US Politics

Speaker Pelosi Shows Democrats Political Weakness Regarding CIA Enhanced Interrogation Methods

In May 2009, Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ignited a controversy over what she knew and when she knew it regarding enhanced interrogation techniques, which have been effective in protecting Americans from further terrorist attacks.

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Close Guantanamo Bay

Congress should approve funding for the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay upon receipt of a detailed closure plan from the White House. Not doing so only serves as a recruiting tool for our enemies and continues to damage our reputation as a moral leader in the world community.

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Has Dick Cheney Lost His Mind?

America’s most powerful Vice-President hits the talk show circuit; is his divisive rhetoric an attempt to salvage his legacy at the expense of the Republican Party?

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Guantanamo: Unconstitutional or Constitutional?

A personal opinion and view on the matter – comments are considered- what’s your stand?

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Top Reasons We Should All be Glad Guantanamo Bay is Shut Down!

A place where constitutional rights do not exist… “stress position” is a euphanism for torture, and all are guilty until never proven innocent… now not in operation, thanks to new president Obama.

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Obama ‘08: Guantanamo Bay

What Obama will do with Guantanamo Bay and if it’s even possible.

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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: A Wound to the Constitution of the United States

Is Guantanamo Bay, Cuba any different than the Nazi concentration camps, the rampage of the Khmer Rouge, or the nightmare of Hussein’s prisons?

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General Powell

In the guts of the White House in 2002, a handful of men made plans to torture the captured prisoners of a so-called “War on Terror”. Now one of them, Gen. Colin Powell, has left his post and resigned! Why did he leave the powerful post of Secretary of State and speak against the policies of the influential Bush Administration? Was it self-sacrifice or self-service that moved Gen. Powell?

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Kleptocracy, Cronyism and War Profiteers – Part Four

In Part Four of “Kleptocracy, Cronyism and War Profiteers: Too Many Hands in the Cookie Jar”, we review the damage of the Bush cronies, estimate how much money it takes to buy your way into cushy jobs, view the destruction of the Iraqi medical system, Sen. Frist’s “Guantanamo Bay HMO” and the fine line between medical ethics and physician assisted torture.

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