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War Crimes Trial of 2010 - The 'Republican Guard' - All convicted except Greenspan

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Defendants in the dock at the Anglo-American War Crimes Trial of 2010, held at The Hague under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

Of the 20 defendants shown here -- the so-called "Republican Guard" -- only one (Alan Greenspan, second row, second from right) was found not guilty, on the grounds that the destruction of the American economy and the global financial crash of 2008, while regrettable, did not constitute war crimes as defined by the Geneva Convention.

Another defendant (Ari Fleischer, front row, extreme right) received only a light sentence, as the court determined that lying to the American people was too common a crime to merit more severe punishment.

In a more controversial decision, former Secretary of State Colin Powell was spared any prison time at all, after the judges ruled that being seated between former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers for the entire eight-month trial constituted "punishment enough."

Former Vice President Richard Cheney (second row, extreme left), who feigned narcolepsy throughout most of the trial, was committed to the newly established United Nations Hospital for the Criminally Insane, as was former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (next to Cheney), who insisted on being addressed as "Mrs. Bush" during the the trial.

The remaining defendants were sentenced to life terms at the Guantanamo War Crimes Penitentiary.

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Nights in White House Satin:
The Comings and Goings of Jeff Gannon
By GARY LEUPP

Why aren't we hearing more about the "Jeff Gannon" (James Guckert) affair? Back in February, always the optimist I wrote, "Perhaps we are on the edge of a major scandal here," and inquiring minds have indeed dug up more dirt.

"Mr. President, can you confirm that he stayed overnight on 12 occasions between July 15, 2003 and February 1, 2005?"

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) got on the case, using the Freedom of Information Act to precisely chronicle, on the basis of Secret Service records, the bogus reporter and real-life prostitute's White House entries and exits. From the Secret Service material, Raw Story researcher Muriel Kane produced this listing; Interesting material is in bold font: Story here

Close to Shattering News!

Navy Judge Finds War Protest Reasonable Parades judge drops bombshell

"I think that the government has successfully proved that any service member has reasonable cause to believe that the wars in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq were illegal."

-- Lt. Cmdr. Robert Klant, presiding at Pablo Paredes' court-martial

Petty Officer 3rd Class Pablo Paredes web site

"Like a cabinet member, I resign." -- Pablo Parades, Dec 6, 2004 video

Hear what he said when taken into custody. mp3

Powerful and moving.

Sailor won't go:

update: Mar 26th

update: Dec 19th

update: Dec 10th

A sailor has refused to board his vessel to protest the U.S. presence in Iraq.

Hello, America. Isn't this what courage looks like? Paredes has acknowledged that his action will result in court martial and imprisonment.

So, what are you doing for your country tomorrow? Some shopping?

O'Reilly's loofa Oh, gag me.

Jerry Falwell

"I just thank God for FOX News!"

2004 Thanksgiving message

AWOL NEWS, 1973

Fast forward 30 years...

Say, what?

For the record, here is the statement of the the clerk who (didn't?) type the famous ("mark of Rove") Dan Rather memos... 11 fascinating audio minutes!

Listen to the audio with Dan Rather from 60 Minutes

Windows Media Audio

Open letter to Eric Alterman and the "anybody but Bush" community of ex-progressives

by Greg Bates

Just who is "Bush's useful idiot", really?

A letter "The Nation" magazine refused to print

Ralph's Revolt: The Case for Joining Nader's Rebellion

"I hear Nader is in bed with corporations and right wing Republicans?..."

say, huh?

Greens: Dead Party Walking

Greens: Milwaukee convention: statistical analysis of the delegate selection process

"Take these thumb-sucking Democrats down a peg and dump Bush, too..." — Ralph

Real Republicans and Disgusted Democrats, arise!

Red States for Ralph!

click image to enlarge Click to enlarge -- "And take them thumbsucking Democrats down a peg."

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Nationwide Study: 57% want Nader in debates!

In the process of committing suicide, the Democratic Party viciously attacked a true progressive.

And you may have helped.

It's all here, step by step. Read the story.

Stolen elections: How they did it last time

It's one thing to know that the Supreme Court illegally gave Bush the presidency in 2000.

It is something else to know the fascinating (disgusting) process, as now told from the inside—by the clerks of the court!

So, who cares about old news?

You should.

Take time to read this. We are in serious trouble.

It has been widely reported that 'moral values' are the top voting consideration these days.

Oh yeah? Since when?

In 1996 - 40% share

In 2000 - 35% share

2004 - 22%

Data here about half way down.

Why don't the sock-puppet media report that this "moral values" share is a much lower weighting than in the two previous presidential elections?

Go figure.

Instant Runoff Voting? What's that?

How does IRV work, anyway?

Instant Runoff Voting

Good IRV info

20 amazing facts about voting in the USA:

Did you know...

