Dirt is muddying Virginia's Politics

I get angry when I hear anyone say that George Allen has historically supported Black colleges and universities. It's a lie. I was on the Norfolk State University campus on a regular basis when George Allen was Governor and Allen singled out VA's two black univerities--Norfolk State and and Virginia State--to take a hit that was approximately 4x larger than the hit taken by other state universities such as Old Domininion University. Across the board the average hit by the white universities was a 2.7 % cut. NSU and VA State budgets were cut by 10%.

These colleges were already operating on a bare bones budget before the hit. ODU continued to build and expand and NSU could not even expand and update the most crucial buidling on a University...it's library. Raising Kaine has more info

George Allen started supporting Black Universities when he started to get the idea of national office in his head...Hampton University President Willam Harvey supports Allen and contributed $2,100 to Allen's campaign on 4/20/06. Anyone who know HU's president, William Harvey, knows that he is a wealthy, Republican and a Bush supporter. Harvey has a history of suppressing Free Speech on HU's campus and hus administration has set up obstacles preventing HU students from creating progressive student groups at HU. They have tried for years to set up a college Amnesty International group. It's not much of a stretch to wonder if William Harvey supported (if not actively campaigned) for Allen to recieve the Thurgood Marshall Community Leadership Award. This award would have helped Allen counter his known history of racism.

However, the African American community could not accept George Allen receiving this award. They stood their ground, refused to continue their economic support of the fund if Allen were to get the reward. They REFUSED to honor Senator George Allen due to his history of racism. I applauded this action.

So why are a few black men now coming to Allen's defense? It makes no sense especially when one of them is a VA Democratic Senator.

It makes no sense. I wonder what is going on in the back rooms of Virginia politics?
It smells dirty and nasty.

It's well known that Allen is no friend to the African American community. He raises his own salary multiple times and won't support raising minimum wage. He did not support the Holiday for the great Martin Luther King. He gets horrible ratings from the NAACP and civil rights groups.

There is no disputing the fact that Webb is a better Senator for the African American Community than Allen could ever hope to be.

I'm including Harris Miller and his loyal devotees in this sell out crowd. Harris Miller was spoken of as a LOYAL DEMOCRAT and a great supporter of the Democrat party. That was the major reason multitudes of Harris supporters gave me as the reason to back this "lobbyist...."

I see Harris Miller is sitting on the sidelines acting like a sore loser. Miller PROMISED during his primary campaign that he would support the winner of the primary. He tried to make it an issue that Webb would be the one to not support him. Unfortunately, Harris Miller is validating the reason why I refused to vote for him. I didn't trust what I was told about this "alleged" great party Democrat....

I wish Harris Miller would prove me wrong and get off the sidelines and do what he promised to do....Support Jim Webb. Maybe he needs reminding that no one likes a sore loser? Maybe he needs to remember that he once had a reputation that he was a loyal democrat that he still has time to save? Or Maybe he's going to do a Joe Lieberman and become an independent republican?

Folks have been talking for years now about creating or joining a third party in VA. IF this elections is lost due to the VA DEMS self-destructing they are going to see so many people leave the party it's going to make their heads spin.

So Virginia Democrats you have a choice. The choice is to unite and get behind your winning candidate or fragment into pieces and lose whatever power you still have remaining.

All of us need to ask ourselves one very important question. Who will win and who will lose if Allen gets re-elected as Virginia's Senator?

VA and the United States deserves better than George Allen.

I hope the Dems will unite. This really is a race the Democrats can win. This really is a race that can strengthen the Democratic party and help all of us get our local, state, and federal governments tosteer a new course that safeguards and benefits all of us instead of an elite few.

Is Eric Cantor outraged about ABC's Path to 9/11?

Seventh District Congressman Eric Cantor wrote a letter to CBS in October 2003 expressing concerns about the portrayal of President Reagan in "The Reagans" miniseries. He wanted to insure a "fair and accurate portrayal" of President Reagan.

I wonder if Cantor believes that a "fair and accurate portrayal" of 9/11 is important. We should ask him if he is concerned about ABC's "Path to 9/11" mockumentary.

A number of Republicans exerted pressure on CBS about "The Reagan's" miniseries. CBS decided not to air the program on it's network. Why are Republicans now criticizing Democrats for expressing their concern about ABC's Path to 9/11?

