Rowan Wolf of Uncommon Thought Journal and CJO’s Avenger
It seems that the militarization of police forces in the United States is taking giant leaps forward with military robots and spy satellites on the newest toy list. While the militarization is not new - it has been going on since the “war on drugs” started - the use of more sophisticated military technology is new.
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By: Rowan Wolf of Uncommon Thought Journal and Cyrano’s Journal Online
Michael Hayden, current head of the CIA, has decided to declassify a CIA report on its “indiscretions” … that was completed in 1973. It is a big deal that this administration is going to release any information - such a big deal that one might ask “Why?”.
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Bush Jumps the Shark
John Calvin Jones, PhD, JD
www.virtualcitizens.com
2006-10-22
On Wednesday, 18 October 2006, G. W. Bush granted an interview to Bill O’Reilly of Fox News. In light of delicious news about Republican party peccadilloes, homosexual aides and members outside the closet, Bush sought to reinvigorate the panic button base. However instead of being his sycophantic self, Mr. O’Reilly exposed some of the Bush lies, double-speak, and disassembling. As a result, what looked to be a standard re-run of some Bushevik telenovela, All My Iraqi Children or As the Jihad Turns, morphed into a sit-com where Bush was forced to Jump the Shark [?] - without a stand-in. And with his ratings in the low 30s, which is higher than the field for the Republican Congress, I imagine that soon Bush, Coach Hastert and Fonzie will be commiserating at the ranch.
The following is an annotated excerpt from the Life with O’Reilly’s Factor episode that ran on 17 October 2006 (redacted transcript posted on 20 October 2006).[1]
Whoredom is optional by Jason MillerAre we not the whores of big business, selling our product for their commercial lust?
—Arthur Erickson
When George Bush spoke at a maritime training center in Piney Point, MD on Labor Day, 2006, ostensibly he was a respected leader paying tribute to the hard-working men and women forming the backbone of the nation’s economy.
Of War Criminals, Enablers, and the Decreasing Significance of We the People
by Jason Miller
Remember the archaic notion that freedom of speech and peaceable assembly are guaranteed by a document the Bush Regime is rendering as “quaint” as the Geneva Conventions?
Here is a reminder:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Since the “leader of the free world” has established a consistent pattern of over-riding, circumventing, or simply ignoring both the Constitution and judicial rulings, the hallowed basis for our Constitutional Republic has nearly been reduced to a “God-damn piece of paper”.
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