JAMES BROWN

1933-2006





IF HE WASN'T THE BEST, THEN I DONT KNOW WHO WAS.

BLOODSHED IN IRAQ DISMISSED AS "JUST A COMMA"

According to Antiwar.com there has been 2199 American deaths since the War in Iraq began in 2003.

Our President said that "I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is-my point is, there's a strong will for democracy".

Amreica, am I the only one that don't get it or what?

How can this man who got out of Vietnam see NY Times, but has the nerve to start a war that didn't need to be and killed our sons and daughters, then dismiss it with a comma.

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Has he lost his mind, what say you America?

WHY HAS ABC DECIDED TO BLAME CLINTON AND NOT BUSH?

ABC has promoted a documentary based on the 9/11 Commission's report, it contains fabricated scenes, which cast the Clinton administration officials in a negative light.

Letters have been written by both former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Adviser Samuel Berger. The letter calls on Thomas Kean, 9/11 Commission Chairman and co-executive producer of Path to 9/11, to exert his “influence to persuade ABC to withdraw the broadcast.

John Beug, the widowed husband of Carolyn Beug who was on the plane that slammed into 1 World Trade Center, has written a letter to ABC chief Bob Iger pleading with him not to run the film.

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September 9, 2006

Dear Mr. Iger,

I have seen the advertisements for and read the press coverage of ABC’s film, “The Path to 9/11,” that your network plans to air this Sunday and Monday to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. I am writing to express my concern and deep reservations about this film and to ask you, out of respect for the victims of 9/11 and their families, not to air it.

My wife worked for the Walt Disney Corporation and was a victim of the terrorist attacks as a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11. I have great respect for you and your company and I know that you must have worked hard to make a good film. Admittedly, I have not seen it. However, accounts from those who have suggest that it contains inaccurate and invented scenes. It seems to me that fictionalizing this tragedy does not honor the memory of those who were lost on September 11th.

Given the gravity of this event for our nation and the personal loss I suffered, I believe it is critically important that we do everything possible to prevent another 9/11. That begins with making sure that we are united in our understanding of what we could have done better in the years, months and weeks leading up to the attacks of 2001. I am deeply concerned that Americans will watch this film and not fully understand –- or be led to misunderstand -– the true history of this tragedy.

I feel the 9/11 Commission Report was a correct and very responsible accounting of the terrorist attacks of 2001. Since “The Path to 9/11” deviates from this report in key instances, I strongly and respectfully urge you not to air this film.

Sincerely,

John Beug

Just what brought ABC to this point and what will happen because of this?

What say you America?

"Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me --- you can't get fooled again."

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Keith Obermann suggest that Bush and his minions have used bogus terrorist threats to distact public attention from embarrassing political news.

Ive tried to inform Republicans as to President Bush lies in my four (4), post called "Case in Point".

No one made a comment as to what they really thought was going on with this President.

As George Bush said, "Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me --- you can't get fooled again."

That's just what's been going on with the Republican Party, fooled, fooled and shame on you.

You couldn't get enough of calling former President Clinton a liar and how he lacked morals, yet you are willing to take in everything President Bush and his Administration say to you as gospel.

As George Bush said, "Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me --- you can't get fooled again." But you Republicans did.

A CASE OF MORALS

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I would like to believe that every man and woman on this earth has some type of morals and if not, I know that GOD will deal with that.

I just can't see how just 7 years ago every Evangelical Christian, Republican and Neocon was talking about how former President Clinton lacked morals and how America needed a person in the White House with those qualities.

Well now that we have a Republican in office and a majority House and Senate, my question is where's the morals of these people?

I'm not GOD, so I'm not going to condemn anyone, but there seems to be a decay in this President morals, that's if he had any in the first place.

We always hear this man say, the war in Iraq is a war on terror. Now who can still say that he is right?

I don't believe anyone in this Administration, House or Senate seems to be honest and frank with the American People and I don't think they have our best interest at heart.

Did you know that former President Bush is The man who originally recruited Hussein as an American ally. He thought Hussein would go against the Islamic fundamentalism of Iran and he did.

Our President has yet to give us the truth and moral reasons as to why we went to war with Iraq. Don't that bother you America?

We have lost over 2,600 Americans, 19,000 have been injured and we have given away over $320 billion for Bush lies.


Where's the morals when Bush and his Administraion, the House and the Senate cut funds that would help Americans who are less fortunate, because he has us in a wasteful mess in Iraq.

