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

To: one_less who wrote (92004)	5/23/2008 12:00:06 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

About your Dumbyasshole's latest dictator friend, Karimov, who BOILS those who dissent against his tyranny : Two years ago, Karimov, who also ruled over Uzbekistan when it was still a Soviet republic, was received by Bush himself at the White House, and Tashkent has since become a regular pilgrimage site for senior administration officials, most recently Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld, who visited last month. [T]he Bush administration has tried to walk a tightrope with Karimov by, on the one hand, condemning human rights abuses and urging reforms, and on the other by supporting him as a strategic ally in the "war on terrorism." This balancing act – reminiscent of US alliances with anti-Soviet autocrats during the Cold War – has been on display in just the past week, with the White House expressing its solidarity with Tashkent ... [...] A particularly notorious case came to light last year when Fatima Mukhadirova, a shopkeeper, persuaded the British Embassy in Tashkent to investigate the August 2002 death of her son, Muzafar Avozov, in prison based on photographs of his corpse. An independent examination carried out by the University of Glasgow concluded that the father of four and member of Hizb ut-Tahrir had died after being immersed in boiling water, although the photographs also showed that he suffered serious wounds around the head and neck and that his fingernails were missing.

To: one_less who wrote (92004)	5/23/2008 3:41:01 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 93284

The insanity of McCain : John Insane McCain : " I believe that I have earned the right to speak out on veterans’ issues." The reality : McCain gets failing grades from Veterans' groups: — Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave McCain a grade of D for his record of voting against veterans. (By contrast, Obama got a B+.) – Disabled Veterans of America noted McCain’s dismal 20 percent voting record on veterans’ issues. (Obama had an 80 percent.) – In a list of “Key Votes,” Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) notes McCain “Voted Against Us” 15 times and “Voted For Us” only 8. (Obama voted for VVA 12 times, and against only once.)