And the walls come crumbling down. Excellent article from a political reporter in the UK looking at the US from a distance and can see the "forest for the trees."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2077320,00.html

"And yet to visit the US at present, as I have done, is to experience an overwhelming sensation of drastic impending change. It's not merely that President Bush, to whom Blair so disastrously tethered himself, is "in office but not in power"...

"The Tories have questions of their own. Even the stupidest have grasped that the war and the American alliance are unpopular with the electorate, but they should now ask if sceptical, pragmatic Conservatism ever had anything in common with neoconservatism and its vast revolutionary scheme. One who did understand is Matthew Parris, the former Tory MP. Before the 2004 presidential election he said he wanted Bush re-elected: his presidency was halfway through an "experiment whose importance is almost literally earth-shattering" and should be played out to its inevitable failure.

But that failure must be demonstrated beyond contradiction. "The theory that liberal values and a capitalist system can be spread across the world by force of arms... should be tested to destruction ... The president and his neoconservative court should be offered all the rope they need to hang themselves..."

And they are "hanging" themselves. This "child" called America is worth saving, no matter the cost, and Americans will "save" her, grow past our delusions and fears and stand for this country and what we can be.

"This 'child' called America is worth saving, no matter the cost, and Americans will 'save' her, grow past our delusions and fears and stand for this country and what we can be." Well, Capt'n Sally, you've reduced me to tears. We've all been wound up so tight with fear and revulsion and to have the kaleidoscope turn once more and a pattern start to emerge, a hopeful sign--well, that's a darned good reason to shed a few tears of relief.

Thanks so much for all you do. Although AAA, Ahhhhhhhhhnold, and the feds have considerably lightened my bank account, I see I have just a few dollars left which I will be sending along to help keep this wonderful website up and running.

Sally,

The perfect analogy, a kaleidescope, I have one on my desk, really.
So then in effect the world has given George leave to hang us, so goes George, so goes England and Australia they're governments hands are just as bloody.

What a wonderful thoughtful piece of work, thank you Sally!

Sally, I wonder if we will see the Civil Disobedience and subsequent rioting that occurred in the 60's, boy howdy Kent State still rings emotional chimes.
The guy who does the dream advert, Dennis Hopper if you get past the ad part of it, it implies we have more power at 60 then at 20, still the same generation just older. Hot digity dog.

So Hagel, Bloomberg might do Independent runs for President, shake up the system as Hagel put it, would be nice if Al Gore would do the same and grab Mike Gravel for veep. I like Al better then all the rest out there now. Run Al run. Yes all ya'll flamers I so understand why Al would not want that brass ring, but he is the best hope for this Child America.

Now, if only the congressional committees will follow-up very carefully on what JMM is discussing here, we might just see some of that major fallout that Capt'n Sally mentioned
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/014126.php

I agree that we need in the US need to wake up to reality. But I doubt we will without great struggle. The lies have been around from the beginning of the country (BTW,the Scorpio chart of 11/15/1777 probably reveals a more realistic picture of what our country really stands for). We have always been about exploiting resources without heeding the consequences.
I agree that Uranus's position now brings up "60s" issues but think is just the opening salvo. In 2010 Saturn opposes Uranus and squares Pluto, bringing all three of the players of the mid 60's Saturn opposite Uranus-Pluto conjunction into play. The 60s brought up many issues but never resolved them. I think the "peace" and "civil" rights movement stupidly divided themselves into their separate little camps, a condition that remains through our time. Sadly, the issue of race, used since the inception of the colonies still works now; we gained two presidential terms based on the ability to restrict black votes across many parts of the country.
For each of the Saturn to outer planet oppositions, we need to heed their entire cycles. Saturn was conjunct Pluto in 1982 and will align again with it in 2020; Saturn aligned with both Uranus and Neptune around 1989 and will align with Neptune in 2026 and 2032 respectively. I haven't closely looked at worldly expectations in the 2020s and 2030s yes, but believe that looking at the Saturn/Uranus, Saturn/Neptune and Saturn/Pluto waves completely will help us see all we face. For further clues, we should remember that Saturn was lower square Pluto around 1991, when the USSR fell.
Admittedly, there is much to process here, but the clues are numerous.

DeeK, fascinating isn't it! I continually try to get out of the box so I can see the whole picture. It is certainly going to be interesting to see if the Great Experiment in "self governance" will survive or whether we fashion a new reality... America is a huge country with big regional differences. They being whoever thinks they run things, thought the 60's were turbulent, hah wait and see right Deek!

Turnabout's fair play, right? Let's hope so!
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2007/May/10/local/stories/04local.htm

Shylurker, thanks for that, I love it when I see our organic farmer standing up. Most of the supers' here carry their produce (organic) since a lot of us are tired of being sickened. Big Ag is is like big Pharma rotten and greedy just ask the bees.

* ...Let go. Let others go. You don't need "a new lease on life." You need to rent, month-to-month, day to day! Ownership is not all that it's cracked up to be, is it? What you own ends up owning you. You have to water it, dust it, feed it, and clean up after it. In most cases, you have to pay taxes on it as well. Don't you have better things to do with your time and money? ... http://www.reconnections.net/letting_go_transmission.htm

Some things just aren't all they're cracked up to be, yes? Thank the Goddess!

Another fine article Sally. All the colors of the world are broken. As far as the choices go now, it looks like I will be voting Liberatarian from now on. At least I will feel like I am still doing something.

Morgana,

Dennis Hopper is a hard core Repugnant now, like so many others of that generation these days. Many have morphed that power into the injustices we have today. They are the ones with the money these days.

Yea, verily on that Dennis Hopper, Cybear. One can easily imagine a long ingrained habit of Hopper popping poppers... you know, trying to forget. ;O)

Heya Cybear, and JoanneO just making the point that we have power at 60, more then we had at 20. Too bad about Hopper though being a bloody republican. My point being the Iluminati or whoever didn't see the 60's coming, nor the power that the people turned on, the people can do it again we didn't crawl in a hole and die we are still here.

TaHA!! Salutes to you, Morgana!! Mebbe that's what it all turns on (well... some of the All)... the People of the 60s turn Sixty!!! Magic!

Hurry, everybody! Go bring up Huffington Post! On it, there're several hysterically funny photos on the main page that you won't want to miss!

You nailed it Morgana with the message of the power we come into at 60. I've seen those ads and Hopper does convey renewed energy and power over 60. He may not know what he is saying, his writers may not know the message they are giving, but that can be likened to "out of the mouths of babes."

Great article, as usual, from Robert Glover on StarIQ
http://www.stariq.com/Main/Articles/P0007889.HTM
"The Real Estate Cycle"
And so much more.
A must read with great commentary on the time around 2009 - 2012

Sally, I love your article especially the following
"I look at this administration and Congress (both parties) and think "who are these people and how did they get to be a country within a country?"
Unfortunately the US does not have the prerogative to be the only country which is governed this way. This applies to almost any and every country in the world. The only country that still has some kind of democracy is Switzerland and even there they are very busy curtailing it.
We need to remember that this idea of the people govern them self stems from Napoleon as many other really advantages changes in government and in other areas of our daily life.
Where have these ideals gone to. If the German chancellor Merkel answers the question by a reporter if the people of Germany should vote on the EU constitution "where are we getting to if we let the people decide what is good for them and the country".
Than I can only answer where are we the people getting to if we have absolutely no say so or vote.
The populous is so complacent and self centered that they do not realize what is happening. Maybe I am to pessimistic but I see no hope.
It starts in the small within the families and spreads outward. Yes there are some idealist who want the best ONLY FOR THEIR COUNTRY but these people are a danger for the governing bodies in each and every country and religion in the world.
A German astrologist gave the time quality that surrounds us at the moment Heracles-- clean out the stall. Afterwards he hopes for Hephaisto-- new order. We will see.

I think he also sums it up rather nicely with a suggestion at the end of article.
http://www.robertgover.com/Planets/money-saturn.jpg
My purpose here is to review the astrological history of past great depressions in order to show why the years 2008 through 2019 are likely to be the most horrendous so far in US history.
....But there is scant reason for optimism. Our form of democracy has become, "We elect 'em but the big money owns and operates 'em," so we can expect no help from Congress as it's presently constituted. We have become a nation indoctrinated with, "Get rich or die," forgetting that even the wealthiest billionaire is devoured by fire or maggots and ends as dust, the same as everyone else.

Personally, I think it would be a good idea to take a look at the pre-Columbus Native American concept of Planet Earth as humanity's richest and most enduring source of capital, the true basis of any monetary system and economy. This may be very difficult for we whose ancestors viewed 'Indians" as "ignorant, heathen savages." But with the mounting effects of global warming waiting in the wings (as exemplified by Hurricane Katrina), dealing with Mother Nature as our universal central bank may soon become necessary.

My second Shaktipat initiation with my Indian spiritual teacher was culminated in dreamstate. In fact the book I just painted is the physical manifestation of that dream over 25 years ago.
In the dream I was in a dark nightclub and the mirrored disco ball went into my head and exploded into a kaleidoscope of infinite colors shards.

I've come to realize that as an artist I put the chaos of those color shards into order. My teacher planted a never ending well of colors into my being and told me to wish for fame. I started getting published after that. What I do in the world I owe to my Shri Guru, the kundalini was awakened and blasted open and I remain the shakti's loyal scribe. My personal dance with Krishna.

Not only the poor as written up in this article but also highly educated people are caught in this never ending circle. They are all willingly being ensnared to become good slaves to be controled and exploited.

The Poverty Business
Inside U.S. companies' audacious drive to extract more profits from the nation's working poor
http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/07_21/b4035001.htm?chan=gl

Maybe some people should go back to school and should take ecconomics 101
http://www.moneynetnews.com/articles/54/1/US-Government-Forces-E-gold-Redemp

Bhakti, that was a beautiful image, thanks. Actually I needed that this morning.

