Clipmarks | boniface's 'cheney' clips

You Didn't Get Mad When...

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:01:05 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: Misplaced outrage!

Clip Source: www.democraticunderground.com

You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.

You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate energy policy.

You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed.

You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.

You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.

You didn't get mad when we spent over 600 billion(and counting) on said illegal war.

You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq.

You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people.

You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden.

You finally got mad when.. when... wait for it... when the government decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, are all ok with you but helping other Americans... well fuck that. That about right? You know it is.

Prosecute Bush/Cheney

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:34:53 GMT

clipped by: boniface

Clip Source: www.newsweek.com

Obama doesn't want to look back, but Attorney General Eric Holder may probe Bush-era torture anyway.

These are not just the philosophical musings of a new attorney general. Holder, 58, may be on the verge of asserting his independence in a profound way. Four knowledgeable sources tell NEWSWEEK that he is now leaning toward appointing a prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's brutal interrogation practices, something the president has been reluctant to do. While no final decision has been made, an announcement could come in a matter of weeks, say these sources, who decline to be identified discussing a sensitive law-enforcement matter. Such a decision would roil the country, would likely plunge Washington into a new round of partisan warfare, and could even imperil Obama's domestic priorities, including health care and energy reform. Holder knows all this, and he has been wrestling with the question for months.

Indict Bush NOW!

Fri, 15 May 2009 01:49:20 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Give this slime and his crew the full force of true justice they deserve. Help return America's Honor!

Clip Source: www.impeachbush.org

Letter to Eric Holder: Appoint a Special Prosecutor for Torturers

Click here to read the declassified torture documents

We call on the U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and the other architects of the Bush-era torture program and for other criminal acts including war crimes, lying to Congress, and engaging in a massive illegal secret spying program against the people of the United States. No one is above the law.

Bush's 'Smoking Gun' Witness Found Dead
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

June 25: Major Action in DC to Demand Prosecution of Torturers
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Red Cross Calls for Prosecution of Bush Torturers
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Time for Cheney to go hunting

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:04:21 GMT

clipped by: wiccantexan

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

It's time for the Republican Party to tell former Vice President Dick Cheney to put a sock in it.

Here we are 100 days into the new administration of Barack Obama, and Darth Vader is still wandering around grumbling about why the new administration is all wrong.

Nobody is interested anymore, Mr. Vice President. You and your gaggle of miscreants had your shot, and we are in the toilet because of it. Don't you get it?

This country used to stand for something before you and President Bush got your hooks into it.

Now our reputation is shot, we are bankrupt, we continue to fight two wars that you started and the economy is in the worst recession since the Great Depression. And you have the temerity to go around criticizing those who replaced you? How dare you?

Please, go quail hunting and leave the rest of us alone.

Tags: cheney, politics, obama, bush, united states

CHENEY FLAUNTING HIS WAR CRIMES

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:47:05 GMT

clipped by: klippety
clipper's remarks: America should not settle for anything less than a full investigation.

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

Cheney Throws Down Gauntlet, Defies Prosecution for War Crimes

Dick Cheney has publicly confessed to ordering war crimes. Asked about waterboarding in an ABC News interview, Cheney replied, "I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared." He also said he still believes waterboarding was an appropriate method to use on terrorism suspects. CIA Director Michael Hayden confirmed that the agency waterboarded three Al Qaeda suspects in 2002 and 2003.

Why is Cheney so sanguine about admitting he is a war criminal? Because he's confident that either President Bush will preemptively pardon him or President-elect Obama won't prosecute him.

Both of those courses of action would be illegal.

When he takes office, Obama should order his new attorney general to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate and prosecute those who ordered and authorized the commission of war crimes.

donald rumsfeld, war criminal

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:52:36 GMT

clipped by: doodleicious

Clip Source: www.boingboing.net

Donald Rumsfeld, War Criminal

Now, a bipartisan report by the Senate Armed Services Committee has made what amounts to a strong case for bringing criminal charges against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld; his legal counsel, William J. Haynes; and potentially other top officials, including the former White House counsel Alberto Gonzales and David Addington, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff.

The report shows how actions by these men “led directly” to what happened at Abu Ghraib, in Afghanistan, in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and in secret C.I.A. prisons.

It said these top officials, charged with defending the Constitution and America’s standing in the world, methodically introduced interrogation practices based on illegal tortures devised by Chinese agents during the Korean War. Until the Bush administration, their only use in the United States was to train soldiers to resist what might be done to them if they were captured by a lawless enemy.

Tags: torturee

Cheney charged over jail 'abuses'

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:49:12 GMT

clipped by: boniface

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A Texas grand jury has charged US Vice-President Dick Cheney for "organised criminal activity" related to alleged abuse of private prison inmates.

The indictment says Mr Cheney - who has invested $85m (£56m) in a company that holds shares in for-profit prisons - conspired to block an investigation.

The indictment has not been seen by a judge, who could dismiss it.

One Texas lawyer said the charges were politically motivated.

He cites the case of Gregorio De La Rosa, who died on 26 April 26, 2001 inside a private prison in Willacy County, Texas.

The grand jury in Willacy County, near the US-Mexico border, accuses Mr Cheney of committing "at least misdemeanour assaults" of inmates by allowing other inmates to assault them.

It said there was a "direct conflict of interest" because Mr Cheney had influence over federal contracts awarded to prison companies.

