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2005-12-11T11:42:00.000-07:00

Peace Happens: A symposium exploring issues of violence, nonviolence, and conflict resolution. Peace Happens intends to create a safe space for meaningful and dynamic dialogue. The purpose of Peace Happens does not lie in reaching answers, but in the process of questioning.

Peace Happens Fall Symposium Schedule:

Monday, December 12, 2005, 7:30 p.m. at McHugh Commons

The War on Terror: Promoting Global Security through Violent Vs. Nonviolent Measures

Security has become the prominent issue in American foreign policy. As we enter a new century, America is faced with new threats to our security. What is the nature of these threats and how can we deal with them? Colorado College and Air Force Academy will debate the roles of violent and nonviolent solutions to the dilemma of global security in the 21st century.

Tuesday, December 13, 7:30 p.m. at McHugh Commons

Education, the Institute, and the Self

Philosophy professor John Riker will speak and facilitate dialogue on the values and structures of modern education and their implications upon society and the self. Do our educational values, in line with our economic worldview, create violence upon the vitality of life? What implications do these values have for honoring and living an ethical life?

Wednesday, December 14, 2005, 6 p.m. at Gates Common Room in Palmer Hall

Building Peace Within

Religion Professor David Gardiner, specialist in Asian religions, will speak on the Buddhist tradition of cultivating peace within the individual, which in turn is the basis for peace in our communities. His talk will focus on scientific evidence displaying the peaceful and positive effects of meditation. Following Gardiner's talk, a group meditation will be held in Shove Chapel from 7:00-8:30.

Thursday, December 15, 7:30 p.m. at Gates Common Room in Palmer Hall

A Struggle between Boarders

A showing of the film , followed by a facilitated discussion of border policies and their indirect repercussions of human suffering and death. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has suggested, Are current border policies just? What ought we as citizens be doing to support or resist these policies?

Friday, December 16, 9 until late at Sacred Grounds in Shove Chapel

Peace Jam

Peace Happens is hosting an open mike for those who wish to share their creative expression of song and word. Come delight in hot chocolate and spiced cider in Sacred Grounds, an epicenter of student passion and creation.

All events are at Colorado College, 902 North Cascade

For more information write Jocelyn Vaughan:

j_vaughan(at)coloradocollege(dot)edu

719.389.6607

2005-11-20T13:12:00.000-07:00

Senator Biden (D-DE) celebrated his 63rd birthday today by hinting at a possible filibuster over Alito's nomination, over his opposition to "one man, one vote."

2005-11-17T13:28:00.000-07:00

Bush's Troubles Mount
As Republican Defections Increase
by Doug Thompson

A private poll recently commissioned by Republican leaders shows the GOP would lose control of both the House and Senate if midterm elections were held today and supports mounting evidence that the party must distance itself from President Bush if it wants to hold on to Congressional control in 2006.

GOP strategists who have seen the poll warn House and Senate leaders that Bush's numbers will continue to fall and there may be no way the party can avoid catastrophe as long as the President remains in office.

Calling For Truth & Dignity
by Floyd McKay

Who built the moral cesspool into which this nation has sunk with its secret prisons and secret prisoners, legalized torture, indefinite imprisonment without trial or counsel?

The Economy Gap
by Mary Pitt

The world over, the wealthy are reaping the profits of the labor of the poor while the working class sink more deeply into debt and desperation. While the powerful concentrate on the dangers of nuclear wars and a crashing world economy, they are neglecting to notice a much greater threat to their power and position. The unrest and growing desperation of the poor could cause a world-wide upheaval that would repeat history as demonstrated by the first American Revolution, the overthrow of the monarchy in France, the Communist takeover of Russia, and the South African rebellion which led to the changes in the political landscape there. Political changes are in the wind in every nation of the world as a more intelligent and better educated working class realize that a mere subsistence is not enough and they determine to gain their freedom and opportunities for a better life.

Animation: Hide & Go Secret
by Mark Fiore

The adventures of Knuckles the torturer.

Video: Documenting a Smear
from Think Progress

The Lying Administration's campain to smear the truth-tellers, and then cover it up.

Fun Video: Bushzilla
from Jay Leno

Japanese TV sees Bush in a different light.

This Date in History:

In 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn into his first and last term as governor of Cahli-phoney-ah.

Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) is 71 today.

DNC Chair Howard Dean is 57.

