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Eminem, Mosh: "I pledge allegiance ot the flag of the United States of America, And to the Republic for which it stands, One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

"We set aside our differences and assemble our own army to disarm this Weapon of Mass Destruction that we call our President"

www.eminem.net/ tracks/mosh/

Bush quotes on the month:

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." —George W. Bush, Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005 (Listen to audio)

This quote needs to play nightly on every news cast:

BUSH: Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution.

-- View the complete video here

Sign the petition at John Kerry's website, and pass this message on to everyone you know.  Republicans as well as Democrats MUST stand against the power grabs of the Bush administration, which would be aided and abetted by Samuel Alito.

Support a Filibuster Against Judge Alito

A Must Read:

Amazon.com: Fooled Again: Books: Mark Crispin Miller

Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election

Is the story the Corporate Media won't cover.

We are changing politics here at the grassroots,

The truth is coming out~ Hello In There

Black Box Voting
“Evidence? We Don’t Want Your Stinkin’ Evidence!”
Ernest Partridge, -Crisis Papers

Like biologists with evolution and atmospheric scientists with global climate change, those who warn us that our elections have been stolen and will be stolen again must now be wondering, “just how much evidence must it take to make our case and to convince enough of the public to force reform and secure our ballots?”

The answer, apparently, is no amount – no amount, that is, until more minds are opened. And that is more than a question of evidence, it is a question of collective sanity.

In his new book, Fooled Again, Mark Crispin Miller not only presents abundant evidence that the 2004 election was stolen, but in addition he examines the political, social, and media environment which made this theft possible.  

Anyone who has sense will not support

Hillary Clinton. Vote out the DLC.

The time of Republican light, is over people.

We are taking our party back~ Hello in there

WHY HILLARY WON'T SAVE US
Molly Ivins, AlterNet
If Democrats in Washington haven't got enough sense to own
the issue of political reform, I give up on them entirely.
http://www.alternet.org/story/31109/
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 The Top 10 Conservative Idiots
January 23

A Must read speech by Al Gore:

Ya gotta see/hear it!

It's about time America to wake up to the facts~Hello In There

The Impeachment of George W. Bush: .

People have begun to speak of impeaching President George W. Bush--not
in hushed whispers but openly, in newspapers, on the Internet, in
ordinary conversations and even in Congress. As a former member of Congress
who sat on the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment
proceedings against President Richard Nixon, I believe they are right to do
so.
http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20060130&s=holtzman

Ask your Congress Member to support these efforts!

The House Judiciary Committee Democratic staff has just released an extensive report titled "The Constitution in Crisis: The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Cover-ups in the Iraq War." It is available here.

The After Downing Street / Censure Bush Coalition has organized over 60 town hall forums around the country on January 7th and plans to make these new developments in Congress a focus of many of those events:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/event

VIDEO SPECIAL | Howard Dean: Democrats Took No Money from Abramoff
http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm
On CNN's Late Edition, Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean responded to Wolf Blitzer's attempts to include Democrats in the Abramoff scandal. Dean pointed out that, according to the FEC, no Democrats took money from Abramoff. Dean argued that money from Indian tribes that were clients of Abramoff is not money from Abramoff. Dean went on to say, "Republicans would like us to believe that Democrats are involved ... they're scared and they should be."

ZERO DEMOCRATS received money, either directly or indirectly, from Jack Abramoff.  It’s a REPUBLICAN scandal.
CNN

CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER

Aired January 8, 2006 - 11:00   ET

… BLITZER: Should Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, who has now pleaded guilty to bribery charges, among other charges, a Republican lobbyist in Washington, should the Democrat who took money from him give that money to charity or give it back?

[DNC Chairman Howard] DEAN: There are no Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, not one, not one single Democrat. Every person named in this scandal is a Republican. Every person under investigation is a Republican. Every person indicted is a Republican. This is a Republican finance scandal. There is no evidence that Jack Abramoff ever gave any Democrat any money. And we've looked through all of those FEC reports to make sure that's true.

BLITZER: But through various Abramoff-related organizations and outfits, a bunch of Democrats did take money that presumably originated with Jack Abramoff.

DEAN: That's not true either. There's no evidence for that either. There is no evidence...

BLITZER: What about Senator Byron Dorgan?

DEAN: Senator Byron Dorgan and some others took money from Indian tribes. They're not agents of Jack Abramoff. There's no evidence that I've seen that Jack Abramoff directed any contributions to Democrats. I know the Republican National Committee would like to get the Democrats involved in this. They're scared. They should be scared. They haven't told the truth. They have misled the American people. And now it appears they're stealing from Indian tribes. The Democrats are not involved in this.

BLITZER: Unfortunately Mr. Chairman, we got to leave it right there.

Howard Dean, the chairman of the Democratic Party, always speaking out bluntly, candidly.

Appreciate your joining us on "Late Edition."…

[CanOFun has the video.  It’s beautiful!—Caro]

SENATE HEARINGS BEGIN TODAY!
ACTION NEEDED TO PROTECT DECADES OF CHURCH-STATE SAFEGUARDS!