Deek it looks like you are keeping a list of major aspects over the next several years, don't forget to include the Grand Mutation of Jupiter/Saturn in Aquarius in 2020. 2000 saw the conjunction of these two planets in Taurus and that will be the last time Jupiter/Saturn conjunts in an earth sign for at least 170 years. That's kind of good news but between now and 2020 it's a good time to look at your resources and how to restructure so you can enjoy if not prosperity, then security.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_on_re_us/jerry_falwell;_ylt=Ah1a_E7wFFiZjyVop0HFVFSs0NUE????

Falwell in 'gravely serious' condition

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell was hospitalized in "gravely serious" condition Tuesday after being found unconscious in his office Tuesday, a Liberty University executive said.

Ron Godwin, executive vice president of Falwell's university, said Falwell was found unconscious after missing an appointment Tuesday morning.

Fallwell is GONE!
Gee, I hought they were supposed to ascend up unclothed Leaving behind, we sinners, to deal with the tornados......floods... and fires...............
Seems to be working out quite differently.............
The smelts DID run finally ( 2 weeks late) No sign of the hummingbirds yet.
Beautiful imagery Sally; and a beautiful response from you Bhakti, what a wonderfu story!
QOP

OpEdNews

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May 15, 2007

Reconsidering Impeachment

By Bob Burnett

In Berkeley, it's difficult to travel more than a few blocks without seeing an "Impeach Bush" bumper sticker. And whenever I write a column about the 43rd President, I receive emails suggesting that the simplest solution to America's problems is his impeachment. Nonetheless, I'd never taken the possibility of impeachment seriously until this week, when I realized I've had enough: I want Dubya to go down.

The movement to impeach George W. Bush started around Labor Day, in 2002, when it become clear that he was determined to invade Iraq. In March 2003, it gathered momentum when many Americans joined marches and silent vigils to protest what we considered to be an ill-considered and dangerous action. Bush was enormously popular and many "blue" Americans felt we had lost our country: we couldn't understand why so many of our fellow citizens supported Dubya; or why they voted to reelect him in 2004. In those dark days, the impeachment movement seemed to be the last refuge of die-hard liberals: a defiant stance that had little hope of success.

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_bob_burn_070515_reconsidering_impeac.htm

Oh, ALL precious good men and women, Sally, Morgana, Cybear, QOP, JoannaOregon, WV, Penelope, Bhakti thank you for your sane, loving instincts that I know will prevail as these frightening times play out.

Sally, what you say about our own gov't being a subculture within our culture is spot-on outrageous fact. We are being hollowed-out to be weakened, collapsed and taken hostage by those swine. But we're on to them and have too many good, fantastically smart and adaptable folks in our population to let them get away with it.

The u.s. moon at 27aq (Just Us)almost had a mind/emotion meeting with progressed mercury until it went retrograde (was that '94?)and goes direct in 2016 to advance to the conjunction with the u.s. moon. THAT'S when I think we'll get uppity and have enough collective clout to carry out our revolution, everybody!
Before that we have to contend with dec '08 mars/pluto pair into 0cap, just after the elction, just before the swearing in of whatever in '09. Mars rules the u.s. 4th house, now retrograde in the 10th toward the clutches of saturn in libra. Saturn wants to eat his own children and mars aggression will turn inward on us folks.
I expect this gov't to get real, real unpopular
as the world fights back,(cuz we've got nuthin') the environment itself fights back. But that's when we, the population of this fair country are then regarded as another resource for gov't greed to suck dry. The Perfect Host and the Perfect Parasite. But we have our smarts and our resourcefulness, our reverence and love to fight on behalf of one another, out of sheer Mama/Poppa Tiger Love.
Hint: Get vacuum-packed seeds, buy camping gear made in China while it's still cheap, love your neighbor and keep it real.

Oh, ALL precious good men and women, Sally, Morgana, Cybear, QOP, JoannaOregon, WV, Penelope, Bhakti thank you for your sane, loving instincts that I know will prevail as these frightening times play out.

Sally, what you say about our own gov't being a subculture within our culture is spot-on outrageous fact. We are being hollowed-out to be weakened, collapsed and taken hostage by those swine. But we're on to them and have too many good, fantastically smart and adaptable folks in our population to let them get away with it.

The u.s. moon at 27aq (Just Us)almost had a mind/emotion meeting with progressed mercury until it went retrograde (was that '94?)and goes direct in 2016 to advance to the conjunction with the u.s. moon. THAT'S when I think we'll get uppity and have enough collective clout to carry out our revolution, everybody!
Before that we have to contend with dec '08 mars/pluto pair into 0cap, just after the elction, just before the swearing in of whatever in '09. Mars rules the u.s. 4th house, now retrograde in the 10th toward the clutches of saturn in libra. Saturn wants to eat his own children and mars aggression will turn inward on us folks.
I expect this gov't to get real, real unpopular
as the world fights back,(cuz we've got nuthin') the environment itself fights back. But that's when we, the population of this fair country are then regarded as another resource for gov't greed to suck dry. The Perfect Host and the Perfect Parasite. But we have our smarts and our resourcefulness, our reverence and love to fight on behalf of one another, out of sheer Mama/Poppa Tiger Love.
Hint: Get vacuum-packed seeds, buy camping gear made in China while it's still cheap, love your neighbor and keep it real.

QOP, So! Fat ol' Jabba da Hut can't eat his servants anymore, good riddance to one less Foulmouth (bag 'o pus talkin' empty rhetoric about "all the little children" while stuffing this lying mouth and pockets).
we can be sure he's discovered that his blubbery butt really CAN'T fit through the eye of a needle, God ('nuther illusion) ain't smiling at him but the debbil sho' is!

Pat B, perfect, brilliant. You are right Saturn does love to eat its own. Outstanding assessment. Thank you so much for those vibrant words.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/17229634.htm

Gone at the age of 73

First instinct at the news : live by the sword, die by the sword. 73 is young these days. I also sang Ding Dong the Witch is Dead and whooped loudly out of my window.
ps no offense to witches who I highly admire.

Oh Bhakti!
I did the very same thing! Called my Librarian friend to tell her; sang Ding Dong the witch is dead and chortled with her!
It must be the Lilith!
QOP

This writer suggests that another hostage crisis in the Mideast could obliterate what little support the current Bush administration still has with Republicans (much less anyone else). I would only add that it may also suggest both a fitting and ironic end to an era that began in 1980 when Reagan the Conservative and his even more dubious Vice President, George Bush Sr. came into power -- on the heels of the Iranian hostage crisis.

http://www.counterpunch.org/patrick05152007.html

Gooolllyyyyyy! I'm sho' glad that fal-unwell has passed on. Thing is, his sort are like shark's teeth... one falls out & two more pop up to take its place. Mebbe not this time. Fal-unwell & robertson are probably rare enuf mutants & may only be produced once every thousand years or so. ;O)

Mygoodnessme... tut-tut-tut! ;O)

* Wolfowitz: "If They F*** With Me Or Shaha, I Have Enough On Them To F*** Them Too" http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2079878,00.html

And to top it all off, the Queen Mum pays a visit. Probably delivering a not so polite message from the other world elite. So, what does Georgie do? Starts to sound somewhat conciliatory about the Iraq spending bill and becomes "open" to benchmarks. Please! Everything is getting so transparent these days. I would say things are getting to critical mass in this country for the Queen Mum to step down from her throne for a little visit. There's more to that visit than just a pleasant tour of the country.

If you have link TV, there is a wonderful documentary about the Healing Gardens of NY CIty. It will be on tomorrow at 3, 9 am & 3pm. ( or you can go to link TV & buy the video!
It's a kaleidaoscope of flowers.....and it portrays life as we would like it to be! Rickers Island has a garden and professional horticultural course for the inmates!
QOP

heres the link.
http://www.linktv.org/programs/healinggardens
QOP

One of my favorite women in the world...she's great!!!

Imperial Democracy: Buy One Get One Free

By Arundhati Roy

Lecture given by author Arundhati Roy about Empire, Iraq, War, Role of Money, USS Vincenz, Manufactured Consent, Disenfranchisement, Production Democracy, Affirmative Action, and the Patriot Act

http://www.ichblog.eu/index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&id=55891

May 15, 2007

God To Dead Jerry Falwell; Go to Hell... Now!!

By Rob Kall

God To Falwell; Go to Hell... NOw!!

Jerry Falwell, one of the most despicable abusers of the teachings of Jesus and the earnest faith of religious Christians, a foul, mean-spirited power hungry neanderthal who sought to set back civilization has been called to meet his maker. I have no doubt, he will join the other racists, bigots, homophobes, war mongers, greedy money-grubbing corporatists and holy rolling religious hypocrites he supported, encouraged and empowered.

Falwell made his infamous, and perhaps signature statement after 9/11 on the 700 club, saying, "the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians," as well as liberal advocacy groups were to blame for the attacks, according to Fox news. He later made a weak, non-specific apology. This statement could well be the quote that he is (and should be remembered by.

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_rob_kall_070515_god_to_dead_jerry_fa.htm

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We Guarantee Al Gore Will Be Attacked Next Week. We Absolutely Guarantee It.

By Dave Johnson

All too often, Democrats are swiftboated, ozoned, attacked and smeared and after the attacks happen, sometimes they respond - sometimes they don't.

We have had enough.

Here's what we know and here's what we're going to do about it.

On Monday, Al Gore has a new book coming out next week, titled, "The Assault On Reason".

