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The polling is complete, and Democracy for Riverside is pleased to announce that our members unanimously voted to endorse Bill Hedrick for Congress. Bill, who has one son who served in Iraq, and another son and daughter-in-law still serving there, is looking forward to a tough fight even as the neo-cons’ imperialistic, pro-war policies lose favor across the nation.
Bill’s passionate but level-headed approach to issues from national defense to health care clearly resonates across party lines with Democratic and Republican voters alike. It is going to be a tough fight, but do-able, with the support of everyday people like you.
How can you help? Easy! First, voice your support for Bill Hedrick to the wider DFA community on Bill’s DFA campaign page. It is a free, easy way to build buzz and momentum as Bill competes nationally for recognition on the DFA-List. Just click here now:
http://www.dfalink.com/campaign.php?id=2258
Then, plug in to Bill’s campaign by signing up on his official campaign web site:
And of course, no political pitch would be complete without “The Ask!” Contribute to Bill Hedrick’s campaign through ActBlue’s secure site by clicking here now:
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Whether you contribute a wheelbarrow full of money or a little loose change, what counts most is giving whatever you can, whenever you can. Because to Bill, every voter counts. And every dollar donated means one more voter can be reached. So, reach deep under the couch cushions, recycle that bin of crushed cans, dust out the wheelbarrow, and give what you can so Bill can bring everyone’s sons and daughters back from Iraq:
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good going Dorgan
Some of this will be on C-span on Friday beginning at 10:00 AM ET.
Howard Dean will be talking as well as many of the candidates.
The Democratic National Committee will hold its annual fall meeting in Vienna, Virginia from November 29, to December 1, 2007. On Friday, November 30, the Democratic presidential candidates, DNC Chairman Howard Dean, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Colorado Governor Bill Ritter will address members of the DNC.
More than 400 DNC members from around the country are expected to attend. This will be the last meeting of the full DNC membership before the Democratic Convention in Denver next August. Video of the candidates' remarks will be available on the DNC's web site, democrats.org, shortly following their appearance.
WHERE:
Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner
8661 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Virginia 22182
Grand Ballroom -- General Sessions
WHEN:
DNC Meeting: November 29 to December 1, 2007
General Session 1: November 30, 2007 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
General Session 2: November 30, 2007 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m
Congratulations to Bill Hedrick on earning Democracy for Riverside's endorsement!
DFR's members and the larger DFA community look forward to supporting your campaign for the CA-44th!
Joan, mainefem, donna ... we are definitely on the same wavelength in re Mr. Hyde ... who had no Jekyll side whatsoever. ♥ ♥ ♥ ... but not for him ... for sure!
I'll take my own lumps with the Other Life, thank you, to those who seem to think that I should be chided for expressing my heartfelt point of view. I remember only too well the harm that Hyde visited on so many. I am totally and completely unrepentant for expressing my point of view.
The main problem with Hyde, however, is that he was not alone. So I am in neither a forgiving nor a forgetting mode now that he has ... FINALLY ... gone wherever because there are still too many like him with us.
Anytime people think that we should be mellow about monsters living or dead, I would invite them to remember what Rethugs did to the memory of Paul Wellstone, who was NOT a monster in any way, shape or form.
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It is getting late around here and quite cold. I hope that those in the Caribbean who were affected by this latest earthquake fare well.
Interestingly, DU comes up as one of the top results on Google for earthquake and Martinique, which apparently received the worst of it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/dis...
Another one popped up.....
The voters did speak, the decision was made,
enough is enough, away with afraid.
The replacements arrived, and they brought with them Nancy.
None like her had lead, but she soon proved too fancy.
Hopes were so high when they rode into town
to rid us of lies and "Evil the Clown".
Direction did change, but not as expected
for soon they forgot why they were elected.
Some had great fear, and some were enabled
by riches and power, and "Impeach off the Table".
We miss our great leader, who's courageious race
took him to fight in some other place.
He fired us, inspired us, and took us by hand,
to show us the way we could take back our land.
