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Wall Street Not Expecting Obama Drama
Financials Still Have Interest in Clinton
McCain a Prisoner of Corporate Agenda
source: Viroqua Institute
Attorneys for an alleged “enemy
combatant” who has been held by the
US military at Guantanamo Bay for more
than six years have told the judge
overseeing his case that the conditions
of their client’s detention have rendered
him mentally incapable of assisting in his
own defense.
Yemeni national Salim Ahmed Hamdan,
now 39, worked as a driver for al Qaeda
leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan,
where he was captured in 2001. Last
week he angrily denounced the legal
proceedings and announced his refusal to
participate, becoming the fourth
Guantanamo inmate to boycott the
military tribunal process.
combatant” who has been held by the
US military at Guantanamo Bay for more
than six years have told the judge
overseeing his case that the conditions
of their client’s detention have rendered
him mentally incapable of assisting in his
own defense.
Yemeni national Salim Ahmed Hamdan,
now 39, worked as a driver for al Qaeda
leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan,
where he was captured in 2001. Last
week he angrily denounced the legal
proceedings and announced his refusal to
participate, becoming the fourth
Guantanamo inmate to boycott the
military tribunal process.
His lawyers say Hamdan’s mental
condition has deteriorated seriously
since his designation eighteen months
ago for solitary confinement in
Guantanamo’s Camp 5. In their recent
meetings with their client, Hamdan has
reportedly become obsessed with the
idea of receiving a transfer to Camp 4,
where about 50 prisoners are housed
communally. The defense lawyers
formally asked the judge to halt the case
until Hamdan is placed in less restrictive
conditions. Hamdan, for his part, told
the judge that he has forbidden his
attorneys from speaking on his behalf in
his absence.
The impasse is reminiscent of challenges
condition has deteriorated seriously
since his designation eighteen months
ago for solitary confinement in
Guantanamo’s Camp 5. In their recent
meetings with their client, Hamdan has
reportedly become obsessed with the
idea of receiving a transfer to Camp 4,
where about 50 prisoners are housed
communally. The defense lawyers
formally asked the judge to halt the case
until Hamdan is placed in less restrictive
conditions. Hamdan, for his part, told
the judge that he has forbidden his
attorneys from speaking on his behalf in
his absence.
The impasse is reminiscent of challenges
to the detention of US citizen Jose
Padilla, another alleged “enemy
combatant” who won a series of
procedural victories over the
government, only to have the
charges against him re-framed and his
detention extended.
In December 2006, as reported by
redstateupdate, Padilla’s lawyers told
the courts that harsh conditions of
detention had impaired their client’s
ability to participate in his defense.
Padilla was eventually convicted in
August on reduced charges of
criminal conspiracy in US District
Court in Miami, eventually receiving
a sentence of 17 years. it's all true
Padilla, another alleged “enemy
combatant” who won a series of
procedural victories over the
government, only to have the
charges against him re-framed and his
detention extended.
In December 2006, as reported by
redstateupdate, Padilla’s lawyers told
the courts that harsh conditions of
detention had impaired their client’s
ability to participate in his defense.
Padilla was eventually convicted in
August on reduced charges of
criminal conspiracy in US District
Court in Miami, eventually receiving
a sentence of 17 years. it's all true
Federal regulations designed to
protect endangered whales have
been blocked for more than a year as
political staff working in the office of
Vice President Dick Cheney
repeatedly challenge the scientific
findings of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. The
NOAA issued the order limiting the
speed of commercial shipping traffic
near the habitat of the North
Atlantic right whale in February 2007,
but the White House has not yet
enacted the rule, which is opposed
by the shipping industry.
Documents released by an
unidentified NOAA whistleblower
reveal an ongoing battle between the
agency and the Office of the Vice
President over the validity of the
research on which the proposed rule
is based. The shipping speed
regulations are intended to reduce
the number of right whales killed and
injured after being struck by
commercial vessels. The North
Atlantic right whale is among the
most critically endangered species on
earth, with a total population of less
than 400 individuals. it's all true
protect endangered whales have
been blocked for more than a year as
political staff working in the office of
Vice President Dick Cheney
repeatedly challenge the scientific
findings of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. The
NOAA issued the order limiting the
speed of commercial shipping traffic
near the habitat of the North
Atlantic right whale in February 2007,
but the White House has not yet
enacted the rule, which is opposed
by the shipping industry.
