I WISH THIS WASN'T THE TRUTH BUT UNTIL LIES ARE TRUTH ~ THIS IS OUR GOVERNMENT WITH THE BUSH PEOPLE

BUSH IS DISASTER PERSONIFIED ~ LYING AS GOOD AS IT GETS

I was mentioning to my twenty year old son last week that we should close down Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Then I mentioned the word waterboarding. He didn't know what it is. But then neither does the current or previous United States Attorney General, if they are to be believed.

We might as well have elected Mickey Mouse to be President. He could have nominated Donald Duck and other Disney characters for positions of Secretary of State and U. S. Attorney General, etc. These empty suits that we keep passing off as the leaders of our country are sadly not a joke, but mucking up our real lives.

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Current U.S. Attorney General Mukasey on Waterboarding
Congressman Conyers of Michigan

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Previous U.S. Attorney General Gonzales

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Muckraker talking points on U.S. AG Gonzales

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I LOVE THIS GUY! OLBERMANN SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON THE INTEGRITY OF DANIEL LEVIN

Daniel Levin. One man who Bush fired. Enough said?

When I hear words ringing clear as the ring of a bell, I get the life breathed back into my "steppped-all-over-heart" and I have freer air to breathe. Hope is such a glorious thing. For me, Bush has killed the dream to hope for this nation’s ideals. A phoenix experience, would be welcome. Mr. Olbermann gives me hope. He says what I thought I would never hear. He states rational thoughts. He articulates well. He says what most of the people I know think, but would never say it because they are less than brave.

When I hear Bush, I usually turn it off as fast as possible. If I listen to him, the oxygen gets sucked out of me. I get a physical reaction. And it is not a pleasant physical reaction. I feel repulsed. Lying has an oppressive effect on me. I feel suffocated by Bush-speak.

There is a segment of Americans, including "the Bush", "the Cheney" and their loyalists, who think torture is only wrong when some other country is doing it. They feel above the law. They feel justified to ignore the United States Constitution. They want to change the rules according to themselves.

Bush wants to be King. And we have let him. On Monday, when I originally posted this story, no one had uploaded it at Youtube. And although I provided a link Monday night to see this, here it is again via Youtube. ................................................................... ................................................................... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arWJ358tZgU
KEITH OLBERMANN SPECIAL COMMENT ON WATERBOARDING NOVEMBER 5, 2007

If like me, you never heard about Daniel Levin before, here is a link to an ABC News link about him:

Bush Administration Blocked Waterboarding Critic

Former DOJ Official Tested the Method Himself, in Effort to Form Torture Policy

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/DOJ/story?id=3814076&page=1

The definition of Torture is included in this section taken from the Human Rights Watch website:

The Convention against Torture is a multinational treaty that prohibits at all times and under all circumstances the use of torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. The convention defines torture as:

any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions.

Among other things, the convention prohibits the practice of sending persons to states where they are likely to be tortured, and the use of evidence obtained through torture. It requires that states take measures to prevent the use of torture, hold torturers accountable, and provide effective remedies for claims of torture and abuse.

The United States ratified the Convention against Torture in 1994, 10 years after its unanimous adoption by the U.N. General Assembly. The convention has been ratified by 141 countries.

The entire Keith Olbermann Special Comment can be found at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/
as “The Levin Revelation”

Here is a major part of it...

It is a fact startling in its cynical simplicity and it requires cynical and simple words to be properly expressed:

The Presidency of George W. Bush has now devolved into a criminal conspiracy to cover the ass of George W. Bush.

All the petulancy, all the childish threats, all the blank-stare stupidity;

All the invocations of World War Three, all the sophistic questions about which terrorist attacks we wanted him not to stop, all the phony secrets;

All the claims of executive privilege, all the stumbling tap-dancing of his nominees, all the verbal flatulence of his apologists...

All of it is now -- after one revelation last week -- transparently clear for what it is: the pathetic and desperate manipulation of the government, the re-focusing of our entire nation, towards keeping this mock president, and this unstable vice president, and this departed wildly self-over-rating Attorney General -- and the others -- from potential prosecution for having approved or ordered the illegal torture of prisoners being held in the name of this country.

"Waterboarding is torture," Daniel Levin was to write.

Daniel Levin was no theorist and no protestor.

He was no troublemaking politician.

He was no table-pounding commentator.

Daniel Levin was an astonishingly patriotic American, and a brave man.

Brave not just with words or with stances -- even in a dark time when that kind of bravery can usually be scared -- or bought -- off.
Daniel Levin took himself to a military base and let himself be water-boarded…

…Daniel Levin should have a statue in his honor in Washington right now.

