Polling Shows Republicans Are Crashing
There's a place for conservatism in the US, but a very shrinking place for the corrupt, theofascist, xenophobic politics of the current republican party. That's why the percentage of people who identify themselves as Republican is plummetting.
Reinstate the Fired Attorneys
It's clear. They were fired illegally to stop investigations. They should be reinstated and put back to work on their investigations-- or-- the congress should give them jobs as special prosecutors. Let them do their jobs without the clear partisan interference of the Bush corrupted Justice department.
Cleaning up the Augean Stables
Hercules had to divert a river to clean out the King's stables. Americans have an equally daunting job cleaning up the multiple Katrinas that the Bush administration has inflicted upon all spheres of American life, business and government. The congress should start a special project to identify the damage and clean it up. It would include:
-gerrymandering
-elimination of regulations
-bad regulations put in place to protect corporations from abuses
-signing statement by Bush
-non-competitive contracts and sweetheart deals
-corporate abuses that have not been monitored, pursued or prosecuted
-rampant corruption
-abuses of power
-appointments of bad people
-inappropriate or illegal "interim" appointments
Reaching our End of Month Financial Needs.
I'm not going to call this a fundraising goal. We need to pay our bills. The numbers I've been discussing have been absolute minimums we need to get through the month. We are about $600 short at this point, with two days to go. Come on readers, help us start April with a head start, not a deficit. We need a bit over $2500 a month to cover our overhead and expenses. We're gradually getting people to commit to monthly contributions, but so far, we're not even a tenth of the way there yet for monthyly commitments. Donate Here
Grant Progress
Back in February, I submitted a grant proposal-- a small one-- for $5000. I just got word we made it to the second level of screening. It's for a specific project. Once we implement it, we're going to ask every US reader (about 74% of our overall readership) to help us make the most of the project. Matter of fact, in the next year, I'd like to start working on a number of projects that involve participation of our 5,000+ members.
Suggest a Project For OpEdNewsers.
We have a lot of tools within the OpEdNews website and the ability and willingness to implement more capabilities. I'd like to start working on specific projects that tap the power of OpEdNews and the web. Have an idea? Let me know. Let's make it happen. The more people the project has to potential to engage, the better.
We're making progress. Now we can run on both anger and hope.
Let's keep going, stronger than ever,
Rob Kall
Newest Articles
Hostage Crisis Repeated
The Mullahs in Iran are planning to do to Blair what they did to Jimmy Carter! The arrest of 15 British sailors was a very carefully orchestrated effort on the part of the Mullahs to extract the same concessions they received from the United States in 1980 - that kept their regime alive!
A Review Of The US Troop Chow Hall In Kuwait: Would Michelin Give It Three Stars?
When entering a war zone, it's always first things first. What is the FOOD like!
To President Bush, "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Bush only has less than two more years as our president and perhaps our congress members especially our Democratic ones can best define his legacy by not giving into Bush and NOT pulling that language from that bill.
The King, The Pope And The People!
A Tale of A tale of Deceit, Betrayal, Murder, Lust, Avarice, and Lack of Foresight. A Tale which Links a King, (in his own fantasies) George W. Bush, his Puppeteers (Cheney, Rove and the rest of the Bushites) in the Most Monstrous conspiracy, in a long string of Conspiracies, in the Planet's History.
The White House's Impending E-mail Disaster
Veto This
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is right to point Unitary Executive George W. Bush toward a copy of the Constitution. The President (should Bush care to resume that legal role) is permitted to veto bills but not to write them. In particular, the President cannot rewrite legislation after it has been voted on and before he signs it. Nor can any member of Congress.
DOJ Emails Illustrate Plan To Mislead Congress
The common thread in the thousands of pages of documents released by the Department of Justice in conjunction with a Congressional probe into the US attorney dismissals is that top officials in the DOJ who worked behind the scenes believed that they were doing something improper in selectively dismissing the attorneys and acted with a clear intent to deceive lawmakers if any questions into reasons for the firings arose.
BUSH STILL DODGING THE TRUTH
The worst enemy of the Cheney/Bush administration is the truth. For if the truth is allowed to penetrate the bubble of executive branch hubris and denial ~ the whole corrupt, arrogant and self serving facade of this administration would be stripped away and its rotten core would be there for the world to see . As such, The ONION satirically reports on how the Secret Service is prepared to keep that very thing from happening .