Because he is standing up, telling the truth and because he simply is a Democrat and Progressive leader, Al Gore will be smeared mercilessly by the right-wing smear machine. He will be ridiculed, made fun of and mocked. They will tease and make fun of him.

They will rush to say that he is bitter about 2000, crazy, insane, pontificating and out of touch.

They will bring up his utility bills and the boards he is a member of. They will talk about his kiss with Tipper, her crusade against vulgar rap lyrics.

They will bring up his weight and the beard. And say it's all about 2008.

But what they will not do:

TALK ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE BOOK.

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_dave_joh_070515_we_guarantee_al_gore.htm

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Bush doesn't want detente. He wants to attack Iran

The US has swept aside repeated overtures from Tehran. Is it any wonder if the Islamic Republic now wants the bomb?

Alain Gresh
Tuesday May 15, 2007
The Guardian

In the next few days an unprecedented meeting between US and Iranian officials is expected to take place in Baghdad; both sides have insisted that discussions are limited to Iraq. Could this first official encounter since the Islamic revolution herald detente between Washington and Tehran?
At the moment nothing suggests that is likely, as each country continues to try to mobilise the states of the region. The US vice-president, Dick Cheney, has been touring the Arab world, reiterating Washington's determination to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, meanwhile, is visiting the UAE, the first by an Iranian leader since independence in 1971 and all the more important because of a serious territorial dispute. Responding to the threatening noises from Cheney, President Ahmadinejad declared: "The US cannot strike Iran. The Iranian people can protect themselves and retaliate."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2079648,00.html

If you don't want to sign-in to the WAPO site, at least read this little excerpt from "Ashcroft and the Night Visitors" by Dana Milbank:
"In hair-raising testimony before a Senate committee yesterday, Jim Comey, the former No. 2 official at the Justice Department, described what might be called the Wednesday Night Massacre of March 10, 2004. Gonzales, then the White House counsel, and White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card staged a bedside ambush of Attorney General John Ashcroft while he lay in intensive care. Comey, serving as acting attorney general during Ashcroft's incapacitation, testified about how, on a tip from Ashcroft's wife, he intercepted the pair in Ashcroft's hospital room."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051501890.html?hpid=topnews

Apparently, Magic-Bullet Specter was the only Repug who attended the Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting. Comey's the one who appointed Fitzgerald to the Plame investigation. What an incredible man.

Re the Healing Gardens of NY, people fighting (the corporates)good-naturedly for their kids and their insistance that we all belong to this green earth. They put their time and soul into it year after year.

Sally, thanks for that. Just in case it's necessary to mention, I believe as soon as progressed mercury goes direct in 2016 we'll grab the reigns in a definitive way, NOT having to wait for the merc/moon conjunction. There's a chock more of course bouncing around the u.s. chart's internal dialogue, but keeping track of the "lights" while these overwhelming reorientations take place, maybe we can help ourselves as ordinary flatfoots to be savvy, prepare, and how to go a bit invisible.

Some good stories here...

http://www.opednews.com/flyer/news_20070516_1.html

Okay: I will buy Al gore's book and I will read it and I may support him. I never thought I would but that excerpt from "opednews" has won my attention.
I am praying that the Dems currently in office are playing stupid.
Rangel with his votes in support of the bankruptcy bill and now supporting the expansion of free trade has broken my heart. I thought he was one of us but turns out he is part of that seperate nation and he doesn't give a flying fu-k about the rest of us,
Love the kaleidescope article. my words are causing me trouble right now-ouch!! mercury 15 Gemini -so haven't written for awhile but I am so inspired by the thinking and the words in the article and in the responses.
An episode of Globetrekker on Dubai-evidently there is no thought of peak oil in Dubai. Sheesh@@

Collateral Genocide

By Mike Ferner

This summer will be one year since researchers from Johns Hopkins University collected data for a study which concluded 655,000 additional deaths were caused by the military war, and things have only gotten worse since then. Then consider that the economic war killed an additional 500,000 Iraqi kids under the age of five during only the first seven years of sanctions which were in force for a dozen years, according to a 1999 U.N. report.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17696.htm

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They Hate Us For Our Hypocrisy

By Eugene Robinson

The Bush administration says that its zero-tolerance policy against terrorism applies to all suspected evildoers, not just Muslims, and that its zero-tolerance policy against Cuba is a principled position, not just an exercise in pandering to the implacable anti-Castro exiles in Miami. On both counts, evidence suggests otherwise.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17700.htm

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The CIA -- a Terrorist Organization

By Claudia Nelson

The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) can be considered a terrorist organization according to both international and American definitions of terrorism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17695.htm

We must attack Iran before it gets the bomb

By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 2:16pm BST 16/05/2007

Have your say Read comments

Iran 'is seeking N Korea's nuclear expertise'
North Korea tests long-range missile in Iran
Iran should be attacked before it develops nuclear weapons, America's former ambassador to the United Nations said yesterday.

John Bolton has close links to the Bush administration

John Bolton, who still has close links to the Bush administration, told The Daily Telegraph that the European Union had to "get more serious" about Iran and recognise that its diplomatic attempts to halt Iran's enrichment programme had failed.

Iran has "clearly mastered the enrichment technology now...they're not stopping, they're making progress and our time is limited", he said. Economic sanctions "with pain" had to be the next step, followed by attempting to overthrow the theocratic regime and, ultimately, military action to destroy nuclear sites.

Mr Bolton's stark warning appeared to be borne out yesterday by leaks about an inspection by the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of Iran's main nuclear installation at Natanz on Sunday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=PWIBPXU2BZARZQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2007/05/16/wbolton16.xml

Just last week Falwell reitereated his belief that
gays caused 9/11...what a nasty SOB!

http://www.americablog.com/2007/05/cnn-just-last-week-falwell-reiterated.html

Falwell had Saturn crossing his Sun and Uranus opposing his Venus, several progressions to his Moon so the luminaries were all covered for him and Chiron has just finished a conjunction to his Saturn. These kinds of aspects take it out of you that's for sure, especially if you are in a weakend state to begin with and he was with his stroke and heart attack a year or so ago.

I don't want my worst enemy to suffer at the end of their lives and he didn't, but I do think it's one less voice of hate filling the airwaves.

Falwells death is a relief to all of those who suffered because of his hateful words and actions. He was a typical abuser.

Yeh, But in exchange ( for Fallwell) the military, not satisfied with destroying Iraq, has now burned out the BEST part of NJ.
2,500. evacuated from their homes! Several retirement commuities out there.CNN is trying to make it sound like a gunnery range but a lot of it was not!
Too bad they missed the sprawling developements of faux, mini mac mansions for the "wannabe" rich, living on credit cards!
QOP

Cap'n Sally, any indication of the likely outcome on Falwell's racket--er, "church"--of us demise?

QOP, I had a feeling you'd know that part of NJ. Thinking of you!

I agree with you, Sally. There's no need to revel in Falwell's passing in and of itself. But it is indeed a relief to know that the chorus of voices that has been polluting our airwaves with such ignorance, bile, viciousness and hatred for so many years, just became a little bit lighter.

Gotta love 'em. Our ever-ignorant senate voted down the Feingold bill to have our troops out by 3-08, because, get this, "it was non-specific about how many troops would be left in Iraq to cover", straight from the office of CO sen Salazar!
I told his assistant that is like having a full table set with a feast, candles lit, with only a knife where the host says he'll be back in about a year with a fork, and then a year after that, a spoon, then the guests can begin eating.
I told her 85-90% of Iraqis desperately want us out, view us as unwelcome occupiers, and are at the end of their rope NOW with grief and bloodshed.
I told her what about Blackwater's 48,000 troops over there, and is the Senate addressing these overpaid rogues ($30,000/mo)who have no oversight whatsoever, and by the way, what about the fascist rule that overtakes this country more and more every day (Blackwater setting up training facilities in the u.s. townships to the dismay of the local populations, california one example) which will be set loose upon us citizens...

No, I said, tell Salazar the status quo is dead, to be decisive and quit following the dull old rules now overshadowed to our peril, and CUT THROUGH, be decisive, WAKE UP and do his job..
brown paper lunch-bagger that he is (wanted to say but didn't say).

Mewling sounds of despair....

Now here is something to cheer about:

Wolfowitz Resigns from the World Bank!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2848471

Sorry about the big typo up above,Cap'n Sally. What I'm trying to ask is if you have any insight into what Falwell's death portends for his racket?

Thnx.

NeoB, sad to say that was not true about Wolfowitz' resignation. I think it was some DUers idea of a joke. Latest headline over at DU about him is that his lawyer sez he will not resign. In other news, "their" Monica (Goodling) is scheduled to appear before the House Judiciary Committee next Wednesday at 10:15. She's the one they got immunity for. I do hope she shows up in a blue dress but not under a VOC moon or anything like that.

That wolfowitz obsesses with its ears... always fiddling with them. It's like saying "I'm making sure I cannot hear you." Or perhaps it really has a hearing aid which doesn't allow it to hear what it wants to hear. Mebbe it has a Q-tip at the end of its licked-up comb... you know, to help with the cleaning chores. ;O)

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/16/falwell_tinky/

The stone is cast

Jerry Falwell spent a career demonizing others. Upon his death, what else could he expect in return? - By Alan Wolfe

http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/05/17/loyalty/

All hail the king

Under Bush, loyalty has reigned supreme. But as his presidency unravels, his obligation to his faithful servants -- from Gonzales to Wolfowitz -- has become perilously relative - By Sidney Blumenthal

A Tinky Winky Tribute to Falwell

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x29169
You gotta love it!

