tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40787892012-01-26T05:24:14.038-08:00karmalised...if you are going to find out the facts of a thing, what's the sense in guessing out what ain't the facts and wasting ammunition? I didn't lose no sleep.
- Tom Sawyer, DetectiveDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1087572471525814032004-06-18T08:27:00.000-07:002008-10-29T19:56:18.673-07:00karmalised has movedThe new URL is: karmalised.com.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1057323882011525822003-07-04T06:04:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:58:24.213-07:00Moving On
Well the new site is set-up as best as a non-techie could hope for so I'm 'officially' an ex-Blogspotter....
MT is terrific. So much faster than Blogger and the system has several nice features I am really going to enjoy learning about.
If you link to me and would like to change the addy here's the new one..
www.karmalised.com
PeaceDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1057209547747559842003-07-02T22:19:00.000-07:002003-07-02T22:19:07.746-07:00The Great Blogspot Revolt
Last weekend I followed a link from ReachMHigh to Dean's World and eagerly accepted Dean's offer to set people up with MT on Verve. After signing on with the service Dean did the rest and I now have a new home.
Thing is it isn't ready for visitors. As soon as I can figure out how to add the essentials I'll post a link.
It could take a while. I've already had to Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1057078142565603792003-07-01T09:49:00.000-07:002004-06-15T03:23:30.766-07:00Strange Timing, Ralph
On May 27 the WP ran an article suggesting the Green Party might consider backing a Democrat.
Kucinich seemed to have the most support.
Then came an announcement that Nader and Kucinich would be appearing at a Democracy Rising event at John Hopkins University on June 26...
Can't seem to find the speeches or any mention of the event in cyberspace.
Did find a couple of Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056897904847887612003-06-29T07:45:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:38:44.873-07:00Democrats plan separate review of Iraq spy data
Partisan bickering over intelligence that President Bush used to justify the war on Iraq escalated yesterday as minority Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee announced they would conduct their own investigation.
The panel's senior Democrat, Carl Levin of Michigan, said the Democrats had decided to undertake their own review because theDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056897507372729682003-06-29T07:38:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:56:46.353-07:00Row Between BBC And British Govt. Going Strong
The unprecedented row between the Government and the BBC took a dramatic twist last night when Andrew Gilligan, the reporter at the centre of claims that Number 10 deliberately 'sexed up' evidence against Saddam Hussein, announced he was ready to sue a serving Minister.
Gilligan, the defence correspondent for Radio 4's Today programme, said that Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056895897761224042003-06-29T07:11:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:56:15.753-07:00U.S. Begins Bid to Crush Iraq Insurgents
The operation, dubbed "Desert Sidewinder," is taking place in a huge swath of central Iraq (news - web sites) stretching from the Iranian border to the areas north of Baghdad, and is expected to last for several days, military officials said.
Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056894551601892172003-06-29T06:49:00.000-07:002003-06-29T07:02:36.123-07:00Election Activism for 2004
Cowboy Kahlil linked to this call for action from Dennis Kucinich.
If you think the 2004 vote should be monitored go read.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056892513081682302003-06-29T06:15:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:42:02.353-07:00Is Any Of This Stuff Made In The U.S.A.?
Israel cuts off ties with BBC
Israel declared over the weekend that it is cutting off ties with the BBC to protest a repeat broadcast on non-conventional weapons said to be in Israel.
The program was broadcast for the first time in March in Britain, and was rerun Saturday on a BBC channel that is aired all over the world.
Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056891049941361382003-06-29T05:50:00.000-07:002003-06-29T05:57:21.000-07:00The MoveOn Vote
My problems with the MoveOn vote are they went almost immediately from asking members to vote for a top three tier to the actual 'vote'. And Zack Exley should have recused himself from the entire process.
Why was there no debate period between asking members to vote for a top three tier and the actual voting? The letters were fine but no substitute for debate on the issuesDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056814410143558262003-06-28T08:33:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:42:59.830-07:00Who Will Lose Overtime Pay?
The deadline for submitting comments to the Department of Labor opposing President Bush's overtime cuts is just days away. All public comments must be submitted to the Labor Department before the end of the day this coming Monday, June 30. Act now before it is too late. You, your friends or members of your family could be among the more than 8 million workers who Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056810104633168022003-06-28T07:21:00.000-07:002003-06-28T07:27:12.216-07:00Report al-Qaeda No. 2, And bin Laden Son In Custody In Iran
You might think FOX News [origin of the linked article] is slow on the draw since Iran freely admitted some time ago it's holding al-Qaeda operatives.
But if you read this post over at Body and Soul you might come to a different conclusion.
They have a history of retreading old information. Could it be to provide that 'slant' Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056806953366055312003-06-28T06:29:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:44:19.060-07:00Bush Wants Regime-Change In 3 African Nations
Eleven days before an African tour, Bush addressed the war-ravaged states of Liberia and Congo and warned democracy was under assault in Zimbabwe, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
...