The March On The Pentagon
Join a group. Get active. Get informed and stay informed. Speak up and make a difference. Instead of 50,000 protestors marching in Washington--let's make 50 million calls to Congress, demanding an end to Mr. Bush's senseless war. It is up to us to make a difference.
Four Election Integrity Groups Release A "One-Page Concept Proposal For Federal Election Reform Legislation"
Leaders in four election integrity organizations are delivering a proposal to the Congress calling on the members to sponsor better election reform legislation. National Election Data Archive, Black Box Voting, Democracy for New Hampshire, and Citizens' Alliance for Secure Elections OH call for better legislation.
ENGRAVED ON AMERICA'S TOMBSTONE?
Countries vanish by various means. Some commit suicide while others suffer invasion. The United States faces its greatest crisis for survival in the early years of the 21st century. Will it survive?
Arab Leaders: Peace Making Could Not Be Unilateral, Divisible
Flanked by international and regional non-Arab dignitaries representing the UN, EU, OIC, NAM and the leaders of Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan as well as the foreign minister of Iran, the leaders of the 22-member League of Arab States on Wednesday re-launched in Riyadh their five-year old Arab Peace Initiative, determined to reactivate it with mechanisms and a follow-up diplomatic campaign.
'Daily Voting News' For March 29, 2007
a run-down of the days elections/voting news from across the country and overseas.
Only Fair And Balanced Trade Is Free
Article presents a strong case against the "so-called free trade" agenda. It states that free trade between developed nations with democracies with open markets are fine but argues against our current policies.
Mutually Assured Survival Or Mutually-Assured Destruction?
The Great American Dream Still Exists -- In Iraq!
The wonderful economic miracle of 1950s America still exists -- in Iraq. However, it's built on the blood of a million dead people. Bobby Kennedy has something to say about that! Me too.
Re: The Presidency Has Become A Great Business Opportunity
Summary For Op Ed News The Presidency has become a terrific business opportunity which the Clintons have used to full advantage and are poised to exploit still further, while Lincoln turns in his grave.
Newest GOP Word Games: "Surrender" And "Retreat"
Senate Passes $123 Billion More For Iraq And Afghanistan Wars
Democrats vote to extend the war in guise of a loophole ridden exit "goal." How they respond to Bush's veto will determine whether Bush is a lame Duck or the Democrats are running a lame Congress
New: Voting Machine Companies To Congress - ALL YOUR VOTES BELONG TO US
The Voting Machine Lobby reacts to amendments to the Help America Vote Act. In the Vendor Lobby's letter to congress, it becomes clear: Amendments to HAVA will hurt voting machine companies, the audits will provide an inconvenient truth, and the ban on toilet paper ballot will stick us with lots of unsold inventory. Vendors are not ready to give up their private control of our elections.
A Veto Is A Vote For Eternal War
For George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, 2008 is too soon to end a war that they intend to last forever. 2008 is too soon to stop constructing enormous military bases in Iraq and abandon them. 2008 is too soon to bring our men and women home to their families and the criminally inadequate health care and nonexistent job assistance that we travel around the world to murder whole nations in defense of.
The Racist War On Immigrants
The Bush administration and congressional joint racist war against immigrants of color directed mainly at impoverished Latinos from Mexico and Central America.
Saudi King Calls Iraq Occupation 'Illegitimate'
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia called the U.S. occupation of Iraq 'illegitimate,' and expressed concern for Palestinians.
The Decider's In Denial Over Democracy
- Bush will not allow himself to be easily awakened from his imperial dream-state or willingly step down from the phony throne he fashioned for himself atop the mountain of rubble of debris and humanity from the attacks of 9-11; the mountain he hurried to climb with his bullhorn to declare himself protector, ruler, and owner of the world.
Iraq: So Easy, A Caveman Could Solve It - In "2 Steps"
The withdrawal solution to Iraq is not a date but rather a plan. A legitimized date then becomes the natural byproduct. With all Congressional parties conducting the great Shakespearean-like debate to date or not to date, the real question should be "hey, where's the plan?" The answer to that GOP challenge is the Democratic 2 Step, aka "2 Step Stra-Tac" Plan.