Yes Shy I have painting I did of that area of the Pine Barrens!
QOP

Thanks for catching that, shy. I guess it was just wishful thinking. I should have done a better job of verifying the link.

http://foodstampchallenge.typepad.com/
Congressional Food Stamp Challenge
U.S. Members of Congress to Live on a Food Stamp Budget from May 15-21 Staff and Advocate Groups to Join Challenge
http://timryan.house.gov/
Well its day two of the Food Stamp Challenge and I’ve been absolutely astounded and heartened by the amount of press that the Challenge has received. It’s wonderful that so many people across the country are thinking about hunger and poverty, two of the most important issues we face today. It’s my hope that my colleagues will see what we’re doing here and start to think about people on food assistance as humans and not just some statistic.
QOP

Best Falwell eulogy (just pulled from bartcop):

My Mother taught me to never say anything about the dead unless it is good.
Jerry Falwell is dead.
Good.

SB

Interesting tidbid
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IE17Ak03.html

Penelope,
That's no MERE TIDBIT! I wondered where that 3rd aircraft carrier group had gone.!
TRYING TO CURTAILTHE "CRAZIES". very good news!
QOP

The above article regarding the Admiral and Iran is amazing. Wonder why they listened to him on Iran when they haven't listened to anyone on Iraq and it's amazing he isn't gone from Centcom. Wow that's some big stick he carries.

Republican lock-step Nazis at it again....
afraid of the truth...

Michigan GOP leader wants Paul barred from future debates

5/16/2007, 7:07 p.m. ET
By JIM DAVENPORT
The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The chairman of the Michigan Republican Party said Wednesday that he will try to bar Ron Paul from future GOP presidential debates because of remarks the Texas congressman made that suggested the Sept. 11 attacks were the fault of U.S. foreign policy.

Michigan party chairman Saul Anuzis said he will circulate a petition among Republican National Committee members to ban Paul from more debates. At a GOP candidates' debate Tuesday night, Paul drew attacks from all sides, most forcefully from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, when he linked the terror attacks to U.S. bombings.

"Have you ever read about the reasons they attacked us? They attack us because we've been over there. We've been bombing Iraq for 10 years," Paul said.

Anuzis called the comments "off the wall and out of whack."

http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-44/117935695635230.xml&storylist=newsmichigan

Last dance in Washington
Blair is on his last official US visit, and the contrast with his July 2003 tour, in the heady days of the Iraq war, couldn't be more pronounced.
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Tony Blair's arrival in Washington this week on his last US visit as PM has been a relatively low-key affair. He dined with the Bushes in the White House yesterday and is today expected to talk over an array of issues, ranging from climate change to Iraq, with the US president. His public presence has been all-but-non-existent.

For a man who has been America's most unswerving ally in recent years, it must seem a rather low-key finale to the relationship that has defined, and, many would say, ultimately undermined his premiership.

The contrast with his visit in July 2003 is striking. Then, with Saddam defeated and the insurgencies in Iraq not yet really up and running, Blair was feted like he was a modern-day Churchill; he was even given the rare honour of addressing a joint session of the US Congress.

Blair's legacy is going to be long contested, not least because of his alliance with Bush in the run-up to, and during, the Iraq war. It's the elephant in the room, overshadowing all his other actions: did his alliance with the US in what most everyone now agrees is an ill-starred venture in Iraq help steer the UK into a maelstrom from which it might take decades to recover?

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/sasha_abramsky/2007/05/last_dance_in_washington.html

Brown promises new priorities as he accepts leadership

Matthew Tempest, political correspondent
Thursday May 17, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

Gordon Brown promised today to lead a "new government with new priorities" as he accepted the Labour party's nomination and became prime minister-in-waiting.
The chancellor said that his "passion was education" but that his "immediate priority" on taking office on June 27 would be the NHS.

And he revealed that he would put forward proposals for a renewed constitutional settlement by the time of this autumn's Queen's speech.

In Washington, Tony Blair congratulated Mr Brown, while the US president, George Bush, described him as a "good fellow".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2081980,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

http://www.alternet.org/story/51980/

We Guarantee Al Gore Will Be Smeared Next Week

All too often, Democrats are swiftboated, ozoned, attacked and smeared and after the attacks happen, sometimes they respond -- sometimes they don't.

We have had enough.

Here's what we know and here's what we're going to do about it.

On Monday, Al Gore has a new book coming out next week, titled, "The Assault On Reason."

More...

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070516_watergate_without_the_break_in/

Watergate Without the Break-In - By Marie Cocco

WASHINGTON-It is time to stop referring to the "fired U.S attorneys scandal" by that misnomer, and call it what it is: a White House-coordinated effort to use the vast powers of the Justice Department to swing elections to Republicans.

This is no botched personnel switch. It is not even a political spat between the fired U.S. attorneys and Bush administration officials who deemed some of them insufficiently zealous in promoting the department's law enforcement priorities. Connect the dots and you see an insidious effort to corrupt the American electoral system. It's Watergate without the break-in or the bagmen.

The emerging picture is one in which widespread Republican claims of "voter fraud"-unsubstantiated in virtually every case examined closely by law enforcement officials, local journalists, state elections officials and academics-were used to stymie Democratic-leaning voter registration groups and create a taint around Democrats. The Justice Department's own statistics show that only a handful of people were convicted of voting illegally since it began a "voter integrity" initiative in 2002. Its top election crimes official, a career prosecutor, has told the U.S Election Assistance Commission that the proportion of "legitimate to illegitimate claims of fraud" hasn't changed.

More...

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003242.php

The President’s Secret Program: A Timeline

More on Admiral Fallon, he who supposedly nixed an attack on Iran. Wow!!

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/15/1212/

From wikipedia:
William Joseph Fallon (born December 30, 1944) is an Admiral in the United States Navy and the Commander of U.S. Central Command.[2]

http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/17/dropping-it-at-the-presidents-doorstep/

Dropping It at the President’s Doorstep

NeoB, according to talkingpointsmemo & MSNBC, Wolfowitz is gone! Details soon, they say.

Here it is!! and he set a precedent by being the very first dirtbag forced to leave because of a scandal. One more neo-con down....

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3152373&page=1

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has resigned his post, effective June 30.

An internal panel tasked with investigating the lucrative pay and promotion package Wolfowitz arranged in 2005 for girlfriend Shaha Riza found him guilty of breaking bank rules.

The committee also found that he tried to hide the salary and promotion package from top ethics and legal officials within the bank. The report added that there is a "crisis in the leadership" at the World Bank.

Wolfowitz is the first World Bank president to ever leave the bank under a cloud of scandal.

more...

Sorry. The above post was by me

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x29427

Ding Dong the Wicked Witch is Dead original song from the movie and Jerry Falwell (YouTube)

(New York - WABC, May 3, 2007) - The air traffic controllers who were exposed to that carbon monoxide now want a criminal investigation into why they weren't allowed to leave their control center, even though they were dizzy and disoriented -- and trying to direct hundreds of planes.

Eyewitness News reporter NJ Burkett broke the story Wednesday, and has new developments.
About to air om Olberman!

If there is a criminal investigation, and there may be, the FAA is promising to cooperate. Now, Senator Chuck Schumer is demanding answers. The question is, why were the controllers forced to continue directing planes while suffering the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x908981
QOP

Ron Paul on Blowback

By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

Now, I know this is a lot for the tender ears of Americans to take, who like to think that their government reflects their own values of faith, freedom, and friendliness. But here is the point that libertarians have been trying to hammer home for many years: the US government is the enemy of the American people and their values. It is not peaceful, it is not friendly, it is not motivated by the Christian faith but rather power and imperial lust.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17727.htm

The Pro-Israel Lobby and US Middle East Policy:

The Score Card for 2007

By James Petras

Today the 'Israel Firsters' do not have to 'mobilize the Democratic Congress' - they are automatically programmed to work for Israel, as is the US President.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17725.htm

Clinton Won't Commit on Iraq Deadline:

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton voted Wednesday to advance legislation cutting off money for the Iraq war, then refused to pledge to support the measure if it came to a vote, then said she would.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070517/D8P5Q0Q00.html

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Iraq is on the verge of collapse - report:

Iraq's government has lost control of vast areas to powerful local factions and the country is on the verge of collapse and fragmentation, a leading British think-tank said on Thursday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17723.htm

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Iraq Facing `Many' Civil Wars, Country `Fractured,' Report Says :

Iraq is facing several civil wars between a number of rival communities struggling for power and has ``fractured'' into regional power bases, a report by an adviser to the U.K. government said.

http://snipurl.com/1l25i

May 17, 2007
Wolfowitz to Resign From World Bank

By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
WASHINGTON, May 17 — Paul D. Wolfowitz this evening ended weeks of furor over charges of favoritism toward a bank employee who is his female companion and announced his resignation as president of the World Bank, effective June 30.

The bank board backed away from threats to force Mr. Wolfowitz to resign for violating his contract, as a special investigative committee had concluded, and instead accepted his claim that his actions were honorably intended.

The resignation brought a dramatic conclusion to two days of negotiations between Mr. Wolfowitz and the bank board, which went along with his demands for an exoneration of the charges that he had broken ethics and governance rules in arranging for a generous pay and promotion package for Shaha Ali Riza, his girlfriend, in 2005.

“He assured us that he acted ethically and in good faith in what he believed were the best interests of the institution, and we accept that,” the board’s directors said. “We also accept that others involved acted ethically and in good faith.”

In a carefully negotiated statement, the board praised Mr. Wolfowitz for his two years of service at the bank, and especially for his work in arranging for debt relief and pressing for more assistance to poor countries, especially in Africa, and also combating corruption, which was Mr. Wolfowitz’s signature issue.

Mr. Wolfowitz said he was grateful for the directors’ decision and, referring to the bank’s mission of helping the world’s poor, added: “Now it is necessary to find a way to move forward. To do that I have concluded that it is in the best interests of those whom this institution serves for that mission to be carried forward under new leadership.”

