SUPPORTING THE TROOPS

By: David Phillips

September 24, 2007

Supporting the troops, three words that show patriotism and caring for our soldiers in harm’s way, and at times three words that are divisive.

President Bush says these three words all the time, Republicans and Democratic politicians also use these three words while trying to show that they care about the troops and their families.

But was does it mean to “Support the Troops?”

If you are a citizen does it mean hanging a yellow magnet on the rear of your car? Why do Republicans say they support the War, but when democrats say it, the republicans snicker?

Is patriotism partisan or bipartisan? Or is patriotism inherently American?

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was once asked by a soldier during one of his speeches why soldiers are being sent to Iraq without any body armor, and Rumsfeld replied: “As you know, you go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time.”

Is that supporting the troops, sending them into battle without body armor?

Republicans, who controlled both the House and the Senate for the first six years of Bush’s Presidency didn’t seem to mind. Even while extra money was allocated for more body armor, to this day, troops are still being sent to Iraq without body armor. In fact many parents have been buying the armor themselves on web sites such as eBay and sending the armor to their children in Iraq and in Afghanistan.

Back in March of this year President Bush had requested another $100 Billion for his Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the democratically controlled House tacked on a few billion for the VA because in Bush’s budget request earlier in the year, Bush had spending cuts scheduled for the VA’s budget for the years 2008 and 2009. The Whitehouse told Congress that if money was diverted to the VA, Bush would veto the bill, and he did.    

Also earlier this year if you all recall, the Army Hospital, Walter Reed was in the news because of the living conditions recovering wounded soldiers were forced to live in. The building and rooms were infested with rats, leaky pipes and the conditions were unfit for humans. That certainly was no way to show our Support for the Troops.

But how did that come about, Walter Reed Hospital is famous as a well run medical facility.

Privatization, President Bush outsourced the support staff to a company called IAP Worldwide Services; IAP cut the support staff from 300 to 50. The U.S. Army awarded a five-year, $120 million contract in January 2006 to IAP Worldwide Services, and for every support staff cut, more money went to their bottom line.

President Bush likes to privatize services that were once done by government employees to private companies who care more about their bottom lines then the service they are being paid to provide.

Oh, and the CEO of IAP Worldwide Services Al Neffgen, is a former senior Halliburton official. And one other thing about IAP Worldwide Services before I move on, IAP was also one of the companies that were given a contract by FEMA to deliver Ice to Katrina victims, and you know how well that went.

Back in April of this year, new Secretary of Defense Bill Gates, extended the tours of duty for the military from 12 months to 15 months for those in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Is that supporting the Troops?

In exchange for the extension, Gates said the service will be able to give all units a year at home between deployments. But soldiers are not getting the year at home as promised most are getting 10 months at the most.

Our troops are spread very thin, and many have said that we have reached the breaking point, is that supporting the troops?

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said "The Bush administration has failed to create a plan to fully equip and train our troops, bring them home safely and soon, and provide our veterans with the quality care they deserve," Pelosi went on to say, “Extending the tours of all active-duty Army personnel is an unacceptable price for our troops and their families to pay."

Some of the Support our troops have come to rely on by President Bush and the Republican Party include but are not limited to:

• Outsourced medical support.
• Slashed Funding for the VA
• Extended tours in Iraq and Afghanistan form 12 to 15 months
• Outsourced logistical support.
• Armed forces Stretched to the Breaking Point
• Troops sent to War with no Body Armor.
• Troops sent to War with no Armor for Trucks or Humvees.
• Politicizing the troops at every opportunity.

Because of the Walter Reed Scandal, Democrats created the “The Wounded Warriors Assistance Act” a piece of legislation that establishes a hot line for medical patients to report problems with any treatments, and to cut through the red tape for when the wounded move from the Pentagons care to the Veterans Administrations care. At least that is what it was designed to do.

There are currently 400,000 wounded personnel waiting for their cases to be heard that will determine the extent of permanent disability and monetary compensation the soldiers will receive. The Wounded Warriors Assistance Act is supposed to assist in ridding the Military’s long waiting list. But President Bush has voiced concern over one of the provisions that require imposing a one-year moratorium, on a program that lets private companies compete with public agencies for military and hospital work contracts, private companies, such as IAP Worldwide Services.

When Bush says that he supports the troops, and gives speech after speech with soldiers standing behind him as if they are his personal back drop, and while he is slashing the budget for the V.A., or sending troops into battle without body armor, or awarding contracts to firms who only care about their bottom lines, maybe, just maybe you will think twice, when he says, that he supports the troops.

Supporting the Troops, three words that have been so politicized, that the true meaning of the words are lost in the rhetoric of politics.

David is a Vietnam Era Veteran, a Democratic Party Activist, and David is also the Publisher and Editor of the online political magazine YodasWorld.org

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GUN CONTROL

By: David Phillips

August 27, 2007

Second Amendment of our Constitution

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

This is the part of our Constitution that says a citizen of the United States can own a gun, or at least that is what the National Rifle Association (NRA) has always said.

The NRA and its powerful lobby organization in Washington have made sure that every Republican politician also believes that every citizen can own a gun.

But the NRA and right wing gun nuts, also feel that ANY type of gun should be available to every citizen.

A few months back, there was a terrible shooting at Virginia Tech College, were thirty three people were killed. The shooter we are told had some mental disorders, and never should have had access to any guns.

Background checks vary from State to State, and in Virginia names of mental patients were never checked. Congress quickly passed Legislation that is supposed to make it easier to check into the mental status of a gun buyer.

The NRA recently argued that suspected terrorists should be allowed to buy guns because they have not been proven to be terrorists. They used this same logic for mental patients, saying that until someone is proven to have some mental disorder, he or she has the right to buy and own guns.

 So according to the NRA, everyone can own guns, Yee Haw.

And the NRA says all guns are fair game. Everything from hand guns, machine hand guns, to military M-16’s, AK-47’s, UZI’s and even long range sniper rifles, can be owned. The only thing that is illegal are automatic weapons, meaning the gun keeps firing as long as the trigger is held down. Semi-automatic is legal, meaning the trigger must be pulled each time a bullet is fired.

Moral arguments why the 2nd is not absolute

First, it important to note that no right is absolute, even those supposedly granted by God and guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. For example, even though the 1st Amendment guarantees me the right to free speech, the right is limited. I cannot publish a newspaper in which I claim that a certain public figure, for example the president of a major company, is a cocaine user, if that fact is known to me to be completely untrue. It would be called libel, and it is a valid abridgment of my rights. The classic example of an abridgment of freedom of speech is the imminent danger rule: I cannot stand up in a crowded theatre and scream that there is a fire (if there is not), because the ensuing panic may cause injury.

The reason abridgment of rights is sometimes valid is that rights can very easily clash. In the example above, my right to free speech clashes with the people in theatre's rights to not be trampled. The same analysis can be applied to the 2nd Amendment. If the right to own a gun interferes with public safety, that right can morally be abridged, in order to protect public safety. And the courts have agreed with this position, as follows.

Legal arguments why the 2nd is not absolute

Throughout the history of the USA, many Court decisions have limited the right to keep and bear arms. The Miller case in the early 20th century limited the right to own certain classes of weapons. More recently, we have the following from the United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, which indicates that the clause about "a well regulated militia" does not mean that the average citizen is part of that militia: "Since the Second Amendment right 'to keep and bear arms' applies only to the right of the state to maintain a militia, and not to the individual's right to bear arms, there can be no serious claim to any express constitutional right of an individual to possess a firearm." (Stevens v. U.S., United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1971).

A similar ruling from the Seventh Circuit held that "Construing [the language of the Second Amendment] according to its plain meaning, it seems clear that the right to bear arms is inextricably connected to the preservation of a militia . . . We conclude that the right to keep and bear handguns is not guaranteed by the Second Amendment." (Quilici v. Village of Morton Grove, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1982).

As you can see there is a strong case proving that the 2^nd Amendment does NOT guarantee every citizen the right to own guns. I personally believe that limited gun ownership should be legal, but I think that there must be limits on the types of guns that citizens can own.

FIREARM FACTS-Guns in the United States - Easy Access to Deadly Weapons

• There are approximately 192 million privately owned firearms in the U.S. - 65 million of which are handguns.

• Currently, an estimated 39% of households have a gun, while 24% have a handgun.

• In 1998 alone, licensed firearms dealers sold an estimated 4.4 million guns, 1.7 million of which were handguns. Additionally, it is estimated that 1 to 3 million guns change. hands in the secondary market each year, and many of these sales are not regulated.

Gun Deaths and Injury - The United States Leads the World in Firearm Violence

• In 2004, 29,569 people in the United States died from firearm-related deaths – 11,624 (39%) of those were murdered; 16,750 (57%) were suicides; 649 (2.2%) were accidents; and in 235 (.8%) the intent was unknown.  In comparison, 33,651 Americans were killed in the Korean War and 58,193 Americans were killed in the Vietnam War.

