Competence - Bush Staff Forgets to Get Ballot

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Tuesday March 07, 2006 · 7:16 PM PST

2006/03/07 · 19:16

Just noticed this little item while searching on Google for info on the Texas primaries....

from the Kansas City Star - (bottom of the page)

Oops
President Bush added a side trip to Crawford today to vote in the Texas primaries after aides apparently forgot to order an absentee ballot for him.

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Monday March 06, 2006 · 5:24 PM PST

2006/03/06 · 17:24

SO I don't know what's going on over at Victoria Indymedia, but the freepers are having a field day over this posting, which I find hard to believe:

The Rachel Corrie Memorial Committee of Victoria Invites you to a pancake breakfast at Denny's Restaurant Sunday March 12 , 2006 10 am.
The Public is invited to a memorial pancake breakfast at Denny's Restaurant on Douglas Street near Finlayson, 10 am, Sunday March 12, 2006 to celebrate the life and untimely death of Rachel Corrie, Peace Activist with the International Solidarity Movement.
There will be a reading of selections from Ms. Corrie's letters and diary, followed by a ceremony at Topaz Park, where a stone cairn will be erected in her honour.
Attendees are encouraged to wear their keffiahs, and to dress in black.
No weapons, drugs, or alcohol please.

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Tuesday February 14, 2006 · 3:30 PM PST

2006/02/14 · 15:30

Australia's SBS Dateline and Sydney Morning Herald will show and publish some of the Abu Gharib photos which have been until now supressed by the Bush Administration.

UPDATE:Several of the pictures have now been released. They are shown below the fold AND ARE DISTURBING - PROCEED WITH CAUTION. Thanks to limaike for pointing out the link.

Sydney Morning Herald story here.

Tonight the SBS Dateline program plans to broadcast about 60 previously unpublished photographs that the US Government has been fighting to keep secret in a court case with the American Civil Liberties Union.
Although a US judge last year granted the union access to the photographs following a freedom-of-information request, the US Administration has appealed against the decision on the grounds their release would fuel anti-American sentiment.
Some of the photos are similar to those published in 2004, others are different. They include photographs of six corpses, although the circumstances of their deaths are not clear. There are also pictures of what appear to be burns and wounds from shotgun pellets.

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Tuesday November 29, 2005 · 3:14 PM PST

2005/11/29 · 15:14

Apparently I am an idiot, because I constantly forget that what I find to be obviously reprehensible isn't to everyone. To some, it's just fine. Take my example today.

Today I emailed a copy of the video of the mercinaries in Iraq shooting at civilian cars to the tune of "Mystery Train." I only sent it to four people who I thought might reconsider their stances, or who would be as outraged as I by the video. One of the people I sent the video to was one of my two immediate supervisors. Both of my supervisors are very right-wing, which is odd to find in Massachusetts. However, the office I work in is fairly open to this sort of thing, we'll send joke emails, or every once in a while I'll get one of those chain emails saying how badly the Democrats screwed something up, but which are never truthful, etc., etc. And my supervisor was fine with my sending it, although he said, "Well, better off they shoot them then they get near them with a bomb." I was a little surprised that someone could just toss this aside. Read More

U.K. Security Contractors Shoot Iraqi Civilians on Video - Contracted by U.S.

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Saturday November 26, 2005 · 7:08 PM PST

2005/11/26 · 19:08

via Raw Story

The British news site telegraph.co.uk is reporting that video has surfaced on a website run by civilian contractors of the organization Aegis Defence Services, under contract to the United States, stationed in Iraq, showing unidentified individuals randomly shooting at Iraqi drivers. Read More

Army Resorts to Craigslist for its Recruiting Needs

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Wednesday October 19, 2005 · 3:53 PM PDT

2005/10/19 · 15:53

Things must be pretty bad for recruiters.

http://boston.craigslist.org/gov/105143146.html

Came across this in the government jobs section on the Boston Craigslist site, and I find it completely astounding.

"Every generation has its heroes" "Americas freedom is under attack, there is no greater calling than service to the nation. The U.S. Army is the most powerful, most respected and most feared ground force in the world. At its core, the success of the Army lives and dies on every Soldiers ability to think and take decisive action - to lead themselves and others. Fundamentally, the Army protects all that the U.S. Constitution stands for.

