Bolton LIED about being involved in investigations.

His statement came hours after another State Department official said Bolton had correctly answered a Senate questionnaire when he wrote that he had not testified to a grand jury or been interviewed by investigators in any inquiry over the past five years.
Clay said Bolton "didn't recall being interviewed by the State Department's inspector general" when he filled out the form. "Therefore, his form, as submitted, was inaccurate," Clay said. "He will correct it."

Washington Post

Chicago Sun-Times

Star Tribune

"It seems unusual that Mr. Bolton would not remember his involvement in such a serious matter," said Biden, the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "In my mind, this raises more questions that need to be answered. I hope President Bush will not make the mistake of recess appointing Mr. Bolton."

You know he will, Joe, Bush likes to promote those with loose ethics. And he particularly seems to have a strong affection for LIARS.

Bush administration wanted torture.

The mainstream media is still spreading the lie that the torture which has been occuring was the work of "a few bad apples". Well, it seems that those bad apples are really all high level members of the Bush administration. I am glad that the NY Times and the Washington post reported on this, however it is very disturbing that the grossly immoral actions promoted by the Bush administration are not front page news. By not reporting this, the mainstream media is being complicit in promoting torture.

Rear Adm. Michael F. Lohr, the Navy's chief lawyer, wrote on Feb. 6, 2003, that while detainees at Guantanamo Bay might not qualify for international protections, "Will the American people find we have missed the forest for the trees by condoning practices that, while technically legal, are inconsistent with our most fundamental values?"

William Fisher schools Michelle Malkin

"Well, let me suggest that this cute-looking new darling of the salivating right is asking the wrong question. What she should want to know is why the FBI is snooping on the ACLU. After all, the rights the ACLU defends include those that allow Ms. Malkin to write exactly what she wants to write, no matter how misinformed."

BILL O'REILLY IN DRAG

Latest in the Rove Saga

Here is the latest outrage regarding Rove! (ROVE RAGE)


"Rove's gang of bullies" click this for AlterNet article

A former CIA analyst speaks up in the hopes of freeing his former colleague, Valerie Plame, from the RNC's 'malicious smear campaign.'

New torture device to be implemented....

Millimeter-wave device puts the ‘heat’ on adversaries

Riot control ray gun worries scientists
The Active Denial System weapon, classified as "less lethal" by the Pentagon, fires a 95GHz microwave beam at rioters to cause heating and intolerable pain in less than five seconds.

Scientists Concerned by Gun on Tap for Iraq

Details of US microwave-weapon tests revealed

Clearly, our goverment *is* sanctioning torture, and we are developing better ways to torture folks too!

Was a PSU graduate's cover blown by the Bush Administration?

Valerie Plame (who has a BA in journalism from PSU) is under fire from the Bush administration because her husband, Joseph Wilson, cared enough to tell the truth. How far up does the deceit go? at least as far as Rove. The GOP talking points on the issue seek to obfuscate the issue, and intentionally deceive the public. At least some people have the integrity to call them on their lies.

Rove revelation compromised more than Plame's career

Rove-Plame Scandal Leading to Deeper White House Horrors?

The One Very Good Reason Karl Rove Might Be Indicted

Bring out yer dead!

E&P has an interesting article about why the US media is not showing photos of the Iraq war. Moises Saman (a photographer) states "Americans understand we are at war -- but not many people want to see the real consequences, especially when they involve one of your own," he says. "I think some publications cater to this sentiment by trying not to anger subscribers and advertisers with harsh 'in-your-face' coverage of the true nature of war."

To see some of what our actions in Iraq have wrought, see some of the following websites:

http://www.iraqphotos.com/

101st Airborne

Kevin Sites

Iraq US wounded

Brandon Blog

Iraq Casualties

Robert Fisk

Dahr Jamail

FBI monitoring Civil Rights group.

ACLU filing finds FBI files on protests - Science Daily

FBI Says It Has Files on Rights Groups -Washinton Post

"I'm still somewhat shocked by the size of the file on us," said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU. "Why would the FBI collect almost 1,200 pages on a civil rights organization engaged in lawful activity? What justification could there be, other than political surveillance of lawful First Amendment activities?"

END THE WAR ON IRAQ

Hold Bush & Congress Accountable for the Deaths, the Destruction, the Lies, and the Toll on Our Communities
Three Days of Action for Peace and Justice in Washington, D.C.
Sat., Sept. 24 - Massive March, Rally & Festival
Sun., Sept. 25 - Interfaith Service, Grassroots Training
Mon., Sept. 26 - Lobby Day and Mass Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience

Killing the journalists as a matter of policy?

One would wonder why Bush is having our military intentionally target journalists, when most of them are toeing the administration line anyway.

US urged to probe Iraq media deaths

International Federation of Journalists’ calls for:
An Independent probe into unexplained killings;
New rules to make targeting of media and negligence over journalists’ safety a war crime;
A Global campaign to demand justice for media victims.

Judge Wants to Question US Troops on Media Deaths in Iraq

US 'lied' about media deaths

US 'targets' journalists in Iraq

Once again, Conyers stands for integrity

Once again, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), has taken a stand for honesty and integrity in our political systems.
"We write in order to urge that you require your Deputy White House Chief of Staff, Karl Rove, to either come forward immediately to explain his role in the Valerie Plame matter or to resign from your Administration," the veteran Democrat writes. "High-ranking members of your Administration who are involved in any effort to smear a private citizen or to disseminate information regarding a CIA operative should be expected to meet a far higher standard of ethical behavior and forthrightness."
I'm guessing he will be ignored, just like with Downing Street

Banal, trite, FauxNews

Mary asked me to post this from Media Matters.

Fox News contributing correspondent Simon Marks distinguished between Arabs and "regular" Londoners, in reporting on the scope of the attacks.

"I mean, my first thought when I heard -- just on a personal basis, when I heard there had been this attack and I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought, "Hmmm, time to buy." Brit Hume