Bush stopped short of demanding the resignation of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
Yet just three days ago;
US offers payment for overthrow of Mugabe
The United Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056805726751228312003-06-28T06:08:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:45:06.336-07:00Company fined $6,000 for answering customer's question "Is any of this stuff made in Israel?"
A Missouri company has been fined $6,000 for answering a customer's question and not reporting to the federal government that the question was asked. The question that's punished by law is: Are any of these products made in Israel, or made of Israeli materials?
The Kansas City Star reports:
Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056803534099462142003-06-28T05:32:00.000-07:002003-07-02T17:58:56.480-07:00Jeanne d'Arc at Body and Soul has an illuminating post about the Congo.
Go read.
I've also learned from Jeanne that Dennis Kucinich now has a blog. It's been added to my links.
Disappointing to read that Jeanne is leaning towards Dean though she hasn't decided yet. Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056729426202515262003-06-27T08:57:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:46:07.000-07:00Perfect Timing!
Bush wants to give Musharraf $4.5 billion and voile! Pakistan arrests an al-Qaeda operative who just happens to have a tape of OSB warning of attacks on the United States.
Scared? Shame on you.
Al-Qaida suspect arrested with video
Pakistani authorities arrested a suspected al-Qaida operative and seized a video cassette purportedly of Osama bin Laden warning of attacks Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056728702225944882003-06-27T08:45:00.000-07:002003-06-27T08:45:02.203-07:00Tired of Telemarketers?
Federal officials said consumers are now able to place their home and mobile telephone numbers on a free, national "do not call list" of households that do not want to receive telephone sales calls, by logging on to (http://donotcall.gov) or calling 1-888-382-1222.
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If you'd like to know why I think telephone companies escaped this restriction read this Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056728016459204022003-06-27T08:33:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:46:58.023-07:00When I posted about this 'find' the other day I thought the Bushies were really pushing it. I even wondered if finally the stupidest sheeple would get off their duffs and say 'enough is enough'.
But nah. The Bushies must thank de loid every second of the day for the sheer ignorance and willingness to submit of their followers. I can't think of any nation on earth that possesses subjects as Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056725060954374282003-06-27T07:44:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:47:41.066-07:00Does Bush Believe God Talks To Him?
Linked from Democrats.com
Abbas said that at Aqaba, Bush promised to speak with Sharon about the siege on Arafat. He said nobody can speak to or pressure Sharon except the Americans.
According to Abbas, immediately thereafter Bush said: "God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056723495864750972003-06-27T07:18:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:48:26.613-07:00If the news of Oregon's success hasn't sent Ashcroft into cardiac arrest this certainly should.
Vive le Canada!
Canada plans injection site for addicts
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canada will open North America's first legal safe-injection site for drug addicts later this year, a decision that drew swift criticism from White House drug czar John Walters.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056722560594155642003-06-27T07:02:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:49:13.883-07:00Justice, Israeli style.
Don't let this be the end of it. Write your members of congress. Write George. Ask the almighty why he protects the rights of Iranian dissidents to protest but not American citizens.
Rachel Corrie deserves much more than this.
Israelis exonerated in activist's death
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military prosecutor has exonerated Israeli soldiers in the death of an Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056719873217812222003-06-27T06:17:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:50:32.886-07:00French to get harsher cigarette warnings
Larger labels with the simple message: "SMOKING KILLS."
Ha ha. Have you ever smoked a French cigarette? I've only tried one brand. Gauloises. For some reason the United States has forbidden access to their site.
I entered the site as a Greek and to my surprise it doesn't appear Gauloises come in non-filtered form these days, the brand I smoked.
Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056719088499287282003-06-27T06:04:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:51:00.093-07:00Wolfowitz To Choose Tribunal Commission
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Thursday delegated to his top deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, the final word on which terrorism suspects are to be tried by a military tribunal.
Wolfowitz also was given the authority to decide who will serve on the tribunals, which the Pentagon calls commissions.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056717320447227282003-06-27T05:35:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:53:34.806-07:00Justice American Style--A Continuing Series
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia and the United States signed a bilateral accord Friday preventing the others' citizens from being extradited to the International Criminal Court.
No wonder the United States enthusiastically supported a U.N.-backed tribunal to try former Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide, an effort criticised by political and human Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056716460234717202003-06-27T05:21:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:52:16.330-07:00The Israeli response to a concession is what it always is. Raid houses or assassinate someone in hope of stirring the violence.
[Link]
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli soldiers hunting a top Hamas bombmaker raided two homes Friday, killing three gunmen and a bystander in a firefight. The Hamas response was muted, suggesting that a deal between armed groups on suspending attacks against Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056715786011472572003-06-27T05:09:00.000-07:002003-06-27T05:09:45.990-07:00Japan wants to press on with an international nuclear power project in North Korea.
The U.S. is against it.
Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056714708037351092003-06-27T04:51:00.000-07:002004-06-15T02:54:23.796-07:00Marwan Barghouti is being credited for securing a truce among Palestinian militants. According to the agreement that has yet to be announced, there would be no attacks on Israelis for three months.
Who is Barghouti? If you ask the Israelis he's a terrorist who deserves imprisonment.
As leader of the Fatah Party's Tanzim militia, Barghouti, 42, has become a symbol -- and coordinating force --Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056597734235888342003-06-25T20:22:00.000-07:002003-06-25T20:25:19.126-07:00Iraqi scientist 'unearths' N parts
They're over twelve years old.
He kept them buried in his garden.
Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056596822107461522003-06-25T20:07:00.000-07:002003-06-25T20:07:02.120-07:00Rep. Issa was charged in San Jose auto theft
One of the things I fear in life is being so brainwashed I can't recognise garbage like Issa for what it is.
Sheeple know thy name. Baaaaa.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056594863383644972003-06-25T19:34:00.000-07:002003-06-25T20:51:56.410-07:00Tearing apart terrorists' web could take years: Bush
Bush says al-Qaeda's leadership has been dismantled but it could "take a day or it could take a month; it could take years" to "finish the job of crushing militant networks".
Dismiss the ignorance of such a statement as typical of Bush's inability to grasp even minimally the gravitas of matters on which he speaks. Consider how ludicrous it Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056592920988535282003-06-25T19:02:00.000-07:002003-06-25T19:02:00.860-07:00Europe faces pressure to toe US line on Hamas
Continuing to suggest there's something resembling an honest effort to find a peaceful solution to this madness is so offensive.
A workmate tells me he thinks we should 'colonise' Iraq. I asked him why he was under the impression we haven't.
He just smiled the way someone does when they've just peeped at a dirty picture.
I resent the ones who, Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056592109144058702003-06-25T18:48:00.000-07:002003-06-25T18:50:37.993-07:00Welfare and Social Security for Iraqis!
Welfare for 400,000 Iraqi troops while disabled veterans in this country have their funding cut by the Republicans in the House..
We all know how long that welfare is bound to last..
Now Bremer is saying oil funds may be put into a 'trust fund' like Social Security?
Man are they gonna get screwed.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056493236555194852003-06-24T15:20:00.000-07:002003-06-24T15:27:44.380-07:00Blogger Issues
I have a new 'editor' today that apparently has bugs in it.
The 'goldenrod' colored text in the previous post is meant to be italicised.
And white.
Update: I deleted the HTML tags. My own words in that post are now 'bold' and the rest are excerpts from the linked articles.
This must be one of the longest 'retoolings' in history.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056492618255497522003-06-24T15:10:00.000-07:002003-06-24T15:37:16.493-07:00US 'admits' it is facing political sabotage in Iraq
"Whether or not it is connected to the power outage today, I don't know. But it is a broader issue that we're contending with," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Coalition efforts to get the country back up and running after the crippling effect of 13 years of international sanctions and an intense bombing campaign, have been hit byDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-1056487956751821442003-06-24T13:52:00.000-07:002003-06-24T13:52:36.726-07:00Rummy Plays The Clinton Card
I caught the last twenty minutes of a Pentagon press briefing today on C-Span 2.
Not a habit for me. It's frustrating to view 'distinguished' members of the press allowing good questions to go unanswered and going limp as packaged answers go unchallenged.
Rummy was his usual arrogant self and Richard Myers a willing leaning post. He propped-up every Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004418182003-06-20T07:59:00.000-07:002003-06-20T08:53:27.000-07:00Netanyahu says Iraq-Israel oil line not pipe-dream
Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expects an oil pipeline from Iraq to Israel to be reopened in the near future after being closed when Israel became a state in 1948.
"It won't be long when you will see Iraqi oil flowing to Haifa," the port city in Northern Israel, Netanyahu told a group of British investors,
declining to give a Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004417342003-06-20T07:32:00.000-07:002003-06-20T07:37:08.000-07:00Japan Says No Proof of N.Korea Nuclear Warheads
Japan's government said on Friday it had no firm evidence to confirm a newspaper report that North Korea has several nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles capable of hitting Japan.
Quoting unspecified Japanese and U.S. sources, Friday's Sankei Shimbun newspaper said Washington had informed Tokyo in about March that North Korea possessed several Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004413462003-06-20T05:04:00.000-07:002003-06-20T05:04:31.413-07:00Santorum Has Pennsylvania's "Mainstream Republicans' Seeing Red
The GOP group is upset that Santorum is backing 'moderate' Sen. Arlen Specter in his re-election bid and not the conservative candidate Rep. Pat Toomey.