Documents released by an
unidentified NOAA whistleblower
reveal an ongoing battle between the
agency and the Office of the Vice
President over the validity of the
research on which the proposed rule
is based. The shipping speed
regulations are intended to reduce
the number of right whales killed and
injured after being struck by
commercial vessels. The North
Atlantic right whale is among the
most critically endangered species on
earth, with a total population of less
than 400 individuals. it's all true
As the economy has slowed over the
past year, employers have increasingly
sought to scale back benefits, limiting
coverage and in many cases eliminating
health insurance participation altogether.
A report released last week calculates
that the cost to the public of health care
for full time workers and their families
not covered by employer plans has risen
to more than $45 billion annually. The
report, by health policy research
foundation the Commonwealth Fund,
also found that of the 47 million
Americans that lack health insurance,
more than 19 million are full time
workers or their dependents.
Economic analysts have predicted for
some time that fiscal pressures will force
US corporations to dramatically reshape
group health care plans in order to
compete in a global marketplace in
which universal coverage is the norm in
industrialized countries. The
Commonwealth Fund researchers found
that although uninsured full time
workers were still mostly concentrated
in smaller companies, cutbacks in
medical coverage had risen in all sectors,
including large multinational
corporations. The report, Who Pays for
Health Care When Workers are
Uninsured?, also documents a 70 percent
past year, employers have increasingly
sought to scale back benefits, limiting
coverage and in many cases eliminating
health insurance participation altogether.
A report released last week calculates
that the cost to the public of health care
for full time workers and their families
not covered by employer plans has risen
to more than $45 billion annually. The
report, by health policy research
foundation the Commonwealth Fund,
also found that of the 47 million
Americans that lack health insurance,
more than 19 million are full time
workers or their dependents.
Economic analysts have predicted for
some time that fiscal pressures will force
US corporations to dramatically reshape
group health care plans in order to
compete in a global marketplace in
which universal coverage is the norm in
industrialized countries. The
Commonwealth Fund researchers found
that although uninsured full time
workers were still mostly concentrated
in smaller companies, cutbacks in
medical coverage had risen in all sectors,
including large multinational
corporations. The report, Who Pays for
Health Care When Workers are
Uninsured?, also documents a 70 percent
increase in the number of workers and
their dependents enrolled in public
health insurance programs from 1999
through 2004.
A separate study, released last week by
the Urban Institute, concludes that for
each percentage-point rise in the
unemployment rate there will be 1.1
million people losing their health
insurance, an equation that is expected
to place a huge burden on public health
programs already facing budget shortfalls
due to decreasing tax revenues. Other
data shows an increasing gap in coverage
between low-wage and high-wage
earners, with lower paid workers much
more likely to see their insurance
benefits reduced or cancelled.
Statistics also show that lower wage
workers are less likely to receive
preventive treatment and care. In a
statement, Commonwealth Fund vice
president Sara Collins said, “While these
studies underscore the crucial role of
public programs in filling gaps in
employer coverage, many workers are
falling further behind in access to critical
health care services. This points to the
need for universal health insurance to
ensure that everyone has access to
needed care.” it's all true
their dependents enrolled in public
health insurance programs from 1999
through 2004.
A separate study, released last week by
the Urban Institute, concludes that for
each percentage-point rise in the
unemployment rate there will be 1.1
million people losing their health
insurance, an equation that is expected
to place a huge burden on public health
programs already facing budget shortfalls
due to decreasing tax revenues. Other
data shows an increasing gap in coverage
between low-wage and high-wage
earners, with lower paid workers much
more likely to see their insurance
benefits reduced or cancelled.
Statistics also show that lower wage
workers are less likely to receive
preventive treatment and care. In a
statement, Commonwealth Fund vice
president Sara Collins said, “While these
studies underscore the crucial role of
public programs in filling gaps in
employer coverage, many workers are
falling further behind in access to critical
health care services. This points to the
need for universal health insurance to
ensure that everyone has access to
needed care.” it's all true
As Barack Obama vies for the
Democratic nomination in the 2008
presidential election, some have
criticized his determination to
completely ignore policy specifics as he
campaigns as a cynical ploy to rely upon
ambiguity and omission so as to not
offend possible supporters, others point
to language in Obama’s speeches and
books that sends signals to important
constituencies that, even with all of the
talk of ‘change’, Obama can be relied
upon to be friendly to their policy
demands.
In his book, “The Audacity of hope”,
Democratic nomination in the 2008
presidential election, some have
criticized his determination to
completely ignore policy specifics as he
campaigns as a cynical ploy to rely upon
ambiguity and omission so as to not
offend possible supporters, others point
to language in Obama’s speeches and
books that sends signals to important
constituencies that, even with all of the
talk of ‘change’, Obama can be relied
upon to be friendly to their policy
demands.
