tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71309952011-12-22T09:00:33.978-08:00The Fahrenheit 9/11 Film Blog is a syndicated (RSS/XML/LiveJournal/MyYahoo) online news and informational resource community.<br><br> "Everybody in this country should see this film ... a powerful piece of filmmaking by Michael Moore." -- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER<br><br> NOTE: We publish article excerpts only. Click title to get the complete story. <br><br> Background Song: Falluja (©David Rovics 2004 All Rights Reserved)JOlmstednoreply@blogger.comBlogger18671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130995.post-67320674517035706382007-02-16T06:39:00.000-08:002007-02-16T06:43:43.431-08:00

By Mike DorningWashington BureauPublished February 15, 2007, 8:41 PM CSTWASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's newly revamped Web site looks a lot like MySpace and Facebook, and that is no accident.As a presidential candidate offering himself as a generational change agent, Obama is leveraging online social networking in a nearly unprecedented way in yet another clear measure of how the Internet is

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Posted By:Ben HamiltonGet this video and more at MySpace.com‘Shut Up & Sing’ is right in tuneDocumentary is a piercing look at free speech and celebrity imageBy Christy LemireAssociated PressThe Dixie Chicks would probably think of themselves as mothers first, then musicians.They became accidental political figures — then they had to figure out how to reinvent themselves.“Shut Up & Sing,” a

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By DAVID BAUDER ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK - The Dixie Chicks are again at the center of a controversy over the limits of opinionated talk.A film company said last week that NBC wouldn't accept an advertisement for "Shut Up & Sing," a movie about the fuss created by Dixie Chick Natalie Maines' comment that she was ashamed President Bush was a fellow Texan. The network suggested the complaint may be

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Dixie Chicks stay defiant for their loyal Canuck fansReview | Buffeted by U.S. backlash, Texans bask in a warm reception at the ACCOct. 29, 2006. 01:00 AMVIT WAGNERPOP MUSIC CRITICIn TV interviews last week with Oprah and Larry King, the Dixie Chicks were up front about the fact that audiences for the group's current tour have dwindled in some U.S. markets, particularly in the south where sales

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Political debate on the Internet could fuel "dangerous discourse" in Singapore, the government said on Monday, warning people who post political commentary on Web sites could face prosecution.Speaking in parliament, senior minister of state Balaji Sadasivan, said anyone using the Internet to "persistently propagate, promote or circulate political issues" about Singapore

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""Singer Songwriter David Rovics performs "Song for Cindy Sheehan" in Seattle August 15th. Please help promote David's West Coast Tour with Attila the Stockbroker FEBRUARY 25-MARCH 16 by embedding the above video or linking to this music video by blogger Steve Garfield in your blog. Cindy Sheehan is in the news today. Police Remove Sheehan From Bush Speech

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"Wal-Mart" By David Rovics International Activist Singer/Songwriter/Blogger New Post-Industrial Christmas Carol Is Now #1“Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, rolled out a campaign to combat negative publicity and restore confidence in the chain's heavily criticized business practices” - A NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBSPort Townsend, WA –David Rovics’, internationally acclaimed activist/singer/

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Student Handbook Charter College Internships Model UN Staff Board Members How to Help HOW TO START SAVING IMAGESRESUMEPROJECTSDESIGN ">Digital Porfolio: "FAQ Student Handbook Charter College Internships Model UN Staff Board Members How to Help HOW TO START SAVING IMAGESRESUMEPROJECTSDESIGN "

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With his earlier war rationales shattered, George W. Bush now says the Iraq War must be continued indefinitely because of the presence of foreign Islamic fighters – even though they are estimated to represent only a tiny fraction of the Iraqi insurgency and might well quit the struggle if U.S. troops were to leave Iraq. In an Oct. 6 speech aimed at rallying U.S. public support for the Iraq War,

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FOXNews.com - Politics - Al Gore Airlifts Evacuees: "KNOXVILLE, Tenn. � Al Gore (search) helped airlift some 270 Katrina evacuees on two private charters from New Orleans, acting at the urging of a doctor who saved the life of the former vice president's son. Gore criticized the Bush administration's slow response to Hurricane Katrina (search) in a speech Friday in San Francisco, but refused to