They're calling Santorum a 'sellout' and warn he will 'lose more than he gains' by endorsing Specter. Their feelings are hurt that he would turn his back on them after they went Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004412312003-06-20T03:52:00.000-07:002003-06-20T03:52:49.023-07:00DeLay put on Texas 'worst lawmakers list'
Under the heading "Pest," DeLay is criticized for pushing the Texas Legislature to take up a congressional redistricting bill late in the 140 day, biennial session. The bill prompted state Democratic representatives to head to Ardmore, Okla. for nearly a week and an ensuing manhunt that involved a federal anti-terrorism agency.
"He's a member of the Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004412102003-06-20T03:39:00.000-07:002003-06-20T03:39:22.416-07:00Galloway papers deemed forgeries
An extensive Monitor investigation has subsequently determined that the six papers detailed in the April 25 piece are, in fact, almost certainly forgeries.
The Arabic text of the papers is inconsistent with known examples of Baghdad bureaucratic writing, and is replete with problematic language, says a leading US-based expert on Iraqi government documents. Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004402812003-06-19T16:25:00.000-07:002003-06-19T16:28:46.000-07:002003 IS THE YEAR OF THE BLUES
So what better time to become a member of The Blues Foundation? For as little as $25 annually, you can help support the Foundation in its efforts to preserve and promote the Blues, through programs like the upcoming 20th Annual International Blues Challenge new talent competition, The Keeping the Blues Alive Awards, The Blues Hall of Fame, The Lifetime Achievement Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004402352003-06-19T16:03:00.000-07:002003-06-19T16:16:28.000-07:00Orrin Hatch: Software Pirate?
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) suggested Tuesday that people who download copyright materials from the Internet should have their computers automatically destroyed.
But Hatch himself is using unlicensed software on his official website, which presumably would qualify his computer to be smoked by the system he proposes.
The senator's site makes extensive use of a Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004394102003-06-19T11:11:00.000-07:002003-06-19T11:11:04.493-07:00Senate panel votes to change FCC decision
The Senate Commerce Committee voted Thursday to overturn parts of a Federal Communications Commission decision freeing media companies from decades-old ownership limits and allowing them to buy more outlets and merge in new ways.
The proposal, which faces an uncertain future in the full Senate and a tough road in the House, would roll back changes that Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004382842003-06-19T05:44:00.000-07:002003-06-19T11:31:37.000-07:00Exporting A Legacy Of Hate?
From my e-mail;
Dear Friends,
Two African Americans are currently serving with the Christian Peacemaker Team in Hebron. Below are two of their recent reflections.
Sincerely,
Sandra
Rev. Sandra Olewine
United Methodist Liaison - Jerusalem
email: solewine@annadwa.org
HEBRON: GREETING CARD
By Chris Brown
I've had some funny cards and letters sent to me over the Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004382622003-06-19T05:32:00.000-07:002003-06-19T05:32:53.230-07:00IDF assasinations could be considered war crimes
The assassinations carried out by the Israel Defense Forces in the territories could be considered war crimes, according to the chairman of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Prof. Antonio Cassese.
Cassese's opinion will be submitted today to the High Court of Justice as part of a hearing for a petition Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004381442003-06-19T04:31:00.000-07:002003-06-19T04:32:26.000-07:00CIA Won't Take A Fall
Lots of commentary on why the CIA can't be blamed for Bush's use of faulty intelligence in his SOTU. William Rivers Pitt is correct and so is everyone else constructing these timelines as it pertains to this specific incidence.
What's missing in these analyses is George Tenet's defense of this same CIA intelligence that continues to this day.
Rank and file dissent and Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004380652003-06-19T03:30:00.000-07:002003-06-19T03:30:53.903-07:00Kerry Says Bush Misled America
Ouch. Call Kerry what you will I don't consider him a man who would make such statements without being able to support them.
Bush should be worried. If he isn't, then the rest of us should be worried about that.
"He misled every one of us," Senator John Kerry said, claiming this was one reason he was running for the presidency.
"I will not let him off the Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004380322003-06-19T02:52:00.000-07:002003-06-19T02:52:09.990-07:00Iranian group protest with fire
At least 5 protestors set themselves on fire and officials of the group have stated their members will continue to do so.
This is the same outfit that although is listed as a terrorist organisation here in the United States was initially allowed to keep and bear arms in post-attack Iraq. Since then it's been reported they've been disarmed. According to this Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004365422003-06-18T12:34:00.000-07:002003-06-18T14:01:02.000-07:00Iran's 'future president' arrested in Paris
I saw a report about this on Newsworld International last evening. What this article doesn't mention is the 1.something million in US currency seized during the raid.
It also doesn't mention an Iranian man setting himself on fire in protest of this crackdown.
Update: Here's a link to a current article that includes information about the Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004363932003-06-18T11:58:00.000-07:002003-06-18T11:58:05.510-07:00Short: "I was briefed on Blair's secret war pact"
Senior figures in the intelligence community and across Whitehall briefed the former international development secretary Clare Short that Tony Blair had made a secret agreement last summer with George Bush to invade Iraq in February or March, she claimed yesterday.
