Cindy Sheehan, the mother of fallen soldier Casey Sheehan, was arrested and removed from the House gallery tonight just before President Bush’s State of the Union address. Sheehan was invited to attend the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif. and was charged with unlawful conduct. Sheehan was taken in handcuffs to police headquarters a few blocks away and her case was processed as Bush spoke.
The T-shirt bore the words “2,245 Dead — How Many More??”
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
State of the Union
Lies! Lies! Lies! Attack Iran! Lies! Lies! Lies! WMD! Lies! Lies! Lies! Iraq! Lies! Lies! Lies!
Monday, January 30, 2006
The Administration of Oil
Exxon Mobil posts record profit of $10.7 billion
The Associated Press reported today that Exxon Mobile Corp. of Irving, Texas "posted record profits for any U.S. company on Monday, $10.71 billion for the fourth quarter and $36.13 billion for the year as the world's biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from high oil and gas prices and demand for refined products. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations."
So while we, the poor American consumers are paying the highest prices in gasoline and home-heating oil in history, Bush's biggest contributers are making their biggest profit. Let's not forget how they're now polluting the environment and sticking us with the cleanup bill thanks to Bush's cuts of environmental regulations. How any American can't see how we are currently being hijacked by big corporations is beyond me? This is what Mussolini called Corporatism.
ConocoPhillips fourth-quarter earnings also rose 51 percent to $3.68 billion, while annual income climbed 66 percent to $13.53 billion. Chevron CorFourthrth-quarter earnings also rose 20 percent to $4.14 billion, while annual income jumped 6 percent to $14.1 billion.
Sen. Babara Boxer called on the Bush Administration and the Federal Trade Commission to "put an end to gouging," and then suggested that FTC stood for "Friend to Chevron."
This news should remind us of Bush's 2003 Operation Iraqi Liberation.
So far the only ones who have really been liberated are the executives in "Big Oil"!
The Associated Press reported today that Exxon Mobile Corp. of Irving, Texas "posted record profits for any U.S. company on Monday, $10.71 billion for the fourth quarter and $36.13 billion for the year as the world's biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from high oil and gas prices and demand for refined products. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations."
So while we, the poor American consumers are paying the highest prices in gasoline and home-heating oil in history, Bush's biggest contributers are making their biggest profit. Let's not forget how they're now polluting the environment and sticking us with the cleanup bill thanks to Bush's cuts of environmental regulations. How any American can't see how we are currently being hijacked by big corporations is beyond me? This is what Mussolini called Corporatism.
ConocoPhillips fourth-quarter earnings also rose 51 percent to $3.68 billion, while annual income climbed 66 percent to $13.53 billion. Chevron CorFourthrth-quarter earnings also rose 20 percent to $4.14 billion, while annual income jumped 6 percent to $14.1 billion.
Sen. Babara Boxer called on the Bush Administration and the Federal Trade Commission to "put an end to gouging," and then suggested that FTC stood for "Friend to Chevron."
This news should remind us of Bush's 2003 Operation Iraqi Liberation.
So far the only ones who have really been liberated are the executives in "Big Oil"!
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Reflecting on past Bush State of the Unions
State of the Union from State of Love and Trust, 2005
“God evening ladies and gentlemen,
It’s that time again— a new year,
A time to address the nation
and tell you how it’s gonna be.
So here it is—
Tomorrow we will bomb another country,
more civilians will be murdered
all in the best interest of the world—
we’ll be safer— financially.
Tomorrow we’ll close more doors
to keep the poor and the hungry
out on their own and under control
because they deserve it and can’t be trusted.
Tomorrow we’ll send some of those poor folks out to war because that’s all they’re good for: dying for the freedoms they don’t respect.
Support your troops!
And tomorrow we’ll make more
and the poor will make less
and tomorrow we’ll make sure
only the rich get to vote
because only we know better.
Tomorrow we’ll take away
those silly civil liberties
the liberals use to promote their sins.
Tomorrow we’ll dig the debt hole deeper
And toss the dirt in the faces of the blue-collar
worker who doesn’t appreciate their freedoms.
Tomorrow we’ll shut down New York City—
they didn’t learn their lesson the first time—
they didn’t learn to respect and vote for us.
Tomorrow we’ll make sure everyone has a gun
Because it’s their right
And if your kid steals your gun
and takes it to school, well, it must have been the music they were listening to.
We’ll also make sure every man with a gun on death row is executed because it’s our right to have clean streets; hey, they had their mock-trial.
And we’ll make sure those courts are fair
with judges who are “fair and balanced”
just like “Fix News”
the one network Americans can trust
for the real unbiased news stories.
Tomorrow we’ll cut education funding because children learn more from God and we can’t allow those crazy teachers to talk about conspiracies like evolution.