• For every firearm fatality in the United States in 2005, there were estimated to be more than two non-fatal firearm injuries.

• In 2004, firearms were used to murder 56 people in Australia, 184 people in Canada, 73 people in England and Wales, 5 people in New Zealand, and 37 people in Sweden.

• In comparison, firearms were used to murder 11,344 people in the United States.

Source: US Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

Source: Centers for Disease Control

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Source: Center for Electronic Records. National Archives

Common sense arguments

When our Constitution was written people used guns for hunting food, as well as protection. Today people buy their food and no longer hunt for food (at least most do not). Unfortunately there is still a need for protection, but machine guns are offensive weapons, meant for just one thing, and that is to kill.

The bottom line is not everyone should be allowed to buy a gun just because they live here and not every gun should be for sale.

I wonder if I can own a Tank…

David Phillips is a Vietnam Era Veteran, a Democratic Party Activist, and David is also the Publisher and Editor of the online political magazine YodasWorld.org

 E-Mail Questions or Comments: oneyoda@aol.com

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SHOULD BUSH AND CHENEY BE IMPEACHED?

By: David Phillips

Should President George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney be impeached?  The short answer is yes. The long answer is also yes, but needs further explaining, which I will provide.

But first a little background on the Impeachment process

Removing an official from office requires two steps: (1) a formal accusation, or impeachment, by the House of Representatives, and (2) a trial and conviction by the Senate. Impeachment requires a majority vote of the House; conviction is more difficult, requiring a two-thirds vote by the Senate. The vice president presides over the Senate proceedings in the case of all officials except the president, whose trial is presided over by the chief justice of the Supreme Court. This is because the vice president can hardly be considered a disinterested party—if his or her boss is forced out of office he or she is next in line for the top job!

High crimes and misdemeanors is a phrase from the United States Constitution, Article II, Section 4: "The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."

"High" in the legal parlance of the 18th century means "against the State". A high crime is one which seeks the overthrow of the country, which gives aid or comfort to its enemies, or which injures the country to the profit of an individual or group (Halliburton). In democracies and similar societies it also includes crimes which attempt to alter the outcome of elections.

OK, so now you know what it takes to Impeach Bush and Cheney, but there is one Key element missing from the above description and that element is a Spine, or a Back-Bone from the Democratic Party in Congress.

Bush’s Folly into Iraq

We know that Cheney was cherry picking Intel, then twisting it to fit the Whitehouse claims of a nuclear program in Iraq. We know that Bush Lied in his 2003 State of the Union speech by saying that Saddam Hussein bought Yellow Cake (Uranium) from Niger, and he knew that the Intel for his Niger claim was false.

Lies:  Bush insisted that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction but his "evidence" consisted mostly of forged documents, plagiarized student papers, and vague satellite photos. The United Nations was on the ground in Iraq and could find nothing. After extensive searches Bush was finally forced to admit that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction.

Lies: Bush, Cheney, Rice and Powell said that aluminum tubes Iraq attempted to purchase were for use in a uranium centrifuge to create nuclear weapons. These were the only physical evidence he had against Iraq. But it turns out this evidence had been rejected by the Department of Energy and other intelligence agencies long before Bush used them in his speeches

Lies: Bush led people to believe that Iraq was involved with 9/11 by repeatedly linking them in his speeches. This was so effective that at one point 70% of Americans actually believed Saddam was behind 9/11. Bush has since admitted that this was not true.

Lies: Bush has stated that Congress had access to all the same information that the White House had. Thus he should not be blamed for making the mistake of going to war. But Bush was briefed many times about the falsehood of various stories and this information never reached Congress.

Before the start of the War, the Whitehouse said the War in Iraq would only cost the American Tax payer 1.5 Billion dollars, and that the Iraqi Oil would pay for the Reconstruction in Iraq.

Dick Cheney, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Richard Armitage and Karl Rove all conspired to leak the name of a Covert CIA agent. All four of these men should be tried for Treason.

Bush’s Support for the Troops:

1. He sent the troops to War, with no Body Armor.
2. He sent the troops to War with no Armor for Trucks or Humvees.
3. He has outsourced logistical support.
4. He has outsourced medical support.
5. He has slashed Funding for the VA while giving speeches with our troops as back-drops.
6. He has proposed VA cuts for 2009 and 2010 in his latest budget proposal.
7. He has extended tours in Iraq and Afghanistan form 12 to 18 months.
8. He has stretched the Armed forces to the Breaking Point.
9. He has politicized the troops at every opportunity.

 The Katrina Fiasco

Here is another example of the ineffectual leadership from Bush and Cheney, and because of their direction, thousands suffered needlessly. And thousands are still displaced because Insurance companies were allowed to only pay 10 cents on the dollar if they paid at all.

Here’s a little trivia for you, a company called IAP Worldwide Services was contracted to supply water and Ice to Katrina victims. IAP Worldwide Service is also the company that Bush contracted to privatize the support staff at Walter Reed Hospital. IAP slashed the support staff from its original 300 employees down to 50.

American Civil Liberties

·         Telephone Wiretaps: Bush and Cheney have been wiretapping American citizens without Warrants.

·         E-Mail: The NSA has been data mining E-Mails from millions of Americans, without a Warrant.

·         Mail: President Bush has said that he has the right to read the mail of American citizens, without Warrants.

·         Financial Records: Bush and Cheney have data mined the financial records of millions of Americans without Warrants.

·         Medical Records: The NSA has built a data base using the medical records of millions of American citizens, without a Warrant.

·         Data Mining: The NSA and the Pentagon have been building a database on every American, all without Warrants.

Under the cover of a Bill called “The Military Commissions Act”, Bush has authorized Kidnappings by the CIA, called “Extraordinary Rendition.” Bush has suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus; and Bush has authorized “Secret Prisons”, as well as “Torture”.

Under the incompetent leadership of Bush and Cheney we now have the Largest Deficit in the History of our country. These two have also given us the Largest Trade Deficit in the History of our Country.

Bush has been in office about six and a half years, and he has been very ineffective in almost all of his decisions, I only wish I had more space to list them. But I have given you several examples where Bush and Cheney have misused their power, or just flat out lied.

Should they both be impeached?  Hell yes…

David Phillips is a Vietnam Era Veteran, a Democratic Party Activist, and David is also the Publisher and Editor of the online political magazine YodasWorld.org

 E-Mail Questions or Comments: oneyoda@aol.com

You can also read David’s Political Opinions in the Santa Ynez Valley Journal or their web site:

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English Only

By: David Phillips

Should English be the Official Language of the United States?

A few years ago the European Union (EU) which consists of several countries who for the most part have their own languages, decided that all business that is conducted to benefit the EU as a whole, will do so in English. 

The EU has made English the Official language for business. Imagine a group of countries where each has their own language, have banded together to make English the Official language for Business.

In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt stated, "We have room for but one language in this country, and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding house."

So why is there so much resistance to make English the Official language here in the United States?

I know that in my many years in business, as long as the money was green it didn’t matter to me what language someone spoke, all though at times it was difficult to communicate.

I also know from my many years that those that wanted to do business with me, would find it easier on themselves  if they understood me, and if they did not, it was usually they who lost out on my business, because I would simply seek out someone who did understand me.

So who is the one losing out, the person who speaks English, or the person who does not?

It is obvious that those that wish to live here in the United States hurt themselves and their families if they do not speak English. Immigrants that speak English will succeed a lot easier than those that don’t.

But there is a push here in the United States to make English the Official language.

Recently the Immigration Bill died on the Senate floor, a section of that Bill would have required those that were given Amnesty, to eventually learn to speak English. This was a pie in the sky attempt to placate those that have been pushing for English only here in the United States. 

Currently English is our National language, but not our Official language.

So what are some of the consequences if English were made our Official language?

If English becomes the Official language here in the United States all official forms and documents would only be printed in English.

Forms like DMV manuals and tests, voting ballots, hospital forms, court documents, or any other document that’s printed by the Federal Government, or State agencies.

The English only rule would also remove all government interpreters in hospitals or in our courts, and any other public service that may require an interpreter.

A Republican Presidential candidate for 2008, Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) recently said in a debate that English should and must be made the Official language, and he went on to say that when people are no longer told on the phone to Press 1 for English, then  he has done his job.

I personally don’t have a problem pressing 1 for English, it’s all the other numbers I am told to press to get to this or that department or person that pisses me off, and then after doing all that I may either be told to press a number to get back to the main menu, or I am told to wait for the next available operator.  

I also want those that are driving on our roads to understand our rules and to be able to understand our road signs. And if it takes printing a drivers manual in another language or 100 languages, I’m all for it.

If someone has received their citizenship and wish’s to take part in our democratic elections, I would hope that they have learned enough English to understand the voting ballots, but if it is easier for them to read in their native language so what. If I were a politician, I would want my constituents to vote for me in whatever language is easiest for them.

As for hospitals, if a foreign language form or an interpreter will move things along smoother and more efficiently, it would seem to make more sense. More sense for the patient that is about to be seen and for the patients that will follow.

