Wednesday News Bucket

Posted by CabinGirl | Sep 26, 2007 | 20 |

She makes her bed first thing in the morning
So she won’t crawl back in
She drinks her second cup of coffee
‘Cause it’s the only available sin
She falls asleep in the subway
She feels like Alice in the rabbit hole
She wakes up with a start
With an aching in her heart
She says they’ve got my mind and body
But they can’t take my soul

They’re making gold out of the good girls
They’re making dollars out of all our fantasies
They’re making bundles of cash
From the trash we think we need
Making gold out of the good girls
Like me…

– Amy Rigby

Glad it’s hump day today…

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CabinGirl on September 26, 2007 at 7:08 am

arming both sides may not be such a great idea: NYT

Sunni Arab extremists have begun a systematic campaign to assassinate police chiefs, police officers, other Interior Ministry officials and tribal leaders throughout Iraq, staging at least 10 attacks in 48 hours.

Eight policemen have been killed, among them the police chief of Baquba, the largest city in Diyala Province. Two other police chiefs survived attacks, though one was left in critical condition, and about 30 police officers were wounded, according to reports from local security officers.

“We warned the government just a few days ago that there is a new plan by terrorist groups to target senior governmental officials, and particularly Interior Ministry officials,” said Maj. Gen. Hussein Kamal, the deputy interior minister for information and national investigations. The Interior Ministry is dominated by Shiites.

But this quote really gets to the heart of why this is happening:

“The main reason behind all these attacks are the signs of improvement of the security situation mentioned in the Crocker-Petraeus report,” said Tahseen al-Sheikhly, the Iraqi spokesman for the security plan, in a reference to the recent Congressional testimony of General Petraeus and the American ambassador to Iraq, Ryan C. Crocker. “The terrorist groups are just trying to say to the world that the report did not reflect the reality of the security situation in Iraq.”

Time to just declare victory and go home.
- hens teeth on September 26, 2007 at 10:40 am
  
  Say it’s improving in your next report, I dare ya.
  
  Can we impeach them yet?
- idredit on September 26, 2007 at 12:33 pm
  
  equally disturbing, Professor Juan Cole asks, Is Weapons Baiting a War Crime?
  
  scroll down to
  
  ” The Washington Post’s revelation of a baiting operation by US Snipers raises the possibility that it may have involved war crimes….”
CabinGirl on September 26, 2007 at 7:17 am

Bush’s hubris and hypocrisy couldn’t get any worse, he addresses the UN: McClatchy

Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, the president called for renewed efforts to enforce the U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a striking point of emphasis for a leader who’s widely accused of violating human rights in waging war against terrorism.

Bush didn’t mention the U.S. prisons in Afghanistan or at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. practice of holding detainees for years without legal charges or access to lawyers, or the CIA’s “rendition” kidnappings of suspects abroad, all issues of concern to human rights activists around the world.

“At first read, it’s little more than an exercise in hypocrisy. His words about human rights ring hollow because his credibility is nonexistent,” said Curt Goering, the deputy executive director of Amnesty International USA. “The gap between the rhetoric and the actual record is stunning. I can’t help but believe many people in the audience were thinking, ‘What was this man thinking?’ “

Curt, we’ve been wondering that for a long time. And we have another 16 months of wondering to make it through, since it’s clear no one in DC wants to put a stop to his crap.
- chocolate ink on September 26, 2007 at 2:50 pm
  
  How was his speech received by those there other than the Cuban delegation walking out? From what I read of article it looked like bush did his usual little lecture to everyone as if only he’s in the know and has the high moral ground. I had to almost laugh at his line about Americans being outraged by what is happening in Burma..yeah sure they are, just like Americans who are marching in the streets about Darfur…not.
  - hens teeth on September 27, 2007 at 2:04 am
    
    Guess he’s afraid to try pronouncing Myanmar.
    - CabinGirl on September 27, 2007 at 8:58 am
      
      I’m sure he’d learn pretty quickly if they had any oil.
on September 26, 2007 at 7:22 am

Every day at morning coffee the local news (MSM) network is on, and every day they offend me.
This morning it was tougher penalties for drag racing.
Yes media says we ought to be more fascistic than we are today, more obsessed with crime and punishment.

