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Pakistan’s Bhutto Cancels Trip to Dubai Amid Rumors Musharraf Will Impose State of Emergency
KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto abruptly canceled plans to travel abroad Wednesday, saying she had heard rumors the government could impose a state of emergency during her absence.
She said at a hastily arranged news conference that senior party [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 31st, 2007 | Category: 1984, Bhutto, Bush, Cheney, Dillusion, Election, God, Human Rights, Musharraf, Orwellian, Pakistan, Taliban, Tehran, disinformation, state of emergency | Comments (14)

Considering Hillary Clinton’s a hawk, it’s not surprising that Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop-Grumman, General Dynamics and Raytheon are donating to Clinton more than any candidate in either party. It only makes sense that the military complex sees huge page checks and more contracts if Hillary is in the White House. Obviously the weapons industry sees [...]

Posted by nytexan October 31st, 2007 | Category: Clinton, Contractors, Politics, War, War Contractors, military | Comments (2)

Well another debate where the moderators focusing their attention on Hillary, the elephant in the room. I appeared to me that Tim Russert was so focused on Clinton that he forgot to bring enough questions for everyone else. For all the anticipation and hype about Obama being more aggressive with Clinton, he seemed to miss [...]

Posted by nytexan October 31st, 2007 | Category: Biden, Clinton, Democratic Debate, Dodd, Edwards, Election, Kucinich, MSNBC, Obama, Op-Ed, Politics, Richardson, debate | Comments (5)

Posted by nytexan October 31st, 2007 | Category: Bush, Cheney, GOP | Leave a comment

You really have to wonder who’s in charge of the asylum this week. Condi who insists she can’t get rid of Blackwater because she needs them. Condi assigns a State Department team to investigate Blackwater screw ups and low and behold the same people who work for Condi have given her pet boys immunity. So [...]

Posted by nytexan October 30th, 2007 | Category: Blackwater, Condoleezza Rice, FBI, Iraq, Politics, State Department, criminal, military | Comments (11)

Kucinich has voiced what many of us have said for years about the mental health or mental capacity of Bush.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) suggested today that President Bush’s comment about a nuclear Iran precipitating “World War III” is a sign of mental instability.
“I seriously believe we have to start asking questions about his mental health,” [...]

Posted by nytexan October 30th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Kucinich, mental health | Comments (6)

This round-up of election news and endorsement posts is brought to you by the Texas Progressive Alliance in anticipation of the November 6 general election. Some of the blogs and sites included in this round-up are not member sites of the Texas Progressive Alliance, but are included in the hopes of giving voters a wider [...]

Posted by nytexan October 30th, 2007 | Category: Election, TPA, Texas, Texas Blogs, Texas Constitution, Texas Politics | Leave a comment

U.S. Promises on Darfur Don’t Match Actions
Bush Expresses Passion for Issue, but Policies Have Been Inconsistent
By Michael Abramowitz Washington Post Staff Writer
In April 2006, a small group of Darfur activists — including evangelical Christians, the representative of a Jewish group and a former Sudanese slave — was ushered into the Roosevelt [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 29th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Armageddon, Bush, Cheney, Corporate Corruption, Darfur, Democide, Geneva Convention, Promises, arrogance, bunkers, genocide | Comments (5)

Israel recalls ambassador to Belarus

Belarusian Presidentv Aleksander Lukashenk

Israel’s ambassador to Belarus returns home after The Belarus President calls a once predominantly-Jewish city in his country “a pigpen.”
According to DPA, Israeli Ambassador Zeev Ben- Ari returned less than a week after October 12 remarks by Aleksander Lukashenko to Russian reporters in Minsk.
“Have you ever [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 29th, 2007 | Category: Aleksander Lukashenko, Belarus, Bush, Cheney, Israel, Jews, Putin, Russia, anti-semitism, survivors | Comments (1)