Thursday edition - January 4, 2007
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Jubilant Democrats take the wheel on Capitol Hill
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Skepticism from the Military on an Iraq Surge |
Defiant Prez may send 20000 troops to Iraq |
How can the Democrats clean up the huge mess Bush and the GOP have made?
"How many folks were in Times Square for the New Year's Eve celebration? ... Here in the United States they celebrate by dropping a ball off a roof. In Iraq they celebrate by dropping the dictator through the floor." --David Letterman
The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News
US military deaths in Iraq hit 3005 San Jose Mercury News, CA
5 seized workers in Iraq seem OK in video
Sunnis fear Saddam's execution will provoke sectarian violence
Defiant Maliki defends execution Sydney Morning Herald
Guard held over Hussein video Chicago Tribune
UN chief backs appeal to Iraqi president to refrain from executing ...
No mention of Iraq in Bush Congress speech Euronews.net, France
Pakistani premier in Afghanistan for talks on border security International Herald Tribune
Subject: Saddam Photo
Lisa,
Is that picture today the actual photo of Saddam after death? I have
deliberately avoided looking at any videos or photos of him out of defiance of
w's insanity and dragging us along for the ride. Then I click on AHNC for my
daily dose and get the picture of him. I am shocked and saddened that your
posting this has now caused me to sully my soul and memory of something I refuse
to be a part of.
Love AHNC and have donated, but Lisa, really, I don't understand this at all.
Now I am burdened with w's crimes and must view this as part of my life, when I
had nothing to do with it and didn't want to.
M.
Yes, that is a picture of Saddam after his death. The same picture that is on CNN International (the only news channel I have available here in Costa Rica) and hundreds of mainstream media websites. I posted that phototoon because it was very effective.
Almost every day since the war began I have scanned the daily photos coming out of Iraq. I don't post the gruesome ones but I do view them because I want to know the truth about what is really happening in Iraq.
One of the turning points in the Vietnam war was when this photo below appeared -- the use of napalm on innocent children.
We are all burdened with W's crimes. I feel it is unfair to blame me for sullying your soul. George W. Bush did that. I'm just the messenger and it hurts every one when you shoot at me.
Thank you for writing.
It's OK When Republicans Are Drug Addicts
The late Chief Justice William Rehnquist’s Senate confirmation battles in 1971 and 1986 were more intense and political than previously known, according to a newly released FBI file that also offers dramatic new details about Rehnquist’s 1981 hospitalization and dependence on a painkiller...Also in 1986, the FBI conducted an intensive investigation into Rehnquist’s dependence on Placidyl, a strong painkiller that he had taken since the early 1970s for insomnia and back pain.
I wonder what tongue thrusting drug Rehnquist was taking during the Clinton Impeachment trial?
Disturbing News
Mystery deepens over missing plane
Boy, 17, Dies in School Shooting in Tacoma, and Student Is Held
Rio Using Troops to Combat Gang Violence
Scientists say 2007 may be warmest yet
Fox Reports of Bush Cocaine Use
As political media buzzed about whether or not Senator Barack Obama's admission eleven years ago that he used cocaine as a teenager would hurt his political prospects, Fox News ran a segment on "Obama's Cocaine Confession." Their conversation took an unusual turn, however, when Fox reporter Kirian Chetry said President Bush had also admitted to using cocaine.
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"Today was the funeral for President Gerald Ford. He passed away at 93. A very nice man. ... Ford was the only person to become president without winning an election ... besides President Bush." --Jay Leno
Republican Shenanigans
Spy chief to resign, become No. 2 to Condoleezza Rice
Harriet Miers Resigns as White House Legal Counsel, Snow Says
Bloomberg
They executed Saddam Hussein. I guess that means that whole Iraqi thing is over. We can all go home now." --David Letterman
Bush Can Read Your Mail
President Bush has quietly
claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant,
the Daily News has learned.
The President asserted his new authority when he signed a postal reform bill
into law on Dec. 20. Bush then issued
a "signing
statement" that declared his right to open people's mail under emergency
conditions.
Rock-The-Voter News
Sen. Johnson faces long recovery: aides
McCain, seen as Republican front-runner, a target for all sides\ International Herald Tribune
Proposed ethics reforms target trips, "earmarks"
Subject: Pat Robertson speaks to God. Again.
Unequivocal proof there is no god. If there was a god, and he, for god knows what reason, actually spoke to Pat Robertson, his words would surely be "Pat: shut the hell up".
Doug
Geez, you'd think old Pat would make a recording of God speaking to him so we could all hear the "voices" too!
Biz-Tech News
Oil Trades Below $59 a Barrel After Plunge on Mild US Weather
Boeing Sets Record for Airplane Orders Houston Chronicle
Nokia, Samsung and Panasonic hit with Bluetooth lawsuit
Jeff Bezos Shows Off Spacecraft Test
Acrobat hole open for exploit
"Saddam Hussein apparently died from ... hanging on Saturday. ... He did not get the sort of funeral President Ford did. He was taunted by his hangmen. They even danced around his corpse. So clearly the good guys have won over there. Angry mobs are now protesting violently and say they won't rest until local authorities un-hang him." --Jimmy Kimmel
Bush-Prison-Torture News
Guantanamo officer squatted over Qur’an - FBI Independent Online, South Africa
Troops will not face charges for Iraq assault Scotsman, UK
"This week California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was released from the hospital after breaking his leg. Doctors say Arnold's leg will be broken for two months and his English will be broken forever." --Conan O'Brien
Go-F***-Yourself News
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) has evicted Dick Cheney Think Progress, DC
Cheney's last stand Guardian Unlimited, UK
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Odd News
How to go to M.I.T. for free The Christian Science Monitor
Peace.