In damning evidence to the foreign affairs select committee, Ms Short refused toDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004362622003-06-18T11:16:00.000-07:002003-06-18T11:35:53.000-07:00Follow the Money
So the CIA will now lead the search for WMD in Iraq. Not surprising.
When I watched George deliver this line last night on television;
He drew applause when he declared that "Saddam Hussein was a threat to America and the free world in '91, in '98, in 2003".
I shook my head and laughed. It's always been a mystery to me how rabid conservatives reconciled themselves with Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004308122003-06-16T19:37:00.000-07:002003-06-16T19:37:06.723-07:00Howard Refuses To Answer Whether He Misled Australian Public
Asked about the apparent discrepancies in the rhetoric before the war and what has been discovered since, Mr Howard revealed analysis from the Office of National Assessments (ONA).
"United States and United Kingdom intelligence agencies have concluded that at least one of the three vehicle trailers found in Iraq is a mobile Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004273302003-06-15T15:57:00.000-07:002003-06-15T17:36:36.000-07:00Happy Father's Day
Mikey 'fatboy' Delgado on children and the lessons we can learn from their innocence. Links are still bloggered and though all of the posts there are worth a read this particular one is under June 14th.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004272732003-06-15T15:09:00.000-07:002003-06-15T16:17:02.000-07:006 in 10 Americans Say WMD Are Important
Does this make sense?
According to a new CBS News Poll, six in 10 Americans say it is important for the United States to find the illegal weapons. Two-thirds of those polled said they think the administration exaggerated the weapons threat. That sentiment appeared not to have harmed Bush politically, with his job approval still at 66 percent.
The poll ofDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004272362003-06-15T14:43:00.000-07:002003-06-15T14:43:07.033-07:00Iraqi Shepherd Sues Rumsfeld, Franks
An Iraqi shepherd is seeking 200 million dollars in damages from the US military for the deaths of 17 members of his family as well as 200 sheep in a missile strike, in the first such suit filed through the courts of the US-led occupation administration.
The first hearing will take place on July 20 at the tribunal of Ramadi, 100 kilometers (60 miles) west ofDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004270902003-06-15T12:40:00.000-07:002003-06-15T12:53:07.000-07:00More on Assasinations
Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004270822003-06-15T12:30:00.000-07:002003-06-15T16:17:49.000-07:00Happy Father's Day from Meria Heller
On this Fathers Day, may I wish all of you out there a Happy Father's Day. My own father left this planet a dozen years ago, but lives within me constantly. He always said "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree". I like to believe that in many ways I am walking his words and making him proud.
Today I read the news and see the murders we' ve committed inDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004270602003-06-15T12:14:00.000-07:002003-06-15T17:52:27.000-07:00Pressure Builds for Bush to Declare Strategy on Iran
According to the American Enterprise Institute's Michael Ledeen the Bush administration has been dragging feet for two years finalising its Iran 'strategy'.
Ledeen has founded the Coalition for Democracy in Iran, which is looking for ways to foment a democratic revolution to sweep away the mullahs who came to power in 1979.
And on a day Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004270182003-06-15T11:49:00.000-07:002003-06-15T11:50:49.000-07:00Code Pink Action Alerts
1. Where are the Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Or were they just weapons of mass deception. Do what you can to keep these questions in the public debate. Be visible with them in your vigils, contact Congress to investigate, stay informed and keep those in your life informed.
We have images from the vigil, who to contact in Congress, talking points and other Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004269912003-06-15T11:22:00.000-07:002003-06-15T11:28:23.000-07:00S.E. Asia's 'mini-Al Qaeda' nests in Thailand
Until recently Thailand has denied that Al Qaeda or the closely- affiliated Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) are active inside the country. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra dismissed reports late last year that JI leaders held meetings in Thailand as "fabrications" invented by "crazy people."
But now his country is moving against a hitherto little-known cell Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004269642003-06-15T11:07:00.000-07:002003-06-15T11:37:11.000-07:00Israel enjoys 'bipartisan' support
34 Democrats support extrajudicial killings carried out by Israel and admonished Bush for his earlier criticism of them. Seems more like political grandstanding. Who ever thought this 'road map' would be pursued vigorously let alone fairly by the WH? And on cue the WH has come out in support of Israel's 'targeting of terrorists'. As well Bush has Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004136602003-06-11T12:46:00.000-07:002003-06-14T23:48:15.000-07:00It's not a police state?
Josh Marshall on Homeland Security and how much they knew when they tracked the Killer D's.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004134882003-06-11T12:11:00.000-07:002003-06-11T12:54:23.000-07:00Ahh-Nuld
Schwarzenegger can't recall Gray Davis' name and he's asking the good people of California to help him.
Taegan Goddard has an update.
How does she stand him?
