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Heard about it on the radio 30 minutes ago. Report stated over twenty families are reporting missing persons now. Felt disbelief at first, then anger. Curiously, went online to verify...

HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS: COUNT I: Application of Geneva Conventions; Definition of Torture On 1/25/02, Gonzales wrote a memo to President Bush authorizing the commission of war crimes by claiming the war against terrorism "renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions." On 8/1/02, Gonzales commissioned a memo to President Bush which defined "torture" only as an interrogation that causes "injury such as death, organ failure, or serious impairment of body functions." This definition is contrary to The War Crimes Act and the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Unusual or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, a treaty ratified by the United States. Although this memo was retracted on 12/30/04, it remained in effect for over two years and authorized an unknown number of acts of torture. Gonzales knew or should have known that, pursuant to memoranda written by, commissioned or concurred in by him, prisoners in United States custody would be subjected to willful killing, torture or inhuman treatment; and great suffering or serious injury to body or health, in violation of The War Crimes Act. COUNT II: Military Commissions Between 9/11/01 and 11/13/01, Gonzales helped draft the Military Order establishing the Military Commissions, signed by President Bush on 11/13/01. This order mandated conduct by members of United States military forces which constitute war crimes under The War Crimes Act. Gonzales knew or should have known that the Military Commissions, in whose creation he participated, would deprive prisoners in United States custody who will be tried before them, of the rights of fair and regular trial prescribed in the Third Geneva Convention and Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions. On 1/18/07 Gonzales testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the U.S. Constitution does not provide the right to habeas corpus, but rather only bars the government from taking that right away (except in the case of rebellion or invasion). This logic would overturn many of the rights that U.S. law has based on the Constitution for over two centuries, as well as overturning rights positively expressed in the Sixth Amendment. COUNT III: Illegal Domestic Surveillance Since the inception (date unknown) of the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretap program, Gonzales has defined, condoned, concealed and defended the administration's continued violations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution. On 2/6/06, Gonzales testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Authorization for the Use of Military Force enacted by Congress on 9/18/01 authorized warrantless domestic surveillance. However, the secret programs may have been launched earlier, the AUMF did not grant the President the right to violate FISA and the Fourth Amendment, and Congress has since amended FISA four times without granting the President those rights. On 1/17/07, Gonzales informed Congress the illegal wiretapping was approved by an unnamed Judge of the FISA Court without providing any evidence that illegal acts had actually ended. On 7/24/07, Gonzales informed Congress there was more than one secret program. COUNT IV: Corrupting the Department of Justice Investigations by the Senate and House Judiciary Committees in 2007 established a pattern of firing U.S. Attorneys who failed to implement the corrupt plans of the White House to steal elections through highly-publicized prosecutions of non-existent voter fraud. At the same time, U.S. Attorneys who filed such prosecutions kept their jobs. COUNT V: Perjury In multiple appearances before the Senate and House Judiciary Committees in 2006 and 2007, Gonzales deliberately misled Congress about the firing of U.S. Attorneys and the warrantless wiretapping program.

Still, it's good to hear from credible sources like O'Hanlon and Pollack that they found no reason to doubt the Bush claim that Iraq is a safer place to be than American cities. Had I previously understood that a warzone is such a comparatively safer, peaceful place to be, then I too, just like O'Hanlon and Pollack, would have supported the war long ago.

an bring some old refrigerators an televisions an shit.

Yeah, thanks! I'm thinking of applying to PA school next year...... Everyone I talk to about it speaks very highly of the field, and I know that you can make a pretty penny at it too. I dated a girl who was a PA. Had been for about 5 years, worked in Vancouver, WA and made about $14.50 an hour. What do you consider a “pretty penny"? Uhm, yeah, right. Thats odd, considering that the national MEDIAN salary for PA's working at least 32 hours per week is around $81,000 per year, and for new graduates in a first time job, around $70,000 per year. The top 10% of all PA's in the United States make more than $100,000 per year, and the lowest 10% make less than $50,000 per year. Overall, from the statistics I've read, it looks like I could continue my current "lets play as much as possible" philosophy as a PA, and still provide a service to society while eliminating financial anxiety. As for graduate nurse practitioner programs, it looks like I would still have to go through the steps of first being established as an RN, then work on the Masters of Science. I don't know, seems like too much to do considering I've just spent the past five years earning my bachelors degree in something thats NOT an RN program........ UW offers a fast track (3 years) Masters in Nursing program that requires no medical or nursing experience; entry requirement is any Bachelors degree with the usual prerequisites -- courses which a PT grad has already taken. Also, your PT education might be adequately favorable for the subjective part of the entrance evaluation. The rest would be GPA on relevant courses and your enthusiasm for delivering health care. UW website states the first five quarters are intensive -- up to 7 days per week of classroom time and clinical rotations that clear the way for completion of the Masters and make you eligible to sit for the state NCLEX exam for an RN license. It will cost you, but completion of the Masters in Nursing would qualify you to sit for an ARNP license. As of a couple years ago, NPs in Washington have medication prescriptive authority and can practice independently within the scope of their licensure. Job listings for the same position often seek either a PA or an NP. Pay may be about the same, as may be demand for either profession in rural areas.