Today's Quote:

"So much torture, bloodshed, deceit. You cannot make your young people practice torture twenty-four hours a day and not expect to pay a price for it."

- Jean Paul-Sartre

Editor's Notes & Rants:

Who'd a thunkit? Bob Woodward, part of a White House coverup. The credibility he earned in Watergate is now officially all used up.

Scooter's Libby's lawyers are proclaiming that the news that Stephen Hadley leaked Plame-Wilson's CIA identity to Bob Woodward (though a NY Times article today suggests the leaker was Cheney) somehow exonerates Libby from the charges of perjuring himself to FBI investigators about his own involvement, even though his own notes prove he lied to them. Yeah, he can try insulting the jury with that one.

The good news, of course, is that Hadley now implicates Condoleeza Rice, whom he worked for at the time of the leak.

Bad news: Jonah Goldberg, who the LA Times replaced Robert Scheer with in their goostep march to the extreme right, has his first column today. His message: So what if Bush lied us into an illegal and unwinnable war! It's not like he lied about a blow-job, or anything! We should posthumously impeach FDR, instead. Un-fricken-believable.

White House attacks the New York Times.

A federal judge ruled Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus in contempt of court for refusing to identify who told him the government was investigating Wen Ho Lee.

Congressman John Murtha (D-PA) calls for immediate pullout from Iraq.

Look out below! Bush's poll numbers continue to plummet into the abyss. Unfortunately, he's turned America into the abyss.

First, cities started selling off naming rights to sports stadiums, then some Republicans suggested they could sell off naming rights to Federal buildings, and even national parks. Now Clark, Texas has confirmed its $2 Whore image, changing it's name to DISH, TX, for EchoStar's DISH network. And I thought Truth or Consequences, NM was embarassing.

Government for sale. GOP mafia boss Jack Abramoff bribed almost 3 dozen congressmen, on just one project.

Dr. Evil sneaks immunity for pharmaceutical companies into new legislation.

Message to Sony: Burn in Hell!

Blessed Be the War Mongers?

On the anniversary of Nixon's "I am not a crook!" speech, Cheney outdoes him, declaring he didn't lie us into war!

Cheney also has declared that he's not bound by the same rules as everyone else. Must have something to do with having diplomatic immunity for being Satan's ambassador to Earth.

The New Iraq: An Equal Opportunity Torture State. Now aren't you glad we brought them "equality"?

I don't believe in Intelligent Design, I believe in Malevolent Design. You have this Eternal, Ominipotent being. All things are possible to it, and it can never die. So, what's the Diety do, but invent DEATH! Design a system where every being must die. Death as the very engine that keeps the entire system running. That's not Intelligent Design, that's Malevolent Design. If there is a Creator, it must be pure Evil.

2005-11-14T12:05:00.000-07:00

Denver Police beat man to death, because his brother is an activist fighting police brutality.

2005-11-12T08:29:00.000-07:00

Tues: free screening: the movie Wal-Mart doesn't want you to
see

What: Free Screening, Open to the Public
"Wal-Mart: the high cost of low price"
When: 7:00 pm Tuesday Nov. 15
Where: Gaylord Hall on the Colorado College campus
(Inside the Worner Student Center on the NW corner of Cache
and Cascade)

If you can't make Tues., All Souls Church is doing a screening on Wednesday.

2005-11-01T16:09:00.000-07:00

Reid called for a "secret session", effectively shutting down the Senate today. Frist immediately went on camera spitting venom, saying "this is absolutely unprecidented." Um, except the Republicans did it SIX times trying to impeach Clinton. Oh well, everyone knows a Republican couldn't tell the truth if his life depended on it.

Basically, the Repugs on the Senate Intelligence Committee have been giving the Dems the run-around for a year and a half, refusing to actually investigate the White House lies that led to the Iraq war. When they again claimed yesterday that it couldn't be discussed "because it contains classified information," Reid called their bluff and invoked Rule 21, allowing classified information to be discussed behind closed doors.

Finally, Democrats have an issue: Treason committed by the White House, and a conspiracy by Republicans on the Senate Intelligence committee to cover it up.

What's more Reid has shown that if it comes to "nuclear winter", he can do it without looking like an obstructionist, but rather casting suspiscion on the Republicans.

Let's hope he has the cajones to keep this up.