Though Mr. Wolfowitz’s resignation is effective June 30, people close to the negotiations said he agreed not to make major personnel or policy decisions. Some bank officials said he might go on an administrative leave and cede day-to-day functions to an acting leader, but that may not be decided until Friday.

From NY Times

From the Guardian...

Poor Jerry Falwell, who spent a lifetime predicting what is to come to fans of his US televangelist ministry. Apparently his famous last words told his son that he was feeling better than he had been in quite a while. Alas, the furies will pursue him to the grave in the shape of the ghastly Kansas preacher Fred Phelps, recently exposed in a Louis Theroux documentary. Phelps plans to picket the funeral on the grounds that Falwell was a heretic. And pro-gay, naturally.

stephen.bates@guardian.co.uk

"...Phelps plans to picket the funeral on the grounds that Falwell was a heretic. And pro-gay, naturally. ..."

(teehee)

Best eulogy yet: Mrs. Betty Bowers on Falwell:
http://www.bettybowers.com/nl_may2007.html

John Dean on Gonezales--Whew!
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20070518.html

Talk about ironic, wv. Fred Phelps picketing Jerry Falwell. Who would have ever thought?

I doubt that this will be the last "influential" position of Mr. Wolfowitz. Just take a look at his end of year astro chart.P.

Shylurker

Thanks for the Betty Bowers material...sent it
to about 100 people. Couldn't go to sleep as I
was laughing so hard.

FASCIST AMERICA, IN 10 EASY STEPS
By Naomi Wolf, Chelsea Green Publishing

There are some things common to every state that's made the
transition to fascism. Author Naomi Wolf argues that all of
them are present in America today.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/51150/

Excerpt:

It is a mistake to think that early in a fascist shift you see the profile of barbed wire against the sky. In the early days, things look normal on the surface; peasants were celebrating harvest festivals in Calabria in 1922; people were shopping and going to the movies in Berlin in 1931. Early on, as W.H. Auden put it, the horror is always elsewhere -- while someone is being tortured, children are skating, ships are sailing. "Dogs go on with their doggy life _ How everything turns away/ Quite leisurely from the disaster."

As Americans turn away quite leisurely, keeping tuned to Internet shopping and American Idol, the foundations of democracy are being fatally corroded. Something has changed profoundly that weakens us unprecedentedly: Our democratic traditions, independent judiciary and free press do their work today in a context in which we are "at war" in a "long war," a war without end, on a battlefield described as the globe, in a context that gives the president -- without U.S. citizens realizing it yet -- the power over U.S. citizens of freedom or long solitary incarceration, on his say-so alone.

wv, so good to know that 100 more people now know of this national treasure in our midst. Mrs. Betty Bowers, truly a servant of the Lord.

Here's another one to add to your list, JudiGem:
http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=0,57158

COVER STORY
The Decline Begins

By James Kitfield, National Journal
© National Journal Group Inc.
Friday, May 18, 2007

Is the American era over?

For a generation raised to wave the banner of triumphant Western democracies, and nursed on the mother's milk of American exceptionalism, the very idea seems an affront. Predominance is regarded as an American birthright. Less than a decade ago, the United States was held out as the rarest of historical anomalies, a lone superpower leading the world. Today, such talk of boundless promise already seems part of a receding past.

The Iraq war, of course, largely explains the fading of references to U.S. "hyperpower" and "benign hegemony." Nations mired in costly and unpopular wars are rarely held out as exemplars of strength or benevolence. More broadly, Iraq is the centerpiece of the Bush administration's ambitious "global war on terrorism," which, by design, sought to challenge and topple many of the orthodoxies of the old world order. In such a strategic swing for the fences the potential rewards of victory were always dramatic. So too were the risks and consequences of striking out.

http://nationaljournal.com/njcover.htm#

Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_bill_ada_070516_another_ron_paul_blo.htm

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Another Ron Paul blowout .. And Bill O'Rielly's trolley jumps the track !

By moosehunter

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Another Ron Paul blowout .. And Bill O'Rielly's trolley jumps the track !
Well he did it again !

Ron Paul's performance last night on the Fox (in the hen house) debate resulted on a total blowout for him according to MSNBC's latest poll.

Now before you start screaming that all his supporters are flooding the polls and tilting the tables, lets examine that argument.

While it may seem to have merit on the face of it, if you accept that premise, then what you are saying (in effect) is that ALL the other candidates, and ALL of their staffs, and ALL of their supporters, are either too stupid, or too lazy to log in and make their presence felt.

Now given that many, if not most of them are much more well financed and have considerably larger staffs and tons of volunteers at their disposal, how do you account for the fact that only Congressman Paul's numbers are so far ahead of the pack?
Have the main stream media somehow 'stacked the poll' in his favor ? Hardly ! It took the impact of the people's wrath to even get him included in the polls to start with!

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_bill_ada_070516_another_ron_paul_blo.htm

By Thomas Bonsell
Why I'm A Proud Liberal

WHEN BARK COMES TO BITE, a true warrior stops yapping and puts up a real fight for what is correct and proper. And what is correct and proper for a real patriot American is the liberalism this nation was founded on.

By Stephen Dupont
Orwellian Or Not You Decide

America's outrage at the dishonest political process!

www.opednews.com

Does YOUR state have a law making it illegal to practice astrology?
Back in the 70;s it included the majority of states...............
QOP

McCain's age, demeanor work against candidacy
His movements, history of health problems cause concerns

Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times

Friday, May 18, 2007

(05-18) 04:00 PDT Washington -- As he walked down the stairs of his "Straight Talk Express" campaign bus on a chilly March day in Iowa, Sen. John McCain carefully took one step at a time, his left hand gripping a rail and his right knee looking stiff.

A bum knee isn't surprising in a 70-year-old man -- particularly one whose right leg was shattered about four decades ago when his jet fighter was shot down over North Vietnam.

But his wooden movements, along with his age and appearance, are creating an impression about McCain's health that could be a liability for the Arizona Republican as he tries to persuade Americans to elect him president.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/18/MNGBBPTA5H1.DTL&type=printable

If you were expecting anything better from the
Democrats, think again, they are all scum - money
grubbing filthy bastards...

House panel OKs ethics bill weakened by veteran Democrats

Zachary Coile, Chronicle Washington Bureau

Friday, May 18, 2007

(05-18) 04:00 PDT Washington -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pledged last fall that a new Democratic majority would "drain the swamp" in Congress by breaking the link between lawmakers and lobbyists. But as she now tries to pass lobbying reforms, she's facing strong resistance from a surprising corner -- her veteran Democratic colleagues.

The House Judiciary Committee passed new ethics legislation Thursday, but only after several days of backroom deal-making where some of the toughest proposed reforms were left on the cutting-room floor.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/18/MNGBBPTASG1.DTL&type=printable

More proof that the Demos are just a bunch of
asses...

House rejects bills to limit war power
2 measures sought to bar military operations against Iran unless Congress gives its OK
Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau

Friday, May 18, 2007

(05-18) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Even as the congressional Democratic leadership fights with President Bush over changing his Iraq war policy, the House rejected two measures that would have barred the Bush administration from military operations against Iran without congressional approval.

The votes in the Democratic-controlled House received little press attention because they came late Wednesday night amid a crush of amendments to the $646 billion fiscal year 2008 military authorization bill. The bill includes $142 billion for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"I thought it was pathetic that members would not stand up for their constitutional prerogatives,'' Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said Thursday.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/18/MNGH6PTATG1.DTL&type=printable

The Sad, Quotable Jerry Falwell

It's bad form to speak ill of the dead. Good thing this man's own vile words speak for themselves

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist

Friday, May 18, 2007

You can eulogize. You can mourn and ponder and do a lengthy retrospective, a political analysis, a sociocultural examination of a career and a legacy and a rather remarkable life. When remembering the dead, the journalistic options are legion.

But in the case of the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, the grandfather of the fundamentalist religious right and the foremost champion of the creation of a brutally homophobic, mysogynistic Christian theocracy in America, perhaps it's better to let the man's most insidiously famous quotes speak for themselves, and let time and karma be the judge of whether Falwell left the world a better place than when he found it. (All citations are available at wikiquote.org and elsewhere.)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2007/05/18/notes051807.DTL&type=printable

This is terrifying..........
It wass a click on ad accompanying the Move AMerica Forward ( right wing website)
Dear Investor,

Uranium had a great year in 2006 — prices doubled. But I think that its performance in 2007 could blow the doors off last year’s results!

Now, I’ve made six white-hot picks for the coming year. These picks, and much more, are in my new, 58-page report, “Small Uranium Wonders.”

All of my research points to one unassailable conclusion. The sky’s the limit right now on uranium, yet millions of investors have no idea of the enormous profit potential. They are going to miss the boat entirely.

https://www.investingshop.com/reports/6/c48_74282/c48-74282.asp?edid=_edid

I began in Buzzflash : the article about Melanie Morgans. pundit rant which has caused her to be banned from NPR/PBS
SO I googled Move America Forward.. and then explored the story in the Canadian paper about their suprise visit to Iraq
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/ans-cover-news110406.htm
Exclusive:

Families of fallen soldiers make surprise trip to Iraq!
By Judi McLeod

Saturday, November 4, 2006

(Editor’s note: It is with great pride that Canada Free Press & America’s News Source are the first media outlets to carry this exclusive from Move America Forward).

Iraq- It was a figurative blaze of yellow ribbons when families of fallen U.S. troops made a precedent-setting trip to Iraq in a stunning show of appreciation for the courageous men and women whose volunteer service keeps the free world a place where liberty is cherished. ( too bad they didn't go to the green zone!)
It sure is a different world than the one we live in..............
QOP

I read this on one of the progressive blogs--can't remember which one:

My mother told me to speak only good of the dead.
Jerry Falwell is dead.
Good.