I don't think the best solution to the rampant media bias existing today is partisan politics. We should ask all of our representatives and senators to see that the Fairness Doctrine is brought back to life. The Fairness Doctrine served us well and with today's media distortions it is needed now more than ever before. We need to bring back some semblance of balance to our media.

Check out this link

POP GOES THE WEASEL

Is Al Queda trying to influence our elections once again? It's "interesting" how an Al Gueada tape surfaces once again during a crucial election year. It's almost like the neo cons and Al Gueda have the same playbook.

The CIA concluded that Al Queda wanted Bush to be re-elected in 2004. I guess Al Queda wants to reinforce the fear that the Republicans are trying to cram down our throats before this crucial election.

Well in VA I can't think of a better remedy for fear than Jim Webb. Better to have a warrior Senator than a dude ranch cowboy I say.

We need competence not incompetence, we need accountability not continued irresponsible and incompetent management of our nation, and we need answers to what has gotten us into this mess so we can steer a different more productive course.

All of us need to face our fears and think things through. Panic will only drive us down the same old path Rove and Bush have tried sending us down before. It's time for us to take responsibility and help steer our nation back to reason and reality.

Stand Brave and continue working to introduce the best option we have--Jim Webb--to our state's citizens and Get Out The Vote!

Hampton Roads--4th Annual Green Film Festival

Friday, Sept 22 through Wednesday, October 4 NARO Expanded Cinema in Ghent

"World War III will be a guerrilla information war, with no division between military and civilian participation."
-- Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage (1967)

Thursday, September 21 from 6:00 to 8:30pm
United Nations International Day of Peace An inter-faith peace service and candlelight vigil will be held at the Unitarian Church on the Hague, 739 Yarmouth St in Norfolk.

Friday, Sept 22
Opening night reception at Elliot's Fair Grounds Coffee House at corner of Colley Ave and Baldwin Ave (one block south of Naro) following the screening of Black Gold until 9:00pm. Free samples of a selection of Ethiopian coffees and food. Everyone welcome!

Saturday, Sept 30
green screen reception preceding Al Franken: God Spoke at Azars Mediterranean Foods on Colley Ave and 20th St (3 blocks north of Naro) between 5:30 and 7:00pm. Cash bar and hors d'oeuvres. Everyone welcome!

13 Film Premieres and 3 Revivals
With presenters and after-film discussion
Film admission is $8. Discount ticket books are accepted. Call for more info about a green screen festival discount pass. 625-6275 or www.narocinema.com

Friday, Sept 22 at 5:00pm
BLACK GOLD: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Multinational coffee companies dominate the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. But while we continue to pay premium prices for lattes and cappuccinos, the low price paid to Ethiopian coffee farmers in the birthplace of coffee has forced many to abandon their fields. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to travel the world and establish fair trade practices for the 75,000 struggling Ethiopian coffee farmers. (78 mins)

Friday, Sept 22 at 9:05pm
U.S. VERSUS JOHN LENNON Lennon's transformation from the Beatles rock star to anti-war activist to iconic inspiration for peace is documented by biographers David Leaf and John Scheinfeld. They reveal the U.S. Government's attempt to silence Lennon, showing that this was not just an isolated episode in American history but that the issues and struggles of that era remain relevant today. Featuring appearances by Noam Chomsky, Walter Cronkite, Mario Cuomo, Angela Davis, John Dean, Ron Kovic, G. Gordon Liddy, George McGovern, Bobby Seale, Tommy Smothers, Gore Vidal, Yoko Ono and others. (99mins)

Sat & Sun, Sept 23 & 24 at 3:00pm; Mon, Sept 25 at 7:30pm
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? Writer/director Chris Paine chronicles the life and mysterious death of the EV-1, examining the cultural and economic ripple effects caused by its conception and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business. Interviews with automakers, legislators, engineers, consumers, celebrities, and car enthusiasts piece the complex puzzle together. (PG, 91 mins)

Saturday, Sept 23 at 5:00
THE GROUND TRUTH Patricia Foulkrod's powerful new film depicts with ferocious honesty the terrible conflict in Iraq, a prelude to the even more challenging battles fought by soldiers when they return home to personal demons, an uncomprehending public, and an indifferent government. (72 mins)

