10 Miami journalists take U.S. pay
At least 10 local journalists accepted U.S. government pay for programs on Radio Martí or TV Martí. El Nuevo Herald fired two of them Thursday for conflict of interest.....more
Friday, September 8, 2006
Scholastic’s Decision To Pull Their Material On ABC’s Docucrap
After a thorough review of the original guide that we offered online to about 25,000 high school teachers, we determined that the materials did not meet our high standards for dealing with controversial issues.....more
After a thorough review of the original guide that we offered online to about 25,000 high school teachers, we determined that the materials did not meet our high standards for dealing with controversial issues.....more
2,996 Victims - But Only One "Marc A. Murolo"
This is my tribute to Mr. Marc A. Murolo who died on 9/11/2001......click here
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Bush Fears War Crimes Prosecution, Impeachment
With great fanfare, George W. Bush announced to a group of carefully selected 9/11 families yesterday that he had finally decided to send Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 13 other alleged terrorists to Guantánamo Bay, where they will be tried in military commissions. After nearly 5 years of interrogating these men, why did Bush choose this moment to bring them to "justice"?.....more
With great fanfare, George W. Bush announced to a group of carefully selected 9/11 families yesterday that he had finally decided to send Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 13 other alleged terrorists to Guantánamo Bay, where they will be tried in military commissions. After nearly 5 years of interrogating these men, why did Bush choose this moment to bring them to "justice"?.....more
Bush Aims to Kill War Crimes Act
The US War Crimes Act of 1996 makes it a felony to commit grave violations of the Geneva Conventions. The Washington Post recently reported that the Bush administration is quietly circulating draft legislation to eliminate crucial parts of the War Crimes Act......more
The US War Crimes Act of 1996 makes it a felony to commit grave violations of the Geneva Conventions. The Washington Post recently reported that the Bush administration is quietly circulating draft legislation to eliminate crucial parts of the War Crimes Act......more
Seeking black vote, Davis gets a scolding
At separate events on opposing sides of Tampa Bay, Crist and Davis made a play for African-American voters. For Republican Crist, it was a bold effort to reach out to a traditional Democratic constituency and for Davis, an effort to show his commitment to a critical voting bloc in his party.....more
Jim Davis
At separate events on opposing sides of Tampa Bay, Crist and Davis made a play for African-American voters. For Republican Crist, it was a bold effort to reach out to a traditional Democratic constituency and for Davis, an effort to show his commitment to a critical voting bloc in his party.....more
Jim Davis
Fury as academics claim 9/11 was 'inside job'
They believe a group of US neo-conservatives called the Project for a New American Century, set on US world dominance, orchestrated the 9/11 attacks as an excuse to hit Iraq, Afghanistan and later Iran......more
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
ABC 9/11 Movie “Something out of Fantasy Land”
What’s amazing about this based on what I seen so far is how much they got wrong" I mean it’s sheer fantasy. So, if they want to critique the Clinton administration and the Bush administration, based on fact, I think that’s fine. But what ABC has done here is something straight out of Disney and fantasyland. It’s factually wrong. And that’s shameful......more
Tell ABC to Tell the Truth About 9/11
What’s amazing about this based on what I seen so far is how much they got wrong" I mean it’s sheer fantasy. So, if they want to critique the Clinton administration and the Bush administration, based on fact, I think that’s fine. But what ABC has done here is something straight out of Disney and fantasyland. It’s factually wrong. And that’s shameful......more
Tell ABC to Tell the Truth About 9/11
Olbermann to Bush, "Have you no sense of decency, sir?"
Poll: Iraq war could wound GOP at polls
President Bush's unpopularity -- due largely to the war in Iraq -- seems likely to affect GOP candidates in congressional midterm elections in November, according to a CNN poll released Wednesday.The war in Iraq appears to be a main factor in Republican opposition, poll results show. Fifty-eight percent of poll respondents said they are opposed to the war, compared with 39 percent who approve of it.
Watch why Republicans are on the ropes
President Bush's unpopularity -- due largely to the war in Iraq -- seems likely to affect GOP candidates in congressional midterm elections in November, according to a CNN poll released Wednesday.The war in Iraq appears to be a main factor in Republican opposition, poll results show. Fifty-eight percent of poll respondents said they are opposed to the war, compared with 39 percent who approve of it.
Watch why Republicans are on the ropes
How Can 14,485 Hillsborough County Voter's Be So Dumb
A recognizable name, die-hard supporters and a drumbeat on family values paid off Tuesday for Ronda Storms, who parlayed eight stormy years on the Hillsborough County Commission into a winning primary bid for the Florida Senate.....more
Stephen Gorham
A recognizable name, die-hard supporters and a drumbeat on family values paid off Tuesday for Ronda Storms, who parlayed eight stormy years on the Hillsborough County Commission into a winning primary bid for the Florida Senate.....more
Stephen Gorham
U.S. Losing Control Fast
The U.S. military has lost control over the volatile al-Anbar province, Iraqi police and residents say. The area to the west of Baghdad includes Fallujah, Ramadi and other towns that have seen the worst of military occupation, and the strongest resistance.....more
The U.S. military has lost control over the volatile al-Anbar province, Iraqi police and residents say. The area to the west of Baghdad includes Fallujah, Ramadi and other towns that have seen the worst of military occupation, and the strongest resistance.....more
For battered Davis, worst lies ahead
How can U.S. Rep. Jim Davis possibly beat charming Charlie Crist, the telegenic, lavishly funded Republican gubernatorial candidate who stuck to the ideological center throughout a sometimes bruising GOP primary?.....more
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
War is not a solution for terrorism
Howard Zinn
THERE IS SOMETHING important to be learned from the recent experience of the United States and Israel in the Middle East: that massive military attacks, inevitably indiscriminate, are not only morally reprehensible, but useless in achieving the stated aims of those who carry them out......more
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