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Archive for April 29th, 2008

McCain And His Double Talk Express…

By- Suzie-Q @ 8:00 PM MST

Double Talk Express: The Parsley/Hagee Problem & Exploiting Campaign Finance Loopholes
By: SilentPatriot on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 4:15 PM – PDT
“He’s such a maverick he not only doesn’t play by other people’s rules, he doesn’t even play by his own rules.”
Despite his horrendous showing at the ABC debate, I’m [...]

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Holy Crap! GOP Party is in Real Trouble!

GEF @ 6:38 PM MST

Ron Paul supporters force Nevada GOP to shut down convention

By: C&L

Who says Ron Paul is out of the race?
AP via TPM: (h/t Scarce)

Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down their state convention and now must resume the event to complete a list of 31 [...]

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Conyers: Showdown! Be There On Friday Or Get Subpoenas!

By- Suzie-Q @ 6:00 PM MST

Administration Officials to Conyers: Catch Us if You Can
By Paul Kiel – April 29, 2008, 11:17AM

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) knew he was going to get a fight. And he’s getting one.
Earlier this month, he scheduled a hearing for next week on the administration’s authorization of torture, [...]

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GEF @ 4:08 PM MST

MAINSTREAM MEDIA WILL BE COMPLICIT IN NEXT TERRORIST ATTACKS
By: Devvy
April 28, 2008

On April 24, 2008, The Arizona-Republic, published a hit [...]

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No Sense Of Decency?

by Bob Cesca @ 3:29 PM (EST)

Have You Left No Sense Of Decency?
If the corporate media had been as diligent about watchdogging President Bush as they have been about watchdogging Reverend Wright, it’s very likely we wouldn’t have invaded Iraq.
If the corporate media had spent as much time exposing the obvious flaws and grotesque [...]

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Poll: Most Americans Plan To Pay Bills With Rebate Check

By- Suzie-Q @ 10:00 AM MST

Poll: Bill-Paying Tops Rebate Check Plans
Most Americans Expect To Receive Rebate, Half Plan To Use Money To Pay Bills

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2008
(CBS/AP)
The government started depositing thousands of rebate checks in taxpayers’ bank accounts on Monday, earlier than originally scheduled, with the Bush administration hoping the payments will give a [...]

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Ask your presidential candidates about Star Wars

by Geezer Power…8:56 am

The Use of Directed-Energy Weapons to Protect Critical Infrastructure
by Jack Spencer and James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
August 2, 2004
America’s critical infrastructure–e.g., power plants, transportation hubs, and telecommunications facilities–is becoming increasingly vulnerable to precision missile attacks. Guided missile technology and the missiles themselves have been available for years, but the emergence of global terror [...]

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By- Suzie-Q @ 7:00 AM MST

Get Fitzgerald! (Round Two)
By Paul Kiel – April 28, 2008, 3:47PM

Last week, prosecutors in the trial of Tony Rezko revealed that a government witness would testify that Rezko had said he was plotting to get U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald canned. His buddy and Republican bigwig Robert Kjellander was [...]

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Cheney lawyer claims Congress has no authority over vice-president

Sudhan @11:30 CET

Elana Schor | The Guardian, April 29, 2008

The lawyer for US vice-president Dick Cheney claimed today that the Congress lacks any authority to examine his behaviour on the job.
The exception claimed by Cheney’s counsel came in response to requests from congressional Democrats that David Addington, the vice-president’s chief of staff, testify about his [...]

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