Friday
David Vest: So You Thought They'd End the War
David Vest: So You Thought They'd End the War: "What's really evil is being forced to choose between people on the one hand who support the war, and accuse anyone who questions it of 'helping the terrorists' -- and people on the other who oppose the war, criticize the war, pledge to the end the war, and then vote to keep it going."
Evelyn Pringle: Congress Gives War Profiteers Another $100 Billion
Evelyn Pringle: Congress Gives War Profiteers Another $100 Billion: "Congress has demonstrated its unconditional love for the Bush administration by handing the war profiteers another $100 billion worth of good reasons to keep the war in Iraq rolling along at full-throttle."
Thursday
European Growth Could Exceed U.S. in '07: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
European Growth Could Exceed U.S. in '07: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance: "The recovery in Europe has been stronger than we expected,' OECD Chief Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis said at a news conference. 'The slowdown in the U.S. has been more robust than we anticipated."
Wednesday
Tuesday
Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold On the Iraq Supplemental Conference Report
Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold On the Iraq Supplemental Conference Report: "Under the President’s Iraq policies, our military has been over-burdened, our national security has been jeopardized, and thousands of Americans have been killed or injured. Despite these realities, and the support of a majority of Americans for ending the President’s open-ended mission in Iraq, congressional leaders now propose a supplemental appropriations bill that does nothing to end this disastrous war."
Campaigns & Elections
Campaigns & Elections WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 22) - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) gave the following speech on the floor of the House of Representatives today:
"The Associated Press reports that the latest Iraq Supplemental funding plan, incredibly, will tie an increase in the minimum wage to funding the war through October.
"If this is true, and I hope it is not, it tells American workers that the only way they will get an increase in wages is to continue to support funding the war which is taking the lives of their sons and daughters.
"First blood for oil. Now a minimum wage for maximum blood. Aren't the American people giving enough blood for this war without having to give more to have a wage increase?
"What's happened to our country? We are losing our moral compass. We're losing our sense of justice. We're losing touch with the difference between right and wrong.
"We do not have to fund this war. We must leave Iraq now. Support our troops and bring them home. HR 1234 is a plan to end the war and stabilize Iraq and give Iraqis control of their oil.
"We must take a new path. We must take a path of truth and justice."
"The Associated Press reports that the latest Iraq Supplemental funding plan, incredibly, will tie an increase in the minimum wage to funding the war through October.
"If this is true, and I hope it is not, it tells American workers that the only way they will get an increase in wages is to continue to support funding the war which is taking the lives of their sons and daughters.
"First blood for oil. Now a minimum wage for maximum blood. Aren't the American people giving enough blood for this war without having to give more to have a wage increase?
"What's happened to our country? We are losing our moral compass. We're losing our sense of justice. We're losing touch with the difference between right and wrong.
"We do not have to fund this war. We must leave Iraq now. Support our troops and bring them home. HR 1234 is a plan to end the war and stabilize Iraq and give Iraqis control of their oil.
"We must take a new path. We must take a path of truth and justice."
Monday
Secrecy News
Secrecy News Some recently updated reports of the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
Sunday
Nation & World | Iraq a "big moneymaker" for al-Qaida, says CIA | Seattle Times Newspaper Our tax dollars at work.
Foreclosure crisis looms, housing analysts say: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Foreclosure crisis looms, housing analysts say: South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "As the housing meltdown continues, analysts predict a surge in foreclosures this year and next that will add to the glut of homes already for sale and further depress property values"
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