Deans' first.

carry on; gots ta go.

4)      Electability: Change vs. experience, my.barackobama.com

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/onthetrail/CchR

Just using the bogus terms "electable" and "electability" is grounds in my book for not supporting a candidate. Might as claim to be the most "crepulable."

Might as well laim to be the most "crepulable."

Email today from the party indicates that calls are being made trying to work through the primary issue.    Not really conciliatory, but not ugly either.

Now we just need to hush Bill Nelson up.  I guess they consider him the leading party voice, but I don't anymore.  I believe he and Carl Levin may have used this as a issue to get attention to their primary bill today.   I think Dean and the DNC just got battered so they could get attention to their bill.

Nelson says DNC penalties unacceptable, unacceptable, unacceptable

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/1479

Well, I find him annoying annoying annoying.   I don't mind primary changes, but there should not be victims of the effort.

Judge Affirms Win for Plaintiffs in ‘Anthrax I’ Case

By Elaine M. Grossman
Global Security Newswire

WASHINGTON — For the first time, a federal judge last month declared six U.S. defense personnel the definitive winners in a four-year court battle over the anthrax vaccine (see GSN, Aug. 21).

The Aug. 21 decision, which revolves around payment of attorneys’ fees, is the latest chapter in a protracted struggle over whether the Defense Department can require service members to take the anthrax vaccine. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan decided the government defendants must pay the plaintiffs’ expenses because the plaintiffs won the case.

The litigants — defense personnel who were required to take anthrax vaccine shots in a Defense Department effort that...

http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/200...

story near bottom of page

bush must go.

bush must go. 

He will -- just not soon enough.

Olbermann did an expose on how Bush has been lying all along about troop levels in Iraq.  

He gets away with stringing DCDems along only because they want to be strung along. They use him as their excuse for continuing the occupation. They have completely abrogated on the promise they made a year ago to end it, and could find themselves out of power again because of that 14 months from now.

Oh this vid is priceless but not good for dialups  so I'll just post a link and let you decide....

http://www.glumbert.com/media/irack

Oh Jesus.  I won't say what I'm really thinking...just to spare you all. And I'm no where near an agnostic or atheist.  But these....*^$#@  It's past time to get very concerned about the power these extremists have.  We can't take even 4 more days of cheney/bush.

SAN FRANCISCO - Two organisations, Veterans for Common Sense (VCS) and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), demanded an investigation Tuesday of Daniel Cooper, President George W. Bush’s undersecretary for benefits at the Department of Veterans Affairs.Their complaint stems from an appearance Cooper made in a fundraising video for the evangelical group Christian Embassy, which carries out missionary work among the Washington elite as part of the Campus Crusade for Christ.

In the video, Cooper says of his Bible study, “it’s not really about carving out time, it really is a matter of saying what is important. And since that’s more important than doing the job — the job’s going to be there, whether I’m there or not.”

Veterans for Common Sense and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation believe Cooper violated the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits government officials from advocating a particular religion while on the job.

They also believe Cooper violated ethics rules that prohibit government officials from using their name, picture, or title for proselytising or fundraising.

“We’re very concerned about this because hundreds of thousands of veterans are waiting for their benefits while Cooper himself says that promoting his religion is more important than helping the veterans,” Veterans for Common Sense’s Paul Sullivan told IPS.

Since Cooper was appointed the head of the Veterans Benefits Administration, the number of veterans waiting on their disability claims has increased dramatically, from 325,000 in 2002 to 600,000 today.

On average, a U.S. war veteran must wait six months for an answer to their application. If a vet decides to appeal a denial, the process often drags on as long as three years.

In addition, Veterans Administration hospitals, clinics and counseling centres report that more than 52,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But under Cooper’s leadership, only 19,000 of those veterans were approved for service-connected disability compensation for PTSD, a significant discrepancy.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/06/3661/ 

Floridagal, can you bring us more info about the Jesus group that the Nelsons and Clinton are members of?  We need to expose them.  I'd like a list of names.

RESIDENTS FLEE AS US INCREASES ASSAULT ON SAMARRA

This is good news if it can be done.

