[Mb-civic] Fw: Democrats asleep at the wheel:

[Harold Sifton]

Hi Michael, just thought I would forward this site to you, do not know if 
you already knew about it.
It has the same spirit of MB-Civic

Lv H

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Subject: ICH: Democrats asleep at the wheel:


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> demands of everyone else the same distancing, the same numbness..." from 
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> best sober up because Guantanamo beckons:  Carolyn Kay, Make Them 
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> A Warning From Auschwitz
>
> How Do You Shoot Babies?
>
> By: David Edwards
>
> "I saw a young Iraqi dragged by his shoulders through a pool of his own 
> blood or an innocent man was decapitated by our machine gun fire. The time 
> I saw a soldier broken down inside because he killed a child, or an old 
> man on his knees, crying with his arms raised to the sky, perhaps asking 
> God why we had taken the lifeless body of his son."
> http://207.44.245.159/article8290.htm
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> http://tinyurl.com/467km
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> Democrats asleep at the wheel:
>
> THE REPUBLICANS just did it again. They pushed through Congress a 
> bankruptcy ''reform" bill written by credit card companies.
>
> The bill makes it harder for ordinary people crushed by debt (often 
> medical debt) to start anew. It leaves intact dodges used by wealthy 
> people, such as asset-hiding trusts, and the corporate ability to use 
> bankruptcy to slash wages, evade pension responsibilities, and stiff 
> creditors.
> http://tinyurl.com/7x25d
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>
> 180,000 die from hunger in Darfur :
>
> Deadlock on sanctions as UN reveals toll from starvation and disease
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,14658,1438471,00.html
>
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> 3 killed, 8 hurt in Afghanistan landmine blast:
>
> At least three civilians died and eight were wounded when a mine tore 
> through a minibus in western Afghanistan, shortly after another blast 
> nearby killed a US soldier
> http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1282095,00050004.htm
>
> ===
>
> Landmine Kills U.S. Soldier in Afghanistan :
>
> A landmine exploded near a group of US soldiers in western Afghanistan, 
> killing one and injuring four more, the American military said today.
> http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4261925
>
> ===
>
> US Considering Permanent Bases in Afghanistan, General Says
> http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-16-voa15.cfm
>
> ===
>
> Five killed in Baquba car bomb:
>
> Suicide car bombing at Iraqi army checkpoint in Baquba kills five 
> soldiers, wounds 12 people.
> http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=12993
>
> ===
>
> Bomb Kills 3 Iraqi soldiers:
>
> A suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint in Baquba northeast 
> of Baghdad, killing at least three Iraqi soldiers, police say.
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050316/325/fed55.html
>
> ===
>
> Iraqi police officer assassinated in Mosul :
>
> Anonymous militants assassinated a major in the Iraqi police force in the 
> northern town of Mosul, Iraqi police sources told reporters Wednesday.
> http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=714047
>
> ===
>
> Marine Dies in Fallujah:
>
> Torrence joined the Corps in January last year.
> http://www.wach.com/Global/story.asp?S=3084473
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> ===
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> G.I. gets 45 days for role in Iraqi's death:
>
> Soldier admits forcing civilians into river at gunpoint
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7200520/
>
> ===
>
> Report: Many Died in U.S. Custody in War :
>
> At least 108 people have died in American custody in Iraq and Afghanistan, 
> most of them violently, according to government data provided to The 
> Associated Press.
> http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re_ap.aspx?re=U/US_PRISONER_DEATHS
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5y8tg
>
> ===
>
> Murder Suspected in 26 Iraq/Afghan Deaths:
>
> At least 26 prisoners have died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan 
> since 2002 in what Army and Navy investigators have concluded or suspect 
> were acts of criminal homicide
> http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7913372
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4qw5o
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>
> Interrogator disciplined over techniques now teaching soldiers:
>
> An ex-Army interrogator punished for sexually humiliating detainees at the 
> Guantanamo prison is now teaching soldiers interrogation techniques, the 
> New York Daily News has learned.
> http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/politics/11147494.htm
>
> ===
>
> 'Abusive techniques' at Gitmo had Navy brass talking pullout :
>
> The previously undisclosed events were revealed at a hearing of the Senate 
> Armed Forces Committee Tuesday. The disclosures shed new light on the 
> military services' objections to the Bush administration's policies on how 
> to interrogate prisoners from the Afghanistan war.
> http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/news/65865.php
>
> ===
>
> Army captain accused of terrorizing Iraqi town:
>
> Martin's court-martial opened Monday with witnesses saying he ruled like a 
> tyrant over Ar Rutbah, a community of 25,000 in Iraq's western desert, 
> kicking and screaming at civilian detainees and pointing a pistol at them.
> http://tinyurl.com/6gjlt
>
> ===
>
> The forgotten Fallujah- U.S. offensive continues:
>
> The Atrocities committed in Fallujah is a clear example of the 
> self-defeating insanity of the Bush Administration's strategy in the 
> so-called "war on terror"
> http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=7500
>
> http://tinyurl.com/525wf
>
> ===
>
> Iraqi parliamentarians hold first session:
>
> Iraq's new parliament has concluded its first meeting since the January 