2005-10-30T12:10:00.000-07:00

WHEELS OF JUSTICE Bus Tour in Colorado Springs October 30-31

Sunday, October 30, 2005, Est. 12:00 noon arrival until 5:00 pm

Photo Exhibits, Presentations, Interviews, Lectures

Toons Film and Music parking lot, 802 North Nevada Avenue (NW corner of Nevada and Dale Street)

Meet and greet visiting peacemakers, Candy Lovett, Bea Dewing, Ellen O_Grady, Dan Winters

(Please see speaker bios below.)

Sunday, October 30, 2005, 5:00-7:00 PM

Potluck Dinner and Conversation

Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission, 214 East Vermijo Avenue, Colorado Springs

Please bring a side-dish to share! PPJPC will have vegetarian chili, beef stew, and bread rolls.

Sunday, October 30, 2005, 7:00-9:00 PM

Documentary Film Screenings at J&P

"Camp Casey" (15 mins.), a production of Arlington West Film, and "Arlington West" (56 mins.). A riveting visit into a temporary cemetery on the beaches of Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Oceanside, CA and other locations around the U.S., created every Sunday by the Veterans For Peace until the war ends in Iraq. This ever-extending tribute honors the fallen U.S.soldiers. A sign also entreats passersby to contemplate the Iraqi civilians: "If we were to honor the Iraqi dead, it would fill this entire beach." The crosses provide a compelling dialogue with military families, veterans, soldiers going to and from Baghdad, and children. FREE and open to the public.

Monday, October 31, 2005 (All-Day)

Cutler Hall, Colorado College

Bus will be parked in front of building, tent/table display, class lectures, public presentations, photo exhibits

Wheels of Justice Bus Tour is an independent, grassroots campaign of nonviolent education and action against war and occupation in Iraq and Palestine. The bus operates on biodiesel and solar power, and the bus tour highlights the excessive consumption of resources and our unnecessary use and dependence on fossil fuels. Wheels of Justice Bus Tour is an independent, grassroots campaign of nonviolent education and action. The bus operates on biodiesel and solar power, and the bus tour highlights the excessive consumption of resources and our unnecessary use and dependence on fossil fuels.

Having seen and lived with war, terror, and occupation in Iraq and Palestine, participants in the Wheels of Justice offer first-hand experience irrespective of partisan politics and sound bite sloganeering. The Colorado Springs tour will include the following speakers:

Ellen O_Grady is an artist and social justice activist from Durham, North Carolina. She majored in Theology in college and afterwards spent six years living in Palestine and Israel. She has returned several times since to work with a variety of grassroots activist groups. Her paintings have been shown in galleries and museums throughout the country. She has been awarded a number of fellowships and grants and her work in Palestine led to several commissioned public projects.

Much of Ellen_s work draws from her time in the Middle East and reflects on the present conflict revealing the human faces behind the ongoing tragedy. She is currently on a nationwide tour to promote her new book, "Outside the Ark: An Artist_s Journey in Occupied Palestine." It is the culmination of her painting series of the same name whose inspiration came from her time living in the West Bank. The work has been presented in over 150 venues across the country, including universities, high schools, bookstores, galleries, local theatres, churches, and Islamic and Jewish centers.

Candy Lovett is a 44-year old disabled veteran of the first Persian Gulf War, and Operation Desert Shield/Storm. She spent the better part of her life in the printing/graphic arts business. She is a Certified Nursing Assistant (CAN) and has worked in nursing homes. She continues to work in the peace community doing what she can share her story in hopes that it will change one life, one person at a time. She remains involved with the local Veterans For Peace in Gainesville, FL as well as works as a counselor for the GI Rights Hotline (800-394-9544). She has written a short book, "Gulf War Lab Rat," and is working on another book in memory of her son.

Bea Dewing_s impressive resume shows more than a life_s work: her professional background includes work as a community organizer working on housing, a data analyst/software developer, a café owner, a cable TV producer, and various forms of civil service. In addition, Dewing worked for both U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Labor. She holds degrees in computer science and government and politics. From housing activism and advocacy to local peace group coordinating and environmental activism to organizing a support group for abused women, Bea Dewing_s resume as a peace and human rights activist is too long to list.

In 2003, in Palestine, Bea Dewing accompanied Palestinian farmers, medical workers, school and community groups in nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation. Her most recent trip to Palestine was immediately cut short as she crossed the Israeli border: suspected of being a human rights activist, Israeli authorities detained, jailed, then deported Dewing. She then, she has relocated to Frostburg, MD to open a Palestinian café. She joins Wheels of Justice tour both as a road manager and speaker.