And we’ll give every kid a TV
And we’ll wire it to their brains
And we’ll burn all the books
Because, after all, I’m not a “big reader.”
Tomorrow we’ll destroy more land
because we need to live somewhere and everywhere, but don’t worry, the wildlife won’t even see it coming and God says ‘that ought to be the way.’
We’re gonna work hard this year,
so that’s it, America.
Good night, screw you, and God bless.”
“God evening ladies and gentlemen,
It’s that time again— a new year,
A time to address the nation
and tell you how it’s gonna be.
So here it is—
Tomorrow we will bomb another country,
more civilians will be murdered
all in the best interest of the world—
we’ll be safer— financially.
Tomorrow we’ll close more doors
to keep the poor and the hungry
out on their own and under control
because they deserve it and can’t be trusted.
Tomorrow we’ll send some of those poor folks out to war because that’s all they’re good for: dying for the freedoms they don’t respect.
Support your troops!
And tomorrow we’ll make more
and the poor will make less
and tomorrow we’ll make sure
only the rich get to vote
because only we know better.
Tomorrow we’ll take away
those silly civil liberties
the liberals use to promote their sins.
Tomorrow we’ll dig the debt hole deeper
And toss the dirt in the faces of the blue-collar
worker who doesn’t appreciate their freedoms.
Tomorrow we’ll shut down New York City—
they didn’t learn their lesson the first time—
they didn’t learn to respect and vote for us.
Tomorrow we’ll make sure everyone has a gun
Because it’s their right
And if your kid steals your gun
and takes it to school, well, it must have been the music they were listening to.
We’ll also make sure every man with a gun on death row is executed because it’s our right to have clean streets; hey, they had their mock-trial.
And we’ll make sure those courts are fair
with judges who are “fair and balanced”
just like “Fix News”
the one network Americans can trust
for the real unbiased news stories.
Tomorrow we’ll cut education funding because children learn more from God and we can’t allow those crazy teachers to talk about conspiracies like evolution.
And we’ll give every kid a TV
And we’ll wire it to their brains
And we’ll burn all the books
Because, after all, I’m not a “big reader.”
Tomorrow we’ll destroy more land
because we need to live somewhere and everywhere, but don’t worry, the wildlife won’t even see it coming and God says ‘that ought to be the way.’
We’re gonna work hard this year,
so that’s it, America.
Good night, screw you, and God bless.”
Monday, January 23, 2006
BROKEN NATION, AMERICA UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
The evidence they don't want you to see IS OUT THERE
BROKEN NATION BY BILL LAWRENCE
Are you an outraged American citizen? Are you tired of incompetent and irresponsible politicians? You should be! If you’re not angry, you need to read BROKEN NATION, an explosive look at the destructive policies of the Bush Administration.
BROKEN NATION BY BILL LAWRENCE
Are you an outraged American citizen? Are you tired of incompetent and irresponsible politicians? You should be! If you’re not angry, you need to read BROKEN NATION, an explosive look at the destructive policies of the Bush Administration.
Activist/writer Bill Lawrence chronicles the fraud, incompetence, lies, distortion, and irresponsibility of the 43rd president. This book raises questions about 9/11, the Bush/Cheney connection to oil and other industry, and the lies behind the Iraq invasion.
Learn just how Republicans have broken your nation into pieces and learn what you can do to put it back together again.
INVASION OF PRIVACY
Today Prince Bush went to a place where he is wildly popular-- Manhattan (the fake one in Kansas) and defended his criminal violations of wire-tapping Americans by calling it a "Terrorist Surveillance Program." Except the only problem is they're not surveying terrorists, they're actually surveying Americans who are questioning the administration. War protestors are obviously now referred to as "terrorists." In fact by labeling his criminal activity as a "Terrorist Surveillance Program" he is actually calling all of Americans terrorists. This is the most un-American back-stabbing liar of a president in all of U.S. history. Bush makes Nixon look like a saint. So if you don't agree with Bush, now suddenly you're wrapped in the same category with Osama bin Laden. Bellefonte was 100% right. And maybe we should be the ones listening in on Bush's calls.
What is ironic is that Bush says that these illegal practices will stop terrorism. How about CIA warnings? How about a PDB (presidential daily brief)? How about FAA warnings? How about warnings from the previous administration? How about warnings from other governments? How about all of this intelligence that was blatantly ignored and resulted in the worst attack on America? This is the boy who cried wolf backwards.
And for that a--ho-- who keeps reading my emails and listening to my personal phone calls... screw you.
What is ironic is that Bush says that these illegal practices will stop terrorism. How about CIA warnings? How about a PDB (presidential daily brief)? How about FAA warnings? How about warnings from the previous administration? How about warnings from other governments? How about all of this intelligence that was blatantly ignored and resulted in the worst attack on America? This is the boy who cried wolf backwards.
