Bush Decides to Keep Guantánamo Open

WASHINGTON — Despite his stated desire to close the American prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, President Bush has decided not to do so, and never considered proposals drafted in the State Department and the Pentagon that outlined options for transferring the detainees elsewhere, according to senior administration officials.  >>>>>>

Report: Bush Exceeded Power by Withholding Cheney Comments

The president’s decision to withhold the interview transcript from the committee in July “was legally unprecedented and an inappropriate use of executive privilege,” the report said.

The committee is investigating what role Cheney may have had in the leak of Plame’s work in 2003. Her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, had questioned evidence used to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq.  >>>>>

Bush, McCain abuse their legacy

I am not a conventionally religious man, or even a very superstitious one, but I do wish George W. Bush would stop asking God to bless America.  Every time he does, we seem to be visited with another plague, suggesting divine wrath over our president’s evil ways. How else to explain the persistent calamity that has marked this administration: a pointless but very costly war over nonexistent Iraqi WMD, the destruction by flood of New Orleans, the betrayal of the nation by the moneychangers – from Enron to Goldman Sachs – who Bush welcomed into the temple of the White House?  >>>>>

Cross-border raids in tribal belt not aiding war on terror:Pak

Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani today cautioned that incursions in the tribal belt by the US-led forces from Afghanistan would compound the problem of terrorism instead of resolving it and said his country would fight the menace in the restive region on its own.

Gilani told US Ambassador Anne Patterson, whom he met in his official residence here, that these incursions were detrimental to stemming terrorism in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. >>>>>

Report: Gonzo Told Investigators That Bush Directed Him To Ashcroft’s Hospital Bed

Murray Waas reports on the website of the Atlantic that Alberto Gonzales is now telling investigators that he was being personally directed by President Bush when, as White House counsel, Gonzales made a much-discussed late-night visit in 2004 to the hospital room of then Attorney General John Ashcroft, in order to get Ashcroft to certify that the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program was legal.  >>>>>

Bush saved Iran from Israel’s counter-nuke strike – report

Israel asked George W. Bush for his blessing of an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities during his visit to the Jewish state this May, reports the Guardian, but the U.S. leader rejected the move and said his position won’t change for the rest of his presidency. >>>>>

US Navy reinforces presence in Afghanistan

This month, George W Bush, the US president, said he would be sending an additional 4,500 soldiers to Afghanistan while pulling 8,000 US troops from Iraq as a result of the security gains there.All the while the US Navy has been increasing its efforts to support the coalition troops operating in Afghanistan. >>>>>

Bush & McCain Blackmail America With Economic Terrorism

From shying away from even mentioning such terms as “recession,” “unemployment” or “bank failures,” Bush, Bernanke and Paulson are now vigorously invoking the fear of financial meltdown as part of a campaign of economic terror to blackmail the American people into accepting the power-grabbing “bailout,” while John McCain, who last week said the fundamentals of the economy are strong, is now all but threatening to cancel the election should the proposal not receive swift passage. >>>>>

I see it more as extortion than blackmail. This has been planned long ago in helping to establish a more defined New World Order. When Muslims are the enemies of ‘riba’ (interest/usury); they would have been the natural champions against this financial plight in the U.S. One way to get them from becoming champions is to make them an enemy that Westerners recognize.

Whatever forms of terror blamed on Muslims around the world seems to be alleged; and in more cases than not, proven to be a false allegation. Whoever is blaming the ‘alleged’ reeks of the guilt they themselves charge.

Has the Election Just Been Cancelled?

Is this the first step in canceling the elections due to “national emergency”?

Is that part of the reason that the U.S. military is permanently being deployed within the U.S. to deal with “civil unrest” and “crowd control”?  >>>>>

Iranian president opens door for better US ties

Iran’s president expressed hope Wednesday that the next U.S. president will take steps to end the nearly 30-year diplomatic freeze with Washington.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking to a gathering of more than 400 university students and professors, opened the door for better ties but noted that Washington will have to take the first step.  >>>>>

Bush lashes Syria, Iran as terrorism sponsors

“A few nations — regimes like Syria and Iran — continue to sponsor terror, yet their numbers are growing fewer and they’re growing more isolated from the world,” he said.