I couple this with an internet you tube. A “reporter” takes to the streets of Austin Texas to ask people four very basic questions.
Who is the current vice president?
In what year did 911 happen?
CabinGirl on September 26, 2007 at 11:37 am

crack me up.
Man Eegee on September 26, 2007 at 11:45 am

The BooTrib Concentration Camp Watchline brings you this alert

A panel studying illegal immigration in Virginia wants to build a 1,000-bed state jail solely for people arrested for being in the United States illegally. The Illegal Immigration Task Force agreed to 11 recommendations Monday in an effort to tighten enforcement of immigration laws. The new jail was one of them. – linkage
idredit on September 26, 2007 at 11:56 am

Alleged Iranian ‘Front’ Represented by Mukasey Law Firm -ABC

For more than 25 years, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement authorities say they have suspected the New York-based Alavi Foundation is a “front” for Iranian espionage and anti-American activities.

For more than 25 years, court records show the foundation has been publicly defended and represented by the New York law firm where attorney-general nominee Michael Mukasey is a partner: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP.

The foundation says the firm continues to represent it.

The firm insists the foundation has no link to Iran’s government.[.]

The case handled by Mukasey was settled in 1984, two years after the foundation was described in the New York Times as being controlled by the government of Iran.

More recently, the Alavi Foundation was described four years ago by New York Police Department intelligence chief David Cohen, a former CIA official, as “totally controlled by the government of Iran.” [.]

I’m just thinking about those sanctions…
dada on September 26, 2007 at 12:00 pm

with blackwater hung around her and BushCo™’s necks like a dead armadillo, and her recent classification as persona non grata on the sunday spin circuit, rice has gone into full ‘firewall’ mode at DoS, drawing the continued ire of waxman:

House Panel Says Rice Is Hindering Its Work
Blackwater, Corruption in Iraq at Issue

An ongoing battle between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a House committee investigating Iraqi government corruption and the activities of the Blackwater security firm erupted into another skirmish yesterday as Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) accused Rice of interfering with the committee’s work and preventing administration and Blackwater officials from providing pertinent information.

[…]

A separate hearing, on Blackwater, is scheduled for next Tuesday. After reports last week that Blackwater employees guarding a U.S. diplomatic convoy in Baghdad had killed 11 Iraqi civilians, the committee asked the company for documents and requested the testimony of Erik Prince, chairman of Blackwater’s parent company.

In a Monday letter, Blackwater attorney Stephen M. Ryan told the committee that the State Department had directed the company “not to disclose any information” regarding its Iraq security contract without prior department authorization in writing. “This contractual direction from the DOS is unambiguous,” Ryan wrote.

Ryan enclosed a Sept. 20 State Department letter to Blackwater reminding that “all documents and information generated in the course of performance” of its contract “are fully subject to the control of the State Department.”

wapo

can you say “executive priviledge”?…l knew you could.

lTMF’sA…henry….is it time yet?
dada on September 26, 2007 at 1:39 pm

LIEberman-Kyl amendment passes senate 76-22

roll call not yet avail.

way to go harry…the new and improved demoRat motto: CHIMPY’S CHUMPS!

lTMF’sA
- Man Eegee on September 26, 2007 at 1:41 pm
  
  the House has apparently condemned the MoveOn ad, joining the Senate in further abandonment of their duties.
  - dada on September 26, 2007 at 2:12 pm
    
    overwhelmingly is the understatement of the day:
    
    Breaking: House Votes to Condemn MoveOn
    
    Yeas Nays NV:
    
    Democratic 146 79 6
    Republican 195 0 6
    TOTALS 341 79 12
    
    roll call via DemHillStaffer @ dKos
    
    anybody still think you can change things from inside the party?
    
    if so l’ve got some ocean front property in Utah l’d like to talk to you about.
    
    jezeus! it’s been a hard couple of weeks.
    
    lTMF’sA
    - ask on September 26, 2007 at 2:22 pm
      
      It’s absolutely stunning.
      But the ad worked – and the powers that be are scared shitless. We need to keep this roll-call in mind.
- idredit on September 26, 2007 at 1:46 pm
  
  Thinkprogress has an update:
  
  before the vote, paragraphs 3 and 4 were deleted from the original
  
  See roll call here
  
  UPDATE II: The roll call for the vote is here. The following senators voted against the amendment:
  