Go Pat Leahy! How do the aides fight this finding? By admitting that putz DID have involvement in the firings? Won't that put the cat among the pigeons?
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Leahy: White House aides must comply with subpoenas
From Tedd Barrett
CNN Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected White House claims of executive privilege and demanded Thursday that key White House aides testify in the case of the controversial firings of U.S. attorneys.
The committee's investigation has found "significant and uncontroverted evidence that the president had no involvement in these firings," Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, said. Thus, the White House can't claim executive privilege or immunity, which are meant to protect private communications between a president and White House aides, he ruled.
The committee has issued subpoenas for White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and former political advisor Karl Rove, among others.
The Bush administration has insisted that last year's firing of the attorneys was handled properly, but critics have charged that they were forced out for political motives and, in one case, to allow a protégé of Rove's to take one of the posts.
The ruling, which was expected, is a formal step necessary before the committee can vote to find the White House in contempt. Such a move would require a vote of the full Senate before being turned over to the U.S. attorney in Washington.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/29/s...
audrey ... another blog poet!
Nice one!
MoDo really does have Condi nailed here ... Rice is so totally out of her depth, it is pathetic ... and frightening.
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November 28, 2007
Op-Ed Columnist
Jump on the Peace Train
By MAUREEN DOWD
WASHINGTON
Condi doesn’t want to be Iraq.
She wants to be a Palestinian state. It has a far more hopeful ring to it, legacy-wise.
The Most Powerful Woman in the History of the World, as President Bush calls her, is a very orderly person.
Like her boss, she loves schedules and routines and hates disruptions. As a child, she was elected “president” of her family, a position that allowed her to dictate the organizational details of family trips, according to “Condoleezza Rice: An American Life,” a new biography by The Times’s Elisabeth Bumiller.
As an adult, Condi was worried about taking the job of top diplomat because it would mean traveling and being away from her things and habits.
So it is telling that in Annapolis she is running such a seat-of-the-pants operation, which seems designed to rescue the images of a secretary of state and president who have spent more time working out in the gym than working on the peace process.
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In 2006, when Israel invaded Lebanon and many civilians died, including children, Condi and W. drew Arab and U.N. ire for not forcing Ehud Olmert to broker a cease-fire faster.
That same year, in another instance of spectacular willful ignorance, she was blindsided by the Hamas win in the Palestinian elections.
As she described it to Bumiller, she went upstairs at 5 a.m. the morning after the Palestinian elections in 2006 to the gym in her Watergate apartment to exercise on her elliptical machine. She saw the news crawl reporting the Hamas victory.
“I thought, ‘Well, that’s not right,’ ” she said. She kept exercising for awhile but finally got off the elliptical trainer and called the State Department. “I said, ‘What happened in the Palestinian elections?’ and they said, ‘Oh, Hamas won.’ And I thought, ‘Oh, my goodness! Hamas won?’ ”
When she couldn’t reach the State Department official on the ground in the Palestinian territories, she did what any loyal Bushie would do: She got back on the elliptical.
“I thought, might as well finish exercising,” Rice told Bumiller. “It’s going to be a really long day.” It was one of the few times she was prescient on the Middle East.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/opinio...
There has been a spate of anti-Chavez news lately. Here's a good reminder of what's really behind it.
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intercepted CIA memo on attacking democracy in Venezuela
If you have only heard bad things about Hugo Chavez in the media, you might not have heard that his election, re-election, and triumph in a US-backed recall by wide margins were certified by international monitors, and that network whose broadcast license he refused to renew actively helped the US backed coup against Chavez and bragged about it on the air while the coup was going on. He also refused the IMF economic program that would have cut social spending and left Venezuela with only 1% of their oil income, the rest going to oil companies and the debt run up by past corrupt governments.
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And if you believe the criticism of him in the media, consider what our ally, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is doing right now: sentencing a gang rape victim to 200 lashes for being in the company of men. There is no election of the Saudi family, recall, or referendum on their power, but the CIA isn't trying to remove them because big oil thinks they've already got the best deal they can get there.
