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June 30, 2004

Allegedly, the legal proceedings will start soon against Saddam for numerous crimes over the last two decades.

The fear of Bush Jr. and the Republicans is once he gets a lawyer, Saddam Hussein will subpoena Bush Jr.’s Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

After all, it was Rumsfeld in 1983 who went to Baghdad and met with Saddam Hussein for 90 minutes (a video of the meeting is in Fahrenheit 9/11) to discuss what weapons Saddam wanted. Rumsfeld, as part of the Reagan-Bush Sr. administration, immediately authorized the weapons be shipped to Saddam who then used them against Iranians and the people of Iraq, especially the Kurds.

So like Bush Jr., Rumsfeld will need a criminal defense attorney.

And who’s in charge of the criminal prosecution of Saddam Hussein? None other than Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, a former henchman of Saddam Hussein’s. Maybe Saddam will put the Prime Minister on his defense list also.

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Bush Jr. talks about spreading democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan, where women are being urged to register to vote at great risk. Meanwhile the Bushes continue to do everything they can to purge African-Americans from the voter rolls in Florida, as they did in 2000.

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June 29, 2004

Just another of Bush Jr.’s lies to the people of Iraq and America.

Cheney uses one four-letter F word (and refused to apologize) and Bush Jr. used another one, numerous times – “full” sovereignty, he told the world.

Not exactly -- outgoing U.S. administrator Paul Bremer signed a bunch of “occupying force” executive orders. Mahmoud Othman, a member of the now dissolved Governing Council, said “they (Bremer) have established a system to meddle in our affairs.” Washington Post 6/27/04

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All decent people are outraged by the beheadings going on in Iraq by the insurgents.

Tragically, the new Defense Minister, Hazin Shaalan, explains how Iraq will now handle the insurgents: “We will cut off their hands and behead them.” Newsweek July 5, 2004

Didn’t Bush Jr. just tell the world what a monster Saddam Hussein was for cutting off the hands of Iraqis?

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It was the top movie of the weekend earning $24 million at the box office. Well worth seeing. I went the first night – powerful!

The main reason it is so devastating to Bush Jr. – he’s in it, playing himself.

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June 28, 2004

Was it Karl Rove or Bush Jr., or both, who committed a federal crime by releasing the name of an undercover CIA agent?

I predict both were in on it as well as the conspiracy to cover up the crime.

On June 24, Bush Jr. was interviewed by the Special Federal Prosecutor about the matter. He refused to be interviewed under oath or take a lie detector test.

Bush Jr. was not allowed to have Cheney with him this time as he did with the 9/11 Commission.

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Paul Wolfowitz, who along with Karl Rove, was behind the “brilliant” strategy to invade Iraq last year with little planning, attacked journalists last week, basically calling them “cowards” for allegedly not going outside of Baghdad.

About three dozen journalists have died in Iraq. On the other side of the coin, all the American “big shots” stay in the Green Zone in Baghdad under multiple layers of protection, including sandbags piled to the second floor.

Additionally, when Wolfowitz is in Iraq, he has dozens of elite troops guarding him. Wolfowitz was forced to apologize to the journalists.

My suggestion – Schwarzenegger should loan Wolfowitz one of his seven Hummers and Wolfowitz should take a drive by himself through the Sunni triangle.

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Halliburton’s Cheney told Fox News on Friday he “felt better” after using the ‘F’ word on the Senate Floor. A vice president is proud of using such language! Only a Republican would say that

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June 25, 2004

The movie opens this weekend.

Millions of Americans will get to see Bush Jr. in his own words, looking like a fool sometimes.

Republicans will hate the truth.

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Bush Jr. was on vacation in August of 2001 when the CIA warned him about Osama bin Laden.

After three years, he has broken all records for presidential vacation time – 43% of his 40 months in office have been spent as “time off.”

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Scalia and crew ruled that Cheney, Halliburton, Enron and others, who had secret meetings over how to gouge Californians, can keep their meeting records secret for now.

Cheney took Judge Scalia on a duck hunting trip earlier this year, so that sure paid off for Halliburton and Cheney.

The political deal Scalia basically has is: keep those rulings coming our way (i.e. 12/20/00 5-4 vote to make Bush Jr. President) and we’ll make you Chief Justice.

To become Chief Justice, Scalia will sell out the U.S. Constitution and his family.

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Cheney used it on the U.S. Senate floor on Tuesday to Democrats. Cheney is terrified about all the corruption and bribes stories about Halliburton so he’s getting a little testy.

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June 24, 2004

The next president of the United States, Sen. John Kerry, is in California for two days of meetings with supporters and talking about ways to improve the economy (including hi-tech) and speaking to SEIU and AFSCME.

