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October 2004



ADVICE TO BUSH: "START A SMALL WAR"

Friday, 29 October 2004 11:59 P GMT-07
In 1999 author Mickey Herskowitz was hired by the Bush campaign to ghostwrite an autobiography of presidential candidate George W. Bush.  He was given "unimpeded access" to Bush and was privy to the candidate's thoughts and feelings about

EXPLOSIVE SMOKESCREEN

Thursday, 28 October 2004 4:13 P GMT-07
As the story about 380 tons of missing high explosives from the al Qaqaa munitions dump continues to be explored Pres. Bush attempts to cloak it with a smokescreen.  Charging John Kerry with making "wild charges" about Bush's ultimate resp

EXPLOSIVE MISTAKE

Wednesday, 27 October 2004 3:24 P GMT-07
Here's another report on how looters were able to abscond with nearly 380 tons of high explosives from the al Qaqaa complex in Iraq.  These stores of very powerful RDX and HMX explosives had been sealed and were under surveillance by the U.N. weapon

EXPLOSIVE REVELATIONS

Wednesday, 27 October 2004 3:20 P GMT-07
The disappearance of nearly 380 tons of high explosive material from the al Qaqaa site in Iraq is more, and devastating evidence of the incompetence of the Bush administration in planning the unnecessary war of aggression against Iraq.  It was clear

BUSH RELATIVES VOTING FOR KERRY

Tuesday, 26 October 2004 12:23 P GMT-07
Here's another October surprise.  A number of G.W. Bush's relatives tell us why they will vote for John Kerry instead of their cousin Dub-ya.  One of MY cousins sent me this.  You can check out the Bush relative's web site at, http://www.bushrela

LIES FROM BUSH CAMP KEEP COMING

Monday, 25 October 2004 1:02 P GMT-07
The lies from the Bush campaign just keep coming.  They have no shame apparently and will say anything, no matter how untrue, in their desperation about the upcoming election.  Check out The Daily Mis-Lead, www.Misleader.org ,  for other Bush cam

OCTOBER SURPRISE! ABANDONING A SINKING SHIP?

Sunday, 24 October 2004 2:15 P GMT-07
I was astonished to find this editorial from the American Conservative Magazine on the internet today.  This solidly conservative journal has endorsed John Kerry for president!  The real surprise is that the editors go through the whole litany of c

BUSHIES ARE NOT CONSERVATIVES

Sunday, 24 October 2004 8:57 A GMT-07
Here's a column by Robert Scheer that I missed posting when it came out about a month ago.  It was published in the L.A. Times, then posted online by Working Assets/Working For Change, http://www.workingforchange.com , and re-printed in Liberal Opi

"COGNITIVE DISSONANCE" AMONG BUSH VOTERS

Saturday, 23 October 2004 2:29 P GMT-07
One of the most incomprehensible -- and frightening -- facts of the presidential election campaign, is the incredibly large number of Bush supporters who still say they believe that Saddam Hussein had stockpiles of WMD and was actively working with

IGNORANCE IS NOT STRENGTH

Friday, 22 October 2004 5:21 P GMT-07
This op-ed column was written by noted economist and social/political commentator Paul Krugman and published in the New York Times on Oct. 8, 2004.  It was republished in the Oct 18 issue of Liberal Opinion Week , http://www.liberalopinion.com , a

CHENEY REVEALS TALENT FOR HYPOCRISY

Friday, 22 October 2004 12:03 P GMT-07
The following is a segment of The Progress Report, http://www.americanprogressaction.org , of October 21, 2004.  It reports on the interview of Dick Cheney by Fox News' Sean Hannity which revealed the vice president as challenging Sen. Orrin Hatc

CIA 9/11 REPORT SAID TO NAME NAMES

Thursday, 21 October 2004 10:39 A GMT-07
Here is a more detailed look at the 9/11 Report of the C.I.A.'s Inspector General that Bush is trying to keep hidden until after the election.  The reason for that seems obvious:  the report apparently names names and points fingers at "hig

WHY DOES BUSH FEAR THE CIA IG'S REPORT?

