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    Sunday, April 30, 2006
    All hat - no cattle
    posted by Clyde
    9:03 AM

    Disaster Response Improvements Lacking

    Most of the changes in natural disaster preparedness proposed by the White House and Congress since Hurricane Katrina are years away at best, leaving the Gulf Coast and other areas vulnerable to new devastation.

    Only a few of the 211 suggested improvements from three federal reports will be ready when the hurricane season starts June 1, and limited dollars and political squabbling already are complicating the progress.

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    Cheney exempts his own office from reporting on classified material
    posted by Clyde
    9:00 AM

    WASHINGTON - As the Bush administration has dramatically accelerated the classification of information as "top secret" or "confidential," one office is refusing to report on its annual activity in classifying documents: the office of Vice President Dick Cheney.

    A standing executive order, strengthened by President Bush in 2003, requires all agencies and "any other entity within the executive branch" to provide an annual accounting of their classification of documents. More than 80 agencies have collectively reported to the National Archives that they made 15.6 million decisions in 2004 to classify information, nearly double the number in 2001, but Cheney continues to insist he is exempt.

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    Saturday, April 29, 2006
    Warrants - we don't need no stinking warrants
    posted by Clyde
    5:44 AM

    FBI Sought Info Without Court OK

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice Department said Friday.

    It was the first time the Bush administration has publicly disclosed how often it uses the administrative subpoena known as a national security letter, which allows the executive branch of government to obtain records about people in terrorism and espionage investigations without court approval.

    Friday's disclosure was mandated as part of the renewal of the Patriot Act, the administration's sweeping anti-terror law.

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    Just a matter of time
    posted by Clyde
    5:40 AM

    Fitzgerald to Seek Indictment of Rove

    Despite vehement denials by his attorney who said this week that Karl Rove is neither a "target" nor in danger of being indicted in the CIA leak case, the special counsel leading the investigation has already written up charges against Rove, and a grand jury is expected to vote on whether to indict the Deputy White House Chief of Staff sometime next week, sources knowledgeable about the probe said Friday afternoon.

    Luskin was informed via a target letter that Fitzgerald is prepared to charge Rove for perjury and lying to investigators during Rove's appearances before the grand jury in 2004 and in interviews with investigators in 2003 when he was asked how and when he discovered that Valerie Plame Wilson worked for the CIA, and whether he shared that information with the media.

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    Friday, April 28, 2006
    Limbaugh takes a deal - only poor people go to jail
    posted by Clyde
    7:57 PM

    Limbaugh Reaches Settlement in Drug Case

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Rush Limbaugh and prosecutors in the long-running prescription fraud case against him have reached a deal calling for the only charge against the conservative commentator to be dropped without a guilty plea if he continues treatment, his attorney said Friday.

    Limbaugh, who pleaded not guilty Friday, has steadfastly denied doctor shopping. Black said the charge will be dismissed in 18 months if Limbaugh complies with court guidelines.

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    Thanks for the help George
    posted by Clyde
    1:39 PM

    WASHINGTON - President Bush on Friday rejected calls by some lawmakers for a tax on oil company windfall profits, saying the industry should reinvest its recent gains into finding and producing more energy.

    With gasoline at over $3 a gallon in some areas, Bush said there was "no evidence" of price-gouging of consumers.

    Soaring gas prices have become a top political issue in Congress in this midterm congressional election year. Bush spoke a day after Exxon-Mobil, the nation's biggest oil company, said its earnings climbed by 7 percent to $8.4 billion during the January-March period.

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    Rove's lawyers have been told there will be 'no announcement' in the next ten days
    posted by Clyde
    12:23 PM

    The announcement that Rove will recieve no decision in the next ten days assures that Rove won't face indictment today or even next week. His lawyers say Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has told them there will be "no announcement" in the next ten days.

    Via Raw Story

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    Turdblossom is scared
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    7:44 AM

    Fitzmas? Fitz of July? Cinco de indicto?

    MSNBC reports Rove believes he is in legal jeopardy

    {snip}

    RAW STORY has also learned that an MSNBC report tonight revealed that one of Rove's lawyers said the presidential adviser described his fifth grand jury appearance as "hell." MSNBC's David Shuster appeared live on Keith Olbermann's 8pm show this evening and stated that Rove was surprised by the tone of the questions as well as the length of time he was required to testify.