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NEW ORLEANS — After five days managing near riots, medical horrors and unspeakable living conditions inside the Superdome, Louisiana National Guard Col. Thomas Beron prepared to hand over the dead to representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Following days of internationally reported murders, rapes and gang violence inside the stadium, the doctor from FEMA — Beron doesn't

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Officers Deserted a Jail Building, Leaving Inmates Locked in Cells"NEW YORK - September 23 - As Hurricane Katrina began pounding New Orleans, the sheriff's department abandoned hundreds of inmates imprisoned in the city's jail, Human Rights Watch said today.Inmates in Templeman III, one of several buildings in the Orleans Parish Prison compound, reported that as of Monday, August 29, there were

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Volunteer relief workers Bill Dwier and Bill Dentzel of Port Townsend offer food and a ride to a shelter to a homeless woman in New Orleans. – Photo submitted by Kathleen MitchellPort Townsend relief workers aboard a bus fueled by biodiesel and vegetable oil have made their way to Waveland, Miss., where “it literally looked like Hiroshima,” according to workers recently returned from the

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In the midst of administering chest compressions to a dying woman several days after Hurricane Katrina struck, Dr. Mark N. Perlmutter was ordered to stop by a federal official because he wasn't registered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "I begged him to let me continue," said Perlmutter, who left his home and practice as an orthopedic surgeon in Pennsylvania to come to Louisiana

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News: "Eight years ago, the late Sen. Paul Coverdell (R-Ga.) sponsored and successfully worked to enact the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 - legislation that protects Volunteers from many frivolous lawsuits. However, as helpful and well-intentioned as this legislation was, more needs to be done to sufficiently protect all those lending a hand to those in need. In response to Hurricane Katrina

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Scotsman.com News - International - Pentagon blocks soldier's evidence: "THE Pentagon yesterday blocked the testimony of a military official before the committee investigating intelligence failings in the run-up to 11 September, amid claims that a covert American unit identified four hijackers more than a year before the World Trade Centre attack. The Senate judiciary committee was scheduled to

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Telegraph News 'I could have saved her life but was denied permission': "Refugees from New Orleans died after private doctors were ordered to stop giving treatment because they were not covered by United States government medical liability insurance, according to two American surgeons.Mark N Perlmutter, an orthapdic surgeon from Pennsylvania and founder of Healing Hearts, was told by a senior

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“George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People” Receives Widespread AcclaimAs the world has seen and heard by now, rapper Kanye West expressed his frustration at the Katrina relief efforts and his thoughts on U.S. President George W. Bush last week during a nationally televised benefit. While his thoughts and statement have received much attention, a rap group from Houston, The Legendary K.O., has

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They forecast the apocalypse; Said it was coming soon; Preparations must be made, they said; Now is the time; It was years ago they shouted; Inaction was a crime; Abandoned by the state; Abandoned by their country; Just left to meet their fate; And the people died; And then they died some more; They drowned inside their attics; An army of the poor; An army of the destitute; Who couldn’t get away:

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The Chronicle Online - Journey to the Bayou: "Duke sophomore Sonny Byrd is used to driving his friends around in his car. But last Thursday, Byrd said his roommate Hans Buder, also a sophomore, needed no ordinary lift.Buder wanted a ride to New Orleans - a ride that would total 3,200 miles over four days and take the boys through parts of the United States devastated by Hurricane Katrina.It was a

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US braces for the final horror: "US troops have begun the final search for hurricane survivors in New Orleans, steeling themselves for the task of harvesting the dead from the city's streets. Days after Hurricane Katrina triggered the worst natural calamity in US history, officials prepared the country for a heavy death toll that is expected to number in the thousands across the devastated US

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Storm Exposed Disarray at the Top By Susan B. Glasser and Josh White Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, September 4, 2005; Page A01 The killer hurricane and flood that devastated the Gulf Coast last week exposed fatal weaknesses in a federal disaster response system retooled after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to handle just such a cataclysmic event. Despite four years and tens

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Scotland on Sunday - Bush panics and sends in the marines: "A PANICKED George Bush yesterday ordered elite troops on to the streets of New Orleans in an unprecedented attempt to stop violence in the disaster-struck city spiralling out of control. The deployment, nearly a week after Hurricane Katrina struck, will see 7,000 marines and airborne troops sent to the emergency zone, where they are

