Congressman Kucinich on House Floor: “A Pattern of Recklessness, Indifference and Callousness, The Implications of Which Have Been Deadly”
Washington, March 2nd

Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) gave the following speech today on the House Floor …. “I would like to call to the attention of the House the juxtaposition of two news stories …. One, relating to 9/11, that states, the federal officials were repeatedly warned in the months before the September 11th, 2001 terror attack that Osama bin Laden and Al-Quada were planning to hijack planes and use them for suicide mission’s accord to a new report that the Bush Administration has been suppressing. And this, from the front page of today’s Washington Post, a newly leaked video recorded of a high level government deliberation the day before Hurricane Katrina hit shows disaster officials emphatically warning President Bush that the storm posed a catastrophic threat to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and a grim faced Bush personally assuring state leaders that his Administration was fully prepared to help. Do we see a pattern here? September 11th and Katrina--they knew something was going to happen and they did not act. They knew that if we invaded Iraq that we looking at a disaster. They know that global climate change poses a threat to the entire planet and they have not acted. A pattern of recklessness, indifference, and callousness, the implications of which have been deadly.”

QUOTE OF THE DAY ... The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. Ayn Rand

HEAR YEA! HEAR YEA! BRING THY LIBERAL NEWS TO THE PEOPLE

A NATURAL HISTORY OF PEACE
Robert M. Sapolsky, Foreign Affairs
A popular scientist says that contrary to past beliefs, humans are not 'killer apes' destined for violent conflict, but can make their own history.
http://www.alternet.org/story/32755/

THE SWEETNESS OF THE SMOKING GUN
Toby Barlow, HuffingtonPost.com
There's President Bush, on video for the world to see, offering hollow assurances that we were prepared for Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.alternet.org/katrina/33023/

CRONKITE VS. O'REILLY: MAY THE MOST TRUSTED MAN WIN
Phillip Smith, AlterNet
When Walter Cronkite spoke out against current drug war policies, Bill O'Reilly--predictably enough--launched an attack.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/33009/
[Duchess Note - People, this is a no brainer, Cronkite is the man to be trusted and not some raving lunatic at that barf ass cable TV station.]

THE COST OF INCOMPETENCE
Molly Ivins, AlterNet
The Bush administration's unique brand of ineptitude is both chilling and really, really expensive.
http://www.alternet.org/story/33019/

THE OHIO VOTE DEBACLE
Harvey Wasserman, Bob Fitrakis, AlterNet
Did 308,000 canceled Ohio voter registrations put Bush back in the White House?
http://www.alternet.org/story/33006/
[Duchess Note - Hell yeah!! And many of us are still really pissed off about it. The continuous theft and lies by Bush Regime in stealing/abusing our civil liberties/bill of rights/constitution.]

THE ACADEMY AWARDS GETS REAL
Marisa Meltzer, AlterNet
No elves, musicals or romantic comedies in sight; Sunday's Oscars boasts the most politically progressive lineup of nominated films in years.
http://www.alternet.org/movies/33034/

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