seventy-two percent

from zogby: An overwhelming majority of 72% of American troops serving in Iraq think the U.S. should exit the country within the next year, and nearly one in four say the troops should leave immediately...

from msn: John Zogby, president of Zogby International, said US commanders in Iraq unofficially gave approval for the poll of 944 respondents to take place. It took place before last week's bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra. Although Mr Bush has acknowledged that Iraq played no role in September 11, 85 per cent of the troops said the US mission was mainly "to retaliate for Saddam's role in the 9/11 attacks".

what, me worry?

from abc news: "And there's no -- look, these are -- there are people that don't want to see democracy, and the reason why is because it defeats their vision of a totalitarian type government from which they can launch either attacks on America or future instability in the Middle East. You're witnessing this ideological struggle that's taking place..."

- president bush inadvertently describes self
(while describing insurgents)

enabling/patriot

the 21st century enabling act clears final hurdle...

from ap news: Months overdue in a midterm election year, the USA Patriot Act renewal cleared a final hurdle in the Senate Tuesday on its way to President Bush's desk... Others still plan to vote against the bill as a whole, but they stand little chance of blocking it. Led by Sens. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., and Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., they contend that the months of haggling produced few meaningful curbs on government power.

thirty-four percent

from cbsnews.com: The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush's approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high...
Even on fighting terrorism, which has long been a strong suit for Mr. Bush, his ratings dropped lower than ever. Half of Americans say they disapprove of how he's handling the war on terror, while 43 percent approve.

garofalo: inside job

from total 411/911truthaction/revere radio network:

Today, 2/23/06 at 7:39 pm EST, XM SAT radio channel 167, Air America Radio, The Majority Report, co-host Janeane Garofalo said, "9/11 was an inside job!! I have come to this conclusion about that."

I think all Air America phone-in callers should open by saying, "9/11 was an inside job. We can all agree on that.", then get on with their specific question or comment. We should re-condition the listening audience to accept the Truth about 9/11 as the gospel. Repetition, to inspire research....

he ain't hitler... he's hirohito

from katy mcky on raw story:

Teddy Roosevelt said, "The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants...Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth...Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile."

Emperor Bush doesn't understand this. Like Emperor Hirohito, he is distracted from his designated service by his dreams of empire. And his base still believes that Bush knows best-by his birth.

bbc: the big brother corporation

from the independent:
In the event of all-out nuclear war, the BBC was to distract the nation by broadcasting a mix of music and light entertainment shows... Hundreds of security-vetted BBC staff and a select band of unnamed radio artistes were to be clandestinely dispatched to transmission sites across the country...to broadcast a national service that the Government hoped would create "a diversion to relieve strain and stress".

morrissey vs. the fbi

morrissey was recently interrogated by the federal bureau of investigation. and he would've fought them in a battle of wits, but he refused to fight an unarmed bureaucracy...

read all about it here, here & here.

"democracies die in darkness"

From MySA: The greatest threat to democracy is not terrorism but secrecy, said Bob Woodward... Although a massive attack is still possible, the nation faces a greater threat from the government's secrecy... He said, "9-11 will be a footnote, but it could happen, and if it does, we will become a police state."

if you tolerate this your children will be next

From the Telegraph: British troops were braced for violent retaliation in Iraq last night after a video film allegedly showed soldiers assaulting defenceless Iraqi youths. Senior officers expressed horror at the footage, which they believe will aggravate already difficult relations with Iraqis...

false opposition

"Isn't this just deep cover? Isn't this sort of black ops stuff?"