Peddle to the Meddle.
Okay, I was wrong. No worries…not the first time, not the last. But I thought Team Bush would pull out all the stops to keep the Dems from taking over Congress and using subpoena power to investigate every sordid nook, each scummy cranny that we’ve see in the darkened face of the Imperial Presidency. I…
Today: Revelations about spying on bank records. Mueller gives a speech on “homegrown terrorists.” Gonzales faces Senate questioning on domestic spying. The Indian Affairs report released, detailing how Abramoff worked with Ralph Reed and Grover Norquist to launder money from tribes through various organizations. Norquist writes much of Bush’s corporate crony-ass policies, Reed is God’s…
The Bush Administration is spying. Spying big-time. Not just on foreign calls, not just on suspected terrorists. They are spying on us. All of us. This story has been developing for years. It began with Iran-Contra luminary John Poindexter and his Total Information Awareness program. The TIA was initiated shortly after 9/11 and it was…
The great dismissive of our times is the term “conspiracy theory.” It closes off debate. It paints anyone who doesn’t buy the propaganda, questions the anomalies of official cover stories…anyone who connects the unconnected dots…as crazy, paranoid cranks cavorting with Oliver Stone on the grassy knoll of history. Enter Danielle Pletka. As VP of Foreign…
From the Herald Sun: (An Australian paper) Domestic spying necessary: Bush From correspondents in Washington 26jan06 US President George W. Bush said today that a controversial domestic spying program that some critics say is illegal was necessary in light of new threats on an audiotape from Osama bin Laden. “I’ll continue to reauthorise this program…