The following can be attributed to Christopher Anders, senior legislative counsel for the ACLU Washington Legislative Office:

“Congress must do the right thing and restore habeas rights.  We live in a country that is governed by laws and a Constitution.  This means not keeping people in detention camps for years without any charges against them, or any legal process for determining their future.  The Bush Administration has not heeded the wisdom of our nation’s founding fathers who enshrined the idea of basic due process protections in the Constitution.  We hope that today’s action shows that the House leadership will start to focus on a major reason why they were put in power—to restore constitutional checks and balances and make sure that no president will ever be a king or queen.”

For more information on the ACLU’s efforts to restore the constitution please visit:
www.findhabeas.org/

“Every evening, I write notes to the families of young Americans…. For you and for me they are not names on a press release or numbers updated on a web page, they are our country’s sons and daughters.”

Our no-nonsense Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, choked backed his tears on July 19 at the Marine Corps Association’s annual dinner as he described the torment of our military. The Secretary was talking about Captain Douglas Zembiec — the Lion of Fallujah — who was killed in battle last May.

America should be proud of her sons and daughters and honor their commitment to our nation. But where are the tears for innocent Iraqis who never asked for our presence in the first place?

Half of Iraq’s population of 27 million are children. UNICEF data show that nearly one-fifth of Iraqis are children under the age of five. These children are the most vulnerable members of Iraqi society. Twenty five percent of Iraqi children are malnourished and one in ten is acutely malnourished.

A USA Today report indicates that 70 percent of Iraqi children suffer from symptoms of traumatic stress syndrome manifested in psychiatric and psychological symptoms. These children daily witness death and destruction in their neighborhood. This is not surprising since a third of our own soldiers in Iraq return with symptoms of mental illness and traumatic stress disorder.

But it is difficult for citizens in the U.S. to empathize with those in Iraq. The U.S. has suffered over 3,700 deaths and 27,000 wounded. Multiply these numbers by one hundred and you can get a sense of the impact of the war inside of Iraq — a country one-tenth the size of our population.

Secretary Gates tears were sincere and heartfelt for Captain Douglas Zembiec. He would likely tear-up if he became as familiar with the anguish of Iraqi mothers and fathers’ who have lost their children — not soldiers, not terrorists, and not insurgents. The Secretary might even cry if he saw Iraqi children scrounging in the garbage for food or going into prostitution to survive.

Caught in the middle of a multi-sided war, these children are being killed daily as collateral damage by U.S. soldiers caught up in the middle of a civil-war, the Iraqis opposing our occupation, terrorists, and thugs. According to U.S. military figures, an average of 1,000 Iraqis have died each month since March, and that number is likely to be much higher.

Sadly, there are at least two reasons why many of us, including Mr. Gates, do not cry when hearing of the deaths of innocent Iraqis. The first reason is exemplified by the fighter pilot who drops bombs from the plane knowing there is a good chance that innocent people would get killed. However, at the same time, the same pilot cannot and will not take a knife and directly kill the same innocent people with his own bare hands. The second reason is nationalism. Americans care more about our own people than others. The first reason probably will never change and it is for the good of our humanity.

Here's some more about that group, seashell.  From wiki, but looks pretty reliable.  I have other articles, but have to find them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_(Christian_political_organization)

Also Wheaton College has archived info on the group.  Not online.

http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/459.htm#1

Someone deleted that Wiki article right after I posted it.  There was nothing there that I would question.  Odd.

An arrticla from teh La Times about The Cedars, part of the Fellowship.

http://www.toobeautiful.org/lat_020927.html

 And Meet the Family

http://www.theocracywatch.org:80/secret_theocrats.html

from Wiki ...I don't like the company Clinton keeps.  She's very repug.

There is no official membership of the group, but members of Congress who participate are mostly from the Republican Party. However many are also Democrats. Senators who have been cited as members of the organization include Don Nickles and James Inhofe of Oklahoma, Charles Grassley of Iowa, Pete Domenici of New Mexico, John Ensign of Nevada, Bill Nelson of Florida, Conrad Burns of Montana. A recent article in the Atlantic Monthly noted the participation of Hillary Clinton of New York. Congressmen who have been cited as participants include Frank Wolf of Virginia and Joseph Pitts of Pennsylvania.