So if we make English the Official language will everyone who does not speak English take English lessons?  When I call a business will they no longer say Press 1 for English?  I know that if I am a business owner I will still do business in any language; and my phone would still say Press 1 for English.

Many U.S. towns and cities along our southern border with Mexico, are now accepting Mexican currency for their services or products. This is also true along our northern border with Canada and Canadian currency.

It seems that these businesses have evolved to the point where they say that it doesn’t matter what language or what color you or your money is, we will gladly accept you’re trade.

Rep Tancredo says that his job will be done once English has been made the Official Language. It seems to me, that those who are pushing for English to become the Official language would only be hurting themselves and everyone else if this happens.

Young children pick up foreign languages much easier than adults.  Men and women in their 30’s, 40’s and on up, will certainly find learning English, or any other language that is not native to them difficult, not impossible, but certainly not as easy as their children.

We are becoming a true global world with business and trade and the needs for people to speak more than one language have never been greater. When Roosevelt made his quote in 1906 his words had a spoke to a different era.

Mexico is currently building a seaport in order to off load ships that normally are off loaded here in the United States. A Super Highway (using current U.S. and Canadian Highways) is being built that will move these containers throughout the United States and into parts of Canada from the seaport. This is part of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

I guess the point I am trying to make here, is that in this Globalization, we will continue see men and women from other countries wanting to come here to make a better life for themselves and their families.

Those that speak English will have an advantage over those that do not. But they will continue to come and to prevent them from learning about our laws and customs because we have English as our Official language, is narrow minded, and puts everyone in danger.

David Phillips is a Vietnam Era Veteran, a Democratic Party Activist, and David is also the Publisher and Editor of the online political magazine YodasWorld.org E-Mail Questions or Comments: oneyoda@aol.com

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PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS

By: David Phillips

What is a pardon?

A pardon is legal forgiveness for a crime, removing guilt and punishment. The president's right to issue pardons in federal cases is spelled out in Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, which describes the "Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in cases of Impeachment." A president has wide discretion to use the pardon, and it is not subject to congressional approval. The one exception: Pardons may not be used to halt impeachment proceedings. The framers of the Constitution intended the pardon power to be used to preserve "the tranquility of the commonwealth."

Unlike commutation, a pardon may be granted at any time before or after trial and conviction. A person who is granted a pardon returns to the legal status he held prior to the crime, may vote, and may hold a passport. Some states, however, prohibit pardoned people from some activities, such as holding local office.

Here is an account of pardons and commutations using figures from the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) going back to the year 1945, and starting with Harry S. Truman. The USDOJ also has the figures for how many were denied pardons and commutations and everything is broken down by year. Their web site is http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/actions_administration.htm if you would like to see a more detailed breakdown.  

·         Harry S. Truman (93 mos.)  Pardons 1913 Commutations 118

·         Dwight D. Eisenhower (96 mos.) Pardons 1110 Commutations 47

·         John F. Kennedy (34 mos.) Pardons 472 Commutations 100

·         Lyndon B. Johnson (62 mos.) Pardons 960 Commutations 226

·         Richard M. Nixon (67 mos.) Pardons 863 Commutations 60

·         Gerald E. Ford (29 mos.) Pardons 382 Commutations 22

·         Jimmy Carter (48 mos.) Pardons 534 Commutations 29

·         Ronald Reagan (96 mos.) Pardons 393 Commutations 13

·         George H.W. Bush (48 mos.) Pardons 74 Commutations 3

·         William J. Clinton (96 mos.) Pardons 396 Commutation 61

·         George W. Bush ( as of today) Pardons 113  Commutations 4

A couple of weeks ago President Bush commuted I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison sentence. Bush said he agreed with the jury and their verdict, but Bush said he felt that the thirty month prison term was too much, so he removed the prison time, but left in place the four guilty verdicts and a $250,000 fine.

The thirty month prison term is the going sentence for perjury and obstruction of justice. Bush said, "I made a judgment, a considered judgment, that I believe was the right decision to make in this case, and I stand by it."

You would think that since Bush said the verdict was right, that some prison time was appropriate, but not even ONE day was warranted in President Bush’s mind.

There are currently 3000 people in prison for the same crimes; will President Bush commute all their sentences? After all Bush said that the sentence does not fit the crime.

The other day President Bush when asked by a reporter if he may pardon Libby in the future, Bush said, "As to the future, I rule nothing in and nothing out."

Scooter Libby’s verdict culminated a nearly four-year investigation into how CIA official Valerie Plame's name was leaked to reporters in 2003. The trial revealed that top members of the administration were eager to discredit Plame's husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who accused the administration of doctoring prewar intelligence on Iraq.

In President Bush’s 2003 State of the Union speech, Bush said then, “The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.”

Director of the CIA George Tenet said that they could not confirm the report, but the Whitehouse inserted these words in the 2003 State of the Union speech anyway against the wishes of Tenet.

Ambassador Wilson found no evidence to support the Whitehouse claim and later wrote a story for the NY Times about his findings, after which the Whitehouse leaked Valerie Plame’s name to the newspapers.

Eight days after Wilson's account appeared in The New York Times, syndicated columnist and CNN contributor Robert Novak identified Plame as a CIA operative in a column, citing two senior administration officials.

The article suggested Plame was responsible for sending her husband to Niger.

Libby was convicted of one count of obstruction, two counts of perjury and one count of lying to the FBI about how he learned Plame’s identity and whom he told. Prosecutors said he learned about Plame from Vice President Dick Cheney.

Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzpatrick discovered that Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage leaked Valerie Plame’s name to the media inadvertently at first to Robert Novak a reporter.  But it was Karl Rove, VP Dick Cheney and I. Lewis Scooter Libby who used her name in order to discredit her husband’s finding about the yellow cake, and it was these three who called seven different reporters including Novak.

Bush said in 2004 that anyone working at the Whitehouse who is found to be involved in the leaking the name of a CIA agent would immediately be fired.

The investigation discovered that along with Libby, Karl Rove and VP Dick Cheney were directly involved with leaking Valerie Plame’s name to reporters, yet neither was fired.

There have been rumblings that if Libby was sent to prison, he was going to name names. Names the Whitehouse did not want to be known, which is why Bush commuted his prison time. And Bush will most likely give Libby a full pardon before he leaves office.

As you see Pardons and Commutations are very common, they have been given by both Democrats and Republicans alike. So what is all the fuss about this particular commutation?

Well, there appears to be a strong indication that if Libby went to jail he would further implicate senior Whitehouse officials, such as Cheney and Rove.

And if you look at the pardons of previous Presidents you will find the names of many unscrupulous people, but you won’t find the names of anyone who could implicate high ranking Whitehouse officials.

If this had been any other Pardon or Commutation nothing would have been said by anyone, and it most likely would never have been noticed by the media, but this was a Senior Whitehouse official who in my opinion should have been tried for Treason along with Armitage, Rove and Cheney for leaking the name of a Covert CIA agent.

So when Republicans  say look at all the pardons by Clinton, what they don’t say is, none of his pardons were to people who leaked the name or names of Covert CIA agents, or who could implicate Senior Whitehouse officials, and that is why this case is different from any other Presidential pardon or commutation.

David Phillips is a Vietnam Era Veteran, a Democratic Party Activist, and David is also the Publisher and Editor of the online political magazine YodasWorld.org

 E-Mail Questions or Comments: oneyoda@aol.com

You can also read David’s Political Opinions at The Santa Ynez Valley Journal

RANTS AND RAVES

By: David Phillips

July 16, 2007

It seems that over the last couple of weeks we have seen Republican Hypocrisy and trash, raise its head in many parts of the GOP…

A quick recap:

From Rudy’s camp; they have one guy busted for selling cocaine and another guy, Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) who in the past has campaigned on Family Values, paying for prostitutes while also campaigning for Rudy in Louisiana…

Rudy Giuliani issued a statement regarding the federal indictment of its South Carolina chairman, Thomas Ravenel. “Our campaign has no information about the accusations pending against Mr. Ravenel. Mr. Ravenel has stepped down from his volunteer responsibilities with the campaign.”

From McCain’s camp; his campaign Manager quit last week, and McCain’s Florida Campaign Chairman was busted for buying sex in a men’s bathroom…

McCain’s Florida Campaign Co-Chairman has been busted for trying to pick up an undercover male police officer…

State Rep. Bob Allen (R), a foe of LGBT rights in Florida, is charged with offering the cop $20 for oral sex in a washroom at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Titusville…

Police said that Allen, 48, was seen coming in and out of a restroom three times before approaching the officer…

It seems like only yesterday we were talking about a Republican Congressmen and his pedophile ways with Congressional Page’s…

And the Not so Honorable Rev. Ted Haggard who while talking to President Bush every week about God, was smoking Crack and sleeping with male prostitutes on his off day…

I am to the point that whenever I hear a Republican talking about Family Values and Morals, I automatically think he is a Pedophile Crack Head who buys sex in Men’s bathrooms…It’s really not that farfetched, now is it…

Fred Thompson has not been caught with any prostitutes or seen smoking Crack, but we did learn that when he was a lobbyist in the early nineties, one of his clients that he was an advocate for was Plan Parenthood, you may have heard that they support  the “A” word…ABORTION…

Fred Thompson, who calls himself a Washington Outsider, is very much the Washington Insider.

