Short blames government ‘abuse of power’ for David Kelly’s death

“Clare Short has blamed the death of Dr David Kelly on “an abuse of power” by the Government and warned that the tragedy has become a symbol of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s “obsession with spin”.

In an interview with The Independent, the former Secretary of State for International Development says the affair has made it more likely Mr Blair will stand down before the next general election. She describes him as an “emperor” and a “neo-Conservative”, saying his speech this month to both houses of the US Congress shows he shares the analysis of Washington hardliners. “He is a complete convert to the neo-Conservative view of the world.”

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Will the Republicans send the police after them again?

Texas: Here we go again.

“The first special session on redistricting has ended, the second is scheduled to start right away, but the Democrats have bolted the Capital, leaving the Senate and possibly the House without quorums. It’s deja vu all over again.”

It appears Texas, yet again, is trying to take the Political Nutcase crown from California. I’m not worried, our coming recall election (and assumed concurrent media spectacle)  will prove to all that when it comes to political looniness, no state - and I repeat no state - can match the lunacy of California!

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Thousands being recruited in Pakistan for ‘Jihad’

From Lean Left 

“And for another story from the 2+2=4 department… Via: Gulf-news.com Despite official pledges of action to stop militancy, the ‘jihad’ movement in the country seems to be growing. This appears to be especially true in the Punjab and also the NWFP,

Despite official pledges of action to stop militancy, the ‘jihad’ movement in the country seems to be growing. This appears to be especially true in the Punjab and also the NWFP, where it is said “more people have linked up to jihadi forces in the post-Iraq war scenario than at any other time in years.”

“Jihad is spreading like wildfire in Pakistan,” claims an official in the country’s Interior Ministry. He says that according to several jihadi publications between January and June 2003, Islamic groups recruited over 7,000 young boys aged between 18 and 25. “Some of the largest separatist outfits – Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) andJaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) – claim to have recruited more than 3,350 and 2,235 boys respectively during this period,” says the official. Jihadi groups are finding the Pakistani environment particularly receptive after the U.S.-led attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq. They use publications, web sites, local prayer leaders, cassettes, CDs, and souvenirs like file covers, badges,T-shirts and so on to lure recruits.”

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The Huffingtons

Arianna Huffington may be running for governor of California. What is not so widely known is that her ex-husband Michael is also running.

Several years ago, as a member of the House from Santa Barbara, he launched a brass knuckles campaign for Senate as a conservative Republican against Dianne Feinstein, fueled by a reported 30 million of his own money. He nearly won.

He then vanished from politics, they split up, and her public comments about him were friendly and understated.

A few years later, in one of the most humorous political statements I’ve ever read, he announced “I’m gay, and I might even be a Democrat”. (!)

He is now “openly gay” according to the L.A. Times and, as mentioned, running for governor. It appears both Huffingtons can say “what a long strange trip it’s been”…

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Demon trolls attack PoliZeros

PoliZeros was down for several hours, due to unexplained entities munching on the home page.

I had no clue what was wrong, however the ace crew at CTTS, my ISP, figured it out quickly and clued me in, enabling me to fix the problem. Thanks guys! CTTS is a small, totally professional ISP that gets things fixed fast when the Internet burps, as it is sometimes wont to do.

However, I suspect rabid Democrats honked off at my Green Party postings…

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Dang you Greens, just sell out, ok?

From Norman Solomon
Green Party taking the plunge for 2004

“Fueled by idealistic fervor for its social-change program (which I basically share), the Green Party has become an odd sort of counterpoint to the liberals who have allowed pro-corporate centrists to dominate the Democratic Party for a dozen years now. Those liberal Democrats routinely sacrifice principles and idealism in the name of electoral strategy. The Greens are now largely doing the reverse — proceeding toward the 2004 presidential race without any semblance of a viable electoral strategy, all in the name of principled idealism.

The Green Party has been “taking the plunge” every four years for a quite while now, running Presidential candidates. What Solomon means is, hey if you Greens don’t run a Presidential candidate in 2004 then one of our admittedly compromised Democrats might have a better chance of winning.

Gee Norman, thanks but no thanks. We aren’t Democrats gone astray. And given the choice between principled idealism and a party that, in your own words, routinely sacrifices principles for expedience, I’ll take principles any time.

Because none of this means anything if you don’t have something worth fighting for.

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British cabinet ministers concerned about Blair’s credibility

“U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair’s cabinet colleagues said they are concerned how to repair voters’ trust in government <Might I suggest they stop lying> after questions about whether ministers exaggerated intelligence reports to justify a war against Iraq. <”Exaggerated”, of course, is a weasel-worded way of saying someone lied>”

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