Where's the morals when he tells us that we fight them over their, so that we don't have to fight them over here. Our so called Homeland security is being underfunded and short changed by the Iraq war.

This President tells us that all Americans must do their part, then he gives tax breaks to the rich. $285 billion over five years, not including an expected extension of the Alternative Minimum Tax - would more than negate the savings from cuts to domestic programs, which largely benefit low- and middle-income Americans.

Just last Month the House passed a bill that would give a death tax to the rich. This was done on the back of a minimum wage increase for the average American and Bush supported this. Where's the morals ?

Where's the morals when the Bush administration eased rules on reporting legal toxin releases which has compromised the public's right to know about possible health risks in their neighborhoods.

Where's the morals when Bush's EPA was to busy to set toxic air pollution standards for literally dozens of industries, including manufacturers of plastics, paints, chemicals and pesticides. It seems that they were to busy cutting deals with the polluters.

Bush told us that he didn't know how bad Hurrcane Katrina would be, then we find out In the 48 hours before Hurricane Katrina hit, the White House received detailed warnings about the storm's likely impact, including eerily prescient predictions of breached levees, massive flooding, and major losses of life and property, documents show. Where's the morals?

Any time people oppose this man and his administration, they are destroyed by Fox News, Talk Radio, his Administration and the Republican party, just look at how they destroyed Valerie Plame just because President Bush directed Cheney to counter what former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson had said about the war in Iraq and yellowcake.

Now do you really think that former President Clinton morals were worse than the President we have in office now?

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CONGRESS WILLING TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT WITH MONEY TO FIGHT IN IRAQ BUT NOT FOR THE TROOPS INJURED

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George Zitnay, co-founder of the Brain Injury Center, asked for $19 million, and 34 Democratic and six Republican members of Congress signed a letter endorsing the budget request.

Zitnay said that body armor saves troops caught in blasts but leaves many with brain damage. "Traumatic brain injury is the signature injury of the war on terrorism," he testified before a Senate subcommittee in May.

Preliminary research by the center shows that about 10% of all troops in Iraq, and up to 20% of front line infantry troops, suffer concussions during combat tours. Many experience headaches, disturbed sleep, memory loss and behavior issues after coming home, the research shows.

The center urged the Pentagon to screen all troops returning from Iraq in order to treat symptoms and create a database of brain injury victims. Scientists say multiple concussions can cause permanent brain damage.

Now why is it that we can pay for a war, but refuse to take care of the injured when they are no longer able to fight for this country America?

172nd Stryker Brigade, "How come we are just being told"

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The Alaska-based 172nd Stryker Brigade based in the Mosul area of Iraq were told that instead of going home after a year they would stay in Iraq for four more months.

The response from the troops were, "How come you're just now telling us?"

The commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq requested to extend their deployment and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved it.

I thought we were going to cut back on the troops in Iraq this year?

Is this right to do to a brigade after spending a year in Iraq, just to increased the brigades from 15 to 16?

Just last thursday a soldier from the 172nd from Maine was killed in the town of Bayji.

I can't understand this, what say you America?

LETS NOT WEAR OUT OUR WELCOME

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Our President and his Congress are on vacation. The President will be back in a few days and his congress will be back in about 5 weeks.

Our Generals have stated that the The Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites are at a level of civil war and our military is right in the middle of it.

Just what is going on over there and what is this President and his Administration going to do about it?

Shiites chanting "Death to Israel" and "Death to America is not solving the problem and if anything this is what brings down our military spirites.

Is it time to disengage from Iraq?

What say you America?

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Investigating a President and a case for Impeachment

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ARTICLE V

In the conduct of the office of President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has planned, prepared, and conspired to commit crimes against the peace by leading the United States into aggressive war against Iraq in violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter, the Nuremberg Charter, other international instruments and treaties, and the Constitution of the United States. In all of this George Herbert Walker Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.

Wherefore George Herbert Walker Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. What say you America?

KING OF THE UNITED STATES

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President Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, and grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas.

For some reason almost at the age of 60 he like his counterpart Dick Cheney , who is 65 think that they can take it with them.

They are both set for life and want even more judging by the political decisions they make and the way they walk all over the constitution and the American people.

With the help of Fox News, Rush and all the conservative talk radio host, the Republican House and Senate, and the conservative Press. This man has made the American People fools.

We believe any and everything he tells us. President Bush told prosecutors he directed Cheney to disclose classified information that would not only defend his administration but also discredit Wilson. He lied to us for two years with the help of Fox and his Administration.

