Jon Stewart Asks Bush to Clarify Iran Accusations
• CrooksAndLiars.comAfter unsuccessfully sorting through the contradictory claims, Stewart finds himself doing something he never thought he would…
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Nader Pondering Another Presidential Run
• CrooksAndLiars.comFormer Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader said he is considering a presidential run in 2008 and strongly suggested today he would enter the race if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the Democratic Party nomination.
George Carlin - Owners of This Country
• George CarlinGeorge Carlin declares a serious Revolution. (Warning: Profanity,... he's really pissed and even advocates mass suicide in protest to tyranny,... seriously?)
Nader and Libertarians Not Welcome: A Splintered Antiwar Movement
• By JOHN WALSH - www.counterpunch.orgThe roster of speakers for the UFPJ demonstration in Washington D.C. on January 27 speaks volumes. The key was not so much who was included but who was not.
NSA Archive - Plan for only 5000 troops in Iraq by now (Power Point)
• The National Security ArchiveIraq War Plan Assumed Only 5,000 U.S. Troops Still There by December 2006 CentCom PowerPoint Slides Briefed to White House and Rumsfeld in 2002, Obtained by National Security Archive through Freedom of Information Act
Craigslist posts satisfaction
• Gregory M. Lamb - The Christian Science MonitorWith a few exceptions, placing ads and responding to them is free. And since Craigslist operates as 450 local listing services in all 50 states and 50 countries, whatever you're looking for is probably going to be nearby.
'NY Post': Those Who Oppose 'Surge' in Congress Are Guilty of 'Treason'
• www.editorandpublisher.com"TREASON" screamed the front page of the New York Post today, in reaction to Friday's vote in the House of Representatives which easily passed a nonbinding resolution opposing President Bush's troop surge in Iraq.
Back at Home, McCain Annoys the G.O.P. Right
Ernest HancockThe chairman of the local Republican Party here in the most populous county in Arizona has in his possession a bright yellow button with a black line slashed through the name McCain.
Planning Seen In Iraqi Attacks On U.S. Copters
Ernest HancockCarefully planned strategy to focus on downing coalition aircraft, one that American officials say has been carried out by mounting coordinated assaults with machine guns, rockets and surface-to-air missiles.
Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy - by Ron Paul
• Ron Paul for LewRockell.comI've often wondered why Congress so willingly has given up its prerogative over monetary policy. Astonishingly, Congress in essence has ceded total control over the value of our money to a secretive central bank.
Gore has 'no intention to run for president'
• Raw StoryFormer US vice president Al Gore has ruled out a bid for the White House in the 2008 elections and will carry on his fight against global climate change.
No enrichment suspension, but perspective for new talks, says Iran
• news.monstersandcritics.comTehran - Iran on Sunday reiterated it would not accept the United Nations Security Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment, but said there could be perspectives for renewed talks. 'Enrichment suspension neither has a legal nor logical j
Burns Says North Korea Nuclear Agreement May Influence Iranians
• Bloomberg.comThe six-nation agreement designed to end North Korea's nuclear weapons program can serve as a model and incentive for a similar deal with Iran, U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns said.
U.S. Economy: Home Starts Plunge to Lowest Since 1997 (Update4)
• By Joe Richter - Bloomberg.comFeb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Homebuilders in the U.S. started work last month on the smallest number of new houses since August 1997 as a glut of unsold homes and colder weather discouraged new projects.
Republicans block Iraq debate
• Al JazeeraThe US senate has refused to consider a resolution denouncing George Bush's Iraq troop increase that the House of Representatives passed the day before. (Blah Blah Blah - So will the Democrats continue to fund the War?)
Gulf to get first solar-power plant
• Al JazeeraAbu Dhabi is to build a $350m solar power plant, the first of its kind in the Gulf, according to an investor in the project. Abu Dhabi holds more than 90 per cent of the oil reserves of the United Arab Emirates, the seven-member federation.
Iran Offers "Evidence" US Arming Iranian Rebels
• www.iraqslogger.com"The weapons that the terrorists have used are US and British made. Moreover, the arrested terrorist agents have confessed that they have been trained by English-speaking people."
Getting the State Out of Our Heads
• by Kevin Van Horn for StrikeTheRoot.comPeaceful Revolution Conference Link - Kevin really sees the beginning of the end for The State.
Bombs and Baghdad,... one after the other.
• Google Search "Iraq Bombs"(Here is a google search link so you can keep up)
Iran seeks foreign refinery investors
• UPITEHRAN, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Iran's oil minister said Saturday his nation's refining sector could use an influx of about $15 billion to continue its development.
US Senate blocks vote on Iraq war
• BBCThe US Senate has decided not to debate a resolution criticising President George W Bush's troop surge in Iraq.
No More Liberty
Dave GallagherThe New One Dollar coin is out ... notice anything missing?
Frontline Exposes Bush’s Media Manipulation
• Frontline PBSIn a great new 4-part series titled News War, PBS Frontline examines the battle between the White House & the national media and how they both fight to set the national agenda. (Part 1 of 4 Video)
New Orleans cops use illegal checkpoints to catch lawbreakers
• breitbart.comThe checkpoints will operate between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., when about a third of the city's violent crime occurs, and will target drug and alcohol violations as well as motorist insurance. The first one was to be held in a crime-ridden area of the c
Brave SWAT cops execute unarmed teenager sleeping in his bed
• theagitator.comEven if the drug charges are true, this is a grade-A, prime-cut example of why using SWAT teams to serve nonviolent drug warrants is needlessly dangerous, reckless, violent, and confrontational. How hard is this to understand? When you take men with
Ron Paul Exploratory - New Website
The new Ron Paul Exploratory Committee wwebsite is now active.
Entered By: Dave Gallagher
Border agent gets 5 years in prison
• DailyBulletin.comA former border inspector was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison for guiding hundreds of illegal immigrants through his checkpoint booth in exchange for taking at least $70,000 from a smuggling ring (do you feel more secure yet?).
Daily Show on the Absurdity of the House Debate on Iraq
• CrooksAndLiars.comJon Stewart went to town last night on the Iraq War Resolution debate, noting all the ridiculous historical & cultural analogies and the contradictory message coming from within the GOP ranks.
After a sting, a gun dealer gets stung
• Philadelphia EnquirerWhen the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence released a report, "Shady Dealings: Illegal Gun Trafficking from Licensed Gun Dealers." Tanner's store was featured as one of the scurrilous. What the Brady Center didn't know is that th
Sentence in Taser abuse falls well short of justice
• pensacolanewsjournal.comThe sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers -- in the case of a former Escambia County deputy found guilty of repeatedly shocking an innocent woman with a Taser -- is itself shocking.
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