> election without reaching an agreement on a government line-up or electing 
> a three-member presidential council and a speaker.
> http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7256C523-473D-47D2-AC05-61AF4B8B230F.htm
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4x2h4
>
> ===
>
> "Coalition of the Willing?":
>
> The cracks in the coalition of the willing are growing wider. From a 
> high-flying 300,000 soldiers who shipped out to Iraq in early 2003, only 
> 172,750 remain. And of those, close to 87 percent -- about 150,000 
> soldiers -- are American.
> http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,346732,00.html
>
> ===
>
> Britain will likely be asked to fill gap in Iraq left by Italy:
>
> More British troops will probably be asked to go to Iraq to help fill the 
> void left by Italy's proposed withdrawal of its 3,000 troops there, a 
> British military expert said.
> http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38814
>
> ===
>
> The Trials of Tony Blair:
>
> British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose willingness to go along even with 
> the most illegitimate and dangerous of Bush's mad schemes has made him a 
> hero to American conservatives, is paying a high price for being what his 
> countrymen refer to as "Bush's lapdog."
> http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?bid=1&pid=2260
>
> ===
>
> UK: No escape from the war :
>
> The front benches of both main parties would like to fight the forthcoming 
> election on the Basil Fawlty principle of "don't mention the war". They 
> will not be so lucky.
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1438526,00.html
>
> ===
>
> Did the BBC Broadcast Fake News Reports?:
>
> We have our very own fake journalists operating in the UK. The government 
> pays for their wages and they provide news as if they were normal 
> journalists rather than paid propagandists.
> http://www.counterpunch.org/miller03142005.html
>
> ===
>
> Pentagon 'hid' damning Halliburton audit :
>
> The Pentagon stood accused of sitting on a damaging report from its own 
> auditors on a $108.4m (£56.6m) overcharge by Halliburton for its services 
> in Iraq yesterday.
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1438694,00.html
>
> ===
>
> KBR spent millions getting $82,100 worth of LPG into Iraq:
>
> Iraq needed fuel. Halliburton Co. was ordered to get it there - quick. So 
> the Houston-based contractor charged the Pentagon $27.5 million to ship 
> $82,100 worth of cooking and heating fuel.
> http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3085603
>
> ===
>
> Iraq 'facing corruption threat' :
>
> The reconstruction of post-war Iraq is in danger of becoming "the biggest 
> corruption scandal in history", Transparency International has warned.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4353491.stm
>
> ===
>
> Paul Wolfowitz to Be Nominated as Next World Bank President :
>
> President George W. Bush will name Wolfowitz later today. Wolfowitz's 
> nomination must be approved by all of the World Bank's member countries, 
> which analysts said would be largely a formality.
> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a_oy7QvpaN28&refer=top_world_news
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3rjwa
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>
> In case you misssed it:
>
> Confessions of an Economic Hit Man:
>
> How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions.
>
> Real Video and transcript.
> http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8171.htm
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4kget
>
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>
> Six Convicted in Alleged Paris Bomb Plot :
>
> A French court convicted six men Tuesday in an alleged plot inspired by 
> al-Qaida to send a suicide bomber into the U.S. Embassy in Paris
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4867201,00.html
>
> ===
>
> Iran: An offer that can be refused:
>
> The Bush administration has offered modest incentives - of Iran's entry to 
> the World Trade Organization and spare parts for its aging airplanes - 
> rejected by Iran as incommensurate with the huge nuclear card. Iranian 
> Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Assefi said that the country was 
> determined to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, and "no 
> pressure, bribe or threat" could make Iran give up.
> http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GC16Ak02.html
>
> ===
>
> Bush seeks to alter global nuclear pact:
>
> Bush's aides have acknowledged that Iran appears to have the right - on 
> paper, at least - to enrich uranium to produce electric power. But Bush 
> has managed to convince his reluctant European allies that the only 
> acceptable outcome of their negotiations with Iran is that it give up that 
> right.
> http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/03/15/news/nukes.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/656hp
>
> ===
>
> Knesset resolution demands Pollard's release:
>
> The Knesset passed a resolution on Tuesday demanding that the government 
> make the US release of Pollard a condition for Israel's freeing of 
> Palestinian prisoners.
> http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1110857199425
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4u5g4
>
> ===
>
> We Won't Forget Rachel Corrie: Uprising on the Anniversary of a Death:
>
> On March 16, 2003, two Israeli soldiers drove a house-crushing bulldozer 
> over her twice crushing her into the Gaza dirt.
> http://www.counterpunch.org/weir03152005.html
>
> ===
>
> The Killing of Rachel Corrie
>
> Amnesty International Urges Condoleezza Rice to Support Independent 
> Investigation
> http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=52A4E74D1EA54C3F85256FC50077DD71
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5ecee
>
> ===
>
> Family of protester killed by bulldozer suing Caterpillar:
>
> The parents of a 23-year-old activist killed while trying to prevent the 
> demolition of a Palestinian home have sued Caterpillar Inc., the company 
> that made the bulldozer that ran over her.