    The three and a half hour duration is considered highly unusual for a fifth appearance before a grand jury, Shuster reported. Also not boding well for Rove is the fact that the grand jury plans to meet tomorrow. Some are speculating that an indictment for Rove may be handed up tomorrow, though others have claimed such a fast turnaround time is unlikely.


    Prosecutor Weighs Charges Against Rove in Leak Case

    {snip}

    Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case, is expected to decide in the next two to three weeks whether to bring perjury charges against Karl Rove, the powerful adviser to President Bush, lawyers involved in the case said Thursday.

    A lawyer with knowledge of the case said that Mr. Rove had known for more than a month that he was likely to make another appearance before the grand jury, and that he had known since last fall that he would be subject to further questions from Mr. Fitzgerald before the prosecutor completed his inquiry.


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    Here we go again.
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    7:40 AM

    I would add a paragraph or two from the article but the headline alone speaks volumes.



    What part of "No to Dubai" doesn't Chucklenuts understand?

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    Caption This!
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    7:37 AM

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    Thursday, April 27, 2006
    Once again Roberts thwarts investigation
    posted by Clyde
    11:50 AM

    Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman rebuffs attempts to interview Administration officials in pre-war Iraq probe - Via Raw Story

    WASHINGTON - The Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has denied Democratic attempts to interview Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former CIA Director George Tenet and two former senior aides to erstwhile Secretary of State Colin Powell.

    Senate Intelligence Committee Staff Director Bill Duhnke, top aide to Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS), said there was no need to interview Powell's former aides, saying the intelligence behind Powell's speech was already known.

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    Aw - too Bad Scooter - we really feel for ya
    posted by Clyde
    11:37 AM

    Judge Won't Dismiss Case Against Libby

    WASHINGTON - A federal judge refused Thursday to dismiss charges against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former top White House aide who was indicted on perjury and obstruction charges last year in the CIA leak scandal.

    Walton said Thursday he did not need to "look far" in the law to reject the claim by Libby's defense team. The judge said there is no question the attorney general can delegate any of his functions.

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    Jason Leopold: Sources Confirm Rove is a Target
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    9:34 AM

    Good news from Jason:

    Sources Confirm Rove is a Target
    By Jason Leopold,

    On Monday, I had a conversation with several sources close to the CIA leak case who told me that Karl Rove would return to the grand jury Wednesday for the fifth time. Those sources told me that his appearance was the result of a target letter sent to his attorney Robert Luskin by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. The same sources said that Rove's status changed from being a "subject" of the probe to becoming a "target," meaning that Fitzgerald had enough evidence linking Rove to a crime and told that to Luskin. On Wednesday morning, when the news broke that Rove was going to testify for an unprecedented fifth time, I confirmed with sources close to the investigation that Rove did in fact receive a target letter. This was the case, they said. I then immediately called Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, for a comment about the target letter. Luskin didn't respond.

    But upon leaving court Wednesday, after Rove testified for four hours, Luskin issued a statement saying that Rove was not a target of the probe. My sources maintain that Rove is a target and that Luskin understood that. I called Luskin again to get his statement. But he did not return the call. Rove's spokesman at the White House also weighed in, specifically denying my report that Rove received a target letter. This is the same White House that has refused to discuss this case for more than two years but decided on Wednesday to break its silence and respond to my story and deny that it's true. That seems odd.

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    Bush Admits - FoxNews is his Propaganda Outlet
    posted by Wally
    9:08 AM

    Snow's New Post Shows White House Love for Fox News
    There's just something about Fox News.

    Not only does the cable giant have more than twice as many primetime viewers as the closest competition, but it's often the network of choice for the White House administration in terms of big-name interviews.

    Now it turns out Fox is the home of the next White House press secretary, Tony Snow.

    By naming Fox News' Tony Snow as White House Press Secretary, Bush proves to the world that he truly considers Fox to be his personal propaganda outlet.

    He probably won't be as much fun to watch as Scotty-boy, but he'll be just as believable.