Now there is another vote in Venezuela on amending their constitution, and even the CIA concedes 57% of Venezuelans support Chavez.
That is not stopping them from planning the kind of economic disruption and military take over that led to the coup in Chile in 1973 and decades of torture, mass executions, and economic policies that enriched a handful of the already wealthy and eroded the middle class.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/dis...
Damned straight, Judy.
Hyde has been working his *intentional* misogynistic legislation since 1974.
Esp. welfare deform (1996)--alongside incessant anti-choice legislation.
Parenting isn't a "countable work activity"-complete and utter BULLSHIT.
Shame on Democrats who voted it in, too (esp. useless "Big Dog").
His extramarital affair w/Snodgrass was nothing, vs. the damage (economic) he's inflicted upon millions of women & children in this country.
To laud his life (and/or, to be empathic of his death) is beyond the pale.
Hell, noooooooooooooo.
Any politican (Dem, or Rethug--male, or female) who treats women as chattel will never gain my respect, vote, money, or freebie labor.
EVER.
The fact that Hyde lived until age 83 is all the more sickening.
Yes, there are others still in positions of power in D.C./state legislatures; who are carrying on his systemic misogyny as we type (Dems included).
All of 'em need to be voted out on their asses in '08.
No more of this "go along to get along" enabling bullshit.
Sitka - what happened to Fred? anyway, my answer to him.
He doesn't keep me apprised of his activities. But I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he's been de-blogged after his latest obscene outbursts against about thalf the people who frequent this place.
I sincerely hope that Scoot Ritter is wrong. But ...
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Bombs away?
Arms expert Scott Ritter says the U.S. plans to attack Iran. MT asks why he's so sure
by Curt Guyette and W. Kim Heron
11/28/2007
It seems that with each passing week there are more stories raising the specter of George Bush turning Iraq and Afghanistan into a bloody trifecta by attacking Iran.
In mainstream daily papers we see pieces like one by Gannett's John Yaukey, who wrote in early November that "confrontation could be near" because "Iran continues to taunt the United States with its aggressive posturing in Iraq and Lebanon while pushing ahead with its nuclear research ..."
We are also witnessing what appears to be a chilling rerun of the Iraq debacle. Confronted with evidence that calls into question the status of Iran's nuclear program, the Bush administration is shifting its rhetoric.
"The Bush administration has charged that Iran is funding anti-American fighters in Iraq and sending in sophisticated explosives to bleed the U.S. mission, although some of the administration's charges are disputed by Iraqis as well as the Iranians," the Los Angeles Times reported in October. "Still, ... diplomatic and military officials say they fear that the overreaching of a confident Iran, combined with growing U.S. frustrations, could set off a dangerous collision."
Look beyond daily papers — from Seymour Hersh's reporting in The New Yorker to articles in The Nation — and the picture emerges of an administration that is determined to attack Iran.
John H. Richardson's "The Secret History of the Impending War With Iran That the White House Doesn't Want You to Know" in the November issue of Esquire magazine is particularly eye-opening. Richardson, using two former high-ranking Middle East experts who worked for the White House as his primary sources, warns that the Bush administration is "headed straight for war with Iran" and that "it had been set on this course for years."
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A former Marine Corps intelligence officer, Ritter served as chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998 when he left as a pointed critic of the Clinton administration's commitment to weapons inspection and its Iraq policy. Before the United States' 2003 invasion, Ritter loudly disputed the Bush administration's claims regarding weapons of mass destruction under Saddam's control and predicted that, instead of the quick and easy war being promised, Iraq would turn into a quagmire, though not necessarily of the type he envisioned. His analyses have been embraced by both the right and the left at various points. He portrays himself as the straight-shooting analyst unconcerned by who supports him or whom he offends.
To learn what he thinks the future holds for Iran, and the consequences of a U.S. invasion, we recently sat down for a 90-minute phone interview with Ritter. What follows is a condensed version of that conversation.
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http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/stor...
You go, mainefem!
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Sorry for the typo upthread, not *Scoot* but *Scott* Ritter .. guess that I had Libby on the brain.
