this post about Dachle’s backing od Bush on the war resolution was originally a reponse to this thread ” when do you say ‘enough’?” on DU. The person I was responding to (ulysses of Wider World) in turn responded, and since I like the discussion, and think the topic is interesting, I am copying my [...]
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More on Daschle, Democrats, and the war debate
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Dachle Backs Bush on War
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CNN.com – Daschle backs Bush on Iraq resolution – Oct. 10, 2002 He said the resolution before Congress gives Bush “extraordinary authority,” and he urged the White House to move “in a way that avoids making a dangerous situation even worse.” But he said Iraq’s pursuit of nuclear weapons could give it the power to [...]
Iraq invites US to inspect sites
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CNN.com – Iraq invites U.S. to ‘arms sites’ – Oct. 10, 2002 Iraq is out maneuvering Bush in world opinion again BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Baghdad has invited the U.S. to “immediately” inspect three sites Washington says it suspects are developing weapons of mass destruction. Abdul Tawab Mullah Hawaish, Iraq’s deputy prime minister and the [...]
Fisking Lincoln
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Cal Pundit fisks Lincoln! Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new Nation, Jesus H. Christ, does Abe seriously think that our country got started by the Declaration of Independence? Since he obviously has trouble with anything that happened before he was born, I’ll clue him in: it was [...]
Should Congress control the SEC budget?
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Free the SEC That is the argument form this op-ed. It is an interesting case. The senators weren’t impressed. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, called Levitt and warned him that Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., a member of the banking committee, was preparing a rider that “would bar the agency from spending any of its funds to implement [...]
FBI abusing powers
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FBI Misused Secret Wiretaps, According to Memo (washingtonpost.com) Not, mind you, that this is much of a surprise: The FBI illegally videotaped suspects, improperly recorded telephone calls and intercepted e-mails without court permission in more than a dozen secret terrorism and intelligence investigations, according to an internal memorandum obtained by a member of Congress. The [...]
Republicans are going to win the Senate
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Focus on War Talk Hampers Democrats (washingtonpost.com) Looks like Bush’s little marketing plan has worked: The prospect of war with Iraq is dealing Democratic candidates a triple blow. It’s pushing their best issues, such as health care and the economy, into the background, while also damaging two crucial campaign operations — fundraising and voter turnout [...]
Did White Lie Under Oath?
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BBC NEWS | Business | New Enron sleaze allegations Public Citizen claims to have the paper trail: Under oath, he declared his side of Enron was selling electricity to businesses and universities – not dealing in it wholesale among the traders. Public Citizen president, Joan Claybrook But, after combing through Enron memos, consumer interest group [...]
Harken again
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Boston Globe Online / Business / Harvard role in Harken called deeper It looks like, based on this report, that Harken under Bush engaged in the same kind of debt hiding fraud that Enron engaged in: HarvardWatch, a student-alumni group that monitors the school’s investments, plans to issue the report and say that it has [...]
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