Archive for May, 2005
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Monday, May 9th, 2005If you believe in taking part, head over to our Activism page and do your fair share. New activism up for Social Security Reform and Voting Reform available. Click now!
Witholding docs on Bolton
Monday, May 9th, 2005The State Department doesn’t think it should have to release more internal documents on John Bolton. Though there’s a vote coming up on his UN nomination, the State Department says that they’re “not stiffing anyone” and that they’ve released everything they THINK is appropriate. Bolton isn’t fit to manage a convenience store, much less be [...]
Frists’ Alma Mater Filibusters HIM
Monday, May 9th, 2005A group of students at Princeton, Senator Bill Frist’s Alma Mater, have begun a protest of Frist’s suggestion of the removal of the filibuster by staging one themselves. The students have been going non-stop since April 26th. Once it caught on, it’s not just students protesting. Federal and State elected officials are ALSO taking part. [...]
Top Ten Conservative Idiots for week of 5/9/05
Monday, May 9th, 2005If you wanted a one-stop-shop for Republican revulsion, the The Top Ten Conservative Idiots list at democraticunderground.com is a good place to go. DeLay and his trying to get out of his ethics charges by “confessing to sins. The Carolinian church who kicked out anyone who voted for John Kerry. It’s all there!
Greg Palast: IMPEACHMENT TIME!
Thursday, May 5th, 2005You need to click on this link and read this article by Greg Palast. It sets the stage showing what Bush and Blair did, hyping and lying about Iraq. Palast calls for impeachment. To Republicans, this isn’t an issue. Bill Clinton and Monica was impeachable. This, which *is* truly an act of treason which has [...]
Two Down, Three to Go
Thursday, May 5th, 2005In the political deathwatch that is Tom DeLay’s political career, two Republicans have recused themselves from any investigation into Tom DeLay, because they have donated to Tom DeLay’s legal defense fund. Of course the other three Republicans on the committee ALSO have financial ties to DeLay. When are they going to recuse themselves as well?
Brazil to US: Keep your money!
Wednesday, May 4th, 2005It’s no secret that the Bush administration has taken to putting stipulations on money being given to other nations. But what it pitiful is that Brazil is refusing help from the United States to fight HIV – $40,000,000 – because the US is demanding the money be used for abstinence. Bush is trying to inflict [...]
Murkowski pushes for his Jet
Wednesday, May 4th, 2005After being denied a request to waste $2,000,000 on a private jet to be used by him (and prisoner transport), Alaska Governor Murkowski went to the legislature for $1,400,000 to lease a new jet. That was thrown out as well, and it’s common knowledge throughout the state (that is facing cuts just like every other [...]
Alaskan Abortion “Website”
Wednesday, May 4th, 2005Republican Frank Murkowski of Alaska signed a law that built a website on abortion information that includes information on links betwen abortion and breast cancer, and that women must be “counseled” on the “risk”, even though the studies on the link between abortion and breast cancer is quite dubious. A 5 panel group of OB/GYN [...]
Deranged Dobson
Wednesday, May 4th, 2005MSNBC put out an article on their website that is a piece of James Dobson of “Focus on Family”, which is a misnamed organization if there ever was one. It should be Focused on Fiction. Dobson says the most important thing for him to do is to help end the filibuster. WHA? He goes on [...]