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And PillowLand is calling ... I am working this week and next, so have to watch the clock a bit more.
Take care!
audey.nc Poem stolen for Hannah
I am sorry for the loss of ANY human life, even a low one like Hyde. He never should have been in a position of power. He was a fraud. Let that be his epitaph.
Thank you Monica, and Judy too.
Haven't thought of a title for either, maybe they come later. This is new to me.
California News
http://www.californiafordemocracy.net/wh...
Who's Behind the Right-Wing's Effort to Defeat Prop 93?
Aside from Wanna-be Governor/MIA Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and the prison guards union, who's funding the right-wing effort to defeat term limits reform (Prop 93)?
Turns out it's an inside-the-beltway money launderer by the name of Howie Rich. The Pro-Prop 93 campaign has a new website that explores Rich's attempts to funnel and cover up contributions from wealthy conservatives to fight for right-wing causes. Check it out here.: http://www.followthefraud.com/index.php?...
Environmental Watchdog Group Asks Poizner to Reveal Source of $1.5 Million From Out-of-State Interests Opposing California Term: http://www.californiafordemocracy.net/en...
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Nestle Wants to Own Your Water: Time for Californians to Act
[courtesy of California Progress Report]By Brian Stranko
As part of the expansion of its bottled water business worldwide, the Nestle corporation has proposed the largest-ever US water bottling plant for the pristine Mt. Shasta region of California. The proposed 1,000,000 square-foot plant would remove more than 500 million gallons (1,600 acre-feet) of Northern California’s pure, clear water each year—to the tune of 600 trips per day by large tanker trucks. The Nestle proposal also includes a 50 to 100 year water monopoly, and allows for unlimited drilling of bore holes to extract even more water. full article:http://www.californiafordemocracy.net/ne...
Well, there is something else Venezuela could do. Chavez could invite China to set up missiles to protect its oil interests. LOL
I was actually surprised to discover that other than Guantanamo and some basing rights in Paraguay, the U.S. has no real military presence in either Central or South America. A strange sort of defense. Having the majority of our assets overseas.
http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.ph...
Dems Cancel LA Debate
by Steven Maviglio
November 29, 2007
Despite moving up its primary to attract more attention, California won't get to see the Democratic presidential contenders go at it in a freewheeling debate after all.
The Democratic National Committee today pulled the plug on the December 10th debate because of the Writers Guild authorized strike with CBS News writers. The candidates were all but certain not to cross a picket line by the writers.
LA TIMES BLOG
TOP OF THE TICKET
Breaking News: Dems cancel Dec. 10 LA debate
The Democratic National Committee announced this afternoon cancellation of next month's candidate debate on CBS-TV in Los Angeles.
"Due to the uncertainty created by the ongoing labor dispute between CBS and the Writers Guild of America," the statement said, "the DNC has canceled the Dec. 10 debate in Los Angeles. There are no plans to re-schedule."
This is a different labor dispute than the Hollywood writer's strike. On Nov. 20 CBS news writers, graphic artists and other staffers who work for the network's TV and radio news operations voted for a work stoppage after more than two years without a contract. The walkout could come at any time. full post: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washingt...
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/storie...
DNC Cancels Democratic Presidential Debate in Los Angeles
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - The DNC issued the following statement regarding the final DNC sanctioned debate:
"Due to the uncertainty created by the ongoing labor dispute between CBS and the Writers Guild of America, the DNC has canceled the December 10th debate in Los Angeles. There are no plans to re-schedule," said DNC Communications Director Karen Finney.
Paid for and authorized by the Democratic National Committee, HYPERLINK "http://www.democrats.org/" http://www.democrats.org. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
Indeed, Chris Dodd is the ONLY Presidential candidate in the Senate to repeatedly vote against bankruptcy legislation that failed to protect children and families.
And consistent with Senator Dodd's leadership throughout this race, he is introducing a bill to help American families feeling an economic squeeze that's costing them their homes and driving them towards bankruptcy.
