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April 2004

Edgar Bergen & Mortimer Snerd - But Not on TV

Thursday, 29 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-07

A new and important resource is now available for those who want to distill facts and truth from the smoke screen of falsehoods and distortions that are reported every day in the media. The Center for American Progress launched today a new, searcha

Cheney: The Champion Hypocrite

Tuesday, 27 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-07

The Progress Report , http://www.progressreport.org , of April 26, 2004, exposes the blatant hypocrisy of Vice President Cheney as he mounts a scurilous attack against John Kerry for voting for positions -- years ago -- that were positions Cheney hi

Bush's Other 'War'

Monday, 26 April 2004 5:50 P GMT-07

Under the auspices of the Democratic National Committee, the Women's Vote Center puplished this report on the internet earlier this month. Just to make my position clear, I do not "favor" abortion. I would be happy if no woman ever had

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Clarke Not Alone In Pre-9/11 Warnings

Saturday, 24 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-07

Daniel Benjamin, former director for counterterrorism on the National Security Council staff, has now come forward to disclose that several top government officials had joined Richard Clarke in warning the Bush administration about the dangers posed

Iraq Solution: 'Beat Bush'

Friday, 23 April 2004 2:55 P GMT-07

A fine alternative news site is the Progressive Populist. It can be found on the internet at http://www.populist.com . Editor Jim Cullen wrote this editorial for the upcoming May 1, 2004 issue. In it he analyzes the foreign policy failures of the

A Better Way To Fight Terrorism

Thursday, 22 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-07

I have maintained in several News-Opinion blogs that the whole concept of a "war on terrorism" was badly flawed and that Bush and his supporters have deliberately used the idea of our being at war with terror as a political gimmick, knowing

Woodward's 'Plan of Attack'

Thursday, 22 April 2004 9:12 P GMT-07

G.W. Bush has now granted interviews to Nixon nemesis Bob Woodward for two different books. One has to wonder if he'll ever grant him another. Bush came off relatively unscathed in "Bush At War" but Woodward seems to have had his eyes

New Woodward Title? 'All The President's Lies'

Wednesday, 21 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-07

The lies, secret cover-ups, and distortions of G.W. Bush and his top aides are gradually being exposed by a small but growing group of courageous individuals who were first-hand witnesses. First there was Scott Ritter, then Joe Wilson, next David

Fascist System Gaining Control in U.S.

Monday, 19 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-07

Hitler modeled his Nazi system on the Fascist system of his partner, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Mussolini has been quoted as saying his Fascist system "should more properly be called 'corporatism' since it is the marriage of govern

Frist Plays The Fool

Sunday, 18 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-07

We've come to expect vicious personal attacks from political attack dogs like Trent Lott or Tom DeLay but Senate Majority Leader Dr. Bill Frist has enjoyed a reputation as a more level-headed and well-regarded member of that legislative body. N

Clarke Causes 'Political Disaster' For Bush

Sunday, 18 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-07

The more we learn about Richard Clarke's behavior and his exposure of the Bush administration's performance while attempting to govern our great country, the more tarnished and discredited becomes G.W. Bush's carefully crafted -- or so he thought --

Vanity Fair On 'The Path To War'

Friday, 16 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-07

After reading The Path To War, in the May 2004 issue of Vanity Fair, I discovered near the front of the magazine this "Editor's Letter" written by Graydon Carter, the magazine's Editor. I post a condensation of it here (leaving out techni

Even Conservative Voices Blame Bush

Friday, 16 April 2004 2:29 P GMT-07

As Americans finally begin to realize the truth about the Bush administration's failures, lies and blunders it's interesting to note that the perss is finally waking up as well. One indication of this is the growing number of exposes' appearing in

MUST READ: "The Path To War"

Thursday, 15 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-07

Last Monday I tuned in to "Book Notes" on C-SPAN and found the guest to be a man named David Wise. The subject was an article entitled "The Path To War" that he had co-authored and had been published in -- of all magazines -- V

'War President' Earns Failing Grade

Tuesday, 13 April 2004 4:47 P GMT-07

This is No. 6 in the series of essays by well-known newspaper columnists examining the fallout from Richard Clarke's testimony before the 9/11 commission and published in the April 5, 2004, issue of Liberal Opinion Week, http://www.liberalopinion.com

Turning Guns On The Whistle-Blower

Monday, 12 April 2004 5:11 P GMT-07

Continuing with the series of essays by well-known newspaper columnists examining the fallout from Richard Clarke's testimony before the 9/11 commission and published in the April 5, 2004, issue of Liberal Opinion Week, http://www.liberalopinion.com

Bush On Terror: Arrogance & Ignorance

Monday, 12 April 2004 3:42 P GMT-07

Back to the series of essays by well-known newspaper columnists examining the fallout from Richard Clarke's testimony before the 9/11 commission and published in the April 5, 2004, issue of Liberal Opinion Week, http://www.liberalopinion.com . Thi

The Major Pre-9/11 Blunder

Sunday, 11 April 2004 5:23 P GMT-07

I just saw this report today and since it expands on the issue discussed near the end of my earlier blog today, I decided to interrupt the series of columns dealing with fallout from Richard Clarke's testimony before the 9/11 commission and post it n

Ideologically Driven Intelligence

Sunday, 11 April 2004 4:01 P GMT-07

This is No.3 in the series of essays by well-known newspaper columnists focused on the fallout from Richard Clarke's testimony before the 9/11 commission and published in the April 5, 2004 issue of Liberal Opinion Week, http://www.liberalopinion.com

Revolt of the Professionals

Sunday, 11 April 2004 1:28 P GMT-07

Here is the second in the series of essays by well-known newspaper columnists examining the fallout from Richard Clarke's testimony before the 9/11 commission and published in the April 5, 2004, issue of Liberal Opinion Week, http://www.liberalopinio

Holes in the 'Shroud of Secrecy'

Saturday, 10 April 2004 3:44 P GMT-07

This is the first of a series of essays by newspaper columnists dealing with the fallout sparked by Richard Clarke's testimony before the 9/11 commission. All of these were published in the April 5 issue of Liberal Opinion Week , http://www.libe

White House Lies Build House of Cards

Saturday, 10 April 2004 1:58 P GMT-07

The Bush Recall organization, http://www.bushrecall.org , suggests that all the lies that have emanated from the Bush White House, together with the refusal of anybody connected with the administration to take any responsibility or admit any mistake

Bush's Top 10 Flip-Flops

Friday, 9 April 2004 6:00 P GMT-07

Also produced by the Democratic National Committee, http://www.democrats.org , here is their list of Bush's 10 top "flip-flops". This bears looking at since in early campaign rhetoric Bush has attacked John Kerry, the presumptive nomine

Bush's 10 Top Lies

Friday, 9 April 2004 5:57 P GMT-07

The Democratic National Committee, http://www.democrats.org , has compiled this list of the "top 10 Bush lies." There have been, of course, many more lies by Bush and others of his administration and some of them just as "big"