In November we can put a stop to some of this madness, what say you America?

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CASE IN POINT PART 5/ "WE'RE GOING TO CATCH THE GUYS THAT KNOCKED DOWN THESE BUILDINGS"

The top people in al-Qaeda are out there somewhere in Pakistan and yet we're stuck in Iraq. the President said at 9/11 "We're going to catch the guys that knocked down these buildings," but we have lost that pursuit. The top people in al-Qaeda are still in force.

Tell me why and how did we end up in Iraq, with all our forces? take a look at the people who killed Americans on 9/11:

American Airlines Flight 11
Waleed Alshehri, 22, from Saudi Arabia
Wail Alshehri, 28, from Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz Alomari, 22, from Saudi Arabia
Satam Al Suqami, 25, from Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Atta, 33, from Egypt
United Airlines Flight 93
Saeed Alghamdi, 21, from Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Alhaznawi, 20, from Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Alnami, 23, from Saudi Arabia
Ziad Jarrah, 26, from Lebanon
United Airlines Flight 175
Ahmed Alghamdi, 22, from Saudi Arabia
Hamza Alghamdi, 20, from Saudi Arabia
Marwan Alshehhi, 23, from United Arab Emirates
Mohand Alshehri, 22, from Saudi Arabia
Fayez Ahmed Banihammad (Alshehri), 24, from United Arab Emirates
American Airlines Flight 77
Khalid Almihdhar, 26, from Saudi Arabia
Nawaf Alhazmi, 25, from Saudi Arabia
Salem Alhazmi, 20, from Saudi Arabia
Hani Hanjour, 29, from Saudi Arabia
Majed Moqed, 24, from Saudi Arabia


August 6, 2001: President Bush receives classified intelligence briefings at his Crawford, Texas ranch indicating that bin Laden might be planning to hijack commercial airliners. The memo read to him is titled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US", and the entire memo focuses on the possibility of terrorist attacks inside the US. National Security Advisor Rice later claims the memo was "fuzzy and thin" and only 1 and a half pages long (his normal daily security briefings run two or three pages). The contents have never been made public. However, a Congressional report later describes what is likely this memo (they call it "a closely held intelligence report for senior government officials" presented in early August 2001): it mentions "that members of al-Qaeda, including some US citizens, had resided in or traveled to the US for years and that the group apparently maintained a support structure here. The report cited uncorroborated information obtained in 1998 that Osama bin Laden wanted to hijack airplanes to gain the release of US-held extremists; FBI judgments about patterns of activity consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks and the number of bin Laden-related investigations underway; as well as information acquired in May 2001 that indicated a group of bin Laden supporters was planning attacks in the US with explosives." [Senate Intelligence Committee, 9/18/02] Incredibly, the New York Times later reports that Bush "broke off from work early and spent most of the day fishing"

May 15, 2002: The Bush Administration is embarrassed when the CBS Evening News reveals that Bush had been warned about al-Qaeda domestic attacks in August 2001. Bush had repeatedly said that he had "no warning" of any kind.

Remember President Bush spent most of August 2001 at his Crawford, Texas, ranch, nearly setting a record for the longest presidential vacation. While it is billed a "working vacation."

Why don't we stop crying about the Times and start following the money of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden just to see where it leads Mr. President! Check out the below sites for starts:
bushnews
inthesetimes.com
bbc
CNN

REPUBLICANS AND THIS ADMINISTRATION FULL OF CRAP!

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Delay: It's not politics; This is war.

Matthews: It's not politics?

Delay: The American people understand the real war...

Matthews: You don't think Karl Rove is behind this and saying, "Hey put in more fire, shoot'em again, keep this going a couple of weeks"?

Delay: Absolutely not. This is war. The New York Times has undermined our national security and there ought to be consequences. It has nothing to do with politics.

Matthews: So you're against leaking?

Delay: Yes, I'm against leaking.

Matthews: All leaking by the administration. So even this thing with the CIA agent shouldn't have been leaked?

Delay: Absolutely not.

Matthews: So guys like Rove shouldn't have been talking to the papers... and people like Scooter Libby shouldn't have been talking;... I'm asking you.

Delay: I'm not gonna... I'm not a [???]; I'm not a judge.

Matthews: You said you were against leaking

Delay: You said something that Karl Rove is not being commited of, convicted of...

Matthews: He never denied it, and nobody is going to contest it. It's public record that he leaked.

Delay: It's just you saying that he is guilty.

Matthews: I am not saying it's a crime. I'm saying he leaked.

