Thursday, August 31, 2006
Whenever Ann is faced with the reality that Osama hasn’t been caught yet by this administration–well–Poor Ann. Kirsten Powers actually responds to Coulter’s ridiculous line that Afghanistan is going swimmingly and brings up the fact that Osama is still alive and well. Coulter then plays her usual Clinton card and freaks. "Sean, help me–Sean, where are [...]
Ann Coulter gets her freak on [>>]
Thursday, August 31, 2006
 Voice of America |
Vietnam to free top dissident Gulf Times, Qatar - … Hmong from northern Ha Giang province, considered by the United States as detained … publishing online a feature article entitled "What is democracy?" off the US … Vietnam to free top dissident Vietnam to release cyber dissident Pham Hong Son from jail in … Vietnam to free cyber-dissident |
Vietnam to free top dissident – Gulf Times [>>]
Thursday, August 31, 2006
From Attywood:On Tuesday, the Secret Service asked Virginia officials if they would be kind enough to shut down all of the HOV lanes on I-395 from 1 to 7 p.m. the next day so President Bush could get where he needed to be, according to state officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of discussing the president’s travel.The request was made ahead of a fundraiser for Sen. George Allen (R) held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at a house near Mount Vernon — a good hour’s drive from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. during a typical rush hour.The request came into Virginia’s Smart Traffic Center on Tuesday morning, one official said. “We were sort of dealing with it all day,” the official said.All day because they couldn’t shake the image of what closing the HOV lanes would do: Buses that normally use the high-speed lanes would have to be rerouted or canceled; commuters who hitch rides in carpools would be stranded; and thousands of cars would be added to the congested regular lanes of I-395.King George finally decided to take a helicopter and avoid closing down the highway. Putting aside the question of why the White House couldn’t have done this in the first place, where was George Allen when all of this was going on? The Senator from Virginia didn’t have an opinion about practically shutting down his own highway for six hours, including rush hour, in order to help him raise money while the little people suffered? Senators are supposed to help their states when they get into jams with the federal government. They’re not supposed to help facilitate the jam itself.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
President Bush vowed last week that he would never abandon his goal of creating democracy in Iraq, but outside the White House, the foreign policy world is wondering how to contain a civil war that could engulf the Middle East. Even Bush acknowledged…
NEWS ANALYSIS / Iraq war has Bush Doctrine in tatters (San Francisco Chronicle) [>>]
Thursday, August 31, 2006
 Scoop.co.nz (press release) |
In Mideast, remember the people Boston Globe, United States - … as a true democracy, a light unto nations, transforming the region by example, as well as securing a reliable petroleum supply for the United States and, for … Arab commentators on Bush?s Middle East policies What, again, is the job in Iraq? NEWS ANALYSIS |
In Mideast, remember the people – Boston Globe [>>]
Thursday, August 31, 2006
North Korea, the Middle East and bilateral military relations will be key topics when the top US and Russian defense officials, Donald Rumsfeld and Sergei Ivanov, meet this weekend, US officials said.
Rumsfeld, Ivanov to discuss North Korea, Middle East in Alaska meeting (AFP via Yahoo! News) [>>]
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/25/opinion/25fri1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin”>Wanted: Scarier Intelligence
NYT editorial on “scary” intelligence [>>]
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan will head to the Middle East and Europe later this week in a trip designed to strengthen the situation in Lebanon and Israel following the formal cessation of hostilities there in the wake of the recent Security Council resolution.
Annan To Visit Middle East Regarding Truce (Scoop.co.nz) [>>]
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
| Paraguay: Platform for Hemispheric Hegemony Upside Down World, NY - … assuring that it is a ?serious government that supports democracy,? but also … military airport, built in the 80s with help from the United States , is not … |
Paraguay: Platform for Hemispheric Hegemony – Upside Down World [>>]
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Classic move from the incompetent idiot-in-chief.
Evolutionary biology has vanished from the list of acceptable fields of study for recipients of a federal education grant for low-income college students.
But to be fair, I understand they added “speaking in tongues.”
Bush tells low-income students they don’t need to learn about evolution [>>]
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
| Flashback: United States intervenes ? again ? in Nicaragua Houston Chronicle, United States - … The United States needs to defend its interests. But there’s a difference between wanting democracy, or even a candidate, and actively distorting another … |
Flashback: United States intervenes ?€” again ?€” in Nicaragua – Houston Chronicle [>>]
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
I am only one week into my course on the history of the modern Middle East and I can already tell that it will be one of the most valuable courses I will take as an undergraduate.
Ignorance an obstacle to Middle East peace (State Press) [>>]
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
US President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may be quite right about a new Middle East being born. In fact, their policies in support of the actions of their closest regional ally, Israel, have helped midwife the newborn. But it will not be exactly the baby they have longed for.
The ‘new Middle East’ Bush is resisting (Gulf News) [>>]
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
 Ottawa Citizen |
Perkovich: US Needs ‘Conversation’ With Putin on Iran Sanctions Council on Foreign Relations, New York - … He might say "I want you to stop messing around in Georgia." These are issues that go to the core of the united states democracy agenda, which are the issues … Nuclear program a source of pride for Iranians |
Perkovich: US Needs 'Conversation' With Putin on Iran Sanctions – Council on Foreign Relations [>>]
Monday, August 28, 2006
John Stewart took a good look at Rocky, the Katrina survivor who met with Bush this week, on The Daily Show last night.Video – WMV Video – QTStewart: "Wow mission accomplished. You got the President to meet with you, his arch friend. Wow! All you news folks were right. He is just like Cindy Sheehan, [...]
Monday, August 28, 2006
President Bush has rejected calls for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, saying it would be a “huge mistake” at this point. At a news conference Monday, Mr. Bush said that leaving the country now would send the wrong message to reformers in the Middle East, and embolden Iran and extremists.
Bush Says Leaving Iraq Now Would be ‘Mistake’ (Voice of America) [>>]
Monday, August 28, 2006
| The sea change in Pakistan Scripps News, DC - … a fairly good idea of the multi-layered resentment against the United States. … to restore the economy, curb fundamentalism and return the country to democracy. … |
The sea change in Pakistan – Scripps News [>>]
Monday, August 28, 2006
It’s just a philosophical discussion, according to Bush, whether we’ve lost and need to find a way out. How is it philosophical when we have over 100,000 troops in that country and they’re getting shot at every day? How is a cost of $100 billion a year “philosophical”?The man has lost touch with reality. And he’s running our country. And the Republican controling the congress are giving him a rubber stamp to do whatever he wants.
Bush thinks there’s “no point” in considering whether we’ve lost Iraq [>>]
Monday, August 28, 2006
| American Exceptionalism American Enterprise Institute, DC - … Some Americans are skeptical that democracy can be exported, especially to the … nation that became democratic a few decades after the United States was created … |
American Exceptionalism – American Enterprise Institute [>>]
Monday, August 28, 2006
aced with George W. Bush?s disastrous policies in the Middle East and his adamant refusal to change course, the question now arises whether the President has become a ?clear and present danger? to the security of the United States and, indirectly, to Israel.
Is Bush a Clear & Present Danger? (consortiumnews.com) [>>]
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