you folks anymore. Obama knows that he has all of your votes in his back pocket. He knows with certitude that you will not vote for McCain. So as long as Obama stays more than a hair to the left of McCain, he'll do just fine, thank you. Obama really doesn't need to pander to all of you and your silly Progressive causes anymore. He and Michelle have got a general election to win and a large swath of (perceived) centrist voters to sucker.
But if there was ever a year that the progressives could have run on a strong, strident and non-negotiable platform against the Republicans, 2008 should have been that year. More than 70% of Americans are unhappy with the course of our country -- a country that has had Republican leadership for the past 8 years. If Progressives and their candidates cannot be true to themselves and their core-guiding principles now, then when?
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The Wackness of 1994 NYC
Josh Peck shares his memories of 1994 NYC, which is where and when he grew and and where his movie, The Wackness, is set.
The Wackness is out now. Josh Peck shares his memories of 1994 NYC, which is where and when he grew and and where his movie, The Wackness, is set. ... more -
FOX NEWS AND ITS CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE OBAMAS
Over the course of the past several months and since Barack Obama and his pastor have hit the mainstream media, race has been at the forefront of hot topics within the American political arena.
Following are various clips from conservative media outlets commenting on race, Barack and Michelle Obama, and offering often times skewed and ill perceived commentary on issues both within and outside of the black community.
Patriotism is not a characteristic of convenience, it must be present at greatest moments of triumph for a nation but must also be the root for unarmed critique and analysis of the actions of one's own country. America is a great nation but we have committed acts that are notable alongside some of the greatest atrocities in world history.
Truth cannnot be serial, constantly waiting for another perceived truth to come along and take its place. Truth can exist in multiple instances. The greatness of this nation along with the moral abomination of its acts in regard to human life. Over the course of the past several months and since Barack Obama and his pastor have hit the mainstream media, race has been at the f... more -
The Private Character Of John McCain
John McCain has been in the public eye almost his entire adult life. He's run numerous campaigns, served in Congress for 25 years, and is in his second run for the presidency.
Yet, there is so much of his life that remains largely unknown to the public.
How aware is the public that McCain has raised seven children? Or that he adopted his two oldest sons as small boys (children from his wife's prior marriage)? Or that he has raised a Bangladeshi girl with severe health problems adopted from Mother Theresa's orphanage? Or that his own sons have served in the military, including in Iraq?
It's widely known that McCain, a Navy pilot, was shot down, captured and tortured by the North Vietnamese for 5 and a half years - But few are aware that he refused early release until all the POWs captured before him were freed,.
Even fewer seem to know that those years were a fraction of a 22-year Navy career. Although broken and battered, after his release from Vietnamese captivity he went right back to the Navy, where he continued to serve for an additional eight years.
Anyone can talk about "supporting our troops"; the McCains serve. McCain's father and grandfather were respected American admirals. Of McCain's four sons, three have gone the military route. One was a Navy pilot like his father, one enlisted in the Marines at age 17 and recently completed a tour in Iraq, and one is completing his education at the Naval Academy (raising the strong possibility that, for the first time in half a century, the United States will have a president with a son at war).
Yet, likely because of those same values, McCain maintains a strict code of silence about his sons' military service, no matter how legitimate his pride or politically useful their military status. Through 2007, McCain was the strongest Senate advocate of vastly increasing troop levels in Iraq, strongly influencing the administration's wildly successful "surge" strategy.
Yet McCain never brought up his own son's service in some of the roughest areas of Iraq. His principled refusal of political advantage from his son's Iraq service extends to refusal even to be interviewed on the subject, or to introduce his son to campaign audiences.
Also little-known is the story of McCain's youngest child. As a result of a 1991 Cindy McCain visit to Mother Teresa's orphanage in Bangladesh, the McCains adopted an infant daughter dying from a host of health issues. The orphanage could not provide the medical care needed to save the little girl's life, so the McCains, already the parents of six children, brought the child home to America, and paid for desperately needed surgeries and years of rehabilitation. That child is their teenage daughter Bridget.