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Having just started a deadening temp job alphabetizing books that students had returned at the semester’s end, there was something comforting about hearing the triumphant chorus: “When all the minimum wage went on strike!” bouncing off the University of Wisconsin’s buildings. It was early May and rabble-rousing folk musician David Rovics was in Madison to celebrate the centennial of the

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Mainly just thought I'd send out this lyric I just wrote on the plane to Houston yesterday, after reading Medea Benjamin's article by the same name in www.commondreams.org. (Lyrics at the end of this email.) After hearing so much about events in Crawford from friends who have been and gone -- or been and stayed -- I'm going to finally get a chance to visit Camp Casey tomorrow (Tuesday). On

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NOW. Politics & Economy. Perry Jeffries | PBS: "David Brancaccio talks with Iraq war veteran Perry Jefferies about the controversy stirred up by Cindy Sheehan's vigil near the President's ranch, and Jefferies's hometown, in Texas. "

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The Memphis Flyer :: the mid-south's news weekly: Cover Stories: Cover Stories: A Crawford Diary:: "Editor's Note: Memphian Cheri DelBrocco, who writes the 'Mad as Hell' column for the Flyer's Web site, spent several days last week at Camp Casey, the site adjoining President Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch, where a vigil is being kept by Cindy Sheehan, mother of one of the almost 2,000 Americans

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I had the opportunity to make a short with David Rovics in NY (during the 2004 Republican National Convention). - Doron

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"Spot Features Cindy Sheehan Directly Addressing Bush With Numerous Questions on the Iraq War “How many American lives must be lost to justify your war?” Crawford, TX— Cindy Sheehan, whose son, Pvt. Casey Sheehan was killed in Iraq last year, has resumed her vigil in Crawford, and Gold Star Families for Peace announced that their television ad would go to a national cable audience beginning

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BBC NEWS | Americas | Protest mother back at Bush ranch: "A mother whose son died while serving in Iraq has resumed her protest outside President George W Bush's Texas ranch. The Californian woman had to interrupt her anti-war campaign six days ago to look after her elderly mother after she suffered a stroke. Cindy Sheehan, whose 24-year-old son Casey was killed in action in 2004, started her

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The Swift Boating of Cindy Sheehan - New York Times: "CINDY SHEEHAN couldn't have picked a more apt date to begin the vigil that ambushed a president: Aug. 6 was the fourth anniversary of that fateful 2001 Crawford vacation day when George W. Bush responded to an intelligence briefing titled 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States' by going fishing. On this Aug. 6 the president

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Cindy Sheehan Is Working To Bring Our Troops Home - BuzzFlash Interview: "Casey Sheehan re-enlisted with the Army in August of 2003, knowing that his unit would eventually be deployed in Iraq. Casey, a Humvee mechanic with the 1st Calvary, was killed in Sadr City on April 4th of this year. He was only 24 years old. He is and forever will remain an American hero. Casey's mom, Cindy Sheehan, is a

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CRAWFORD, Texas -- Joan Baez was against the Vietnam War and she showed it _ appearing at marches, once even blocking the entrance of a military induction center. The folk singer is against the Iraq war, too, and she showed her support Sunday to protesters camping out near President Bush's ranch. Peace activist and singer Joan Baez arrives at Cindy Sheehan's anti-war camp near President Bush's

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Insane Films Madge Weinstein is headed to Crawford, TX and will be podcasting and videoblogging from Camp Casey this weekend. Madge's site: www.yeastradio.com and videoblog: www.insanefilms.com

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t r u t h o u t - One Mother's StandTruthout is video blogging Camp Casey.Talat Hamdani September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows08.17.05QuickTime DSL 56K Windows Media DSL 56K RealMedia DSL 56K

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Democracy Now! | Crawford Vigil Is Not OverExclusive Interview with Cindy Sheehan After Mother's Stroke: "I Want to Get Back As Soon As Possible": "Cindy Sheehan had to leave Crawford temporarily after her mother suffered a stroke. She spoke with Democracy Now! in the airport on her way to Los Angeles. She said that also she left her vigil without meeting with President Bush, she said, 'This Camp

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Something's In the Air But It's Not on the Airwaves: "There's Something in the Air / But It's Not on the Airwaves" The film, “There’s Something In the Air/But It’s Not on the Airwaves,” is based on an audio piece by political spoken word artist Chris Chandler about the media’s lack of coverage on the peace and global justice movement. The loss of so many Ohio servicemen during the shooting of

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Originally uploaded by m:j:b. There are now over 750 photos on Flickr from all over the country available to see and use on your websites or blogs. Click the photo.

