Archive for January 9th, 2004


Powell, then and now

Powell, then and now


From DailyKos







Powell, then and now



“I have not seen smoking-gun, concrete evidence about the connection” between Iraq and al Qaida.

- Secretary of State Colin Powell, 1/9/04


THEN


“I want to bring to your attention today [to] the potentially much more sinister nexus between Iraq and the al-Qaida terrorist network…al-Qaida affiliates based in Baghdad now coordinate the movement of people, money and supplies into and throughout Iraq for Saddam’s network, and they have now been operating freely in [Baghdad].”

- Secretary of State Colin Powell, 2/5/03


This is also know as “making shit up”. In related news



Three experts at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said in a report yesterday that the Bush administration systematically misrepresented a weapons threat from Iraq, and U.S. strategy should be revised to eliminate the policy of unilateral pre-emptive war.

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Whew, I sure feel safer…

Whew, I sure feel safer now, don’t you?


US lowers terror alert to yellow

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LA protest - Dick Cheney…

LA protest - Dick Cheney this Wed. Jan 14.


Protest Dick Cheney
at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
Wed. Jan. 14, 11 am


9876 Wilshire Blvd
(near Santa Monica Blvd)


All out to protest against war-maker Dick Cheney.


Dick Cheney, one of the principal architects and beneficiaries of the war and occupation of Iraq, will be visiting Los Angeles to speak at an event sponsored by the World Affairs Council.


Join with the ANSWER Coalition, peace and justice activists, students, and community organizations, so that we can make our voices heard loud and clear. Cheney is not welcome in L.A.!


Bring banners, signs, whistles, drums, and as many friends as you can.

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Danger for the Democrats

Danger for the Democrats


From the Progessive Review newsletter



Serious danger awaits the Democratic Party if Clark continues to show strength. The media, led by CNN, has been promoting a falsely glamorous picture of the general who is distrusted, disliked, and disrespected by a number of his military and diplomatic colleagues and whose career is marked far more by institutional chutzpah than by military heroics. The media, which often has childlike fantasies concerning military officials, has not bothered to look closely into Clark’s background. Among the things it might find if it did: how Richard Holbrooke insisted on a top aide always being close to Clark in case he said something stupid in public, how Clark endangered peace negotiations, and the lieutenant colonel responsible for keeping Clark’s shoes shined.


The danger is that, after a few early primaries, some of the other candidates may drop out, throwing their support to Clark, who already has the backing of the crypto-Republican wing of the party led by the Clintonistas and the Democratic Abandonship Council. In such a case, Dean’s lead could dramatically dwindle and the party could be left with a loose cannon as its candidate.

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Enron wall of denial cracking

Enron wall of denial cracking



Andrew S. Fastow, the former chief financial officer of Enron, has tentatively agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges and has provided evidence against another former high-ranking executive who is expected to face criminal charges as soon as this week, people involved in the case said yesterday.


His sentence is expected to be at least 10 years in prison.


Be scared Ken Lay, be very scared.

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IMF fires warning shot at…

IMF fires warning shot at US



The International Monetary Fund Wednesday urged the Bush administration to develop a plan to balance the federal budget, saying tax cuts had given the economy only a modest lift, and warning that widening fiscal deficits held dangers for domestic and global growth.


U.S. policymakers will need both tax increases and spending restraint to balance the budget, the global lender said in a report, which it described as part of an annual review of the U.S. economy.

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[1]LA Auto show banner drop

LA Auto show banner drop


A typical Ford vehicle on the road today gets fewer miles per gallon than the Model-T did 80 years ago,” said Jason Mark, Clean Car Campaigner with the human rights group Global Exchange.


Also participating were Rainforest Action Network, as well as others. There was also a hydrid car caravan, which I slug-like, slept through and thus didn’t participate in with my Prius.


Update! I didn’t miss it! The Hybrid Parade is tomorrow, Saturday, at noon - an hour that even a morning slug like myself can make!


(Thanks to LA Greens Lisa for the link!)

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