His first and big lobbying client was a division of Westinghouse, which hired him to seek federal money for an experimental nuclear reactor on the Clinch River in Tennessee. Other clients included Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the leftist Haitian leader; a Tennessee savings-and-loan group advocating some of the looser regulations that contributed to the savings and loan crisis.

Fred Thompson who has not announced his candidacy for President yet, has been coming up a strong second in most polls…I think that he may be testing the waters as to how trashed he will be played in the Media…

Fred Thompson who says he is Anti-Abortion obviously had no problems working for a Pro-Abortion organization…I don’t know what he’s worried about with his hypocritical background; he should feel right at home with the other GOP candidates…

I came across a Useless Stat that might help you if you are ever on Jeopardy and the category is Cost of College. The Cost of College has increased 800% since 1977. Source: US Census Bureau

Another stat that I recently read is that the majority of insurgents who are fighting us in Iraq come from Saudi Arabia (See story on Home page)…You can be sure that Bush would never mention this…We learned earlier this year that the Saudi’s were giving money to the Sunni Insurgents in Iraq who use the money to buy weapons that kill American’s and Iraqi’s alike…

We are told that Iran has also been supplying weapons to the Shiite’s in Iraq, who use these weapons to kill American’s and Iraqi’s alike.

But on the up side we did start to supply the Sunni Insurgents with weapons, that they promise to use only against al-Qaeda…

Dubai, Dubai, Dubai…

Halliburton is moving its Headquarters to Dubai, to avoid paying taxes from the Billions they have been stealing…

Rudy Giuliani is also moving his “Giuliani Partners” Headquarters to Dubai, to avoid paying taxes from the Billions they will be stealing…

553 Days until Bush and Cheney retire to Dubai…

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CIVIL LIBERTIES IN A POST 911 WORLD

By: David Phillips

July 2, 2007

Since 911, Bush has covertly put into action; programs that he says are meant to help identify terrorists or Evil Doers as he likes to call them. But in his eagerness to track down these Evil Doers, he has made a mockery of our Constitution and trampled on dozens of our Civil Liberties.

Some of these programs even have names meant to instill a sense of nationalism like the Patriot Act, or the Military Commissions Act. Other programs were never meant to become publicly known, but whistleblowers have leaked many other programs to the Newspapers such as the NY Times.

Programs such as the Patriot Act that allow the FBI to search your home or business without a search warrant, and it even allows them to do this when you are not there. And if they do find something, they can then get a search warrant wait for your return then do another search and then arrest you. This has appropriately been named Sneak and Peek.

There are dozens of other programs neatly tucked away in the Patriot Act that allows the FBI and other agencies to gather information. The Patriot Act also gives the government some very freighting powers, including the ability to make secret arrests, issue secret subpoenas, create a vast new DNA database and even strip Americans of their citizenship and deport them.

We have since learned that only six people in congress said that they had read the entire Patriot Act prior to voting in favor of it.

A couple of months ago we found out that the FBI has been abusing the Patriot Act to gather hundreds of thousands of illegal wiretaps on American citizens. FBI Director Robert Muller was called to testify before congress to explain the abuse, Muller did admit that some of his field agents exceeded the authorization that the Patriot Act provides and Muller said that he would make sure that it does not happen again.

Another program called the Military Commissions Act allows the CIA to literally kidnap someone anywhere in the world, usher them off to a secret prison and conduct various act of torture, which Vice President Dick Cheney calls “Intense Interrogation.”

The Military Commissions Act has also suspended the right of Habeas Corpus for detainees, which is the constitutional right to have your case seen by a court of law, and to determine whether the detention is lawful.

Two weeks ago we learned that the FBI is seeking to create a data base consisting of more than six billion records on all Americans. That works out to more than 20 individual records for every man, women and child in the United States. The data mining program will cost the FBI around $12 million dollars.

House Science and Technology Committee members Brad Miller (D-NC) and James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) requested last week that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate the proposal.

A story in The Washington Post last Thursday found "that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years."  "Two dozen of the newly-discovered violations involved agents' requests for information that U.S. law did not allow them to have."

Another program called The Terrorist Finance Tracking Program is designed to track financial transactions from more than 200 countries through the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a Belgium-based, bank-owned entity, which is run by the Central Intelligence Agency and overseen by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

The National Security Agency (NSA) with authorization from Bush, have been wiretapping phones and data mining e-mails of American citizens, hundreds of thousands of them at a time, without a warrant for Bush’s so called War on Terror.

Bush has said that the Powers of the President, give him the authority to wiretap anyone he wants in his fight against the Evil Doers. Last August a Federal Judge in Detroit ruled that the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional. The Bush Whitehouse is appealing this ruling, so in the mean time, the warrantless wiretapping program continues.

A couple of months ago we learned that Bush had given the approval for our Mail to be intercepted, opened, read, confiscated or done with whatever he or they want. Bush said that a Signing Statement gives him the power to intercept all mail.

Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) said it's "simply not true" that the president has the authority to open someone's mail. The congressman went on to say, that Bush's action is "contrary to the Constitution." Hinchey said the president's use of signing statements to gain more power has "corrupted the legislative process."

Bush has enacted programs that; wiretapped your phones without warrants, data mined your e-mails without warrants, read your mail without warrants, read your financial transactions without warrants, read your health and education records without warrants, arrest and torture people without warrants, and he has suspended Habeas Corpus.

CIA Kidnappings and Torture or extraordinary rendition by the United States, with regard to the transfer of suspected terrorists to countries known to employ harsh interrogation techniques (torture by proxy) that may rise to the level of torture.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is currently suing Boeing for providing transportation for the rendition of three terror suspects. The Italian courts have indicted 26 CIA agents, including the Rome station chief and head of CIA for kidnappings in Italy. There are dozens of extraordinary rendition on record, many stories have appeared in all the major papers in the country, and all of these kidnappings and torture have been approved by our government.

President Bush has signed more than 800 Signing Statements; these signing statements according to Bush, allow him to enact these programs without the approval of Congress or the Courts.

A signing statement is a written pronouncement issued by the President of the United States upon the signing of a bill into law.

Last year the American Bar Association described President Bush’s use of signing statements to modify the meaning of duly enacted laws as "contrary to the rule of law and our constitutional system of separation of powers.

Bush has signed more Signing Statements then all the other presidents added together. Signing Statements are not new, but Bush has used these signing statements in order to skirt constitutional laws. He has misused and abused this privilege; Bush has used this power to Decree Law, and for the first six years as President, and with a Republican controlled congress, his abuse went unchecked.

The Government is building mammoth data bases that will have records on every man, women and child. The Government uses the backdrop of security and tells us that they are gathering all these records on American citizens so they can protect us from the Terrorists or Evil Doers.

We the people have allowed our government to trample on our Constitution and trample on our Civil Liberties, all in the name of little Security.

Benjamin Franklin said: “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”

Sounds like Franklin knew what he was talking about.

 If you are not outraged by what you just read, then you have not been paying attention.

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David Phillips is a Vietnam Era Veteran, a Democratic Party Activist, and he is also the Publisher and Editor of the online political magazine YodasWorld.org E-Mail Questions or Comments: oneyoda@aol.com

You can also read David’s Political Opinion’s in the Santa Ynez Valley Journal

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The Center for Public Integrity, a Lobby Watch organization lists hundreds of companies from dozens of countries that throw money at Congress to influence legislation and voting out comes, I urge everyone to go to their web site and see what your elected officials have been doing…

The Conservative initiative, the customary Abstinence, even though a recent government report said that abstinence only policy does not work…The Conservatives as predictable have throw common sense out the window, to appease their base of religious conservatives…

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BLACK GOLD, TEXAS TEA, OIL

By: David Phillips

May 14, 2007

Gasoline prices across the country are rising so fast that most gas stations are now changing their prices daily. The average cost of a gallon of gas in the United States is $3.07, and in parts of California it has already topped $4.00.

With the summer driving season still ahead of us, it seems that there is no end in sight to the rising prices.

We are told by the so called experts on Wall Street and from our own government, that the driving habits of Americans will have to change before we will see a downward trend in the price of gasoline. 

We also are hearing from these same experts that Americans are not changing their driving habits, which they say, indicates that Americans are willing to pay these exorbitant prices.

Well, excuse me when I say that what our government and these experts are saying is a bunch of malarkey.

First of all a large portion of the American public live in the suburbs, and work in the cities, which lends itself to longer drive times. Most families these days have at least two cars and both parents are working, so now each have to drive to their jobs.

So until the jobs move out to the suburbs, or Americans move back to the cities our consumption of gasoline will continue on the pace that it is currently on.