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Micheal Moore Dot Com does not have a RSS feed for front page points-of-interest:Montgomery, AL, Mesa, AZ, Little Rock, AR, Costa Mesa, CA, Fremont, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, Napa Valley, CA, Nevada City, CA, Oakland, CA, Palm Springs, CA, San Diego, CA, San Jose, CA, San Luis Obispo, CA, Santa Cruz, CA, Vallejo, CA, Colorado Springs, CO, Denver, CO, Milford, CT,

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CBS News | Anti-War Mom Leaves Camp | August 18, 2005�19:07:52: "The grieving woman who started an anti-war demonstration near President Bush's ranch nearly two weeks ago left the camp Thursday after learning her mother had had a stroke, but she told supporters the protest would go on. Cindy Sheehan told reporters she had just received the phone call and was leaving immediately to be with her

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Is Sheehan a Spark or a Flicker?: "Is Cindy Sheehan the spark igniting an antiwar movement that threatens the Bush presidency? Or is she just an over-hyped flicker that will be extinguished with the next turn of the news cycle? The White House is counting on it being the latter. As the Washington Post's Jim VandeHei explained in a Live Online discussion yesterday: 'The White House thinks this

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Rocketboom correspondent Steve Garfield covered the Cindy Sheehan Vigil in Boston, MA. Music by david rovics click title to watch video

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Karen MeredithOriginally uploaded by christyscherrer. LISTEN TO INTERVIEW: FLASHPOINTS on KPFA - August 17th. Interview with Mimi Evans, of Military Families Speak Out. Her son is about to deploy to Iraq and she is camped out by the side of the road next to the Bush ranch in Crawford Texas to protest the illegality of the war, to honour Cindy Sheehan's son Casey, and to ask Bush to explain

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Orbis - David Rovics: Leftist folk singer/songwriter: "Considered by many to be the last protest singer, it's been said that if Dubya had his way, David Rovics would be locked up in Guantanamo Bay. After falling in love with David at show at Bongo Java, we were able to catch up with him on the phone for an interview. Orbis:So where did you grow up? DR: I was born in New York City and grew up

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Last night, Shannon Kringen interviewed Singer/Songwriter David Rovics under a street light after his concert in Seattle, WA. The top-down lighting makes David appear that he is in the witness protection program. But, you can clearly hear what he had to say:http://www.youtube.com/?v=oXgJ5e92ZsEperformance: song for cindy sheehan by david rovicsSeattle, WA August 15, 2005To watch more songs

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By Edwin Chen, Times Staff Writer CRAWFORD, Texas — Two senior White House aides met with the angry mother of a fallen U.S. soldier Saturday, but they rejected Cindy Sheehan's demand for a direct accounting from President Bush for the way he has conducted the war in Iraq. The surprise meeting, which lasted about 45 minutes, took place on a roadside several miles from the president's ranch,

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Studies: Iraq war radicalized most foreign fighters | csmonitor.com

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17, originally uploaded by pevee.Flickr members are posting pixs from news websites and television reports about the London Bomb Blasts. A Flickr group has been created - currently there are 200 images in the pool.It is interesting how people are sharing their points-of-view through photos from THE source that makes an impress on them.BBC: More than 30 die in London blasts A series of bomb

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President invoked 9/11 terror attacks, called on Americans to join military Invoking the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 five times, President Bush took to the airwaves Tuesday night in an attempt to bolster sagging support for the war in Iraq. At times contradicting recent statements by his own vice president and secretary of defense, the President gave a sober, stern-faced assessment of

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June 28, 2005Downing Street Memo: Part 1 This is a free service. However, financial support is vital. Please consider giving less to the corporate media and donating more to Media Lens. At the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal in 1946, Nazi leaders like Goering, von Ribbentrop, Jodl and Streicher were sentenced to death by hanging for "Crimes against Peace: namely, planning, preparation, initiation