Every generation has its heroes...This one is no different.
If you want more information on the over 200 jobs the Army has to offer please call SGT XXXXXXXX at 781-XXX-XXXX.

* Compensation: 30 days payed vacation, full medical and dental, 20 year retirement" Read More

Are there really people for whom there is no hope (w/poll)

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Sunday October 02, 2005 · 7:34 PM PDT

2005/10/02 · 19:34

I post quite a bit on a music website, http://www.rateyourmusic.com. There is a politics board on there, and I valiantly attempt to swat down the lies of the righties who post there.

Today a new person to the site posted what has to be the most unbelieveably uninformed posting I have ever read, and I thought I'd share it with you and ask - are some people really beyond reason? Also, how is it possible that people are STILL being fed these lies and choosing to believe what people like Rush Limbaugh tell them instead of what they can see with their own eyes - even when presented with PROOF to the contrary? I mean, I know these lies were being spread, but I really had no idea that people still believed them! Read More

No Lessons Learned from Katrina...

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Friday September 23, 2005 · 3:58 PM PDT

2005/09/23 · 15:58

Many poor were unable to get out of Houston, no matter how many pictures of schoolbuses stuck in traffic are shown. Looks like Houston won't get hit as badly as originally feared, so there probably won't be any lessons learned from this either. It'll quickly be forgotten, I'm sure.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050923/ap_on_re_us/rita_stuck_in_houston_hk1 Read More

Edwards opposes Roberts

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Wednesday September 21, 2005 · 1:55 PM PDT

2005/09/21 · 13:55

Got this email this morning - I don't see any other posts on this, if I'm wrong about that lemme know and I'll delete this one - (just so you know, the first couple of posts here refer to my original title, "Edwards to vote "no" on Roberts." I got caught in a moment of wishful thinking!) Read More

FEMA Told LA Gov Not to Use School Buses to Evacuate: "Not Air-Conditioned"

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Monday September 19, 2005 · 6:04 PM PDT

2005/09/19 · 18:04

Story here at Baton Rouge's ABC affiliate's website:

http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/091805/new_blanco001.shtml

To all the folks complaining about the "drowned" school buses, hey guess why they weren't used! FEMA said not to, they would send air-conditioned commercial buses to save people. Only they didn't send them until Thursday. This according to the Louisana governor. Update [2005-9-19 23:24:25 by waitingtoderail]:It has been pointed out that this doesn't really refer to the buses shown in that photo. I'm not so sure about that. When was that photo taken? It's established that at least SOME buses were used to transport people to the Superdome, which was the plan. Would 10,000 more people in the Superdome have worked well? The plan was followed by the local officials. It broke down AFTERWARD when the buses which were supposed to transport people out did not come. The number of people left in the city was about what was expected by the Hurricane Pam exercise. They should have known. Read More

Grandmother Accused of Looting Released

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Saturday September 17, 2005 · 1:49 AM PDT

2005/09/17 · 01:49

Just came across this story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050916/ap_on_re_us/katrina_costly_sausage

A 73 year old woman was arrested in Gretna, LA the day after Hurrican Katrina hit, for taking $63.50 worth of food from a local grocery store because she was the only person the police could catch.

She was held on FIFTY THOUSAND dollars bail. I'll say that again. FIFTY THOUSAND dollars bail.

Even FEMA got involved in trying to get her released, but it took SIXTEEN days and an AP article to win her freedom. She will still have to appear in court on charges. Even the owner of the store she allegedly took the food from doesn't want her charged.

This is ludicrous. Yet another victim of the mindset that values property over people.

As soon as I had heard that the NO police were taken off of search and rescue duty to stop people from taking tv sets, I remembered that this was a red state we were dealing with.

Seriously, what is wrong with people?

"Me vs. Politics: I Lose"

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Wednesday September 14, 2005 · 7:07 PM PDT

2005/09/14 · 19:07

A Canadian friend of mine, Kevvy Schlauch, has an online magazine called Love is Wonderful, and he wrote a terrific piece I wanted to share with you, with his permission. It is written about Canadian politics, but I'm sure many of us can relate.

http://www.loveiswonderful.com/ - check out the rest of the blog/magazine, there is some fine writing, mostly from a Canadian perspective.

"I'm beginning to draw the conclusion that democratic politics is a system of trying the public's patients[sic], and then doing whatever you want to do."

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