In his book, “The Audacity of hope”,
Obama writes the following
reassuring words that are intended
to provide comfort to America’s
financial and business
interests, “Our Constitution
places the ownership of private
property at the very heart of our
system of liberty. Our religious
traditions celebrate the value of
hard work and express the
conviction that a virtuous life will
result in material reward. Rather than
vilify the rich, we hold them up as
role models...As Ted Turner
famously said, in America money is
how we keep score." it's all true
reassuring words that are intended
to provide comfort to America’s
financial and business
interests, “Our Constitution
places the ownership of private
property at the very heart of our
system of liberty. Our religious
traditions celebrate the value of
hard work and express the
conviction that a virtuous life will
result in material reward. Rather than
vilify the rich, we hold them up as
role models...As Ted Turner
famously said, in America money is
how we keep score." it's all true
The US Department of Defense, acting
to expand “information operations” in
Iraq, has created a foreign language
‘news’ web site. Although the Pentagon
operates and determines the content of
the web site, Mawtani.com is designed
to appear to be an unaffiliated news web
page.
The US military creates content for the
web page by hiring local journalists to
write stories that include local news and
current events promotion as well as
stories that promote US goals and
interests and stories that are intended to
countervail insurgent messages. The
Pentagon has not officially announced
the creation of the web site, which has
been in operation since last October.
Mawtani means “my homeland” and is
produced in Arabic, Farsi and Urdu. The
to expand “information operations” in
Iraq, has created a foreign language
‘news’ web site. Although the Pentagon
operates and determines the content of
the web site, Mawtani.com is designed
to appear to be an unaffiliated news web
page.
The US military creates content for the
web page by hiring local journalists to
write stories that include local news and
current events promotion as well as
stories that promote US goals and
interests and stories that are intended to
countervail insurgent messages. The
Pentagon has not officially announced
the creation of the web site, which has
been in operation since last October.
Mawtani means “my homeland” and is
produced in Arabic, Farsi and Urdu. The
‘news’ web site is one of several
operated by the Pentagon. The US
military has news web pages in North
Africa and the Balkans and is developing
sites for audiences in Latin America and
Asia.
Journalists and advocates press freedom
have criticized the US military’s attempt
to disguise Mawtani.com as an
independent news organization. A
director of the Project for excellence in
Journalism told the Washington Post
that the Pentagon news web site was an
effort to “control the message…by
putting (the US Army's) version of the
message out.” A spokesperson for the
Pentagon said that the US military has a
“responsibility” to broadcast its version
of the news, “Is it propaganda? No, it’s
intended to counter extremist
propaganda…with truth.” it's all true
operated by the Pentagon. The US
military has news web pages in North
Africa and the Balkans and is developing
sites for audiences in Latin America and
Asia.
Journalists and advocates press freedom
have criticized the US military’s attempt
to disguise Mawtani.com as an
independent news organization. A
director of the Project for excellence in
Journalism told the Washington Post
that the Pentagon news web site was an
effort to “control the message…by
putting (the US Army's) version of the
message out.” A spokesperson for the
Pentagon said that the US military has a
“responsibility” to broadcast its version
of the news, “Is it propaganda? No, it’s
intended to counter extremist
propaganda…with truth.” it's all true
The Oklahoma State Legislature
has overridden a gubernatorial
veto of a law that requires
pregnant woman who are seeking
an abortion to undergo an
ultrasound and have the image
described to them by a doctor.
The law has no exception for
cases of rape or incest. The
measure was approved by votes
of 37-11 in the state’s Senate and
81-15 in the house.
The law does not allow the
mother or doctor to decide what
type of ultrasound will be
administered because the
language of the measure requires
doctors to use whichever
procedure produces the clearest
image. Oklahoma law already
requires that pregnant women
seeking an abortion receive
counseling about fetal
development.
Doctors and rights advocates say
that requiring women to undergo
an unnecessary medical procedure
that does not promote patient
health but does promote the
political positions of politicians is
a dangerous intrusion by the
government into the patient-
doctor relationship. The new
law, say women’s health
advocates, would allow the state
to remove a doctor’s license due
to “unprofessional conduct” if a
physician does not perform an
unnecessary medical procedure.
The measure also tightens rules
regulating the provision of the
morning after pill, RU 486 and
requires minors to have written
permission before they receive an
abortion. it's all true
has overridden a gubernatorial
veto of a law that requires
pregnant woman who are seeking
an abortion to undergo an
ultrasound and have the image
described to them by a doctor.
