Wednesday, June 30, 2004

News Survey


The Neocon Movement that William Simon built. Since the 70's over 350 conservative front tax-exempt organizations have been funded. The once derided 'crazies' of the right have become the establishment.

ACLU challenges nude teen camp ban

One in three Americans say they have too much freedom

GAO report released Tuesday finds that in the areas of electricity, the judicial system and overall security, Iraq is worse off than before the war.

Gen, Sanchez tried to attack Iran but was overruled.

ABC and NBC launched remarkably unbalanced attacks against Moore film.

Bush's War on Science By Howard Dean, M.D. In George Bush's America, ignorance is strength.

Out of troops, the first large-scale use of the Individual Ready Reserve since 1991 starts.

Hundreds of Cubans émigrés protest against U.S. government at Miami airport. Latest Rove election move to appeal to Cuban voters appears to be backfiring.

Supreme Court Rejects Yet Another Online Porn Law

Fahrenheit 9/11 prospers in Bush country.
(el - Will likely remain #1 until Spidey 2 knocks it over.)

Drug Prices Spike After New Medicare Law. Firms make up for discounts imposed.

Kristof - Bush 'exaggerates'.

Electronic Frontier Foundation to go after the top ten bad patents

Krugman - Iraq under Bush 'a case study of how not to run a country.'
Let's say the obvious. By making Iraq a playground for right-wing economic theorists, an employment agency for friends and family, and a source of lucrative contracts for corporate donors, the administration did terrorist recruiters a very big favor.

The elephant all over the room - By describing various parts – deregulation, media consolidation, pre-emptive war – Americans fail to grasp the problem as a whole: failed conservative politics.

With Republicans in control of the White House and both houses of Congress for the first time since 1952, more than ever, this election is a referendum on not only George W. Bush but on conservative policies. Without any meddling from pesky Democrats, Americans have finally gotten an opportunity to really take conservative policies for a test drive. No sharing of the spotlight, no diffusion of responsibility; at last, conservatives can finally take credit where credit is due.

Axis of Eve - Mission : Expose and Depose

"Do right and you will be conspicuous"--Mark Twain, 1901

"Let's expose the bastard, one panty at a time!"--axis of eve supporter

The Axis of Eve is a coalition of brazen women on a mission to EXPOSE and DEPOSE President Select George W. Bush and his deceitful administration. Convinced that effective political action can be irreverent and exciting, we have launched a titillating campaign of TRUTH-FLASHING coordinated around our provocative line of protest panties.

A wide selection of slogans in Mens and Womens underwear
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More evidence for long human habitation in America - find in South Carolina could push date to more than 20,000 years ago.

Judge Says CIA Contractor Stays Jailed - Detainee Begged For Death
A federal judge Friday ordered former CIA contractor David Passaro to remain jailed until his assault trial after prosecutors said witnesses would testify Passaro beat an Afghan detainee so badly he begged to be shot.

Passaro faces four counts of assault and assault with a dangerous weapon — a large flashlight. Wali, who was 28, died at a U.S. base in Afghanistan on June 21, 2003.

Afghan Official Backs Off Suggestion That Heart Attack Killed Prisoner in CIA Case

Lawyer Says Prisoner Died of Heart Attack





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