Will Alberto Gonzales Take The Fifth?
When we take the dress off the pig, today Kyle Sampson said Alberto Gonzales is a liar.
Best News Links from the Web
Let's Not Let Fred Dalton Thompson Sneak Up On Us
"The former Tennessee senator has less experience than all the other top GOP contenders," writes John Dickerson on Slate, "and yet he is being talked about as the savior for a party that is unhappy with its current crop of candidates. . . Thompson has not entered the race, but in television appearances two weeks ago, he hinted that he might." You probably remember him as the district attorney on Law & Order.
Paper Election Ballot Measure Killed By MD Senate
She called the lack of a bill requiring paper ballots "a serious failing" of this year's General Assembly, adding that the defeat makes it more difficult for the legislature to pass voting technology changes prior to 2008 elections."I don't want to be melodramatic, but this is a tragedy.The intention of this is to make sure people's votes are secure.I can't think of anything more fundamental to a democracy than this."
Larry Beinhart: Dispatches From The War On Stupidity
It is now a conventional complaint on the Right that university faculties are dominated by liberals. It's true.
Fighting Mega-Retailers
...find out where local business is pushing back against mega-retailers.
Income Gap Is Widening, Data Shows
Income inequality grew significantly in 2005, with the top 1 percent of Americans - those with incomes that year of more than $348,000 - receiving their largest share of national income since 1928. While total reported income in the United States increased almost 9 percent in 2005, the most recent year for which such data is available, average incomes for those in the bottom 90 percent dipped compared with the year before.
Republicans Fear 2008 Meltdown
Republicans across the country are warning that increasing public discontent toward Pres. Bush, the Iraq war and the GOP brand in general threatens to send the party's 2008 campaign planning into a tailspin. Already, some of the party's top recruits in key races from Colorado to Florida are refusing to run for Congress. Business execs - the financial backbone of the GOP - are sending more and more money to Democrats...
The Raw Story | Leahy: Justice Does Not Serve At The Pleasure Of The President
Pakistan's $4.2 Billion "Blank Check" For US Military Aid
In the three years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, U.S. military aid to Pakistan soared to $4.2 billion, compared to $9.1 million in the three years before the attacks - a 45,000 percent increase - boosting Pakistan to the top tier of countries receiving this type of funding. More than half of the new money was provided through a post-9/11 Defense Department program - Coalition Support Funds - not closel
"A Face Only A President Could Love"
"Dick Cheney's public image has hardened into a grim caricature that longtime friends and colleagues don't recognize: when did the whiz kid with the lopsided smile who ran Ford's White House turn into the secretive, merciless, Machiavellian figure in the news today?" Todd Purdum's Vanity Fair profile from June 2006 bears revisiting.
Castro Castigates US About Global Warming
"Ailing leader Fidel Castro published an article in state media Thursday criticizing U.S. environmental policies, emerging from months of silence on political matters," reports USA Today. "'Condemned to premature death by hunger and thirst more than 3 billion people of the world,' read the headline."
Whistleblower Gets His Hands On WTC Blueprints And Releases Them
"The detailed architectural drawings make clear what official reports have apparently attempted to hide: that the Twin Towers had massive core columns, and those columns ran most of the height of each Tower before transitioning to columns with smaller cross-sections," reports 911 Research. In other words, the pancake theory spun by FEMA and NIST is deader in the water than ever.
Day Of Reckoning Approaches For Gonzalez
"Senator Charles Schumer finds it 'hard to believe' that embattled U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales can continue in office for much longer," writes Jason Horowitz in The New York Observer. Schumer also said that, "the credibility of the President and the people close to him is lower now today than it was a month ago, and that's going to [affect 2008]."
Center-left Think Tanks Gain Ground
Code Pink Dogs Clinton On 2008 Trail
Ex-Aide: Prosecutor Firings Were Political, Gonzales' Former Chief Of Staff To Testify U.S. Attorneys Were Dismissed For
this lying partisan hack believes the president can fire an attorney for ANY damn reason. ANY! He deserves jail.
