Frankenstein wants to know what the Commander and Chief's 'next move' is? You don't know? Rove has a hotline to your desk.
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The Political Trouble of the Bush Administration is never too much for Andy to handle.
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What does it matter if Bush knew about 'the deal?' He approves of it and advocates for it anyway. Oh, just a communication problem. I don't think so.
Why Veto UAE port leases?
By Dick H bio
It is just my opinion that if someone with the resources and staff follow this story it will be obivous why the Veto threat.
Just follow the money.
The UAE Goverment purchased the firm of P@O, a private held British firm ,for the sum of 6.8 billion dollars.
What did they purchase?
The port leases, and contracts, of world wide operations. Among them the six USA ports.I have not seen,or heard what the value of our lease with P@O is worth.It must be considerable as the UAE already fas dispached a team to Washington to defend the purchase.
The Carlyle Group,a private owned investement firm ,is headed by George Herbert Bush. His official title being Senior Advisor.The senior legal counselor of the group in none under than James Baker, former Sect'y fo State and Sect'y under Bush one.If you recall Mr. Baker has been named the envoy in charge of restructering Iraq's debt.
Another orginal founder of the group is former British Prime Minister John Majors. Also in the past several years Andrew Foster ,the Queen of Englands personal banker,resigned his CEO postion of the Coutts Group owner of the Royal Bank of Scotland. His reasoning was he always wanted to be involved in the Carlyle Group. It is said the group has holdings, or partners, in every country in the far east. Including Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and rumered the UAE.
One step further,Robert Kjellander, the Treasure of the Republican National Committee, was George W"s campaign chairman in three mid west states. Mr Kjellander isa lobbyist from Sprinfield Il.He received a four million fee from the Carlyle group, in arranging with Gov. Ryan, of Illinois, State pension funds be invested with the Carlyle Group. This is the same Mr. Ryan that current special proscuter Patrick Fitzgearld recently prosicuted sucessfully for fraud.
NOW IS THE VETO THREAT ,in todays political climate starting to make sense? Dick H
http://www.tpmcafe.com/node/26980
I don't care who made the decision. I don't care if the president knew or not. I don't want it !!!!!!!!!!!!
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The New Talking Head at CNN. Conveniently named, John Roberts, is another 'kiss up.'
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Carlyle is above reproach. It doesn't have to use 'channels' every other company does inside or outside the USA.
Tribe moves on from Abramoff
MOUNT PLEASANT (AP) - The Saginaw Chippewa Indian tribe is trying to move on from the scandal involving indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The tribe hasn't shied away from hiring Washington lobbyists, but it has changed its policy on campaign donations.
"The tribe is strongly committed to eliminating any questionable donations," said Larry Rosenthal, a Saginaw Chippewa lobbyist from Washington-based Ietan Consulting LLC. "The tribal council wanted more accountability."
Abramoff - who pleaded guilty to conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion charges in January - worked for the tribe from late 2001 to late 2003. The Saginaw Chippewas say they paid about $14 million to Abramoff and his former associate, Michael Scanlon. Federal prosecutors have accused Abramoff and Scanlon of defrauding several tribes who were their clients, including the Saginaw Chippewas.
http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/feb/21tribe.htm
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Port Security Investigation Triggers Changes
Exclusive NBC 6 Report Highlights ID Crisis
POSTED: 7:44 pm EDT May 24, 2004
UPDATED: 8:02 pm EDT May 24, 2004
MIAMI -- An exclusive NBC 6 investigation into how ID cards are handed out at the Port of Miami is getting results, as a port official has resigned over failure to report a previous arrest and subsequent probation.
Soyica Mincy resigned from her job as a port administration secretary after officials learned she failed to notify her bosses about her 2000 arrest and probation for trying to set-up a drug scam while working at the Miami Police Department.
Now, two other port workers highlighted in the NBC 6 report are under investigation.