The Battle Between McCain and Bush: The Cancelled First Night, The "Furious" President and the Palin

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:35:34 GMT

clipped by: boniface

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

The cancellation of the first night of the Republican National Convention marks the renewal of the rivalry between George W. Bush and John McCain. Since their bitter contest over the Republican nomination in 2000, they have taken years to make peace. But now McCain's last chance has collided with Bush's legacy.

Hurricane Gustav was "a big blessing," according to a source close to the McCain campaign. Facing a Katrina level wipeout--the landfall in St. Paul of both President Bush and Vice President Cheney--McCain felt trapped. How could he prevent the President and Vice President from appearing at the convention? Only an act of God could intervene. Suddenly, a hurricane whipped up in the Gulf and looked headed for New Orleans. Like a divinely inspired miracle, a storm to blow away Bush and Cheney had been conjured.

In order that Bush and Cheney not seem to have been humiliated, McCain cancelled the entire proceedings for the first evening.

Cheney's Office Pushed Purge Of Climate Change Testimony

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:30:07 GMT

clipped by: boniface

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's office was behind a push to censor congressional testimony that global warming poses a danger to the public, a former Environmental Protection Agency official told Congress.

The director of the Centers for Disease Control testified to a U.S. Senate panel last year about the public health effects of climate change in testimony that was heavily edited by the White House's Office of Management and Budget. Until now, Mr. Cheney's office hadn't been publicly linked to the efforts to keep information about climate change out of the public eye.

"We know that the administration's efforts have been about covering up the real dangers of global warming and hiding facts from the public," Sen. Boxer said at a press conference Tuesday. "This cover-up is being directed from the White House and the Office of the Vice President."

Tags: cheney, office, pushed, purge, climate, change, testimony

How about the rest?

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:41:02 GMT

clipped by: boniface

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

Former aide to Cheney disbarred after conviction

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was stripped of his ability to practice law on Thursday as a result of his conviction in the CIA leak case.

The former White House aide was found guilty a year ago of obstruction of justice and lying. Those are considered crimes involving "moral turpitude" that under the law require disbarment, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled.

87 Year-Old NH State Rep. - Fasting For Impeachment

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:08:29 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Betty Hall is a true patriot; a real American Hero.

Clip Source: impeachforpeace.org

I just got off the phone with Betty Hall. She is the 14-term State of N.H. representative who has introduced to the state house HR 24 to impeach Bush and Cheney. The public Hearing for the resolution is next Tuesday Feb. 19th (the day after President's day).

She is joining the Code Pink fast.

She is 87 years old and refuses to eat again until Conyers begins impeachment proceedings. She told me "I've had a good life. I can't think of any better way to end it."

Now, before you think I am heartless by "encouraging" this act by announcing it, I know Betty. When she decides to do something, there is no changing her mind - she's going to do it. She will not eat until impeachment proceedings begin in earnest. We owe it to her to make this worth her while. It's time to pull out ALL the stops and get Conyer's ass into gear! We cannot let this clear-headed, heroic woman sacrifice herself.

Tell Your Representative: "Do It!"

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:39:49 GMT

clipped by: boniface

Clip Source: blog.washingtonpost.com

Cheney Impeachment Resolution Sent to House Committee

The House voted today to send a resolution considering the impeachment of Vice President Cheney to the Judiciary Committee, a move that embarrassed Democratic leaders who were forced into the parliamentary tactic to avoid a floor debate on impeachment.

Led by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the long-shot anti-war candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, scores of Democrats were joined by scores of Republicans in initially supporting a Kucinich resolution that would have prompted a full debate on impeaching Cheney.

Democratic leaders long ago rejected any consideration of impeaching Cheney and President Bush as an irresponsible move supported only by the far left, so they tried today to table Kucinich's impeachment resolution.

Tags: cheney, impeachment, resolution, sent, to, house, committee

We Were Just Joking, Honest!

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:45:22 GMT

clipped by: boniface

Clip Source: afp.google.com

White House denies stirring tensions with Iran

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The White House insisted Monday it was still committed to diplomacy with Iran, despite menacing comments from the US president and vice president attacking the Islamic republic's nuclear drive.

"I wouldn't call it stepping up the rhetoric," he told reporters after Bush said last week that a nuclear-equipped Iran evoked the threat of "World War III," and Vice President Dick Cheney warned of "serious consequences" for Iran.

Fratto said that Bush, Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates "have all been incredibly clear and consistent in our message on Iran."

Tags: we, were, just, joking, honest, cheney, bush

Lie of the Century

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:40:17 GMT

clipped by: boniface

Clip Source: www.whatreallyhappened.com

Tags: lie, liars, darth, cheney, bush, war, century

Did We Forget to Pay the Bill of Rights?

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:56:39 GMT

clipped by: boniface

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Did We Forget to Pay the Bill of Rights?

What's this I hear about Los Angeles cops having contests to see who can make the most arrests or impound the most vehicles in twenty-four hours? Has all that sushi made the LA police go soft? What happened to framing and beating people?

There has been, however, a series of reports on WMAQ, Channel 5 Chicago on police officers practicing collective harassment of residents, and family and friends of residents, at the Harold Ickes Housing Complex

Spying on people just because you feel like it violates the Constitution. I know Joe Lieberman doesn't know that. I guess in the school he went to they pledged allegiance to Stalin. Kidnapping people just because you feel like it and taking them to be tortured in a foreign country is a violation of human rights. President Bush doesn't think so.

How about this: regardless of any law or any charter, every human being has the right to be free of intimidation, molestation, and incarceration.

Tags: bush, cheney, forget, pay, bill, rights