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Activists Use British Documents To Mount Media Campaign,Put Bush on Defensive Over IraqBy CHRISTOPHER COOPER Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNALJune 28, 2005; Page A4Write to Christopher Cooper at christopher.cooper@wsj.comA series of three-year-old British documents seized upon by those who think the Bush administration manipulated intelligence before the war with Iraq has demonstrated

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After repeated criticism of the Bush administration, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee yesterday gaveled a hearing to a close and walked out while Democrats continued to testify -- but with their microphones shut off. The hearing's announced topic was the USA Patriot Act, which granted broad new powers to federal law enforcement after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The

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Amit Srivastava doesn't own a car or a house. He runs a nonprofit, activist organization in California that has only one full-time employee -- himself. But he has been helping shake up one of the world's biggest corporations, Coca-Cola Co., thousands of miles away in India. Speaking on a tour of U.S. college campuses in April, he accused Coke of egregious offenses in India: stealing water,

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Watch Video (MPEG, 3 minutes, 20 meg) - Interview with Uncle Sam and 360 rotation around artwork at FolkLife, Seattle WA. (Video will not be available in 7 days.)(NOTE: Both of my editing software programs are crashing....seeking someone to edit this short video and create a wmv file - under 10 meg.)Poor old tired Uncle Sam is suffering under a heavy burden. He thinks he must "PERSERVE OUR WAY OF

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The George Galloway hearing. In addition to being the funniest biter-bit performance in years (if you missed it, the transcript and the video are floating around on the Internet), it was yet another victory for the Brits over the Americans when it comes to spoken English. Holy cow, what a display of pyrotechnic mastery of language. The American senators were left with so much egg on their faces

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Bob Geldof, who 20 years ago put together the famine-relief concerts of Live Aid -- the biggest musical event in history -- yesterday announced that five enormous, free concerts would be held July 2 in Philadelphia, London, Paris, Berlin and Rome. The extravaganza, which will feature many of the biggest names in pop music, will not be intended to raise funds. Rather, it is aimed at spotlighting

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by Bill Moyers Closing address National Conference on Media Reform St. Louis, Missouri May 15, 2005 I can’t imagine better company on this beautiful Sunday morning in St. Louis. You’re church for me today, and there’s no congregation in the country where I would be more likely to find more kindred souls than are gathered here. There are so many different vocations and callings in this room

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by John Chuckman Article Excerpts Like a refreshing breeze blowing briefly over those damned to endure the hell created by America's government came the words of British M.P. George Galloway to an American Senate Committee. The man was simply magnificent. Tough, brave, and articulate--hurling unanswerable truth at blubbering political lowlifes in silk suits. Washington is the most dishonest

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Testimony of Mr. George Galloway, Member of the British Parliament, before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee Senators Norm Coleman and Carl Levin attending SEN. COLEMAN: Mr. Galloway, I’m pleased to have you before the committee today. What I’m going to do is briefly summarize the evidence before we give you a chance to give your sworn testimony.

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BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Galloway 'did not query donors': "Respect MP George Galloway has said he 'never asked' contributors to an appeal he set up to help a sick Iraqi girl where they had got their money from. He told Sky news 'two kings and an Arab businessman' gave to the Mariam Appeal. Last week he made a fiery appearance in front of US senators investigating claims he was given

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GEORGE GALLOWAY has been invited on a lecture tour of America’s Ivy League universities as a result of his performance before the US Senate. Washington was left buzzing after the Respect MP traded verbal blows with senators who had accused him of making money from Iraq’s Oil-for-Food programme. Mr Galloway, 51, could earn £5,000 per speech when he addresses audiences at Harvard, Princeton and

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It's a long way - literally and figuratively - from George Galloway's hometown of Dundee to Washington DC. But the man who was kicked out of the British Labour Party because of his fierce criticism of the war in Iraq seemed at ease on Capitol Hill last week as he defended himself against allegations of financial chicanery. Galloway's appearance in front of the US Senate permanent subcommittee

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"Senator, I am not now, nor have I ever been, an oil trader. and neither has anyone on my behalf. I have never seen a barrel of oil, owned one, bought one, sold one - and neither has anyone on my behalf."Now I know that standards have slipped in the last few years in Washington, but for a lawyer you are remarkably cavalier with any idea of justice. I am here today but last week you already found