The NBC 6 investigation revealed secret memos written by a police supervisor that outlined worker after worker at the port who shouldn't have gotten an ID because of criminal records.
NBC 6 has also learned that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has requested a review of several hundred IDs, concerned that those IDs may have been issued without following proper procedure, such as a required fingerprint check."
http://www.whisprwave.com/2004/05/port-security-investigation-triggers.html
Gov. Bush has faith in brother's administration and ports deal
CORAL GABLES, Florida (AP)—Governor Jeb Bush says he has faith in his brother's administration over its decision to allow an Arab-owned company to operate major U.S. ports, including in Miami.
Dubai Ports World, a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates, is expected to take over a British company that has been running six U.S. ports.
Several South Florida congress members and politicians say the deal should be closely examined.
U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen says she has no specific concerns about the company but just the fact that UAE was where a number of the September Eleven hijackers were harbored in warrants further examination.
Florida's governor says he thinks criticism by some Congress members is unwarranted because his brother, President Bush, could press for more details by the time the sale is supposed to go through on March second.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has said that the company went through a "very extensive" review process.
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=25980
Huge Gaps In Port Security Exposed
Chris Halsne
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Investigative Reporter
UPDATED: 11:29 am PDT April 30, 2004
SEATTLE -- KIRO Team 7 Investigators go undercover to repeatedly expose huge gaps in security at the Port of Seattle.
Video: Hidden Camera Investigation Finds Security Gaps At Port
Based on our warning, security has already changed -- making it tougher for potential terrorists and dangerous cargo to enter ships.
Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne spent several months punching holes in security up and down the coast.
KIRO Team 7 Investigators documented dozens of violations of access control at several terminals. Getting next to ships and valuable cargo containers was too easy.
We can't share with you all the flaws, but it's safe to say getting into the port didn't take us more than a few seconds.
Every Saturday morning, trucks roll onto the Seattle docks. No need to slow down for a guard shack at Terminal 18. It's empty.
Various guards shows up later, but don't enhance security much as we watched them routinely wave truckers through without checking ID.
"No. That's standard procedure. There's nobody ever comes out and questions what you're doing," said a veteran trucker.
The driver could lose his job if caught talking to KIRO Team 7 Investigators, maybe even land in jail for showing us security holes at the Port of Seattle. He's speaking out for fear terrorists will take advantage of security lapses here.
"I have never yet -- ever -- seen a container opened up for them to inspect what's inside it. Somebody could plant a bomb in one and haul it there and just, it's not hard to duplicate the paperwork or anything, run it in, drop it and leave, and you're gone," the trucker said.
KIRO Team 7 Investigators decided to test security beyond the easy-access entry point at Gate 18. Surely armed guards wouldn't allow just anyone into a known terror target.
We didn't have to sneak or climb a fence. With the help of an authorized professional hauler, KIRO Team 7 Investigators drove a truck through the gate.
This time, the guard didn't even get out of his chair. We entered secured shipping areas and lingered for hours. We could touch shipping containers at will.
No security ever asked us what we were doing or who we were. Nobody asked us to leave, or for ID.
"If you had been guys with bad intent, if you would have been terrorists ... that's a mess," said Robert Ramsey, a security consultant.
While in the military, Ramsey sneaked into foreign countries as a spy. He watched the ease of our entry into the Port of Seattle with some alarm.
"Your mind gets to thinking about nightmare scenarios and seeing video like this is just another one to think about, if security is that lax," Ramsey said.
When we called the Port of Seattle to inform them of security lapses, a curious thing happened. KIRO Team 7 Investigators were immediately placed on a federal watch list.
My name and description are posted at all these guard shacks. I am considered a threat.
The watch list ploy appears to us an attempt at intimidation. However, Port of Seattle spokesperson Mick Schultz says he called federal agents at U.S. Customs and Border Patrol for a different reason.