This was posted on Salon.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/16/wolfowitz-olson-scalia/

Lawyers Representing Bush In 2000 Election Case Signed Off On Wolfowitz’s Compensation Package

"Former head of the World Bank ethics committee, Ad Melkert, has stated that his panel was never consulted on, nor approved of, the hefty compensation package bank president Paul Wolfowitz arranged for his love interest, Shaha Riza.

But new documents released by a special committee of The World Bank Group show that a team at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher did sign off on the deal. That team included President Bush’s former Solicitor General Ted Olson and Eugene Scalia, son of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Law.com reports:

"Documents released by the bank show that Wolfowitz asked Gibson to review the deal in the summer of 2005. A Gibson Dunn team, including Theodore Olson and Eugene Scalia, concluded that the contract was “a reasonable resolution of the perceived underlying conflict of interest.”. . .

. . . . Some highlights of their career defending the Bush administration:

Eugene Scalia: Facing rejection from the Senate, in Jan. 2002, Bush gave Scalia a controversial recess appoint to become solicitor at the Department of Labor. Gibson, Scalia’s law firm, also represented Bush in the 2000 Supreme Court case that gave Bush the presidency. Even though Scalia benefited from the case, his father refused to recuse himself, as federal statute requires.

Ted Olson: Olson personally represented Bush in the 2000 Supreme Court case, and was then awarded the position of Solicitor General. Olson also provided “assistance” to the Paula Jones legal team in her case against former President Clinton, and “was a public supporter of his longtime friend, Kenneth Starr” during Whitewater. . . ."

= = = Olson and his secret elves worked GOP suckers into a frenzy over Clinton's alleged "help" in getting Monica a low level job. Wolfowitz arranging for his honey to be paid more than the Secretary of State -- tax free! --

The bad news from Basra

Saturday May 19, 2007
The Guardian

There was no containing the mutual admiration of George Bush and Tony Blair as they stood in the Rose Garden for one last time on Thursday. They were so close, we were informed, they could read each other's minds and finish each other's sentences. Mr Bush rounded on British reporters for tap dancing on his friend's political grave. Cut from the choreographed pas de deux in Washington and over to Basra, where our reporter Ghaith Abdul Ahad spent nine days with militiamen, generals, city officials and intelligence officers. His remarkable report should freeze the smiles on coalition faces.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2083298,00.html

Michael Moore's new film is Cannes's hottest ticket

May 18 06:44 AM US/Eastern

Three years after triumphing at Cannes, Michael Moore returns Saturday with his latest documentary, already regarded as the hottest ticket at the film festival.
The world premiere of "Sicko", a biting and polemical look at the US health system, is considered such a must-see by the thousands of critics and reporters here that it is being shown in the festival's biggest theatre -- even though it's not even in the official competition.

His last film, "Fahreinheit 9/11" walked off with Cannes's Palme d'Or trophy in 2004 for its scathing criticism of the White House and US President George W. Bush's reaction to the September 11, 2001 attacks and the war on Iraq, and the festival premiered his "Bowling for Columbine" in 2002.

This time, Moore is taking on not only the US government's national health policies, but also the ultra-powerful private health insurance companies.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070518104357.158n6406&show_article=1

That's a fairly interesting (or mebbe not) take by the Guardian on B&B's last stand in the Rose Garden. I rec'd the distinct feeling that they were quite ready to see the LAST of each other. ;O)

The Imposition Of Great Power On Powerless People

Must Listen Audio Interview With John Pilger

Internationally-renowned investigative reporter and filmmaker John Pilger talks about the limitless occupation in Palestine, the war in Iraq, the current pathetic state of mainstream journalism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17733.htm

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But who was right – Rudy or Ron?

By Patrick J. Buchanan:

05/18/07 "WND" -- -- It was the decisive moment of the South Carolina debate.

Hearing Rep. Ron Paul recite the reasons for Arab and Islamic resentment of the United States, including 10 years of bombing and sanctions that brought death to thousands of Iraqis after the Gulf War, Rudy Giuliani broke format and exploded:

"That's really an extraordinary statement, as someone who lived through the attack of 9-11, that we invited the attack because we were attacking Iraq. I don't think I have ever heard that before, and I have heard some pretty absurd explanations for Sept. 11.

"I would ask the congressman to withdraw that comment and tell us what he really meant by it."

The applause for Rudy's rebuke was thunderous – the sound bite of the night and best moment of Rudy's campaign.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17736.htm

Not so sure JoannaO, Tony is being touted as Wolfie's replacement in some circles, it just gets interesting'er and interesting'er ya know ?

I am so sick of these crooks.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0604/S00233.htm

The Biggest Threat to Democracy in History

THE NUTSHELL OF WHY THIS IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO DEMOCRACY WE'VE EVER FACED, AND HOW HOLT MAKES IT MUCH WORSE, AND WHY CITIZEN--CONTROLLED ELECTIONS ARE THE ONLY ANSWER FOR A DEMOCRACY THAT IS SERIOUS ABOUT DEFENDING ITSELF AND DEFENDING ITS FREEDOMS.

All citizens, upon a moment's reflection, want very much to preserve our inalienable right to kick the bums out of office with our elections. Therefore, citizens must control our elections in such a way that the bums can not cheat to stay in power. The secret vote counting that is always the key feature of electronic voting completely denies citizens this power, because it is readily possible to alter computer data without being detected, especially since electronic vote counting is all a secret already according to purchase contracts signed by the government, and under the Holt bill vote counting secrecy will soon be enforced for the first time by direct law, on pain of paying punitive damages and attorney fees under state and federal law if anyone reveals the source code secrets. This secret vote counting, soon to be Holt-enforced by federal law, means that we can kick out honest politicians, but we have no guaranteed right at all to kick out dishonest cheating politicians. Thus, we will fast become a full-fledged banana republic.

Consequently, when it comes to selecting voting systems, because such voting systems MUST comply with the fundamental requirements of representative democracy for citizen observed and citizen controlled elections, we support hand counted paper ballots because in the election for a voting system compatible with democracy, HCPB is running unopposed.

more...

That Scoop reporter from the article above is getting a bad rep for reporting facts wrong.

see this:
http://www.dailykos.com/story
2007/1/18/111023/378#c5

A warning of things to come
http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/andros/2007/0517.html

...It is now “inflate or die”, and the club has just admitted a new member, and it resides in a place called “BEIJING, CHINA”. The Chinese government’s ability to manage markets and capitalism is going to get a severe test RIGHT NOW, and based on today’s report in the FT they are totally unprepared to understand the enormity of the unintended consequences that can occur if the choose the wrong path to dealing with this. US dollar based Fiat money and credit creation is now moving into the arteries of the Chinese economy and has trickled down to the citizens. What do you think might unfold if the emerging Chinese consumer and the US consumer are knocked out at the same time? It is not a pretty thought....

May 20, 2007
Op-Ed Columnist

The Reverend Falwell’s Heavenly Timing

By FRANK RICH

HARD as it is to believe now, Jerry Falwell came in second only to Ronald Reagan in a 1983 Good Housekeeping poll anointing “the most admired man in America.” By September 2001, even the Bush administration was looking for a way to ditch the preacher who had joined Pat Robertson on TV to pin the 9/11 attacks on feminists, abortionists, gays and, implicitly, Teletubbies. As David Kuo, a former Bush official for faith-based initiatives, tells the story in his book “Tempting Faith,” the Reverend Falwell was given a ticket to the Washington National Cathedral memorial service that week only on the strict condition that he stay away from reporters and cameras. Mr. Falwell obeyed, though once inside he cracked jokes (“Whoa, does she look frumpy,” he said of Barbara Bush) and chortled nonstop.

http://donkeyod.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/the-reverend-falwell%e2%80%99s-heavenly-timing/

Résumé of Doom

May 20, 2007
Op-Ed Columnist

By MAUREEN DOWD

Paul Wolfowitz may be out of a job soon, but think of what an amazing résumé he’ll be shopping around:

Work Experience

President of World Bank: 2005-2007

Responsibilities: Reining in European lefties, raining tax-free money on Arab girlfriend, and giving anti-corruption efforts a bad name.

Achievements: Paralyzed the international lending apparatus to the point where small countries had to max out their Visa cards to pay for malaria medicine. Learned the traditions of many cultures, including those of Turkey, where you apparently are not supposed to take off your shoes at mosques to reveal socks so full of holes that both big toes poke blasphemously through.

http://donkeyod.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/resume-of-doom/#more-3250

And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there?

Good evening, America. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine: the security, the familiar, the tranquility, repetition. I enjoy them as much as anyone. But in the spirit of mourning over the death of Habeas Corpus, I thought we could mark this occasion by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there?

http://donkeyod.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/and-the-truth-is-there-is-something-terribly-wrong-with-this-country-isn%e2%80%99t-there/

Oh yeh! I guess Russert is doing the eulogy for the Repug party.
I hope! I regurgitated him out 25 years ago!
Buncha old white men waxing nostalgic for St Ronnie, on Meet the Press.
At least Katerina V D Huvel got the last word on Stephanopolos today.
QOP

And a little furthering on in our traveling on The Way...

* THE POLITICS OF ONENESS

...All involvement in what you call "Politics" is, at its root, a form of conspiracy. Though this latter expression is very often upon your lips today, it surely is not new.

Through Politics, you create a space called "society," where YOU form an agreement with THEM... that you will all subjugate your spontaneous, authentic, in-the-moment choices & behavior to a pre-established protocol of expression (or repression) to the desired end that you may live (peacefully, if possible) within a pre-fabricated, postured environment that looks good, sounds good, but inevitably ends up feeling quite empty & sad.