So, it turns out that McCain, standard-bearer of the party constantly slandered as racist, has, without fanfare, raised as his own a Bengali daughter of color. But the character demonstrations regarding his daughter are even more impressive: during his 2000 presidential run, as he was on the verge of becoming the front-runner, rogue staffers of other candidates reportedly conducted a whisper campaign in South Carolina disparaging the McCains for having a "black baby." McCain chose to shield his child by ignoring the smear.
The contrast is consistent with McCain's internalizing the codes of honor and military conduct since his youth: the veneration of courage and resilience; the expectation of fidelity to principles of honor; the homage paid to Americans who sacrificed for their country; the nobility of service and sacrifice; the expectation that one would prove worthy of the country's trust; and the humility that comes from recognizing that there are causes and people greater than oneself. It is, in short, a contrast in character.
John McCain has been in the public eye almost his entire adult life. He's run numerous campaigns, served in Congress for 25 years, an... more -
Wes Clark ... Carry On Baby!
Wes Clark decries shenanigans! Let's get real people.
Ret. Gen. Clark: McCain lacks command experience
4 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a former Democratic presidential candidate now supporting Barack Obama, said Sunday John McCain's military service does not automatically qualify him to be commander in chief.
Underscoring during a national television appearance a position he has been expressing for several weeks, Clark said performing heroic military service is not a substitute for gaining command experience.
"In the matters of national security policy making, it's a matter of understanding risk," he said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "It's a matter of gauging your opponents and it's a matter of being held accountable. John McCain's never done any of that in his official positions. I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands and millions of others in the armed forces, as a prisoner of war.
"He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee and he has traveled all over the world, but he hasn't held executive responsibility," Clark said. "That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded — that wasn't a wartime squadron."
(full article: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iYBdOQK_nuxk0sWQWPLg... ) Wes Clark decries shenanigans! Let's get real people. Ret. Gen. Clark: McCain lacks command experience 4 hours ago ... more -
Q: Clinton & Obama Campaign Together in Unity, NH: Is Hillary Clinton using Ba...
It's a poll. I haven't voted. I'm not sure how I lean on the issue. Just thought I'd share.
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Bill Clinton to assist Obama campaign
Bill Clinton will assist the Obama campaign to help ensure that a Democrat takes the White House in November. The Associated Press is reporting that Bill Clinton said through a spokesman, Matt McKenna, that “President Clinton is obviously committed to doing whatever he can and is asked to do to ensure Senator Obama is the next president of the United States.” It is unclear what Clinton will specifically do for the Obama campaign, but some speculate that he might actively campaign for Obama. Throughout his wife’s candidacy, the former president was an outspoken critic of Obama, calling him inexperienced and incapable of leading the country. Obama has still not spoken directly with Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton will assist the Obama campaign to help ensure that a Democrat takes the White House in November. The Associated Press is ... more
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Obama, Clinton to campaign together next week
Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will join Barack Obama on the campaign trail next week for the first time since Obama emerged as the presumptive Democratic nominee on June 3.
Obama, an Illinois senator, has been intent on trying to unify the party ahead of the November election after a bitter, 16-month struggle between the candidates to become the Democratic standard-bearer.
Obama and Clinton will appear together on Friday, June 27, but the Obama campaign gave no details about the event.
Earlier this week, Obama included several high-profile supporters of Clinton, such as former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and retired Gen. Wesley Clark in meetings to advise him on national security.
Clinton, a New York senator and former first lady, saw her hopes of becoming the first woman president slip away after she entered the race last year with an aura of inevitability. Obama, who faces presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, would be the first black U.S. president.
Clinton did not concede defeat right away but in a speech to her supporters four days after Obama had racked up enough delegates to clinch the nomination, she gave Obama an emphatic endorsement. Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will join Barack Obama on the campaign trail next week for the first time since Obama em... more -
Hollywood stars rally behind Obama
Celebrity endorsers include talk show host Oprah Winfrey and actors Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Halle Berry. Oscar winner Tom Hanks, the star of "The Da Vinci Code," endorsed Obama with an online video.