He pledged to stay married to Shriver in sickness and in health, Schwarzenegger said, adding, "And being a Democrat is a sickness."Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004132922003-06-11T11:33:00.000-07:002003-06-11T11:39:46.000-07:00FDA Advisors Back Growth Hormone
The panel met Nicole Costa who at age 6 was started on a 7-year daily hormone injection therapy. Doctors predicted she would be a short person and because at age 17 she is 5'2" they consider her story a success.
Again. How do they know she wouldn't have reached this height naturally?
Certainly children can be cruel. But they can be that way if you're too Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004131332003-06-11T10:56:00.000-07:002003-06-11T11:16:53.000-07:00Boot Bush!
You know you want to. And it takes money. Why donate to the DNC? Kos can explain it much better than I can and by all means donate there since he's made the best pitch. But if you're feeling generous feel free to give here as well.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004094022003-06-10T14:49:00.000-07:002003-06-10T14:49:41.940-07:00KUCINICH ON HOUSE FLOOR: CREDIBILITY GAP IS GROWING
Congressman Dennis Kucinich, leader of Congressional opposition to the Iraq war, took to the House floor today to continue pressing for the truth about the Administration's drive to war:
"The credibility gap is growing. First the Administration said the US had to sweep aside the UN inspections and the UN Security Council because Iraq had Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004087282003-06-10T12:11:00.000-07:002003-06-10T12:12:21.000-07:00Tom DeLay the Elocutionist
House Republican leaders unhappy with the Senate's endorsement of a bigger child tax credit for low-income families now find themselves under White House pressure to pass the bill quickly.
"Ain't going to happen," House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said Tuesday.
DeLay said the House will not pass the Senate's bill. Instead, it will use the child tax credit as Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004086412003-06-10T11:51:00.000-07:002003-06-10T12:22:29.000-07:00Co. seeks to use growth hormones in kids
A drug company sought government permission Tuesday for a controversial practice: injecting growth hormone into very short but otherwise healthy children, in hopes of increasing their adult height by roughly 2 inches.
It's a highly charged issue: Is it appropriate to give years of drug injections to children not diagnosed with an actual height-harming Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004083552003-06-10T10:54:00.000-07:002003-06-10T10:54:15.960-07:00Huge Rise in Swollen Prostates
Mikey 'fatboy' Delgado has a report on this alarming trend. Don't miss it. Links are bloggered, it's the June 9th entry.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004082152003-06-10T10:25:00.000-07:002003-06-10T15:27:24.000-07:00Long Live the King?
Shouting "Long live the king," about 1,500 Iraqi tribal sheiks and monarchists welcomed Sharif Ali bin Hussein, a cousin of Iraq's last king who returned here Tuesday after spending 45 years in exile.
The London investment banker, who left Iraq in 1958 — the year he was born — flew in by chartered jet and then drove to his family mausoleum that still cradles the remains of Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004023402003-06-09T06:15:00.000-07:002003-06-09T06:15:13.716-07:00How long does a 'retooling' take, anyway?
Been trying to update my template with some new links but Blogger isn't allowing it.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004021782003-06-09T05:30:00.000-07:002003-06-09T05:58:43.000-07:00Congo's Warring Factions Leave a Trail of Rape
No one knows how many have been raped during Congo's four-year war. It is clear that especially in this part of the country, South Kivu Province, sexual attacks have become endemic and have gone virtually unpunished, as soldiers from one armed group after another have seized villages, pillaged homes, taken women and girls at the point of a gun or Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004020772003-06-09T05:03:00.000-07:002003-06-09T05:13:27.000-07:00Just In Time for Father's Day
High demand has slowed to a manageable interest and at its peak the 'Iraqi Most Wanted' deck of cards fad didn't surpass ad man Gary Dahl's 1976 record of pet rock sales [1.5 million]. But what I find interesting about this story besides the role the internet played in the marketers' success is this;
"This fad was related to a war that was going to be so short Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004019942003-06-09T04:20:00.000-07:002003-06-09T04:20:54.070-07:00Iraqis protest over oil jobs for Asians
Around 500 Iraqis demonstrated Monday in the southern capital of Basra against the employment of Asian oil workers by the US company Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR), an AFP correspondent reported.
"No to foreign workers at the expense of our workers," read one banner outside the headquarters of British coalition forces in the city.
"It's our country and Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004019302003-06-09T03:57:00.000-07:002003-06-09T03:57:49.180-07:00Good News Is The Only News
The State Department, in the American 'Bush-era' tradition of reporting only news that casts George and Co. in a good light, is pleased to present a few videos of post-attack Iraq. The narrators of these two and three minute shorts are unseen but apparently the intent is glowering.
"FREEDOM IN IRAQ," the department headlined its statement announcing the link to the Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2004018702003-06-09T03:27:00.000-07:002003-06-09T03:27:38.956-07:00
Barcelona Journal
Seven thousand volunteers posed nude for the New York photographer Spencer Tunick on a Barcelona boulevard on Sunday.
