From True Majority. The drumbeat to war with Iran is getting louder. With only a few months left in the Bush Presidency, it’s tempting to sit back and wait until November. But belligerent rhetoric and fear mongering about Iran are on the rise. With piles of evidence pointing towards the same sort of fabrication that [...]
Archive for May 22nd, 2008
22 May
Senate approves war funds, GI Bill
There was a late scramble of Republicans switching their votes as the outcome became clear on the 75-22 roll call, which would add the spending to a larger wartime appropriations bill for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo: AP The Senate approved a $194.1 billion wartime spending bill Thursday that promises a greatly expanded [...]
22 May
House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Karl Rove
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich) issued a subpoena to Karl Rove on Thursday as part of an investigation into improprieties at the Department of Justice. According to a statement from Conyers, Rove’s lawyer Robert Luskin informed the chairman that his client would not agree to testify voluntarily before the committee.
22 May
Friends close, enemies closer
May 22, 2008 JUST AS IT would be hard to imagine music without notes or poetry without words, diplomacy is impossible without broad diplomatic contacts – including ones with potentially objectionable parties. Yet certain powerful governments have been trying to change the rules of diplomacy. The Bush administration has now criticized France, an ally, for [...]
22 May
Veterans with ALS in race against time
Afflicted with Lou Gehrig’s disease, they fight for military benefits as science hunts the cause. “The mind stays strong, but the body…” says Anthony Averella, 53, who served in the Army and National Guard and suffers from deadly Lou Gehrig’s disease. He has lost more than 50 pounds in the past year. (Sun photo by [...]