Sat, Sept 23 at 9:15 and Sat, Sept 30 at 9:30
PEEL: The Peru Project In the newest film from the family that made surf film history (The Endless Summer), filmmaker Wes Brown travels to the beautiful waters of Peru to find the perfect wave. His trek includes an enchanted visit to the ancient Incan village of Machu Picchu. The electrifying surf footage features world-class surfers Mark Healey, Jamie Sterling, and Sofia Mulanovich. Sponsored by our local chapter of Surfriders Foundation. (80 mins)

Sunday, Sept 24 at 7:30
IRAQ FOR SALE: The War Profiteers This is the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war. Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed ) takes you inside the lives of Americans and Iraqis who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Blackwater, the private military contractor in Moyock, NC is featured as just one of many corporations making a killing in Iraq. (75 mins)

Tues, Sept 26 at 7:30 and Tues, Oct 3 at 7:30
LOOSE CHANGE Three young filmmakers spent many years and little money to make the most successful web-download feature film ever made. This newest updated version covers over 300 points connecting the attacks of 9/11 with forces within the US government. Evidence is derived from news footage, scientific analysis, and personal accounts. A discussion about the biggest conspiracy phenomenon since the assassination of President Kennedy will follow the screening. (80 mins)

Wed, Sept 27 at 7:15 as part of seminar at Studio for Healing Arts
HOW CUBA SURVIVED PEAK OIL After the fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, Cuba lost access to oil and had to suddenly transition from a fossil fuel agricultural export economy dependent on petrol-chemical fertilizers to a culture of intensive organic farming to keep its citizens from starving. As the world approaches peak oil, Cuba provides a valuable example of the cooperation, conservation, and community that will be needed to continue civil society in a low-energy world. (53 mins)

Wed, & Thurs, Sept 27 & 28 at 7:30
INCONVENIENT TRUTH After the 2000 election, Al Gore reset his course to focus on an all-out effort to help save the planet from irrevocable change. In this eye-opening portrait of his "traveling global warming show," he is funny, engaging, open, and downright on fire about getting the truth out before it's too late. Political proponents take note. (PG, 100 mins)


Friday, Sept 29 at 7:00
GOD AND GAYS What is it like to be gay and Christian in America? Filmmakers Luane Beck and Kim Clark explore the struggle that Christians have reconciling sexuality and spirituality. With Rev. Mel White, co-founder of SoulForce, Rev. Deborah L. Johnson of Santa Cruz, Jason Stuart, an out Jewish comic and actor in Los Angeles, (90mins)
Mel White, author of the new "Religion Gone Bad" will be in attendance along with filmmakers Luane Beck and Kim Clark.

Friday, Sept 29 at 9:30
WAKE UP SCREAMING "One man, 48 cities, 100 bands - what could possibly go wrong?" Independent filmmakers David Bergthold and Laban Pheidios team up with local PETA staff member and activist Jason Bayless as he travels across the country during the Vans Warped Tour. You'll meet rock stars, skaters, groupies, and animal rights activists unplugged in this PETA production. (80 mins)


Sat, Sept 30 at 1:00 and Sun, Oct 1 at 2:00
LASSIE Do we really need a new Lassie movie? When it's as good as this, yes! On the eve of World War II, a poor British family is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog, to the Duke of Rudling (Peter O'Toole) and Lassie is transported 500 miles away to the Duke's remote castle on the northern coast of Scotland. Lassie must face dangers great and small to get back to the home and family she loves. (PG, 100 mins)

Sat, Sept 30 at 5:00 and Sun, Oct 1 at 6:00
THE WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR Dan Millman (Scott Mechlowicz) is a talented college gymnast with Olympic dreams. Then Dan's world is turned upside down when he meets a mysterious stranger he calls Socrates (Nick Nolte), who holds the power to tap into new worlds of strength and understanding. Directed by Victor Salva (Powder), based on Dan Millman's autobiographical novel Way of the Peaceful Warrior. (PG13, 120 mins)

Saturday, Sept 30
green screen reception preceding Al Franken: God Spoke at Azars Mediterranean Foods on Colley Ave and 20th St (3 blocks north of Naro) between 5:30 and 7:00pm. Cash bar and hors d'oeuvres.