I believe this is Kerry’s 35th visit to California in the last two years. Kerry is quite familiar with California, having been stationed at Treasure Island, Long Beach and San Diego while in the Navy.

This was before Kerry went to Vietnam where he served in combat in a war that, like most Americans, he eventually realized was a “March of Folly.”

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“My Life” sold more than 400,000 copies in its first day of release. This is a record for a non-fiction book.

Whose record did Bill Clinton beat? That’s right. Sen. Hillary Clinton’s “Living History” held the record at 200,000 books sold in its first day.

How does this compare to all those Republican authors? Most don’t sell this many books total.

Meanwhile, the publisher of “My Life” announced an additional printing of 725,000 books.

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June 23, 2004

The Dallas Morning News spanked their home state boy, Bush Jr., in an editorial.

The paper called Bush Jr.’s credibility into question. When Presidents like Democrat Johnson, then Republicans Nixon and now Bush Jr. are caught as serial liars, especially on foreign affairs, the public and newspapers first question their credibility, then whether they should be in the White House.

November 2nd!

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Dick Cheney told the press last Friday that he “knows things” about Iraq and al-Qaeda that the 9/11 Commission doesn’t.

Cheney has been asked to turn over his “special” information but now refuses to. Does he have anything? If Cheney actually had this information, wouldn’t he be more than happy to share it with the Commission?

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Clinton’s book, “My Life” is flying off the bookshelves, to the dismay of the Republicans. Rush Limbaugh, who is still mired in legal problems in Florida and is divorcing wife number three, is attacking Clinton’s book – good!

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June 22, 2004

Answer: Financial favors and corruption.

Republican Gov. of Connecticut John Rowland will resign on July 1 because of bribes and financial favors involving construction firms.

Dick Cheney is still in office making sure his Halliburton firm gets more contracts

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According to the 9/11 Commission, based on the information they got from the Bush Jr. administration, al-Qaeda had more contacts with Iran and Pakistan than with Saddam Hussein.

Watch “flip-flop Bush Jr.” do nothing but talk, about Iraq and al-Qaeda. After 9/11 Bush Jr. said the U.S. will go after any and all countries that had been or are now assisting al-Qaeda.

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June 21, 2004

Is there a connection between Bush Jr.’s Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and 9/11?

If you follow the Bush Jr. and Cheney logic, there is.

In 1983, Rumsfeld went to Baghdad and met with Saddam Hussein for 90 minutes. Subsequent to that, Rumsfeld authorized all kinds of weapons for war to be sent to Saddam Hussein.

Later, Cheney claims Saddam Hussein had his agents meet with al-Qaeda people. Connect the dots and you see a lot of meetings, starting with Rumsfeld and ending with the 9/11 attacks.

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We all know the 1950’s- thinking of Bush Jr. “forced” him to say no to Nancy Reagan’s request for further stem cell research.

But now we also know what happened as the morning-after pill was about to be approved a few months ago by the FDA for use without a prescription.

The long arm of Bush Jr. and his twisted logic about teenage sex made its way to the FDA and the approval was denied. More of Bush Jr.’s so-called “mandates” in action?

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The 9/11 Commission reports that Cheney ordered on 9/11/01 that the hijacked planes be shot down. The pilots never got the order.

Cheney told the Commission that he got the order from Bush Jr. in a phone call. According to the Commission report, in that time frame, the evidence leads to there being no such phone call.

Was Bush Jr. so hysterical and unstable during that time flying around the country that Cheney became the acting president under the U.S. Constitution?

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June 18, 2004

Despite an abundance of contradictory and irrefutable proof, Bush Jr. and his team of reckless buffoons will not cease from continuing to lie to the American people about Iraq.

It won’t matter what the bipartisan 9/11 Commission puts in their official and final report about Saddam Hussein, al-Qaeda and Sept. 11.

The “facts” of the stubborn and incompetent Bush Jr. administration will not be corrected, no matter what the evidence is.

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Bush Jr. mishandled the war in Afghanistan and now the Taliban are back with new training camps and heroin exports, to the U.S., are at records levels.

Bush Jr. asked the Pope if he could order his bishops to attack John Kerry for being pro-choice. Could you imagine the uproar by Republicans if John Kerry had asked the Pope for campaign help?

The rules are different for the Republicans – they, for the most part, “mute” the reporters.

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June 17, 2004

Some days Bush Jr. and his Advisers say there is no evidence of any direct link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11.

Then in Florida a few days ago, Halliburton’s Dick Cheney said there were long ties between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.

Now the 9/11 Commission, chaired by former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean, has concluded there is no credible evidence of any connection.