Go to ArticleDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003927642003-06-06T01:40:00.000-07:002003-06-06T01:50:21.000-07:00Secure Rooms to Be Built for FBI Spy Case
Plans were revealed Thursday that two secure rooms have been planned to house the documents involved in the spy case of James J. Smith and Katrina Leung. Bids are now being taken.
They are not charged with espionage but extraordinary security is expected for their trial scheduled for Nov. 18.
The two new rooms, one for each defendant, are required Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003927492003-06-06T01:33:00.000-07:002003-06-06T01:34:13.000-07:00Tuwaitha Nuclear Site Searched
The results bring more confusion than they do answers. U.S. defense officials stated more radioactive material was found than pre-attack intelligence noted and they have no idea how much if any material was stolen.
IAEA is slated to help with the investigation and the Pentagon will be 'escorting' them for 'safety' reasons wherever they go. The department has Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003926912003-06-06T01:07:00.000-07:002003-06-07T03:26:45.000-07:00Westar's Papers Outline Donations to GOP
When a utility executive questioned why he was contributing to Republican congressional candidates he had never heard of, the answer came back loud and clear: The donations were requested by GOP leaders who were helping the company win an exemption potentially worth billions of dollars.
Financially strapped Westar Energy was seeking "a seat at the Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003926782003-06-06T00:57:00.000-07:002003-06-06T01:00:25.000-07:00More on Phelps & Co.
This picture is from an April demonstration put-on by Phelps in Texas.
Libby Phelps, left, and her sister Sara Phelps, joined other members of Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka, Kan. Saturday in protest of NT's production of The Laramie Project.
Do you think these children are thinking for themselves?
Here's a quote from that article;
"We are here to send a Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003854042003-06-04T12:18:00.000-07:002003-06-05T10:55:17.000-07:00Phelps & Co. Terrorise Des Moines
This past Saturday Fred Phelps and his marauding band of lunatics descended upon Des Moines to protest the awarding of a scholarship in the name of Matthew Shepard to a senior from Lincoln High School.
Sunday they took their evil placards to five area churches. Among the signs were these vengeful messages and their counterparts...
Motorists passing the Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003852222003-06-04T11:38:00.000-07:002003-06-04T11:55:57.000-07:00'Iran' Sending Congressmen Packages?
The article only discloses what Rep. Steve Pearce received, CDs, and that they appeared harmless.
In recent weeks several Congressmen have received similar packages addressed from Iran but so far it hasn't been determined they are actually coming from there.
Overzealous warmonger? The 'anthrax terrorist' out of supplies? How is it they haven't listened Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003850482003-06-04T11:03:00.000-07:002003-06-04T11:03:23.810-07:00Commission proposes amending Constitution
Governors have the power to appoint Senators should untold events call for it. However our representatives in the House can only be replaced by special election according to the Constitution.
Gingrich and Foley, to name two, sit on a commission that want to change this so that governors can appoint these replacements as well.
I don't have a problemDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003849862003-06-04T10:51:00.000-07:002003-06-05T10:48:49.000-07:00Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil
The latest comments were made by Mr Wolfowitz in an address to delegates at an Asian security summit in Singapore at the weekend, and reported today by German newspapers Der Tagesspiegel and Die Welt.
Asked why a nuclear power such as North Korea was being treated differently from Iraq, where hardly any weapons of mass destruction had been found, the deputy Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003744332003-06-02T10:43:00.000-07:002003-06-02T10:44:04.000-07:00Another Look At Those Iraqi Trailers
Project on Government Secrecy Director Steven Aftergood on why Mr. Bush may have acted hastily when he stated the following;
"For those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong. We found them," Bush said May 30, referring of the trailers.
In its report last week, the CIA said that the mobile plants could Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003729832003-06-02T06:08:00.000-07:002003-06-02T06:08:52.040-07:00100 Poets Against the War
For many of you that's probably an old link to a very good [and free] e-book but I wanted to post a poem from it so you know I really do know there's a difference between mine and the real thing.
Mickey Mouse came, Mickey Mouse saw, Mickey Mouse conquered
Vincent Tinguely
Looking for clean copies in a post apocalypse with skewed scan lines.
Whenever I stand up Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003729082003-06-02T05:48:00.000-07:002003-06-02T06:25:13.000-07:00How do you deny a transcript, Mr. Straw?
The Guardian reports there's a transcript making the rounds of NATO that details the conversation had by Misters Powell and Straw in which they worry about the shoddy intelligence Mr. Powell then presented to the UN Security Council which leaves one to wonder...just when does a crime become a crime nowadays? And I wonder if Mr. Straw is still maintainingDiane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003685892003-05-31T15:44:00.000-07:002003-05-31T15:44:06.660-07:00A Note From Peter Coyote
Friends,
I'm writing to urge each of you to send $25 to the campaign of Dennis Kucinich and to commit to organize three others to do the same thing. Dennis is the most progressive candidate currently running for President. Whether or not you finally vote for him is immaterial. A small donation now will advance his campaign immeasurably, force the media to pay Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003682252003-05-31T12:49:00.000-07:002003-05-31T13:01:24.000-07:00No 10 unlikely to assist inquiry by MPs
PARLIAMENT’S Intelligence and Security Committee is encountering stiff resistance from Downing Street over its planned inquiry into Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and the case for war against that country.