Wednesday, 20 October 2004 5:23 P GMT-07
Act for Change posted this to the internet yesterday.  It's vital that this new CIA report be released BEFORE the election on Nov. 2.  Bush is trying to sit on it until after the election.  I wonder why?  Go to http://www.actforchange.com , to TA

BUSH & IRAQ: NO PLAN, JUST A THEORY

Wednesday, 20 October 2004 4:42 P GMT-07
This commentary was written by the staff of Editor and Publisher, http://www.editorandpublisher.com , a journal devoted to covering the newspaper industry.  This report deals with a study done by the Knight Ridder news service that reviews the B

IRAQ WORST BLUNDER SINCE VIETNAM SAYS GROUP

Monday, 18 October 2004 4:49 P GMT-07
A group of some 500 national security specialists has sent an open letter declaring that the Bush administration's invasion and occupation of Iraq has been the "most misguided" policy since the war in Vietnam.  The group, called Security S

KERRY SHOULD BE PROUD OF LIBERAL LABEL

Monday, 18 October 2004 3:05 P GMT-07
Here is the secong piece I received this morning from Maurice.  It's a satirical look at how "Joe Republican" fails to understand how much he owes to the "liberals" he despises so adamantly.  It reminds me of something Sen. &quo

TODAY'S G.O.P. UNRECOGNIZABLE TO EISENHOWER

Monday, 18 October 2004 2:52 P GMT-07
This morning I received two emails from my cousin and friend, Maurice, that I'm going to  post here.  This one is a statement by  John Eisenhower, a lifelong Republican and son of the former Republican president, detailing why he will break with

BUSH REPEATS SAME BROKEN PROMISES

Saturday, 16 October 2004 11:59 P GMT-07
Here is the second segment of The Progress Report, http://www.americanprogressaction.org for October 14, 2004.  This concerns primarily the 3rd presidential debate.  You've got to hand it to Bush.  What do you do when the only record you have to

NUCLEAR LOOTING "NOT OUR PROBLEM"

Saturday, 16 October 2004 1:28 P GMT-07
One of the Bush administration's favorite lies aimed at maintaining a climate of  fear in the country, has been that Saddam Hussein had stockpiles of nuclear weapons materials that he was likely to put into the hands of  terrorists.  There were so

POLLS MAY NOT TELL FULL STORY

Friday, 15 October 2004 4:06 P GMT-07
We're told repeatedly that almost every poll taken indicates that the November 2 elections will be decided by a razor thin margin.  Nearly every poll shows the presidential race to be within the poll's margin of error.  Here's one observer who thin

FAHRENHEIT 9/11 FALLOUT FROM THE WARZONE

Wednesday, 13 October 2004 3:50 P GMT-07
The following is an excerpt from a new book by Michael Moore entitled Will They Ever Trust Us Again?  Letters from the Warzone to Michael Moore, to be published on October 5, 2004. These are the words of some of the bitter and disillusioned soldier

PREVIEWING BUSH LIES TONIGHT

Wednesday, 13 October 2004 2:59 P GMT-07
Columnist Paul Krugman examines some of the lies that Bush is likely to proclaim as facts in tonight's third presidential "debate."  He also details some of Kerry's "loose language" and differentiates between the two. Krugman's c

APPLYING A COAT OF "GREENWASH"

Wednesday, 13 October 2004 2:35 P GMT-07
Here's another example of the perfidy of the Bush administration. To try and mask their terrible record on environmental issues they've pulled a fast one in the Utah red rock country, my favorite section of the U.S. Trying to score points by loudly a

EDWARDS CRISPS RICE

Monday, 11 October 2004 4:50 P GMT-07
John Edwards rightly disputed the latest distortion of truth by Condoleezza Rice who claimed that Bush was "absolutely correct" in deciding to invade Iraq, even if he'd known there were no WMD.  The justification, she said, was that Iraq a

"GOING UPRIVER" -- SEE IT !

Monday, 11 October 2004 3:47 P GMT-07
.Yesterday I drove 50 miles to the only theater I could find that was showing the film "Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry."  If there are any readers who feel that you still don't really know who John Kerry is, just find a theater