"On principal, it's important to take the whole security issue seriously, whether it be a reporter doing an investigative story or someone who may in fact represent a threat," Schultz said.
The Coast Guard captain in charge of security for all area shipping yards says he does not consider us or our investigation a threat.
"I told everyone we need to take this seriously. We can't let this stuff happen here, at least not on my watch it won't happen," said Capt. Danny Ellis of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Capt. Ellis says a new federal law requires tougher access control and container security by July 1. It will be the private shipping companies and the Port of Seattle's responsibility to make that happen.
"We're very concerned. The Madrid bombing, big chaos. We don't want that to happen on the West Coast. One day shut-down costs Puget Sound $280 million," Ellis said.
The Coast Guard uses computer tracking for ships and cargo arriving from overseas. That system works, but our videotape reveals troubling security gaps when trucks, containers and people arrive via land.
We observed private, often low-paid security guards, too often fail to follow basic rules.
Copyright 2004 by KIROTV.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.kirotv.com/news/3252275/detail.html
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The News Secretary
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Halliburton Detention Centers
Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country and become unapologetically paranoid. Paranoia should now be the normal state of mind for thinking people. Sneers and dismissive remarks about "conspiracy theorists" must be ignored. We don't want to end up like the proverbial frog who boils to death because the heat was turned up slowly.
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=43&ItemID=9765
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Amazing. A bigot occupies the White House and hate groups flourish. Hate organizations have increased to 800 in the five years of George Walker Bush.
Oh, yeah it's all economic. It isn't as though the administration doesn't give permission for hate.
Court allows church's hallucinogenic tea
By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that adherents of a small Brazilian-based religion practicing in New Mexico may continue to use a hallucinogenic tea. The court rejected arguments by the Justice Department that the communion ritual undermines federal anti-drug law.
e court broadly interpreted the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, intended to protect people from U.S. laws that appear to be neutral but can impinge on sacramental practices. (Related item: Opinion:Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao Do Vegetal)
Chief Justice John Roberts said in his opinion for the court that Congress sought "a workable test for striking sensible balances between religious liberty and competing ... governmental interests."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-21-court-tea_x.htm
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Editorial: Racism? We thought you should know
To the residents of University Plaza,
We’d like this opportunity to let you know that there’s been some racist graffiti in your community (for more details, see the story on Page 1). We have to tell you because the people who run University Plaza didn’t think it was necessary.
Racist words and phrases have been written on marker boards in University Plaza’s residential buildings, as well as on the side of Mario’s Pizza. It’s sad, really, that in a community supposedly made up entirely of college students there can be such shameful ignorance and intolerance. Even if the graffiti was just a joke, it’s still perceived as a threat to its victims, and rightly so.
http://www.bupipedream.com/pipeline_web/display_article.php?id=1696
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The Genographic Project
Fine.
It is a great project. With political atmosphere in DC, it's dangerous to your personal security. Extraordinary rendition awaits millions.
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html
Submit your DNA at your own invasion of privacy, there is no telling if the US Government will demand the files of this project in the future.
Global Gene Project to Trace Humanity's Migrations
Hillary Mayell for National Geographic News
April 13, 2005
New DNA studies suggest that all humans descended from a single African ancestor who lived some 60,000 years ago. To uncover the paths that lead from him to every living human, the National Geographic Society today launched the Genographic Project at its Washington, D.C., headquarters.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0413_050413_genographic.html
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Anderson turns every personality trait not aligned with his approval into a 'personality disorder.'
I have one. A personality disorder whereby narcisstic behavior dominates every news broadcast. Hm. "The Anchor Narcisstic Behavior Disorder." This is a conclusive disorder easily diagnosed when a news anchor believes he can be Tom Cruise.
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MRI for detection of lies.
I'll never have an MRI again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahhhhhhhhh........
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I've had enough of this do-do...
Frankenstein will be back and they the program has to compete with The Daily Show and it gets ugly.
Good night.