“Like slavery and piracy, terrorism has no place in the modern world,” said Bush. >>>>>

There are more people in the world dying from weapons of mass destruction from and by the U.S. than any other nation on earth – many of them collectively. Why is this not being reported? Forget it…I already know the answer.

Breaking Camp: Veterans Occupy National Archives Building

Elliott Adams, VFP president, by phone from his spot on the ledge overlooking the entrance to the Archives Building, said “This turned out excellent. We’re very happy with the response we’ve gotten to arrest Bush and Cheney for war crimes. We considered staying longer this time but we are not prepared for longer than this…although we may be back again, soon.” >>>>>

Pakistan Wants U.S. Intelligence to Aid Fight Against Militants

`Your words have been very strong about Pakistan’s sovereign right and sovereign duty to protect your country and the United States wants to help,” President George W. Bush said before a meeting with Zardari in New York yesterday.

Pakistan has “problems” it is working to resolve, Zardari said. “We should come together in this hard time and we will share the burden and responsibility with the world.” >>>>>

Pakistan blames US raids for hotel bombing

The Pakistani President, Asif Ali Zardari, will plead with President George Bush today to change a policy which is being blamed for one of his country’s worst terrorist atrocities.

“We hope the US will change policy because this is what is needed,” said Pakistan’s ambassador to the UK, Wajid Shamsul Hassan, after 53 people were killed and more than 250 injured in the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. He argued that the Bush administration’s decision to allow cross-border incursions from Afghanistan into Pakistan, including by ground forces on at least one occasion, had been counterproductive “because they are not killing high-value targets, they are killing civilians”. >>>>>

He is informing the U.S. that he is aware of the false-flag operation, and it may even be a possible threat to unleash more. Either way, the world should see that the American way has been ‘fight fire with fire,’ and this mentality would be justified in the eyes of many around the world; for they never lit the fuse.

This Time, the World Is Not Buying It

As the Nazi propagandist, Joseph Goebbels, said, it is easy to deceive a people. You just tell them they have been attacked and wave the flag.  It certainly worked with Americans.

The gullibility and unconcern of the American people has had many victims. There are 1.25 million dead Iraqis. There are 4 million displaced Iraqis. No one knows how many are maimed and orphaned. >>>>>

Obama Might Pursue Criminal Charges Against Bush

“If there has been a basis upon which you can pursue someone for a criminal violation, they will be pursued,” Biden said during a campaign event in Deerfield Beach, Florida, according to ABC.

“[N]ot out of vengeance, not out of retribution,” he added, “out of the need to preserve the notion that no one, no attorney general, no president — no one is above the law.” >>>>>

It’s a shame that our government believes it is not able to do this now.

Bush greets Muslims on Ramadan

…“I thank the men and women of the Muslim community for their contributions to America. Your love of family and gratitude to God have strengthened the moral fabric of our country. Our nation is stronger and more hopeful because of the generosity, talents, and compassion of our Muslim citizens.” “Laura and I send our best wishes. Ramazan Mubarak,” he said. >>>>>

It would sure be nice if somehow, the people in the president’s party (Republicans) knew that he felt this way about Muslims. Somehow, they don’t seem to get the idea that is genuine–or are given a different message via different channels.

Isn’t he the fruit that fell from the tree that said, “Read my lips.” Muslims welcome and thank him for the gesture, but “Your good deeds, Mr. President would be far more appreciated than ‘lip service.’”

Bush Seeks to Affirm a Continuing War on Terror

WASHINGTON — Tucked deep into a recent proposal from the Bush administration is a provision that has received almost no public attention, yet in many ways captures one of President Bush’s defining legacies: an affirmation that the United States is still at war with Al Qaeda. >>>>>

Bush’s double standard

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Number of uninsured drops; poverty holds steady

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since the Bush administration took office, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.

The poverty rate held steady at 12.5 percent, not statistically different from the 12.3 percent registered in 2006. The median — or midpoint — household income rose slightly to $50,233. And the number of uninsured dropped to 45.7 million, down from 47 million in 2006.  >>>>>

This is because our economy has been looted.  “The chickens have come home to roost” on American soil.  Each day that passes on this War on Terror hype, the grip against the American citizenry will get tighter.