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    Wednesday, April 26, 2006
    Did Rove receive a target letter?
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    2:41 PM



    Will we finally get to see this??

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    Health care - we don't need no stinking health care
    posted by Clyde
    2:09 PM

    Percentage of Uninsured Americans Rising

    NEW YORK (AP) - The percentage of working-age Americans with moderate to middle incomes who lacked health insurance for at least part of the year rose to 41 percent in 2005, a dramatic increase from the 28 percent in 2001 without coverage, a study released on Wednesday found.


    Moreover, more than half of the uninsured adults said they were having problems paying their medical bills or had incurred debt to cover their expenses, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based private, health care policy foundation. The study of 4,350 adults also found that people without insurance were more likely to forgo recommended health screenings such as mammograms than those with coverage, and were less likely to have a regular doctor than their insured counterparts.

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    "Humbled" U.S. Awaits World's Verdict - (Cup O'Joe's crystal ball)
    posted by Wally
    11:30 AM

    By Joe, at Cup O' Joe
    Don't miss the Cup O'Joe Radio Show at the Head On Radio Network



    Note: I have been working on this, on and off, for some time. This is the headline and the speech, or variation thereof, that I have been imagining. The names of the people and the dates of the events are obviously not to be taken seriously, I am not a seer. But I don't know how we can step back from the brink, and I don't see how any of this is going to be settled without bloodshed, perhaps even on a massive scale. If you click on the image you can see a larger image of the newspaper front page, or you can download a PDF here. Again, I hasten to point out that these are not things that I want to see happen, but simply don't know how they can be avoided.


    Text of the President's speech before a joint session of Congress (click above link to read the whole article)

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    Karl you got more splainin to do
    posted by Clyde
    11:24 AM

    Rove to Testify Again in CIA Leak Case

    WASHINGTON - Top White House aide Karl Rove prepared to testify Wednesday for a fifth time before the federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer's identity, two people familiar with the case said.

    Rove consulted with his private lawyers before a scheduled afternoon court appearance and was to answer questions about evidence that emerged since his last grand jury appearance last fall, the people said, speaking only on condition of anonymity because of grand jury secrecy rules.

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    While we're on the subject of the GOP and Oil interests...
    posted by Wally
    10:32 AM

    Oil & Gas:
    Long-Term Contribution Trends



    More Here

    METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are based on contributions of $200 or more from PACs and individuals to federal candidates and from PAC, soft money and individual donors to political parties, as reported to the Federal Election Commission. While election cycles are shown in charts as 1996, 1998, 2000 etc. they actually represent two-year periods. For example, the 2002 election cycle runs from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002. Data for the current election cycle were released by the Federal Election Commission on Monday, March 13, 2006.

    Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit the Center for Responsive Politics.


    NOTE: Soft money contributions to the national parties were not publicly disclosed until the 1991-92 election cycle, and were banned by the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act following the 2002 elections.


    (Special thanks to N.R. for sending us this link)

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    Plenty of "lube" between these two.
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    8:26 AM

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    Finally, Bush says no to tree-huggers, eases environmental regulations for oil industry
    posted by Wally
    7:47 AM

    After 5 years of non-stop knee-pad service to everything environmental by Bush and the Republican owned Congress, the President is finally putting his foot down and easing environmental rules on gasoline. After watching this administration and GOP controlled Congress cave to every environmental cause over the past 5 years, they are finally going to show restraint and give industry a break.

    As Sean Hannity said, the main reason for high gas prices is that government is "beholden to the extreme environmental movement". If not for tree-huggers, we would almost certainly still be paying $1.48 for a gallon of gas, just like we were when Bush took office in 2001. What else, besides the "extreme environmental movement" could possibly be the cause for the 330% increase in the price of a barrel of oil since Bush's inauguration? ( $24.62 in 1/01 to $73 today)The only logical explanation is that the GOP has been catering to tree-huggers at the expense of industry and the economy.

    It wouldn't have anything to do with, for instance, ExxonMobil's 36.1 Billion dollar profit, would it?

    Perhaps, in addition to easing environmental restrictions, Bush could offer another tax break to help reduce pump prices even further.

