Tom Engelhardt, The Nation
At any moment, somewhere in the now-Bush-administration destabilized “arc of instability,” with its six crisis areas, a seventh crisis could indeed rise, demand attention, and refuse to be ejected from the premises. There are many possible candidates.
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By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail, Inter Press Service The Iraqi government announcement that monthly food rations will be cut by half has left many Iraqis asking how they can survive. The government also wants to reduce the number of people depending on the rationing system by five million by June 2008. Iraq’s food rations…
[This post’s Reddit score was hacked. Try voting for it, and watch your vote instantaneously be nullified upon refreshing the page.] ImpeachPac — David Balsam and several other residents in the Village of Nyack, New York, have submitted a Resolution to the Village Board of Trustees, calling for the Impeachment of Bush/Cheney. They seem to…
Jason Linkins, Huffington Post FEMA Administrator David Paulison, appropriately chastised by the “Anglo-Saxon” remarks of David Chertoff, wants you to know that he’s sorry for the pretend press conference his organization staged last week. A fall guy has been selected and dealt with, various personnel deck chairs are being reshuffled, and the whole episode is…
By Richard B. Schmitt, Los Angeles Times In an unusual expression of frustration, the judge who sentenced former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby to 30 months in jail, only to see the sentence commuted by President Bush, said he was “perplexed” by the act of clemency. In his first public comments on the…
By Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post Vice President Cheney said yesterday that he would not close the prison housing suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, going public with a perspective that differs from that of others in the administration, including President Bush. Bush has said repeatedly that he wants to close the prison once administration officials figure…
CONYERS AND PELOSI IGNORE COURT EVIDENCE, HALT IMPEACHMENT PROBE Washington-February 13, 2007-TomFlocco.com- House staffers in the office of Representative John Conyers (D-14-MI) and the offices of the House Judiciary Committee where Conyers is now Chairman both confirmed yesterday that the Democrats have taken any impeachment inquiry off the table despite recent revelations and court testimony…
