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Bush Said What?
"Bush: Iran Must Explain Hidden Nuclear Weapons Program"...yup, that's the headline. As CREDO pal Fred Gooltz points out, there are a few other things Bush might want to call for: Bush: Iran Must Explain Hidden Nuclear Weapons Program [Source: VOA]...
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Dose of Durst
Seeing how he continued to insist Iran had a nuclear weapons program after the CIA told him they didn't, George Bush must be a proponent of that whole faith- based intelligence thing....
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It's Easier to Fight Villains That Don't Exist
Bill O'Reilly claims that he defeated the "forces of darkness" in his war to save Christmas (Media Matters has the video), and once you get over laughing at the absurdity, you realize it does say something about the right-wing mindset:...
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If Only Santa Were Real...
...because there are plenty of things I'd ask for as well: a plausible exit plan out of Iraq, a new President, a weird electrical storm around the FOX News building that blocks all signal... [From the Cartoonist Group via...
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Good Thing We Didn't Bomb Iran
So this is a reason we don't need to attack Iran, right? A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains on hold. So now this just...
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Why Is My Obama-Cheney Facebook Group Tanking?
That must be the question Thomas Friedman is asking himself, based on yesterday's NYT column: I have no idea who is going to win the Democratic presidential nomination, but lately I've been wondering whether, if it is Barack Obama, he...
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Darth Vader Speaks
While Dick Cheney ducks the spotlight these days, we leave our "Impeach Cheney" online action live because it's worth remembering he still has earned that impeachment. And whenever he resurfaces from his undisclosed location, he reminds us that he keeps...
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Dose of Durst
Condoleezza Rice says we have no plans to invade Iran. So how does that differ with what happened in Iraq? No plan to invade also means no plan to exit...and we saw where that kind of planning got us....
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Before We Invade Iran...
Last week, after commenting on the raucous response Ahmadinejad got from the undergrad audience at Columbia for claiming there were no homosexuals in Iran, I got criticized by one of the comments for the post's title: "How to Beat a...
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We Don't Need Another War
Think Progress reports the chilling news that one of the biggest Neocons assumes "President Bush is going to order airstrikes [on Iran] before he leaves office". And, sadly, last week's Lieberman-Kyl Amendment is the sort of opening that Bush needs....
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What Has the Senate Just Done?
We keep asking you to remind Congress that only they -- not the President -- can authorize war with Iran. Did they take our message -- and just authorize it? By passing the Lieberman-Kyl Amendment (which Nicole discussed yesterday) 76-22,...
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War Shouldn't Be So Easy
As Nicole wrote before, there's an insidious plot to trick us into war with Iran. We've been warning Congress to hold onto that authority and not cede it to the President -- but Senators Lieberman and Kyl are trying a...
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How to Beat a Dictator
How to beat a dictator...laugh at him. If an auditorium full of undergraduates can laugh at the absurdity of this mad man's claims, we can all find a better response than war. Remind Congress that they -- not Bush --...
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More on New York & Iran
It's rare that a local city council member would deserve two mentions in one day -- but here it is, thanks to Think Progress: "[Columbia President Lee] Bollinger made a big mistake, and there should be consequences for him for...
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New York & Iran
There's a lot of passion and protest today in New York City over the arrival of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his speech at the UN...and especially over the decision of Columbia University to have him deliver an address. Columbia...
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Iraq, Iran...What's the Difference?
Other than one pesky letter, what's the difference between Iraq and Iran? Bush's plan. No, not an exit strategy. No, not a multi-lateral coalition. No, not diplomacy. It's a different part of the plan that Headzup focuses on. Say no...
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War Drums Beating
Yesterday Bush and French President Sarkozy tried to raise world fear levels about the possibility of Iranian nuclear weapons. Bush warned that an atomic bomb toting Iran would put the Middle East "under the shadow of a nuclear holocaust". Sarkozy...
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Dose of Durst
In President Bush's speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, he made an analogy between Vietnam and Iraq. You know, I can't help but thinking: maybe if he had gone to one, we wouldn't be in the other. Let's...
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Hooray for Scheduling Conflicts!
Today, Fox News announced that they are canceling their Democratic presidential debate. Though the Congressional Black Caucus blames the cancelation on "scheduling challenges," it is clear that there were other factors involved, mainly the decision of three major candidates (Senators...
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The Real Culprit
It looks like we've found the person who "bears ultimate responsibility" for 9/11, (No, it's not Saddam Hussein). A CIA's inspector general report released today identifies the real culprit: Former CIA director George Tenet. From ABC News: The report says...
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Iran/q
It's so easy, just switch the last letter and "Iraq" becomes "Iran." Fox News will barely have to edit their jingoistic, Hollywood-style graphics if they help the Bush administration march us into another military confrontation. Don't think that's what Fox...
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"He's Lying Us Into World War III"
With yesterday's news of the Bush Administration's unprecedented and unbelievable plan to designate Iran's army as "terrorists," I find myself wanting to shout out loud the very candid line from the following video short: "Um, Democrats, hello? He's lying us...
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Scary News on Iran
The Iraq War not bad enough for you? Well, there are those that want to add Iran. The New York Times reports that Bush & co. are considering adding Iran's military to our list of terrorist organizations. Yes, this is...
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Joke of the Day
Bush’s approval rating has hit the lowest point of his presidency. This is bad news for the president, but even worse news for Iran. - Costaki Economopoulos More about Costaki and more liberal laughs can be found at Laughing Liberally;...
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Lieberman Takes Our Call to Action Too Literally
Who would win in a fight, General Wesley Clark or Senator Joe Lieberman? We may get to find out if the General's recent public lashings continue. In response to Lieberman's comments about military options with regard to Iraq, the former...
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Fiore Presents: The Axis of Uh-Oh -- Featured Cartoon
"American must turn to evil to fight evil." That's the serious message at the end of this seriously funny animation of America's leaders forming unholy alliances around the globe for the sake of their "holy" objectives. "Politics makes strange...
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Dose of Durst
The President is sure Iran is sending weapons into Iraq. As sure as he was when his daddy sold weapons to Iraq. Read More of Durst's doings, or Do More than laugh by reminding Congress that in dealing with...
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Dose of Durst
Dick Cheney went to Baghdad last week without dredging up another deferment. I suppose, just like kids, wars are different when they're your own. If you're thirstin' for more Durstin', Read More. Or, if the thought of Cheney's own...
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Dose of Durst
Everybody keeps asking how a madman at Virginia Tech got ahold of a gun. How come nobody is asking how a madman in Washington started a war? Read More of Durst's diatribes. Do More to make sure we don't...