    This first small step by the President to ease the environmental stranglehold on the energy industry is expected to reduce strain on consumers at the pump by as much as several cents a gallon. Try not to spend it all in one place.

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    Caption This!
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    7:40 AM

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    Tuesday, April 25, 2006
    Bush's "Culture of Life" - Terri Lives, Andrea Dies
    posted by Wally
    9:25 AM

    You can tell George isn't running for office anymore.

    Houston Hospital Votes To End Woman's Life With Bush Law

    The countdown has begun on the life of Andrea Clark, a patient at St. Luke's Hospital. Six days left.

    No, she's not terminal, her family says and she's not brain dead. Her sisters say that she wants to live. The Houston hospital is going to unilaterally remove a woman from life support, apparently based on the decision of a lone physician even though her family wants her to continue to receive care.

    The central issue in the Andrea Clark case is the same as that in the Terri Schindler Schiavo case, whether the state should be able to sanction the removal of a human being from life support.

    What's even more significant in the Clark case is that the Texas bill that allows health care providers to end a human life despite the wishes of the patient and the patient's family was signed into law in 1999 by President George W. Bush as Texas Governor. However, in 2005, he rushed back to the White House from Easter vacation to sign a bill rushed through Congress which was designed to save the life of Terri Schiavo because of his "presumption in favor of life".

    Full Article Here

    The hypocracy is stunning.

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    How Our Troops REALLY Feel About Thier Commander In Chief
    posted by Wally
    8:30 AM

    A Marine Corps Major stationed in Iraq sent this picture with the simple message: "I couldn't have said this better myself."



    Next time someone tries to tell you that by criticizing the President you are supporting our enemies, tell them to tell it to the Marines.

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    Bush to Mick: You're sleeping in my bed. Mick to Bush: suck it.
    posted by Wally
    7:36 AM

    Apparently Dubya isn't as "all-powerful" in Europe as he likes to think.

    President George Bush was left red-faced after being told he couldn't rent the hotel room he wanted - because Mick Jagger had already taken it.

    (snip)

    Aides tried had hoped the legendary singer would give it up for the president but Jagger reportedly refused.

    A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "White House officials had wanted to reserve the suite and all the rooms on the first floor, but Mick and the Stones had already booked every one of them."

    "Bush's people seemed to be under the impression that they would just hand over the suites but there was no way Mick going to do that."

    (LINK)


    I wonder how long until he tries to haul Mick off to Gitmo.

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    Monday, April 24, 2006
    32% - CNN/Gallup
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    3:47 PM

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    Scientific dubyaD40.com poll.
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    1:32 PM

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    Calls for Impeachment getting louder
    posted by Clyde
    9:00 AM

    California Becomes Second State to Introduce Bush Impeachment

    Joining Illinois, California has become the second state in which a proposal to impeach President Bush has been introduced in the state legislature. And this one includes Cheney as well.
    California Assemblyman Paul Koretz of Los Angeles (where the LA Times has now called for Cheney's resignation) has submitted amendments to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 39, calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney. The amendments reference Section 603 of Jefferson's Manual of the Rules of the United States House of Representatives, which allows federal impeachment proceedings to be initiated by joint resolution of a state legislature.

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    Caption This:
    posted by Wally
    8:15 AM

    Use the "post comment" link to submit your caption.

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    Sunday, April 23, 2006
    A Spy Speaks Out
    posted by Clyde
    8:16 AM

    (CBS) A CIA official who had a top role during the run-up to the Iraqi war charges the White House with ignoring intelligence that said there were no weapons of mass destruction or an active nuclear program in Iraq.

    The former highest ranking CIA officer in Europe, Tyler Drumheller, also says that while the intelligence community did give the White House some bad intelligence, it also gave the White House good intelligence - which the administration chose to ignore.

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    From the "you have got to be kidding" file
    posted by Clyde
    8:06 AM

    Bucking opinion trend, Pentagon says too many troops took part in Iraq operation

    From think-tank analysts to angry retired generals to Capitol Hill lawmakers, it has become nearly universal conventional wisdom that the U.S. invasion force that conquered Iraq in 2003 lacked the manpower to secure the country after Saddam's fall.