Sat, Sept 30 at 7:15
AL FRANKEN: God Spoke The makers of The War Room turn their cameras on the best-selling author, Air America host, and political satirist - highlighting his highly publicized feud with Bill O'Reilly over Franken's blockbuster "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" and his relentless campaign against Rush Limbaugh, George Bush and the right wing in the 2004 election, and beyond to his own run for the Wisconsin senate seat in 2008. Featuring beltway insiders Ann Coulter, Michael Moore, Al Gore, Robert Kennedy Jr., Sean Hannity, William Safire, Karen Hughes and Henry Kissinger. (90mins)

Sunday, Oct 1 at 8:15
AMERICAN BLACKOUT Ian Inaba's new film, awarded Best Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, documents the disenfranchisement of black voters in the Florida 2000 and Ohio 2004 presidential elections and the political career of U.S. Rep Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.),
who not only took an active role in investigating these election debacles but also found herself in the middle of one after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Music by DJ Shadow, Soulsavers and Thievery Corporation, (72 mins)

Monday, Oct 2 at 7:30
DARK WATER RISING: The Truth About Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescuers Award winning filmmaker Mike Shiley (Inside Iraq) tells the story of the volunteers from across America who traveled to New Orleans to try and save some of the tens of thousands of family dogs and cats that were forcibly left behind by draconian FEMA policies. Braving toxic floodwaters and breaking down doors to save starving animals who had been imprisoned in their houses, these courageous animal activists exhibit a love and resolve that will leave you emotionally drained. (79 mins)
Part of the ticket price will be donated to the Norfolk SPCA.


Video Seminars at Studio for Healing Arts
Located at 1611 Colley Ave (2nd floor) one block north of Naro

Wed, Sept 27 at 7:15
green dream: A Gaian Future A screening of How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (56 mins) will be followed by a Power Point presentation of "A Gaian Future" by Tom Ellis, Ph.D. and a discussion of The Earth Charter.

Wed, Oct 4 at 7:15
green politics: Culture Jamming the Parties
A community discussion led by local organizers and activists and film clips from Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? and So Goes the Nation. More information will be available at the festival or website. Sponsored by Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN).
Saturday, September 30, 11a.m.-7p.m. ODU Webb Center.

India will celebrate its rich Cultural heritage through Indian dances in colour full costumes, delicious Indian cuisine and arts and crafts. Variety of gift items, jwellery,attractive Indian clothes ,cury powder and other spices , along with other health foods will be available in the Fest. Admission is free. you will pay for food and other items. Please come with families and friends to celebrate with us.

For more information, please call Ms. Jagdish A. Singh. 757-484-8770.

Honor 9/11 Press For Truth

To Honor 9/11 means demanding the Truth of what occurred and not settling for anything less. In obtaining the truth we can fix what went wrong and make our the world a safer place.

Don't support the blasphemy and propaganda of flicks like Path to 9/11. It's best to boycott this film and your local ABC affiliate's news programming. That will have a big impact on their bottom line.

Here's a new documentary FREE on the internet that is astounding in the research that has gone into it.

Every American should watch this film and then demand answers.

Here's the Link to watch this important documentary 9/11 Press For Truth

If you've never visited The Complete 9/11 Timeline it's a great resource for anyone interested in finding out various connections with the 9/11 tragedy. Paul Thompson has done an incredible amount of research.

ABC Disney Path to 911 Going to get Rocky

Organized Boycott is forming. It will include Disney, ABC, and major companies affiliated with the decision to use this propaganda flick to influence our 2006 elections. I will put out the info as I get it. In the meantime here is a graphic that is licensed under creative commons and can be used on your website or blogs to advertise the well deserved backlash these corporations have earned.
Graphic Created by sbwoodside

911 Truth Telling-President wants Senate to hurry with new anti-terrorism laws

Did ABC, Disney, and the Republican neocons think that we wouldn't be able to bring up the REAL WORLD HISTORY?


Looks like the Republicans were botching the terrorism fight back in 1996.