Delay: How do you know he leaked?

Matthews: Because it's the public record now that he leaked (laughs in frustration)! That doesn't bother you?

Delay: No! Leaking national security secrets at a time of war is outrageous and shouldn't be done.

Matthews: But not the identity of a CIA agent?

Delay: We can spend an hour on that. Valerie Plame was not a CIA agent.

Matthews: What was she?

Delay: (dismissively) She was behind a desk over at Langley.

Matthews: But was her classification undercover? She deep background?

Delay: Yes, but she was not an out-in-the field CIA agent, and that's what the law is all about.

What a bunch of crap from a party that has put this country in the shape that it's in now.

We have a President that see fault in a paper that talks about SWIFT, which everyone already knows about, a President who gives the green light for his Administration to go after Valerie Plame.

A WORD FOR THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS

Former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research Carl Ford, appearing before the The Senate Democratic Policy Committee, called upon policy makers to accept part of the blame for intelligence failures, telling them to "not accept the crap we give you."

When you go to the ballot box in November, remember who has given you a bunch of crap with this pre-war intelligence in Iraq and this lack of scrutiny of Iraq intelligence by the Republican-led Senate.

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WHAT A WAY TO SAY HOW MUCH YOU CARE!

This is what we got from our House and Senate last week. They passed a bill to cut the estate tax for the rich and famous, while the wage increase for the have nots, just slip right on away.
I find this administration, this House and this Senate offensive to the American People, who voted these people into office for the best of this country, not for the best of the rich in this country.

When in the world will the Republican party wake up and see that this Administration, House and Senate, are not for us average folks, but for the very rich and well to do. Am I the only one to see this? Am I wrong?

What in God's name is going on, when a group of people continue to vote for a party that is clearly not for the average person, but for the rich. Wake up America, open your eye's, unstop your ears and please see and hear what this Administration, this Republican House and this Republican Senate has done to the average people in this country for the benefit for the rich.

Remember the federal minimum wage has been locked in at $5.15/hour for the past nine years. Only States with the mandate to do the right thing on their agenda, has raised the minimum wage. Our House and Senate has constantly raised their salaries every year right, to compensate for inflation. I guess to them it just dont matter when it comes to compensating for the average workers inflation.

I hear people argue that, small business can not stay in business or stay together, if we raise the minimum wage.

Well I'll just say that if a business can not stay afloat because of a better wage for the average worker, then that business shouldn't hire workers or maybe they shouldn't be in business at all. How can you go into business for yourself, but not be able to pay a decent salary to your employees?

What say you America?

I SHALL RETURN SHORTLY

Due to surgery that I had on the 25th of last month. I have been unable to post anything, but I shall return soon.

$69 billion tax cut bill raised taxes and tax rates on teenagers with college savings funds

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The $69 billion tax cut bill that President Bush signed this week tripled tax rates for teenagers with college savings funds, despite Mr. Bush's 1999 pledge to veto any tax increase. Let's Talk.

Under the new law, teenagers age 14 to 17 with investment income will now be taxed at the same rate as their parents, not at their own rates. Long-term capital gains and dividends that had been taxed at 5 percent will now be taxed at 15 percent. Interest that had been taxed at 10 percent will now be taxed at as much as 35 percent. The bill raised taxes and tax rates on teenagers with college savings funds.

In response to a question about the tax increase on teenagers in the new legislation, the White House issued a statement Friday that made no reference to the tax increase, but recounted the tax cuts the administration has sponsored and stated that President Bush had "reduced taxes on all people who pay income taxes."

Challenged on that point, the White House modified its statement 21 minutes later to say that Mr. Bush had "reduced taxes on virtually all people who pay income taxes."

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, told the Times that the increase is "a technical violation of the pledge." The pledge was made to the Republican National Committee.

Bush pledged, "If I were elected president, I will oppose and veto any increase in individual or corporate marginal income tax rates or individual or corporate income tax hikes. . . . I will also oppose any further reduction or elimination of income tax deductions and credits, unless offset dollar for dollar by reducing tax rates."

Mr. Norquist called the bill raising taxes on teenagers with investment income "a technical violation of the pledge" and noted that his group opposes all retroactive tax increases. He pledged to immediately begin a campaign to have the tax increases rescinded.

What in the world are the House, Senate and this President thinking. Did they not know this bill would tripled tax rates for teenagers with college savings funds?

Most important, would Bush have done anything about it if he had not made this pledge and will he reverse it now? What say you America?

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