For more information on the Wheels of Justice tour in Colorado Springs, please contact Dennis Apuan, Dynamic Peacemaking Program Director of the Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission at 719-632-6189 or e-mail dynamic@ppjpc.org .

2005-10-28T06:44:00.000-06:00

INDICTMENT EXPECTED @ NOON
FITZGERALD TO SPEAK @ 2PM ET
DID ROVE SQUEAL LIKE A PIG?
WILL CHENEY EVER BE SEEN AGAIN?

2005-10-27T10:40:00.000-06:00

Last August I travelled to Camp Casey in Crawford with 12 others from Colorado Springs. One of those people was Eric Verlo, a local businessman who owns TOONS, a video store near Colorado College, on property owned by the college.

After returning, Eric allowed the group to set up Camp Casey - Colorado Springs in his parking lot, an anti war protest that included a memorial to fallen US soldiers.

Yesterday Eric told me that he had been ORDERED to tear down the camp, and would be evicted for this protest.

The message is clear: protest the war, and we will destroy your business.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EDITORIAL CONTACT:
Dave Therault
719-459-6471

PRESS CONFERENCE/RALLY
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2005
1 PM
802 NORTH NEVADA AVENUE
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

Colorado Springs -- Wednesday afternoon, a property management company
representing the Colorado College demanded the demolition of Camp Casey
Colorado Springs, which was established on September 15 on land leased from
the college by a local film and music store.

The peace camp was established by a group of Colorado Springs veterans and
peace activists which traveled in August to Camp Casey in Crawford (TX) to
stand outside of George W. Bush's ranch with Cindy Sheehan in protest of the
war on Iraq. During the past six weeks, the camp has hosted a memorial of
1900 crosses and been used as staging area for peace actions, rallies,
counter-recruitment in area high schools, and an art gallery.

"We have been sleeping in tents and maintaining our vigil for close to two
months now," said Eric Verlo, proprietor of Toons Film and Music, which
leases the property from Colorado College, and who was with the group
traveling to Crawford. "Given the vehemence of the demand, this appears to
be an attack on our first amendment rights," he added. "I would guess that
we wouldn't have heard from the college administrators if I had put in a
outdoor reading café for my customers, rather than a peace park."

Verlo also said he was informed by the Colorado College property management
of the college's intention to file for immediate eviction action on his
business, and to use his employees to forcibly remove the camp site. "He
told me that 'several voices from the Colorado College administration' had
complained about the presence of the peace camp," said Verlo, "and told me
in very angry terms to tear down the peace camp. At one point he threatened
to have workers come and tear it down if we don't remove it immediately."

The camp organizers are gathering at 1:00 PM Thursday, October 27 at the
camp site, 802 North Nevada (Dale and Nevada) to reply to the demands made
by the Colorado College.

http://www.iraqwarmemorial.info

2005-10-21T21:29:00.000-06:00

Say goodbye to Ms. Miers. Justice nominee was involved in coverup of Dubya's missing National Guard service.

2005-10-20T13:12:00.000-06:00

Mt. Shasta water company has shut off this woman's deliveries, because they didn't like the flags she was flying.

So now corp. America can demand we agree with their politics, or they refuse to do business with us?

I suggest anyone using their service to shut THEM off, for THEIR politics.

2005-10-12T07:58:00.000-06:00

Mayor Rivera Unmoved by Rally

by Tom Roeder, the Gazette

Facing protesters who picketed a City Council meeting Tuesday, Colorado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera said he won’t endorse a program to give soldiers free mental-health care because its organizers have a “second agenda.”

Operation Just One, which would match Iraq war veterans with professionals willing to give free and confidential counseling, is backed by people who oppose the war and are “anti-Army,” Rivera said during a break in the meeting.

Steve Robinson, executive director of the National Gulf War Resource Center, which is underwriting the program, accused the mayor of pandering to military brass in Colorado Springs.

“Someone convinced him that it was better to shoot the messenger than support the program,” Robinson said in a telephone interview Tuesday evening from Maryland.

Fort Carson has said it has adequate programs for soldiers and won’t endorse the free counseling because it hasn’t been approved by the Pentagon.