President wants Senate to hurry with new anti-terrorism laws

July 30, 1996 Web posted at: 8:40 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Clinton urged Congress Tuesday to act swiftly in developing anti-terrorism legislation before its August recess. (1.6 MB AIFF or WAV sound)sound icon

"We need to keep this country together right now. We need to focus on this terrorism issue," Clinton said during a White House news conference.

But while the president pushed for quick legislation, Republican lawmakers hardened their stance against some of the proposed anti-terrorism measures.
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Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, doubted that the Senate would rush to action before they recess this weekend. The Senate needs to study all the options, he said, and trying to get it done in the next three days would be tough.

One key GOP senator was more critical, calling a proposed study of chemical markers in explosives "a phony issue."

Entire Article is HERE

Hampton Roads Concert Tonight

The Commonwealth Coalition's

"Something Worth Doing" Concert

WAS "ROCKIN" IN WILLIAMSBURG LAST NIGHT!!

THE ONLY WORD OF THE EVENING WAS "AWESOME"!!

CLAPPING WAS NOT HEARD - IT WAS ALL - APPLAUSE! APPLAUSE!

THESE PERFORMERS HAVE COME TOGETHER ESPECIALLY TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH COALITION!!

DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE & HEAR THEM WORK THEIR ENTERTAINMENT MAGIC WITH THEIR AUDIENCES.

FROM U2 & JOHN LENNON to a REGGAE VERSION OF "JACK & JILL"

ITS NOT A CONCERT - BUT AN EXPERIENCE!

A COMING TOGETHER OF LOVE, ENTERTAINMENT

AND SUPPORT FOR AN IMPORTANT CAUSE!

THESE CONCERTS ARE WORTH A DRIVE!!!



Proceeds to benefit the Commonwealth Coalition

Be Entertained, Be Informed, Be Inspired - and
SUPPORT AN IMPORTANT CAUSE.

Originally from Richmond, Greg Greenway is a rare combination of instrumental expertise, soulful and moving singer, powerful poet, and sparkling entertainer--one of those difficult-to-categorize performers who have found a home in the modern acoustic genre. Musically, he draws inspiration from all over the map--gospel, rock, blues, Jazz, and world music. But his center is in the singer/songwriter tradition that traces its roots all the way back to the social awareness of Woody Guthrie. To learn more about Greg and his music, go to www.GregGreenway.com.

Wishing Chair is known for their engaging performances, haunting harmonies and award winning songs. Any subject is fair game: from politics to coal strikes, punk bars to Calamity Jane. As Euan Bear writes, "Wishing Chair has a passion about the truth, about being emotionally available to tell it, and that for me, is the essence of folk music." To learn more about Wishing Chair and their music, go to www.WishingChair.com.

Minimum suggested donation for each concert - $15.00

Sunday, September 10, 2006 . 7:00 pm

Unitarian Church of Norfolk

739 Yarmouth Street , Norfolk VA 23510

www.ucnorfolk.org . 757.627.5371

MUST SEE TV...FORGET the Path to 911...WATCH THIS

Unlike the FICTIONAL Path to 911 that ABC and Disney are airing to influence our national elections in favor of Bush, Cheney, Rove and the neo-con Republicans.....

This news show about Katrina is FACTUAL, ACCURATE and must see viewing for all Americans.

Here's Part One

Here's Part Two

Now ask yourself why our government threatened the hurricane expert for coming forth to tell us the truth?

Why is Homeland Security now launching an investigation on the BBC reporter--Greg Palast--and the director of the footage?

NOTE: The FACTS in this story are not contested. They are accurate. BUT it's now illegal to film Bush's major donor...EXXON.

WOW...anything to stop a reporter from covering the news. They only want stenographers pretending to be reporters these days. BUSH and CHENEY have too much too hide. Unfortunately most of the reporters these days are nothing more than Bush lapdogs.

Hampton Roads IndyMedia Coalition

I know we like to fuss about the MSM. They've done such a poor job of reporting issues of importance.

A free, independent press is crucial in a democracy. A group of Hampton Roads citizens took matters into their own hands and created the Hampton Roads Indy Media Coalition.This group is affiliated with the global Indymedia network.

Now, Hampton Roads is no longer dependent on the MSM press--Va Pilot and Daily Press--or the MSM televeision news.This group is affiliated with the worldwide Indymedia network. Gloabalization activists created Indymedia to allow accurate coverage of what activists are doing. They realized the corporate controlled media was not covering the globalization movement. If the media "did" cover the globalization efforts it was always provided with a corporate slant.