Damn the cowardly Democrats! These elections are being stolen

Florida evidence is mounting that this time it was with the OptiScan machines and a central tabulator.

Where are the 10,000 attorneys the Democrats told us they had waiting to ensure the accuracy of the vote?

These data need to be either acknowledged or repudiated.

Where are the "liberal media" and the Democratic Party?

by Thom Hartman in Common Dreams

'The pattern repeats over and over again - but only in the counties where optical scanners were used.'

What could make more sense right now than to look at this?

Looking for some way to deal with this mess?

First, get visible!

Counter-inauguration:

We didn't elect him!

Seattle, I love you, Seattle:

We are so beautiful!

Westlake Park Seattle Jan 20,2005

Counter-inauguration rally panorama 360° photo revolves in a circle after it's loaded!

This is so fine. If you don't look, it really is your loss. Take your time.

Jon Stewart goes to Spin Alley and kicks butt (5mb mp3 file)

The CNN Crossfire show will not be asking him back...

But it doesn't end there. See the update on the demise of the Crossfire show.

CNN pulls the plug on the Crossfire show.

You did it, Jon!

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JULY 2nd - Another national anniversary:

“BRING ‘EM ON”

By Stan Goff writing on his Feral Scholar blog

George W. Bush, caught up in his own bluster, uttered the words, “Bring ‘em on,” in response to a reporter’s question about the dismaying frequency of a supposedly vanquished foe in Iraq.

On that day, only 65 American troops had been killed since George W. Bush was flown onto the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln to deliver a victory speech, backgrounded by a huge sign that stated, “Mission Accomplished.”

A lot has happened since then.

Most significantly, no mission has been accomplished, and the Iraqi resistance apparently accepted his challenge to “Bring ‘em on.”

Over 2,456 American corpses who used to be fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, grandsons and grand-daughters, nieces and nephews, friends and neighbors, have been flown out of Iraq. Most estimates are that more than 20,000 Americans have been wounded, many severely. And the human cost for Iraqis themselves – death, grief, and pain – is currently incalculable but certainly measured in the hundreds of thousands.

It’s easy to talk trash from the White House, where its chief resident has attended one funeral while in office – that of the Pope. No dead soldier’s family has had him cross its threshold.

No one seems inclined to get publicly personal about the President these days. This is a mean, punitive administration, as even its former employees can attest, like Valerie Plame and Paul O’Neill. Many people are intimidated by Bush’s vile-tempered coterie, for which John Bolton has almost become a proud icon – though they refer to this kind of viciousness as “strength.” Nasty, catty bureaucrats, who kiss-up and kick-down.

Among the exceptions who have not been intimidated by Bush & Co. seem to be veterans themselves and the families of the military. We don’t intimidate easily and we do take things very personally. Bush and his cabinet are offensive people, even at a personal level.

We are offended by the schoolyard challenge of “Bring ‘em on,” and we grow more offended with each passing day.

During his publicity stunt at Fort Bragg earlier this week, some of us gathered to call out the names of the dead, and while he said – again from the comfort and security of his presidential office and his privileged private-school upbringing – “We have to stay the course,” a different “we” gave 1,744 names to “the course,” and wondered aloud why anyone would want to stay on it.

A former military police Sergeant who served in Iraq, Kelly Dougherty, was asked what she thought about staying the course, and she said, “Staying the course when you are driving home is a fine idea. Staying the course when you are on a runaway train seems like a very bad idea.” She is now a member of a growing organization called Iraq Veterans Against the War.

The Downing Street memos are just the latest in a trail of evidence (for those who didn’t already know) showing that this administration was bent on the conquest of Iraq – not to destroy weapons or liberate anyone, but to plant permanent bases there – while Bush was still telling the public he’d made no such decision. But the other evidence is that they were planning it even before they came into office, and that September 11 was just the “Pearl Harbor” they needed to put their plans on fast track.

The notion that a group this cynical can be compelled to transform the occupation of Iraq into anything except what it is – a mission of bald conquest and a catalyst for social disorder and civil war – is the expectation that a pig will lose its appetite for table scraps. Most Iraqis, responding to independent polls, have said that the occupation is the biggest cause of the violence that wracks Iraq, and that they want to see the occupation ended immediately

Many veterans and military families now agree. On the anniversary of that offensive remark, “Bring ‘em on,” we say again – and say it clearly – Bring Them Home Now!

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Stan Goff is retired from the U.S. Army, where he served with various Special Operations units, and worked in eight conflict areas, beginning with Vietnam. He is the author of Hideous Dream – A Soldier’s Memoir of the US Invasion of Haiti (Soft Skull Press, 2000), Full Spectrum Disorder – The Military in the New American Century (Soft Skull Press, 2004), and Sex & War (to be released February 2006, Soft Skull Press). He is a member of Veterans for Peace and Military Families Speak Out, and a consultant with Iraq Veterans Against the War (www.ivaw.net). He is on the coordinating committee of the Bring Them Home Now! Campaign, www.bringthemhomenow.org.

