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EDITORS' NOTE: The New York Times wouldn't print this oped from the GOP candidate.

Yesterday I read an op-ed that claimed a million Iraqi dead due to U.S. Invasion. Does anyone find it disturbing that newspapers source their reporting on antiwar.com? And by the way the newspaper and the author of the op-ed confirmed that their source was antiwar.com. Question to everyone, which source do you consider more accurate or credible?... http://www.iraqbodycount.org/database/ or http://antiwar.com/casualties/

Footnote.com partnered with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to link the service records and casualty reports to each name on the Wall. “The records of the Vietnam War in the National Archives are essential resources for veterans to revisit their history and establish their rights,” explains Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein. “These extensive files are mined by scholars every day as they continue to interpret and understand this pivotal period in American history.” Footnote.com will also be digitizing National Archives photos from the Vietnam War. Footnote.com and the National Archives Launch an Interactive Vietnam War MemorialAbout...

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"So when George W. Bush rewrote history the other day by saying that ''al-Qaeda terrorists killed Americans on 9/11 (and) they're fighting us in Iraq,'' the tendency is to duly note that the president is not telling the truth - there is no evidence whatsoever that al-Qaeda in Iraq, which didn't exist at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, takes orders from Osama bin Laden - and then move on. Hey, at least it's just talk. At least he didn't invade Iran or Pakistan. Yet."

"Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee criticized the heavy sentence two former Border Patrol agents received for non-fatally shooting an illegal alien who smuggled drugs across the border." read op-ed Johnny Sutton, Western District of Texas, U.S Attorney discusses the previous day's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on a U.S. Border Guard Case about the convictions of two border agents who are charged with excessive force on a fleeing suspect. Sutton, who prosecuted the case against the agents, testified at the hearing. 27 min. Watch C-SPAN's Washington Journal... rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/im/im_wj071807_sutton.rm

"Imus also foolishly assumed that the parade of liberal politicians and friends who clamored to get on his show might offer him politically correct cover." "Then he met Nemesis, long lying in wait. And the more America learned about the past rantings of this talk-show bully, the more it wondered why such a banal fool ever had an audience in the first place, much less was courted by politicians and celebrities." "At the heart of both the Imus and Duke scandals is arrogance. Overweening conceit inevitably led bigheads like Imus, Nifong, Sharpton, Jackson and many at Duke University to go...

It was 3 a.m. in Italy on Jan. 29, 2003, when President Bush in Washington began reading his State of the Union address that included the now famous -- later retracted -- 16 words: "The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." Like most Europeans, Elisabetta Burba, an investigative reporter for the Italian newsweekly Panorama, waited until the next day to read the newspaper accounts of Bush's remarks. But when she came to the 16 words, she recalled, she got a sudden sinking feeling in her stomach. She wondered: How could the...

For older guys and gals this is the music to listen all day. I play it thru my wireless laptop to my home Hi-Fi, it's magnificent...rto

"The Religious Left is far more “Left” than “religious” – they may look like a church on the outside, but on the inside, they’re a political organization advancing a leftist social agenda. And now, there’s hard evidence to back it up." NCC was a major player in the Elian Gonzalez criminal abduction, following are webpages I created throughout this illegal and disgraceful action on Easter Weekend 7 years ago...rto The Taking of Elian Elian Returns to Cuba

The real crime here is the way the Bush administration manipulates the press and the press lets itself be manipulated, but there's no law against that. And no one is going to get punished for it. Poor Scooter. He just didn't understand that there really was no reason to lie. Sad is right.

Robert Kagan Author, "Dangerous Nation" Q&A Podcasts LAMB: That’s the antithesis of what your letter said, the Project for the New American Century. What do you think of what Mr. Cockburn said? KAGAN: Well, it’s absurd. It’s just - you know, he’s just - he’s taken - it’s unfortunate, because I think I agree with some of the things he says. But then he has to say that it was based on a lie. The notion that this administration went to war based on a lie, that it knew that there were no weapons, but it made it up anyway,...

Haunted by the Past By MAUREEN DOWD Published: November 1, 2006 Many Republicans have been tut-tutting about the author of “The Audacity of Hope” having the audacity to hope. “I think people might want a little more experience than that, given the nature of the times we live in,” Dick Cheney told Sean Hannity. Charles Krauthammer wrote that, despite Senator Barack Obama’s charms, he could not win in ’08: “The reason is Sept. 11, 2001. The country will simply not elect a novice in wartime.” But if there’s one thing W.’s reign proves beyond a shadow of a doubt, it...

By Amanda Crissup Marietta Daily Journal Staff Writer MARIETTA - America's image as a Lone Ranger cowboy figure troubles former Democratic U.S. Sen. Wyche Fowler Jr. "If we're the superpower, if we have all the cards - why can't we be like John Wayne and walk into town and talk first before we shoot?" Fowler said. Fowler, an Atlanta native and former Marietta resident who served as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1987 to 1992, addressed the Marietta Rotary Club on Wednesday about America's international image. "America isn't acting like America," Fowler said. As chairman of the board of...

Does a major national broadcast network want to stain itself by presenting an irresponsible, slanderous, fraudulent, "docu-drama" to the American public?

Had the opportunity to meet Adm. Collins and members of his family last night, he has the charisma to attract the votes of the undecided and even those that are currently committed to Sen. Nelson...rto The Issures "National Security / Terrorism: America is at war. I shall help ensure our armed forces are appropriately-sized, sensibly-deployed, and properly-supported to prosecute their vital missions in our Nation's defense. I support the President's response following 9/11/01, and I thank God for the valiant performance of the men and women of our U.S. Armed Forces, who are keeping armed conflict away from our shores....

WASHINGTON -- I'm a Republican. Ann Coulter does not speak for me. But a lot of people think she does. The loudest, noisiest, most sensational and now, most repugnant, voices on the Republican side of the political spectrum are defining Republicans. I could blame cable television, but it is tough to blame cable for preferring long-legged blond female Republicans to balding middle-age guys like me. They sure make for better-looking TV.

Gen. Hayden: "4th Amendment and wrong" http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/05/06.html#a8184

Robert Scheer: Top Spy’s Story on Prewar Intel Is Finally Told http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060425_prewar_intel_iraq_iran/ Posted on Apr. 25, 2006 By Robert Scheer “The policy was set. The war in Iraq was coming and they were looking for intelligence to fit into the policy.” —Tyler Drumheller, formerly CIA’s top spy in Europe Confession time: In fall 2004, during a crucial presidential election campaign, I made the mistake of playing by corporate media rules that amount to self-censorship. Specifically, I joined other journalists in denying the public the right to learn of a definitive investigative report by CBS’ “60 Minutes” on President Bush’s disregard...

Flight 93: Do we still care? By Cal Thomas Apr 27, 2006 The first impression one gets from the film "United 93," which opens April 28, is that it's predictably normal. Pilots and flight attendants go about routine business, from safety checks to making sure there is enough sugar for passengers. Conversations are about nothing consequential. This normalcy contrasts with the utter abnormality of 9/11 and it is what grips our stomachs, refusing to let go until long after the 111-minute film ends. The debate about the movie started a few weeks ago when some people reacted strongly to the...