For those of you with Dish Network you are already getting some great indymedia coverage on the linktv and free speech tv--FSTV--channels.

Now you can read news from local citizens on local, regional, and national issues and events at HRIMC.ORG

There's also a calendar where folks can post meetings and local happenings.

Check it out and participate. The IndyMedia has provided the platform so that local progressives can get their news out....

If Hampton Roads citizens get active and participate then this could become a force in Hampton Roads media and it is NOT corporate controlled.

You can participate by simply using the platforms provided....the website for publishing news....broadcast is coming soon....radio, video/tv, are coming soon. There's also a newspaper so your articles on the website might even end up in the local indy paper.

If you are interested in joining HRIMC and assisting with providing the media platforms you can work in the broadcast areas (website, radio and/or video podcasting....or the local paper).

The monthly meetings happen on the third Thursday evenings of each month at 7:30 pm. They meet in the comfy group meeting room of the Hershee Bar at 6117 Sewells Point Road, Norfolk, Virginia.

My Buzz on the Film--Path to 911

What Path to 9/11 Should Show—

1—The Secret Energy Task Force Meetings with Big Oil and VP Dick Cheney and their plans and schemes for the Iraqi Oil Fields.

2-The players involved in The Project for a New American Century and the desire for a new “Pearl Harbor” so they could launch their agenda.

3—The transition of the White House from the Clinton Team to the Bush Team…..The Bush team making fun of the Clinton team and Clinton's “obsession” with Osama Bin Laden and Al Queda.

4—The CIA is seriously concerned about an impending attack by Al Queda in the United States. It is so serious a threat that they must interrupt President Bush’s month long vacation at his ranch in Crawford Texas. A CIA agent is flown to Crawford to brief President Bush….At the end of the briefing Bush tells the CIA agent that his ass is now covered so he can go.
This report is given to other top officials in the Bush Administration….No one takes any action.

5. 9/11 occurs….show what all the top folks in the Bush Adminstration and the Pentagon are doing during the early morning hours and throughout the day….(Including the canceled airline travel that some were to take that morning).

6. Reenact the scene of George Bush reading the goat story to the children in the elementary school and show the discrepancies leading up to it (what he knew before he started reading and what he was told while reading the book)

7. President Bush finally boarding a plane and being flown to a secret bunker in the Midwest….until he surfaces to say I’m the President and I’m in charge.

8. The Bush White House grounds all planes.

9. The Bush White House gives approval for chartered jets to fly around the country picking up Osama Bin Laden’s relatives and flying them out of the country even though the FBI wanted to interrogate Bin Laden’s relatives.

10. Osama Bin Laden takes credit for the 9/11 tragedy.

11. Bushvows to get Osama Bin Laden Dead or Alive.

12. The EPA is told by the Bush administration to falsify their data and tell New Yorkers that the area around ground zero is safe.

13. No evidence from the building is kept…even though another building collapses that was not hit by a plane.

13. The discovery of unusual trading and stock options (including the airline industry) and how some got rich off of 9/11. This sort of trading results in an automatic investigation of the stock trades. In this case, no investigation has taken place.

14. Osama Bin Laden (very tall Arab who is on dialysis DAILY) cannot be found.

15. Resources are taken away from the hunt for the 9/11 villains and used to launch a war on a country and a people who had nothing to do with 9/11.

17. CIA concludes that Osama Bin Laden released a tape during Bush’s second election campaign in order to get Bush re-elected.

16. We are now stuck in an Iraq quagmire….millions have been made by Cheney, Haliburton, BIG OIL, and other Bush Cronies.

17. Osama Bin Laden is free, has bases in Pakistan that are now “allowed” by the Pakistani government, and he is able to continue his Al Queda operations.

18. Bush continues to stay the course, and the war profiteering is continuing….

19. The Body Count of how many US Troops, Iraqi troops, and Iragi civilians (men, women, and children) have died.

Are you kidding? It’s a crucial election and the corporations want to keep the feeding trough open. They are going to air a FICTIONALIZED version of the events blaming Clinton for 9-11.

ABC and Walt Disney want to keep a Corporate Controlled Congress in place.