Whitehall insiders say that the committee is highly unlikely to get the ministerial backing that it requires for access to intelligence reports Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003680472003-05-31T11:27:00.000-07:002003-05-31T12:31:41.000-07:00The War Party
A friend just directed me to this BBC page that I've yet to explore but looks very interesting. I admire the way media in the U.K. attempts to investigate the pressing issues of the day.
We have outstanding investigative reporters doing the same here. Unfortunately they don't enjoy the same level of exposure but what can you expect from such a liberal conspiracy, eh?Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003679512003-05-31T10:42:00.000-07:002003-05-31T10:52:51.000-07:00Bush Does Poland
Jeanne D'Arc has the lowdown on Bush's visit to Krakow. I hope that link works. I just finished reading a Yahoo/AP account of it and was disgusted by his invoking Holocaust images and relating them to this 'war on terror'. The depth of his hypocrisy knows no bounds. According to this article death camps are being considered in Guantanamo. Two years ago who would have Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003679062003-05-31T10:19:00.000-07:002003-05-31T10:19:29.673-07:00Getting To The Bottom of the Iraqi Looting
Trish Wilson does just that. Go read.
While you're there don't miss Trish's post about fathers' rights advocates. Compelling stuff.Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003666992003-05-30T21:20:00.000-07:002004-06-15T04:09:27.540-07:00Married (A Marine)In The Haight
Since I can remember I've had this compulsion to write poetry occasionally all the while aware I'm lousy at it. To make matters worse I can't help myself from sharing it.
Memorial Day came and went
leaving little flags for orphans
collecting
hot dog bun wrappers.
Some slick d.c. stone that
reflects light nicely.
Incomplete
until your name is on it.
Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003666882003-05-30T21:13:00.000-07:002003-05-30T21:16:01.000-07:00Whatever Makes Osama Happy
I've been reading this Wolfowitz statement for two days now and it still stuns me.
He also pointed to another important consequence of the war - the strategic reordering of the Middle East.
"There are a lot of things that are different now, and one that has gone by almost unnoticed-but it's huge-is that by complete mutual agreement between the US and the Saudi Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003661892003-05-30T16:42:00.000-07:002003-05-30T16:42:54.666-07:00But This Is Legal?
The Justice Department has begun using its expanded counterterrorism powers to seize millions of dollars from foreign banks that do business in the United States, creating tensions with the State Department and some allies.
Law enforcement officials say the tool has proven invaluable in seizing ill-gotten money that criminals hide overseas and that was once out of the Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003661462003-05-30T16:33:00.000-07:002003-05-30T16:36:55.000-07:00Who Cares About WMD?
We're considering feeding irradiated meat to school children. Will we care that the process is untested and children experiencing stages of rapid growth would be among the most vulnerable to carcinogenic properties?
Apparently it's now okay in the United States of America to shoot a person 5 times then deny them Miranda Rights. According to a former law enforcement Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003484342003-05-27T14:11:00.000-07:002003-05-27T14:53:09.000-07:00Blogging will be light this week...
I'm working a lot and Blogger isn't working well at all. Best I can tell their 'retooling' won't be completed until next week. Hopefully I'm wrong as it's frustrating to try and post and impossible to add links/make changes to the template. The page itself looks terrible and I'm sorry I can't acknowledge the very nice people who've linked to me lately with Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003345742003-05-23T15:48:00.000-07:002003-05-31T08:56:11.000-07:00Motherhood
Josh Marshall posted with some excitement here that Donna Brazile's byline appeared on a WSJ Op-Ed concerning 'the Dems' defense gap'.
I sometimes get the idea the intellectuals who 'matter' are a very cozy group who wile away many an hour laughing their arses off. I don't need them to explain to me when the foundations of pre-emptive strike became inconsequential but I would like Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003345602003-05-23T15:41:00.000-07:002003-05-23T15:41:44.716-07:00These Cats Are Making Me Dizzy
[AP]U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded the al-Qaida terrorist network "was pursuing a sophisticated biological weapons research program," a Pentagon report to Congress says.
The report also says North Korea, Iran, Syria and Libya have chemical and biological weapons programs they are working to enhance with help from companies in other countries such as Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4078789.post-2003297672003-05-22T15:59:00.000-07:002003-05-22T16:11:26.000-07:00Joshua Bolton Named to Replace Daniels
QUOTE — "I think (Bush has) got the heft. What he does not have is the veneer of an intellectual. That's what gives people the impression he lacks the heft."
Funny. I think Mr. Bush is exactly how Mikey describes him. [May 22 entry since the links are bloggered]Diane Warthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760651392641280801noreply@blogger.com0