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Cheney backs membership in NATO for Georgia

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:51:47 GMT

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Cheney Backs Membership in NATO for Georgia

Vice President Dick Cheney and Georgia's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, met U.S. soldiers delivering humanitarian aid in Tbilisi Thursday.

Cheney and Halliburton Bribes

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:38:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Cheney is as Guilty as anyone

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

Cheney Colleague Admits Bribery in Halliburton Oil Deals

A former colleague of the US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, has pleaded guilty to funnelling millions of dollars in bribes to win lucrative contracts in Nigeria for Halliburton, during the period in the Nineties when Mr Cheney ran the giant oil and gas services company.

US Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at a news conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. A former colleague of the US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, has pleaded guilty to funnelling millions of dollars in bribes to win lucrative contracts in Nigeria for Halliburton, during the period in the Nineties when Mr Cheney ran the giant oil and gas services company. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Albert Stanley, who was appointed by Mr Cheney as chief executive of Halliburton's subsidiary KBR, admitted using a north London lawyer to channel payments to Nigerian officials as part of a bribery scheme that landed some $6bn of work in the country over a decade.

Cheney Colleague Admits Bribery in Halliburton Oil Deals

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:32:26 GMT

clipped by: papananook

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

"There is no suggestion that Mr Cheney knew at the time of the acquisition, or subsequently, that bribery was involved in the Nigerian contracts."

Of course not. Who would ever suggest that cheney ever did anything wrong.

A Pit Bull With Lipstick

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:11:03 GMT

clipped by: LemonThyme
clipper's remarks: okay, I wasn't really interested in the presidential election, until n0w. I find this lady very enjoyable, I love it when someone knows how to give a speech!

Clip Source: www.slate.com

politics: Who's winning, who's losing, and why.

A Pit Bull With LipstickWhy the smiling, sudden, relentless Sarah Palin should scare Democrats.

By John Dickerson
Posted Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, at 1:21 AM ET

And she did it all with a smile and a little mischief.

There are a lot of women like her who vote and who might be listening.

Party veterans called her a "female Reagan" and a "natural like Reagan." Their sustained applause at her introduction matched, and may have surpassed, that which greeted Bill Clinton at the Democratic Convention.

Palin gave them some of that old-time religion.

"I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment,"

It was clear Palin was having fun, and it's hard to have fun if you're scared or a lightweight.

"In small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening."

Tags: palin, president, convention, republican, vice president, election, 2008

Dept. of You Can't Make This $#!& Up! Cheney Edition

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:51:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Should have added that the world is only big enough for one Empire at a time, hey Dick!

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

TBILISI, Georgia — Demonstrating Washington's support for war-ravaged Georgia, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney condemned Russia for what he called an "illegitimate, unilateral attempt" to redraw this U.S. ally's borders by force.

Speaking during a closely watched trip to this strategic South Caucasus nation, Cheney also said the United States was "fully committed" to Georgian efforts to join NATO.

"Georgia will be in our alliance," Cheney told reporters while standing alongside Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.

One of the U.S. administration's most hawkish figures and a longtime critic of Russia, Cheney was visiting Georgia and two other ex-Soviet republics _ Azerbaijan and Ukraine _ that are nervous about Moscow's intentions.

"America will do its duty to work with the governments of Georgia and our other friends and allies to protect our common interests and to uphold our values," Cheney said in the joint appearance with Saakashvili.

Tags: richard bruce cheney, war, international law, criminal, war criminal, georgia, empire, russia

1 mld. in aiuti alla Georgia

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:09:05 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

White House Unveils $1 Billion Georgia Aid Plan

Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday with his wife, Lynne, left.

BAKU, Azerbaijan — President Bush proposed $1 billion in humanitarian and economic assistance on Wednesday to help rebuild Georgia after its short, disastrous war with Russia last month, but he stopped short of committing the United States to re-equipping its battered military.

A pit bull with lipstick is a good thing?

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:42:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Why would anyone want to refer to themselves as a pit bull with lipstick? Is that some kind of endearing quality? Is that some kind of characteristic we want in our leadership? I just don't get it. Pit bulls are notorious for attacking innocent bystanders (often children) with fierce vengeance - that's certainly their stigma at least. So why in the world is it something that a potential President of the United States would be proud of comparing herself to? Personally, i find it very scary that she would say that and i honestly find it scary that a room full of people would stand up and cheer the idea.

Clip Source: www.slate.com

A Pit Bull With Lipstick

Tags: palin, pit bull, vice president, politics

cheney slams russia

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:17:48 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Cheney slams Russia over war against Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia - Demonstrating Washington's commitment to beleaguered Georgia, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney flew in Thursday and condemned Russia for what he called an "illegitimate, unilateral attempt" to redraw Georgia's borders by force.

Speaking during a closely watched trip to this U.S.-allied South Caucasus nation, Cheney also assured Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili that the United States was "fully committed" to his country's efforts to join NATO.

"Georgia will be in our alliance," Cheney said.

One of the U.S. administration's most hawkish figures and a longtime critic of Russia, Cheney was visiting three ex-Soviet republics that are nervous about Moscow's intentions — Georgia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine.

His trip signaled to Moscow that the United States will continue to cultivate close ties with Georgia and its neighbors even after Russia showed it was not afraid to use its military against countries along its border.

IRA on the rampage

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:13:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: So when is President Bush going to invade Ulster to assist it main ally?
Lame Duck President, lame duck ideals, lame duck foreign policies.
So which half-wit keeps telling us the war is over? Tony B'liar and his beneficiaries! So this is why they want 42 days detention, to stop people from talking about anything that might improve security.
Watch out Britain. We are being suckered into doing something monumentally stupid...to accept what this Government says as truth.