The law has no exception for
cases of rape or incest. The
measure was approved by votes
of 37-11 in the state’s Senate and
81-15 in the house.
The law does not allow the
mother or doctor to decide what
type of ultrasound will be
administered because the
language of the measure requires
doctors to use whichever
procedure produces the clearest
image. Oklahoma law already
requires that pregnant women
seeking an abortion receive
counseling about fetal
development.
Doctors and rights advocates say
that requiring women to undergo
an unnecessary medical procedure
that does not promote patient
health but does promote the
political positions of politicians is
a dangerous intrusion by the
government into the patient-
doctor relationship. The new
law, say women’s health
advocates, would allow the state
to remove a doctor’s license due
to “unprofessional conduct” if a
physician does not perform an
unnecessary medical procedure.
The measure also tightens rules
regulating the provision of the
morning after pill, RU 486 and
requires minors to have written
permission before they receive an
abortion. it's all true
The Senate’s Democratic Policy
Committee heard testimony last week
from former employees of private
military contractors in Iraq who told the
panel of rampant fraud, waste,
embezzlement and other illegal activities
that has been committed by contractors
over the course of America’s occupation
of Iraq.
One of the witnesses, Barry Halley, a
project manager for Worldwide
Network Services, said that he became
aware that a site manager for what he
said was a “major defense contractor”
conducted a prostitution ring out of his
office, using armored cars to transport
prostitutes from Kuwait to Baghdad
hotels run by the company. Halley said
that another employee had died while
riding in an unarmored vehicle on a “high
risk” military mission. Halley told the
Committee heard testimony last week
from former employees of private
military contractors in Iraq who told the
panel of rampant fraud, waste,
embezzlement and other illegal activities
that has been committed by contractors
over the course of America’s occupation
of Iraq.
One of the witnesses, Barry Halley, a
project manager for Worldwide
Network Services, said that he became
aware that a site manager for what he
said was a “major defense contractor”
conducted a prostitution ring out of his
office, using armored cars to transport
prostitutes from Kuwait to Baghdad
hotels run by the company. Halley said
that another employee had died while
riding in an unarmored vehicle on a “high
risk” military mission. Halley told the
committee, “I believe my co-worker
would have survived if he had been riding
in an armored car.” When Halley told
his supervisors of instances of billing
fraud and other problems he was held
for several days at gunpoint, beaten by
private security guards and finally
released to be stranded in Iraq.
An employee of Kellogg Brown and
Root, then a subsidiary of Halliburton,
Linda Warren testified that she
witnessed rampant looting by military
contractors. Warren told the
committee that KBR employees who
were contracted to perform
construction duties in municipal buildings
and palaces in Iraq “stole artwork, rugs,
crystal, and even melted down gold to
make spurs for cowboy boots.” Warren
reported that the looters “had a system
in place to get contraband out of the
would have survived if he had been riding
in an armored car.” When Halley told
his supervisors of instances of billing
fraud and other problems he was held
for several days at gunpoint, beaten by
private security guards and finally
released to be stranded in Iraq.
An employee of Kellogg Brown and
Root, then a subsidiary of Halliburton,
Linda Warren testified that she
witnessed rampant looting by military
contractors. Warren told the
committee that KBR employees who
were contracted to perform
construction duties in municipal buildings
and palaces in Iraq “stole artwork, rugs,
crystal, and even melted down gold to
make spurs for cowboy boots.” Warren
reported that the looters “had a system
in place to get contraband out of the
country so it could be sold on
eBay.”
Another employee of KBR, Frank
Cassaday, told the panel that he
witnessed employees stealing
equipment and weapons from the US
military. Cassaday, who was also
held in custody by private security
guards when he reported illegal
activity, said that employees stole
everything from refrigerators to
grenade launchers.
KBR has declined to comment on the
allegations citing on-going legal claims
made by former employees. KBR
reported record profits in 2007, and
KBR was recently selected by the US
Army Sustainment Command to
participate in a 10-year contract
worth up to $150 billion. it's all true
eBay.”
Another employee of KBR, Frank
Cassaday, told the panel that he
witnessed employees stealing
equipment and weapons from the US
military. Cassaday, who was also
held in custody by private security
guards when he reported illegal
activity, said that employees stole
everything from refrigerators to
grenade launchers.