So what is behind the rising prices at the Pumps?

Well, if you believe the Oil companies such as Exxon, they will tell you that the world is consuming more gasoline, which is creating shortages and driving up demands.

Or as your business or economics teacher would say: Supply Vs. Demand.

Sounds straightforward, less supply creates a larger demand, and more supplies equal less demand.

Simple right?

The Oil corporations are making record profits, in fact last year Exxon made over 59 Billion dollars, and they set the record for the most profits by an American corporation, ever.

So now you might be saying that their record profits, are because the demand for gasoline is out pacing the supply, and you would be partially correct.

We do have shortages in gasoline here in the United States because we do not have the refinery capacity to produce enough gasoline domestically that Americans use on a daily basis. To fill the shortages, Oil companies have been importing gasoline here to the United States, from refineries in other countries.

The Energy Information Agency has said that their data shows that the demand for gasoline here in the United States is 2.3 percent higher than the same period a year ago.

So why not build more refineries here in the United States so we can increase the supply, stop the imports of gasoline from other countries and lower the prices?

President Bush a few years back gave billions in tax breaks to the Oil companies such as Exxon for the sole purpose of building more refineries right here in the good ole USA. Exxon and the other Oil companies said no thanks to building new refineries, because they know that more supply equals less profits.

The United States has not built any new refineries since the 70’s, more than 30 years ago. Some of the reasons for this are: no one wants a refinery in their back yard, environmentalists have placed road blocks with the courts, and the Oil companies know what will happen to their profits.

Over the last six years, President Bush and the Republican Party have been pushing to find more sources of Oil closer to home.  There have been calls for more drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, and more drilling in Alaska in an area called The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

The House of Representatives has recently approved of more drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, but further drilling and exploration in ANWR is still on hold.

According to the Department of Interior's 1987 resource evaluation of ANWR's Coastal Plain, there is a 95% chance that a 'super field' with 500 million barrels would be discovered. DOI also estimates that there exists a mean of 3.5 billion barrels

While the exact amount of Oil at ANWR is not known, there has been a strong push by the Oil companies and President Bush to find out.

April of 2005 Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens urged his colleagues to support drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. “Do it to boost our domestic oil supplies”, he said. “Do it to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.”

What Stevens did not say to his colleagues on the Senate floor that day, was that the Oil from ANWR would be sold to Japan and Russia.

The Democratic Party has done all they could to prevent any further exploration and drilling at ANWR. In 2005 the democrats did offer to allow more exploration and drilling at ANWR if President Bush would keep the oil here in the United States to be refined here and sold to American consumers, but President Bush said no.

But why sell our domestic oil to other nations, when we have become so dependent on foreign oil?

Greed.

The Saudi’s and OPEC along with Bush and Cheney want to keep us dependent on foreign oil for as long as possible for profits.

In 2001 when Bush took office the price of a barrel of oil on the New York Stock Exchange was approx. $19.00…In July 2006 the price of a barrel of oil on the New York Stock Exchange reached a high of $78.00…Source The New York Stock Exchange…

Our friends the Saudi’s have made a fortune under President Bush’s reign.

So what can be done to lower the prices at the pumps?

There is not much to hope for in the short term, but in the long run there is plenty we can do to get the prices at the pumps lowered.

We can demand that domestic oil stay in the United States and replace the foreign oil that is refined at our plants if we are going to increase our domestic drilling. We can push our representatives to build more refineries. We can demand more money for the development of alternative energy sources. We can demand cars that are more fuel-efficient, and cars that can run on alternative fuels. We can demand that our elected officials stop the gauging being conducted by Exxon and the others.

The months leading up to the 2006 election we miraculously saw the prices at the pumps come down, not because all of a sudden there was an increase of gasoline, but because they could.

There are some little changes that everyone can do to help offset the high prices we face today at the pumps, such as car pooling, maintain tire pressures, clean air filters, and tune-ups. But it will take you, the American citizen to speak out to your politicians, to tell them to build the refineries, then drill for the domestic oil, which would make us no longer dependent on OPEC or other oil producing nations.

The policy of Stay the Course, must change.

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The Power of Three

By: David Phillips

April 23, 2007

You know that old saying; “Things Happened in Threes”, like the deaths of famous people, or tragic events, and then you say to yourself, that is the third time in the last few days that this or that has happened…

We even have a term for such thinking its called “numerology”, the study of the supposed influence of numbers on humans and human events…

I am going to point out a few such occurrence’s that have caught my eye…

First up I will point out how three tragic events all had common denominators of numerical influence… In this case I will point out how the Same Week, in the Same Month, will show how all three are tied to “Things Happened in Threes”…

April 19, 1995 the killings at the Oklahoma Bombing

April 20, 1999 the killings at Columbine High School

April 16, 2007 the killings at Virginia Tech

Next up, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and the people around him…

Michael Battle director of the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys

Kyle Sampson Chief of Staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

Monica Goodling, the Attorney Generals Liaison to the White House

The three highest-ranking officials under Attorney General Gonzales have RESIGNED from the Justice Department…“Things Happened in Threes”,

The Power of Three has shined it’s light towards congress, and it is the FBI who is shinning this light…

Republican Jim Gibbons (R-NV) former Congressmen and current Governor of Nevada, is under investigation for receiving bribes in exchange of no-bid contracts worth millions to his friends in Reno, NV. A recall campaign is under way by the people of Nevada…

Republican John Doolittle (R-CA) is under investigation for receiving bribes from convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Congressmen Doolittle stepped down last week from the House Appropriations Committee, until the investigation comes to an end…

Republican Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) is under investigation for a land deal that would benefit his friend and business associate who was also a campaign donor. Congressmen Renzi stepped down last week from the House Intelligence Committee, until this matter is cleared up…

The Power of Three see what I mean…and there are more commonalities to these three Republicans with the phrase “Things Happen in Threes”…

The FBI is also investigating the wives of all three of these men…

Dawn Gibbons…wife of Gov. and former Republican Congressmen Jim Gibbons

Julie Doolittle…wife of Republican Congressmen John Doolittle

Roberta Renzi…wife of Republican Congressmen Rick Renzi

More Supernatural examples of the saying “Things Happen in Three’s”…Or Numerology…

Eerie isn’t it?

How about this ditty of people and the power of three…

Just a few weeks back, all Three cable news networks (MSNBC, CNN, and FOX) covered the same Three stories 24 hours a day for several weeks…No it was not the about the Wars…No it was not about Bush, Cheney or Condi…

The three cable News channels were all about:

Lisa Nowak… the NASA astronaut who wore a diaper in route to a possible kidnapping and murder plot…

Britney Spears…the now party girl and former singer, barber, and rehab girl who did not know that when she was told she needs to spend 30 days in rehab, that they meant 30 days in a Row…

Anna Nicole Smith…another party girl who wanted to be just like Marylyn Monroe who died at 36…Anna Nicole Smith beat out her idol by Three years…39…

Now obviously these things really don’t have much in common…Or do they???

Chills, I feel chills on the back of my neck…Is this getting spooky?

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RANTS AND RAVES

By: David Phillips

April 16, 2007

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) who is responsible for making sure imports are safe, has suffered massive budget cuts under the Bush administration which has seen 50 percent of it’s staff slashed, while at the same time, the imports that it has been responsible for checking have increased by 50 percent. The lab is outdated and until recently, the commission has been short one commissioner…

This year alone the CPSC has announced 99 product recalls, which 63 came from Communist China imports. Adding to the crisis is the overwhelming increase in imported goods. When the CPSC was created in 1973, we had a trade surplus, last year our trade deficit in products topped $386 billion…

Some of the imports that the CPSC has recalled include defective ladders, dangerous toys, lunchboxes found with lead in the vinyl, as well as lead in baby highchairs and bibs…

The current acting head of the commission appointed by President Bush, is anti consumer and favors manufacturers. He is a former lobbyist and the former head of consumer affairs for the Chamber of Commerce…

Bush also appointed the former executive vice president of the National Association of Manufacturers, as the final commissioner of the CPSC…

The head of the American Toy Association spoke at some congressional hearings and told them that they need to increase funding to the CPSC, but instead Bush has pushed for more cuts…

All these cuts at the CPSC along with the cuts at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), who in 2001 had a staff of more than 9000 inspectors, and now has a staff of a little more than 2000 inspectors, has also seen their work load increase to the point that they cannot do their job in the approved manner…

What we are seeing is gross negligence from the Bush administration and his total lack of consideration and protection of Consumers…

I wonder if Bush has someone tasting his food before he eats it…

Well, It looks like GonzoGate is heating up, the Attorney General will be testifying before Congress this week, and this scandal just keeps snowballing.