Someone deleted that Wiki article right after I posted it.  There was nothing there that I would question.  Odd. "

 Someone lurking here perhaps?  That feels slimey.   I question all of it.  We are supposed to be living in a country with separation of church and state.

Åfter reading things like this, it's clear that the goal is the become the US of Jesus. (from above article)

"...Ivanwald, which sits at the end of Twenty-fourth Street North in Arlington, Virginia, is known only to its residents and to the members and friends of the organization that sponsors it, a group of believers who refer to themselves as "the Family." The Family is, in its own words, an "invisible" association, though its membership has always consisted mostly of public men. Senators Don Nickles (R., Okla.), Charles Grassley (R., Iowa), Pete Domenici (R., N.Mex.), John Ensign (R., Nev.), James Inhofe (R., Okla.), Bill Nelson (D., Fla.), and Conrad Burns (R., Mont.) are referred to as "members," as are Representatives Jim DeMint (R., S.C.), Frank Wolf (R., Va.), Joseph Pitts (R., Pa.), Zach Wamp (R., Tenn.), and Bart Stupak (D., Mich.).

If not now, when?

General Strike on 9/11/2007

Michael Collins
Washington, DC

We’ve endured seven years of cascading failures from 911 to Iraq enabled by rigged elections and supported by a decadent set of politicians who lack the will to even fight for themselves.

But let’s not lose hope. We’ll get a Democratic majority in Congress. They’ll do something! We’ll be out of trouble in no time. Plus, we’ll have the type of investigations we need to get the real solution in place – impeachment. It will be like a Roman triumph – the Truth enters the Capitol to the cheers of the people all across America.

We tried that. It failed.

This is one place I'm considering:  Ånd the literacy rate is well over 90%.

************** 

”¡Ooh -- muy bonita!” cooed the young saleswoman in San Ramón, Costa Rica.

She was examining the paint she’d just mixed, obviously impressed with the results of her labor. Me, I wasn’t so sure. How would the bright reddish-brown hue (“Quite Coral”) look on the support columns of my new hillside casa whose exterior was a vivid baby blue?

Quite coral, as it turned out. And quite good, too, I mused. As for what my gringo neighbors thought: Who knew? Then again -- who cared? My house is in the tropics, hence its tropical colors. Besides, a primary reason for my impending move to Costa Rica is to experience anew something decidedly deceased in America:

Freedom.

A few days later as I was driving back into Sacramento from the airport, I remembered the paint episode while passing the endless, look-alike suburbs “inspired” by the faux Taco Bell school of architecture (only without the classiness of the original), moribund conglomerations whose CCRs thankfully at least provide residents a variety of wildly indulgent exterior colors from which to choose:

“Which would you prefer, Mrs. Jones: the drab, or the less drab?”

Welcome to the Stultifying States of America, where incurious conformity is king and individualism, proof of Satan’s existence.

How did we get here? Well, ‘tweren’t by accident:

America’s ruling elites, despite all their flag-waving lip-flapping to the contrary, in truth have long secretly admired Europe’s basic economic system. ‘Course, this would be the Europe of a few centuries ago, and the system, feudalism. These über-wealthy ache to recreate those halcyon days right here in America and, through a decades-long, well-orchestrated scheme of suppressing wages, eliminating pension plans, slashing benefits, weakening unions and manipulating markets, are close to realizing their dream.

The massive transfer of wealth and gutting of a too-large middle class (for their liking) have been abetted marvelously well by an unquestioning, deliberately undereducated, jingoistic, religion-addled, knee-jerk consuming citizenry rendered sufficiently inert by the average 2.4 electronic doping tubes inside their over-mortgaged death boxes to deaden even token objection to wars waged non-stop in their names to keep the whole sick cycle going.

Besides, it’s much easier meekly allowing one’s lifeblood to be sucked slowly dry while sleepwalking through life, mindlessly discarding precious days one by one, thereby handing to the Matrix owners on an evermore silver platter exactly what they desire: obeisant consumer/workers whose fear of not belonging assures an even greater paucity of dissent.

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/9784 

The 9/11 tragedy did become a demarcation point for the United States, although not in the way many Americans understand. Before that date six years ago, there existed an American Republic – albeit one in decline – but afterwards a New Age authoritarian state quickly took shape.

Though some defenders of the old Republic rose up, nobody was strong enough to protect it.