Clip Source: www.modoracle.com

A fresh upsurge of dissident republican violence in Northern Ireland was orchestrated by a new nucleus of ex-IRA members who have defected from the Provisionals. Veterans of the Provisional IRA's North Armagh brigade were behind the 24-hour wave of shootings, blast bomb attacks and riots that rocked the Craigavon area at the beginning of last week.

The violence in Craigavon means that in almost every corner of Northern Ireland there have been short outbursts of dissident terrorist activity over the last six months. In August, dissidents linked to a Continuity IRA unit in Co Fermanagh fired an improvised rocket at a mobile patrol.

Police patrols came under fire from a sniper, two blast bombs were thrown, police vehicles were attacked with petrol bombs and stones, and an SDLP assembly member was assaulted during 24 hours of disturbances in the Tullygally and Drumbeg areas of Armagh town.

Tags: ira, terrorism, ulster

Palin Has Chosen to Exploit Her Own Daughter's Pregnancy

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:16:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I am disgusted by the way Governor Palin has thrown her 17-year-old pregnant daughter under the bus for political gain. She is exploiting her daughter's misfortune in order to use her to make her anti-abortion point to the extreme right-wing of the Republican party. This woman should be removed from the ticket for abusing her child in this manner.

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Is Sarah Palin ready to take the mantle of worst mother of the year from Lynne Spears? Has Todd Palin wrestled the title of worst father from Billy Ray Cyrus?

Sarah Palin may be running for Vice President but is she any different from the woman who sold the story of her daughter Jamie Lynn's pregnancy to a magazine for $1 million, or from the father that allowed 15-year-old Miley Cyrus to be photographed semi-nude for Vanity Fair supposedly to further her career?

Despite her supposed "Family Values" credentials, she and her husband Todd are being just as exploitative of her teenage daughter, Bristol, as any of these celebrity parents have been. Actually, even more so.

They took center stage with the full knowledge that their 17-year-old's five-months-along pregnancy was about to become front page news around the world.

She has unwittingly and literally become the poster child for her mother's anti-choice and abstinence-only education policies.

Tags: elections, vice president, convention, teenage pregnancy, child abuse.

Sanctity of Womanhood

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:37:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Beautiful quote by President Gordon B. Hinckley

Clip Source: www.lightplanet.com

I would speak of the sanctity of womanhood. President Hinckley has eloquently captured what the Lord has repeatedly inspired His servants to say of His precious daughters:

"Woman is God's supreme creation. Only after the earth had been formed, after the day had been separated from the night, after the waters had been divided from the land, after vegetation and animal life had been created, and after man had been placed on the earth, was woman created; and only then was the work pronounced complete and good.

"Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue with an understanding of why she should do so, who honors and respects her body as a thing sacred and divine, who cultivates her mind and constantly enlarges the horizon of her understanding, who nurtures her spirit with everlasting truth."¹

North American Union Myth

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:19:24 GMT

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Clip Source: www.snopes.com

Origins: In March 2005, the leaders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico (President George W. Bush, Prime Minister Paul Martin, and President Vicente Fox, respectively) met in Texas to

discuss plans for increased cooperation between their three countries in areas of common interest, such as border security, protection against terrorist threats, improved trade relations, competitiveness in the global marketplace, the combating of infectious diseases, and disaster response.

Who Vetted Obama?

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:09:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "The leftist DailyKos website started digging into Palin's past and claimed that her fifth child wasn't really hers. The charge fell apart when pictures surfaced of the governor pregnant with the child.

Nevertheless, the media, which have been so quick to ignore questions about Obama's background, joined in the inquiry into Palin's private family matters and forced the governor to disclose that one of their daughters is pregnant out of wedlock. This is what passes for investigative reporting these days.

A daughter's pregnancy, of course, has nothing to do with whether Palin is fit for the job of vice-president or even president and is entitled to a security clearance. But one's associations with communists who hate the United States might emerge as a cause for concern. "

Clip Source: www.rightsidenews.com

September 2, 2008
By Cliff Kincaid
The Washington Post reported that John McCain's vetting process for picking Governor Sarah Palin included an FBI background check. Other reports dispute this. But when did the FBI investigate Obama? Who vetted him?

We are living witnesses to an incredible media double standard, whereby a Republican vice-presidential candidate's personal life is being torn apart, while the Democratic presidential candidate continues to get a free ride. Obama has a 30-year history of associating with unsavory characters, beginning with communist Frank Marshall Davis and continuing with Jeremiah Wright and communist terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, which should disqualify him from getting a security clearance in the government that he wants to run.

But the media would rather talk about Republicans and sex.

Tags: liberals, lunatics, obama, media, bias

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

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:35:34 GMT

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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.

Poll gives Obama edge in two of three key states

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:18:35 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Poll gives Obama edge in two of three key states

In a CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corp. survey out Wednesday afternoon, 55 percent of Iowa registered voters who were questioned said that Obama, D-Illinois, is their choice for president, with 40 percent backing McCain, R-Arizona. That's more than double the lead Obama had in a University of Iowa poll taken early last month.

It appears to be a similar story in Minnesota, where the Republicans are holding their national convention this week.

The poll indicates that Obama has a 12-point lead over McCain, 53 percent to 41 percent.

President Bush's narrow victory in Ohio four years ago clinched his re-election. It looks like it could be just as tight this time around in Ohio.

The poll suggests he has a two-point lead over McCain, 47 percent to 45 percent, which is a virtual tie when taking into account the survey's 3.5-percentage-point sampling error.