Instead, he was forced out as Acting Assistant Attorney General, nearly three years ago, because he had the guts to do what George Bush couldn't do in a million years: actually put himself at risk for the sake of his country, for the sake of what is right.

And they water-boarded him and he wrote that even though he knew those doing it meant him no harm, and he knew they would rescue him at the instant of the slightest distress, and he knew he would not die -- still, with all that reassurance, he could not stop the terror screaming from inside of him, could not quell the horror, could not convince that which is at the core of each of us -- the entity who exists behind all the embellishments we strap to ourselves, like purpose and name and family and love -- he could not convince his being… that he wasn't drowning.

Water-boarding, he said, is torture. Legally, it is torture! Practically, it is torture! Ethically, it is torture! And he wrote it down. Wrote it down somewhere, where it could be contrasted with the words of this country's 43rd President: "The United States of America... does not torture." Made you into a liar, Mr. Bush. Made you into, if anybody had the guts to pursue it,
a criminal, Mr. Bush.

…when your people realized that even that was too dangerous, Daniel Le Vin was branded "too independent" and "someone who could (not) be counted on."

In other words,

Mr. Bush, somebody you couldn't count on to lie for you. So, Levin was fired.

…Another patriot somewhere, listened as Judge Mukasey mumbled like he'd never heard of water-boarding, and refuse to answer in words… that which Daniel Levin answered on a water-board somewhere in Maryland or Virginia three years ago.

And this someone also heard George Bush say "The United States of America does not torture"... and realized either he was lying or this wasn't the United States of America any more, and either way, he needed to do something about it.

…Ideally you should lock this government down financially until a special prosecutor is appointed -- or fifty of them -- but I'm not holding my breath. The "yes" or the "no" on water-boarding will have to suffice.

Because, remember... if you can't get it, or you won't... with the time between tonight and the next presidential election likely to be the longest year of our lives, you are leaving this country, and all of us, to the water-boards -- symbolic and otherwise -- of George W. Bush.

Ultimately, Mr. Bush, the real question isn't... who approved the water-boarding of this fiend Khalid Sheik Mohammed and two others.

It is: why were they water-boarded?

…if that's what this is all about -- you tortured not because you're so stupid you think torture produces confession -- but you tortured because you're smart enough to know it produces really authentic-sounding fiction -- well, then… you're going to need all the lawyers you can find… because that crime wouldn't just mean impeachment, would it Sir?

That crime would mean George W. Bush is going to prison.
…Daniel Levin's eminently practical, eminently logical, eminently patriotic way of testing the legality of waterboarding… has to vanish -- and him, with it.

Thus Alberto Gonzales has to use that brain that sounds like an old car trying to start on a freezing morning, to undo eight centuries of the forward march of law and government.

Thus Dick Cheney, has to ridiculously assert that confirming we do or do not use any particular interrogation technique, would somehow help the terrorists.

Thus Michael Mukasey, on the eve of the vote that will make him the high priest of the law of this land, cannot and must not answer a question, nor even hint that he has thought about a question, which merely concerns the theoretical definition of water-boarding as torture…. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

THE QUESTION ISN’T… IS THE WORLD BETTER WITHOUT SADDAM HUSSEIN, BUT IS IT BETTER WITH PRESIDENT GW BUSH

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Bush Wants Us to Be Clueless about how he works this government and to be dumb enough to accept that he is qualified to be President. In the very least Bush and his administration welcome our apathy.

I don’t have the complete list of the incompetent people that George Bush has chosen as his administration or people he is associated with. You can go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/nominations/indexJ-L.html

where the nominations are listed. But just consider my short list and that they all say “I SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF the PRESIDENT”. Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Alberto Gonzales, Harriet Miers, Scooter Libby, John Bolton, Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Porter Goss, Michael D Brown, Tom DeLay, James Leon Holmes, Paul O’Neill, Richard Stickler, Richard H. Carmona, Jack Abramoff. The ones on that list who I respect are Colin Powell, Richard Carmona and Richard Stickler and they weren’t liked by Bush. They were "fired".

If you would like to put on your future resume that you worked for the George Bush White House, go here and apply http://www.whitehouse.gov/appointments/

AT this link it begins:

APPOINTMENTS
One of President Bush's top priorities is to select men and women of the greatest ability and highest ethical and professional integrity to serve in policymaking and key administrative positions in his administration.

"The success of the Bush-Cheney administration will depend on the quality appointees we choose to join us to lead this nation in the years ahead. I will look for people who are willing to work hard to do what is best for America, who examine the facts and do what is right whether or not it is popular. I will look for people from across the country and from every walk of life. I welcome all who are ready for this great challenge to apply."