And for that a--ho-- who keeps reading my emails and listening to my personal phone calls... screw you.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Explosions? Accidents? “May God bless those who are trapped below the earth?”
With all of the recent mining fatalities, we can only wonder what type of anti-environmental bill Bush is about to propose next, especially now that the public has attained sympathy for miners and the risks they face. More convenient manipulation of the American public by the Bush Administration. Even though Bush neglected to protect miner safety, as demonstrated below, he certainty didn't neglect the people at the top who make all of the money- the industry CEOs. After all, he has a lot ot pay them back for.
"The mining industry gave over $5.6 million to Republicans through the 2000 election cycle. Bush alone received at least $300,000 from the mining industry. James H. Harless, the 83-year-old West Virginia coal baron, described the BAD as the most coal-friendly administration ever. In return, Bush eased mountaintop mining regulations and allowed more waste to be dumped in local waterways. Bush's EPA instituted regulations now allow coal companies to pollute local streams and waterways with tons of dirt, rock and debris from mountaintop mining. There has also been a 60% decline in federal fines against industrial polluters since 2000. This is a 14 year low." -BROKEN NATION
Bush will have a much easier time convincing the public to allow his anti-environmental pro-industry bills if the public sees the blue-collar people who work in the industry and risk their lives, in lieu of tsuperiorityate face of the exceutives in the industry. More innocent American lives at the expense of big industry.
"President Bush issued a perfunctory statement on Tuesday, saying the nation was praying for the men and pledging federal help in the effort to bring them out alive. "May God bless those who are trapped below the earth," he said.
The hypocrisy of Bush's remarks is highlighted by the role of his administration in gutting mine safety inspections and promoting the downsizing, deregulation and unliprofiteereering that have contributed to this tragedy.
There have been 149 fatalities in mine accidents nationwide and 38 in West Virginia in the last five years, including 27 miners who died in underground accidents in West Virginia. Despite the dangerous conditions, economic desperation continues to drive workers into the occupation.
Bush named former Massey Energy official Stsubleaseoleski to the MSHA review commission that decides all legal matters under the federal Mine Act. The current MSHA chief is Richard Sickler, a former manager of Beth Energy mines." -Jerry Isaacs http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jan2006/sago-j04.shtml
The Bush Record on Protecting Mine Worker Safety http://www.democracyforknoxville.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=133
The Bush Record on Protecting Mine Worker Safety
The accident that trapped nine miners in Western Pennsylvania in July highlights a major problem of increased coal-mining deaths. According to the New York Times, “the mine workers union and Democratic lawmakers have said that lax enforcement by the Bush Administration is partly to blame for the increase.” A look at the Bush budget on mine safety shows some contributing factors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL IDENTIFIES MAJOR PROBLEMS – Report Urges More Resources: The Department of Labor Office of Inspector General indicated in its Semiannual Report to the Congress, October 1, 2001 – March 31, 2002 that “MSHA is unable to complete statutorily mandated inspections of Metal/Nonmetal mine operations because of the rapid growth in mine operations, reductions in the numbers of inspectors, and shifts toward compliance assistance.” Ironically, the Administration has not requested additional inspectors for Metal/Nonmetal Mines.
BUSH FIRST BUDGET CUTS – Ignoring IG Report, Bush Slashes Enforcement: President Bush proposed an overall cut to MSHA staffing levels for the FY 2002 budget. That proposal included a shift of some enforcement resources from Coal Mine to Metal/Non-Metal safety and health activities. The Congress restored the proposed cuts. However, as was the case with OSHA, the Department of Labor neglected to fill many vacant positions throughout 2001, thus reducing the overall enforcement activities.
BUSH SECOND BUDGET CUTS – Continuing to Slash: The President’s FY 2003 Budget proposed an overall 6 percent cut of MSHA resources and a shift of enforcement resources from Coal to Metal/Non-Metal Mine safety and health activities.