Read Senator Dodd's fair and practical Bankruptcy Reform Plan and pass it along to your friends.
http://chrisdodd.com/issues/bankruptcy
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Monica that is one discussion I did have with him last week and he has a very good grasp and record on the issue (as well he should as Chair of Banking)
Monica Smith
Thu, 11/29/07
5:18 pm
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How many South Americans make up the Congress?
audrey the poet is on fire
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I'll be back after a barn check.
I heard some ditto head on talk radio ranting about Obama being a islamic-extremist, which is enough for me to rally to his defense
may Henry Hyde rest in peace, but let's stop his god-children still in Congress
NYT--ONE SIDE OF THE STORY
http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_dave_lin_071129_news_not_fit_to_prin.htm
The New York Times had a news article about Venezuela in Thursday’s edition, but it was about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez saying he would cut diplomatic ties with neighboring Colombia. There wasn’t a word about a memo from a CIA operative in Caracas to CIA Director General Michael Hayden, uncovered yesterday, outlining a plan for interfering with a Venezuelan referendum set for Dec. 2, and laying out the steps for instigating and backing a coup.
The plot, called “Operation Pliers,” and laid out in the letter to Hayden by an undercover operative named Michael Steele, who reportedly works in the US Embassy as a “regional affairs officer,” was intercepted by Venezuelan intelligence and released publicly on state TV yesterday.
Among the tactics Steele recommends in his letter are:
* Promoting street demonstrations and violent protests
* Creating a climate of ungovernability
* Provoking a general uprising
* Working through the US military attaché at the embassy to coordinate with ex-military officers and former coup plotters against Chavez.
Even more darkly, the letter calls for initiating “military actions” to support opposition mobilizations and strategic building occupations, involving US military bases in neighboring Curacao and Colombia to provide support, and even taking control of parts of Venezuela in the days after the referendum, while encouraging a “military rebellion” inside the Venezuelan National Guard.
The CIA communication has been reported in articles filed by the Associated Press, but the Times and other major US news organizations have not mentioned it
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Instead, the Times today ran a column by Roger Cohen, which compares Chavez to the fascists of 1930s Europe, and which calls for defeat of the referendum. (Are Cohen and the Times part of the CIA's propaganda campaign?)
The Cohen column is so rabid that it would be almost comical, were it not for the fact that there is a real threat of a bloody CIA-inspired coup in the democratic nation of Venezuela.
YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK
(OR MAYBE YOUR GRANDCHILDREN'S)
Phil.....
Stop that talk, you'll just encourage me.
PEACE BEFORE PARTY
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kevin_ze_071129_two_candidates_expli.htm
In recent debates the candidates were asked whether they will support the nominee of their party. Despite increasingly harsh rhetoric between the candidates only two candidates had the courage to put peace before their party and refused to issue blanket support for their party nominee. Rep. Ron Paul and Rep. Dennis Kucinich responded they would not support the nominee unless the nominee opposed war as an instrument of foreign policy.
This deserves loud applause from the peace movement. No doubt both candidates will pay a political price for taking such a stand. They may get the “Gravel Treatment” – presidential candidate Mike Gravel was harshly critical of the top tier candidates of the Democratic Party and now is excluded from the debates because the Democratic National Committee no longer considers him a serious candidate and the corporate media, which walks lock-step with the corporate parties, has refused to invite him to any debates. His campaign has all but disappeared.
Kucinich and Paul face other potential repercussions for putting the life and death issue of war and peace before party loyalty. Both are incumbent congressmen and if they are unsuccessful in getting their party’s presidential nomination will seek re-election to Congress. Will they find themselves with a well-funded primary challenger? And, if elected, will they find their committee assignments downgraded? Will they be appointed to subcommittee or committee chairmanships or passed over in favor of party loyalists? There are many ways for a political party to punish lack of party loyalty. So, Kucinich and Paul deserve a great deal of credit for publicly standing up for peace before party.
