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November 2005



SECRETS AND SHAME

Wednesday, 30 November 2005 3:19 P GMT-07
"Ultimately the whole truth will come out, historians will have their say, and Americans will look in the mirror and be ashamed." We are being asked by the administration to believe that it is necessary to destroy America's values in order to save th

THE WAR ON TERROR IS TERRORISM

Monday, 28 November 2005 5:27 P GMT-07
One would think a weapon of mass destruction was a weapon of mass destruction. Guess again. Language can be nuanced so it seems that conventional WMD are somehow different from unconventional WMD.
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2005

Sunday, 27 November 2005 4:40 P GMT-07
Now that we've put Thanksgiving behind us, I guess it's OK to do a blog with a Christmas theme.  What could be more appropriate than reprinting a letter to the U.S. Congress from that Compassionate Conservative, Ebeneezer Scrooge?

HEALTHCARE - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Saturday, 26 November 2005 12:09 P GMT-07
The solution to our healthcare crisis - national health insurance - is obvious, but to make it a reality we'll have to overcome pride (the unwarranted belief that America has nothing to learn about healthcare)and prejudice (the equally unwarranted be
Category: Health Care
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BUDGET CUTS ARE AN OUTRAGE

Wednesday, 23 November 2005 3:12 P GMT-07
The only Americans making any real sacrifices today are the troops on the ground in Iraq and the poorest of civilians who are being targeted for cruel cuts in badly needed services such as food stamps and medicaid.
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THE 'MACABRE MARATHON' CONTINUES

Tuesday, 22 November 2005 3:35 P GMT-07
While much of the nation mourned the 2000th death among our troops in Iraq, the "mindless Washington weasels" who lied us into the Iraq morass went about business as usual -- which for them meant scrambling to avoid being sent to jail, while doing no

"SCOOTER" LIBERTINE

Saturday, 19 November 2005 9:54 A GMT-07
Among the common characteristics that identify the Bush administration and the majority of Republicans in Congress -- such as lying, arrogance, hubris, irresponsibility -- there is none that I dislike more than hypocrisy.
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IF WE KNEW THEN ...

Friday, 18 November 2005 9:18 A GMT-07
There's much speculation about how much trouble the Bush administration is in, thanks to scandals and more lies and incompetence, and how this bodes well for the Democrats to win back control of the House and/or Senate in 2006. What could prevent tha
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NOT ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT?

Thursday, 17 November 2005 12:39 P GMT-07
Just in case anyone doesn't have enough to worry about. Here's a list of potential natural disasters that should be of concern.

THE NEW 'SMOKING-GUN' MEMO

Tuesday, 15 November 2005 11:14 A GMT-07
First it was the Downing Street Memo. Now comes another smoking-gun memo, DITSUM No. 044-02. Gradually the president's incompetence and lies are coming home to roost.
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FATTEST HOG AT THE TROUGH

Saturday, 12 November 2005 5:13 P GMT-07
We hold common thieves accountable, but uncommon thievery is sanctioned from the highest office in the land. Halliburton continues to fatten at the public trough as Bush'ss "pet corporate criminal."

A BROKEN TRACK RECORD

Saturday, 12 November 2005 4:44 P GMT-07
Using the president's failed promise of reconstruction for Afganistan after our invasion of that country, Hightower suggests that that does not bode well for residents of the Gulf Coast. Once again the president is entrusting an important and diffic

REPLY TO RAYMOND

Friday, 11 November 2005 2:38 P GMT-07
A reader, signing himself "Raymond" wrote a comment on yesterday's blog, "Needed: Progressive Values," that I wanted to reply to. Here's my reply.

NEEDED: PROGRESSIVE VALUES

Thursday, 10 November 2005 2:37 P GMT-07
I take pride in the values and ideals that go with the term progressive. Those values and ideals are what I'd like to have associated with my country. Unfortunately, they are not the values and ideals of the neo-fascist cabal that now controls the U
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ANATOMY OF A LIE

Tuesday, 8 November 2005 3:13 P GMT-07
What was the motive for "Scooter" Libby to risk disgrace by lying to the FBI and the Grand Jury? Would preventing a major Bush administration scandal coming to light just prior to the 2004 election be motive enough?

TORTURE POLICY TRACED TO CHENEY

Saturday, 5 November 2005 10:30 A GMT-07
Here is another report dealing with the torture issue along with recent information about secret CIA prisons. It details, among other things, the charges of Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, that th

OUR FALLING MORAL BAROMETER

Thursday, 3 November 2005 3:45 P GMT-07
The pro-torture stance of the White House is a sign of a falling moral barometer for the U.S. The fate of the McCain amendment may determine whether or not it takes another nose dive.
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IS MOXIE NOW ON THE MENU?

Thursday, 3 November 2005 2:13 P GMT-07
Are Congressional Democrats finally developing some moxie, and showing that maybe collectively they do have a backbone after all? Sen. Harry Reid's speech is encouraging in this respect, but it will take more than one speech.

REMARKABLY CONSISTENT & CONSISTENTLY FALSE

Wednesday, 2 November 2005 2:25 P GMT-07
The president's deceit in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq was not only a morally reprehensible abuse of power, it constituted a federal crime. Statements made about Iraq were "remarkably consistent and consistently false" and constitute "a conspi

TIME FOR MORE CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS

Wednesday, 2 November 2005 12:28 P GMT-07
It wasn't just "Scooter" Libby that was indicted last week. In the eyes of most of the world the entire Bush administration -- and America, itself -- stands criminally indicted.