From this scandal other scandals are blooming…

We learned this past week, that the White House staff used the Republican National Committee’s web server for e-mails to keep them away from the White House and hidden form democratic subpoenas, which is illegal…

The White House staffs including Karl Rove were informed in 2004 that what they were doing is illegal, but do you think breaking a few laws would stop them. Then we learned the White House and Karl Rove deleted millions of e-mails that they said was a mistake…

The hits just keep on coming…

We have also learned that Monica Goodling, the Attorney Generals Liaison to the White House who at the age of 33 has never prosecuted any case in court, who’s position is the third highest in the Justice Department, who told Congress she would exercise her fifth amendment rights if subpoenaed and who resigned a few days later, is a graduate from Pat Robertson’s Regent College law school, that is rated as a tier four (The Lowest) school by the US Government college ranking system…

We have also learned from GonzoGate, that the White House has hired 150 law graduates from Pat Robertson’s Regent College…Can I get a Hallelujah, or maybe an Amen would be better…

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Children in Crisis: Voices from the Holocaust April 15, 2007

“The first to perish were the children...From these a new dawn might have risen.”

— Yitzhak Katzenelson, Yiddish poet

The United States Congress established Days of Remembrance as our nation’s annual commemoration of victims of the Holocaust, just as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is our permanent living memorial to those victims.

This year Holocaust Remembrance Day is Sunday, April 15, 2007. The Museum has designated “Children in Crisis: Voices from the Holocaust” as the focus for the 2007 observance.

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644 days until George and Dick are evicted…

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RANTS AND RAVES

By: David Phillips

April 9, 2007

RANTS AND RAVES
A White House Mired in Scandals
By: David Phillips
March 19, 2007

The last five weeks have seen one scandal after another with ties directly to the White House, that has George W. Bush wishing to hear more about Anna Nicole Smith, Britney Spears and Lisa Nowak the diaper astronaut, and less about Scooter Libby, Valerie Plame, the FBI's misuse of the Patriot Act, and US Attorneys …

Fox News Channel is so worried about what to air and talk about that will not offend Bush and Cheney, that they are resorting to filming and airing the Fox News Channel's division president, Roger Ailes and his speech's at dinners for bashing Democrats, to fill time and space with his lame jokes…

I would not be surprised if Fox News Channel asked the Circus Freak of Politics, Ann Coulter, to call more people "Fags" so they can fill more hours of her mindless dribble on their news/entertainment shows…

The White House is back to their old trick, of trying to scare people and make them fearful of their own shadows, so they'll talk about something else and forget about the Scandals…

In case you missed it, late Friday, the FBI issued warnings to all Police Departments that Foreign Extremists here in the United States, have been training to drive school buses…  

The bulletin did NOT say how many foreign extremists, have sought to acquire licenses to drive school buses, or even where in the United States they were doing this…

But, an FBI spokesman came forward and said, "PARENTS AND CHILDREN HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR."…

Did I mention that the FBI and Homeland Security said, "We have no information indicating these individuals are involved in a terrorist plot against the homeland."…

So, the FBI has no information that extremists are doing this, but they just wanted you to know, so you would not be afraid…

I wonder if the FBI was aware of a new story this past weekend in the Washington Post, that was a follow up story about the Department of Justice's, Inspector General report of Illegal use of the Patriot Act by the FBI…The follow up story said, the FBI had obtained Thousands of Phone Records of American Citizens, over a two-year period, that had nothing to do with terrorism…

I guess we won't be hearing President Bush say that he does not illegally wiretap American Citizens anymore, or that he only wiretaps calls by suspected terrorists to the United States…

This past week Valerie Plame finally got to present the facts of her status with the CIA before Congress, and we now know, that she was a Covert CIA agent, and CIA Director General Michael Hayden, confirmed that she was a Covert CIA agent…

We also now know as facts, that Vice President Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, ALL have their hands dirty, in exposing a Covert CIA agent as a reprisal, to discredit her husband, former Amb. Joseph Wilson, and all three should be Charged with Treason…

President Bush said a couple of year's back, that if anyone from the White House is found to be the Leaker of the Agents name, he would fire them…

Like that's ever going to happen…

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has created an on going scandal, because he was incapable of telling the truth, as to why eight US Attorneys were fired…

His first response after being caught lying, was to fire (ask for his resignation) his Chief of Staff, Kyle Sampson…Then some e-mails came out from Harriet Miers, Bush's former White House counsel, and they tried to throw her under the bus, but more e-mails showed up a couple days later, that implicated Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales before he was Attorney General…

This current scandal is still in its works, Congress has subpoenaed the fired US Attorneys, and Congress is considering subpoenaing Rove and Gonzales…

Stay tuned; the fallout from this scandal is not over…

673 days until George and Dick, take their act on the Road…

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RANTS AND RAVES
By: David Phillips
March 12, 2007

The top four Republican candidates for the 2008 Presidential election in descending order are; Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Senator John McCain, Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (who has not announced his candidacy), and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney…

Rudy, John, and Newt have had a total of eight wives between them, and Mitt who is a Mormon, has just the one wife that he is currently married too…

That's right, the Mormon has one wife and the other three have had a total of eight. I just find that ironic, and the fact that the party of family values has given the least amount of support to the one who has family values…

Republican Irony, don't you just love it?

Newt Gingrich former Speaker of the House, went on a Christian talk radio show a couple of days ago, hosted by James Dobson, who leads The Focus On the Family, a right wing evangelical organization. Newt confessed that while he was leading the charge in 1998 to Impeach President Bill Clinton for having an affair with Monica Lewinsky, he was also having an affair, with one of his congressional aides…

Some more irony, mixed with Hypocrisy from the Republican Party…

Scooter Libby was just found guilty on counts of perjury, lying to the FBI and obstructing an investigation. The Republican Party has been pounding on Bush's door to pardon him…

Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC), who lead the charge for President Bill Clinton's Impeachment from the Senate, went on all the cable news shows the other day, calling for Bush to Pardon Scooter Libby, when asked how Scooters guilty charges of perjury, were different from President Clinton's guilty charges of perjury, his reply was "It just is"…Meaning that Scooter is a Republican and Clinton was a Democrat…

Again more Hypocrisy from the Republican Party… 

Well, I'm sure most of you have heard about the Walter Reed Medical Center scandal, that has rocked the White House, because of the way President Bush was Supporting our Troops by having them live in Rat infested rooms and some forced to sleep in their own Urine…Well Bush has formed a Bipartisan committee to look into the problem…It amazes me how Bush always forms a committee when the shit hits the fan, instead of owning up to what really has caused the problems…

There are now Eight committees formed between the House, the Senate, and the President…More waste of time and tax dollars…

Speaking of president Bush's Support for the troops, the House the other day said that Bush's request for another $100 Billion for his Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will have a few Billion diverted from the Wars to the VA because Bush is cutting there budget for the years of 2008 and 2009…

Oh yeah, Bush said that if the House diverts money to the VA he would Veto the spending Bill…

Hypocrisy from the top, Bush says out of one side of his face, I Support our Troops, and out of the other side of his face he slash's their Healthcare…

Lt. General David H. Petraeus, the new man that Bush has put in charge to oversee the War in Iraq said the other day that a "Military win in Iraq is Unattainable."…

The General threw a Slap to the Face of Bush with this bit of reality…Will Bush spin this to his advantage by going on the road and saying that things in Iraq are going good with his escalation and progress is being made or will he simply ignore what the General said?

I'm guessing that we will see a Road Trip in the near future for Bush…

The Dept. of Justice's Inspector General for the FBI just released a report a couple of days ago, that said the agency has abused the Patriot Act…FBI Director Robert Muller, said that he will put a stop to the abuse of the Patriot Act by his agents, but would most likely not discipline anyone…

I guess we really can't blame Muller for not disciplining anyone, since Bush generally rewards those that screw up with the Medal of Freedom like John Ashcroft, Tommy Franks and L. Paul Bremer…

In case you forgot who these three great thinkers are, Tommy Franks planed the invasion of Iraq; George Tenet said the case for WMDs was a "slam-dunk," and Paul Bremer fired the Iraqi army, all government workers, and all factory workers leaving everyone jobless and most armed….

You're doing a heck of a job Mullee…

I recently had a conversation with a young Republican regarding Bush removing many of our Civil Liberties, and he said that Bush could remove all of our Civil Liberties if it meant keeping America Safe…

As Michael Moore once said: "Dude, Where's My Country."…

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RUDY'S SKELETONS COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET
By; David Phillips
February 26, 2007

Like all Presidential candidates in the past, personal and professional histories are examined as if they are under a microscope.

And like most people, skeletons are bound to be hiding in their closets.

President Bush for example had to deal with his Whisky and Cocaine problems, and his missing time (AWOL) while serving in the Texas Air National Guard. Senator John McCain had to deal with his involvement with the "Keating Five" savings and loan scandal. Senator Barack Obama as a State senator in Illinois entered into a real estate deal with a political fundraiser who was later indicted in a kickback scheme. Senator Hillary Clinton, who as first lady was confronted with scandals involving the White House travel office, and the Whitewater real estate investment.

Some of the skeleton's that are rattling around Rudy's closet are former Monsignor Alan Placa a friend of Giuliani's, who was defrocked by the Catholic Church amid accusations of groping a former student Richard Tollner.