To realize that there is ONLY ONE... regardless of that One's various masks & faces, smiles, tears, or overt actions... is the beginning of a new world, right then & there. And it only takes One, for that is all there really is, or ever was! ... http://www.reconnections.net/politics_oneness.htm

* ..."ADULTS ONLY" SEX ACTS

Only a generation that has reached its pinnacle of Separation would take a complicated skill like personal sovereignty, suspend its legal use for 18 yrs, & then drop the burden on a young person's shoulders just in time to recruit & send him off to fight older people's wars. We speak in extremes here, because the situation is very extreme in your world at this time. Not only are brave young people fighting & dying in political battlefields across the land, they are also fighting their own inner wars of "financial & sexual responsibility" back at home. Having been considered "unworthy" of carrying these burdens as they grew, many of them simply cannot catch up to using these skills at all.

Once again, society emphasizes form & function in regards to a person's status in society, & overlooks the FEELINGS that underlie each situation. Is it any wonder that your more current generations are the most medicated of any generations that have come before? And now, many of the drugs that control or affect their minds are legal, dispensed by family physicians who respond to their emotional distress signals as "disorders," rather than viewing them as an honest commentary on how POLITICS should no longer be the dominant force in this universe.

And all of this is SEX... the whole lot of it. The ability to make decisions & control the details of one's life is the effectual, natural functioning of a person's INNER MASCULINE. The ability to freely express emotion & give feedback (response) about the initiations that come into one's space constitutes the natural functioning of his or her INNER FEMININE. As the generations dance together, on the world stage, it turns your entire planet into a MARRIAGE BED of sorts, doesn't it? ... http://www.reconnections.net/spirituality_sex3.htm

Blair’s Lies and Linguistic Manipulations

My Dad used to call people like Blair a ‘twerp’. But I fear he is a vicious little man

By Robert Fisk

05/19/07 "The Independent" -- -- By great good fortune, I studied linguistics at Lancaster University. Indeed, I read the books of Noam Chomsky, many years before he became a good friend of mine; to be honest, when I read his work, I thought Chomsky was dead. What a pleasure, therefore, to discover that he shared my world - and my views on Lord Blair of Kut al-Amara.

But I have to admit a moment of regret this weekend. Lord Blair is going from us. His self-serving memoirs will, of course, remind us of his God-like view of himself (and, heaven spare me, we share the same publishers) but I doubt if Chomsky’s “foregrounded elements” will save him. A “foregrounded element” was something unusual, a phrase placed in such a way that it warned us of a lie to come.

Take George Tenet, the CIA Ernest Borgnine lookalike who sat behind Colin Powell when the US Secretary of State was uttering all those lies about weapons of mass destruction in February of 2003. It now turns out that George is mightily upset with the White House. He didn’t refer to evidence of WMD as a “slam dunk”, he says - a basketball phrase which I don’t need to explain. He was talking about the ability of the US government to persuade the American people to go to war based on these lies. In other words, he wasn’t lying to the American president. He was only lying to the American people.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17740.htm

On cspan 2 book TV. Victor Gold is giving a talk to the Cato Institute. Re: his book........"The Invasion of the Party Snatchers"!
A Goldwater fan, he served under Agnew, Nixon & Ford's VP, GHW Bush,........ He isn't politically conected now and he is doing one wo derful rant!Bush is weak, Cheney is paranoid, He didn't like CLinton much either. If you can watch it on cspan internet, do it's womderful!
QOP

If any one is lurking there...................CNN is goin gto interview Mike Gravel soon.
QOP

Little article which is a big help in understanding this issue:
http://www.firedoglake.com/category/iraq/

TEXAN WHIPS GOP HOPEFULS

Post-Debate Polls Show Rep. Ron Paul Seen as Lopsided Victor in GOP Debates

By Mark Anderson

When the American people hear the truth, they apparently recognize it. And perhaps they sense that it will set them free. Case in point: Nearly all the major online polls show that, in the minds of many Americans, Rep. Ron Paul (RTexas) trounced his opponents in the May 3 Republican Presidential Debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

The 10-term Texas congressman, one of 10 hopefuls to participate in this first GOP debate in the 2008 presidential race, left John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and other big-name candidates in the dust with his theme of a smaller, less intrusive, non-interventionist, far less expensive but vastly more constitutional government—a theme that mainstream Americans rarely hear from the controlled mass media.

http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/texan_whips_gop.html

Published on Saturday, May 19, 2007 by CommonDreams.org

Who Were the Democrats Who Voted Against Preventing War with Iran?

by Robert Naiman
On Wednesday, the House voted on two amendments to the defense authorization bill that would have restricted the ability of the Bush Administration to launch an attack on Iran.

An amendment introduced by Reps. DeFazio, Paul, Hinchey, and Lee would have explicitly blocked military action against Iran without Congressional authorization. I say “explicitly” because under the Constitution, of course, Congress has the sole power to declare war.

But as the amendment authors have noted, Bush Administration officials have tried to claim that the Bush Administration has the authority to attack Iran without Congressional authorization.

The amendment failed 136-288, with 100 Democrats voting no. The roll call is here.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/19/1315/

Thanks for posting that wv. Paul is a rarity - an honest candidate/representative who backs up his words with action. He would have my vote, if I were American, for the promise that he would bring the troops home straight away.

Published on Friday, May 18, 2007 by The Nation

Hillary Inc.

by Ari Berman

In a packed ballroom in midtown Manhattan, Hillary Clinton is addressing hundreds of civil rights activists and labor leaders convened by the Rev. Al Sharpton for his annual National Action Network conference. The junior senator from New York starts slowly but picks up steam when she hits on the economic anxiety many in the room feel. “We’re not making progress,” she says, her sharp Midwestern monotone accented with a bit of Southern twang. “Wages are flat.” Nods of agreement. “This economy is not working!” Applause. She’s not quite the rhetorical populist her husband was on the campaign trail, but she can still feel your pain. “Everything has been skewed,” Clinton says, jabbing her index finger for emphasis, “to help the privileged and the powerful at the expense of everybody else!”

It’s a rousing speech, though ultimately not very convincing. If Clinton really wanted to curtail the influence of the powerful, she might start with the advisers to her own campaign, who represent some of the weightiest interests in corporate America. Her chief strategist, Mark Penn, not only polls for America’s biggest companies but also runs one of the world’s premier PR agencies. A bevy of current and former Hillary advisers, including her communications guru, Howard Wolfson, are linked to a prominent lobbying and PR firm–the Glover Park Group–that has cozied up to the pharmaceutical industry and Rupert Murdoch. Her fundraiser in chief, Terry McAuliffe, has the priciest Rolodex in Washington, luring high-rolling contributors to Clinton’s campaign. Her husband, since leaving the presidency, has made millions giving speeches and counsel to investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. They house, in addition to other Wall Street firms, the Clintons’ closest economic advisers, such as Bob Rubin and Roger Altman, whose DC brain trust, the Hamilton Project, is Clinton’s economic team in waiting. Even the liberal in her camp, former deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes, has lobbied for the telecom and healthcare industries, including a for-profit nursing home association indicted in Texas for improperly funneling money to disgraced former House majority leader Tom DeLay. “She’s got a deeper bench of big money and corporate supporters than her competitors,” says Eli Attie, a former speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore. Not only is Hillary more reliant on large donations and corporate money than her Democratic rivals, but advisers in her inner circle are closely affiliated with unionbusters, GOP operatives, conservative media and other Democratic Party antagonists.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/18/1281/

I HAD A BLUEBIRD ( OF HAPPINESS?) ON MY BIRD FEEDER!
68 years old and I have neve ever seen one!
A good sign from the universe!
QOP

A bluebird!!!! What a lovely thing!
And I do hope that it is a promise of better things to come. I don't have a lot of hope for us in the near future-I can't believe that the Dems are not going on record opposing the embassy in Iraq or the obvious necessity of populating that compound and the military bases we have built. Why isn't this being discussed.
I am pretty sick now of politics-there is no hope at all as long as people like Bloomburg are willing to spend a billion to run for president,
I think we are entering the fight of our lives if we care at all.

http://neptunecafe.com/2008.html

This is an interesting article. All but calls the race for Hillary. I don't know his accuracy but his insistence on a Scorpio asc for the US is annoying.

what happens when depleted uranium is used in weapons.
http://static.twoday.net/oraclesyndicate/images/deaths.jpg

Welll Actually, that was an indigo bunting, not a bluebird.
It sure was BLUE!
QOP

Hilarious! A teenager impersonating George Bush:

http://www.jibjab.com/view/125614

Sally, has this been reported in your news?

DENVER (Reuters) - A Denver Zoo monkey has died of bubonic plague, apparently after eating a squirrel stricken with the disease, Colorado health and zoo officials said on Monday.

Five squirrels and a rabbit found dead on zoo grounds tested positive for the flea-borne disease in recent weeks, Denver Zoo spokeswoman Ana Bowie said.

Zookeepers on May 15 noticed the 8-year-old hooded capuchin monkey was lethargic, and the next day it was found dead in its enclosure. Zoo veterinarians sent tissue samples to a state laboratory where it was determined the animal died of the plague. The death was announced on Monday.

Zoo veterinarian Dave Kenny said that the risk of plague spreading to humans was extremely low but that visitors were being urged to avoid squirrels and rabbits.

"There are species in the zoo collection, especially monkeys, that could be susceptible to the plague," said John Pape, an epidemiologist with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Bowie said none of the 17 other capuchin monkeys in the exhibit — or any other animals at the zoo — have shown plague symptoms. But as a precaution, all the capuchin monkeys have been moved to an inside enclosure and are being treated with a regimen of antibiotics, she said.