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Protester%20Killed%20Lawsuit
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6xb37
>
> ===
>
> Former CIA Agent Affirms Possibility of Chavez's Assassination in 
> Venezuela:
>
> In an interview on Miami's Spanish-language channel 22, the former CIA 
> agent Felix Rodriguez said that the U.S. government has plans to "bring 
> about a change in Venezuela."
> http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1549
>
> ===
>
> Security boosted for Venezuelan president:
>
> Venezuela's presidential guard has boosted security measures to protect 
> President Hugo Chavez in response to an alleged assassination plot
> http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/breaking_news/11143614.htm
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4sba6
>
> ===
>
> Venezuela warns US of freeze in oil sales:
>
> Venezuela's energy minister warned the United States Wednesday that his 
> country would not sell the US a single barrel of oil if the government of 
> Hugo Chavez again came under "attack" from Washington.
> http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38832
>
> ===
>
> U.S. Calls Venezuela Purchase of Russian Warplanes Waste of Money:
>
> General Bantz Craddock, the senior officer responsible for security 
> co-operation in Latin America says that Venezuela's arms procurement 
> program represents a danger to the entire region, and it raises concern 
> among its neghbors.
> http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/03/16/venezuelaarmed.shtml
>
> ===
>
> One dead in Guatemala free trade protests:
>
> Gunfire erupted Tuesday as police clashed with demonstrators who blocked a 
> highway in northeastern Guatemala to protest a free trade plan with the 
> United States. Authorities said one protester was killed.
> http://www.newsobserver.com/24hour/world/story/2234104p-10378789c.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3wgnh
>
> ===
>
> Salvador president rejects probe of 1981 civil war massacre :
>
> According to the church office, members of the U.S.-trained Atlacatl 
> Battalion "concentrated and killed hundred of civilian residents, 
> including children, women and the elderly" in December 1981.
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050315-1258-salvador-massacre.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6lybk
>
> ===
>
> American Hypocracy At Work: Agent Orange -- Thirty Years After:
>
> Agent Orange is still poisoning the Vietnamese people today, over thirty 
> years after spraying ended, through highly contaminated foods including 
> poultry and fish.
> http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Mar05/Williamson0315.htm
>
> ===
>
> In case you missed it:
>
> Study finds link between Agent Orange, cancer:
>
> Military concedes toxic chemical increases risk of illness
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4037340/
>
> ===
>
> Reid threatens partial Senate shutdown
>
> Democratic Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada threatened Tuesday to shut 
> down the Senate over the issue of filibusters of President Bush's judicial 
> nominations. Reid would exempt from his shut-down only national defense 
> matters and spending needed to ensure ongoing federal operations.
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7193614/
>
> ===
>
> U.S. Dollar Slides as Current Account Deficit Soars:
>
> The dollar slid against the euro Wednesday on data that showed the U.S. 
> current account deficit soaring more than expected in the fourth quarter 
> and far exceeding its previous record for the full year.
> http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBBSWFMD6E.html
>
> ===
>
> Apocalyptic concerns:
>
> The dollar may get another short-lived respite but it is heading 
> inexorably down. What foreign central bankers have it in their power to do 
> is to reveal before all the world that the mighty American economic empire 
> has no clothes
> http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3761805
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4fuaw
>
> ===
>
> Senate Votes to Open Alaskan Oil Drilling :
>
> Amid the backdrop of soaring oil and gasoline prices, a sharply divided 
> Senate on Wednesday voted to open the ecologically rich Alaska wildlife 
> refuge to oil drilling, delivering a major energy policy win for President 
> Bush.
> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ARCTIC_DRILLING?SITE=NCWIN&SECTION=HOME
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3rv8m
>
> ===
>
> US tries to sink forests plan :
>
> The US plans to wreck a British initiative to commit the G8 states to 
> combatting illegal logging in the world's threatened rainforests, a leaked 
> memorandum revealed last night.
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,13369,1438522,00.html
>
> ===
>
> "10 Years To Save The Planet":
>
> The effect of global warming around the planet has recently been 
> highlighted by the reduction in ice on the Himalayan mountain range.
> http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,31500-13312011,00.html
>
> ===
>
> US Government 'out on a limb over climate change science:
>
> The President of the Royal Society, called on the US Government to make 
> its position on climate change science clear following comments by James 
> L. Connaughton, senior environmental and natural resources adviser to 
> President George W. Bush.
> http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?id=2992
>
> ===
>
> UK: Gordon Brown rounds on US over climate change:
>
> Gordon Brown today increased the pressure on the United States to cut its 
> carbon emissions, saying that there was no need to hide behind the 
> argument that tackling climate change damaged the economy.
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1526572,00.html
>
> ===
>
> In case you missed it: Map: The world's water hotspots:
>
> From disappearing lakes and dwindling rivers to military threats over 
> shared resources, water is a cause for deep concern in many parts of the 
> world. Click on the map to read about some of the world's water hotspots.
> http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3754520.stm
>
> ===
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