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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (8024)	3/30/2004 5:11:23 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

>>>When something shows up in a reputable source, let me know. That ain't it.<<< Well, you could ask those individuals yourself. Go ahead, I dare ya--send 'em an email.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (8024)	3/30/2004 5:15:08 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

There's more than a few "reputable sources" below to help you consider jumping off of the GOPwinger bus: CHECK THREAD HEADER OFTEN--UPDATES ARE FREQUENT (Please bookmark and spread the word!) BUSH'S GOPWINGER RESUME: Message 19805040 bushclock.lose.com Let this board's sole purpose be to show the lying record of the Bush Administration (or Blair's), and the many examples of misery and malfeasance heaped upon Americans and the rest of the world. Below are categories where the Bush Administration's lies, distortions, omissions and perversions of fact, together with current events and the GOPwinger responses to them, are important for critical thinking. impeachcentral.com LIST TOPPERS: (Compilation of references ending March 19, 2004) Message 19934898 consortiumnews.com tompaine.com nytimes.com wvgazette.com amazon.com salon.com news.independent.co.uk cnn.com talkingpointsmemo.com nzherald.co.nz. cbsnews.com upi.com truthuncovered.com bushflash.com unitedforpeace.org counterconvention.org washingtonpost.com workingforchange.com scoop.co.nz daily.misleader.org time.com. news.yahoo.com. antiwar.com nytimes.com. truthout.org washingtonpost.com house.gov house.gov. "You are better off if you acknowledge error and say we have learned from it and move ahead," David Kay--USA Today--2/14/04 "I think that the Republican Party has been captured by a group of extremists who believe that they are in possession of the ultimate truth, and who don't believe in the system of democracy as we know it." George Soros--Buzzflash Interview--2/25/04 RELATED SI THREADS--THE IRAQ WAR; ITS BUILD-UP: Subject 53789 Subject 53564 NEW REVELATIONS: (Compilation of references ending March 2, 2004) Message 19868362 (Compilation of references ending March 11, 2004) Message 19907767 lewrockwell.com washingtonpost.com washingtonpost.com washingtonpost.com smh.com.au economist.com informationclearinghouse.info commondreams.org thestar.com. washingtonpost.com observer.guardian.co.uk. miami.com. Message 19913034 realcities.com GOPWINGER IRAQ DEATH AND CASUALTY COUNT: " The Nebraska senator also wanted an updated tally on the number of US military personnel who had received Purple Hearts and the dates they were awarded. Six weeks later, Hagel received the provocative reply: the Department of Defense did not have the requested information." coastalpost.com iraqbodycount.net iraqbodycount.net aljazeerah.info. truthout.org hrw.org alternet.org Message 19879532 channel4.com iraqbodycount.net news.independent.co.uk alternet.org AMERICAN MEDIA--CASUALTY OF THE GOPWINGERS: consortiumnews.com columbiatribune.com fair.org fair.org fair.org villagevoice.com customwire.ap.org dissidentvoice.org commondreams.org WORTHNOTING (Bush Credibility/Oddball Items): factcheck.org (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868383 (Compilation of references ending March 11, 2004) Message 19907773 (Compilation of references ending March 19, 2004) Message 19934515 rememberjohn.com thenation.com amazon.com c-span.org nytimes.com commondreams.org nytimes.com. endgame.org daily.misleader.org dfw.com. sftt.org csmonitor.com commondreams.org fff.org prospect.org sfgate.com. antiwar.com newsday.com washingtontimes.com moveon.org POLLS: (Compilation of polls ending March 11, 2004) Message 19907777 pollingreport.com guardian.co.uk people-press.org people-press.org people-press.org people-press.org BUSH STATE OF UNION SPEECHES: washingtonpost.com planetsave.com STUDIES, REPORTS AND FINDINGS: (US Commission on National Security (Rudman/Hart) Report) usinfo.state.gov (Arlington Institute) arlingtoninstitute.org (Upcoming Senate Intelligence Committee Report) reuters.com (Human Rights Watch) hrw.org (International Monetary Fund) imf.org (Carnnagie Report) washingtonpost.com guardian.co.uk ceip.org (US Army War College Report) washingtonpost.com news.bbc.co.uk (Washington Institute for