John Nirenberg of marchinmyname.org is seen at the beginning of this video. Look for more about John’s march from Boston to Nancy Pelosi’s office in D.C. and how you can get involved in supporting his efforts. If we don’t stand up for accountability and our Constitution now we may not have the ability to do so later.
Bachmann on Iran: “There’s already an agreement made. [Iran is] going to get half of Iraq and that is going to be a terrorist safe haven zone.” by Eric Black, Star Tribune Feb 23, 2007 U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann claims to know of a plan, already worked out with a line drawn on the map,…
By MIKE MELIA, SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Army Pvt. Brandon Neely was scared when he took Guantanamo’s first shackled detainees off a bus. Told to expect vicious terrorists, he grabbed a trembling, elderly detainee and ground his face into the cement – the first of a range of humiliations he says he participated in…
thehill.com Defense authorization bill fails to address habeas corpus for detainees By Roxana Tiron May 10, 2007 The new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee dealt a blow to the human-rights community by failing to include provisions to overhaul GOP legislation governing military tribunals in the 2008 defense authorization bill. The chairman’s move is…
By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle California will sue the Bush administration next week to demand action on a long-stalled request to let the state limit auto emissions of gases linked to global warming, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office said Friday. “We’ve just waited too long” for a decision from the Environmental Protection Agency, said Schwarzenegger’s…
By Paul Steinhauser CNN Deputy Political Director (CNN) — A new national poll suggests that three out of four Americans feel President Bush’s departure from office is coming not a moment too soon. Twenty-eight percent of those polled say President Bush is the worst president in U.S. history. Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a…