How this historic calamity happened – one of the most under-reported events of modern times – is the centerpiece of our new book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, which looks at the roles of aggressive Republicans, accommodating Democrats, bullying pundits and careerist journalists.

Impeach !

Good morning, everybody

Yes, "electability" is bunk.  When supporters of a candidate use that term, it's clear they don't know what they're about.

Need to change browser. 

Sea, the "separation of church and state" is intended to "protect" religious establishments from government interference; not the other way around.

What those in authority expect in exchange for this restraint is that established religions (not native or exotic practices) will be responsible for insuring good behavior on the part of the people.  The Constitution and laws, after all, address the behavior of secular officials, delimiting what they can do.  The criminal laws spell out what's bad behavior and what punishment should follow, but it's the responsibility of the religious establishments to see to it that people do good.  

You know, "do good and avoid evil." The church ensures one and the state takes care of those who violate the latter.  If there's too much of the latter, it means the church has failed and needs more support.

I don't agree with this system of social organization, but that's mainly because I reject the basic premise that "all men are created evil and must be made good."  I actually think it grows out of a male perspective which perceives the newborn as "evil" because it demands attention and nurture that didn't have to be shared before.  It's to compensate the male for the reality that newborns mean more work that the psychological benefit of authority gets assigned.  But that would be sexist, right?  Nevertheless, the response of male and female to the newborn is different--the female is relieved by parturition; the male perceives the newborn as a nuissance. 

23.  I don't think it's the transfer of wealth that's the problem.  Rather, it's the erradication of individualistic behavior and talent that begins in the early years.  In a sense, even the toys are part of the problem in that they are figments of someone else's imagination and all the same.  Not to mention ugly--a consequence of perverting reality.  Think of Barbie.  Then look at Fred Thompson's new wife and tell me she doesn't look like a shop-worn Barbie that's been inflated in the "right" places.  It takes a lot of effort to come out looking like that but where did the image that's being recreated come from?

And what is Bush Two but an aging Ken with a wardrobe that's supposed to define what he is at any given point in time.  I admit that I am stumped by what that outfit he appeared in in Iraq was supposed to represent.  Who wears a black shirt and slacks in the middle of summer in the desert?  What were they thinking? 

Yes, I know, he was only in the hear for a few minutes and enjoyed air conditioned comfort the rest of the time, but what were they thinking? 

Hi Monica - good morning to you! 28 is right on.

weird to see Andy Card on the pundit circuit now - still acarryin' that watah for the boyz. there's a special place in hell for him too, I'm sure.

Adam Nagourney has an absolutely puke-making puff piece on Fred Thompson in today's NYT.eeeeew!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/07/us/politics/07elect.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

... Three years after U.S. Army Private Armando Soriano, 20, died fighting in Haditha, Iraq, his father is facing deportation. Soriano is now buried in Houston, Tex., his hometown, where his parents, undocumented workers from Mexico, are currently living.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090607...

A "FAIR AND BALANCED" LOOK AT FRED THOMPSON

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/fred-thompson_b_63265.html

Fred Thompson finally threw his hat into the ring of Republican presidential candidates.

In the Senate he was known for being a lazy legislator but an energetic pursuer of poon.

He is a one-dimensional actor with a tiny palette. But he is the best right-wing Hollywood candidate in his price range.

Ever since Ronald Reagan lowered the bar of American politics to enable mediocre thespians to run for high office we have suffered our share of Republican cardboard.

Sonny Bono became a Congressional representative. Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governor of California. And even the talentless drip who played "Gopher" on The Loveboat held a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa.

Now Fred Thompson wants to get into the act. His "qualifications" amount to little more than being able to emote on demand and read a mean teleprompter. He's not an "empty suit," but a desiccated, mummified version of 1950s Man. John Wayne meets Charlton Heston.

His ideas about blockading Iran while continuing to occupy Iraq make him the scariest Republican presidential aspirant to come out of the woodwork since the day Rudy Giuliani announced his candidacy.

Where is William Shatner when you need him?

Here's something to think about.  Tom Lantos, the new chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee has a daughter, Katrina Sweatt, who wants to replace John E. Sununu in the United States Senate.