And, Kucinich and Paul did not just come out in opposition to the current disastrous occupation of Iraq. They came out more broadly for an end to the aggressively interventionist U.S. foreign policy that is dominated by militarism. This is the type of paradigm shifting policy change that is needed in U.S. foreign policy.
audrey
once they start to "pop up" you have them bubbling away in the back of your brain and there are more where that one came from lol
get pen and paper by bedside, you never know when
Phil.....
lol, I knew something was rattling around back there. There was a first bubble, Sun. or Mon., I liked it better, but I don't really have a clue.
Monica Smith
Thu, 11/29/07
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I watched Dodd answer some questions about Iraq the other day..............he should read his history a bit better..................he forgot that THE main reason we went into Iraq in the FIRST place was WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION..............Im sorry, hes as phoney as all the rest excpet for Gravel and Kucinich..............
Reposting rd's sane and factual comment:
Fox -
Not so fast.
Next (last) quarter of this year is expected to only be 1.5 growth rate. Not so impressive:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071129/jobless_claims.html
AP
Jobless Claims Jump Sharply
Thursday November 29, 8:48 am ET
Number of People Seeking Unemployment Benefits Rises Sharply
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of new people signing up for jobless benefits last week jumped sharply, suggesting that the labor market is softening as national economic activity slows.The Labor Department reported Thursday that new applications filed for unemployment insurance rose by a seasonally adjusted 23,000 to 352,000. It was the highest level since Feb. 10.
The report surprised economists. They were forecasting claims to hold steady around 330,000.
The economy, which grew at a brisk 4.9 percent pace in the summer, is expected to slow to a pace of just 1.5 percent or less in the current October-to-December period as housing and credit troubles take their toll on consumers and businesses alike.
Ben Smith and Politico have discovered under a Freedom of Information Act inquiry some material exposing Rudy Giuliani's bureaucratic technique of hiding and/or billing travel and security expenses incurred during a marital affair within what appear to be inappropriate agencies in New York.
Read the whole article, but here's the core of what's at issue:
As New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife Judith Nathan in the Hamptons, according to previously undisclosed government records.The documents, obtained by Politico under New York's Freedom of Information Law, show that the mayoral costs had nothing to do with the functions of the little-known city offices that defrayed his tabs, including agencies responsible for regulating loft apartments, aiding the disabled and providing lawyers for indigent defendants.
At the time, the mayor's office refused to explain the accounting to city auditors, citing "security."
The Hamptons visits resulted in hotel, gas and other costs for Giuliani's New York Police Department security detail.
Giuliani's relationship with Nathan is old news now, and Giuliani regularly asks voters on the campaign trail to forgive his "mistakes."
It's also impossible to know whether the purpose of all the Hamptons trips was to see Nathan. A Giuliani spokeswoman declined to discuss any aspect of this story, which was explained in detail to her earlier this week.
But the practice of transferring the travel expenses of Giuliani's security detail to the accounts of obscure mayoral offices has never been brought to light, despite behind-the-scenes criticism from the city comptroller weeks after Giuliani left office.
The expenses first surfaced as Giuliani's two terms as mayor of New York drew to a close in 2001, when a city auditor stumbled across something unusual: $34,000 worth of travel expenses buried in the accounts of the New York City Loft Board.
When the city's fiscal monitor asked for an explanation, Giuliani's aides refused, citing "security," said Jeff Simmons, a spokesman for the city comptroller.
But American Express bills and travel documents obtained by Politico suggest another reason City Hall may have considered the documents sensitive: They detail three summers of visits to Southampton, the Long Island town where Nathan had an apartment.
Auditors "were unable to verify that these expenses were for legitimate or necessary purposes," City Comptroller William Thompson wrote of the expenses from fiscal year 2000, which covers parts of 1999 and 2000.
The letter, whose existence has not been previously reported, was also obtained under the Freedom of Information Law.
(hat tip: Steve Clemons, The Washington Note)
Good god, you'd think there wouldn't BE any Log Cabin Republicans any longer, sheez......
GOP gay group slams Romney in new adA Republican gay rights advocacy group accuses Mitt Romney of "Mitt-flops" in a new radio ad that criticizes the former Massachusetts governor on his tax record.