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A U.S. government-sponsored poll of Iraqis reports that 81% of Iraqis have a more favorable opinion of the Cleric al-Sadr than they did three months ago, and 64% said the acts of his insurgents had made Iraq more unified.

How did Bush Jr. let this happen?

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June 16, 2004

President Clinton’s memoirs, My Life, will go on sale on Tuesday, June 22nd. Crowds will be big and plenty of books will be sold.

If Bush Jr. ever writes his memoirs (One Term in the White House) does anyone think there would be much interest?

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What do people think of Ron Reagan’s comments at his father’s funeral?

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June 15, 2004

Two obituaries about two Medal of Honor recipients from two different wars caught my attention over the weekend.

Richard E. Bush (no relation to the AWOL Bush Jr.) was a 79-year old WW II veteran. Raymond Clausen was a 56-year old Vietnam veteran.

Obviously both men went way beyond the call of duty to be awarded the Nation’s highest honor.

The Vietnam War lasted so long that 238 American troops were awarded the Medal of Honor, including 150 posthumously.

All of America should think of these two, and the other brave Americans who have served or are currently serving our country, and their families.

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After a week of services for Ronald Reagan and all the articles about Nancy Reagan asking Bush Jr. to let stem cell research go forward, the 1950’s-thinking Bush Jr. said no, just three days after Reagan was buried.

Millions of Americans suffer from diseases that could greatly benefit from stem cell research, saving thousands of lives each year, and Bush Jr. tells Nancy Reagan, No!

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June 14, 2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced they are investigating Dick Cheney’s Halliburton for paying $180 million (yes, million!) in bribes to get a natural gas project in Nigeria.

Cheney was in charge of Halliburton at the time. I assume when Cheney authorized that $180 million, he wasn’t considering that he would ever be Vice-President of the United States. By the way, I wonder how would you report such a sum to your board of directors and stockholders?

My prediction: with these types of bribes, I bet there are usually prostitutes, booze and trips are thrown in.

Cheney is as corrupt as Nixon’s Spiro Agnew, who resigned after being caught taking bribes. Attorney General John Mitchell (I mean Ashcroft) no doubt will attempt to cover this up. But fortunately for the American people, it will be President Kerry’s A.G. who will handle prosecuting Cheney.

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In the June 7, 2004 edition of The New Yorker, Jane Mayer reports that just nine days after 9/11, Chalabi addressed Rumsfeld’s "Defense Policy Board" (made up of neo-conservatives and defense contractors) and urged the Board to skip the attack on the Taliban and Afghanistan and go straight to invade Iraq.

The Board adopted that position.

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June 11, 2004

Once again, another of Bush Jr.’s foreign policies dead-ends in a cul de sac.

“It hasn’t gone well. We’ve had almost one year of no progress. We’ve had the wrong training focus – on individual cops rather than their leaders.” Major General (2 Stars) Paul Eaton, departing Iraq after one year overseeing the faulty training - commenting on Bush Jr.’s Iraq policy.

Bush Jr. didn’t understand in the beginning what an invasion of Iraq would entail -- remember “Mission Accomplished?” -- and he hasn’t since.

And Bush Jr. is so incompetent and stubborn he’ll stick to Karl Rove and Halliburton’s Dick Cheney’s policies, even when they keep failing.

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“[He] is a man who invaded two counties twice – two countries, once each time.

Bush Jr. Sept. 25, 2002 in D.C., talking about Saddam Hussein.

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June 10, 2004

As the country goes through all the appropriate services for Ronald Reagan (Nixon didn’t deserve one and didn’t get it) some of us remember the country going through the difficult times with the assassinations of John Kennedy in 1963 and his brother Bobby in 1968.

A million people stood along the route of President Kennedy’s service in Washington D.C. Bobby Kennedy’s body lay in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York for over two days. The lines were 25 blocks long. Then Bobby Kennedy was taken by train to D.C. An estimated one million people lined the tracks to watch the train pass by. The gathering was so massive that two people were tragically killed by another train passing by.

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In a June 7, 2004 Newsweek article, Schwarzenegger’s advisors say Arnold has little patience for Karl Rove.

According to Newsweek, the two tangled at the Republican National Convention in 2000 over a speech Arnold wanted to give.

Rove is working overtime to make sure Schwarzenegger doesn’t have much of a role at this year’s Republican National Convention. Schwarzenegger is preparing a back-up “conflicting schedule” that will “reduce” his time available for New York so he can claim he’s “busy” in case Rove offers him very little.

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June 09, 2004

Once again, it is Democrats showing respect in a time of mourning. Sen. Kerry cancelled all his campaign activities this week, including two major concerts that would have raised millions of dollars.

And the Republicans? Their political events and fundraisers continue as scheduled.