The controversy over Operation Just One, which organizers say is serving a few soldiers, began last month, when Rivera announced he would sign a proclamation praising the program, then reversed course a day later, saying he was turned off by claims made by Robinson.

One of Robinson’s claims is that soldiers won’t seek mental-health help at Fort Carson because they fear it would ruin their Army careers. He also says that Fort Carson lacks adequate psychiatric care for soldiers, a claim the post disputes.

Tuesday, about a dozen protesters, including some representing Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace, briefly picketed City Hall, then opened up on the mayor in the council chambers.

Dave Therault, who called the mayor’s reversal “belittling and offensive,” told Rivera his actions would stop veterans from seeking help.

Mark Wilkerson, a veteran who served in Iraq with a unit from Fort Hood, Texas, criticized Rivera’s decision, saying soldiers won’t seek help from the Army because they fear reprisal.

Rivera said he backs programs to help soldiers, but the good intentions of Operation Just One are muddied by Robinson, and Georg-Andreas “Andrew” Pogany, a former Fort Carson soldier who was once charged with cowardice before he was medically discharged from the Army in 2004.

“It’s difficult to separate the service providers who would volunteer their time to help soldiers and the people who organize this — Steve Robinson and Andrew Pogany,” he said.

The two organizers said they aren’t anti-war or anti-Army. Both are veterans who served in Iraq, Robinson in 1991 and Pogany in 2003.

Pogany said he sees the Just One program as a tool to help soldiers get back into the fight.

“But say anything, particularly about mental-health concerns and the cost of the war, and you are associated with being anti-war and anti-Establishment,” Pogany said.

2005-10-11T10:27:00.000-06:00

Representative Merrifield "disappointed" in Mayor's lack of support for PTSD treatment
October 10, 2005
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mark Lewis

Colorado Springs, October 10, 2005 -- In a reaction to the unexpected withdrawal of support by Mayor Lionel Rivera for pro bono mental health cooperative, Operation Just One, an alliance of veterans and peace activists will protest on Tuesday, October 11, at 12:30 PM, at City Hall. 8 veterans and active military will join a coalition of groups and individuals to hold a press conference on the steps of City Hall to announce their opposition to Mayor Rivera's actions. Individuals will then air their views during the scheduled City Council meeting public comments segment.

Initially, Rivera came out with a strong endorsement of the program, established by Andrew Pogany a veteran of the Iraq war. A September 26 press release from Rivera's office announced that he would sign a proclamation announcing Combat Operational Stress/PTSD Awareness Day at the Operation Just One kickoff, Friday at the El Pomar Penrose House. Rivera retracted his statement within one day of news reporting of his announcement, citing issues with the language of the proclamation, which he said could he not verify.

Representative Michael Merrifield, expressed his disappointment with Mayor Rivera's withdrawal of support, saying, "Post traumatic stress disorder is a real and proven problem among veterans of the Iraq war, and every other war, for that matter."

In noting that Mayor Rivera has politicized the issue, representative Merrifield said, "Treatment for PTSD is not and should not be controversial or political. Any opportunity to provide treatment for soldiers suffering from PTSD should be encouraged, not discouraged.", he added.

"I am disappointed that Mayor Rivera felt it necessary to withdraw his support for this program that I am positive will be of great benefit to our soldiers who have served in Iraq."

Local activist, Dave Therault, critical of Rivera's move to distance himself from the community-based effort, noted that the statements which Rivera said he could not verify come directly from the Veteran's Administration National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. "His office either lacks the wherewithal to do a simple web search," said Therault, "or the mayor does not consider the VA's own publications to be representative of the the causes and effects of PTSD."

Therault also noted that the timing and finality of Rivera's retraction raises the question of influence on the mayor's office by Ft. Carson officials. "The Army's position is that the mental health services offered at Ft. Carson are sufficient to the needs of the soldiers, along with the official position of downplaying and even repressing GAO reports on PTSD," said Therault. "The mayor maintained a strong endorsement and planned participation in the program from Monday until Thursday, and then completely reversed himself immediately after the the media reported his planned proclamation," Therault added.

"Based on the flimsiest of arguments, the mayor now questions the need for this outreach to soldiers and families, apparently because his father, a combat veteran, had no psychological problems."