  NAYs –22
  Biden (D-DE)
  Bingaman (D-NM)
  Boxer (D-CA)
  Brown (D-OH)
  Byrd (D-WV)
  Cantwell (D-WA)
  Dodd (D-CT)
  Feingold (D-WI)
  Hagel (R-NE)
  Harkin (D-IA)
  Inouye (D-HI)
  Kennedy (D-MA)
  Kerry (D-MA)
  Klobuchar (D-MN)
  Leahy (D-VT)
  Lincoln (D-AR)
  Lugar (R-IN)
  McCaskill (D-MO)
  Sanders (I-VT)
  Tester (D-MT)
  Webb (D-VA)
  Wyden (D-OR)
  
  Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL) didn’t vote.
- dada on September 26, 2007 at 1:49 pm
  
  U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress – 1st Session
  
  lieberman-kyl amentment
  
  Grouped By Vote Position:
  
  YEAs —76
  
  Akaka (D-HI)
  Alexander (R-TN)
  Allard (R-CO)
  Barrasso (R-WY)
  Baucus (D-MT)
  Bayh (D-IN)
  Bennett (R-UT)
  Bond (R-MO)
  Brownback (R-KS)
  Bunning (R-KY)
  Burr (R-NC)
  Cardin (D-MD)
  Carper (D-DE)
  Casey (D-PA)
  Chambliss (R-GA)
  Clinton (D-NY)
  Coburn (R-OK)
  Cochran (R-MS)
  Coleman (R-MN)
  Collins (R-ME)
  Conrad (D-ND)
  Corker (R-TN)
  Cornyn (R-TX)
  Craig (R-ID)
  Crapo (R-ID)
  DeMint (R-SC)
  Dole (R-NC)
  Domenici (R-NM)
  Dorgan (D-ND)
  Durbin (D-IL)
  Ensign (R-NV)
  Enzi (R-WY)
  Feinstein (D-CA)
  Graham (R-SC)
  Grassley (R-IA)
  Gregg (R-NH)
  Hatch (R-UT)
  Hutchison (R-TX)
  Inhofe (R-OK)
  Isakson (R-GA)
  Johnson (D-SD)
  Kohl (D-WI)
  Kyl (R-AZ)
  Landrieu (D-LA)
  Lautenberg (D-NJ)
  Levin (D-MI)
  Lieberman (ID-CT)
  Lott (R-MS)
  Martinez (R-FL)
  McConnell (R-KY)
  Menendez (D-NJ)
  Mikulski (D-MD)
  Murkowski (R-AK)
  Murray (D-WA)
  Nelson (D-FL)
  Nelson (D-NE)
  Pryor (D-AR)
  Reed (D-RI)
  Reid (D-NV)
  Roberts (R-KS)
  Rockefeller (D-WV)
  Salazar (D-CO)
  Schumer (D-NY)
  Sessions (R-AL)
  Shelby (R-AL)
  Smith (R-OR)
  Snowe (R-ME)
  Specter (R-PA)
  Stabenow (D-MI)
  Stevens (R-AK)
  Sununu (R-NH)
  Thune (R-SD)
  Vitter (R-LA)
  Voinovich (R-OH)
  Warner (R-VA)
  Whitehouse (D-RI)
  
  NAYs —22:
  
  Biden (D-DE)
  Bingaman (D-NM)
  Boxer (D-CA)
  Brown (D-OH)
  Byrd (D-WV)
  Cantwell (D-WA)
  Dodd (D-CT)
  Feingold (D-WI)
  Hagel (R-NE)
  Harkin (D-IA)
  Inouye (D-HI)
  Kennedy (D-MA)
  Kerry (D-MA)
  Klobuchar (D-MN)
  Leahy (D-VT)
  Lincoln (D-AR)
  Lugar (R-IN)
  McCaskill (D-MO)
  Sanders (I-VT)
  Tester (D-MT)
  Webb (D-VA)
  Wyden (D-OR)
  
  Not Voting – 2:
  
  McCain (R-AZ)
  Obama (D-IL)
  
  off we go, into the wild blue younder, eh
  
  lTMF’sA
  - hens teeth on September 26, 2007 at 2:31 pm
    
    Clinton shows where she stands on warmongering.
    Biden & Dodd show a bit of sense
    Obama is too chicken to take a stand.
    
    29 Democrats voted for invading Iran. 1 Republican, and my favorite independent voted against. It’s looking hopeless today.
on September 26, 2007 at 5:45 pm

http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2007/9/26/13028/3569#55

Comment on Eurotrib reports Kyl-Lie-berman resolution passed.
Bush gets go away for Iran war?

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