Not only that, Bush Jr. has ordered attacks ads on Kerry to run all week to coincide with the Reagan news coverage.

Bush Jr.'s inappropropriate timing is telling - and shameful.

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In another example of the corruption in the White House, Cheney’s Halliburton has been caught driving empty trucks in Iraq.

A dozen truck drivers have complained to authorities about the scam, but Cheney’s Halliburton dismisses them.

In one convoy of 28 trucks, all but one truck was empty. The drivers, as well as the troops escorting them, are at grave risk. Some have been injured or killed with their empty trucks.

The driver refers to these loads as “sailboat fuel.”

Meanwhile, Cheney’s Halliburton is charging the American taxpayers for these bogus truck runs.

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June 08, 2004

Yes, that's what costs in Iraq now – only 5 cents a gallon.

Cheney’s Halliburton is making tens of millions of dollars off trucking refined gas from Kuwait that is then being sold for 5 cents a gallon -- all paid by U.S. taxpayers and greatly contributing to our $500 billion deficit this year.

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While in Singapore over the weekend, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the U.S. might be losing the broader struggle against Islamic extremists who are at the source of so much of the terrorism.

“It’s quite clear to me that we do not have a coherent approach to this.” (Washington Post, June 5, 2004)

That’s Bush Jr.’s Defense Secretary talking almost three year after 9/11.

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June 07, 2004

He suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for more than a decade.

Stem cell research shows a lot of promise to help cure diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson's and injuries to the spinal cord.

Nancy Reagan has praised Democrats for supporting stem cell research and has privately criticized Bush Jr. and his 1950’s- thinking allies in the Republican Party for blocking research that may lead to cures for these tragic diseases and injuries.

Bush Jr. will most likely speak at the Reagan service and include a few words about the tragedy of Reagan’s Alzheimer’s, but he’ll still be opposed to stem cell research.

May the former president rest in peace.

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The 60th-year commemoration of June 6, 1944 is probably the last time there will be a sizeable presence of American veterans gathered together. Too many died on that fateful day and almost all who survived have since passed on.

The whole world owes a debt of gratitude to the coalition of forces that within a year brought WWII to an end.

Our thanks to them all.

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June 04, 2004

Here's how it works in politics: If there is bad news, you ask a staff or Cabinet member to "walk the plank."

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"The government of Iraq . . . Bremer is the dictator of Iraq" -- U.N. Envoy
Lakhdar Brahimi, New York Times, June 3, 2004

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Bush Jr. has been lying for more than a year. First it's "we have enough troops." Then it's, "We need more troops."

Now he has ordered our loyal American troops to stay in Iraq - some for more than a year beyond the date they were supposed to be discharged.

We need a new President. Our troops deserve a Commander-in-Chief who will not jerk them around.

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Who in the White House illegally leaked the name of a CIA agent to Robert Novak? For starters, Karl Rove refuses to take a lie detector test. Now Bush Jr. has hired a criminal defense attorney. My guess is that Bush Jr. will also refuse to take a lie detector test.

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June 03, 2004

Ahmad Chalabi, who has received $40 million from Bush Jr, over the years, is now being accused of telling Iran that the U.S. intelligence agencies had broken their communications codes.

Let's see. Iran is one of Bush Jr.'s "Axis of Evil" countries. Chalabi had an office in Tehran years. Yet Bush Jr. thought Chalabi should lead Iraq, post-invasion.

If Chalabi committed treason, shouldn't he be prosecuted? My guess is that Chalabi, like Enron's Ken Lay, will blackmail Bush Jr. "Prosecute me and I'll talk." So I'm not holding my breath for any treason charges.

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On Tuesday, South Dakota elected Democrat Stephanie Herseth to the state's sole congressional seat, filling the vacancy created by the Republican convicted of manslaughter. This was an amazing result, especially considering that 48 percent of the registered voters there are Republican, versus 38 percent Democrat.

It's also interesting that Bush Jr. did not go to South Dakota to campaign for the Republican candidate. Did they tell him to stay away?

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June 02, 2004

There must be two Gov. Arnolds. How else to explain the following quotes?

"In the last two budgets the easy choices were made. Those budgets were shell games, using tricks and gimmicks to put off the hard decisions until after the next election cycle" -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Budget Press Conference, January 9, 2004.

"Of course I couldn't cut $15 billion. It's too much. So what we had to do is cut half of that, then support it with gimmicks that the previous administration (Gov. Davis) used . . . " -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sacramento Bee, May 30, 2004

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Reporter: "I want to ask what your message is to the Iraqi people?"

Bush Jr.: "You're free and freedom is beautiful, and aah, you know, it'll take time to restore chaos and order . . ." -- Bush Jr., speaking to reporters at the White House, April 13, 2004