Near East Policy) washingtoninstitute.org (Center for Cooperative Research) Subject 54664 (Transparency International Global Corruption Report globalcorruptionreport.org GOPWINGER INTELLIGENCE (Blame Game): (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868393 slate.msn.com slate.msn.com slate.msn.com slate.msn.com tompaine.com latimes.com. cnn.com realcities.com nytimes.com. tompaine.com time.com. commondreams.org americanprogress.org salon.com antiwar.com reuters.com nytimes.com. counterpunch.org msnbc.msn.com sfgate.com theage.com.au guardian.co.uk guardian.co.uk WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868406 cnn.com jihadunspun.com. newsmax.com brookings.edu csmonitor.com abcnews.go.com informationclearinghouse.info sptimes.com guardian.co.uk AL QAEDA: smh.com.au guardian.co.uk commondreams.org sfgate.com us.cnn.com csmonitor.com washingtonpost.com reese.king-online.com WAR ON IRAQ: bushflash.com truthuncovered.com (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868466 (Compilation of references ending March 19, 2004) Message 19934906 [Why the War?] atimes.com wanniski.com wvgazette.com news.independent.co.uk cbsnews.com opinion.telegraph.co.uk. scoop.co.nz judicialwatch.org boston.com. [Conditions] fairuse.1accesshost.com commondreams.org zmag.org telegraph.co.uk. [Democracy] tompaine.com lewrockwell.com guardian.co.uk amconmag.com TRIAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN: reuters.com rferl.org english.aljazeera.net GOPWINGER MIDEAST POLICY--OIL/ETHNIC INSTABILITY: electronicintifada.net thenation.com myantiwar.org atimes.com electroniciraq.net electronicintifada.net rferl.org tompaine.com tompaine.com jpost.com. ipsnews.net washingtoninstitute.org atimes.com arabnews.com AFGHANISTAN: observer.guardian.co.uk. scoop.co.nz oz.net aljazeerah.info. nytimes.com mytelus.com. news24.com freezerbox.com americanprogress.org nytimes.com thoughts.editthispage.com PAKISTAN: (Compilation of references ending March 11, 2004) Message 19907806 hipakistan.com. 208.39.143.167 atimes.com myantiwar.org myantiwar.org 199.181.132.144 nytimes.com PROJECT FOR NEW AMERICAN CENTURY (Neocons): rightweb.irc-online.org rightweb.irc-online.org counterpunch.org newamericancentury.org informationclearinghouse.info informationclearinghouse.info OFFICE OF SPECIAL PLANS/COUNTER TERROR EVAL. GROUP: (Compilation of references ending March 11, 2004) Message 19907815 zmag.org disinfopedia.org salon.com 9/11 INVESTIGATION: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868479 truthout.org Message 19958208 salon.com washingtonpost.com washingtonpost.com washingtonpost.com indystar.com 911research.wtc7.net members.fortunecity.com mtholyoke.edu truthout.org septembereleventh.org salon.com siliconinvestor.com nationalreview.com takebackthemedia.com robertscheer.com talkingpointsmemo.com observer.com cnn.com thehill.com counterpunch.org septembereleventh.org GOPWINGER DIPLOMACY OR LACK OF DIPLOMACY: "Today I weep for my country…. No more is the image of America one of strong, yet benevolent, peacekeeper.… We flaunt our superpower status with arrogance. We treat U.N. Security Council members like ingrates who offend our princely dignity by lifting their heads from the carpet…. This administration has directed all of the anger, fear, and grief which emerged from the ashes of the twin towers and the twisted metal of the Pentagon towards a tangible villain, one we can see and hate and attack. And villain he is. But, he is the wrong villain. And this is the wrong war." Senator Robert Byrd—March 19, 2003" (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868484 (Compilation of references ending March 19, 2004) Message 19936141 washingtonpost.com news.bbc.co.uk news.bbc.co.uk sun-sentinel.com. [Kosovo] 199.181.132.144 realitymacedonia.org.mk rferl.org rferl.org [Spain--Madrid Bombing/Election] (Compilation of references ending March 19, 2004) Message 19936147 counterpunch.org economist.com [Haiti--GOPwinger-assisted Coup?] (Compilation of references ending March 11, 2004) Message 19907825 zmag.org news.com.au 199.181.132.144 199.181.132.144 zmag.org [Venezuela] (Compilation of references ending March 19, 2004) Message 19934922 [African Issues] guardian.co.uk BLAIR (British Reports): (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868490 guardian.co.uk politics.guardian.co.uk guardian.co.uk