TAKE ACTION NOW!

SUPREME COURT
Bush's Enabler

Samuel Alito's view of presidential powers will be a central issue in today's Supreme Court confirmation hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Alito's position is consistent with Vice President Dick Cheney's statement, "The president of the United States needs to have his constitutional powers unimpaired, if you will, in terms of the conduct of national security policy." According to the Boston Globe, "At this moment in American history, it would be hard to find a worse Supreme Court nominee than Samuel A. Alito Jr. His ideology captures everything extremist about the Bush administration. If confirmed, Alito would serve as Bush's enabler." In this week's hearings, Alito will need to prove his independence from the White House and his distance from his past work pushing an all-powerful executive. (For more on the Alito nomination, including info on how to make your voice heard, check out AlitosAmerica.org.)

		Shortly after it was revealed that the Bush Administration had been using the National Security Agency to spy on American citizens without oversight by any court, Governor Dean sent an email asking you to join him in signing a Freedom of Information Act request demanding that the White House release Justice Department memos outlining the supposed authority for this illegal program. The response to this request was overwhelming, and new signers came in daily for the past two weeks. We spent the past few days printing all 160,000 requests, boxed them up, and DNC General Counsel Joe Sandler, blogger Tim Tagaris and I drove downtown to the Department of Justice and formally submitted them. Joe did the talking and I took the pictures -- you can see them here: http://www.democrats.org/foiadelivery The Justice Department has to respond within 20 days. But we may hear from them sooner -- a judge on the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which exists to provide a crucial check on executive power while allowing maximum flexibility to our intelligence services, has demanded the administration explain the supposed legal authority for this domestic spying program. The hearing will take place on Monday. Your 160,000 requests demand exactly the same information. This gets to the core of the domestic spying scandal: we need to know what authority this administration thinks it has to conduct a program like this not only to get to the bottom of this illegal activity, but to understand just what this administration thinks it can and cannot do. Reports suggest that the vague assertion of authority to spy on Americans may be part of a larger claim of blanket authority to conduct all kinds of blatantly illegal activity - from improper detentions to torture. George Bush himself said on the campaign trail in 2004 that any wiretap "requires a court order". But he recently admitted that years before that statement, he had personally directed our intelligence agencies to conduct surveillance on Americans without going to any court for a warrant - even though secret warrants could be obtained up to 3 days after the surveillance had begun. It's clear that our Constitution and the rule of law mean very little to this president -- and we've seen this kind of secrecy and abuse of power before. The DNC Communications team put together a short video that looks at George Bush's Nixon-like justification for the actions he ordered: http://www.democrats.org/wiretap Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin said, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." This administration, whose strategy for fighting terror involves unnecessary illegal wiretaps on Americans, seems to have given us exactly what Franklin predicted. Democrats will protect our nations liberty and security. Thank you for stepping up and demanding accountability. We will be sure to keep you updated as this important story evolves. Josh McConaha Internet Department Democratic National Committee

Debunking Bush's NSA Lies: A Handy Pocket Guide 1-6
http://tinyurl.com/74vn2

Robertson suggests God smote Sharon

Evangelist links Israeli leader's stroke to 'dividing God's land'

Thursday, January 5, 2006; Posted: 7:08 p.m. EST (00:08 GMT)

(CNN) -- Television evangelist Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, which Robertson opposed.

"He was dividing God's land, and I would say, 'Woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the [European Union], the United Nations or the United States of America,'" Robertson told viewers of his long-running television show, "The 700 Club."

"God says, 'This land belongs to me, and you'd better leave it alone,'" he said｡ﾄ

When will the U.S. begin to ignore assholes like Pat Robertson?~Hello In There

Joe Conason | Let Us Prey
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010606D.shtml
Jack Abramoff and his deeply religious right-wing cronies express their "biblical worldview" by swindling Indian tribes and bribing legislators. Verily, mysterious are the ways of the Lord, remarks Joe Conason. Rarely has the contrast between the rhetoric of the religious right and the behavior of its leaders been so starkly exposed as in the Abramoff scandal.

Katrina vanden Heuvel | GOP Corruption Machine: What Dems Need to Do
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010606E.shtml
Katrina vanden Heuvel: It didn't take Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff's guilty plea to three felony counts of conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion to understand that the scale of corruption in the GOP-dominated Congress had risen to obscene heights. What is to be done? Take a lesson from the good Senator from Wisconsin, Russ Feingold who, last July, launched a crackdown on government corruption.

Bizzaro World photo-op.

Behind the President is his failed Supreme court nomination-Harriet Miers. Next to her is Karl Rove, the man who might be indicted next by Fitzmas for his involvement with the Plame investigation. On his left is the author of the torture memos-Alberto Gonzales. To his right is Michael Chertoff, the guy who fell asleep during Hurricane Katrina and wonders if New Orleans should even exist.

Let’s never forget that Enron was a part of the culture of corruption now unfolding before our eyes.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (DVD, 2005)