BUSH ENFORCEMENT RECORD – Ignoring Repeated Violations: At the “Jim Walters Resources mine in Brookwood, Ala., 55 miles southwest of Birmingham, 13 miners died last September in an explosion. At the time, the mine had 31 outstanding violations, and government inspectors had not returned to determine whether they had been corrected.” [New York Times, 7/26/2002]
BUSH ADMINISTRATION JUSTIFICATION – Resorts to Citing Statistics From 100 Years Ago: To justify its massive budget cuts, the Bush Administration resorted to comparing the mine fatality rate with rates all the way back to 1900 – when the common cold could kill someone. “The Bush administration's chief official on mine safety, David D. Lauriski, defended the administration's enforcement record and noted that the number of coal deaths was far lower than in decades past. The 42 deaths in 2001 were far below the 153 in 1981 and 294 in 1961. In fact, in every year from 1900 to 1945, the number of coal mining deaths exceeded 1,000, and in many years there were more than 2,000.” [New York Times, 7/26/2002]
http://www.davidsirota.com/mineworkers.doc
Also see these sites:
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=4612
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ed31_democrats/rel1406.html
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/04/coal-mining/
"The mining industry gave over $5.6 million to Republicans through the 2000 election cycle. Bush alone received at least $300,000 from the mining industry. James H. Harless, the 83-year-old West Virginia coal baron, described the BAD as the most coal-friendly administration ever. In return, Bush eased mountaintop mining regulations and allowed more waste to be dumped in local waterways. Bush's EPA instituted regulations now allow coal companies to pollute local streams and waterways with tons of dirt, rock and debris from mountaintop mining. There has also been a 60% decline in federal fines against industrial polluters since 2000. This is a 14 year low." -BROKEN NATION
Bush will have a much easier time convincing the public to allow his anti-environmental pro-industry bills if the public sees the blue-collar people who work in the industry and risk their lives, in lieu of tsuperiorityate face of the exceutives in the industry. More innocent American lives at the expense of big industry.
"President Bush issued a perfunctory statement on Tuesday, saying the nation was praying for the men and pledging federal help in the effort to bring them out alive. "May God bless those who are trapped below the earth," he said.
The hypocrisy of Bush's remarks is highlighted by the role of his administration in gutting mine safety inspections and promoting the downsizing, deregulation and unliprofiteereering that have contributed to this tragedy.
There have been 149 fatalities in mine accidents nationwide and 38 in West Virginia in the last five years, including 27 miners who died in underground accidents in West Virginia. Despite the dangerous conditions, economic desperation continues to drive workers into the occupation.
Bush named former Massey Energy official Stsubleaseoleski to the MSHA review commission that decides all legal matters under the federal Mine Act. The current MSHA chief is Richard Sickler, a former manager of Beth Energy mines." -Jerry Isaacs http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jan2006/sago-j04.shtml
The Bush Record on Protecting Mine Worker Safety http://www.democracyforknoxville.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=133
The Bush Record on Protecting Mine Worker Safety
The accident that trapped nine miners in Western Pennsylvania in July highlights a major problem of increased coal-mining deaths. According to the New York Times, “the mine workers union and Democratic lawmakers have said that lax enforcement by the Bush Administration is partly to blame for the increase.” A look at the Bush budget on mine safety shows some contributing factors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL IDENTIFIES MAJOR PROBLEMS – Report Urges More Resources: The Department of Labor Office of Inspector General indicated in its Semiannual Report to the Congress, October 1, 2001 – March 31, 2002 that “MSHA is unable to complete statutorily mandated inspections of Metal/Nonmetal mine operations because of the rapid growth in mine operations, reductions in the numbers of inspectors, and shifts toward compliance assistance.” Ironically, the Administration has not requested additional inspectors for Metal/Nonmetal Mines.
BUSH FIRST BUDGET CUTS – Ignoring IG Report, Bush Slashes Enforcement: President Bush proposed an overall cut to MSHA staffing levels for the FY 2002 budget. That proposal included a shift of some enforcement resources from Coal Mine to Metal/Non-Metal safety and health activities. The Congress restored the proposed cuts. However, as was the case with OSHA, the Department of Labor neglected to fill many vacant positions throughout 2001, thus reducing the overall enforcement activities.
BUSH SECOND BUDGET CUTS – Continuing to Slash: The President’s FY 2003 Budget proposed an overall 6 percent cut of MSHA resources and a shift of enforcement resources from Coal to Metal/Non-Metal Mine safety and health activities.
BUSH ENFORCEMENT RECORD – Ignoring Repeated Violations: At the “Jim Walters Resources mine in Brookwood, Ala., 55 miles southwest of Birmingham, 13 miners died last September in an explosion. At the time, the mine had 31 outstanding violations, and government inspectors had not returned to determine whether they had been corrected.” [New York Times, 7/26/2002]
BUSH ADMINISTRATION JUSTIFICATION – Resorts to Citing Statistics From 100 Years Ago: To justify its massive budget cuts, the Bush Administration resorted to comparing the mine fatality rate with rates all the way back to 1900 – when the common cold could kill someone. “The Bush administration's chief official on mine safety, David D. Lauriski, defended the administration's enforcement record and noted that the number of coal deaths was far lower than in decades past. The 42 deaths in 2001 were far below the 153 in 1981 and 294 in 1961. In fact, in every year from 1900 to 1945, the number of coal mining deaths exceeded 1,000, and in many years there were more than 2,000.” [New York Times, 7/26/2002]
http://www.davidsirota.com/mineworkers.doc
Also see these sites:
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=4612
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ed31_democrats/rel1406.html
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/04/coal-mining/
Sunday, January 15, 2006
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