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Obama snubs Clinton
Barack Obama has appointed a former staffer with whom she has fallen out to a key post in his campaign team.
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Frank Rich debunks Clinton-women-for-McCain myth
Media's talking heads, especially those on cable news shows, will repeat just about any talking point over and over. They're very careful not to let facts get in the way. In last Sunday's NYT, Frank Rich investigated claims that female Clinton supporters are flocking to McCain in droves because they're upset over the misogyny spouted by - gee - that exact same media. The thing is, there's zero evidence to support that claim. Media's talking heads, especially those on cable news shows, will repeat just about any talking point over and over. They're very care... more
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Obama's Lessons Learned From Sen. Kerry
Last November I was very irritated when I came across this article in the Massachusetts based Patriot-Ledger.
The article featured an interview with Sen. John Kerry in which he claimed he was now finally ready to take on the Swift Boaters. Great job John. By 2007 you were prepared to take on the people who sunk your 2004 Presidential bid.
For those of you who don’t remember, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth were an organization set up to trash John Kerry’s name and his record as a war hero and drag it through the mud in an effort to prevent him from beating George W. Bush in the General Election in 2004...
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Target Women: Suffrage
Hillary Clinton is gone, but her supporters are not forgotten. McCain and Obama are ready to woo anyone with two boobs and one smokin' hot vote. Hillary Clinton is gone, but her supporters are not forgotten. McCain and Obama are ready to woo anyone with two boobs and one smokin'... more
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Viral Video Film School: Hillary
A touching musical tribute to the many viral videos inspired by the Clinton campaign.
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Mysterious Hillary4Mccain.com Directs Voters To McCain Campaign Site
Both John McCain and Barack Obama are actively courting Hillary Clinton supporters these days, and it's not a surprise given that there are almost 18 million of them. Hillary4mccain
On the web, someone prepared in advance for the anticipated wave of Clinton supporters by registering Hillary4McCain.com on May 31st. Clinton gave her concession speech June 7.
As you can see, there's a bold landing page picturing the two senators together. It then re-directs visitors to McCain's site.
The only problem is that the domain name registration information appears to be false.
The site's registered to the Hillary Clinton campaign. But it's unlikely to have anything to do with the Clinton campaign for a multitude of reasons -- the top of which is that she's already endorsed Obama.
The domain is registered with GoDaddy.com, the same registrar for the McCain campaign.
GoDaddy.com's rules say "If you register false information, your domain is cancelled."
But first, a complaint has to be filed. Nick Fuller, a GoDaddy communications manager, says that if the registrar finds the complaint valid, they send an e-mail to the listed contact to get them to provide accurate information.
If there's no response after a week, then GoDaddy.com suspends the domain and sends out another e-mail in an attempt to fix the situation. After another eight days, if GoDaddy.com doesn't receive a response, it keeps the domain on ice and considers the issue closed until its staff hear from someone to fix the situation.
Michael Palmer, a McCain campaign representative, said that the McCain team doesn't know anything about the domain.
"No, we certainly didn't register the site," he wrote in response to an e-mail query. "We use go-daddy for other domain registrations but that's about it."
In the meantime, McCain advocate Carly Fiorina on Tuesday prepared a five-and-a-half minute video directed to the audience of "Women For Fair Politics," an Ohio women's group who supported Clinton.
"Women are, of course, hugely important in this election," she says, having prefaced her comments by praising Clinton. "We represent 52 percent of the voters, we start small businesses at twice the rate that men do, and small businesses create 75 percent of jobs in this country."
And Citizens for McCain, a group targeting independent voters, is holding a conference call Saturday to answer any questions they might have.
Many Clinton supporters have said that they're not sure what they're going to do next since they're unhappy with the way the Democratic National Committee dealt with the issue of seating delegates from Florida and Michigan.
Ari Melber of The Nation reported Wednesday that a couple of high-level women Clinton supporters have pledged to campaign on behalf of Obama in key battleground states. Both John McCain and Barack Obama are actively courting Hillary Clinton supporters these days, and it's not a surprise given that the... more
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