Peg, my sister who lived in Denver for about forty years says that the squirrels have been positive for bubonic plauge for years now.
I bet Tancredo(spg?) is looking for a way to blame it on the Spanish speaking workers.

I remember an outbreak of he B plague in southern CA a few years back, spread to HUMANS from rodents.
SHip all those animals to the Nat Zoo in Wash.DC!
QOP

I remember an outbreak of he B plague in southern CA a few years back, spread to HUMANS from rodents.
SHip all those animals to the Nat Zoo in Wash.DC!
QOP

That was hilarious, wv!!

They caved. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/22/war.funding/index.html

Generalized pink religiose supremacist boyz "stuff"... ;O)

* Pope Ratzinger: Blurting out his Dark Side

Pope Ratzinger has once again put both feet in his mouth, a victim yet again of planetary energies & his own myopia. While in Brazil he has offended the Indian leaders who described him as “arrogant & disrespectful,” by claiming that the Catholic Church had purified them. Further, he said that going back to their native religion would be a regressive step. Adding more to their outrage, the Pope said that the Indians had happily welcomed the arrival of the Catholic priests at the time of the Spanish conquest because they had a secret longing for Christianity.

How can we forget the Pope’s Mercury (communications) conjunct Uranus (unpredictable, iconoclastic) square Mars (impulsivity, aggression) in blabbermouth Gemini & his offensive remarks to Muslims in Sept of last year. Then as now, ["Pluto is the culprit"], as it is still affecting his 10th house of reputation & public recognition. Presently, it’s making an inharmonious square to his Mercury square Mars. Add transiting Mars to the Pluto aspects on Sun & it appears that the Pope’s repressed hostility is coming up to the surface. With Pluto (the dark side) still in the sign of Sagittarius (religion), Pope Ratzinger is exhibiting the shadow side of Christianity. ... http://www.aquilaink.com/aquilanews.html

* Saturn Takes Out Jerry Falwell

Today I thanked God that Saturn, the grim reaper & God’s judge, was allowed to take out Jerry Falwell. No more mischief making for this troublesome bully boy, who with Mars (hostility) opposing Uranus (erratic individualism) & square Pluto attracted hostility wherever he went with his discordant divisiveness.

Saturn made a perfect conjunction today to Falwell’s Leo Sun & down he went. Leo energies influence the heart & Saturn in Leo means that Falwell was felled by a heart block. There were other astrological aspects impinging upon him as well.

Mars (anger) just went into Aries this morning, perhaps increasing his irritation & accelerating his adrenalin. The Uranus Jupiter square that peaked last Thur had also been involved with Falwell’s Venus, which makes me think that he was having relationship problems, perhaps with his wife, perhaps with a new (Uranus) relationship that was getting out of hand. Maybe he just wanted a change in his marriage but didn’t know how to go about it w/o leaving his wife. ... http://www.aquilaink.com/aquilanews.html

Cap'n Sally, Cap'n Sally! In light of your telling us about transits going on that indicate female influence in our national life, what is Pelosi doing? Some Dems are concocting some kind of "compromise" (read: cave) about the funding for more death and destruction in Iraq, and she's saying she can't vote for it. Is this part of what you were trying to tell us? Boy, I sure hope our side wins!

The Dems, ( in the Senate) aren't sufficient! Even with the larger number in the house.........it's still lopsided. ( And noboodyt mentions that Sen that had the anyurism, who still isn't voting in the Senate!) I wish people would stop bashing them and get busy campaigning for their LOCAL Dem Senate & House candidates. We could also blame this failure on the Good citizens of CT, for electing Flibberman! among others!
We are going to have 1 Dem Senator in Maine! Tom Allen is running to replace Collins, and Chellie Pingaree is running to replace him as COngressman from the 1dist., Dist.
There are far too many Kyle's Coburns & Cornyn machine cogs out there in the wild wild west!
The hummoingbirds have finally made it back! Very late, but we had a frost again last night! Glad people are listening to Al Gore!
QOP

So I guess the artic ice melt, IS chilling the upper Atlantic coast, driving thegulf stream closer to the UK!

http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/climate_change/article2567979.ece

Early arrival of butterflies demonstrates impact of climate change
By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor
Published: 22 May 2007
Britain's astounding April, the warmest on record, has produced an astounding effect in the natural world, with at least 11 species of butterfly making their earliest recorded appearances this spring in what will be seen as the most remarkable demonstration yet of the effects of climate change on Britain's wildlife.
QOP

I wish Al Gore would listen to we the people and run, baby, run! Congrats on having Tom Allen in your state, QOP. Excellent news!

QOP, with your keen momma eye on the wellbeing of our little winged brothers and sisters, have you a Grackle final solution?
They're scaring away by attacking the hummingbirds every time they go to the feeder (even tho Grackles don't share their diet), and every other luvly bird that shows up!
I say "awwwww" about a hunnerd times a day the fat baby fluffballs lining up on branches for their mommas to feed them!
Quite on a mission to nail the Grackles who break the legs of smaller birds! (popguns, flamethrowers) Any tips for convincing the grackles to take a hike?

I saw Al Gore on Larry King last night. He refused to rule out a presidential run even though Larry pressed him on the issue. He also complained about the races starting so early. Maybe I'm wanting him to run so badly that I am reading more into this than there is but is there any possibility he will announce a run this fall?

On Larry King last night Gore issued a very pointed absolute "NO!" to one question about whether he would accept a cabinet position in the next administration. It left no doubt as to whether he was serious or not. So I see his response to whether he will run or not as exactly what we think it is. A response where he hasn't made up his mind.

Patb,
Can you bag the grackles and send them to 1600 Penn. Ave DC?
They sound like Repug birds to me!
I don't have a problem with them here. ????
The hummingbird feeder is on the back porch, ( east) opposite the trees where they nest. The other birds go to the south side yard, where there is a huge old weeping willow I call my bird tree. I have the sunflower seed feeder and a hanging bird bath there. Then I have another mixed seed feeder in the front yard ( west). Now that the peach tree has grown, the birds can perch there on their way to the feeder hanging on a pole in front of my window.
Howeve the bird tree has japonoica in front of it, and honysuckle tree to one side of it, where the humming birds feed on the nectar. I have never seen an incident of bird violence in the yard?
( except on the rare occassion of an intruding hawk; very rare!)
Is separation the answer, or shelter for them ( evergreen branches tied to the place where the feeder is hanging?)
Let me know how it works out.
QOP

Teresa, just think. Gore is in the most ideal spot right now to move environmental social change. He's not in the snake pit of running for office. He's made a successful movie and inspired people the world over. He's written an intellectually clear book. He's in a class by himself, has a slow-growing appeal, and not some cheap flavor-of-the-month, can't be sidelined by swift-boaters (hearkening to what happened to Dean's "Yeeeeaaaahh!".
Gore can't be derailed. That's the beauty of his current stance. He can ripen into our consciousness and may go for the 2012 race (that's what I've thought all along, but hey, nobody listens to me anyway but that's alright).
Gore's in the most ideal position imagineable right now, sheer genius of all possible strategies or worlds. The genius of it is no position at all, utterly organic!

Dear Anonymous of 5/23/6:46 PM-yes!! Wouldn't I love to see Gore as the head of our people's revolution? Around 2012? Organic,grassroots, from the bottom up?

QOP, Repugs for sure, those leetle d***heads!
However, am going to try what you suggest ie., giving them some greenery to camoflage the feeder.
That's really good advice. Thanks & will give an update on that.
In my yard have tried every feeder there is to keep them all happy and safe, and have decided to scatter the raw unshelled sunflower seed here and there near bush cover and trees to hold down the competition.
Grackles are grisley nasty birds who throw their own young out of the nest after snapping their necks with their strong beaks, and do the same with other nesting birds, very aggressive heartbreaking what they do.
I spend a shameful amount of money on raw peanuts in the shell and the sunflower seed. Lots of common sparrows, jays, hummingbirds, taningers, flickers, redwings and some big black crows from time to time. The species here aren't quite as poetic as some of those gorgeous storybook eastern birds I remember so well from Larchmont NY and Vermont and Massachusetts, but love em all except for my enemy, the Grackle.

Clymela, that was my Gore post, forgot the name
slot.
Hooo-hooo. 'Fraid that will be our baby, that revolution. Gore is enriching the soil for that revolution working on consciousness. Damn brilliant!

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A drive for global domination has put us in greater danger

Moral authority, which is our greatest source of strength, has been recklessly put at risk by this wilful president

Al Gore
Thursday May 24, 2007
The Guardian

The pursuit of "dominance" in foreign policy led the Bush administration to ignore the UN, to do serious damage to our most important alliances, to violate international law, and to cultivate the hatred and contempt of many in the rest of the world. The seductive appeal of exercising unconstrained unilateral power led this president to interpret his powers under the constitution in a way that brought to life the worst nightmare of the founders. Any policy based on domination of the rest of the world not only creates enemies for the US and recruits for al-Qaida, but also undermines the international cooperation that is essential to defeating terrorists who wish to harm and intimidate America. Instead of "dominance", we should be seeking pre-eminence in a world where nations respect us and seek to follow our leadership and adopt our values.

Article continues

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2086611,00.html

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doradztwo personalne, praca4you
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doradztwo personalne, praca4you
aboutyou, about you. szkolenia, obsługa kadrowa, PIP, kadry, rekrutacja, CV, motywacyjne, sprzedażowe, tajemniczy klient, audyty, intervita, pośrednictwo, leasing, pracowniczy, leasing pracowniczy, praca, tymczasowa, agencja, pracy

you are right