The ad by the Log Cabin Republicans notes that Romney signed legislation in 2003 that increased taxes on New Hampshire residents who worked in Massachusetts. It also says Romney raised taxes on businesses, a point Romney disputes by saying he was merely closing tax loopholes.
"Mitt Flops — sounds like something you'd wear to the beach, but they could cost you," the ad states. "Let's see. Running for governor, Mitt Romney said he'd balance the budget without raising taxes. So what'd he really do? He raised taxes on some New Hampshire residents who worked in Massachusetts, taxing their income and their pensions."
The ad represents yet another anti-Romney campaign by an independent political group that is hitting the airwaves with six weeks before the New Hampshire primary. This weekend, the Republican Majority for Choice, a group that advocates abortion rights, is running television and newspaper ads in New Hampshire and Iowa accusing Romney of flip-flopping on abortion.
"Ooo yuck, he looks like a lizard"
< A random comment on the appearance of a candidate for POTUS in Party of hate and bigotry.
Can you guess?
Psst! What About the Damn Economy?
Robert Borosage
Let's cut to the chase. From now on, presidential debates need to focus on serious discussion of the economy
http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/psst_what_about_damn_economy?tx=3
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Movement in national benchmark ratesNov 29th 2007
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The City of London's tumble After the fall
Britain's most spectacular moneymakers have tripped up. Over the next year or so, the fall will hurt not just them but Gordon Brown and the rest of the country too
I'm guessing Rudy on the "lizard".
No cC. I may be wrong, but you might have thought so for his personality, but alas, it was Sen Cain (R-AZ). You can see that, can't you? Yes, I thought you could.
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's new leader on Friday said he would pull his country's combat troops out of Iraq by the middle of next year, making good on election promises.
The withdrawal will likely disappoint the U.S. government, which has counted Australia as among few staunch allies in the unpopular war in Iraq.
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Sooooooo, that leaves the US in that hell hole for the next 20 years..................I always said, "DONT EVER GET INVOLVED IN THAT REGION".....................
Real Audio: "Willie Nelson (Tired of War)".
nice try, Mike.
Australia - Australian involvement in Iraq (designated Operation Catalyst by the Australian military) consists of around 1,000 troops divided amongst several specialized units in and around the country, with several hundred personnel jointly supporting Australian military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (the latter are collectively designated Operation Slipper). On 17 November 2007, an Australian opposition party spokesman said that 550 combat troops would be withdrawn from Iraq if his centre-left Australian Labor Party were to win national elections set for 24 November 2007, (which they did) leaving around 500 non-combat troops in the country.[21] The largest contribution is the Overwatch Battle Group (West), based at Camp Terendak in Talil (Southern Iraq) and consisting of 515 soldiers. This unit was previously known as the Al Muthanna Task Group, which had about 450 troops and was deployed on February 22, 2005 for the purpose of replacing the withdrawn Dutch contingent. Other Army deployments include a security detachment (SECDET) composed of 110 troops protecting the Australian embassy in Baghdad, an Australian Army training team of 100 troops, 95 liaison officers distributed throughout Iraq, a small number of Australian troops as part of the Coalition Counter IED Task Force, and 110 personnel who form a 'Force Level Logistic Asset', fulfilling a support role. The Royal Australian Air Force has deployed three C-130 Hercules transport aircraft (~330 personnel). Jointly supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are periodic rotations of Anzac class frigates in the Persian Gulf, currently the HMAS Anzac[22] (~170 personnel), and two Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft.[23]. There have been several injuries but no deaths of Australian troops in Iraq attributed to hostile action, however, a SASR commando was killed in a vehicle accident in Kuwait, and a soldier Jacob Kovco assigned to the Baghdad SECDET, died from an accidental discharge of his pistol.[24] (See also: Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq)
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Thu, 11/29/07
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Well paine, thats from the front page off the internet.............dont worry, the groups of peoples that wanted us ther
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By * rdorgan on Nov 29, 2007 2:56 PM ESTHoward is first.