Despite the accusations that Placa faced, Giuliani gave his friend a job at Giuliani Partners, a consulting company that Giuliani formed after leaving office as Mayor.

Michael Hess a partner at the firm and the ex-mayors corporation counsel handled Placa's legal matters.

Another skeleton is Bernie Kerik; Giuliani promoted his former campaign driver from detective to a series of jobs, the last being Police Commissioner, and later Kerik became one of the founding partners at Giuliani Partners.

Giuliani recommended Kerik to President Bush in 2004 to head the Homeland Security Department. Kerik had to decline the offer, because of his guilty pleas to two misdemeanors of corruption, one of which he allowed a mob-tied firm to renovate his apartment for no cost. Kerik paid a fine of $221,000.

And there are more skeletons that are busting out of Giuliani's closet, Russell Harding, who in 2000 at the age of 34 was appointed the head of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Harding was given this position despite his lack of a college degree or any expertise because he was the son of a key political ally.

Harding is currently serving five years in prison after pleading guilty for taking nearly a $500,000 in agency money to pay for lavish meals and vacations, and for downloading child pornography. Two of his aides also pleaded guilty in defrauding the agency of money.

Wait, were not done yet, there's still the rattle of bones emanating from Giuliani's closet. Those bones you hear are those of Louis Carbonetti an old friend of Giuliani's who's father Anthony Carbonetti, was Chief of Staff at City Hall, while Giuliani was Mayor, and is now a partner at Giuliani Partners.

Louis Carbonetti who was the Community Assistance Unit commissioner under Giuliani, pleaded guilty in 2004 to perjury in a probe of contracts with a business improvement district he led after leaving City Hall. He was sentenced to five years probation and paid a fine of $17,500.

All of these skeletons paint a very large and precise picture of Rudy Giuliani's hiring practices and his lack of business ethics.

Many of those who Giuliani associated with in business, have either pleaded guilty to various corruption or larceny charges, and are serving time or are tainted as immoral, as in the case of the former Monsignor Alan Placa.

Rudy Giuliani has gone through three divorces because of his adulterous affairs, and lack of moral conscience.

So I would like to ask those who voted for George W. Bush because of his family values and to those who thought that former President Bill Clinton, was immoral because of his White House affairs…

Does Rudy Giuliani possess the Moral character that you want for your next President?

Do you hear the rattle of more bones, I thought you might…Coming soon Part 2

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WHEN THEY STAND UP
By: David Phillips
February 19, 2007

President Bush is currently sending in 21,500 more troops to Iraq in hopes of stabilizing Baghdad.

This will be the third surge, as Bush likes to call it that he has undertaken in the last several months, the last time being this past summer. During last summers surge, Bush was promised help from Prime Minister al-Maliki who said he would add eight Iraqi Battalions to go with the surge of American troops.

Well, only two of the eight Iraqi battalions we are told showed up.

Bush’s latest escalation, I mean surge, again calls for cooperation from al-Maliki and Iraqi forces working in concert with our American troops.

This time Bush said he has assurances from al-Maliki that he will not interfere with American forces and that al-Maliki will go after both Sunni and Shia militias.

Al-Maliki is beholden to Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shia Cleric who controls the Mahdi Army estimated to be approx. 60,000 strong according to the DOD, although they admit they really are not sure of there strength.

The DOD and Bush have said the Iraqi security forces are 325,000 strong. Bush has also said on many occasions in the past, although not recently that “When the Iraqis Stand Up, We Will Stand Down.”

You may have noticed that Bush is no longer saying “When they Stand Up, We Will Stand Down”, Bush has moved on from that bumper sticker slogan, to his next bumper sticker slogan, ”The Surge to Control Baghdad”.

In case you may have forgotten some of his nifty slogans, let me refresh your memory;

Ø      They hate us for our Freedom’s

Ø      Freedom is on the March

Ø      Your either with us, or your against Us

Ø      Bring um on

Ø      Stay the Course

”When the Iraqi’s Stand Up, We will Stand Down”, obviously that is just another bunch of crap from Bush and his spin machine to appease the American citizens.

Some of the things that we were told leading up to the War in Iraq, that we have since learned to be False or out and out Lies are; 

Ø      We were told Iraq had WMD’s

Ø      We were told that we would be greeted as liberators

Ø      We were told that we would have our troops home by December 2003

Ø      We were told the War would not cost us more than 1.5 Billion

Ø      We were told that Iraqi Oil would pay for the reconstruction

Ø      The Intel that Bush used to make his case for War was Cherry Picked

Ø      Saddam Hussein and Iraq had no connections with al-Qaida

Out of all the things that Bush has told us about his War in Iraq that I find truly believable is, that it will be up to the next President to decide if, and when our troops will come home.

The Democrats have now had control of Congress for a little more than a month, and already we are hearing from the right wing spin machine that the Democrats have done nothing to stop the War.

The right wing talking heads won’t tell you that no matter what Democrats or even Republicans say, Bush is the Commander and Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, and he has the power to send in as many troops as he wants, no matter what others may say.

The only power that Congress has is Article one, Section Seven of the Constitution of the United States, which says Congress can cut off funding to the Military.

While Congress does have this power, none have the will, or backbone to use it, because any politician that votes to cut the funding will be labeled as someone who does not support the troops.

Over the last several years the right wing spin machine has labeled any politician or American citizen who has protested the War: as Unpatriotic, Un-American, Empowering the Enemy or Endangering our Troops.

We’re told that it’s OK, and it’s understandable that the people are against the War just keep it to yourself.

So when they Stand Up, and we DON’T Stand Down, just remember that it’s OK and Understandable that you disagree with Bush, just keep it to yourself…

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RANTS AND RAVES
David Phillips
February 12, 2007

It's a shame that Anna Nicole Smith Died, but the Media has gone bonkers with all the coverage…

Anna Nicole Smith was Psycho crazy over Marilyn Monroe, years ago she said that, she wanted her life to emulate hers...

Marilyn Monroe loved Champaign and Pills and died at 36...Anna Nicole Smith loved Champaign and Pills and died at 39...

Smith said in a recent interview, that if she could go back and do things different, she would be a waitress and making babies in a small town...

It's a disgrace that the vultures are circling Smiths body before it has a chance to run cold...

I can tell you that NASA and Astronaut Lisa Nowak are happy to be out of the News...

Because of Smith, we no longer have to endure hours and hours of mindless dribble, about a crazy Astronaut who drove to Florida wearing diapers...It seemed that every talking head on TV, just loved to mention the diapers, and you could see a half smile on their face when they said the word Diapers...

The down side for those who watch a lot of News coverage, is that you will now have to endure hours and hours of mindless dribble, about Anna Nicole Smith, until the next non story for the media to cover, comes along…

New York, New York…I heard that Anna Nicole loved New York…

In 1993 the World Trade Center was attacked by al-Qaida, while Bill Clinton was President and Rudy Giuliani was the Mayor of New York…

As Mayor of New York, Giuliani decided to move New York's Emergency Management Command Center, to one of the two, World Trade Center Towers...

Was that a smart move on Giuliani's part to put the Emergency Management Command Center for New York, into a known al-Qaida Target?

Since I have the opportunity to use hindsight, it is easy to state the obvious, but is this a legitimate question to ask a Presidential candidate, as to why he put the Emergency Management Command Center into a known al-Qaida Target???

I heard on CNN the other day that the ONLY was for a follower of Islam to got to Heaven is to die a Martyr…That's right, the Quran says I have 72 virgins waiting for you, but first, you must go and murder a non believer of Islam, and die doing it, if you want your 72 Virgins…

Article one, section seven of the United States Constitution says that Congress has the Power to Cut funding to the Military…So if Congress really wants to end the Iraqi War and bring our troops home they can do it…That is if they have the backbone to do it…

And Finally…In today's News, Vice President Dick "Dead Eye" Cheney, DID NOT, I repeat, DID NOT, shoot another lawyer in the face…

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RANTS AND RAVES

By: David Phillips

February 5, 2007

The FDA is about to approve Cloned Meats and Milk, they say that after a few years of testing, they find No difference between Farm Raised Beef and Cloned Beef…

While they have no long-term exposure test results on Humans who eat and drink cloned foods, they say the risks are the same as with farm raised meats and milks…

Since they have no test results to back their claim, buyers beware. Or should that be eaters beware…

President Bush is still intent on surging American forces into Baghdad by 21,500 more troops…But what he did not say is that the number will be closer to 41,000 with the support the forces will require to maintain that level…

Palestine is still teetering on Civil War between Hamas factions and Fatah factions…Over 100 civilians have been killed, and many more wounded…

Hamas who was elected into power last year has vowed to destroy Israel, and has said that it will never live side by side with Israel in Peace…

The so-called more moderate Fatah group wants Peace with Israel, and is willing to work towards that end goal, with the two living side by side…

Ford Motor Co. and American Icon, announced losses of $12.7 Billion dollars for 2006… The loss for 2006, surpassed Ford's old record of $7.39 billion set in 1992.

