Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Obama and McCain Teams Worked on Appointee List Together
November 25th, 2008Via: Washington Note: A senior Obama campaign official shared with The Washington Note that in July 2008, the McCain and Obama camps began to work secretly behind the scenes to assemble large rosters of potential personnel for the administration that only one of the candidates would lead. Lists comprised of Democrats and Republicans were assembled, […]
Antiwar Groups Fear Barack Obama May Create Hawkish Cabinet
November 22nd, 2008And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter… The dictatorship, and the whole process of its coming into being, was above all diverting. It provided an excuse not to think for […]
Lawyer for Chiquita in Colombia Death Squad Case May be Next U.S. Attorney General
November 20th, 2008Change™ and Hope™, now with 100% more WTF!? Via: Huffington Post: In its recent report entitled, “Breaking the Grip? Obstacles to Justice for Paramilitary Mafias in Colombia,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) had specific recommendations for the U.S. Department of Justice. Specifically, HRW recommended that, in order to assist with the process of ending the ties […]
Prosecutor Who Indicted Cheney and Gonzales… Disappeared
November 20th, 2008Via: Express News: Willacy County prosecutor Juan Angel Guerra stumped a presiding judge and attorneys for clients as high up as Vice President Dick Cheney when he failed to show up to court on his own grand jury’s indictments. The no-show infuriated attorneys who’d spent the day milling about with what they’d hoped would be […]
Texas: Vice President Dick Cheney and Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Indicted
November 19th, 2008Via: Houston Chronicle: A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on state charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County’s federal detention centers. The indictment, which had not yet been signed by the presiding judge, was one of seven released Tuesday in […]
U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe: “There Is No Way of Knowing,” Where Paulson Transferred Bailout Money
November 17th, 2008Via: Tulsa World: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Saturday that Congress was not told the truth about the bailout of the nation’s financial system and should take back what is left of the $700 billion “blank check” it gave the Bush administration. “It is just outrageous that the American people don’t know that Congress doesn’t […]
Hillary for Secretary of State?
November 14th, 2008I’m sick of this already, by the way. No more posts about Obama cabinet rumors. The final selections will be horrible enough to have to consider. But if this doesn’t get your Change and Hope motor running, I don’t know what will. Via: Guardian: Speculation is rife about the possibility of Hillary Clinton becoming secretary […]
“Shaping a New World Order” During “Vigilant Shield”
November 14th, 2008Here’s the CNN headline: G-20: Shaping a New World Order. But look what’s going to be happening at the same time: Vigilant Shield. Via: Progressive: This week and into next, NorthCom and NORAD are conducting a joint exercise called “Vigilant Shield ’09.” The focus will be on “homeland defense and civil support,” a NorthCom press […]
The Summers Conundrum
November 13th, 2008Maybe I need to add a Change and Hope category. Via: The Nation: We all know in the backs of our minds that Barack Obama’s incredible victory will eventually be followed by disappointment. But does it have to come so soon, and hit so hard? The answer will be yes, if Lawrence Summers is named […]
Obama’s Bailout Bunch Brings Us More of the Same
November 13th, 2008Via: Bloomberg: It’s hard to believe Barack Obama would even think of calling this change. Take a good look at some of the 17 people our nation’s president-elect chose last week for his Transition Economic Advisory Board. And then try saying with a straight face that these are the leaders who should be advising him […]