Hopefully, the backlash from the American people will not only install a Democratic Congress but create a nationwide boycott of ABC and an international boycott of Walt Disney.

The True National Debt is not being reported...

According to the official U.S. Financial Report, released by the Treasury Department:

* The true 2005 deficit is $760 billion, not the $318.5 billion Bush reported
o This is 6.2% of the GDP, not 2.6%
o That's $156,000 for every citizen, or $375,000 for every working American
* The true national debt is $49 trillion, not the $8.3 trillion Bush reported
o This figure has more than doubled in the past five years
o We paid $327 billion last year on interest alone
* It's all getting worse

Due to the Government using a cash accounting basis this does not include future spending promises like Medicare and Social Security, or even future spending guarantees like veterans' benefits and federal employee pensions.

So the Debt is even bigger than this report.

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) released the report in the form of a book--What the White House Does Not Want You To Read--so the public can get the facts. Cooper said, "I think [the report] is the most powerful critique of the Bush Administration....No Republican can deny this attack (The report was produced by the Republican Administration)."

The Bush White House attempted to keep this report out of the public eye. They distributed the report to less than 20 members of Congress during the Christmas holiday season with no press release or media announcement. What do you want to bet that those 20 members were Republicans? (Or maybe the pseudo-democrat Joe Lieberman "might" have gotten a copy of the report.)

Hopefully progressive accountants will get a copy of this report and educate us some more.

Source of information

Thelma Drake Is Counting On Money...

Thelma Drake is having another Fundraising Breakfast with First Lady Laura Bush. Unlike the Fundraiser with President George Bush, Thelma will show up for this one.

When is enough money enough? Thelma has already surpassed the national average for Republican House members (average is $1,238,924 Thelma has 1,408,438 and counting) and she has more cash on hand than the average (average 370,287 and Thelma has 708, 487).

Does Thelma think that anything can be bought? Even a US House seat? She seems to be running her campaign on this belief. Her opponent has raised half as much money (704,077).

When is enough enough Thelma?

I think that Thelma knows her record won't win her seat back. So she's going to try to buy it back using tv and radio ads.

I'd rather have a representative running on their record. Thelma is simply trying to buy herself a House seat.

So why not come out and let Laura Bush know that Thelma Drake doesn't need any more money.

Laura Bush should be working to rasie money for a much worthier cause....like helping Hurricane Katrina survivors! Or how about raising money to help wounded vets who are amputees? Come on Laura you can do better than this.

Here's the event information:

Thursday, September 7, 2006
9:15 a.m.

Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel
235 East Main Street
Norfolk, Virginia

Thelma Drake Caught Red-Handed....again

Thelma Drake is now airing a Tv Ad where whe labels herself HONEST and INDEPENDENT.

Well Thelms is surely not independent with her rubber stamp 97% vptomg recprd/ She is not honest about this at all.

When a politician has to deceitfully label herself as Independent and shys away from her 97% Republican voting record...one has to think that Thelma knows her voting record is not one she can run on.

Yet her voting record is what voters need to make that important decision of who to vote for.

So, Thelma you've been caught red handed again!

Note: I use the term red handed in the same way my parents did. When I was caught "red-Handed" with my hand in the cookie jar.


You can see Thelma's latest ad here
Buzz...Buzz...

Someone Needs to Tell George Allen....

That REAL Cowboys take care of their horses!!

Allen is NOT supporting a bill that prevents thw sale of wild horses to meat factories.

Horses are not happy with George Allen...IF horses could talk (and had a choice) they'd vote for Webb!!

Bush and Rove negotiate $450 million dollar slush fund from Canda

How in the world has this not set the blogosphere (and then the late to the party MSM) on fire?

Get this....in a trade negotiation between the USA and Canada $450 million will be funneled directly to the Bush Whitehouse to do whatever it wants with the money with no congressional oversight.

This is a 450 million dollar slush fund that Rove can use to steal our election....the Canadians have already described it as such.

The Dems in Congress better find their spines and speak up next week in outrage. This will either backfire in Rove's face or cost us the elections.....

This is a bi-partisan issue so I hope everyone, Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Independents will contact their reps and senators and ask them to take action to correct this asap. The Bush admin should have to account for this outrageous behavior.