guardian.co.uk guardian.co.uk CHENEY: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868531 commondreams.org nytimes.com. abcnews.go.com commondreams.org RUMSFELD: usinfo.state.gov news.findlaw.com miami.com americanprogress.org buzzflash.com chron.com madison.com commondreams.org POWELL: americanprogress.org quote.bloomberg.com. crisispapers.org guardian.co.uk cbsnews.com counterpunch.org GOPWINGER DOMESTIC BACKBENCH: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868536 antiwar.com slate.msn.com juancole.com. democracynow.org GOPWINGER INTERNATIONAL BACKBENCH: (Compilation of references ending March 11, 2004) Message 19907834 scoop.co.nz whitehouse.gov smh.com.au commondreams.org theage.com.au WHITE HOUSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS: whitehouse.gov wired.com US ECONOMIC ISSUES: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868421 (Compilation of references ending March 11, 2004) Message 19907759 (Compilation of references ending March 19, 2004) Message 19934532 boilermakerslocal169.com workingforchange.com endgame.org christiansciencemonitor.com CORPORATE SCANDAL: "Bush chose Anthony Raimondo, CEO of a manufacturing company in Nebraska, to be the jobs czar, which would have worked out better if Raimondo hadn't just outsourced those 165 jobs to China. The website "Daily Misleader" found a truly impressive convergence between Bush's top campaign contributors and the corporations that have outsourced the most jobs abroad. Bush has gotten $440,000 and the Republican Party has gotten $3.6 million from the corporations that have outsourced the most jobs, including American Express, Bechtel and several computer companies."--Molly Ivins 3/16/04 (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868427 warprofiteers.com commondreams.org nytimes.com. daily.misleader.org tnr.com money.cnn.com. news.independent.co.uk. public-i.org buzzflash.com news24.com news24.com ENVIRONMENT: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868433 motherjones.com latimes.com. tompaine.com eia.doe.gov commondreams.org thisislondon.co.uk. commondreams.org. ucsusa.org dfw.com usatoday.com EDUCATION: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868438 firepaige.org HEALTH ISSUES: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868442 commondreams.org washingtonpost.com hpj.com startribune.com washingtonpost.com csmonitor.com realcities.com salon.com commondreams.org CIVIL LIBERTIES: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868446 (Compilation of references ending March 19, 2004) Message 19934539 politics.guardian.co.uk guardian.co.uk GOPWINGERS AND ELECTIONS: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) staugustine.com nytimes.com guardian.co.uk truthout.org seattleweekly.com notablesoftware.com Message 19897037 motherjones.com verifiedvoting.org GOPWINGER DIRTY TRICKS (Slime Machine/Shady Deals): Re: Bush landing on the USS Lincoln: "Many brave airmen died wearing that uniform. It's wrong to use it for political purposes."--Wesley Clark (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868547 (Compilation of references ending 19, 2004) Message 19934500 robertscheer.com Message 19964833 Message 19966794 nytimes.com washingtonpost.com GOPWINGER FLIP-FLOPS: news.bbc.co.uk talkingpointsmemo.com talkingpointsmemo.com convergcom.com Message 19964477 nytimes.com Message 19939861 news.ft.com. nytimes.com SLAM AT GOPWINGER SITES (non-traditional media): Compilation of references ending March 19, 2004) Message 19934509 vancouver.indymedia.org centralairmedia.com dubyaspeak.com moveon.org newdemocracyworld.org massrefusal.org BUSH AWOL CONTROVERSY: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868450 ACTIONS: counterconvention.org unitedforpeace.org cnn.com americacomingtogether.com story.news.yahoo.com moveon.org americanprogress.org OFF THE GOPWINGER BUS?: (Compilation of references ending March 1, 2004) Message 19868550 >>>In discussing his disgust with Bush's free trade policies, he told PBS' David Brancaccio, "I can say that I've never voted for a Democrat for president. I've never voted for a Democrat for governor. I'm having some second thoughts."<<< tompaine.com thehill.com rememberjohn.com salon.com cbsnews.com scoop.co.nz breakingnews.iol.ie. washingtonpost.com silive.com. mfso.org washingtonpost.com mlive.com headlines.agapepress.org