Follow this link to another article from McClatchy.
Here is the introduction to the news story:
The Army general who led the investigation into prisoner abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison accused the Bush administration Wednesday of committing “war crimes” and called for those responsible to be held to account.
Follow this link to another McClatchy story about our use of torture.
Is this the kind of behavior you want being done in your name?
As the the Robert Greenwald videos always end, “Psst, Do Something.” I believe the word is impeachment.
Follow this link to see a report by the McClatchy News organization about the use of torture in American controlled prisons.
Follow this link to see what you should vote Republican.
Bill Moyers had another terrific show tonight. He really took on the issue of the massive shift of wealth upward in this country.
Follow this link to the PBS blog that accompanies tonight’s show.
Before it goes to the archive, you can follow this link to see the show itself. I’ll fix the link after it goes to the archive (if I remember to).
I may be one of the few voices saying this, but I hope for a rejuvenation of the entire NBC/MSNBC news operation now that Tim Russert’s evil influence is gone.
No longer will I have to turn off the Nightly News with Brian Williams when Tim Russert threatens to make an appearance on that show.
I wonder if Meet The Press can return to its glory days now that he is gone?
Countdown with Keith Olbermann seems to be the only NBC/MSNBC to have escaped most of Russert’s influence while he was still here.
I am sure it is a terrible loss for his friends and family. On the other hand, the world of professional journalism and the political climate in this country may improve tremendously. It is sad to leave such a legacy. Fortunately, he won’t be around to recognize the damage that he caused.
06/15/2008
I was beginning to wonder if I were the only one to notice that Tim Russert had failings as a journalist. Follow this link to a collection of items about Tim Russert that have been published on The Daily Howler.
Follow this link to an article on The New Republic web site that describes some important qualities of Barack Obama in the words of a university colleague of his.
These are exactly the qualities that I thought I detected from listening to him speak and from reading what he has written. It is nice to know that these are the qualities he has demonstrated during his tenure at the University of Chicago Law School.
Usually when I have done a job interview and get a reference like this that corroborates what I saw in an interview, I have been quite happy with the people I have hired. As in any hiring decision, there is no guarantee. However, I have found that the odds are with me when I can get a reference like this.
Credit goes to lurker RichardH for bringing this article to my attention.
The Washington Post is now covering the story. Follow this link to their article.
Follow this link to a C-SPAN 4 minute video interview of Sabrina Eaton from the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper.
Follow this link to the C-SPAN 5.5 hour video of Rep. Kucinich presenting the indictment.
Now CNN is covering the story too. Follow this link to CNN.
Follow this link to see the highlighting of what may be the most serious of the articles of impeachment presented by Rep. Dennis Kucinch.
I have talked with people who claim that the fact that we have not been attacked in this country since Sep 11, 2001 is proof of George Bush’s success.
What the impeachment charges show is that the lack of such an attack is merely proof that the Bush administration may finally be taking its homeland security duties seriously. If it had done so in the months prior to the attack, the attack would have been thwarted. Over 3,000 US civilians and over 4,000 US soldiers would still be alive.
If failure to defend the nation isn’t reason enough for impeachment, then I do not know what is. Never mind the other 34 charges that Kucinich has brought.
Last night I received the following email message:
A few moments ago, (approximately 7:30 p.m. EDT), Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich took to the floor of the House of Representatives to present 35 Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush. The House session is being televised live on C-SPAN.
I watched several hours of Kucinich’s presentation. I expected to wake up this morning to see headlines about this event. Much to my surprise, at 7:35 AM EDT, only Reuters is reporting this event. Follow this link to Reuters meager coverage. Even CSPAN is not mentioning the news that they covered live on their own network.
I guess we have just seen another way that the press has for fooling you. Just don’t bother to report the news if you don’t like it.
Now, at 7:50 AM EDT, I see that the news has finally hit Huffington Post. Follow this link to their article. You do have to do a text search on their home page to find the link to this article. How foolish of me to think this would be a major headline on the Huffington Post web site.
Follow this link to see the PDF version of the 65 page text of Kucinich’s indictment.
Follow this link to the version on Rep. Kucinich’s House Web Site. This version does not require a PDF reader. The link was suggested by ShelahJ on 10Jun2008.
I just noticed that C-SPAN finally has a link to the video and related stories. The preceding link is to C-SPAN’s home page. As time goes on, this article will get relegated to C-SPAN’s archives. This is the link to the Congressional Record for 09June2008.
Follow this link to a June 13, 2008 interview with Dennis Kucinich about his reasons for pushing the impeachment process.