Saddam to be hanged by Sunday Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death for his role in 148 killings in 1982, will have his sentence carried out by Sunday. Saddam will be hanged before the start of the Eid religious holiday, which begins at sundown Saturday. AP Poll: Bush #1 Villain of 2006 Just …
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Reflections on the eve of another rigged election
The Bush administration cannot allow the Democrats to take control of either house of Congress. And they are in a position to prevent it, regardless of the will of the American voters. Important would be the reestablishment of Congressional oversight — of investigations, with the penalties of perjury and contempt of Congress, into vast array …
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How did members of US congress vote on civil liberties?
Before you go to the vote on Nov. 7, please check this out. This site shows the key civil liberties votes in both the House & Senate. See the roll call votes of who supported Bush’s “Military Commissions” legislation which negates much of our Bill of Rights. Also, the (un) Patriot Act and its renewals, …
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Possible congressional family businesses
Citizen journalists investigated 438 members of US Congress, and tentatively found 19 spouses who were paid by a member’s campaign committee-totalling some $637,424 since January 1, 2005. These members of Congress are giving our tax dollars to their wives. An interesting experiment in networked journalism.
Magazine names America’s 10 ‘dumbest Congressmen’
Congress, as any CSPAN viewer can attest, has never been a bastion of intelligence. As far back as a century ago, Samuel Johnson was demeaning the nation’s legislators as a “circus of rogues and fools.” But when it comes to sheer stupidity, the men and women of the 109th have distinguished themselves as a breed …
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75% US citizens support bringing home troops from Iraq
A new Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted October 10-11 finds that nearly three in four Americans (73 percent) agree that U.S. troops should start to come home. It seems as though 97% need to support it before Bush even considers it.