I wonder how many millions the CEO will get as a severance bonus for breaking the old record???

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group of Scientists representing 113 countries have come together on a report that says Global Warming is real, and man made…

An Oil lobbying firm has offered $10,000 to Scientists who will write a report that rebuts the facts,

The letters were sent by Kenneth Green, a visiting scholar at American Enterprise Institute, who confirmed that the organization had approached scientists, economists and policy analysts to write articles for an independent review that would highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the IPCC report." AEI has received more than $1.6 million from Exxon-Mobil.

Exxon-Mobil just reported profits for the year 2006 came in at just under $40 billion for the past year…Our politicians keep telling us, that these record profits have nothing to do with the price of gas at the pumps…Yeah right!!!!!

I wonder how many millions the CEO of Exxon-Mobil will get as a bonus for the record setting profits????

The Department of Defense (The Pentagon), had changed the number of wounded from Afghanistan and Iraq, from 47,657 to 31,493 on their web site…

They said that the NEW figure would reflect only those that are wounded and then, medevaced by helicopter…

All others who are wounded or catch some illness, and are medevaced by some other mode of transportation, other than a helicopter, no longer count as wounded or sick…

The DoD, ya gotta love them, making sure that the American people don’t know the truth, making sure we feel good about the War……

Also any soldiers who are killed in action, then rise from the dead will…

715 days till President George W. Bush is no longer President…

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Bush Poking and Prodding Iran into War
By: David Phillips
January 29,2007

There is very little doubt in my mind that we will be at War with Iran, before the end of this summer.

In Bush's speech earlier this month about his surge (Escalation) of 21,500 troops to Iraq, he said that he is sending in Patriot Missile Systems, and another Aircraft Carrier battle group to the Persian Gulf.

The various groups, that we are fighting in Iraq: the Insurgents, al-Qaeda and the Militia's, have No Missiles to shoot down, that would require Patriot Missile Systems, but Iran does. They have No Jets, No Helicopters or other aerial devices, that would require more Air Power, but Iran does.

Bush must go after the Iranian Nuclear facilities, which are spread throughout Iran, because he has backed himself into a corner, with all of the lines he has drawn in the sand, regarding Iran's attempt to build a nuclear bomb, and Vowing to never let that happen.  

Less than 24 hours after Bush's speech about his surge (Escalation) of Troops to Iraq, the United States attacked the Iranian Consulate in Irbil, Iraq, detained 6 Iranian civilians, and confiscated all the computers and paper work in the building.

A few hours later our Embassy in Athens, Greece was attacked, Greek authorities say they are not sure who attacked the U.S. Embassy, but they are confident, that there was no link to al-Qaeda, or other foreign terror groups.

The Greek authorities might be right about no links to al-Qaeda, or other foreign terror groups, but they did say that they don't know for sure, who was responsible for the attack on the U.S. Embassy.

For more than a year now, the U.S. forces in Iraq have secretly detained dozens of Iranian agents, and after three or four days they would then release them. The DoD described this policy as "Catch and Release", because they did not want to increase tensions with Iran.

President Bush and the DoD have rethought their policy with regards to Iran and Iranians who are caught in Iraq.

The new policy that was leaked to the press this past Friday by U.S. Counterterrorism officials, and authorized by President Bush this last fall, now authorizes our troops to shoot to kill, or capture any Iranian agents or members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard in Iraq.

Any Iranians captured in Iraq will be treated as enemy combatants, and will now be subjected to, as Dead Eye Dick calls it, "Intense Interrogation", or as everyone else in the world calls it, "Torture."

The White House has authorized a widening of what is called the "Blue Game Matrix", according to counterterrorism officials, and the DoD. The "Blue Game Matrix" is a list of approved operations that can be carried out against the Iranian backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Iran has always claimed that their nuclear ambitions are peaceful, and they only want to build plants to make electricity. 

Last week the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad barred 38 UN inspectors from entering Iran.

Iran has announced plans to enrich uranium, which is the first step towards the process for making plutonium, which is used to make nuclear bombs.

Israel, who has also said that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, does not have the firepower to attack Iran's nuclear facilities that are spread throughout Iran.

While several members of the United Nations have also said that Iran must not be allowed to make nuclear weapons, and have imposed sanctions on Iran, that are meant to curtail Iran's nuclear ambitions, most agree that the sanctions are weak, and will do little to slow them down.

The United States plans to readdress the United Nations in hopes of toughening the sanctions. But countries such as Russia and China have blocked sanctions in the past against Iran that have any actual muscle.

All of this is leading up to a military confrontation with IRAN.

Bush is poking and prodding, and just needs to provoke them...When Iran respond with a military reaction...Bush will attack...He just needs an excuse that he can show the American people and the world, to justify his actions...

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BUSH:  SPEECH ABOUT NEW STRATEGY
The New "Stay The Course"
By: David Phillips
January 15, 2007

The New Way Forward

Bush's escalation of 21,500 more American soldiers does not appear to be what some on the right would call a Winning Strategy, and it does not appear to be what some on the left would call an Exit Strategy. It is merely the same strategy of "Stay The Course" with more American soldiers, and a promise from Iraq's Shia President Nouri Kamel al-Maliki, to bring in 50,000 more Iraqi soldiers to try and squash the sectarian violence (Civil War Sunni against Shia) in Baghdad.

Bush has tried this same strategy on two other occasions, the last as recently as this past summer, also with a promise from President al- Maliki to infuse more Iraqi troops, but the Iraqi troops that were promised never showed up.

President Al-Maliki who is a Shia and is backed in Iraq's fragile parliament by the cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army. The Mahdi Army is made up of approx. 60,000 shiites, according to the DoD, but they admit they are not really sure how many are in the Mahdi Army.

President al-Maliki has refused to go after Shiite militias, most notably Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army. President al-Maliki said that this time he would pursue both Sunni and Shia militias, and do whatever it takes to bring Baghdad under control and to squash the sectarian violence (Civil War).

So, Bush's new strategy, which he has tried twice before, is to infuse more troops in Baghdad, both American and Iraqi, put a stop to the sectarian violence (Civil War) that is tearing the country apart, while at the same time train more Iraqi's to be soldiers. Oh yeah, and he plans on sending in 4,000 more American soldiers to the Anbar province, were al-Qaeda and other foreign fighters are based and entrenched.  

Bush said that if his new strategy works, he plans on handing over all control of Baghdad to the Iraqi's this November 2007, so Americans can be redeployed to border areas along Iran, and Syria, plus hopefully being able to bring some American troops home.

Bush's new IRAQI Strategy: By sending more troops into Iraq, we can bring them home sooner, because the longer we're there, the faster we can get out.

I know, your saying that this sounds absurd, well it should, because it is absurd…

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I'll Have a Clone Burger with Fries to Go
By: David Phillips
January 8, 2007

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), about a week ago announced that the milk and meat from Cloned animals is safe to eat and drink. The FDA said that the milk and the meat are “indistinguishable” from animals that are bred and raised in conventional methods.

The approval by the FDA moves the United States one step closer to allowing the sale of Cloned animal meats and milk.

In 2001, the FDA put a voluntary suspension on the sale of these items, so they could begin their study of the risks that may be associated with food from Cloned animals.

The FDA has made their findings public, and are allowing a 90-day public comments period, after the 90-day period the sales of Cloned animal meats and milk could begin.

The preliminary findings by the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine will be published and made available this week, and states that none of their studies show, ”any remarkable nutritionally or toxicologically important differences” in the meat and milk from Cloned animals.

The FDA is saying that a glass of milk and a hamburger from a Cloned animal, will taste exactly the same as those from naturally bred animals, and that there are no differences.

But there are differences, big differences; a Clone is created in a lab, to be an exact duplicate of an existing conventionally breed animal.

With cloning comes ethical concerns that are not found in the conventional process of breeding. The process it self, has a very high risk of birth defects, and the mere fact that it is created in a lab, would make many wonder if this is morally acceptable.

Many soon will be faced with a choice, do I want to eat and drink products from Cloned animals, or just avoid them altogether because of ethical reasons, or some other personal reason.

Well, the FDA has decided to make that decision for you, they said, that there will be NO way of knowing if the milk or meat are from Cloned animals, or naturally bred animals, because there will be no labels that say this is from a Cloned animal.

That’s right, the FDA says, that you the consumer, will not have the option of knowing whether your meat and milk is from Cloned animals. The FDA said, that they have NO plans, for the requirement of labels.

The FDA is saying that, if you, the consumer have an ethical or moral problem with Clones, they don’t care.

As a consumer, I personally want to know what kind of food I am putting in my mouth, and where it comes from, or at least I want the option of being able to know.

I think that there are millions of people that feel that same as I do, and would also want to know, but the federal government is saying that our morals and ethics are not their concerns, and what you don’t know, won’t hurt them.

I urge everyone who cares about what they eat, or have an ethical or moral problem with Cloned milk and meats, to contact their elected officials, and tell them to have the FDA require labels…

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