President George W. Bush

FACTORS TO CONSIDER

To serve our country as a member of the Bush-Cheney administration will be both an honor and a privilege. However, government service is not for everyone. Anyone thinking about applying should be aware that:

• The hours are long and the pace intense.
• There is much public/press scrutiny, as you would expect in an open, democratic form of government such as ours.
• Most applicants under serious consideration for an appointment will go through a full FBI background check in which their employment, professional, personal, travel, medical, financial, legal, military and educational histories will be reviewed and scrutinized…….

THE PROCESS

Anyone wanting to apply for a non-career position in the Executive Office of the President or a Federal Department, Agency or Commission should proceed as follows:

• Fill out the application form provided below and submit it electronically. You will be sent an email or card indicating that your application has been received. Your information will be kept on file for as long as the President is in office, and you will be considered for the position(s) or subject area(s) in which you have expressed an interest whenever openings occur.

Etc. Seriously this is taken from the White House website.

Imagine, you too could have your name added to the long list of Bush’s People, get a Bush-created nickname, such as Turd Blossom. Would you consider serving this President? OMG!

And then there is the U.S. National Debt

The Outstanding Public Debt as of Aug 17, 2007:

The estimated population of the United States is 302,726,976
so each citizen's share of this debt is $29,620.28.

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$1.43 billion per day since September 29, 2006!
Concerned? Then tell Congress and the White House! From http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

Below are some selected YouTubes of the Bush People.

If you only watch one video, watch this one:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/video/page/0,,2125978,00.html

To get the truthful news on the United States you have to go outside the United States more often than not. This video is on the U.S. War in Iraq. “The Guardian's award-winning photographer and filmmaker Sean Smith spent two months embedded with US troops in Baghdad and Anbar province. His harrowing documentary exposes the exhaustion and disillusionment of the soldiers.” From the Guardian website

http://www.thenation.com/directory/george_w_bush_administration

http://www.thetruthaboutgeorge.com/appointments/

Above links are to websites about the George Bush Administration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p07asfWjRk

Keith Olbermann

The Privilege of Knowing GW Bush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdHF2T3MdmU

Condoleeza Rice United States Secretary of State

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfVyscbrEyk

Alberto Gonzales United States Attorney General

http://www.crooksandliars.com/category/white-house/alberto-gonzales/

Giving Gonzales more power?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYldba2vbdg

David Letterman before Scooter Libby’s sentence was commuted
Scooter Libby knew he wasn’t going to prison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyyE3LrQnkA

Scooter Libby discussed on Bill Maher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw983GQS7qk

John Bolton being patriotically narcissistic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1FTmuhynaw

Donald Rumsfeld

Dick Cheney – I covered him on my previous post

http://www.now.org/issues/judicial/holmes.html

James Leon Holmes

http://blog.aflcio.org/?tag=Richard%20Stickler

Richard Stickler

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592330.shtml

Paul O’Neill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZTLmOoPzjs

Colin Powell was lied to and “used” by the Bush administration

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/washington/14carmona.html?em&ex=1187323200&en=f7917f4da9389a8a&ei=5087%0A

Richard H. Carmona

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyv9JQ4Or_U

George Bush using 911 to denigrate the US Constitution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDaRFf7Cd6M

Karl Rove

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t23sineXVys

Karl Rove admits he committed a felon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jWWi7i6754

Porter Goss
This may offend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDuJSRxqhxc

Keith Olbermann on Tom DeLay’s claim that charging him as a liar is comparing him with Hitler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FLKjE6lWDQ

Tom DeLay on the New York Times being held accountable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4KnuLnPnTo

Tom DeLay, ex-leader of the US House censured by The Truth
This YouTube may be offensive to some, although it is meant to
be humorous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFFB0xvBNBQ

911: A Closer Look – Senator Mark Dayton, Democrat, Minnesota

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaMxaykpi5o

$2.3 Trillion - United States Money Missing

http://www.theseminal.com/2007/03/30/the-failures-of-the-bush-administration-a-photo-essay

The Failures of The Bush Administration: A Photo Essay

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FIND A DREAM FOR DARFUR EVENT

http://www.savedarfur.org/page/content/torchrun

www.dreamfordarfur.org

STOPPING GENOCIDE IS A CHOICE

WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY

WHERE THERE IS NO WILL, THERE IS NEVER A WAY

Genocide flourishes when there is no accountability.

WE CAN’T SAY THAT WE CARE ABOUT JUSTICE

WHEN WE DO NOTHING TO STOP THE INJUSTICE

Silence is necessary for genocide to go on.  

Our collective silence is a weapon used by the genocidaires.  

Silence kills.  

And we are responsible for our personal silence.

Call US Senators & Representatives 

1–800–GENOCIDE

Call President Bush

202-456-1111

Tell them to do the right thing about 

the four and a half year Darfur genocide.

Thank you!

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