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Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Britain's Galloway Turns Into Media Hero: "There is usually no love lost between George Galloway and the British press. But after the maverick lawmaker's blistering performance before a U.S. Senate committee this week in which he excoriated the Bush administration over Iraq, not even his biggest critics could contain their grudging admiration. ``Galloway:

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Dave Zirin: Anti-War Hoopster Wins NBA's MVP: "By electing Steve Nash the NBA's Most Valuable Player, the pro basketball media made the day of everyone who plays hoops on Friday and protests the US war machine on Saturday. Nash was the first high profile athlete to come out against Dick Cheney's "war of a generation" showing up at the 2003 All-Star game in 2003 wearing a T-shirt that read, "

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Italian report queries US claims: "Italy has published a report into the shooting of a secret agent by US troops at a roadblock in Iraq, which conflicts with the US version of events. The report blames the troops' stress and inexperience, and says the US authorities should have signalled that there was a checkpoint on the road. The Italian foreign ministry delayed the

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | US must learn from Calipari: "There was a time when the British army behaved like that in Northern Ireland: jittery, resentful, too quick to fire, an easy target. Thirty-five years ago, in Belfast and Derry, I saw British soldiers behaving just as aggressively towards local people as the Americans do in Iraq. Checkpoints have been targeted by suicide bombers That was

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"ROME, May 2 -- Italian investigators said Monday that nervousness and inexperience among U.S. troops contributed to the March 4 killing of an Italian intelligence agent at a roadblock as he tried to take a freed kidnap victim to the Baghdad airport. In a 67-page report, the Italians countered conclusions released by American military authorities on Saturday that the agent's car was speeding and

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The Italian press has claimed that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has altered a report investigating the death of Italian secret service agent Nicola Calipari, who was killed by US soldiers in Iraq in order not to endanger Washington-Rome relations. The papers revealed that Berlusconi had requested some changes be made in the direction of the report so as not to criticize the US too much and

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mtv.com - News - Michael Moore Will Pay You To Defy School Administration: "Scholarship, it seems, is the best revenge. While most people might just stew about having their speech canceled by a university president, maverick filmmaker Michael Moore has decided to throw some money at the problem.On Wednesday, the outspoken documentarian announced the establishment of the Michael Moore Freedom of

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frontline: karl rove -- the architect | PBS After surviving one of the roughest presidential elections in modern times, President George W. Bush singled out one member of his team in particular, calling Karl Rove the campaign's "architect." But Rove, a longtime Bush adviser and confidant, is much more than a political guru, he is also the single most powerful -- and ambitious -- policy adviser

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Twenty minutes before the beginning of Amy Goodman’s film and speech, a long line already had formed in front of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Goodman, a journalist and host of the nationally broadcast radio/TV show Democracy Now! spoke on “Independent Media in a Time of War” Saturday at 7 p.m., sponsored by the Green Party of University of Nebraska-Lincoln and radio station KZUM.

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Hey folks, Writing from lovely Traverse City, where I just finished a bit of a midwest tour last night. There were many highlights, but probably the most vivid was singing "Song for the BBB" while a dozen or so Earlham students threw pies at each other. William Kristol received his just desserts while giving a speech at Earlham just a couple weeks ago, and there's been a bit of a controversy

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Published: Friday, April 8, 2005A contract between Snohomish County and a private firm is unconstitutional,two Everett men argue in court action.By Jerry CornfieldHerald WriterSEATTLE - Two Everett men filed suit Thursday to void the contract between Snohomish County and the maker of its electronic voting machines, claiming the deal illegally shifts control of vote counting from the public to a

About Diannanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130995.post-1113146170598556292005-04-10T08:16:00.000-07:002005-04-10T08:16:10.596-07:00

Karen H. Pittman Hey, guys, quick before you miss it, look up: I'm about to step out onto the ledge here and say something terribly controversial. I'm about to break ranks with my conservative brethren. Yes, Jane Fonda did some horrible things in Hanoi. Yes, she was a wild child, an hysterical 60’s flower-power flouter of the first order. But that doesn’t change the fact that she herself may