What is with these folks? Don't they believe in democracy?


Check it out....here are the links:
Think Progress
$450 Million Slush Fund
Daily Kos

Secret Senate "Holder" is Outed on the anti-pork bill

This is rich. AK-Sen Ted "Bridge to Nowhere" Stevens is the one who placed the secret hold on the Anti-Pork Bill--S.2590--sponsored by Barack Obama and Tom Coburn.
(w-VA Senator Byrd had also placed a hold on the bill but released his hold after he was outed.)

Ted Stevens explains that he was concerned about the cost of the anti-pork bill...which is about $208 million LESS than his bridge to nowhere project. Stevens can't seem to fathom that others might see it as Stevens wanting to continue to raid our national treasury in secret.

This year, Senator Stevens also gave our very own Pat Robertson his own pork project. Stevens ushered the "Interstate Ramp for Pat Robertson's Real Estate Enrichment" through the Senate. This bill was passed through the U.S. House courtesy of Thelma Drake. The same Thelma "Tra La La" Drake who forgot to add this to her list of accomplishments on her website. Come on Thelma stand up and take credit for your handiwork to help out your dear friend Pat and his local real estate venture. Hmmmmm...I wonder if Thelma's real estate business will also get a kickback for this?

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More Caca from Allen?

Senate man Senate man whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?

It will be interesting to see how Senator Allen votes during the September session. Will he continue to ignore his constituents and back the Corporate powers that be? Is he going to continue to dismantle net neutrality? If he votes for Senator Stevens telecommunications bill net neutrality is gonna die.

Senator Allen are you going to expand federal powers and limit states rights? Will you defy all 50 US state governors? Will you vote to put the National Guard under Bush’s incompetent leadership?

How about making the President a king and beholden to no law in the land? Are you going to back that bill that will grant immunity for all the President’s men who violated the Geneva Convention and international law. Are you going to back Spector’s new wiretapping bill that will immunize all the President’s men for their illegal mis-behaviors. Actions that did not make us safer, btw. However, they sure have given the Republican Corporation—ChoicePoint—lots of private information on Americans. Information that will be used in the future to continue to divide not unify our country. Information that can be used by the Republican party to dismantle democracy and enshrine a one party rule in this country.

If you continue your bushwhacked voting record…I remind you… November's judgement day is just around the corner.

Senate man Senate man whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?

Act Now to Save the Internet

If you happen to see Allen or Warner out campaigning this weekend why not walk up and tell them face to face you want net neutrality. Ask them to support real Virginians. Tell them to stop selling us out to the highest bidding corporation.

The Info below is from Save the Internet

Sen. John W. Warner (R-VA)
Undeclared on Net Neutrality
Call Sen. Warner now at 804-771-2579
Say: "I urge Senator Warner to protect Net Neutrality, which prevents the largest phone and cable companies from controlling the Internet. I urge the Senator to vote NO on Senator Stevens' telecommunications bill (H.R. 5252 / S. 2686) unless real Net Neutrality language is added that prohibits network operators from discriminating against content and creating a tiered Internet."


Sen. George Allen (R-VA)
Against Net Neutrality
Call Sen. Allen now at 804-771-2221
Say: "I object to Senator Allen's stance against Net Neutrality. The senator should prevent the largest phone and cable companies from controlling the Internet. I urge Senator Allen to change his position and vote NO on Senator Stevens' telecommunications bill (H.R. 5252 / S. 2686) unless real Net Neutrality language is added that prohibits network operators from discriminating against content and creating a tiered Internet."

We will never win with Rumsfeld in charge of anything!

Rumsfeld spewed alot of rubbish the other day. There was one illuminating piece that shows why Rumsfeld will never lead anyone to victory.

"You know from experience that in every war — personally — there have been mistakes and setbacks and casualties," he said. "War is," as Clemenceau said, `A series of catastrophes that results in victory."

So put a Chickenhawk in charge of the military and his "experience" is that it takes "A series of catastrophes that results in victory."

Stay that course Rummy....

Pulleeze...your military experience is showing Rummy. Now will you listen to the experts, all the retired generals, etc. and do the right thing. RESIGN and SHUT UP! (to borrow an O'Reilly phrase.)

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