I’m hoping to dig out some information on why BOTH Arkansas Senators are lining up as sponsors of this bill. AmericaBlog says it’s a smokescreen.
GOP/Dem coalition of Senators to offer legislation to keep US troops in Iraq indefinitely
A bipartisan group of Senators has prepared legislation that they want to offer in the next few weeks that would keep US troops in Iraq indefinitely. What’s worse, they’re claiming that the legislation implements the recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Studgy Group, when in fact, the legislation codifies George Bush’s current failed policies in Iraq. The misnamed "Iraq Study Group (ISG) Recommendations Implementation Act of 2007," is being offered by [...]
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There is suddenly lots of it. About Dick Cheney.
Poll: 54 percent favor Cheney impeachment.
According to a recent poll taken by the American Research Group, “54% of American adults want the US House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney, including 76% of Democrats, 17% of Republicans, and 51% of Independents. The same poll found 46% of voters in favor of the same thing for [...]
Also via Think Progress: Cheney lies caught on tape.
Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films has launched a new video laying out the evidence for the articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney. Watch it: [...]
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This is one of the most blatant examples I’ve ever seen of how our Freedom of Information laws are being abused. Read on. Then, if you feel so inclined, try to convince me there’s nothing wrong with this picture..
Secrecy Shrouds Accident at Nuclear Plant
The New York Times reports that Nuclear Fuel Services of Erwin, Tennessee, "a factory that makes uranium fuel for nuclear reactors had a spill so bad that it kept the plant closed for seven months last year and became one of only three incidents in all of 2006 serious enough for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to include in an annual report to Congress. After an investigation, the commission changed the terms of the factory’s license and said that the public had 20 days to request a hearing on the changes. But [...]
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When the employees rise up, together, against their boss – well, let’s just say something’s amiss…
Another Bushie Mismanager?
Well, NOAA’s hurricane center is in an uproar about yet another Bush appointee. "Hurricane Center Staff Seeks New Boss 23 Staffers at the National Hurricane Center Sign Petition Urging Gov’t to Replace Their Boss By JOHN PAIN The Associated Press MIAMI Nearly half of the National Hurricane Center’s employees urged the federal government to replace their boss Thursday, saying they need [...]
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Assuming this is a "real" memo, I’m passing it along for your discussion…
Blue Cross VP Responds to “Sicko” In Secret Memo
I got this from the Michael Moore mailing list. Read what the VP of Corporate Communicatio ns for Capital Blue Cross has to say about the Sicko movie in a confidential memo. Notice how he doesn’t actually address how Moore is really wrong, or come up with compelling reasons why the “For-Profit” [...]
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