    But the Pentagon's civilian policymakers may have learned a much different lesson. According to a defense official, the problem with Operation Iraqi Freedom was not too few U.S. troops, but too many.

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    Saturday, April 22, 2006
    Did Bush forget to jawbone?
    posted by Clyde
    8:11 AM

    Bush Says Little Can Be Done About High Gas Prices

    (AP) SAN JOSE As oil prices hit a record, drivers worried about $3-a-gallon gas and politicians feared the impact on elections, President Bush on Friday acknowledged the pain but seemed resigned to being able to do little about it.

    "I know the folks here are suffering at the gas pump," the president said while promoting his competitiveness initiative at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Internet networking company Cisco Systems Inc. "Rising gasoline prices is like taking a - is like a tax, particularly on the working people and the small-business people."

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    HAPPY EARTH DAY!
    posted by Wally
    8:06 AM

    Do something nice for the Planet today.

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    Friday, April 21, 2006
    The next New Orleans?
    posted by Clyde
    1:18 PM

    Bush Won't Declare Disaster for Levees

    SAN FRANCISCO -
    President Bush has issued an unusual waiver that will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to accept state money for critical levee repairs, a senior Bush administration official said Friday.

    In a meeting planned Friday afternoon in San Jose with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bush did not plan to grant the federal disaster declaration the governor sought as heavy rains strained the fragile levee system.

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    Granny Brigade on Trial For Protesting the War
    posted by Wally
    1:15 PM

    18 members of the Granny Peace Brigade went on trial yesterday for "disorderly conduct" for protesting the war. When the judge offered them a plea deal, offering to drop the charges in 6 months if they behaved themselves, they told him suck it sonny, we might be dead by then. Okay, so they didn't actually use those words, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of them thought it. Besides, they don't plan to behave themselves, as long as the war is going on the women vowed to keep up the protests.



    The women, whose ages range from 50 to 91, have all entered not guilty pleas and some said they would ignore any court-imposed penalty if found guilty.

    "Coming to this damn court is nothing compared to what is happening to people in Iraq," said Marie Runyon, 91

    (snip)

    "We have a right to be angry," added Vinie Burrows, who declined to specify her age. "The war in Iraq translates into a war against the people of the United States, because the billions of dollars being spent are draining money from social services, health and education."

    LINK

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    Friday Condi bashing
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    10:26 AM

    Condi Rice Dental Floss


    Fix yer teef!

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    Bush's Trillion Dollar War
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    9:34 AM

    Poor Planning Could Push War Costs to $1 Trillion

    {snip}

    There are many uncertainties about the progress made by coalition forces and the future prospects for stability and democracy in Iraq, but there is at least one indisputable fact: The Bush administration vastly underestimated the costs of the Iraq war.

    The price is expected to almost double after lawmakers return to Capitol Hill next week when the Senate takes up a record $106.5 billion emergency spending bill that includes $72.4 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The House passed a $92 billion version of the bill last month that included $68 billion in war funding. That comes on top of $50 billion already allocated for the war this fiscal year.

    "When the administration submitted its original budget for the Iraq war, it didn't provide money for continuing the war this year or any other. We could end up spending up to $1 trillion in supplemental budgets for this war."

    According to the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, the United States spent $48 billion for Iraq in 2003, $59 billion in 2004, and $81 billion in 2005. The center predicts the figure will balloon to $94 billion for 2006. That equates to a $1,205 bill for each of America's 78 million families, on top of taxes they already pay.


    Random quotes we found:

    "Well, the Office of Management and Budget, has come up come up with a number that's something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question."
    ~Rummy, 1/19/03

    "The United States is committed to helping Iraq recover from the conflict, but Iraq will not require sustained aid."
    ~Budget Director Mitch Daniels, 4/21/03

    "Well, the reconstruction costs remain a very - an issue for the future. And Iraq, unlike Afghanistan, is a rather wealthy country. Iraq has tremendous resources that belong to the Iraqi people. And so there are a variety of means that Iraq has to be able to shoulder much of the burden for their own reconstruction."
    ~Ari Fleischer, 2/18/03

    "There's a lot of money to pay for this that doesn't have to be U.S. taxpayer money, and it starts with the assets of the Iraqi people...and on a rough recollection, the oil revenues of that country could bring between $50 and $100 billion over the course of the next two or three years...We're dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon."
    ~Paul Wolfowitz, 3/27/03

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    Caption This!
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    7:55 AM

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    Thursday, April 20, 2006
    Gassed.
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    2:51 PM

    If every company kept using words like "fear" and "unrest," would their stock(s) do this?

    ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM)

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    Faux News: 33%
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    2:46 PM

    Spin that.

    Bush, GOP Approval Ratings Hit New Lows

    NEW YORK - More Americans disapprove than approve of how George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Congress are doing their jobs, while a majority approves of Condoleezza Rice. President Bush's approval hits a record low of 33 percent this week, clearly damaged by sinking support among Republicans.

    Opinions are sharply divided on whether Rumsfeld should resign as secretary of defense. In addition, views on the economy are glum; most Americans rate the current economy negatively, and twice as many say it feels like the economy is getting worse rather than better. These are just some of the findings of the latest FOX News national poll.

    Faux

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    11 Years Later, Oklahoma City Bombing Lessons Being Forgotten
    posted by Wally
    9:14 AM

    How come there are no white Christian males in Gitmo?

    Eleven years after the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history, survivors, terrorism experts and law enforcement authorities fear that lessons learned from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing are being forgotten as the nation focuses on international threats.

    (snip)

    The number of organized hate groups in the U.S. has risen 33 percent since 2000 and the potential for another domestic terrorist attack is on the rise, said Mark Potok, director of Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala., which monitors hate groups.

    "One of the great lessons of the Oklahoma City bombing is that the domestic radical right poses extremely serious threats," Potok said. "It taught us that not all terrorists speak different languages, wear turbans or speak to different Gods."

    (LINK)



    Meantime, we're spending 100's of Billions of dollars in Iraq and ignoring the problems and dangers right here at home.

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    Fitz met with Grand Jury Wednesday; Rove a subject
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    8:22 AM

    Sidney Blumenthal: Walking the White House plank

    {Snip}

    Last week, on April 12, Libby counter-filed to demand extensive documents in the possession of the prosecutor. His filing, written by his lawyers, reveals that he intends to put Karl Rove on the stand as a witness to question him about his leaking of Plame's name to reporters and presumably his role in the "concerted action" against Wilson. In his request for documents from Rove's files, Libby dropped mention of Rove's current legal status.

    For months, Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, has assured the press that his client, who was believed to be vulnerable to indictment for perjury, is in the clear. But Libby insisted that he was entitled to "disclosure of such documents" in Rove's files "even if Mr. Rove remains a subject of a continuing grand jury investigation".

    Karl Rove is a subject of Fitzgerald's investigation - this is the headline buried in Libby's filing.

    In white-collar criminal investigations, individuals who fall under the gaze of a prosecutor fit into one of three categories: witness, subject or target. Rove's attorney has suggested that Rove is simply a witness. But that is untrue. He is a subject. A subject is someone the prosecutor believes may have committed a crime and is under investigation. If the prosecutor decides he has accumulated sufficient evidence to prove guilt, he will change the designation of that person from subject to target and then indict him or her.

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    DON'T IMPEACH BUSH. COMMIT HIM. (we've been saying this for years)
    posted by Wally
    8:00 AM

    Despite the man's wacky religiosity, I have been giving Bush the benefit of a small amount of remaining doubt after five years of the most disastrous rule this nation has ever suffered. I believed that he was breathtakingly bigoted, stupid and ignorant. But I didn't think he was out of his mind. Until now.

    (snip)

    One only has to consider the risk of nuclear conflagration between India and Pakistan to see why the fewer countries have nukes, the better. Not every country can be trusted with such terrifying weapons. So how does the trustworthy United States plan to make its stand against nuclear proliferation?

    By nuking Iran.

    (Read more here)

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    Wednesday, April 19, 2006
    Dookie is drunk!
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    4:06 PM

    Thank you everyone for the e-mails and comments! I'm really getting drunk at my favorite bar!