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ABC News: Jane Fonda Protesting War Again: "Fonda was on CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' Wednesday night and Letterman asked how she feels about the war in Iraq. Fonda got a big hand from Letterman's audience when she said, 'I think the war is wrong. I think it's a mistake and I think we that should get out.' Letterman had just held up the infamous photo of Fonda sitting on a North

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People now can compare the quality of care at more than 4,200 hospitals nationwide through a new government Web site. HospitalCompare.hhs.gov provides side-by-side, hospital-versus-hospital comparisons on 17 measures: eight related to heart-attack care, four to care for heart failure and five related to pneumonia care. For instance, the Web site, which launched Friday, shows the percentage of

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Crisis Papers: "Crisis Papers Blog | Best of Web | Dissenting Internet | Features | About the Crisis Papers | Contact Us March 29, 2005 Updated every Tuesday and additionally as warranted. New Blogs may appear at any time. 'Environmental issues including climate change have traditionally been placed in a category separate from the economy and from economic policy. But this is no

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Democracy Now! | Headlines for March 25, 2005: "Iraqi Lawyers Call for Trying Bush, Blair Meanwhile, a group of prominent Iraqi lawyers said at a conference in Baghdad this week that President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair should be tried as war criminals for the occupation of Iraq, highlighting the massive assaults on the city of Fallujah. They echoed earlier claims by an official

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The New Zealand Herald: "The Bush administration has produced news look-alike video propaganda clips and successfully persuaded television news stations across the country to air them uncritically and, often, uncut. As many as 20 government departments have produced fake news that stations relayed as though they had produced the segments themselves according to the standard rules of journalism,

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ROME Mar 15, 2005 — Italy said Tuesday it will start drawing down its 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops. The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more than a dozen countries over the last year and could

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ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops.The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more than a dozen countries over the last year

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ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops.The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more than a dozen countries over the last year

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Europe: "ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops. The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Europe: "ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops. The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Europe: "ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops. The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Europe: "ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops. The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Europe: "ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops. The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Europe: "ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops. The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Europe: "ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops. The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Europe

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ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops. The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more than a dozen countries over the last year

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Europe: "ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops. The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - Europe: "ROME -- Italy's prime minister announced plans Tuesday to start drawing down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September, putting a fresh crack in President Bush's crumbling coalition. Bulgaria also called for a partial withdrawal, and Ukraine welcomed home its first wave of returning troops. The moves come on top of the withdrawal of more

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WASHINGTON, MARCH 5: A US Army intelligence sergeant who accused fellow soldiers in Samarra of abusing detainees in 2003 was in turn accused by his commander of being delusional and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation in Germany, despite a military psychiatrist’s initial judgment that the man was stable, according to internal Army records released on Friday. The soldier angered his

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antiwar: This Was an Attack on Unembedded Journalism: "AMY GOODMAN: In an interview with Sky Italia, Sgrena described what happened. GIULIANA SGRENA: [Translated from Italian]We were on our way to the airport, and we thought we were finally safe, because the area where we were was under the control of the United States. We therefore thought we had escaped the gravest area and entered into a

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March 6, 2005 (from Il Manifesto)—I am still in the darkness. Last Friday was the most dramatic day of my life since I was abducted. I had just spoken with my abductors, who for days kept telling me I would be released. So I was living in wait. They said things that I would understand only later. They talked of transfer related problems. I had learned to understand which way the wind blew from

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Transcript: Giuliana Sgrena interview: "In an interview with the BBC's Newshour programme, freed Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena began by describing the conditions in which she had been held hostage for a month. The condition of life was not bad from the material point of view but I was in a position of risk and so you can imagine it was not easy, it was very difficult and

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CNN.com - CIA sends terror suspects abroad for interrogation: "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The CIA has been allowed to secretly transfer terrorism suspects overseas for interrogation, a former U.S. official said Sunday, but a White House spokesman denied that the United States used the practice to 'export torture.' The official, who asked not to be named because there are classified issues involved,

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Shootings by U.S. at Iraq Checkpoints Questioned (washingtonpost.com): "The deadly shooting of an Italian intelligence officer by U.S. troops at a checkpoint near Baghdad on Friday was one of many incidents in which civilians have been killed by mistake at checkpoints in Iraq, including local police officers, women and children, according to military records, U.S. officials and human rights

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