10.04.2003
Secrecy
A couple of sources that document the reign of secrecy exercised by the present administration. For instance, do you remember the Cheney Energy Task Force? Cheney fought the records of this groups meetings being released. Does the title “Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts" ring a bell? They also showdetailed maps of Iraq's gas and oil infrastructure, energy related projects and the like. These now released papers are from March 2001. Yes, pre-9/11.
10/04/2003
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10.03.2003
Ashcroft Justice?
In the past John Ashcroft has believed in the use of a special counsel:
ASHCROFT: …you know, a single allegation can be most worthy of a special prosecutor.
If you're abusing government property, if you're abusing your status in office, it can be a single fact that makes the difference on that.
link gleaned from Ruminate This
But Mr Ashcroft has a long standing association with Karl Rove, who some think is the "leaker" of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.
Is Justice blind? Or was my "off the handle" post yesterday accurate?
Please use the sources located in the sidebar to keep up with this story.
Estimated Prophet will resume publishing around October 12th; although a couple quick entries may pop up here and there....
10/03/2003
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10.02.2003
Walk it like You Talk It
Rush, it seems you are retaining your ignorant attitude. So be it, privilege breeds arrogance. Your pilodnil cyst was a ticket out of 'Nam, who is going to get your ass out of this one? Your rich white promoters I suppose.
So walk your talk. About the tolerant cellie, unless he is a Deaf punk the odds don't look good for ya.
White males: 649 per 100,000
Hispanic males: 1,740 per 100,000
Black males: 4,810 per 100,000
The Lord works in mysterious ways...
O.K, I'm ticked off. Venting, I grabbed at the very fundamentalist BS I abhore to make a point. My bad.
Will Rush go to jail for his drug habit? Probably not though his own ranting says he should take full responsibility for his choices. A regular person would have to bear the full weight of "justice". George Bush can go AWOL and become (unelected) President. How many pardoned felons have you met in your daily life. How many earn tax payer dollars in the White House? You see my point.
Law is different for the majority of us, the "little people" without cash, connections, influence. Without a protective power structure.
"We the People"...
edited for content and clarity
10/02/2003
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Funny how life works out, hey?
Hey, he is an lying, obnoxious, loudmouthed idiot who poisons the minds of listeners with a cocktail of ignorant homophobia and misogyny and just plain hate but I still wouldn't wish his, if this story is true, obvious opiate addiction on him. At least not in our punitive Puritan-esque society. Rush, let this episode in your life trigger an epiphany, go on over to PrisonSucks.com , read about the crime control industry in America and spread what you learn. You have the ear of millions, Rush, turn them on to the fact we need a common sense drug policy too. After years of being a BS shill for the powers that be this can be your saving grace. Speaking of grace- here's to praying you get a tolerant cellie...
10/02/2003
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10.01.2003
Go Figure
ConservativesAgainstBush.com, an honest thinking Conservative site. I might not agree with a Conservative point of view but I agree with the criticisms offered. Just so you know: I do not agree with a DLC "Democrat" point of view. Demuplican. Republicrat. Listen and learn about this Conservative movement as explicated by Daniel Craig on Pacifica Peacewatch. Read the webpage offered above, explore the "War on Drugs" perspective offered, these folks perspective on Ashcroft , check out the humor section that features "This Modern World" cartoons linked to at Salon...
Go figure.
10/01/2003
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Stop over to Orcinus. His "Bush, the Nazis and America":
Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well as "Rush, Newspeak and Fascism: An Exegesis" are really important, as is his latest piece, "The Conserva-Traitors' Hall of Shame"(scroll down," Onward Christian Soldiers" is an amazing piece as well) Remember that maxim "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned repeat it."? There is a historical context for what is occuring in present day America.
10/01/2003
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Bush is a Liar. Wear a tinfoil ribbon if you'd like to say it loud and proud... or sport a tinfoil beanie.
10/01/2003
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9.30.2003
A Framework of the Larger Picture
If a picture is worth a thousand words what is a picture that contains words worth?
Explore "Wilhelm Reich The Mass Psychology of Fascism" as scripted by the Surveillance Camera Players. I initially forgot to source this link to wood s lot a favorite blog of mine... added October 1
Fascism or Falangism, what we are seeing is an authoritarian government that lies to subvert the limited Democratic process that is available to us here in the US of A.
Please give this page a peruse, and visit the links offered to gain a better understanding of just what constitutes Falangism. Disclaimer : The writer at Hobson's choice has linked to my thoughts on fascism as well. The essay by Orcinus ( he's been in my sidebar since about day one of this project) "Rush, Newspeak and Fascism" should be required reading to help us understand the tenor of our times. If you have been coming around EP for a while you'll be familiar with it.
It is a pleasure to share sites I enjoy... Share what you learn.
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
Both quotes attributed to A.J Liebling.
We are the media, person to person, since "the media" doesn't serve "We the People", "consumers" as we are termed... Share what you learn.
9/30/2003
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9.29.2003
...Same as the Old Boss
Not regime change, leadership change is what Bush & company wanted for Iraq.
Ahmed Chalabi of the Governing Council, Iraq's interim government, is giving the appearance of not being a puppet of the US; he voted with OPEC to cut oil production, a move that will raise US fuel prices-and also give him "street cred" in the Arab world. "He's defying the White House." Chalabi is an old buddy of Dick Cheney, the Administrations neocon cabal, as well as the CIA.
American-educated Ahmed Chalabi, a close friend of Dick Cheney, whom some have pegged as "Cheney's protege" He enjoys close ties to the American Enterprise Institute and has attended the think tank's retreats in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Check out his Intelligence "pedigree"(fact checked) Chalabi's neocon cred looks timely. His nephew Salem is associated with Douglas Feith's old law partner, Marc Zell to help folks secure contracts in the new privatized Iraq. I caught this at Talking Points Memo.
Read the links. Fuel prices will rise, consumers will pay and the oil companies will still pull in the profits, while the hand up the puppets ass is obscured by smoke and mirrors.
Same as it ever was...
9/29/2003
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9.28.2003
The Obscenity of Global Arms Sales
The United States military has had to face troops previously trained by its own military or supplied with U.S. weaponry in Panama, Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, and now in Afghanistan. Due to the advanced capabilities these militaries have acquired from past US training and sales, the US had to invest much more money and manpower in these conflicts than would have otherwise been needed."
"There will come a day when we will have no allegiance to a nation-state. We will be viewed as neutral suppliers to all combatants."
Quotations gleaned from John Stanton,Online Journal.
Mark over at American Sentimentalist is back; give "It's damn hard to cry for peace when you make your living selling war" a read. Just another instance of your tax dollars at work
9/28/2003
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Stop by Defense Tech and see that Total Information Awareness is still with us. "Crap by any other name stinks as bad."
9/28/2003
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