[permission to reprint widely granted] -- Stan

"I can't do this. I will not fire...

Oh, God, please!"

Tanks on Los Angeles streets?

Iraq Veterans Against the War

Bush speech flies in the face of reality in Iraq.

Iraq Combat Veterans describe occupation of Iraq as a “runaway train." Story here

November

Bloodiest month, yet

137 killed in a month?

Will it be enough when 137 are killed in a week?

Mr. Bush, why aren't your daughters serving?

... an attitude of lawlessness and unaccountability down the entire chain of command.

How can we NOT expect war crimes?

War crime: "He watched horrified as a family of five was shot dead as they tried to cross."

War crime: Unarmed prisoners shot in Fallujah mosque

War crime: Fallujah hospital targeted by US

What is happening to us?

My god, neighbors and friends, wake up and stop this!

Sun report here

Mon report here

Tue report here

Wed report here

Thu report here

Fri report here

Sat report here

Fallujah

Fallujah hospital targeted by US bombs—not an accident, but deliberate attack. Update: "Let them drink sand" War crime!

We were so naive a year ago...

Not all counted?

More than 15,000 "unreported" US casualties.

The actual number of casualties is about 25,000, plus the more than 1,200 killed.

Since about 300,000 men and women have served in Iraq, it makes for a casualty rate of about 9%. more

map of US dead in Iraq

We are winning in Iraq! Here's the proof

Graph of US war dead

"Bring 'em on!"

What "winning" this war looks like:

Discretion advised: This is very graphic, but you need to see what is being done in your name.

Turn up your speakers

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Something to look forward to...

In their own words. . .

Not enough of you are looking at this great video clip from the podium of their convention

Frightening.

See the Republican party leadership at its, unh...well, at its usual.

Slow-loading, even with high-speed broadband, but it's worth it. Trust us on this.

They tell us about their view of the world...

"Thank God we don't have none of that communist kind of health care, like they got there in Canada..."

The "mark of Rove"

Karl Rove: bed-wetter, troubled spirit and wrecker of nations.

Rove is going down.

This nerdy kid finally gets a chance to even the score in life. Sad and amazing , truly.

Here comes that national creepiness...

Let's face the truth about middle class American liberals---we are a rather gutless lot who are not going to step up, no matter how bad things get.

Dining with rhinos

The REAL emperor cometh

Cheney slithers into Seattle

well... sort of...

Bellevue Square at NE 8th and Bellevue Way map

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Dedicated to the deconstruction of the Democratic Party. Here

It is time to take this administration down. Democrats be damned.

12 warning signs of fascism

Bush & Democrats:

"We must win."

As the empire prepares to launch yet another wave of aggression, let us remind ourselves of The Leader's military experience.

"Your honor, please direct defendent Bush to answer the question."

Don't say we didn't warn you

Another look at the Democratic party leadership and Michael Moore

Now for the good news!

Well-meaning activists have been used

Pay attention to Stan Goff and Juan Cole

Down with the RepubLIKUDs!

Drive the Bush Regime from Power!

Democrats be damned! If Congress won't act, the people will.

Can we impeach Drive Bush Regime from Power for reckless endangerment?

"Reckless endangerment with depraved indifference to human life." — Legal definition here

Karl Rove on Welfare here

Lethal Language Leak: **The W*ord as Weapon***

Stan Goff:

This Day is Coming...

In their step from protest to concrete resistance, the Olympians are calling to YOU.

Stop Me Before I Vote Again Dedicated to the deconstruction of the Democratic Party. Here

It is time to take this administration down. Democrats be damned.

12 warning signs of fascism

Bush & Democrats:

"We must win."

As the empire prepares to launch yet another wave of aggression, let us remind ourselves of The Leader's military experience.

"Your honor, please direct defendent Bush to answer the question."

Don't say we didn't warn you

Another look at the Democratic party leadership and Michael Moore

Now for the good news!

Well-meaning activists have been used

Pay attention to Stan Goff and Juan Cole

Down with the RepubLIKUDs!

Drive the Bush Regime from Power!

Democrats be damned! If Congress won't act, the people will.

Can we impeach Drive Bush Regime from Power for reckless endangerment?

"Reckless endangerment with depraved indifference to human life." — Legal definition here

Karl Rove on Welfare here

Lethal Language Leak: The Word as Weapon

Stan Goff:

This Day is Coming...

**In their step from protest to concrete resistance, the Olympians are calling to YOU.**

Stop Me Before I Vote Again

Dedicated to the deconstruction of the Democratic Party. Here

Lethal Language Leak: **The W*ord as Weapon***