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not2needy1 year, 6 months ago
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Arthur Brennan, who briefly served in Baghdad as head of the department's Office of Accountability and Transparency last year, and James Mattil, who worked as the chief of staff, told Senate Democrats on Monday that their office was understaffed and its warnings and recommendations ignored.
Brennan also alleges the State Department prevented a congressional staffer visiting Baghdad from talking with staffers by insisting they were too busy. In reality, Brennan said, the staffers were watching movies at the embassy and on their computers. The staffers' workload had been cut dramatically because of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's "evisceration" of Iraq's top anti-corruption office, he said.
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Goppy1 year, 6 months ago
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The 1st paragraph hit me right between the eyes!
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"The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees."
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There it is again ... '..kept secret potentially embarrassing information.."
Darn if that dont distill down the entire essence of the Bush 2 Administration.
They have doggedly pursued an ideeologically based tenure that equates to spending as much money as possible in Iraq, sending out operatives to gleefully throw greenbacks into Defense Contractors offices ... and EVERYTHING else ... its ... 'You dont need to know how badly we are screwing this pooch'.
The audacity of their disdain for open goverment can be defined by their efforts to make themselves completely unnaccountable for their dismantling the Constitution.
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Goppy1 year, 6 months ago
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From DAY 1 - this administration has pulled a blanket of secrecy over their administration that - to this day - DEFINES their style of leadership.
Why?
When my son was adamant about bein secretive - I knew he needed supervision because HE knew he was playin fast and loose with rules.
Its no different here. The Neo-Conservative philosophy that this administration has chosen to embrace is COMPLETELY at odds with the historical values of our nation.
They are RE-WRITING our national values ... and they KNOW they look bad ... and THATS why they are obsessed with secrecy.
THAT is the reason.
They want to clear out as much impediment to their craaazie Neo-Con infrastructure ... then it wont matter if they leave office as not bein popular. They dont care bout popularity.
THEY ONLY CARE BOUT SETTIN UP THE NEO-CON INFRASTRUCTURE INSIDE GOVERMENT!
They know they are lying and cheating to do it.
It dont matter to them!
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Goppy1 year, 6 months ago
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Here - check out this video from that tiem when Dick Cheney said he dint have to answer to Congress cause he was part of the Executive Office.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APxJyuEXjW4&feat...
See?
The entire point of this administration is UN-ACCOUNTABILITY.
They are doin their best to make the office of presdient a kind of Ruler by Decree.
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Goppy1 year, 6 months ago
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Eggsactly.
America simply does not understand how completely DANGEROUS this administration is to our democracy.
As the journalist points out in the youtube video ... this administration is RE-INTERPRETING 200 years of Constitutional understanding.
HOW can they do that?
The ONLY way this can be done is by a REVOLUTION. And thats what Neo-Conservatism is. Its a Revolutionary philosophy ... not unliek Marxism, Communism, or Socialism.
Its essentially a modified Militant Fascist amalgam.
Here, check out their STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES.
http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofpr...
If you read carefully, you get a sense that this philosophy is in favor of a new American Century view of what the Germans sought prior to WW2 ... a kind of freedom to have sharp elbows.
Neo-Cons want to be un-fettered to freely use force in an age without the Soviets.
They want ... UN-ACCOUNTABILITY.
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not2needy1 year, 6 months ago
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Goppy said:
America simply does not understand how completely DANGEROUS this administration is to our democracy.
Conservative voters do not care, as long as they can keep one of their own in the WH, and preferably a majority in congress, they don't care what they do. It's all about winning for them. It's more or less became a game of chance for them, not concern for the nation, constitution, their kids or grandkids.
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Goppy1 year, 6 months ago
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I hope and pray ... that if ANYTHING good can come from this administration ... it is that it opened the eyes of the American poeple that you can't vote along party lines.
You cant say ... 'I won't vote for him cause he's a Democrat (Republican).'
Goerge W. Bush is a Republican ... but his political philosophy is COMPLETELY UN-REPUBLICAN. And yet, Republicans on Propeller still claim and support him. Not recognizing that he is unliek any previous Republican.
Look at his personal history. He was the epitome of Ideologically Driven Mediocrity. What did anyone expect of this fellow?
I simply can't tell if this smirking chimp is clanging his cymbals on his own or at the bidding of the Neo-Con 'purists'.
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cushi1 year, 6 months ago
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And it's why I facillate between extreme anger at the whole Bush Crime Family and its supporters, and extreme frustration with the Bushbots that blindly continue to support and thereby perpetuate this horrendous breakdown of our constitution and way of life! There is guilt across the board, because even those Repubs and Dems who KNOW better are either too cowardly or too apathetic to get off their ass es and DO something!!
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jovial1 year, 6 months ago
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Here's what the first Bush did in Iraq.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ljXnV4Ibpk
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jovial1 year, 6 months ago
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A "New World Order". In this video Bush Sr. speaks about this, but what does he mean?
"The term New World Order (NWO) has been used by numerous politicians through the ages, and is a generic term used to refer to a worldwide conspiracy being orchestrated by an extremely powerful and influential group of genetically-related individuals (at least at the highest echelons) which include many of the world's wealthiest people, top political leaders, and corporate elite, as well as members of the so-called Black Nobility of Europe (dominated by the British Crown) whose goal is to create a One World (fascist) Government, stripped of nationalistic and regional boundaries, that is obedient to their agenda."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc7i0wCFf8g
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Goppy1 year, 6 months ago
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Here ... this recent book outlines how David Addingham has edited HUNDREDs of Signing Statements to legislation ... all calculated to inculcate the Congress that this Presdient is superior to their legislation.
What he, David Addingham is saying ... BLATANTLY ... is that THIS presdient is ABOVE THE LAW.
The link above BLATANTLY points out that Vice President Cheney is COMPLETELY unaccountable to ANYONE or ANY OFFICE.
Here ... check out the this link
http://wwwfreespeechbeneathushs.blogspot.com/20...
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spkguy1 year, 6 months ago
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Hey Goppy, Have Ya seen this?
Rice Repudiates State Dept. Orders Not to Cooperate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy_wO1LXLe8&feat...
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not2needy1 year, 6 months ago
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Xaos1 year, 6 months ago
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True Conservatives oppose Bush and his minions as well. The Republican party has been hijacked by the Neocons. There is a division in the Republican party between true Conservatives and Neocons and it is growing. Sad to say however the Neocons lable anyone who disagrees with them, be it Democrat or Republican a nut, crackpot or a Liberal.
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wtagg1 year, 6 months ago
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True words. I'm about as conservative as they come, in the traditional definition of the word. Today's republican party has lost its way and should be ashamed of itself. many of those labeled liberal here are probably much closer to conservatism than their accusers. Supporters of the current administration cannot claim to be supporting a conservative administration because it isn't. They are supporting power hungry liberalism.
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ProudBlueTexan1 year, 6 months ago
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"From DAY 1 - this administration has pulled a blanket of secrecy over their administration that - to this day - DEFINES their style of leadership."
It defines the republican style of power management. That's why I say ABOLISH the gop!
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blinkers1 year, 6 months ago
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The PNAC-saturated Neo-Cons seem to have thoroughly infiltrated and commandeered the GOP. In the fullness of time, the party may return to its more traditional base -- but it may be too late?
A sweeping Democrat victory in November may enable the necessary far-reaching reforms to take place within the GOP, but until the architects of the current administration's policies are entirely discreditted (and held accountable for the debacle) not a great deal of optimism is possible.
(I can only bring myself to view a photo of VP Cheney by superimposing imaginary prison bars in front of his face!)
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