Local veterans who have been promoting Operation Just One are dismayed at Rivera's reversal and shunning of the effort. Jim Beckenhaupt, combat veteran of the Vietnam war, and member of Veterans for Peace, noting that the mental health program at Ft. Carson consists of six free counseling sessions, asked, "How can you heal the battle trauma our soldiers have seen in six counseling sessions?" Beckenhaupt believes that a community-based program, such as Operation Just One, functioning as it does, outside of of the military, is essential. Jim will speak at the press conference and to City Council.

"It is difficult for a soldier to ask for help internally and within his own company," said Beckenhaupt. "The soldier's fear is that if word gets out of his treatment for psychological issues, his superiors and his peers will lose trust in him." Observing that this was the mayor's original position, Beckenhaupt asked, "Why has he backed away from it?"

Beckenhaupt also sees a potential role for Operation Just One in helping a combat veteran return to civilian life. "The Army's purpose is to prepare the soldier to return to battle," he said. "The veteran needs concerned professionals to help him with long-term healing."

Vietnam combat Veteran, Patrick Badovinac explained the resistance to therapy this way, "The Army doesn't reload ammo, so when they've used that human bullet, they have no further use for it."

Pallas Stanford, chaplain at the Colorado Springs Camp Casey Peace Park, also expressed extreme disappointment with the Mayor's actions. "I want our veterans and their families to feel that Colorado Springs is doing everything possible to support them," she said. "Instead, the mayor's actions suggest that seeking and finding help within our community is somehow an unpatriotic indictment of the military."

Noting that some mental health professionals have withdrawn their support from Operation Just One, Stanford said, "Again, as for soldiers and their families, what impact can the mayor's actions have other than to increase the stigma and other obstacles to treatment that they already face?" She added, "The mayor's message tells everyone, including the soldier, that his or her needs are not valid."

"Operation Just One presented an opportunity for the mayor to show a real and substantive support for the troops," said Therault. "In turning his back on the program, he has failed the troops."

BACKGROUND:

Veterans Administration publications:
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/publications/cq/v2/n1/harkness.html
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/facts/veterans/fs_iraq_afghanistan_lay_audience.htm

Prior news:
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_3070751
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3073440
http://gazette.com/display.php?id=1310872
http://www.csindy.com/csindy/2005-10-06/personalspace.html
http://westernskies.krcc.org/transcripts/10-4-2005/WS_1042005_A.html

2005-10-09T12:00:00.000-06:00

Death toll in Pakistan earthquake passes 30,000 - just in Kashmir.

2005-10-07T17:39:00.000-06:00

Bush's nominee for Deputy Attorney General has
withdrawn his nomination, due to his likely indictment in the Abramoff Mafia scandal.

2005-10-07T16:14:00.000-06:00

Police evacuated the Washington Monument, after a bomb threat was called in to local police. They tried to trace the call, but could only determine that it originated in the 456 exchange.

2005-10-07T11:44:00.000-06:00

Poll: only 1 in 4 Americans think America is on the right track.

Why Miers nomination is enough to give anyone a headache. Remember when the government didn't think its first duty was to deceive We the People?

In a stunning policy reversal, FEMA will no longer just give out no-bid contracts for disaster relief to Cheney's cronies, but will now open them up to ALL major contributors to the Bush/Cheney'04 campaign.

Karl Rove is scared. He's volunteering to give more testimony to the grand jury investigating TreasonGate, to try and keep his sorry ass out of prison.

Tom DeLay, knowing his own testimony will convict him, tries to change his story.

Nobel Peace Prize given to man who stood up to Bush's lies about Iraqi "WMDs."

Larry Franklin pleaded guilty to spying on the Pentagon for Israel. In exchange for testifying against two AIPAC officials, the feds dropped 3 of the 6 felony counts against him.

Bread and wine is so passé, Alabama church now uses live goldfish to deliver salvation. Pet store that sold them the fish objects to their animal cruelty, in Jesus name. Maybe they'll start sacrificing kittens and puppies, next?

Hatemongers in Indiana drop proposed law to regulate who can/not become pregnant.

2005-10-06T18:57:00.000-06:00

For a long time, the administration's mantra has been "We're fighting terrorism in Iraq, so we don't have to fight them here." Since nobody was buying that line anymore, Bush on Thursday turned it inside-out and made a speech based on "We have to fight in Iraq because we're fighting them here," and pointed out 10 instances of terror attacks they have prevented, here. Instead of a powerpoint presentation, he had Republican Mayor Blumberg of NYC announce a threat to the city's subway system to punctuate his speech. Yawn, like anything these people say is in anyway credible, they couldn't tell the truth if their entire political careers depended on it. If they ever find a need to actually tell the truth, nobody is going to believe them.