Now how do you think that family dream of honor and glory can best be accomplished?  I'd say that if Lantos engineers the removal of our troops from Iraq, he'll deserve having his daughter crowned.  What say you?  

BTW, on paper, Katrina Sweatt's credentials are a lot stronger than Hillary Clinton's were when she was elected to the Senate. 

PELOSI'S SURRENDER

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-shaw/reading-the-pictures-em_b_63411.html

With Pelosi's agressiveness in confronting the war having evaporated over the past weeks and months, however, the newswire photo above, taken yesterday, is as curious as it is painful.  In the shot, a baby snags Pelosi's necklace during a photo op challenging the President not to veto a children's health bill.

Not to take anything away from Pelosi's domestic agenda, but the fact she would push for face time right now in the name of any other issue than the war is, in my mind, a sign of capitulation.  Her being constrained, compromised and pulled from the neck is also a fitting metaphor for her new passivity in the face of the fight.  And, whereas Pelosi expertly controlled the symbolism last fall as the champion of the youngest among us, it is highly fitting, as the war propaganda rolls out fast and thick, that she is being railroaded by an infant.

In this skulking surrender, there are any number of politicians that deserve to have their chains pulled and necks wrung right now.

Perhaps the most negative consequence of the defeat of communism is that red became a conservative color.

Thompson's in the Hunt for Red November.

Maybe we should remind our heartland bretheren that what was really objectionable about communism, in addition to its godlessness, was the dictatorship.

Clearly, it wasn't common ownership that our corporate elites objected to; they were just jealous of the dictatorial powers claimed by the Reds.  The defeat of communism means they have dictatorial power all to themselves. 

You know, it's bad enough when our economy is manipulated by a bunch of theorists running a grand experiment to fit reality into their models; having our government scripted according to someone fanatsy of power and revenge and immortality is a hazard to life itself for the whole planet.

If "everyone dies," then wouldn't it be just grand to be the cause of it happening all at once? 

Driveby
Washington Journal this morning -- Steve Sculley question 'does the bin laden tape make a difference ' TO A PERSON the callers are talking about 9/11 being an INSIDE JOB TO A PERSON repug/dem/ind are saying that to look at the evidence, look at the facts, follow the money. That the tape is to stir up fear. I think this is astounding.
bbl - coffeepot calls.

tomorrow Sierra Leone's residents vote to elect a new president:

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74173

Photo: UNICEF/IRIN Kamajor fighters during the civil war

FREETOWN, 7 September 2007 (IRIN) - In Sierra Leone’s closely fought presidential election both sides are in their own ways vying for the support of the Kamajors, a former civil defence force whose leaders have been indicted by a UN-backed war crimes court. But for many citizens they remain heroes for having defended the country against brutal rebels.

Traditional hunters before the decade-long civil war which ended in 2002, the Kamajors grew in number to over 20,000 and fought alongside British and Nigerian forces to reinstate and then defend the democratically-elected Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). However, in the 11 August parliamentary and presidential elections, the SLPP lost massively in most areas where the Kamajors are strong.

Overall the SLPP lost its majority in parliament, and for the presidential run-off election set for 8 September the SLPP candidate Solomon Berewa is trailing opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma. In the first round Koroma took 44 percent while Berewa won only 38 percent.

...

Though traditionally SLPP, many Kamajors have joined a new breakaway party called the People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), whose leader, Charles Margai, is also lead defence counsel for one of the indicted Kamajors. In the upcoming election Margai, who came third in the first round of presidential elections on 11 August, has thrown his support not behind the SLPP, but behind the long-time rival opposition party.

Tanner started (pre)school. . .

http://eatapyzch.blogspot.com/

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/09/06/obama-leading-all-candidates-online

Nielsen//NetRatings says, BarackObama.com had the most unique visitors in July, with 717,000. Democrat Hillary Clinton trailed with 437,000 unique visitors, followed John Edwards with 348,000 unique visitors.

Among Republican presidential hopefuls, Fred Thompson's ImWithFred.com drew the most unique visitors in July, with 381,000 even though at the time he had yet to announce his candidacy. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani ranked No. 2 among Republicans online, with 124,000 unique visitors. Ron Paul followed with 113,000 unique visitors to his Web site and John McCain had 104,000 unique visitors to his campaign Web site.