My car gets around 40 miles per latte, but I run on Fred Meyer's Coffee Crystals -- regular unleaded, $4 per 8oz jar.

Filibuster now in progress over a Senate bill to force end to the war. Reichpublicans today blocked an up-or-down vote as the bill contains resolute consequences applicable to their Fuhrer. Democratic majority leader Harry Reid is keeping the Senate in session through the night. Give 'em hell Harry!

Go back and read the complete history of WWII. It is utter foolishness to even try to compare W to Hitler. Please try to get a grip on reality! W is out at the next election. If by some miraculous chance he is back in power having won a third term, then you can start to make your case, until then forget it. You are just fooling yourself. What part of Bush tells Americans the same lies that Hitler told the Germans don't you understand?

Mmmmm... deep, thoughtful, sensitive fat.

I read that study some months ago when browsing newsgroup rec.bicycles.tech -- a conclusion made in the report was that a rider who looks out of control is a rider who is given a wider, safer berth by motor vehicles. The experimenter concluded that not wearing a helmet makes a rider look less in control, and therefore ditching the helmet helps keep the cars away. That dubious conclusion not withstanding, I figure it's likely that motorists rarely assume I have my bicycle under control even though I wear a helmet. Now please, get out of my way. I'm wearing a helmet and totally out of control.

All cyclists are a group, except for me, you pompous inferior snob wanna-be.

Had enough, already?

Coming up next in the liberal media: National healthcare is a communist plot that will spread islamofascist terror!

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He's not a dotard, he's One Tough Hombre!

Copy-and-paste-- the original Christopher Hitchens article and rebuttals here: http://www.slate.com/id/2168642/

I might have known, had the occasion been of any real value.

Way, way too far.

Maybe he pulled some kind of zorseshit. You know, like, "Hey you there, ya fucking bitch, why don't ya come here and suck my dick?" On second thought, maybe what he said was just reprehensible. .

When it comes to stalking gawking gestapo stalkers stalking stalking gestapos -- and the hopes of two evil legislators who would impeach our beloved Vice President -- we owe it to ourselves to take Snout seriously. Moreover, even more serious questions arise here from the spray. And so, my fellow Americans, I ask you: If a zorse could shit shit, what kind of shit would a shitting zorse shit?

so let's list the things that AREN'T stated in the constitution... abortion??? gay marriage?? etc.... oh wait - it's open to interpretation, eh? Either you have not read the Constitution or else you did not understand it. There is no mention of our civil rights b/c the document outlines the limitations of our govt's powers--NOT our rights. Good point. Rights thought to be fundamental to the human nature, as intrinsic as life and reason itself, are rights that existed and continue to exist regardless of the actions of governments. In this regard, the Constitution does not create rights, yet it explicitly restricts the power of governments to trespass upon those essential human rights that have come to be called civil liberties. The Constitutional limitations on governmental power begins with our own and by extension reaches from there to all governments and all people. It is by the word of our Constitution that Americans have stood as a people whose self-evident and inalienable rights are not to be tread upon by any government, least of all their own.

Now there be more of the same old predictable drip we expect from the Fairweather! (Drip, drool, and wag...woof, woof!) Anyway, the line is a quote from GW, as just heard in the video montage linked to at the top of this thread. That's all. And the links I posted point to published details of the Bush agenda -- literally and publicly signed by his own people. Sorry to spoil your day with the facts, but the details really are published online, like Bush said. In fact, the self-described Neocons (and now Bush cabinet members, etc), who collectively form an organization they call the Project for the New American Century, have been stating their intentions right up front and online since 1997, beginning with the Statement of Principles. Gotta to hand it to those Neocons, just like Hitler did with Mein Kampf, they've made public their plans way in advance! See ya.

"Anybody who wants more details on my agenda can look them up online." - George W. Bush: Mein Kampf

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