2005-10-06T10:23:00.000-06:00

BREAKING NEWS: Pycho-President
Bush admits he hears voices, which tell him to kill people.

2005-10-05T17:50:00.000-06:00

Karen Hughes, lying demon from Hell.

2005-10-05T17:40:00.000-06:00

White House Spy Arrested. No, it's not Rove, not Libby, not Cheney... not yet.

So when does Bush start making America "more secure"? They can't even secure their own building.

2005-10-05T13:58:00.000-06:00

Today's Quotes:

"The Republican Party and the Bush Administration are reeling, enmeshed in corruption and failure, and the ideology of the regressive right is in retreat. The iron is hot – now is the time to strike. Unfortunately, it appears that the congressional Democrats and the Democratic Party would prefer to throw cold water on the hot iron. What in the name of God and the US Constitution has neutered the Democrats?"

- Ernest Partridge

"The president has forfeited his right to be trusted as a custodian of the Constitution."

- Conservative George Will

Editor's Notes & Rants:

When Bush retires to Crawford for his annual Thanksgiving vacation, guess who's going to be waiting for him?

Republican terrorist Bill O'Reilly calls for assassination of Syrian president.

Compassionate Conservatism at it's finest: Congress seeks to cut food aid for poor. And watch them pass another tax-cut for the filthy rich, while they're at it. In Jesus name.

90% of Katrina/Rita relief money will go to white good-ol-boys unaffected by the hurricanes.

Republicans lock horns over torture ban in Defense Bill. Bush says if he can't torture whoever he wants he's going to veto the bill and go home.

Nazis at George Mason University attack anti-war veteran. This is not America, anymore.

Nazi Wal*Mart sics Secret Service on student over anti-Bush photo, done as a study on the Bill of Rights. In BushMerica, if you support the Constitution, you're considered a terrorist.

Your tax dollars at work. Republicans spend half a million dollars to paint a plane to look like a fish.

The Indiana Pregnancy Police plan to make it illegal for gays/lesbians or unmarried straights to use surrogate mothers.

Mystery virus kills 10 in Toronto, 40 more hospitalized.

Could Bush use bird flu outbreak to establish military dictatorship?

Will Bush's desertion from the National Guard come into focus during Miers confirmation hearings?

One of Miers first cases may be Oregon's physician assisted suicide law. In a totalitarian theocracy, only the government has a right to kill you.

Republicans see the writing on the wall, avoid running in '06 midterms. Back slowly away from the (R)adioactive Party.

Almost half of all Israelis favor ethnic cleansing.

Another false-flag terrorist apprehended?

2005-10-04T12:36:00.000-06:00

It's looking like Miers is as qualified to be Justice of the Supreme Court, as Mike Brown was to be head of FEMA. I'm sure she'll do a heckuva job.

But, in the past she's supported equal rights for gays/lesbians. when that gets out, most Repugs will vote against her. I can almost hear Ayatollah Dobson shrieking, now: "Where are her horns and cloven hooves? Where's her pointed tail?? Damnit, I put Bush in the White House, and I demand one of my own on the Supreme Court!!!"

2005-10-03T16:35:00.000-06:00

DeLay indicted AGAIN, this time for money laundering.

2005-10-03T16:33:00.000-06:00

Bush nominated Harriet Miers for Supreme Court Justice. She has never served as a judge before, which makes her perfect for this administration, which considers qualifications unnecessary for any job.

I understand his first pick for "non-judge Justice" was Ann Coulter, but his advisors reminded him that the nominee did have to be human.

Miers once told David Frum, of National Review, that Bush was the most brilliant man she had ever met. Oh Kaaaayyyy.

But she gave $2,000 to the Democratic Party in 1988, and $1,000 to Gore. I bet the wrong-wing Republicans might have a problem with that. Neocon Wm. Kristol is beside himself. He he he.

Dear Leader plans speech to try to prevent the remaining 1/3 of Americans who still support his Satanic war from jumping ship.

If Bush cares so much about "democracy," why doesn't he care about what's happening in Russia? Maybe because he and Putin share the same soul.

American Legion declares war on Americans who don't support their dirty little war on Iraq.