    Though my BDay is no big deal, I was born on Easter. The family expected an egg but out popped a ham. Me.




    Here's a pic that Clyde just took!




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    Fitz is back and loaded for elephant
    posted by Clyde
    2:09 PM

    Having successfully completed his most extensive investigation and prosecution, ending with the conviction of former Governor Ryan, Patrick Fitzgerald returns to the unresolved case before him. The federal grand jury considering his evidence began meeting again this morning. Karl Rove remains a subject--for now.

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    Does Snotty McFelon need to spend more time with Jeff?
    posted by Clyde
    9:43 AM

    McClellan Leaves White House Press Office

    Appearing with Bush on the South Lawn, McClellan, who has parried especially fiercely with reporters on Iraq and on intelligence issues, told Bush: "I have given it my all sir and I have given you my all sir, and I will continue to do so as we transition to a new press secretary."

    "I thought he handled his assignment with class, integrity," the president said. "It's going to be hard to replace Scott, but nevertheless he made the decision and I accepted it. One of these days, he and I are going to be rocking in chairs in Texas and talking about the good old days."

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    Scottie's Last Day

    The New White House Press Secretary

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    Caption This:
    posted by Wally
    9:41 AM

    Use the "post a comment" link to submit a caption.

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    Dookie is Taking Today Off...
    posted by Wally
    8:01 AM

    ... to Whoop It Up on his birthday.

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    Tuesday, April 18, 2006
    Goodbye Buzzflash. Goodbye.
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    9:33 PM

    Dear Readers:

    We at dubyaD40.com have done our best to provide you with the latest news, headlines, commentary, and humor since day one. Since the day we went online, we've fought to become #1. Obviously, we started out slow and our goal was to take over as the top news/liberal site on the internet. Today, we have become number 1. Why? Because we are free.

    Unlike the "Buzz," we don't ask for donations, we don't clog our headlines with advertisements, and we don't promote causes for our benefit. We're just 3 liberals in the the state of Kansas who wants to make a difference.

    Rest assured, dubyaD40.com will always be here. Always. Even if we don't profit from ads or sales. We do this to accomplish our goal: Get rid of the neocons, republicans, fundies, etc.

    From Buzzflash.com:
    Without Your Support, BuzzFlash Doesn't Exist. It's That Simple. Click Here and Make It Happen. Because our Big Visa Bill is Coming up Again on April 28th. Wednesday is a Good Spring Day to Invest in Democracy.

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    An American tragedy that just keeps on giving
    posted by Clyde
    2:14 PM

    Crews clearing hurricane debris in Louisiana find human remains

    NEW ORLEANS - Cadaver dogs on Monday led crews clearing Hurricane Katrina debris from the city's devastated Ninth Ward to what appeared to be the skeletal remains of two people found under a pile of rubble, authorities said.

    Dr. Louis Cataldie, the state medical examiner, said it appeared that the remains belonged to two victims.

    "We know that the bones belonged to adults, but aren't sure if they're male or female," he said.

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    New bumper sticker!
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    1:58 PM

    Just to piss off the remaining 36%.

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    The Coming Oil Crisis: "Oil at over $100 a barrel & gas at $5 to $12/Gal"
    posted by Dookie The Webmaster
    9:53 AM

    The Coming Oil Crisis
    by Robert Kiyosaki

    If energy costs continue to rise and our economy stops growing and starts shrinking, many stocks will crash, older Americans will not be able to retire, inflation may skyrocket, businesses will close or cut back, and jobs will be lost. Not only will we be facing global warming, we'll be facing civilized chaos.

    {Snip}

    "Humanity will soon have to choose between utopia or oblivion.... Do we work only for ourselves or for our planet?"

    {Snip}

    For people who live in the suburbs and must commute long distances to work, their wealth will sink as energy prices rise. The same is true for the airlines, food, and car companies, plus destinations such as Hawaii, which depend on cheap energy to grow.

    {Snip}

    For people who invest in oil companies or own oil production, their finances will reflect this equation. This is why Exxon-Mobil (XOM) has recently replaced Wal-Mart (WMT) as the most profitable company in America.


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