...

Illinois Senator Barack Obama is attracting more visitors to his campaign Web site than any of the other presidential candidates according to the Nielsen Company.

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rd,

So?  Reuben Studdard won American Idol over Clay Aiken a few years back, and now Studdard barely draws a couple of hundred fans at the State Fair.

Ive heard Obamas comments on many things..........some good, many poor and I dont think he is the right person at this critical time.....I said CRITICAL TIME.........we dont need a boy scout as president learning on the job for the most part....................

Have you ever heard thew song "where have all the cowboys gone"?  They should make anothe rsong called "where have all the REAL politicians gone"?  Ala JFK, FDR, etc

In Milwaukee this past Wed night:

http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/slra.html

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars lift spirts with music

Published Sept. 6, 2007 at 12:38 p.m.

For nine refugees from Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war, music is a harbor for troubled minds. But, they want to be remembered as more than survivors. They are musicians who call themselves Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.

Proving they have come a long way from writing by the light of an oil lamp, SLRAS are on a U.S./European tour which stopped Wednesday night at the ornate Pabst Theater. The band packed powerful energy and poignant lyrics into songs about refugee camps, life, war's destruction and love's redemption.

...

I'm off (busy today through tomorrow with home projects and monitoring online Sierra Leone's election results, and kudos to Oprah's fundraising efforts for the other O; her new season starts on Mon).

Oh, puddle, you just brought me to tears. Oh sweet Tanner. May he have a long and happy and beautiful life.

He looks so darn cute.

So while in Australia, Bush gives his pro Democracy speech and gets to Iraq. He has a slip of the tongue and refers the Forum he's attending and calls it Opec instead of Apec.

that's our Bush.

Judith Miller Finally Lands in the ‘Right’ Place

Judith Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent that pushed all the Bush administration spin about the (so-far non-existent) existence of WMD in Iraq, has finally come home. She's taken a job with the friends of "greater economic choice and individual responsibility" at the Manhattan Institute. She’s written for their City Journal quarterly before, so look for more stories from her on the cop beat. “The Manhattan Institute is doing pioneering work in policing and counter-terrorism,” Miller said in a release today. “As an adjunct fellow, I hope to continue writing about how best to enhance national security and public safety without sacrificing our freedom and civil liberties.” Or sacrificing her journo ethics — Neo-Con propaganda goes down much better when it's properly labeled. —Geoffrey Gray

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/09/jud...

Imn2Paine
Thu, 09/06/07
9:57 pm
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The enemy? Manufactured, bought and sold by American foreign policy and tax dollars sincee 1980................a convenient poster boy to keep the military industrial complex glowing ..........you want a REAL enemy?  US foreign policy since 1945 in the ME.............before then, everybody there loved us?   What the hell happened? I think you know the answer.................

I can't wait for the O fundraiser to get here. We've been hearing advertised for so many months. I hope they all pull in the money he was hoping for.

GREAT....NOT.

Switzerland: Europe's heart of darkness?

Switzerland is known as a haven of peace and neutrality. But today it is home to a new extremism that has alarmed the United Nations. Proposals for draconian new laws that target the country's immigrants have been condemned as unjust and racist. A poster campaign, the work of its leading political party, is decried as xenophobic. Has Switzerland become Europe's heart of darkness?

By Paul Vallely
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/art...

* rdorgan
Fri, 09/07/07
8:15 am

O give it a rest. O has a verasity problem that the Rs will F him with. B me.

How about the one who had it correct from way back!

Kucinich/Dean '08

new thread

The Two O's

Oprah has been fooled before

Chat show host OPRAH WINFREY has defended author JAMES FREY over allegations his autobiographical account of drug addiction, A MILLION LITTLE PIECES, is greatly exaggerated.

In a stunning switch from dismissive to disgusted, Oprah Winfrey took on one of her chosen authors, James Frey, accusing him on live television of lying about “A Million Little Pieces” and letting down the many fans of his memoir of addiction and recovery.

“I feel duped,” she said Thursday on her syndicated talk show. “But more importantly, I feel that you betrayed millions of readers.”

Frey, who found himself booed in the same Chicago studio where he had been embraced not long ago, acknowledged that he had lied.