At a press conference in Queens on Thursday, Mr. Bloomberg was asked if an economic turnaround would undermine his initial reasoning for rewriting the city’s term limits law and seeking a third term, which was that a city in financial turmoil needed his steady hand and business background.



Wow, a billionaire media baron who doesn't appreciate journalism.

On September 22, 1975 in San Francisco, Sara Jane Moore fired a shot at President Ford that missed his head by several feet.

Too bad she missed.

Ford appointed George H. W. Bush as head of the CIA and Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense in October 1975.

We all have been tirelessly screaming about issues related to Congressional leaders abdicating their main responsibility of 'oversight.' We have been outraged for way too long at seeing 'no' accountability whatsoever in many known cases of extreme wrongdoing. I, and many of you, believe that the biggest reason for this was, and still is, the lack of true journalism and media coverage -- which acts as the necessary pressure and catalyst for those spineless politicians on the Hill and in the Executive branch. Or, at least it's supposed to. So, in our book, the MSM has been the main culprit.

Well, here is a chance to turn the tables.

What was MoveOn’s explanation for abandoning the peace movement in a meeting with a president the peace movement was key to electing?

When President Obama signed the bill on Wednesday creating a 10-member Pecora-style commission with subpoena power to investigate the financial crisis, he also issued a signing statement limiting the administration's duty to comply with its requests.

I have some news. The Obama administration is the Bush administration. Change is a word. Obama is an advertisement. Not for democracy. Or Democrats. For America.

Despite all the promises Mr. Obama made during his campaign, especially on those issues that were absolutely central to those whose support he garnered, so far the President of Change has followed in the footsteps of his predecessor. Not only that, his administration has made it clear that they intend to continue this trend. Some call it a major betrayal. Can we go so far as to call it a 'swindling of the voters'?

And what does academia have to say about torture?

How come NOBODY will discuss the issue at hand?

Will Dick Cheney be tortured, or merely locked away until he dies?

Which one?

Agreeing with the Bush administration, the Obama Justice Department argues the Wilsons have no legitimate grounds to sue. It is surprising that the first time the Obama administration has been required to take a public position on this matter, the administration is so closely aligning itself with the Bush administration’s views.

In fact, the Obama administration has gone one step further, suggesting Mr. Wilson failed to provide any evidence that Mr. Cheney, Mr. Rove or Mr. Libby harmed him. This is particularly ironic because the government had moved to have the case dismissed before the Wilsons had the opportunity to uncover the details of how Ms. Wilson’s covert identity was revealed.

Today, Dick Cheney said, "The point is not to look backward," while informing us that we must focus our every living moment on obtaining revenge for a crime that he refused to investigate.

Who made him king of the world? Who will unmake him?

Obama & Change...

Despite President Barack Obama's publicized pledge to close the prison camp and end torture -- and analysis from human rights lawyers who call these forces' actions illegal -- IRFs remain very much active at Guantánamo.

The 'Black Shirts' of Guantanamo routinely terrorize prisoners, breaking bones, gouging eyes, squeezing testicles, and 'dousing' them with chemicals.

"The Obama administration should not need pressure from abroad to uphold our own laws and initiate a criminal investigation in the U.S.," says Vince Warren, CCR's executive director. "I hope the Spanish cases will impress on the president and Attorney General Eric Holder how seriously the rest of the world takes these crimes and show them the issue will not go away."

More Change...

General Electric Begins Dredging Hudson River

General Electric has begun dredging for PCBs in the Hudson River, twenty-five years after the contamination was deemed a federal Superfund site. GE discharged as much as 1.3 million pounds of PCBs into the Hudson before PCBs were banned in 1977. The contaminated sediment will be transported by train to a hazardous waste site in Andrews, Texas, near the New Mexico border. The Sierra Club in Texas has opposed the plan. Neil Carman said, “All they’re doing is relocating toxic waste. They’re moving a problem from one location to another [and] creating problems for future generations to solve.” While GE is paying to clean up the river, the company is still challenging the constitutionality of the Superfund law in federal court.

Obama Taps GE Attorney to be Nation’s Top Environmental Litigator

Meanwhile, President Obama has tapped a top attorney at General Electric to be the nation’s top environmental litigator. If confirmed, Ignacia Moreno would lead the Justice Department’s efforts to enforce environmental laws and defend federal regulations in lawsuits. Her selection has concerned many environmental groups. Frank O’Donnell of Clean Air Watch said, “It seems as if she has spent maybe more time defending polluters than prosecuting them.”

Obama Administration OKs New Mountaintop Removal Permits

In other environmental news, the Obama administration has given the green light for forty-two more mountaintop removal permits, dealing a victory for the coal industry. Mountaintop mining involves blowing off the tops of mountains to get at the coal underneath.

Democracy Now

Six Reasons Why Obama Appointing Monsanto's Buddy, Former Iowa Governor Vilsack, for USDA Head is a Terrible Idea

Once confronted with Graham's evidence, the CIA started backtracking and saying that they may have been mistaken about the briefings and dates in question. Can a complete vindication of Pelosi be far behind?

The truth is always better than a cover-up, and what we now have the president advocating is a cover-up of American torture.

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To Sri Lanka-
President Obama: “First, the government should stop the indiscriminate shelling that has taken hundreds of innocent lives, including several hospitals. The government should live up to its commitment to not use heavy weapons in the conflict zone. Second, the government should give United Nations humanitarian teams access to the civilians who are trapped between the warring parties so that they can receive the immediate assistance necessary to save lives.”

To Afghanistan-
Fucking die innocent bitches, I got politics to deal with here.

Obama is a fucking cocksucker.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama said Wednesday that he told government lawyers to object to a court-ordered release of additional images showing alleged abuse of detainees because the release could affect the safety of U.S. troops and "inflame anti-American opinion."

The Defense Department was set to release hundreds of photographs showing alleged abuse of prisoners in detention facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq.

I'm sure killing innocent people from planes won't inflame much.

POLITICIANS & POLICE: ENEMY #1

Ahh, the glories of economic development...

On the same day mill workers in Northwest Montana received layoff notices, Plum Creek Timber Co. announced its first-quarter profit grew fourfold, driven by real estate revenue that made up for declines in timber and manufacturing.

SANGERVILLE, Maine — Several East Sangerville residents are worried that the memory problems, muscle disorders and other illnesses they are experiencing could stem from water contaminated by an experimental sludge-spreading operation in their neighborhood that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection authorized in the late 1990s.

Barack Obama & The United States of America














US-led air strikes have killed dozens of Afghan people, the Red Cross said today as the Pentagon launched a joint investigation into what appeared one of the deadliest incidents and heaviest civilian losses so far at the hands of coalition forces.

(Support the Troops)

The California Democrat's position contrasts with that of a longtime colleague and rival, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Mrs. Pelosi has in the past two weeks said she was powerless to stop the interrogation program, which critics say included torture, and that she was never told that the program was actually being implemented.

Mrs. Harman, on the other hand, did voice some objections in 2003.

[DO YOU REALLY NEED TO SAY CRITICS, FUCKINGTON FUCKFACE? - OH RIGHT, YOU DO, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU MIGHT BE REPORTING SOMETHING]

Hey! What happened to all the indigenous peoples of this formerly tolerable land mass?

"Democrats," or "Cocksucking Fuckwads?"

Big Biz, Dems Rebel on Offshore Tax Reforms

Dems Deny Obama Funds to Close Gitmo

Arseholen Specter's move is not a sign of his morality. It's a sign of how the Democrats have become yesterday's Republicans. And Republicans are just strait up murderers, none of which have any right to live on this planet. Thanks.

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