CNN wins: Media won't be banned from NO searches

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Sunday September 11, 2005 · 9:27 AM PDT

2005/09/11 · 09:27

Score one for the Fifth Estate and freedom of information.

As much as I usually have nothing but contempt for CNN, their actions during the aftermath of Katrina, from Anderson Cooper to filing the lawsuit, has been pretty damn good. They tried to slip into Corporate Speak last Monday, but the reporters on the ground - Anderson, Soledad, etc. wouldn't let them. Good on them for finally waking up to the horrors the Bush Admin has wrought on America.

... and score one for freedom of information & being unable to spin the death and destruction toll... and hopefully this means Blackwater et al won't be able to operate under the cover of secrecy...

They can always slip back though, so it's up to us to keep the pressure on & let them know when they done good for democracy.
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{Updated} "Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans"

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Saturday September 10, 2005 · 12:05 PM PDT

2005/09/10 · 12:05

This is incredible. This is obscene. Is this legal? Are they going to claim these are "militia's"? Private contractors with the power to make arrests and use lethal force. Not answerable to the people.

The folly of the war in Iraq and the lack of preparation by the Bush administration (and the governor's office?) cannot be more clear. This is a dangerous precedent America.

I say we tell the fundies and militia members what's going on with the mercenaries operating on US soil and see how they react to it... black helicopters of the UN, pshaw, you've got the black helicopters of Blackwater to deal with first... Read More

'National Response Plan' & Criminal Negligence?

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Sunday September 04, 2005 · 4:18 PM PDT

2005/09/04 · 16:18

Yes, we actually had a PLAN for Natural Disasters & Terrorism.... it just wasn't implemented.

All the spinning in the world to put the blame on LA or NO is not going to work. The Feds were in charge all along... or they should have been. Read More

Who Can Help NOW

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Wednesday August 31, 2005 · 7:20 AM PDT

2005/08/31 · 07:20

It's time to ask for help from your friends and neighbours Canada & Mexico.

Canada for one has well trained emergency response teams and military to help out... in a pinch we could send some Mounties too.

Mexico has an army who are used to dealing with disasters in the Gulf & could help.

Bush just needs to ask us... after the whole Iraq thing we're still treading on thin ice and really don't want to piss the cowboy off again... so he needs to ask.

He won't though so here's where you can help. Start writing your news outlets and ask for help from America's friends. We understand people are suffering and dying and we will help. We would be happy to. We want to.

So you talk to your peeps down south and I'll start writing to the PM up here and our newspapers... calling all Canucks... get on the horn!

Time is of the essence. Bush, show real courage and ASK FOR HELP FOR THE PEOPLE SUFFERING IN YOUR COUNTRY.

In absence of that... Kossacks, MLW'ers and Tribbers unite in our call for a sane and swift response.

Troops from around the country sent in NOW and help from us too.

Peace

Stop them now or watch their propaganda skill increase

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Tuesday July 12, 2005 · 4:23 PM PDT

2005/07/12 · 16:23

If there is one thing that the Republicans will learn from the Plame investigation, it's that they can't talk to "normal" reporters or they could get caught. They need die-hard, true believer, amoral, press release spigots to disseminate their talking points to.

Like Jeff Gannon, who continues to spout his lies about the Plame investigation. Read More

The Plame Leak - what we're missing!

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Sunday July 10, 2005 · 8:09 PM PDT

2005/07/10 · 20:09

I haven't posted in all the brouhaha about Rove & the Plame leak as I've been quite ill, but I have been mulling over the details as they come out and trying to see how this all fits into the timeline we put together on Gannon's role in the whole mess {Jeff Gannon & L'Affaire Plame}

And today, just now, with Hunter's latest post, I think I've got it. I welcome critical analysis and discussion, but this just strikes me as something Fitzgerald would already know...

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An open letter to Canadians to reject fear

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Saturday July 09, 2005 · 1:54 PM PDT

2005/07/09 · 13:54

A thought about scare tactics, security & a way of life.

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Fisk: We are all complicit in these vile acts...

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Saturday June 18, 2005 · 5:11 PM PDT

2005/06/18 · 17:11

In keeping with the recent on-slaught of GOP pro-torture propaganda as Armando has been documenting & the DSM lack of controversy by the sheeple in the US press; Robert Fisk weighs in with a piece in the Independent yesterday. Read More

Opposed to same-sex marriage? Answer the question then.

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Tuesday June 14, 2005 · 5:03 PM PDT

2005/06/14 · 17:03

I have always been a supporter of human rights for all. And that does mean all... including gays. I mean really, who the hell am I to tell someone else what to be attracted to sexually? Who made me God? ... which leads me to God... is it so much to ask, really, truly, to leave him out of it when discussing basic human rights that are codified in law for all citizens of a country? You do live in America (or Canada as the case may be for me) right? Separation of powers and all... or did you skip school that day?

With that preamble, on to my question after the flip. Read More

I always wanted to be the Professor; not Mary Ann

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Tuesday June 07, 2005 · 5:15 PM PDT

2005/06/07 · 17:15

It pains me to do this. It almost makes me physically ill to wade into this battle that I've only observed from the sidelines.. it was too ugly, too raw, too quick to degenerate into name calling. But I feel so hurt by all of the anger and misunderstandings and the mass exodus on the site that I will add my voice.

I am going to leave all the he said/ she saids behind though and tell you a little bit about me & in the process what I feel about what has transpired on dkos these last couple of days (maybe, I can't be tied down to a point... I'm warning you all up front).

When I was a little girl growing up I always wanted to be the Professor, not Mary Ann. Or Tarzan, not Jane... surprize, suprize, I know for all those who have encountered me on this site or in real life... but I digress.

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Pro-Canada = terrorist according to DA

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Tuesday June 07, 2005 · 5:47 AM PDT

2005/06/07 · 05:47

Hey,
I am not a lumber jack or a fur trader,
and I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled,
and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzie from Canada although I am certain they're really really nice, uh.
I have a Prime Minister not a president.
I speak English and French, not American,
and I pronounce it about, not a boot.

I can proudly sew my country's flag on my back pack,
I believe in peace keeping not policing, diversity not assimilation,
and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.

...

I AM CANADIAN

from a Molson Commercial - IAM.ca

Better 'round us all up now eh? We must truly hate America because we love Canada. And that means that we are terrorists.

Sound ridiculous? Well that's the argument a DA in PA is making against a high-school student who, it is alleged, was planning to bomb his high school.

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UK soldiers face War Crimes trial- how far up will it go?

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Sunday May 29, 2005 · 8:17 AM PDT

2005/05/29 · 08:17

This investigation & potential charges by the British Military of British soldiers and their commander is a major development in the War in Iraq on the other side of the pond. While the US government stonewalls and refuses to completely investigate how high up the chain of command the abuses go, the UK gov't is now under increasing pressure to do so... at home & abroad.

The ICC also has an investigation into British War Crimes during Iraq and with the release of the Downing Street Minutes the case grows ever stronger.

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