Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Chilling video, the new passport chipping. Is it 1984 yet?
RFID: AIRPORT TRACKING
Governors Oppose Federal Control of Guard
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406R.shtml
The nation's governors, protesting what they call an unprecedented shift in authority from the states to the federal government, will urge Congress today to block legislation that would allow the president to take control of National Guard forces in the event of a natural disaster or a threat to homeland security.
Dahr Jamail | Ehren Watada: "Soldiers Can Choose to Stop Fighting"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406A.shtml
Dahr Jamail recites and comments on the powerful speech Lt. Ehren Watada presented to the Veterans for Peace National Convention on Saturday: "The only thing Watada said that I would disagree with is that he claimed that he is not a hero. He is a leader, yet again, by taking this stance. Today, it is up to the anti-war movement to make sure his leadership touches as many soldiers' lives in Iraq as possible. As he [Watada] said, if more American soldiers in Iraq know that they, along with their families, will be supported if they stand up against this illegal occupation, countless more will follow, and this repulsive war will end."
Missy Comley Beattie | Wanted: Terrorists to Resuscitate Republican Party
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406C.shtml
"September 11 is forever seared in our souls as the day our way of life changed. It could have been an opportunity. No one expected us to turn the other cheek. We should have pursued those responsible. And we should have examined why we're hated, but this would have required a level of intelligence beyond the capacity of George W. Bush.," writes Missy Comley Beattie.
Bush Pushes Congress to Make Conspiracy a War Crime
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406D.shtml
Salim Ahmed Hamdan never planted a bomb, never took a hostage, never fired a weapon in anger, and never planned an attack of any kind. What he is alleged to have done, according to his US military commission charge sheet, is work as Osama bin Laden's driver in Afghanistan. So how could military prosecutors at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, charge him with being a terrorist and war criminal? The answer boils down to a single word: conspiracy. The same legal approach that helped put mafia dons, capos, and associates behind bars in America is at the center of US military efforts to prosecute suspected al Qaeda members for war crimes.
Bernard Weiner | John Dean Book Review: The Fast Lane to Fascism
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406F.shtml
"'How does the Bush administration get away with it?' And: 'How come, no matter what scandal or embarrassment or disaster Bush&Co. get enmeshed in, one third of the population still supports them?' ... With the publication of former White House counsel John W. Dean's compelling new book, 'Conservatives Without Conscience,' we now have more of a framework for understanding what drives the Busheviks, and why so many continue to stand behind them," writes Bernard Weiner.
For GOP, Bad Gets Worse in Northeast
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406G.shtml
When it comes to President Bush and the Republican Congress, Rep. Jim Gerlach says voters in his suburban Philadelphia district are in a "sour mood." That's why when it comes to his reelection, the two-term incumbent says "the name of the game" is to convince those same voters that he can be independent of his own party. The Iraq war and Bush's low approval ratings have created trouble for Republicans in all regions. But nowhere is the GOP brand more scuffed than in the Northeast, where this year's circumstances are combining with long-term trends to endanger numerous incumbents.
The politics of the latest terror scare
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/aug2006/terr-a15.shtml
Bush administration seeks changes to War Crimes Act
Moves to shield government officials from prosecution
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/aug2006/crms-a15.shtml ¶ 1:30 AM
Governors Oppose Federal Control of Guard
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406R.shtml
The nation's governors, protesting what they call an unprecedented shift in authority from the states to the federal government, will urge Congress today to block legislation that would allow the president to take control of National Guard forces in the event of a natural disaster or a threat to homeland security.
Dahr Jamail | Ehren Watada: "Soldiers Can Choose to Stop Fighting"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406A.shtml
Dahr Jamail recites and comments on the powerful speech Lt. Ehren Watada presented to the Veterans for Peace National Convention on Saturday: "The only thing Watada said that I would disagree with is that he claimed that he is not a hero. He is a leader, yet again, by taking this stance. Today, it is up to the anti-war movement to make sure his leadership touches as many soldiers' lives in Iraq as possible. As he [Watada] said, if more American soldiers in Iraq know that they, along with their families, will be supported if they stand up against this illegal occupation, countless more will follow, and this repulsive war will end."
Missy Comley Beattie | Wanted: Terrorists to Resuscitate Republican Party
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406C.shtml
"September 11 is forever seared in our souls as the day our way of life changed. It could have been an opportunity. No one expected us to turn the other cheek. We should have pursued those responsible. And we should have examined why we're hated, but this would have required a level of intelligence beyond the capacity of George W. Bush.," writes Missy Comley Beattie.
Bush Pushes Congress to Make Conspiracy a War Crime
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406D.shtml
Salim Ahmed Hamdan never planted a bomb, never took a hostage, never fired a weapon in anger, and never planned an attack of any kind. What he is alleged to have done, according to his US military commission charge sheet, is work as Osama bin Laden's driver in Afghanistan. So how could military prosecutors at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, charge him with being a terrorist and war criminal? The answer boils down to a single word: conspiracy. The same legal approach that helped put mafia dons, capos, and associates behind bars in America is at the center of US military efforts to prosecute suspected al Qaeda members for war crimes.
Bernard Weiner | John Dean Book Review: The Fast Lane to Fascism
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406F.shtml
"'How does the Bush administration get away with it?' And: 'How come, no matter what scandal or embarrassment or disaster Bush&Co. get enmeshed in, one third of the population still supports them?' ... With the publication of former White House counsel John W. Dean's compelling new book, 'Conservatives Without Conscience,' we now have more of a framework for understanding what drives the Busheviks, and why so many continue to stand behind them," writes Bernard Weiner.
For GOP, Bad Gets Worse in Northeast
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/081406G.shtml
When it comes to President Bush and the Republican Congress, Rep. Jim Gerlach says voters in his suburban Philadelphia district are in a "sour mood." That's why when it comes to his reelection, the two-term incumbent says "the name of the game" is to convince those same voters that he can be independent of his own party. The Iraq war and Bush's low approval ratings have created trouble for Republicans in all regions. But nowhere is the GOP brand more scuffed than in the Northeast, where this year's circumstances are combining with long-term trends to endanger numerous incumbents.
The politics of the latest terror scare
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/aug2006/terr-a15.shtml
Bush administration seeks changes to War Crimes Act
Moves to shield government officials from prosecution
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/aug2006/crms-a15.shtml ¶ 1:30 AM