KBR has declined to comment on the
allegations citing on-going legal claims
made by former employees. KBR
reported record profits in 2007, and
KBR was recently selected by the US
Army Sustainment Command to
participate in a 10-year contract
worth up to $150 billion. it's all true
"Our defense budget
accounts for just over 4
percent of our
economy…This is still a
large amount of money, but
it is modest - a modest
fraction of our nation's
wealth...
accounts for just over 4
percent of our
economy…This is still a
large amount of money, but
it is modest - a modest
fraction of our nation's
wealth...
verbatim number 29.4
...and it pales when
compared to the cost of
another terrorist attack.”
Washington DC 04.10.08
compared to the cost of
another terrorist attack.”
Washington DC 04.10.08
"You know, I went to Washington to solve problems,
not to pass them on to future Presidents and future
generations." Colorado Springs, Colorado, Oct. 12, 2004
not to pass them on to future Presidents and future
generations." Colorado Springs, Colorado, Oct. 12, 2004
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Top recipients of
campaign funds
from securities
and investment
interests, current
election cycle
campaign funds
from securities
and investment
interests, current
election cycle
obama clinton giuliani romney mccain dodd
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Although Hillary Clinton, following from
a recent loss in the North Carolina
primary, is currently considered to be a
long shot as the Democratic candidate
for president this election year, she has
amassed the largest amount of financial
support from the financial, insurance and
real estate sectors over the course of
the primary season.
According to Federal Election
a recent loss in the North Carolina
primary, is currently considered to be a
long shot as the Democratic candidate
for president this election year, she has
amassed the largest amount of financial
support from the financial, insurance and
real estate sectors over the course of
the primary season.
According to Federal Election
Committee records, Clinton has
received over 17 million in campaign
contributions from these combined
industries through the end of March
2008, signifying that business owners
in these industries are confident that
a second Clinton administration will
be as responsive their policy wishes
as was her husband, former President
Bill Clinton. it's all true
received over 17 million in campaign
contributions from these combined
industries through the end of March
2008, signifying that business owners
in these industries are confident that
a second Clinton administration will
be as responsive their policy wishes
as was her husband, former President
Bill Clinton. it's all true
Senator John McCain has avoided
close scrutiny of his policy
positions since he became the
presumptive Republican Party
nominee, largely because of the
media’s fixation on the tight
Democratic Party primary
contest. McCain’s road to the
nomination was smoothed by the
implosion of most of the other
Republican candidates in a brief
primary season during which his
favors for lobbyists and his abrupt
shifts on economic issues were
only fleetingly mentioned. But
Democratic strategists believe
that these remain important
vulnerabilities for McCain heading
into the general election.
The “maverick” posture that
McCain cultivated during his
close scrutiny of his policy
positions since he became the
presumptive Republican Party
nominee, largely because of the
media’s fixation on the tight
Democratic Party primary
contest. McCain’s road to the
nomination was smoothed by the
implosion of most of the other
Republican candidates in a brief
primary season during which his
favors for lobbyists and his abrupt
shifts on economic issues were
only fleetingly mentioned. But
Democratic strategists believe
that these remain important
vulnerabilities for McCain heading
into the general election.
The “maverick” posture that
McCain cultivated during his
legislative career and his failed 2000
presidential bid has been de-emphasized
by his campaign staff, especially since
the nomination was secured. Not only
has McCain “evolved” to become one
of Washington’s staunchest defenders
of the occupation of Iraq, he now
favors extending the Bush administration
tax cuts that he argued against when
they were proposed in 2001 and 2003.
McCain’s economic package includes a
variety of measures that he has
previously opposed, but which remain
popular with the conservative base of
the national Republican Party and high
on the agenda of lobbyists from the
financial services sector.
Political observers expect McCain's tax
policy shifts to receive more attention as
the economy continues to deteriorate
over the summer. it's all true
presidential bid has been de-emphasized
by his campaign staff, especially since
the nomination was secured. Not only
has McCain “evolved” to become one
of Washington’s staunchest defenders
of the occupation of Iraq, he now
favors extending the Bush administration
tax cuts that he argued against when
they were proposed in 2001 and 2003.
McCain’s economic package includes a
variety of measures that he has
previously opposed, but which remain
popular with the conservative base of
the national Republican Party and high
on the agenda of lobbyists from the
financial services sector.
Political observers expect McCain's tax
policy shifts to receive more attention as
the economy continues to deteriorate
over the summer. it's all true
Bush Administration Guilty By Reason of Defendants' Insanity
Forced Snapshots
OK'd by OK
OK'd by OK
Private Contractors Publicly Pegged Pilfering Private Property
Truth a Casualty In Pentagon Propaganda Surge
Insurance Cutbacks an Unhealthy Trend
Cheney Favors Big Fish
At Expense of Whales
At Expense of Whales
