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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (33481)	6/9/2005 10:23:38 PM
From: Land Shark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

Oh, I don't care about whether or not they shut down Gitmo. I just want the architects of the policy of abduction, detention without due process, and torture brought to justice. I wanna see GWB, Cheney, Rummy, Asscroft,Gonzales etc. charged with war crimes and convicted. After that, then close Gitmo and give the lands to Cuba.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (33481)	6/10/2005 8:32:48 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Dean's Identity Crisis New York Sun Staff Editorial June 9, 2005 The latest gaffe by the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean, is a classic illustration of his penchant for offending both sides in an argument. As a presidential candidate in the Democratic primary, Dr. Dean pandered to voters by saying, "I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks." The comment offended conservative whites for its condescension as well as liberal blacks for its apparent endorsement of the Confederate flag. He soon had to apologize to both: "I regret the pain that I may have caused either to African-American or Southern white voters," he said. In February, Dr. Dean told the DNC Black Caucus, "You think the Republican National Committee could get this many people of color in a single room? Only if they had the hotel staff in here." His remarks not only accused Republicans of racism but also identified minorities with menial labor. Evidently, all the fat cats are white Republicans, for Dr. Dean said last Thursday that many Republicans "have never made an honest living in their lives." In California earlier this week, the Vermonter elaborated: "You know, the Republicans are not friendly to different kinds of people. They're a pretty monolithic party. Pretty much, they all behave the same, and they all look the same ... It's pretty much a white Christian party." Which prompted the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Kenneth Mehlman, to retort - via Fox News - that "a lot of folks who attended my bar mitzvah would be surprised" to learn he leads a monolithic Christian party. Aside from the factual inaccuracy, Americans are scratching their heads over Dr. Dean's dizzying reversals. Last month, he was telling NBC's Tim Russert, "I'm a committed Christian" and bragging, "I pray every night ... I grew up in a Christian household." Quoth Dr. Dean: "You either believe in the teachings of Jesus or you don't. I do." And now he's launching into Republicans for expressing the same identity. Yet at the presidential debate in Iowa last year, the man from Montpelier said, "You know, I have grown up in the Northeast my entire life, and in the Northeast, we do not talk openly about religion." Now Dr. Dean is back to chastising Republicans for expressing their faith openly. It seems he deploys the emotionally charged rhetoric of race and religion when it suits his purposes. Identity politics was originally intended to be affirmative, to foster pride in oneself and mutual recognition of cultural and religious attachments, to promote social unity and inclusion. Dr. Dean now deploys this politics to promote divisiveness and resentment, trading on crude stereotypes for perceived political advantage. For the current Democratic chairman, identity politics is about attacking others. What a poor strategy for winning elections and what an illustration of the depths of hypocrisy into which the left has by now descended.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (33481)	6/10/2005 11:35:40 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Critics charge Kerry still covering up John O'Neill on records release: 'This is hardly what we called for' worldnetdaily.com Posted: June 9, 2005 EXCERPT: Sen. John Kerry's release of Navy records to his hometown Boston Globe newspaper is not the full disclosure sought by critics of his Vietnam war record, says John O'Neill, spokesman for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The group of more than 260 veterans who served in Kerry's swiftboat division asked the senator during his presidential campaign last year to sign a Standard Form 180 that would permit anyone to examine his full and unredacted military records at the Navy Department and the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, O'Neill said. Instead, Kerry allowed Globe reporter Michael Kranish to obtain documents only from the Navy Department, which previously indicated its records were not complete. "This is hardly what we called for," O'Neill said. Jerome Corsi, co-author with O'Neill of the best-seller "Unfit for Command," told WorldNetDaily he believes Kerry did not sign the SF 180, because the form does not have an exception clause. "It's a blanket release of documents to the American public," Corsi said. "This is not a Standard Form 180 procedure. I think he just called up the Navy and told them to send documents to the Boston Globe. I want to see the form posted on his website." Kerry's records became a campaign issue as the senator emphasized his war record while Swift Boat Veterans for Truth waged a media campaign to counter many of his claims of heroism. In an article Monday, Kranish wrote, "The lack of any substantive new material about Kerry's military career in the documents raises the question of why Kerry refused for so long to waive privacy restrictions." Some Kerry supporters suggested the file's transcript of his grades at Yale, revealing grades inferior to President Bush's at the same school, were the reason. But critic B.G. Burkett, a Vietnam vet and author of the book "Stolen Valor, said Kerry's authorized release Monday is a "continued cover up of his true military service" because it doesn't allow anyone to retrieve the full documentation. "I have no doubt that he will claim that any additional effort to receive his full record is nothing more than partisan harassment," Burkett said. "I believe John Kerry is still perpetrating a cover-up." ********************************************************* Looks like Kerry really DIDN'T sign a 180 and is still lying.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (33481)	6/10/2005 2:12:11 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 93284

University's diversity plan upsets faculty Associated Press ^ \| Posted on Fri, May. 27, 2005 \| JULIA SILVERMAN The University of Oregon will soon start basing the salaries and promotions of faculty members on their "cultural competency," or how well they play with people "from different backgrounds," reports The Associated Press. The five-year diversity plan was unveiled to a chorus of boos from faculty members, who wondered where the money was going to come from to hire 40 new faculty members to teach courses in a "cluster" of diversity-related topics, including race, gender, gay and disability studies. The AP notes that the "diversity dustup" is the latest in a series of racial incidents to roil Oregon's flagship public campus in recent weeks. One white student has filed a formal complaint over a program that makes white students signing up for some math and English classes go to the back of the line, and a number of minority students have alleged that there is widespread racial discrimination going on in the Department of Education. As an example of that racism, a graduate student told how one professor decided to show the film "Dances With Wolves" to his class, even though some American Indians consider it racist. When she complained, the professor allowed the class to take a vote on the matter, which "created real division in the class," the student said. It made for a hostile atmosphere, she said. This is a synopsis of the story (Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...