Tag: bush
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happy birthday iraq war! celebrating 6yrs of death & destruction
6yrs later, progress & doubt are legacy of iraq warfrom cnn: Six years ago Thursday, then-President George W. Bush appeared on television screens across America and somberly addressed the nation. “My fellow citizens,” he began his four-minute speech, “at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm…
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obamessiah: staged politricks & the left/right facade
both parties love big government – just different programs gordon brown appeals to US congress for help to save the worldfrom telegraph: Gordon Brown has attempted to establish himself as an international statesman with the vision to lead the world out of recession in a speech to the US Congress in Washington. video: nuking chicago…
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pentagon overturns ban on coffin photos
pentagon to allow media photos of war deadfrom thinkprogress: Defense and congressional officials said today that “news organizations will be allowed to photograph the homecomings of America’s war dead under a new Pentagon policy” but “only if the families of the fallen agree.” President George H.W. Bush instituted the ban on photographing flag-draped caskets at…
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obamessiah gives team america a pep talk
here’s a couple of telling takes on the big speech: first a sports analogy, as if it’s all a big game…from time: Rarely has a pep talk come with so much pomp. The setting, for starters, was no high school locker room at halftime, with sweaty teenagers scratching their gym socks. Robed Supreme Court justices…
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alan keyes: stop obama or US will ‘cease to exist’
from raw replay: Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes talked to KHAS’ Curt Casper after speaking to a fundraiser in Hastings, Nebraska. Keyes was highly critical of President Obama… “Obama is a radical communist and I think it is becoming clear. That is what I told people in Illinois and now everybody realizes it is coming…
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Geronimo’s Kin Still Suing Skull & Bones Over Remains
from ap: Geronimo’s descendants have sued Skull and Bones — the secret society at Yale University linked to presidents and other powerful figures — claiming that its members stole the remains of the legendary Apache leader decades ago and have kept them ever since. The federal lawsuit filed in Washington on Tuesday — the 100th…
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who’s got the guts to prosecute the bush administration?
from raw replay: If President Barack Obama refuses to prosecute members of the Bush administration for war crimes, the United Nations might be able to according to the UN convention on torture which the United States signed. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast Jan. 21, 2009. schumer signals support for prosecution of bush officialsfrom…
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obama’s 1st day, 2nd oath & 3rd world war
obama’s day 1: recession, war, ethics & morefrom ap: In a first-day whirlwind, President Barack Obama showcased efforts to revive the economy on Wednesday, summoned top military officials to the White House to chart a new course in Iraq and eased into the daunting thicket of Middle East diplomacy. “What an opportunity we have to…
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obamessiah coronation: yay! we’re out of the frying pan!
new commander-in-chief sworn infrom ap: Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasped the reins of power as America’s first black president on Tuesday, saying the nation must choose “hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord” to overcome the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. In frigid temperatures, an exuberant crowd of…
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bush bids america farewell in final televised speech as president
from afp: US President George W. Bush on Thursday hailed Barack Obama’s January 20th inauguration as a moment for national “hope and pride” but warned Americans against any let-up in the war on terrorism. In his farewell speech after eight divisive years in office, the vastly unpopular Bush urged agreement – on his success in…
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obamessiah: inaugural emergencies & the end of the beginning
‘state of emergency’ declared for inaugurationfrom nytimes: It is true, President Bush sounded alarms about Barack Obama during the campaign season. On Tuesday, Mr. Bush went one step further: He declared Mr. Obama’s inauguration an actual emergency. The declaration, though, was not a political statement about Republicans being run out of town. Rather, it was…
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ground zero lounge: valkyrie: the new nero decree
from clyde lewis: The police state, surveillance state and nationalist fervor developing in the United States have been compared to those of Nazi Germany. As we say farewell to the Bush era, many believe that policies put into play during his eight-year term will just disappear. They won’t. stream (part1/part2)download (part1/part2) Recorded every Monday evening…
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bush’s final press conference: ‘things didn’t go according to plan’
from raw replay: President Bush answered questions asked by the White House press corps for the final time today. RAW STORY has more details here. This video is from CNN.com, broadcast Jan. 12, 2009. farewell to bush, the president and the manbush’s last press conference: full of disappointment bush: 9/11, 2 wars, katrina: ‘we had…
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assassination updates: jfk, rfk & the bush crime family
upcoming novel to describe jfk as sex-fiendfrom thaindian: A new novel describes former U.S. President John F. Kennedy as a shameless sex-fiend who destroyed numerous lives. Publisher Simon & Schuster has revealed that British writer Jed Mercurio’s book, entitled American Adulterer, will describe JFK as a philanderer during his White House years. The publisher said…